Antagonistic Effect of a Salivary Proline-Rich Peptide on the Cytosolic Ca2+ Mobilization Induced by Progesterone in Oral Squamous Cancer Cells

Carlo Alberto Palmerini; Michela Mazzoni; Giorgia Radicioni; Valeria Marzano; Letizia Granieri; Federica Iavarone; Renato Longhi; Irene Messana; Tiziana Cabras; Maria Teresa Sanna; Massimo Castagnola; Alberto Vitali

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147925

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Antagonistic Effect of a Salivary Proline-Rich Peptide on the Cytosolic Ca²⁺ Mobilization Induced by Progesterone in Oral Squamous Cancer Cells

Carlo Alberto Palmerini,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari ed Ambientali, Unità di Ricerca di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Perugia, Italy
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Michela Mazzoni,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari ed Ambientali, Unità di Ricerca di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Perugia, Italy
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Giorgia Radicioni,

Affiliation Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Facoltà di Medicina, Catholic University, Roma, Italy
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Valeria Marzano,

Affiliation Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Facoltà di Medicina, Catholic University, Roma, Italy
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Letizia Granieri,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie Alimentari ed Ambientali, Unità di Ricerca di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, Perugia, Italy
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Federica Iavarone,

Affiliation Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Facoltà di Medicina, Catholic University, Roma, Italy
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Renato Longhi,

Affiliation Istituto per la Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, Italian National Research Council, Milan, Italy
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Irene Messana,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy
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Tiziana Cabras,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy
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Maria Teresa Sanna,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy
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Massimo Castagnola,

Affiliations Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Facoltà di Medicina, Catholic University, Roma, Italy, Istituto per la Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, Italian National Research Council, Rome, UoS Rome, Italy
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Alberto Vitali

* E-mail: alberto.vitali@icrm.cnr.it

Affiliation Istituto per la Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, Italian National Research Council, Rome, UoS Rome, Italy
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Antagonistic Effect of a Salivary Proline-Rich Peptide on the Cytosolic Ca²⁺ Mobilization Induced by Progesterone in Oral Squamous Cancer Cells

Carlo Alberto Palmerini,
Michela Mazzoni,
Giorgia Radicioni,
Valeria Marzano,
Letizia Granieri,
Federica Iavarone,
Renato Longhi,
Irene Messana,
Tiziana Cabras,
Maria Teresa Sanna

Published: January 27, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147925

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