Publications by authors named "Giovanni Ferrara"

70Publications

Mesenchymal stem cells instruct a beneficial phenotype in reactive astrocytes.

Authors:
Tiziana Vigo Androniki Voulgari-Kokota Mariella Errede Francesco Girolamo Jasmin Ortolan Maria C Mariani Giovanni Ferrara Daniela Virgintino Annalisa Buffo Nicole Kerlero de Rosbo Antonio Uccelli

Glia 2020 Dec 31. Epub 2020 Dec 31.

IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.

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December 2020

Metabolic determinants of leukocyte pathogenicity in neurological diseases.

Authors:
Marah C Runtsch Giovanni Ferrara Stefano Angiari

J Neurochem 2020 Sep 3. Epub 2020 Sep 3.

School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

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September 2020

Sirt6 inhibition delays the onset of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by reducing dendritic cell migration.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Andrea Benzi Laura Sturla Daniela Marubbi Davide Frumento Sonia Spinelli Elena Abbotto Federico Ivaldi Maria von Holtey Maximilien Murone Alessio Nencioni Antonio Uccelli Santina Bruzzone

J Neuroinflammation 2020 Jul 31;17(1):228. Epub 2020 Jul 31.

Department of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genova, Genova, Italy.

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July 2020

Intranasal delivery of mesenchymal stem cell secretome repairs the brain of Alzheimer's mice.

Authors:
Giulia Santamaria Edoardo Brandi Pietro La Vitola Federica Grandi Giovanni Ferrara Francesca Pischiutta Gloria Vegliante Elisa R Zanier Francesca Re Antonio Uccelli Gianluigi Forloni Nicole Kerlero de Rosbo Claudia Balducci

Cell Death Differ 2021 Jan 23;28(1):203-218. Epub 2020 Jul 23.

Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, via Mario Negri 2, 20156, Milan, Italy.

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January 2021

RA-ILD: does more detailed radiological classification add something to our knowledge of this condition?

Authors:
Paola Faverio Meena Kalluri Fabrizio Luppi Giovanni Ferrara

J Thorac Dis 2020 Jun;12(6):2993-2995

Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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June 2020

Early referral to palliative care in IPF - pitfalls and opportunities in clinical trials.

Authors:
Meena Kalluri Elisabeth Bendstrup Kathleen O Lindell Giovanni Ferrara

Respir Res 2020 07 8;21(1):174. Epub 2020 Jul 8.

Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Alberta health Services, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

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July 2020

Epidemiology of Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Cohort Study Using Healthcare Data in Sweden.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Lisen Arnheim-Dahlström Karen Bartley Christer Janson Klaus-Uwe Kirchgässler Aaron Levine C Magnus Sköld

Pulm Ther 2019 Jun 5;5(1):55-68. Epub 2019 Mar 5.

Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

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June 2019

Gender differences at presentation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Sweden.

Authors:
Dimitrios Kalafatis Jing Gao Ida Pesonen Lisa Carlson C Magnus Sköld Giovanni Ferrara

BMC Pulm Med 2019 Nov 27;19(1):222. Epub 2019 Nov 27.

Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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November 2019

What Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Caregivers Want: Filling the Gaps With Patient Reported Outcomes and Experience Measures.

Authors:
Meena Kalluri Fabrizio Luppi Giovanni Ferrara

Am J Med 2020 03 11;133(3):281-289. Epub 2019 Sep 11.

Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Calgary, Canada. Electronic address:

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March 2020

Patient journey and treatment patterns in adults with IPF based on health care data in Sweden from 2001 to 2015.

Authors:
C Magnus Sköld Lisen Arnheim-Dahlström Karen Bartley Christer Janson Klaus-Uwe Kirchgaessler Aaron Levine Giovanni Ferrara

Respir Med 2019 08 5;155:72-78. Epub 2019 Jun 5.

Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address:

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August 2019

Pulmonary outcomes in adults with a history of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia differ from patients with asthma.

