Miss Vanessa Marie Freitas MA CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
94-144 FARRINGTON HWY. WAIPAHU HI, 96797About
Dr. Vanessa Freitas is a speech language pathologist practicing in WAIPAHU, HI. Dr. Freitas specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Freitas evaluates, diagnoses and treats patients with communication and swallowing troubles. These conditions may be due to developmental delay, brain injury, hearing loss, autism, stroke or other diseases and injuries. Dr. Freitas helps patients make sounds and improve their voices through various methods. Speech language pathologists also work with patients to strengthen muscles used to speak and swallow, and work with individuals and families to help cope with their conditions.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The geodiamolide H, derived from Brazilian sponge Geodia corticostylifera, regulates actin cytoskeleton, migration and invasion of breast cancer cells cultured in three-dimensional environment.
- Secretion of collagen I and tenascin is modulated by laminin-111 in 3D culture of human adenoid cystic carcinoma cells.
- Adhesion and protease activity in cell lines from human salivary gland tumors are regulated by the laminin-derived peptide AG73, syndecan-1 and beta1 integrin.
- Intracellular nitric oxide assessment in whole blood leukocytes by flow cytometry: optimization and applicability to monitor patients with chronic graft nephropathy.
- Role of MMP9 on invadopodia formation in cells from adenoid cystic carcinoma. Study by laser scanning confocal microscopy.
- Matrix metalloproteinases, TIMPs and growth factors regulating ameloblastoma behaviour.
- Effect of a calcium-channel blocker (verapamil) on the morphology, cytoskeleton and collagenase activity of human skin fibroblasts.
- Laminin-111 derived peptides AG73 and C16 regulate invadopodia activity of a human adenoid cystic carcinoma cell line.
- Invadopodia proteins, cortactin and membrane type I matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) are expressed in ameloblastoma.
- Oestrogen receptor β in adenoid cystic carcinoma of salivary glands.
- Retinoic acid and cAMP inhibit rat hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation and enhance cell differentiation.
- Decreased expression of ADAMTS-1 in human breast tumors stimulates migration and invasion.
- Expression of molecules related to AKT pathway as putative regulators of ameloblastoma local invasiveness.
- A novel cell line derived from pleomorphic adenoma expresses MMP2, MMP9, TIMP1, TIMP2, and shows numeric chromosomal anomalies.
- Progesterone acts via the progesterone receptor to induce adamts proteases in
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