Publications by authors named "Mauro Ferrari"

100Publications

Intratumoral injection of hydrogel-embedded nanoparticles enhances retention in glioblastoma.

Authors:
Giulia Brachi Javier Ruiz-Ramírez Prashant Dogra Zhihui Wang Vittorio Cristini Gianluca Ciardelli Robert C Rostomily Mauro Ferrari Andrei M Mikheev Elvin Blanco Clara Mattu

Nanoscale 2020 Dec;12(46):23838-23850

Politecnico di Torino, DIMEAS, C.so Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy.

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December 2020

Emerging technologies for local cancer treatment.

Authors:
Corrine Ying Xuan Chua Jeremy Ho Sandra Demaria Mauro Ferrari Alessandro Grattoni

Adv Ther (Weinh) 2020 Sep 5;3(9). Epub 2020 Jun 5.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute (HMRI), Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

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September 2020

Retraction of the Research Article: "Molecular targeting of FATP4 transporter for oral delivery of therapeutic peptide" by Z. Hu, S. Nizzero, S. Goel, L. E. Hinkle, X. Wu, C. Li, M. Ferrari and H. Shen.

Authors:
Sara Nizzero Shreya Goel Louis E Hinkle Xiaoyan Wu Chao Li Mauro Ferrari Haifa Shen

Sci Adv 2020 Jun 26;6(26). Epub 2020 Jun 26.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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June 2020

ValveTech: a Novel Robotic Approach for Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement.

Authors:
Izadyar Tamadon Virginia Mamone Yu Huan Sara Condino Claudio Quaglia Vincenzo Ferrari Mauro Ferrari Arianna Menciassi

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2020 Sep 15;PP. Epub 2020 Sep 15.

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September 2020

Development of lung metastases in mouse models of tongue squamous cell carcinoma.

Authors:
Sabrina Marcazzan Ali Dadbin Giulia Brachi Elvin Blanco Elena Maria Varoni Giovanni Lodi Mauro Ferrari

Oral Dis 2020 Aug 7. Epub 2020 Aug 7.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA.

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August 2020

Retraction of the Research Article: "Molecular targeting of FATP4 transporter for oral delivery of therapeutic peptide" by Z. Hu, S. Nizzero, S. Goel, L. E. Hinkle, X. Wu, C. Li, M. Ferrari and H. Shen.

Authors:
Sara Nizzero Shreya Goel Louis E Hinkle Xiaoyan Wu Chao Li Mauro Ferrari Haifa Shen

Sci Adv 2020 06 26;6(26):eabc9572. Epub 2020 Jun 26.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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June 2020

Sequential deconstruction of composite drug transport in metastatic breast cancer.

Authors:
Shreya Goel Guodong Zhang Prashant Dogra Sara Nizzero Vittorio Cristini Zhihui Wang Zhenhua Hu Zheng Li Xuewu Liu Haifa Shen Mauro Ferrari

Sci Adv 2020 Jun 24;6(26):eaba4498. Epub 2020 Jun 24.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA.

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June 2020

Management of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis With Cytoreductive Surgery Combined With Intraperitoneal Chemohyperthermia at a Novel Italian Center.

Authors:
Pinuccia Faviana Laura Boldrini Barbara Musco Mauro Ferrari Alfonso Greco Lorenzo Fornaro Gianluca Masi Francesco Forfori Sergio Ricci Augusto Brogi Fulvio Basolo Alfredo Falcone Angelo Gadducci Piero Vincenzo Lippolis

In Vivo 2020 Jul-Aug;34(4):2061-2066

Department of General Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.

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March 2020

Definition of Proficiency Level by a Virtual Simulator as a First Step Toward a Curriculum on Fundamental Skills for Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR).

Authors:
Andrea Moglia Roberta Piazza Davide Maria Mocellin Vincenzo Ferrari Giuseppe Campanelli Mauro Ferrari Raffaella Berchiolli

J Surg Educ 2020 Nov - Dec;77(6):1592-1597. Epub 2020 Jun 7.

Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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June 2020

Interactive serious game for shoulder rehabilitation based on real-time hand tracking.

Authors:
Rosanna M Viglialoro Sara Condino Giuseppe Turini Virginia Mamone Marina Carbone Vincenzo Ferrari Giulia Ghelarducci Mauro Ferrari Marco Gesi

Technol Health Care 2020 ;28(4):403-414

Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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January 2020

Monitoring Wound Healing With Contactless Measurements and Augmented Reality.

Authors:
Virginia Mamone Miriam Di Fonzo Nicola Esposito Mauro Ferrari Vincenzo Ferrari

IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med 2020 30;8:2700412. Epub 2020 Mar 30.

1Department of Information EngineeringUniversity of Pisa56122PisaItaly.

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March 2020

Design and in vitro characterization of multistage silicon-PLGA budesonide particles for inflammatory bowel disease.

Authors:
Fransisca Leonard Srimeenakshi Srinivasan Xuewu Liu Eva-Maria Collnot Mauro Ferrari Claus-Michael Lehr Biana Godin

Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2020 Jun 10;151:61-72. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address:

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June 2020

Molecular targeting of FATP4 transporter for oral delivery of therapeutic peptide.

Authors:
Zhenhua Hu Sara Nizzero Shreya Goel Louis E Hinkle Xiaoyan Wu Chao Li Mauro Ferrari Haifa Shen

Sci Adv 2020 04 1;6(14):eaba0145. Epub 2020 Apr 1.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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April 2020

A modeling platform for the lymphatic system.

Authors:
Javier Ruiz-Ramírez Arturas Ziemys Prashant Dogra Mauro Ferrari

J Theor Biol 2020 05 28;493:110193. Epub 2020 Feb 28.

Department of Nanomedicine, The Houston Methodist Research Institute, HMRI R8-000, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030 USA.

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May 2020

Mesenchymal stromal cells mediated delivery of photoactive nanoparticles inhibits osteosarcoma growth in vitro and in a murine in vivo ectopic model.