Authors:
Petra Um-Bergström Jenny Hallberg Melvin Pourbazargan Eva Berggren-Broström Giovanni Ferrara Maria J Eriksson Sven Nyrén Jing Gao Gunnar Lilja Anders Lindén Åsa M Wheelock Erik Melén C Magnus Sköld

Respir Res 2019 May 24;20(1):102. Epub 2019 May 24.

Department of Respiratory Medicine & Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

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May 2019

An Atypical Case of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis in a Patient from Africa.

Authors:
Ida Pesonen Cristian Ortiz Giovanni Ferrara

Medicina (Kaunas) 2019 Mar 14;55(3). Epub 2019 Mar 14.

Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Section of Respiratory Disease and Allergy, B4:09, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.

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March 2019

Defining the role of NG2-expressing cells in experimental models of multiple sclerosis. A biofunctional analysis of the neurovascular unit in wild type and NG2 null mice.

Authors:
Francesco Girolamo Mariella Errede Giovanna Longo Tiziana Annese Carlotta Alias Giovanni Ferrara Sara Morando Maria Trojano Nicole Kerlero de Rosbo Antonio Uccelli Daniela Virgintino

PLoS One 2019 14;14(3):e0213508. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari School of Medicine, Bari, Italy.

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December 2019

Delay and inequalities in the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: the case of two Nordic countries.

Authors:
Ida Pesonen Lisa Carlson Nicola Murgia Riitta Kaarteenaho Carl Magnus Sköld Marjukka Myllärniemi Giovanni Ferrara

Multidiscip Respir Med 2018 14;13:14. Epub 2018 May 14.

1Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden.

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May 2018

Best supportive care for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: current gaps and future directions.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Fabrizio Luppi Surinder S Birring Stefania Cerri Antonella Caminati Magnus Sköld Michael Kreuter

Eur Respir Rev 2018 Mar 7;27(147). Epub 2018 Feb 7.

University of Heidelberg and Center for Interstitial and Rare Lung Disease, Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

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March 2018

Tension pneumoperitoneum.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Venkata Satish Kolli Stefan Arnaudov Graham Whiteley

BMJ Case Rep 2018 Jan 31;2018. Epub 2018 Jan 31.

Department of Surgery, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, UK.

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January 2018

Lung function development after preterm birth in relation to severity of Bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

Authors:
Petra Um-Bergström Jenny Hallberg Per Thunqvist Eva Berggren-Broström Martin Anderson Gunilla Adenfelt Gunnar Lilja Giovanni Ferrara C Magnus Sköld Erik Melén

BMC Pulm Med 2017 Jun 30;17(1):97. Epub 2017 Jun 30.

Department of Pediatrics, Södersjukhuset, Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, 118 83, Stockholm, Sweden.

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June 2017

Mutational status predicts the risk of thromboembolic events in lung adenocarcinoma.

Authors:
Elsa Davidsson Nicola Murgia Cristian Ortiz-Villalón Emil Wiklundh Magnus Sköld Karl Gustav Kölbeck Giovanni Ferrara

Multidiscip Respir Med 2017 29;12:16. Epub 2017 May 29.

Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

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May 2017

Immune recognition surface construction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis epitope-specific antibody responses in tuberculosis patients identified by peptide microarrays.

Authors:
Davide Valentini Martin Rao Giovanni Ferrara Marc Perkins Ernest Dodoo Alimuddin Zumla Markus Maeurer

Int J Infect Dis 2017 Mar 10;56:155-166. Epub 2017 Feb 10.

Centre for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation (CAST), Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden; Division of Therapeutic Immunology (TIM), Department of Laboratory Medicine (LABMED), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address:

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March 2017

Humoral immune profiling of mycobacterial antigen recognition in sarcoidosis and Löfgren's syndrome using high-content peptide microarrays.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Davide Valentini Martin Rao Jan Wahlström Johan Grunewald Lars-Olof Larsson Susanna Brighenti Ernest Dodoo Alimuddin Zumla Markus Maeurer

Int J Infect Dis 2017 Mar 31;56:167-175. Epub 2017 Jan 31.

