Alberto Albertini

TL;DR: Former drinkers who had stopped 1-10 years previously had a higher risk of HCC than current drinkers did and a synergism between alcohol drinking and either infection was found, with approximately a twofold increase in the odds ratio for each hepatitis virus infection for drinkers of >60 g per day.

TL;DR: Amnion and chorion can be considered as a novel and convenient source of adult MSCs because of their high morphogenetic plasticity and ability to form colonies that could be expanded for at least 15 passages.

TL;DR: Human amnion and chorion cells from term placenta can successfully engraft neonatal swine and rats and are suggested to represent an advantageous source of progenitor cells with potential applications in a variety of cell therapy and transplantation procedures.

TL;DR: It was concluded that H. pylori infection can stimulate antibodies cross-reacting with gastric autoantigens and that this immunologic mechanism may represent a pathogenic link between H.pylori and gastritis.

TL;DR: It was found that inactivation of the ferroxidase centre combined with the substitution of four carboxy groups on the cavity abolished the ability of H-chain ferritin to incorporate iron, and the finding of cooperative roles of the H- and L-chains inFerritin iron uptake provides a clue to understanding the biological function of isoferritins.