Authors:
Stefania Lenna Chiara Bellotti Serena Duchi Elisa Martella Marta Columbaro Barbara Dozza Marco Ballestri Andrea Guerrini Giovanna Sotgiu Tommaso Frisoni Luca Cevolani Greta Varchi Mauro Ferrari Davide Maria Donati Enrico Lucarelli

J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2020 Feb 22;39(1):40. Epub 2020 Feb 22.

Unit of Orthopaedic Pathology and Osteoarticular Tissue Regeneration, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136, Bologna, Italy.

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February 2020

Immunotherapeutic Transport Oncophysics: Space, Time, and Immune Activation in Cancer.

Authors:
Sara Nizzero Haifa Shen Mauro Ferrari Bruna Corradetti

Trends Cancer 2020 01 30;6(1):40-48. Epub 2019 Dec 30.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Swansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, Wales, UK. Electronic address:

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January 2020

Smeared Multiscale Finite Element Models for Mass Transport and Electrophysiology Coupled to Muscle Mechanics.

Authors:
Milos Kojic Miljan Milosevic Vladimir Simic Bogdan Milicevic Vladimir Geroski Sara Nizzero Arturas Ziemys Nenad Filipovic Mauro Ferrari

Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2019 10;7:381. Epub 2019 Dec 10.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States.

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December 2019

Percutaneous Venous Angioplasty in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency: A Randomized Wait List Control Study.

Authors:
Vinicio Napoli Raffaella Berchiolli Maria Chiara Carboncini Ferdinando Sartucci Michele Marconi Tommaso Bocci Orsola Perrone Nicola Mannoni Claudia Congestrì Roberta Benedetti Riccardo Morganti Davide Caramella Roberto Cioni Mauro Ferrari

Ann Vasc Surg 2020 Jan 22;62:275-286. Epub 2019 Aug 22.

Unit of Vascular Surgery, Department of Traslational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa and Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.

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January 2020

Systematic comparison of methods for determining the in vivo biodistribution of porous nanostructured injectable inorganic particles.

Authors:
Sara Nizzero Feng Li Guodong Zhang Alessandro Venuta Carlotta Borsoi Junhua Mai Haifa Shen Joy Wolfram Zheng Li Elvin Blanco Mauro Ferrari

Acta Biomater 2019 10 3;97:501-512. Epub 2019 Aug 3.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address:

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October 2019

Clinical Cancer Nanomedicine.

Authors:
Joy Wolfram Mauro Ferrari

Nano Today 2019 Apr 6;25:85-98. Epub 2019 Mar 6.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

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April 2019

Publisher Correction: On the issue of transparency and reproducibility in nanomedicine.

Authors:
Hon S Leong Kimberly S Butler C Jeffrey Brinker May Azzawi Steve Conlan Christine Dufès Andrew Owen Steve Rannard Chris Scott Chunying Chen Marina A Dobrovolskaia Serguei V Kozlov Adriele Prina-Mello Ruth Schmid Peter Wick Fanny Caputo Patrick Boisseau Rachael M Crist Scott E McNeil Bengt Fadeel Lang Tran Steffen Foss Hansen Nanna B Hartmann Lauge P W Clausen Lars M Skjolding Anders Baun Marlene Ågerstrand Zhen Gu Dimitrios A Lamprou Clare Hoskins Leaf Huang Wantong Song Huiliang Cao Xuanyong Liu Klaus D Jandt Wen Jiang Betty Y S Kim Korin E Wheeler Andrew J Chetwynd Iseult Lynch Seyed Moein Moghimi André Nel Tian Xia Paul S Weiss Bruno Sarmento José das Neves Hélder A Santos Luis Santos Samir Mitragotri Steve Little Dan Peer Mansoor M Amiji Maria José Alonso Alke Petri-Fink Sandor Balog Aaron Lee Barbara Drasler Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser Stefan Wilhelm Handan Acar Roger G Harrison Chuanbin Mao Priyabrata Mukherjee Rajagopal Ramesh Lacey R McNally Sara Busatto Joy Wolfram Paolo Bergese Mauro Ferrari Ronnie H Fang Liangfang Zhang Jie Zheng Chuanqi Peng Bujie Du Mengxiao Yu Danielle M Charron Gang Zheng Chiara Pastore

Nat Nanotechnol 2019 Sep;14(9):902

Nature Nanotechnology, London, UK.

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September 2019

Low-fidelity simulators for the training of medical students in basic endovascular skills.

Authors:
Andrea Moglia Luca Morelli Raffaella Berchiolli Mauro Ferrari

J Vasc Surg 2019 08;70(2):656-657

EndoCAS, Center for Computer Assisted Surgery, Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Translational and New Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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August 2019

Low-Computational Cost Stitching Method in a Three-Eyed Endoscope.

Authors:
Virginia Mamone Sara Condino Fabrizio Cutolo Izadyar Tamadon Arianna Menciassi Michele Murzi Mauro Ferrari Vincenzo Ferrari

J Healthc Eng 2019 17;2019:5613931. Epub 2019 Jun 17.

Information Engineering Department, University of Pisa, Pisa 56122, Italy.

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June 2020

Traumatic Lesion of the Brachial Artery in a Pediatric Patient: Treatment With Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold.

Authors:
Francesca Tomei Raffaella Berchiolli Rosa Cervelli Irene Bargellini Daniele Adami Roberto Cioni Michele Marconi Mauro Ferrari

Clin Med Insights Case Rep 2019 4;12:1179547619857074. Epub 2019 Jul 4.

Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiothoracic Vascular, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.

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July 2019

Publisher Correction: On the issue of transparency and reproducibility in nanomedicine.

