Andrea Facchini

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Best Publications

• Calcein-Acetyoxymethyl Cytotoxicity Assay: Standardization of a Method Allowing Additional Analyses on Recovered Effector Cells and Supernatants

  Simona Neri;Erminia Mariani;Alessandra Meneghetti;Luca Cattini

  405
  Citations

• Transplantation of chondrocytes seeded on a hyaluronan derivative (hyaff-11) into cartilage defects in rabbits.

  Brunella Grigolo;Livia Roseti;Mauro Fiorini;Milena Fini

  347
  Citations

• EVIDENCE FOR REDIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN CHONDROCYTES GROWN ON A HYALURONAN-BASED BIOMATERIAL (HYAFF 11): MOLECULAR, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

  Brunella Grigolo;Gina Lisignoli;Anna Piacentini;Mauro Fiorini

  337
  Citations

• Enhanced and coordinated in vivo expression of inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide synthase by chondrocytes from patients with osteoarthritis

  Cinzia Melchiorri;Riccardo Meliconi;Luigi Frizziero;Tania Silvestri

  337
  Citations

• Effect of micronutrient status on natural killer cell immune function in healthy free-living subjects aged ≥90 y

  Giovanni Ravaglia;Paola Forti;Fabiola Maioli;Luciana Bastagli

  329
  Citations

• Biological aspects of early osteoarthritis

  Henning Madry;Frank P. Luyten;Andrea Facchini

  286
  Citations

• Increased Risk of Fibrosing Alveolitis Associated with Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist and Tumor Necrosis Factor- α Gene Polymorphisms

  M. Whyte;R. Hubbard;R. Meliconi;M. Whidborne

  285
  Citations

• Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells exert antiinflammatory effects on chondrocytes and synoviocytes from osteoarthritis patients through prostaglandin E2.

  Cristina Manferdini;Marie Maumus;Elena Gabusi;Anna Piacentini

  279
  Citations

• Intra-articular delivery of adipose derived stromal cells attenuates osteoarthritis progression in an experimental rabbit model

  Giovanna Desando;Carola Cavallo;Federica Sartoni;Lucia Martini

  238
  Citations

• Comparison of Platelet-Rich Plasma Formulations for Cartilage Healing An in Vitro Study

  Carola Cavallo;Giuseppe Filardo;Erminia Mariani;Elizaveta Kon

  230
  Citations

• Increased number of circulating Leu 11+ (CD 16) large granular lymphocytes and decreased NK activity during human ageing.

  A Facchini;E Mariani;A R Mariani;S Papa

  217
  Citations

• Autoantibodies to fibroblasts induce a proadhesive and proinflammatory fibroblast phenotype in patients with systemic sclerosis.

  Carlo Chizzolini;Elena Raschi;Roger Michel Rezzonico;Cinzia Testoni

  197
  Citations

• Adipose mesenchymal stem cells protect chondrocytes from degeneration associated with osteoarthritis

  Marie Maumus;Cristina Manferdini;Karine Toupet;Karine Toupet;Julie Anne Peyrafitte

  195
  Citations

• Human chondrocytes express functional chemokine receptors and release matrix-degrading enzymes in response to C-X-C and C-C chemokines

  Rosa Maria Borzì;Ilaria Mazzetti;Luca Cattini;Mariagrazia Uguccioni

  190
  Citations

• Signaling Pathways in Cartilage Repair

  Erminia Mariani;Lia Pulsatelli;Andrea Facchini

  184
  Citations

• CXCL12 chemokine up-regulates bone resorption and MMP-9 release by human osteoclasts: CXCL12 levels are increased in synovial and bone tissue of rheumatoid arthritis patients

  Francesco Grassi;Sandra Cristino;Stefania Toneguzzi;Anna Piacentini

  175
  Citations

• Osteoarthritis Treated with Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Hyaluronan-Based Scaffold in Rabbit

  Brunella Grigolo;Gina Lisignoli;Giovanna Desando;Carola Cavallo

  173
  Citations

• Cellular and molecular events during chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stromal cells grown in a three-dimensional hyaluronan based scaffold.

  Gina Lisignoli;Sandra Cristino;Anna Piacentini;Stefania Toneguzzi

  172
  Citations

• Anti‐Fas–induced apoptosis in chondrocytes reduced by hyaluronan: Evidence for CD44 and CD54 (intercellular adhesion molecule 1) involvement

  Gina Lisignoli;Francesco Grassi;Nicoletta Zini;Stefania Toneguzzi

  169
  Citations

• Chemokine production by human chondrocytes.

  Lia Pulsatelli;Paolo Dolzani;Anna Piacentini;Tania Silvestri

  160
  Citations