Centre for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation (CAST), Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden; Division of Therapeutic Immunology (TIM), Department of Laboratory Medicine (LABMED), Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge 14186, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address:

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March 2017

Need for combined interventions and operational research to tackle tuberculous meningitis.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2016 11;20(11):1423

Associate Editor IJTLD, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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November 2016

A new strategy in sclerotherapy of varicose veins.

Authors:
Francesco Ferrara Giovanni Ferrara Ermenegildo Furino Heinrich Ebner Gennaro Quarto

Ann Ital Chir 2016;87:381-385

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January 2016

IFN-γ orchestrates mesenchymal stem cell plasticity through the signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 and 3 and mammalian target of rapamycin pathways.

Authors:
Tiziana Vigo Claudio Procaccini Giovanni Ferrara Sergio Baranzini Jorge R Oksenberg Giuseppe Matarese Alberto Diaspro Nicole Kerlero de Rosbo Antonio Uccelli

J Allergy Clin Immunol 2017 May 23;139(5):1667-1676. Epub 2016 Sep 23.

Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-infantili, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Genova, Genoa, Italy; Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), Genoa, Italy; IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy. Electronic address:

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May 2017

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Sweden: report from the first year of activity of the Swedish IPF-Registry.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Lisa Carlson Andreas Palm Jonas Einarsson Cecilia Olivesten Magnus Sköld

Eur Clin Respir J 2016 21;3:31090. Epub 2016 Apr 21.

Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

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April 2016

NG2, a common denominator for neuroinflammation, blood-brain barrier alteration, and oligodendrocyte precursor response in EAE, plays a role in dendritic cell activation.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Mariella Errede Francesco Girolamo Sara Morando Federico Ivaldi Nicolò Panini Caterina Bendotti Roberto Perris Roberto Furlan Daniela Virgintino Nicole Kerlero de Rosbo Antonio Uccelli

Acta Neuropathol 2016 07 30;132(1):23-42. Epub 2016 Mar 30.

Department of Neurology, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

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July 2016

T-Cell Therapy: Options for Infectious Diseases.

Authors:
Shreemanta K Parida Thomas Poiret Liu Zhenjiang Qingda Meng Jan Heyckendorf Christoph Lange Aditya S Ambati Martin V Rao Davide Valentini Giovanni Ferrara Elena Rangelova Ernest Dodoo Alimuddin Zumla Markus Maeurer

Clin Infect Dis 2015 Oct;61Suppl 3:S217-24

Therapeutic Immunology Division, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet Centre for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden.

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October 2015

Macrolides for chronic asthma.

Authors:
Kayleigh M Kew Krishna Undela Ioanna Kotortsi Giovanni Ferrara

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Sep 15(9):CD002997. Epub 2015 Sep 15.

Population Health Research Institute, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, UK, SW17 0RE.

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September 2015

Recurrent respiratory infections and unusual radiology: a woman with Kartagener's syndrome.

Authors:
Cecilia Ronnevi Cristian Ortiz-Villalon Jacek Pawlowski Giovanni Ferrara

BMJ Case Rep 2015 Sep 9;2015. Epub 2015 Sep 9.

Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

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September 2015

Serum reactome induced by Bordetella pertussis infection and Pertussis vaccines: qualitative differences in serum antibody recognition patterns revealed by peptide microarray analysis.

Authors:
Davide Valentini Giovanni Ferrara Reza Advani Hans O Hallander Markus J Maeurer

BMC Immunol 2015 Jul 1;16:40. Epub 2015 Jul 1.

Center for allogeneic stem cell transplantation, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden.

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July 2015

Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis and Xpert® MTB/RIF: all about meta-analyses?

Authors:
Justin O'Grady Sandra V Kik Giovanni Ferrara

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2015 Mar;19(3):254

‡Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, §Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.