Authors:
Hon S Leong Kimberly S Butler C Jeffrey Brinker May Azzawi Steve Conlan Christine Dufès Andrew Owen Steve Rannard Chris Scott Chunying Chen Marina A Dobrovolskaia Serguei V Kozlov Adriele Prina-Mello Ruth Schmid Peter Wick Fanny Caputo Patrick Boisseau Rachael M Crist Scott E McNeil Bengt Fadeel Lang Tran Steffen Foss Hansen Nanna B Hartmann Lauge P W Clausen Lars M Skjolding Anders Baun Marlene Ågerstrand Zhen Gu Dimitrios A Lamprou Clare Hoskins Leaf Huang Wantong Song Huiliang Cao Xuanyong Liu Klaus D Jandt Wen Jiang Betty Y S Kim Korin E Wheeler Andrew J Chetwynd Iseult Lynch Sayed Moein Moghimi André Nel Tian Xia Paul S Weiss Bruno Sarmento José das Neves Hélder A Santos Luis Santos Samir Mitragotri Steve Little Dan Peer Mansoor M Amiji Maria José Alonso Alke Petri-Fink Sandor Balog Aaron Lee Barbara Drasler Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser Stefan Wilhelm Handan Acar Roger G Harrison Chuanbin Mao Priyabrata Mukherjee Rajagopal Ramesh Lacey R McNally Sara Busatto Joy Wolfram Paolo Bergese Mauro Ferrari Ronnie H Fang Liangfang Zhang Jie Zheng Chuanqi Peng Bujie Du Mengxiao Yu Danielle M Charron Gang Zheng Chiara Pastore

Nat Nanotechnol 2019 Aug;14(8):811

Nature Nanotechnology, London, UK.

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August 2019

On the issue of transparency and reproducibility in nanomedicine.

Authors:
Hon S Leong Kimberly S Butler C Jeffrey Brinker May Azzawi Steve Conlan Christine Dufés Andrew Owen Steve Rannard Chris Scott Chunying Chen Marina A Dobrovolskaia Serguei V Kozlov Adriele Prina-Mello Ruth Schmid Peter Wick Fanny Caputo Patrick Boisseau Rachael M Crist Scott E McNeil Bengt Fadeel Lang Tran Steffen Foss Hansen Nanna B Hartmann Lauge P W Clausen Lars M Skjolding Anders Baun Marlene Ågerstrand Zhen Gu Dimitrios A Lamprou Clare Hoskins Leaf Huang Wantong Song Huiliang Cao Xuanyong Liu Klaus D Jandt Wen Jiang Betty Y S Kim Korin E Wheeler Andrew J Chetwynd Iseult Lynch Seyed Moein Moghimi André Nel Tian Xia Paul S Weiss Bruno Sarmento José das Neves Hélder A Santos Luis Santos Samir Mitragotri Steve Little Dan Peer Mansoor M Amiji Maria José Alonso Alke Petri-Fink Sandor Balog Aaron Lee Barbara Drasler Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser Stefan Wilhelm Handan Acar Roger G Harrison Chuanbin Mao Priyabrata Mukherjee Rajagopal Ramesh Lacey R McNally Sara Busatto Joy Wolfram Paolo Bergese Mauro Ferrari Ronnie H Fang Liangfang Zhang Jie Zheng Chuanqi Peng Bujie Du Mengxiao Yu Danielle M Charron Gang Zheng Chiara Pastore

Nat Nanotechnol 2019 07;14(7):629-635

Nature Nanotechnology, London, UK.

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July 2019

Tumor Site-Dependent Transport Properties Determine Nanotherapeutics Delivery and Its Efficacy.

Authors:
Megumi Kai Arturas Ziemys Yan Ting Liu Milos Kojic Mauro Ferrari Kenji Yokoi

Transl Oncol 2019 Sep 20;12(9):1196-1205. Epub 2019 Jun 20.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address:

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September 2019

In situ diode laser fenestration: An ex-vivo evaluation of irradiation effects on human aortic tissue.

Authors:
Roberta Piazza Filippo Micheletti Sara Condino Giada Magni Raffaella N Berchiolli Paolo De Simone Vincenzo Ferrari Mauro Ferrari Roberto Pini Francesca Rossi

J Biophotonics 2019 09 30;12(9):e201900032. Epub 2019 Jun 30.

Institute of Applied Physics Nello Carrara, National Research Council, Florence, Italy.

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September 2019

Perceptual Limits of Optical See-Through Visors for Augmented Reality Guidance of Manual Tasks.

Authors:
Sara Condino Marina Carbone Roberta Piazza Mauro Ferrari Vincenzo Ferrari

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2020 02 6;67(2):411-419. Epub 2019 May 6.

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February 2020

Investigation of parameters that determine Nano-DC vaccine transport.

Authors:
Jingxin Zhang Junhua Mai Feng Li Jianliang Shen Guodong Zhang Jun Li Louis E Hinkle Daniel Lin Xuewu Liu Zheng Li Rong-Fu Wang Elizabeth A Mittendorf Mauro Ferrari Haifa Shen

Biomed Microdevices 2019 04 4;21(2):39. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

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April 2019

Effect of recombinant human nerve growth factor eye drops in patients with dry eye: a phase IIa, open label, multiple-dose study.

Authors:
Marta Sacchetti Alessandro Lambiase Doreen Schmidl Leopold Schmetterer Mauro Ferrari Flavio Mantelli Marcello Allegretti Gerhard Garhoefer

Br J Ophthalmol 2020 01 3;104(1):127-135. Epub 2019 Apr 3.

Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

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January 2020

Functionalization of endovascular devices with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for interventional cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

Authors:
Elvin Blanco Victor Segura-Ibarra Danish Bawa Md Nafiujjaman Suhong Wu Haoran Liu Mauro Ferrari Alan B Lumsden Dipan J Shah C Huie Lin

Biomed Microdevices 2019 04 1;21(2):38. Epub 2019 Apr 1.

Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6550 Fannin St., Suite 1901, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

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April 2019

Inflammation-targeted vascular nanomedicine.

Authors:
John P Cooke Mauro Ferrari

Nat Biomed Eng 2018 05;2(5):269-270

Kostas Center for Cardiovascular Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA.

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May 2018

Technical details and preliminary results of a full robotic type II endoleak treatment with the da Vinci Xi.

Authors:
Luca Morelli Simone Guadagni Gregorio Di Franco Matteo Palmeri Niccolò Furbetta Desirée Gianardi Matteo Bianchini Andrea Moglia Giulio Di Candio Mauro Ferrari Raffaella Berchiolli

J Robot Surg 2019 Jun 4;13(3):505-509. Epub 2019 Mar 4.

EndoCAS (Center for Computer Assisted Surgery), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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June 2019

Ruptured Mycotic Aneurysm After Intravesical Instillation for Bladder Tumor.

Authors:
Raffaella Berchiolli Davide M Mocellin Michele Marconi Francesca Tomei Irene Bargellini Roberta Zanca Paola Erba Mauro Ferrari

Ann Vasc Surg 2019 Aug 22;59:310.e7-310.e11. Epub 2019 Feb 22.

Nuclear Medicine, Department of Translational Research and New Technology in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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August 2019

Three-Dimensional Echographic Evaluation of Carotid Artery Disease.

Authors:
Enrico Calogero Iacopo Fabiani Nicola Riccardo Pugliese Veronica Santini Lorenzo Ghiadoni Rossella Di Stefano Fabio Galetta Ferdinando Sartucci Giuseppe Penno Raffaella Berchiolli Mauro Ferrari Dania Cioni Vinicio Napoli Raffaele De Caterina Vitantonio Di Bello Davide Caramella

J Cardiovasc Echogr 2018 Oct-Dec;28(4):218-227

Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Pisa University, Pisa, Italy.

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February 2019

Nanotechnology and Immunotherapy in Ovarian Cancer: Tracing New Landscapes.

Authors:
Bruna Corradetti Simone Pisano Robert Steven Conlan Mauro Ferrari

J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2019 09 8;370(3):636-646. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas (B.C., S.P., R.S.C., M.F.); Swansea University Medical School, Singleton Park, Swansea, United Kingdom (B.C., S.P., R.S.C.); and Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York (M.F.).

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September 2019

Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery versus endovascular repair in abdominal aortic aneurysm treatment.

Authors:
Raffaella Berchiolli Francesca Tomei Michele Marconi Davide Maria Mocellin Riccardo Morganti Marta Mari Daniele Adami Mauro Ferrari

J Vasc Surg 2019 Aug 2;70(2):478-484. Epub 2019 Feb 2.

Vascular Surgery Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.

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August 2019

Single-Molecule Force Measurement Guides the Design of Multivalent Ligands with Picomolar Affinity.

Authors:
Zhen Yang Sheng Jiang Feng Li Yatao Qiu Jianhua Gu Roderic I Pettigrew Mauro Ferrari Dale J Hamilton Zheng Li

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019 04 18;58(16):5272-5276. Epub 2019 Feb 18.

Center for Bioenergetics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

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April 2019

PTGER3 induces ovary tumorigenesis and confers resistance to cisplatin therapy through up-regulation Ras-MAPK/Erk-ETS1-ELK1/CFTR1 axis.

Authors:
Cristian Rodriguez-Aguayo Emine Bayraktar Cristina Ivan Burcu Aslan Junhua Mai Guangan He Lingegowda S Mangala Dahai Jiang Archana S Nagaraja Bulent Ozpolat Arturo Chavez-Reyes Mauro Ferrari Rahul Mitra Zahid H Siddik Haifa Shen Xianbin Yang Anil K Sood Gabriel Lopez-Berestein

EBioMedicine 2019 Feb 14;40:290-304. Epub 2019 Jan 14.

Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address:

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February 2019

Augmented Reality to Improve Surgical Simulation. Lessons Learned Towards the Design of a Hybrid Laparoscopic Simulator for Cholecystectomy.

Authors:
Rosanna Viglialoro Nicola Esposito Sara Condino Fabrizio Cutolo Simone Guadagni Marco Gesi Mauro Ferrari Vincenzo Ferrari

IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2018 Nov 28. Epub 2018 Nov 28.

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November 2018

How to Build a Patient-Specific Hybrid Simulator for Orthopaedic Open Surgery: Benefits and Limits of Mixed-Reality Using the Microsoft HoloLens.

Authors:
Sara Condino Giuseppe Turini Paolo D Parchi Rosanna M Viglialoro Nicola Piolanti Marco Gesi Mauro Ferrari Vincenzo Ferrari

J Healthc Eng 2018 1;2018:5435097. Epub 2018 Nov 1.

EndoCAS Center, Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies, University of Pisa, Pisa, PI 56124, Italy.

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November 2019

Gas Flow at the Ultra-nanoscale: Universal Predictive Model and Validation in Nanochannels of Ångstrom-Level Resolution.

Authors:
Giovanni Scorrano Giacomo Bruno Nicola Di Trani Mauro Ferrari Alberto Pimpinelli Alessandro Grattoni

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018 Sep 12;10(38):32233-32238. Epub 2018 Sep 12.

Department of Nanomedicine , Houston Methodist Research Institute , Houston , Texas 77030 , United States.

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September 2018

The future today: new options for surgical care.

Authors:
Luca Morelli Raffaella Berchiolli Gregorio Di Franco Mauro Ferrari Franco Mosca

Updates Surg 2018 09 17;70(3):355-356. Epub 2018 Aug 17.

EndoCAS (Center for Computer Assisted Surgery), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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September 2018

A Visually Apparent and Quantifiable CT Imaging Feature Identifies Biophysical Subtypes of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

Authors:
Eugene J Koay Yeonju Lee Vittorio Cristini John S Lowengrub Ya'an Kang F Anthony San Lucas Brian P Hobbs Rong Ye Dalia Elganainy Muayad Almahariq Ahmed M Amer Deyali Chatterjee Huaming Yan Peter C Park Mayrim V Rios Perez Dali Li Naveen Garg Kim A Reiss Shun Yu Anil Chauhan Mohamed Zaid Newsha Nikzad Robert A Wolff Milind Javle Gauri R Varadhachary Rachna T Shroff Prajnan Das Jeffrey E Lee Mauro Ferrari Anirban Maitra Cullen M Taniguchi Michael P Kim Christopher H Crane Matthew H Katz Huamin Wang Priya Bhosale Eric P Tamm Jason B Fleming

Clin Cancer Res 2018 12 6;24(23):5883-5894. Epub 2018 Aug 6.

Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

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December 2018

Nanotherapeutics for Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Authors:
Victor Segura-Ibarra Suhong Wu Nida Hassan Jose A Moran-Guerrero Mauro Ferrari Ashrith Guha Harry Karmouty-Quintana Elvin Blanco

Front Physiol 2018 13;9:890. Epub 2018 Jul 13.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States.

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July 2018

Augmented reality in open surgery.

Authors:
Benish Fida Fabrizio Cutolo Gregorio di Franco Mauro Ferrari Vincenzo Ferrari

Updates Surg 2018 Sep 13;70(3):389-400. Epub 2018 Jul 13.

Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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September 2018

Proficiency-based training of medical students using virtual simulators for laparoscopy and robot-assisted surgery: results of a pilot study.

Authors:
Andrea Moglia Sara Sinceri Vincenzo Ferrari Mauro Ferrari Franco Mosca Luca Morelli

Updates Surg 2018 Sep 10;70(3):401-405. Epub 2018 Jul 10.

EndoCAS, Center for Computer Assisted Surgery, University of Pisa, Edificio 102, via Paradisa 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.

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September 2018

Chloroquine and nanoparticle drug delivery: A promising combination.

Authors:
Joe Pelt Sara Busatto Mauro Ferrari E Aubrey Thompson Kabir Mody Joy Wolfram

Pharmacol Ther 2018 11 20;191:43-49. Epub 2018 Jun 20.

Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA; Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA. Electronic address:

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November 2018

Chemotherapy Sensitizes Therapy-Resistant Cells to Mild Hyperthermia by Suppressing Heat Shock Protein 27 Expression in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

Authors:
Chaofeng Mu Xiaoyan Wu Xinyu Zhou Joy Wolfram Jianliang Shen Dechen Zhang Junhua Mai Xiaojun Xia Ashley M Holder Mauro Ferrari Xuewu Liu Haifa Shen

Clin Cancer Res 2018 10 19;24(19):4900-4912. Epub 2018 Jun 19.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas.

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October 2018

Colonic Ischemia after Standard Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair, a Rare but Dangerous Complication.

Authors:
Raffaella Berchiolli Daniele Adami Michele Marconi Marta Mari Besjona Puta Mauro Ferrari

Ann Vasc Surg 2018 Oct 22;52:314.e13-314.e16. Epub 2018 May 22.

Vascular Surgery Unit, Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Department, A.O.U.P., University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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October 2018

Cell encapsulation: Overcoming barriers in cell transplantation in diabetes and beyond.

Authors:
Marco Farina Jenolyn F Alexander Usha Thekkedath Mauro Ferrari Alessandro Grattoni

Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2019 01 30;139:92-115. Epub 2018 Apr 30.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, United States. Electronic address:

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January 2019

Unexpected behaviors in molecular transport through size-controlled nanochannels down to the ultra-nanoscale.

Authors:
Giacomo Bruno Nicola Di Trani R Lyle Hood Erika Zabre Carly Sue Filgueira Giancarlo Canavese Priya Jain Zachary Smith Danilo Demarchi Sharath Hosali Alberto Pimpinelli Mauro Ferrari Alessandro Grattoni

Nat Commun 2018 04 27;9(1):1682. Epub 2018 Apr 27.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

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April 2018

Face, content, and construct validity of a simulator for training in endovascular procedures.

Authors:
Sara Sinceri Raffaella Berchiolli Michele Marconi Roberto Cioni Vincenzo Ferrari Mauro Ferrari Andrea Moglia Marina Carbone

Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol 2018 Dec 1;27(6):315-320. Epub 2018 Apr 1.

a EndoCAS Center, Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery , University of Pisa , Pisa , Italy.

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December 2018

Transport Barriers and Oncophysics in Cancer Treatment.

Authors:
Sara Nizzero Arturas Ziemys Mauro Ferrari

Trends Cancer 2018 04 15;4(4):277-280. Epub 2018 Mar 15.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address:

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April 2018

Gene Mutation Renders Pancreatic Cancer Resistance to Radiotherapy through Promotion of Autophagy.

Authors:
Feng Wang Xiaojun Xia Chunying Yang Jianliang Shen Junhua Mai Han-Cheon Kim Dickson Kirui Ya'an Kang Jason B Fleming Eugene J Koay Sankar Mitra Mauro Ferrari Haifa Shen

Clin Cancer Res 2018 07 30;24(13):3176-3185. Epub 2018 Mar 30.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas.

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July 2018

Distribution of Glutathione-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles in Feline Fibrosarcomas and Their Role as a Drug Delivery System for Doxorubicin-Preclinical Studies in a Murine Model.

Authors:
Katarzyna Zabielska-Koczywąs Anna Wojtalewicz Ewelina Użarowska Agata Klejman Agata Wojtkowska Izabella Dolka Marek Wojnicki Katarzyna Sobczak Michał Wójcik Haifa Shen Mauro Ferrari Roman Lechowski

Int J Mol Sci 2018 Mar 29;19(4). Epub 2018 Mar 29.

Department of Small Animal Diseases with Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland.

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March 2018

Polymer Functionalization of Isolated Mitochondria for Cellular Transplantation and Metabolic Phenotype Alteration.

Authors:
Suhong Wu Aijun Zhang Shumin Li Somik Chatterjee Ruogu Qi Victor Segura-Ibarra Mauro Ferrari Anisha Gupte Elvin Blanco Dale J Hamilton

Adv Sci (Weinh) 2018 03 3;5(3):1700530. Epub 2018 Jan 3.

Center for Bioenergetics Houston Methodist Research Institute Houston TX 77030 USA.

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March 2018

Harnessing and Optimizing the Interplay between Immunotherapy and Radiotherapy to Improve Survival Outcomes.

Authors:
Kalpana Mujoo Clayton R Hunt Raj K Pandita Mauro Ferrari Sunil Krishnan John P Cooke Stephen Hahn Tej K Pandita

Mol Cancer Res 2018 08 28;16(8):1209-1214. Epub 2018 Mar 28.

