Riassunto
Viene descritta la particolare sensibilità dei macrofagi al coniugato amanitina-albumina. È inoltre prospettata e discussa la possibile attività antineoplastica di coniugati dell'albumina con sostanze inibenti la mitosi o la sintesi del DNA.
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Acknowledgments. We thank ProfessorTh. Wieland for a generous gift of α- and β-amanitin. The excellent technical assistance of MrL. Franchi and MrA. Mattioli is acknowledged. This investigation was supported by grants from C.N.R. (Rome) and Pallotti's legacy for Cancer Research.
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Fiume, L., Barbanti-Brodano, G. Selective toxicity of amanitin-albumin conjugates for macrophages. Experientia 30, 76–77 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01921609
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