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March 2015

Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a clinical review.

Authors:
Fabrizio Luppi Stefania Cerri Sofia Taddei Giovanni Ferrara Vincent Cottin

Intern Emerg Med 2015 Jun 12;10(4):401-11. Epub 2015 Feb 12.

Centre for Rare Lung Disease, University Hospital, Via del Pozzo, 71, 41124, Modena, Italy,

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June 2015

Triflic acid mediated cascade cyclization of aryldiynes for the synthesis of indeno[1,2-c]chromenes: application to dye-sensitized solar cells.

Authors:
Hua Jiang Giovanni Ferrara Xuan Zhang Kazuaki Oniwa Ashraful Islam Liyuan Han Ying-Ji Sun Ming Bao Naoki Asao Yoshinori Yamamoto Tienan Jin

Chemistry 2015 Mar 28;21(10):4065-70. Epub 2015 Jan 28.

State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals and School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023 (China); WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, 2-1-1, Aoba-ku Katahira, Sendai 980-8577 (Japan).

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March 2015

No association between Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome skin fibrofolliculomas and the first 10 described human polyomaviruses or human papillomaviruses.

Authors:
Maria Bradley Cecilia Nordfors Andrea Vlastos Giovanni Ferrara Torbjörn Ramqvist Tina Dalianis

Virology 2014 Nov 6;468-470:244-247. Epub 2014 Sep 6.

Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Cancer Center Karolinska, R8:01 Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address:

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November 2014

Autologous mesenchymal stromal cell infusion as adjunct treatment in patients with multidrug and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: an open-label phase 1 safety trial.

Authors:
Aliaksandr Skrahin Raija K Ahmed Giovanni Ferrara Lalit Rane Thomas Poiret Yanina Isaikina Alena Skrahina Alimuddin Zumla Markus J Maeurer

Lancet Respir Med 2014 Feb 9;2(2):108-22. Epub 2014 Jan 9.

Department of Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology, MTC, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Therapeutic Immunology (TIM), Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation, CAST, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address:

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February 2014

Combination formoterol and budesonide as maintenance and reliever therapy versus combination inhaler maintenance for chronic asthma in adults and children.

Authors:
Kayleigh M Kew Charlotta Karner Stephanie M Mindus Giovanni Ferrara

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 Dec 16(12):CD009019. Epub 2013 Dec 16.

Population Health Sciences and Education, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, UK, SW17 0RE.

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December 2013

Chronic empyema: importance of preventing complications in the management of pleural effusions.

Authors:
Viktor Molander Maria Diakopoulou Lotta Orre Giovanni Ferrara

BMJ Case Rep 2013 Aug 14;2013. Epub 2013 Aug 14.

Lung Allergi Kliniken, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

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August 2013

Intra-abdominal bleeding during treprostinil infusion in a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Authors:
Stephanie Mindus Jacek Pawlowski Magnus Nisell Giovanni Ferrara

BMJ Case Rep 2013 Feb 27;2013. Epub 2013 Feb 27.

Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

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February 2013

Blood-brain barrier alterations in the cerebral cortex in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Authors:
Mariella Errede Francesco Girolamo Giovanni Ferrara Maurizio Strippoli Sara Morando Valentina Boldrin Marco Rizzi Antonio Uccelli Roberto Perris Caterina Bendotti Mario Salmona Luisa Roncali Daniela Virgintino

J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2012 Oct;71(10):840-54

Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Human Anatomy and Histology Unit, University of Bari School of Medicine, Bari, Italy.

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October 2012

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) for refractory and difficult-to-treat infections.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Alimuddin Zumla Markus Maeurer

Am J Med 2012 Oct 16;125(10):1036.e1-8. Epub 2012 May 16.

Center for Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation (CAST), Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

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October 2012

Neuroprotective effects of toll-like receptor 4 antagonism in spinal cord cultures and in a mouse model of motor neuron degeneration.