Department of Radiation Oncology, the Houston Methodist Research Institute, Weil Cornell Medical College, Houston, Texas.

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August 2018

Distribution of innate psychomotor skills recognized as important for surgical specialization in unconditioned medical undergraduates.

Authors:
Andrea Moglia Luca Morelli Vincenzo Ferrari Mauro Ferrari Franco Mosca Alfred Cuschieri

Surg Endosc 2018 10 14;32(10):4087-4095. Epub 2018 Mar 14.

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa, 56214, Pisa, Italy.

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October 2018

DNA Thioaptamer with Homing Specificity to Lymphoma Bone Marrow Involvement.

Authors:
Junhua Mai Xin Li Guodong Zhang Yi Huang Rong Xu Qi Shen Ganesh L Lokesh Varatharasa Thiviyanathan Lingxiao Chen Haoran Liu Youli Zu Xiaojing Ma David E Volk David G Gorenstein Mauro Ferrari Haifa Shen

Mol Pharm 2018 05 26;15(5):1814-1825. Epub 2018 Mar 26.

Department of Nanomedicine , Houston Methodist Research Institute , Houston , Texas 77030 , United States.

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May 2018

Co-delivery of tumor antigen and dual toll-like receptor ligands into dendritic cell by silicon microparticle enables efficient immunotherapy against melanoma.

Authors:
Motao Zhu Xilai Ding Ruifang Zhao Xuewu Liu Haifa Shen Chunmei Cai Mauro Ferrari Helen Y Wang Rong-Fu Wang

J Control Release 2018 02 8;272:72-82. Epub 2018 Jan 8.

Center for Inflammation and Epigenetics, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address:

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February 2018

A Novel DNA Aptamer for Dual Targeting of Polymorphonuclear Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells and Tumor Cells.

Authors:
Haoran Liu Junhua Mai Jianliang Shen Joy Wolfram Zhaoqi Li Guodong Zhang Rong Xu Yan Li Chaofeng Mu Youli Zu Xin Li Ganesh L Lokesh Varatharasa Thiviyanathan David E Volk David G Gorenstein Mauro Ferrari Zhongbo Hu Haifa Shen

Theranostics 2018 1;8(1):31-44. Epub 2018 Jan 1.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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November 2018

Nanomedicine, an emerging therapeutic strategy for oral cancer therapy.

Authors:
Sabrina Marcazzan Elena Maria Varoni Elvin Blanco Giovanni Lodi Mauro Ferrari

Oral Oncol 2018 01 21;76:1-7. Epub 2017 Nov 21.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address:

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January 2018

Critical Limb Ischemia: A Practical Up-To-Date Review.

Authors:
Iacopo Fabiani Enrico Calogero Nicola Riccardo Pugliese Rossella Di Stefano Irene Nicastro Flavio Buttitta Marco Nuti Caterina Violo Danilo Giannini Alessandro Morgantini Lorenzo Conte Valentina Barletta Raffaella Berchiolli Daniele Adami Mauro Ferrari Vitantonio Di Bello

Angiology 2018 Jul 21;69(6):465-474. Epub 2017 Nov 21.

1 Cardioangiology Universitary Departmental Section, Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Department, A.O.U.P., University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

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July 2018

A chloroquine-induced macrophage-preconditioning strategy for improved nanodelivery.

Authors:
Joy Wolfram Sara Nizzero Haoran Liu Feng Li Guodong Zhang Zheng Li Haifa Shen Elvin Blanco Mauro Ferrari

Sci Rep 2017 10 23;7(1):13738. Epub 2017 Oct 23.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.

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October 2017

Bone-targeting nanoparticle to co-deliver decitabine and arsenic trioxide for effective therapy of myelodysplastic syndrome with low systemic toxicity.

Authors:
Xiaoyan Wu Zhenhua Hu Sara Nizzero Guodong Zhang Maricela R Ramirez Ce Shi Jin Zhou Mauro Ferrari Haifa Shen

J Control Release 2017 Dec 16;268:92-101. Epub 2017 Oct 16.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address:

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December 2017

Enhancing cancer immunotherapy through nanotechnology-mediated tumor infiltration and activation of immune cells.

Authors:
Haifa Shen Tong Sun Hanh H Hoang Jana S Burchfield Gillian F Hamilton Elizabeth A Mittendorf Mauro Ferrari

Semin Immunol 2017 12 23;34:114-122. Epub 2017 Sep 23.

Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address:

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December 2017

Performances on simulator and da Vinci robot on subjects with and without surgical background.

Authors:
Andrea Moglia Vincenzo Ferrari Franca Melfi Mauro Ferrari Franco Mosca Alfred Cuschieri Luca Morelli

Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol 2018 Dec 17;27(6):309-314. Epub 2017 Aug 17.

a EndoCAS, Center for Computer Assisted Surgery , University of Pisa , Pisa , Italy.

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December 2018

Design of a sensorized guiding catheter for in situ laser fenestration of endovascular stent.

Authors:
Roberta Piazza Sara Condino Aldo Alberti Raffaella Nice Berchiolli Gioachino Coppi Marco Gesi Vincenzo Ferrari Mauro Ferrari

Comput Assist Surg (Abingdon) 2017 12;22(1):27-38

a EndoCAS Center, Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies , University of Pisa , Pisa , Italy.

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December 2017

A new head-mounted display-based augmented reality system in neurosurgical oncology: a study on phantom.

Authors:
Fabrizio Cutolo Antonio Meola Marina Carbone Sara Sinceri Federico Cagnazzo Ennio Denaro Nicola Esposito Mauro Ferrari Vincenzo Ferrari

Comput Assist Surg (Abingdon) 2017 12;22(1):39-53

a Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery , EndoCAS Center, University of Pisa , Pisa , Italy.

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December 2017

Contribution of Kupffer cells to liposome accumulation in the liver.

Authors:
Emma Samuelsson Haifa Shen Elvin Blanco Mauro Ferrari Joy Wolfram

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2017 Oct 15;158:356-362. Epub 2017 Jul 15.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA. Electronic address:

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October 2017

Nanoparticles administered intrapericardially enhance payload myocardial distribution and retention.

