Autophagy analysis in response to agents capable of inducing DNA damage

• Grant number: 11/13433-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: October 01, 2011
• End date: April 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Genetics - Molecular Genetics and Genetics of Microorganisms
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Frederico Martins Menck
• Grantee: Alexandre Teixeira Vessoni
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 12/04832-8 - Use of IPS cell-derived neurons to study a possible role for autophagy in the neurodegenerative phenotype of Cockayne Syndrome, BE.EP.DD

Abstract

This project aims at investigating the autophagic response of human glioma cell lines and human dermal fibroblasts in response to agents capable of inducing DNA damage. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

VESSONI, Alexandre Teixeira. Mechanisms of resistance to chloroquine-induced toxicity in human glioma cells, and the use of induced pluripotent stem cells-derived human neurons as a model to study Cockayne syndrome.. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) São Paulo.