Authors:
Massimiliano De Paola Alessandro Mariani Paolo Bigini Marco Peviani Giovanni Ferrara Monica Molteni Sabrina Gemma Pietro Veglianese Valeria Castellaneta Valentina Boldrin Carlo Rossetti Chiara Chiabrando Gianluigi Forloni Tiziana Mennini Roberto Fanelli

Mol Med 2012 Sep 7;18:971-81. Epub 2012 Sep 7.

Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy.

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September 2012

Efficacy, safety and tolerability of linezolid containing regimens in treating MDR-TB and XDR-TB: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors:
Giovanni Sotgiu Rosella Centis Lia D'Ambrosio Jan-William C Alffenaar Holly A Anger Jose A Caminero Paolo Castiglia Saverio De Lorenzo Giovanni Ferrara Won-Jung Koh Giesela F Schecter Tae S Shim Rupak Singla Alena Skrahina Antonio Spanevello Zarir F Udwadia Miquel Villar Elisabetta Zampogna Jean-Pierre Zellweger Alimuddin Zumla Giovanni Battista Migliori

Eur Respir J 2012 Dec 10;40(6):1430-42. Epub 2012 Apr 10.

Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.

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December 2012

Risk factors associated with pulmonary tuberculosis: smoking, diabetes and anti-TNFα drugs.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Megan Murray Kevin Winthrop Rosella Centis Giovanni Sotgiu Giovanni Battista Migliori Markus Maeurer Alimuddin Zumla

Curr Opin Pulm Med 2012 May;18(3):233-40

Lung Allergi Kliniken, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

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May 2012

Combination fluticasone and salmeterol versus fixed dose combination budesonide and formoterol for chronic asthma in adults and children.

Authors:
Toby J Lasserson Giovanni Ferrara Lucio Casali

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Dec 7(12):CD004106. Epub 2011 Dec 7.

Cochrane Editorial Unit, The Cochrane Collaboration, 13 Cavendish Square, London, UK, W1G 0AN.

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December 2011

Screening of immigrants in the UK for latent tuberculosis.

Authors:
Ruth McNerney Giovanni Ferrara Justin O'Grady Markus Maeurer Alimuddin Zumla

Expert Rev Respir Med 2011 Aug;5(4):483-6

Department of Pathogen Molecular Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, UK.

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August 2011

Xpert MTB/RIF test for tuberculosis.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Justin O'Grady Alimuddin Zumla Markus Maeurer

Lancet 2011 Aug;378(9790):482; author reply 482-3

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August 2011

A decade of interferon-γ release assays: quest for the holy grail to diagnose latent infection with mycobacterium tuberculosis?

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Shreemanta K Parida Alimuddin Zumla Luca Richeldi Markus Maeurer

Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011 Jun;183(12):1732

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June 2011

Cerebral cortex demyelination and oligodendrocyte precursor response to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Authors:
Francesco Girolamo Giovanni Ferrara Maurizio Strippoli Marco Rizzi Mariella Errede Maria Trojano Roberto Perris Luisa Roncali Maria Svelto Tiziana Mennini Daniela Virgintino

Neurobiol Dis 2011 Sep 6;43(3):678-89. Epub 2011 Jun 6.

Department of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Bari School of Medicine, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.

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September 2011

A multicentre evaluation of the accuracy and performance of IP-10 for the diagnosis of infection with M. tuberculosis.

Authors:
Morten Ruhwald Jose Dominguez Irene Latorre Monica Losi Luca Richeldi Maria Bruna Pasticci Rosanna Mazzolla Delia Goletti Ornella Butera Judith Bruchfeld Hans Gaines Irini Gerogianni Tamara Tuuminen Giovanni Ferrara Jesper Eugen-Olsen Pernille Ravn

Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2011 May 2;91(3):260-7. Epub 2011 Apr 2.

Clinical Research Centre 136, Copenhagen University, Hvidovre Hospital, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark.