Authors:
Victor Segura-Ibarra Francisca E Cara Suhong Wu David A Iruegas-Nunez Sufen Wang Mauro Ferrari Arturas Ziemys Miguel Valderrabano Elvin Blanco

J Control Release 2017 Sep 9;262:18-27. Epub 2017 Jul 9.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address:

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September 2017

Gemcitabine enhances the transport of nanovector-albumin-bound paclitaxel in gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Authors:
Carlotta Borsoi Fransisca Leonard Yeonju Lee Mohamed Zaid Dalia Elganainy Jenolyn Francisca Alexander Megumi Kai Yan Ting Liu Yaan Kang Xuewu Liu Eugene J Koay Mauro Ferrari Biana Godin Kenji Yokoi

Cancer Lett 2017 09 4;403:296-304. Epub 2017 Jul 4.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6700 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address:

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September 2017

Post-nano strategies for drug delivery: Multistage porous silicon microvectors.

Authors:
Alessandro Venuta Joy Wolfram Haifa Shen Mauro Ferrari

J Mater Chem B 2017 Jan 26;5(2):207-219. Epub 2016 Nov 26.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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January 2017

Exosomes as Reconfigurable Therapeutic Systems.

Authors:
R Steven Conlan Simone Pisano Marta I Oliveira Mauro Ferrari Inês Mendes Pinto

Trends Mol Med 2017 07;23(7):636-650

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal. Electronic address:

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July 2017

Tumor progression effects on drug vector access to tumor-associated capillary bed.

Authors:
Vaidotas Kiseliovas Miljan Milosevic Milos Kojic Linas Mazutis Megumi Kai Yan Ting Liu Kenji Yokoi Mauro Ferrari Arturas Ziemys

J Control Release 2017 09 31;261:216-222. Epub 2017 May 31.

The Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address:

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September 2017

Taking the vehicle out of drug delivery.

Authors:
Jianliang Shen Joy Wolfram Mauro Ferrari Haifa Shen

Mater Today (Kidlington) 2017 Apr;20(3):95-97

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston 77030, USA.

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April 2017

Highly efficient genome editing of human hematopoietic stem cells via a nano-silicon-blade delivery approach.

Authors:
Yuan Ma Xin Han Oscar Quintana Bustamante Ricardo Bessa de Castro Kai Zhang Pengchao Zhang Ying Li Zongbin Liu Xuewu Liu Mauro Ferrari Zhongbo Hu José Carlos Segovia Lidong Qin

Integr Biol (Camb) 2017 06;9(6):548-554

College of Materials Sciences and Optoelectronics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.

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June 2017

Targeting Autocrine CCL5-CCR5 Axis Reprograms Immunosuppressive Myeloid Cells and Reinvigorates Antitumor Immunity.

Authors:
Yi Ban Junhua Mai Xin Li Marisa Mitchell-Flack Tuo Zhang Lixing Zhang Lotfi Chouchane Mauro Ferrari Haifa Shen Xiaojing Ma

Cancer Res 2017 06 17;77(11):2857-2868. Epub 2017 Apr 17.

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York.

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June 2017

Multi-step encapsulation of chemotherapy and gene silencing agents in functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles.

Authors:
Jianliang Shen Haoran Liu Chaofeng Mu Joy Wolfram Wei Zhang Han-Cheon Kim Guixian Zhu Zhongbo Hu Liang-Nian Ji Xuewu Liu Mauro Ferrari Zong-Wan Mao Haifa Shen

Nanoscale 2017 Apr;9(16):5329-5341

MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.

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April 2017

Enhancing Vascularization through the Controlled Release of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-BB.

Authors:
Silvia Minardi Laura Pandolfi Francesca Taraballi Xin Wang Enrica De Rosa Zachary D Mills Xuewu Liu Mauro Ferrari Ennio Tasciotti

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2017 May 18;9(17):14566-14575. Epub 2017 Apr 18.

Department of Orthopedics, Houston Methodist Hospital , 6565 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77030, United States.

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May 2017

Rapamycin nanoparticles localize in diseased lung vasculature and prevent pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Authors:
Victor Segura-Ibarra Javier Amione-Guerra Ana S Cruz-Solbes Francisca E Cara David A Iruegas-Nunez Suhong Wu Keith A Youker Arvind Bhimaraj Guillermo Torre-Amione Mauro Ferrari Harry Karmouty-Quintana Ashrith Guha Elvin Blanco

Int J Pharm 2017 May 28;524(1-2):257-267. Epub 2017 Mar 28.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address:

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May 2017

Pioneering medical advances through nanofluidic implantable technologies.

Authors:
R Lyle Hood Gold Darr Hood Mauro Ferrari Alessandro Grattoni

Wiley Interdiscip Rev Nanomed Nanobiotechnol 2017 09 10;9(5). Epub 2017 Mar 10.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA.

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September 2017

Lipopolyplex potentiates anti-tumor immunity of mRNA-based vaccination.

Authors:
Stefano Persano Maria L Guevara Zhaoqi Li Junhua Mai Mauro Ferrari Pier Paolo Pompa Haifa Shen

Biomaterials 2017 05 21;125:81-89. Epub 2017 Feb 21.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave, Houston, TX, 77030, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1330 York Ave, New York, NY, 10065, USA. Electronic address:

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May 2017

The Helicobacter cinaedi antigen CAIP participates in atherosclerotic inflammation by promoting the differentiation of macrophages in foam cells.

Authors:
Mario Milco D'Elios Francesca Vallese Nagaja Capitani Marisa Benagiano Maria Lina Bernardini Mirko Rossi Gian Paolo Rossi Mauro Ferrari Cosima Tatiana Baldari Giuseppe Zanotti Marina de Bernard Gaia Codolo

Sci Rep 2017 01 11;7:40515. Epub 2017 Jan 11.

Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

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January 2017

Extension of the composite smeared finite element (CSFE) to include lymphatic system in modeling mass transport in capillary systems and biological tissue.

