Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is marked by dysregulation of angiogenesis, energy metabolism, and nutrient sensing pathways [1]. This diversity is an obstacle to achieving long-term responses to treatment, notwithstanding progress in targeted and immunotherapeutic drugs. Objective: This study aimed to characterise the metabolic dysregulations that occur in RCC tissue using a metabolomics approach. Metho...
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been used in oncology contexts as a promising tool with numerous benefits for various health-related and psychosocial outcomes. Despite the increasing popularity of MBIs, few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have examined their effects upon biological parameters. Specifically, no previous study has examined the effects of MBIs on extracellular vesicles (EVs), which...
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been used in oncology contexts as a promising tool with numerous benefits for various health-related and psychosocial outcomes. Despite the increasing popularity of MBIs, few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have examined their effects upon biological parameters. Specifically, no previous study has examined the effects of MBIs on extracellular vesicles (EVs), which...
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common type of kidney cancer usually associated with asymptomatic development and risk of systemic progression. Hence, reliable molecular biomarkers of ccRCC are needed to provide early and minimally invasive detection. In this study, urinary volatilome profiling of patients diagnosed with ccRCC (n = 75), and cancer-free controls (n = 75), was performed to inv...
Secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) are heterogeneous cell-derived membranous granules which carry a large diversity of molecules and participate in intercellular communication by transferring these molecules to target cells by endocytosis. In the last decade, EVs' role in several pathological conditions, from etiology to disease progression or therapy evasion, has been consolidated, including in central nerv...
Secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) are heterogeneous cell-derived membranous granules which carry a large diversity of molecules and participate in intercellular communication by transferring these molecules to target cells by endocytosis. In the last decade, EVs role in several pathological conditions, from etiology to disease progression or therapy evasion, has been consolidated, including in central nervo...
Our group recently developed a urinary 6-biomarker panel for the diagnosis of prostate cancer (PCa) which has a higher level of accuracy compared to the serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) test. Herein, urine from an independent cohort of PCa patients and cancer-free controls was analyzed to further validate the discriminative power of that panel. Additionally, urine from patients diagnosed with bladder cance...
O carcinoma de células renais do subtipo células claras (ccCCR) representa o tipo mais comum (~70%) de cancro renal. Investigações recentes sugerem que o desenvolvimento deste tipo de cancro está relacionado com alterações metabólicas induzidas por mutações que ocorrem em genes que controlam o metabolismo celular (p.ex., von Hippel–Lindau e fumarato hidratase). Deste modo, o estudo de potenciais biomarcadores d...