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May 2011

Tuberculosis in prisons in sub-Saharan Africa--the need for improved health services, surveillance and control.

Authors:
Justin O'Grady Michael Hoelscher Rifat Atun Matthew Bates Peter Mwaba Nathan Kapata Giovanni Ferrara Markus Maeurer Alimuddin Zumla

Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2011 Mar 20;91(2):173-8. Epub 2011 Jan 20.

Department of Infection, University College London Medical School, Windeyer Institute, 46 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4JF, UK.

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March 2011

Neuropathologic and biochemical changes during disease progression in liver X receptor beta-/- mice, a model of adult neuron disease.

Authors:
Paolo Bigini Knut R Steffensen Anna Ferrario Luisa Diomede Giovanni Ferrara Sara Barbera Sonia Salzano Elena Fumagalli Pietro Ghezzi Tiziana Mennini Jan-Ake Gustafsson

J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2010 Jun;69(6):593-605

Department of Molecular Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy.

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June 2010

Erythropoietin in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a pilot, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of safety and tolerability.

Authors:
Giuseppe Lauria Angela Campanella Graziella Filippini Alfredo Martini Paola Penza Lorenzo Maggi Carlo Antozzi Claudia Ciano Pinuccia Beretta Dario Caldiroli Filippo Ghelma Giovanni Ferrara Pietro Ghezzi Renato Mantegazza

Amyotroph Lateral Scler 2009 Oct-Dec;10(5-6):410-5

Neuromuscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Foundation, National Neurological Institute Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, Milan, Italy.

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February 2010

Exploring the immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis for a better diagnosis of the infection.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Monica Losi Leonardo M Fabbri Giovanni B Migliori Luca Richeldi Lucio Casali

Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz) 2009 Nov-Dec;57(6):425-33. Epub 2009 Oct 29.

Section of Respiratory Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Maria Hospital, University of Perugia, Via T. Di Joannuccio 1, 05100 Terni, Italy.

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June 2010

Performance of tests for latent tuberculosis in different groups of immunocompromised patients.

Authors:
Luca Richeldi Monica Losi Roberto D'Amico Mario Luppi Angela Ferrari Cristina Mussini Mauro Codeluppi Stefania Cocchi Francesca Prati Valentina Paci Marisa Meacci Barbara Meccugni Fabio Rumpianesi Pietro Roversi Stefania Cerri Fabrizio Luppi Giovanni Ferrara Irene Latorre Giorgio E Gerunda Giuseppe Torelli Roberto Esposito Leonardo M Fabbri

Chest 2009 Jul 24;136(1):198-204. Epub 2009 Mar 24.

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.

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July 2009

Combination fluticasone and salmeterol versus fixed dose combination budesonide and formoterol for chronic asthma in adults and children.

Authors:
Toby J Lasserson Christopher J Cates Giovanni Ferrara Lucio Casali

Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2008 Jul 16(3):CD004106. Epub 2008 Jul 16.

Community Health Sciences, St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London, UK, SW17 ORE.

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July 2008

Using ELISpot technology to improve the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection: from the bench to the T-SPOT.TB assay.

Authors:
Luca Richeldi Monica Losi Stefania Cerri Lucio Casali Leonardo M Fabbri Giovanni Ferrara

Expert Rev Respir Med 2008 Apr;2(2):253-60

Center for Rare Lung Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Policlinico Hospital, Via del Pozzo 71, 41100 Modena, Italy.

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April 2008

The assessment of DNA from marine organisms via a modified salting-out protocol.

Authors:
Giovanni Battista Ferrara Barbara Murgia Anna Maria Parodi Laura Valisano Carlo Cerrano Giulio Palmisano Giorgio Bavestrello Michele Sara

Cell Mol Biol Lett 2006 ;11(2):155-60

Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Genova, Genova, Italy.

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September 2007

[New tools for a better diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection].

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Monica Losi Pietro Roversi Leonardo M Fabbri Luca Richeldi

Recenti Prog Med 2006 Mar;97(3):123-8

Clinica di Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia.