Authors:
Milos Kojic Miljan Milosevic Vladimir Simic Eugene J Koay Nikola Kojic Arturas Ziemys Mauro Ferrari

J Serbian Soc Comput Mech 2017 ;11(2):108-119

Houston Methodist Research Institute, The Department of Nanomedicine, 6670 Bertner Ave., R7 117, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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January 2017

Influence of videogames and musical instruments on performances at a simulator for robotic surgery.

Authors:
Andrea Moglia Vittorio Perrone Vincenzo Ferrari Luca Morelli Ugo Boggi Mauro Ferrari Franco Mosca Alfred Cuschieri

Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol 2017 Jun 16;26(3):129-134. Epub 2016 Dec 16.

e Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa , Pisa , Italy.

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June 2017

A computer-assisted robotic platform for vascular procedures exploiting 3D US-based tracking.

Authors:
Marco Mura Simone Parrini Gastone Ciuti Vincenzo Ferrari Cinzia Freschi Mauro Ferrari Paolo Dario Arianna Menciassi

Comput Assist Surg (Abingdon) 2016 12;21(1):63-79

a The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna , Pisa , Italy.

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December 2016

Native and Reconstituted Plasma Lipoproteins in Nanomedicine: Physicochemical Determinants of Nanoparticle Structure, Stability, and Metabolism.

Authors:
Henry J Pownall Corina Rosales Baiba K Gillard Mauro Ferrari

Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J 2016 Sep;12(3):146-150

Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.

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September 2016

The active modulation of drug release by an ionic field effect transistor for an ultra-low power implantable nanofluidic system.

Authors:
Giacomo Bruno Giancarlo Canavese Xuewu Liu Carly S Filgueira Adriano Sacco Danilo Demarchi Mauro Ferrari Alessandro Grattoni

Nanoscale 2016 Nov;8(44):18718-18725

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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November 2016

Enzyme-responsive multistage vector for drug delivery to tumor tissue.

Authors:
Yu Mi Joy Wolfram Chaofeng Mu Xuewu Liu Elvin Blanco Haifa Shen Mauro Ferrari

Pharmacol Res 2016 11 19;113(Pt A):92-99. Epub 2016 Aug 19.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6670 Bertner Ave., Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address:

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November 2016

Computational analysis of drug transport in tumor microenvironment as a critical compartment for nanotherapeutic pharmacokinetics.

Authors:
Arturas Ziemys Steve Klemm Miljan Milosevic Kenji Yokoi Mauro Ferrari Milos Kojic

Drug Deliv 2016 Sep 2;23(7):2524-2531. Epub 2015 Apr 2.

a The Department of Nanomedicine , Houston Methodist Research Institute , Houston , USA.

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September 2016

Label-Free Isothermal Amplification Assay for Specific and Highly Sensitive Colorimetric miRNA Detection.

Authors:
Stefano Persano Maria L Guevara Joy Wolfram Elvin Blanco Haifa Shen Mauro Ferrari Pier Paolo Pompa

ACS Omega 2016 Sep 21;1(3):448-455. Epub 2016 Sep 21.

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) , Via Morego, 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.

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September 2016

Strategies for improving drug delivery: nanocarriers and microenvironmental priming.

Authors:
Ayesha Khalid Stefano Persano Haifa Shen Yuliang Zhao Elvin Blanco Mauro Ferrari Joy Wolfram

Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2017 07 11;14(7):865-877. Epub 2016 Oct 11.

b Department of Nanomedicine , Houston Methodist Research Institute , Houston , TX , USA.

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July 2017

Vesicular monoamine transporters expression in pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas according to scintigraphy and positron emission tomography behavior.

Authors:
Alessandra Bacca Angela Pucci Daniele Lorenzini Serena Chiacchio Duccio Volterrani Mauro Ferrari Stefano Sellari Franceschini Gabriele Materazzi Fulvio Basolo Giampaolo Bernini

Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2016 Sep 2. Epub 2016 Sep 2.

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy -

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September 2016

Mesenchymal stem cells from cortical bone demonstrate increased clonal incidence, potency, and developmental capacity compared to their bone marrow-derived counterparts.

Authors:
Daniel Blashki Matthew B Murphy Mauro Ferrari Paul J Simmons Ennio Tasciotti

J Tissue Eng 2016 Jan-Dec;7:2041731416661196. Epub 2016 Aug 16.

Department of Nanomedicine, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA.

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August 2016

A pyruvate decarboxylase-mediated therapeutic strategy for mimicking yeast metabolism in cancer cells.

Authors:
Bronwyn Scott Jianliang Shen Sara Nizzero Kathryn Boom Stefano Persano Yu Mi Xuewu Liu Yuliang Zhao Elvin Blanco Haifa Shen Mauro Ferrari Joy Wolfram

Pharmacol Res 2016 09 6;111:413-421. Epub 2016 Jul 6.

Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX 77030, USA; CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials & Nanosafety, National Center for Nanoscience & Technology of China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. Electronic address:

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September 2016

Theory and Experimental Validation of a Spatio-temporal Model of Chemotherapy Transport to Enhance Tumor Cell Kill.

Authors:
Zhihui Wang Romica Kerketta Yao-Li Chuang Prashant Dogra Joseph D Butner Terisse A Brocato Armin Day Rong Xu Haifa Shen Eman Simbawa A S Al-Fhaid S R Mahmoud Steven A Curley Mauro Ferrari Eugene J Koay Vittorio Cristini

PLoS Comput Biol 2016 06 10;12(6):e1004969. Epub 2016 Jun 10.

Department of NanoMedicine and Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America.

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June 2016

The Emerging Role of Nanotechnology in Cell and Organ Transplantation.

Authors:
Ennio Tasciotti Fernando J Cabrera Michael Evangelopoulos Jonathan O Martinez Usha R Thekkedath Malgorzata Kloc Rafik M Ghobrial Xian C Li Alessandro Grattoni Mauro Ferrari

Transplantation 2016 Aug;100(8):1629-38

1 Department of Nanomedicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX.2 Center for Biomimetic Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX.3 Immunology Research Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX.4 Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.

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August 2016