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Alberto Faggioni is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on medicine with significant contributions to immunology and microbiology. This work spans important subfields such as epidemiology, immunology, oncology, and parasitology.

The scientist's research themes include cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, immune cell function and interaction, viral-associated cancers and disorders, Toxoplasma gondii research studies, interferon and immune responses, autophagy in disease and therapy, and herpesvirus infections and treatments.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Alberto Faggioni include Mara Cirone, Maria Saveria Gilardini Montani, Roberta Santarelli, Maria Anele Romeo, and Roberta Gonnella.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Alberto Faggioni are:

  • KSHV infection skews macrophage polarisation towards M2-like/TAM and activates Ire1 α-XBP1 axis up-regulating pro-tumorigenic cytokine release and PD-L1 expression, 2020, British Journal of Cancer
  • KSHV dysregulates bulk macroautophagy, mitophagy and UPR to promote endothelial to mesenchymal transition and CCL2 release, key events in viral-driven sarcomagenesis, 2020, International Journal of Cancer
  • The cross-talk between STAT1/STAT3 and ROS up-regulates PD-L1 and promotes the release of pro-inflammatory/immune suppressive cytokines in primary monocytes infected by HHV-6B, 2020, Virus Research
  • Viral Infection and Autophagy Dysregulation: The Case of HHV-6, EBV and KSHV, 2020, Cells
  • p62/SQSTM1 promotes mitophagy and activates the NRF2-mediated antioxidant and anti-inflammatory response restraining EBV-driven B lymphocyte proliferation, 2021, Carcinogenesis

Alberto Faggioni has published in various scientific journals including British Journal of Cancer, International Journal of Cancer, Virus Research, Cells, and Carcinogenesis.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Dysregulated Epstein-Barr virus infection in the multiple sclerosis brain

    Barbara Serafini;Barbara Rosicarelli;Diego Franciotta;Roberta Magliozzi

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Consensus guidelines for the detection of immunogenic cell death

    Oliver Kepp;Laura Senovilla;Ilio Vitale;Erika Vacchelli

  • Molecular and Translational Classifications of DAMPs in Immunogenic Cell Death

    Abhishek D. Garg;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lionel Apetoh;Lionel Apetoh;Thais Baert

  • Human keratinocyte growth factor activity on proliferation and differentiation of human keratinocytes: differentiation response distinguishes KGF from EGF family.

    C. Marchese;J. Rubin;D. Ron;A. Faggioni

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Quercetin induces apoptosis and autophagy in primary effusion lymphoma cells by inhibiting PI3K/AKT/mTOR and STAT3 signaling pathways.

    Marisa Granato;Celeste Rizzello;Maria Saveria Gilardini Montani;Laura Cuomo

  • microRNA profiling in Epstein–Barr virus-associated B-cell lymphoma

    Jochen Imig;Natalie Motsch;Jia Yun Zhu;Stephanie Barth

  • Evidence for the involvement of lipid rafts localized at the ER-mitochondria associated membranes in autophagosome formation.

    Tina Garofalo;Paola Matarrese;Valeria Manganelli;Matteo Marconi

  • γ-Interferon Production in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes From Kaposi's Sarcoma Patients: Correlation With the Presence of Human Herpesvirus-8 in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Lesional Macrophages

    Maria Caterina Sirianni;Laura Vincenzi;Valeria Fiorelli;Simone Topino

  • Epstein−Barr virus-encoded EBNA2 alters immune checkpoint PD-L1 expression by downregulating miR-34a in B-cell lymphomas

    Eleni Anastasiadou;Dina Stroopinsky;Stella Alimperti;Alan L Jiao

  • Epstein-Barr Virus Blocks the Autophagic Flux and Appropriates the Autophagic Machinery To Enhance Viral Replication

    Marisa Granato;Roberta Santarelli;Antonella Farina;Roberta Gonnella

  • Human herpesvirus 6 infection in neoplastic and normal brain tissue.

    Laura Cuomo;Pankaj Trivedi;Maria Rosaria Cardillo;Franco Maria Gagliardi

  • Calcium modulation activates Epstein-Barr virus genome in latently infected cells

    Alberto Faggioni;Claudia Zompetta;Settimio Grimaldi;Giuseppe Barile

  • Characterization and Intracellular Localization of the Epstein-Barr Virus Protein BFLF2: Interactions with BFRF1 and with the Nuclear Lamina

    Roberta Gonnella;Antonella Farina;Roberta Santarelli;Salvatore Raffa

  • High Prevalence of Antibodies to Human Herpesvirus 8 in Relatives of Patients with Classic Kaposi's Sarcoma from Sardinia

    Antonio Angeloni;Lee Heston;Stefania Uccini;Maria Caterina Sirianni

  • BFRF1 of epstein-barr virus is essential for efficient primary viral envelopment and egress

    Antonella Farina;Regina Feederle;Salvatore Raffa;Roberta Gonnella

  • Epstein–Barr Virus Infection Induces Aberrant TLR Activation Pathway and Fibroblast–Myofibroblast Conversion in Scleroderma

    Antonella Farina;Antonella Farina;Mara Cirone;Michael York;Stefania Lenna

  • High frequency of Epstein-Barr virus genome detection in Hodgkin's disease of HIV-positive patients.

    Stefania Uccini;Francesca Monardo;Antonella Stoppacciaro;Angela Gradilone

  • Differential regulation of miR-21 and miR-146a by Epstein-Barr virus-encoded EBNA2.

    Paola Rosato;Eleni Anastasiadou;Neha Garg;D. Lenze

  • Deletion of Epstein-Barr Virus BFLF2 Leads to Impaired Viral DNA Packaging and Primary Egress as Well as to the Production of Defective Viral Particles

    Marisa Granato;Regina Feederle;Antonella Farina;Roberta Gonnella

  • EBV reduces autophagy, intracellular ROS and mitochondria to impair monocyte survival and differentiation.

    M.S. Gilardini Montani;R. Santarelli;M. Granato;R. Gonnella

  • Histone deacetylase inhibitors VPA and TSA induce apoptosis and autophagy in pancreatic cancer cells.

    Maria Saveria Gilardini Montani;Marisa Granato;Claudio Santoni;Paola Del Porto

Frequent Co-Authors

Luigi Frati
Luigi Frati Sapienza University of Rome
Maria Rosaria Torrisi
Maria Rosaria Torrisi Sapienza University of Rome
Mauro Picardo
Mauro Picardo Sapienza University of Rome
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Sam Gandy
Sam Gandy Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Leonidas C. Platanias
Leonidas C. Platanias Northwestern University
Hsing Jien Kung
Hsing Jien Kung Taipei Medical University
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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