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March 2006

Use in routine clinical practice of two commercial blood tests for diagnosis of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a prospective study.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Monica Losi Roberto D'Amico Pietro Roversi Roberto Piro Marisa Meacci Barbara Meccugni Ilaria Marchetti Dori Alessandro Andreani Barbara Maria Bergamini Cristina Mussini Fabio Rumpianesi Leonardo M Fabbri Luca Richeldi

Lancet 2006 Apr;367(9519):1328-34

Section of Respiratory Disease, Department of Oncology, Haematology, and Respiratory Disease, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo, 71-41100 Modena, Italy.

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April 2006

Long-term moxifloxacin in complicated tuberculosis patients with adverse reactions or resistance to first line drugs.

Authors:
Luigi Ruffo Codecasa Giovanni Ferrara Maurizio Ferrarese Maria Antonietta Morandi Valeria Penati Carla Lacchini Patrizia Vaccarino Giovanni Battista Migliori

Respir Med 2006 Sep 15;100(9):1566-72. Epub 2006 Feb 15.

TB Unit, Villa Marelli Inst., Niguarda Hospital, Regional Reference Centre for TB, Viale Zara 81, 20159 Milan, Italy.

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September 2006

Single nucleotide polymorphisms detection based on DNA microarray technology: HLA as a model.

Authors:
Giulio Lelio Palmisano Laura Delfino Monica Fiore Anna Longo Giovanni Battista Ferrara

Autoimmun Rev 2005 Nov 8;4(8):510-4. Epub 2005 Jun 8.

Department of Biology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

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November 2005

Routine hospital use of a new commercial whole blood interferon-gamma assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection.

Authors:
Giovanni Ferrara Monica Losi Marisa Meacci Barbara Meccugni Roberto Piro Pietro Roversi Barbara Maria Bergamini Roberto D'Amico Patrizia Marchegiano Fabio Rumpianesi Leonardo M Fabbri Luca Richeldi

Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005 Sep 16;172(5):631-5. Epub 2005 Jun 16.

Section of Respiratory Disease, Department of Oncology, Haematology and Respiratory Disease, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.

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September 2005

CTLA-4 is constitutively expressed on tumor cells and can trigger apoptosis upon ligand interaction.

Authors:
Elisabetta Contardi Giulio L Palmisano Pier Luigi Tazzari Alberto M Martelli Federica Falà Marina Fabbi Tomohiro Kato Enrico Lucarelli Davide Donati Letizia Polito Andrea Bolognesi Francesca Ricci Sandra Salvi Vittoria Gargaglione Stefano Mantero Marco Alberghini Giovanni Battista Ferrara Maria Pia Pistillo

Int J Cancer 2005 Nov;117(4):538-50

Department of Oncology, Biology and Genetics (DOBIG), University of Genova, Italy.

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November 2005

HLA-E surface expression is independent of the availability of HLA class I signal sequence-derived peptides in human tumor cell lines.

Authors:
Giulio Lelio Palmisano Elisabetta Contardi Anna Morabito Vittoria Gargaglione Giovanni Battista Ferrara Maria Pia Pistillo

Hum Immunol 2005 Jan;66(1):1-12

Department of Biology, University of Genova, Italy.

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January 2005

A T-cell epitope encoded by a subset of HLA-DPB1 alleles determines nonpermissive mismatches for hematologic stem cell transplantation.

Authors:
Elisabetta Zino Guido Frumento Sarah Marktel Maria Pia Sormani Francesca Ficara Simona Di Terlizzi Anna Maria Parodi Ruhena Sergeant Miryam Martinetti Andrea Bontadini Francesca Bonifazi Daniela Lisini Benedetta Mazzi Silvano Rossini Paolo Servida Fabio Ciceri Chiara Bonini Edoardo Lanino Giuseppe Bandini Franco Locatelli Jane Apperley Andrea Bacigalupo Giovanni Battista Ferrara Claudio Bordignon Katharina Fleischhauer

Blood 2004 Feb 23;103(4):1417-24. Epub 2003 Oct 23.

HLA Tissue Typing Laboratory, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine Service, San Raffaele Telethon Institue for Gene Therapy, Cancer Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy Program, Istituto Scientifico H. S. Raffaele, via Olgettina 60, I-20132 Milan, Italy.

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February 2004

Weak linkage at 4p16 to predisposition for human neuroblastoma.

Authors:
Patrizia Perri Luca Longo Roberto Cusano Carmel M McConville Sally A Rees Marcella Devoto Massimo Conte Giovanni Battista Ferrara Marco Seri Giovanni Romeo Gian Paolo Tonini

Oncogene 2002 Nov;21(54):8356-60

Laboratory of Neuroblastoma Research, Advanced Biotechnology Center, 16132 Genoa, Italy.

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November 2002

CTLA-4 is not restricted to the lymphoid cell lineage and can function as a target molecule for apoptosis induction of leukemic cells.

Authors:
Maria Pia Pistillo Pier Luigi Tazzari Giulio Lelio Palmisano Ivana Pierri Andrea Bolognesi Francesca Ferlito Paolo Capanni Letizia Polito Marina Ratta Stefano Pileri Milena Piccioli Giuseppe Basso Laura Rissotto Roberto Conte Marco Gobbi Fiorenzo Stirpe Giovanni Battista Ferrara

Blood 2003 Jan 15;101(1):202-9. Epub 2002 Aug 15.

Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Laboratory of Molecular Morphogenesis, National Cancer Research Institute, Advanced Biotechnology Center, Genoa, Italy.

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January 2003

Analysis of HLA-G expression in breast cancer tissues.

Authors:
Giulio Lelio Palmisano Maria Pia Pistillo Paolo Fardin Paolo Capanni Guido Nicolò Sandra Salvi Bruno Spina Gennaro Pasciucco Giovanni Battista Ferrara

Hum Immunol 2002 Nov;63(11):969-76

Laboratory of Molecular Morphogenesis, National Cancer Research Institute, Genova, Italy.

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November 2002

Tryptophan-derived catabolites are responsible for inhibition of T and natural killer cell proliferation induced by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase.

Authors:
Guido Frumento Rita Rotondo Michela Tonetti Gianluca Damonte Umberto Benatti Giovanni Battista Ferrara

J Exp Med 2002 Aug;196(4):459-68

Immunogenetics Laboratory, National Cancer Research Institute, University of Genoa, Largo Rosanna Benzi 10, 16132 Genoa, Italy.

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August 2002

HLA class II DNA typing in a large series of European patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: correlations with clinical and autoantibody subsets.

Authors:
Mauro Galeazzi Gian Domenico Sebastiani Gabriella Morozzi Carlo Carcassi Giovanni Battista Ferrara Raffaella Scorza Ricard Cervera Enrique de Ramon Garrido Antonio Fernandez-Nebro Frederic Houssiau Anna Jedryka-Goral Giuseppe Passiu Chryssa Papasteriades Jean-Charles Piette Josef Smolen Giovanni Porciello Roberto Marcolongo

Medicine (Baltimore) 2002 May;81(3):169-78

Istituto di Reumatologia, Università di Siena, Siena, Italy.

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May 2002

Detection of a novel specificity (CTLA-4) in ATG/TMG globulins and sera from ATG-treated leukemic patients.

Authors:
Maria Pia Pistillo Pier Luigi Tazzari Francesca Bonifazi Giuseppe Bandini Tomohiro Kato Toshihiro Matsui Kusuki Nishioka Roberto Conte Giovanni Battista Ferrara

Transplantation 2002 Apr;73(8):1295-302

Immunogenetics Laboratory, National Cancer Research Institute, Advanced Biotechnology Center, Genova, Italy.

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April 2002