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Biology and Biochemistry
Italy
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
34189
World Ranking
5198
National Ranking
117

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Angelo L. Vescovi is affiliated with Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza in Italy. Their research encompasses extensive work in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with additional focus in Medicine. The scientist's subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neurology, Developmental Neuroscience, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main research topics covered in their work include:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Angelo L. Vescovi has contributed to publications in several venues, notably:

  • Stem Cell Research (12 publications)
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (4 publications)
  • Cell Death and Disease (3 publications)
  • Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (3 publications)

Frequent co-authors in their scholarly activities include:

  • Jessica Rosati (26 coauthored publications)
  • Daniela Ferrari (19 coauthored publications)
  • Maurizio Gelati (16 coauthored publications)
  • Elisa Maria Turco (11 coauthored publications)
  • Angela D'Anzi (11 coauthored publications)

Notable recent publications by Angelo L. Vescovi include:

  • "APOGEE 2: multi-layer machine-learning model for the interpretable prediction of mitochondrial missense variants," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Phase I clinical trial of intracerebroventricular transplantation of allogeneic neural stem cells in people with progressive multiple sclerosis," 2023, Cell Stem Cell
  • "Local delivery of hrBMP4 as an anticancer therapy in patients with recurrent glioblastoma: a first-in-human phase 1 dose escalation trial," 2023, Molecular Cancer
  • "MitImpact 3: modeling the residue interaction network of the Respiratory Chain subunits," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "BRAFV600E mutation impinges on gut microbial markers defining novel biomarkers for serrated colorectal cancer effective therapies," 2020, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research

Best Publications

  • Isolation and Characterization of Tumorigenic, Stem-like Neural Precursors from Human Glioblastoma

    Rossella Galli;Elena Binda;Ugo Orfanelli;Barbara Cipelletti

  • Turning Brain into Blood: A Hematopoietic Fate Adopted by Adult Neural Stem Cells in Vivo

    Christopher R. R. Bjornson;Rodney L. Rietze;Brent A. Reynolds;M. Cristina Magli

  • Bone morphogenetic proteins inhibit the tumorigenic potential of human brain tumour-initiating cells

    Sara Grazia Maria Piccirillo;B. A. Reynolds;N. Zanetti;G. Lamorte

  • Multipotential stem cells from the adult mouse brain proliferate and self-renew in response to basic fibroblast growth factor

    Angela Gritti;E. A. Parati;L. Cova;P. Frolichsthal

  • