Francesca Besi

Judy and Bernard Briskin Center for Multiple Myeloma Research, Department of Hematology and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, 91010, USA.

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January 2021

Characterization of Human NK Cell-Derived Exosomes: Role of DNAM1 Receptor In Exosome-Mediated Cytotoxicity Against Tumor.

Authors:

Anna Laura Di Pace Nicola Tumino Francesca Besi Claudia Alicata Libenzio Adrian Conti Enrico Munari Enrico Maggi Paola Vacca Lorenzo Moretta

Cancers (Basel) 2020 03 12;12(3). Epub 2020 Mar 12.

Immunology Research Area, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, 00146 Rome, Italy.

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March 2020

PMN-MDSC are a new target to rescue graft-versus-leukemia activity of NK cells in haplo-HSC transplantation.

Authors:

Nicola Tumino Francesca Besi Anna Laura Di Pace Francesca Romana Mariotti Pietro Merli Giuseppina Li Pira Federica Galaverna Angela Pitisci Tiziano Ingegnere Andrea Pelosi Linda Quatrini Enrico Munari Franco Locatelli Lorenzo Moretta Paola Vacca

Leukemia 2020 03 4;34(3):932-937. Epub 2019 Oct 4.

Immunology Research Area, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy.

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March 2020

In Human Immunodeficiency Virus primary infection, early combined antiretroviral therapy reduced γδ T-cell activation but failed to restore their polyfunctionality.

Authors:

Rita Casetti Alessandra Sacchi Veronica Bordoni Germana Grassi Eleonora Cimini Francesca Besi Carmela Pinnetti Annalisa Mondi Andrea Antinori Chiara Agrati

Immunology 2019 08 8;157(4):322-330. Epub 2019 Jul 8.

Laboratory of Cellular Immunology and Pharmacology, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" - IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

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August 2019

Human CAR NK Cells: A New Non-viral Method Allowing High Efficient Transfection and Strong Tumor Cell Killing.

Authors:

Tiziano Ingegnere Francesca Romana Mariotti Andrea Pelosi Concetta Quintarelli Biagio De Angelis Nicola Tumino Francesca Besi Claudia Cantoni Franco Locatelli Paola Vacca Lorenzo Moretta

Front Immunol 2019 30;10:957. Epub 2019 Apr 30.

Immunology Research Area, IRCSS Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy.

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September 2020

Presence of innate lymphoid cells in pleural effusions of primary and metastatic tumors: Functional analysis and expression of PD-1 receptor.

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Nicola Tumino Stefania Martini Enrico Munari Francesca Scordamaglia Francesca Besi Francesca Romana Mariotti Giuseppe Bogina Maria Cristina Mingari Paola Vacca Lorenzo Moretta

Int J Cancer 2019 09 26;145(6):1660-1668. Epub 2019 Mar 26.

Department of Immunology, IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.

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September 2019

PD-1 in human NK cells: evidence of cytoplasmic mRNA and protein expression.

Authors:

Francesca R Mariotti Stefania Petrini Tiziano Ingegnere Nicola Tumino Francesca Besi Francesca Scordamaglia Enrico Munari Silvia Pesce Emanuela Marcenaro Alessandro Moretta Paola Vacca Lorenzo Moretta

Oncoimmunology 2019;8(3):1557030. Epub 2018 Dec 25.

Department of Immunology, IRCSS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.

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December 2018

HIV-Specific CD8 T Cells Producing CCL-4 Are Associated With Worse Immune Reconstitution During Chronic Infection.

Authors:

Rita Casetti Carmela Pinnetti Alessandra Sacchi Gabriele De Simone Veronica Bordoni Eleonora Cimini Nicola Tumino Francesca Besi Domenico Viola Federica Turchi Valentina Mazzotta Andrea Antinori Federico Martini Adriana Ammassari Chiara Agrati

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2017 07;75(3):338-344

*Laboratory of Cellular Immunology and Pharmacology, Department of Epidemiology, Preclinical Research and Advanced Diagnostic, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani," IRCCS, Rome, Italy; †Clinical Department, National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani," IRCCS, Rome, Italy; ‡Laboratory of Translational Immunology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Milano, Italy; and §Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Stem Cell Transplantation Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA.

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July 2017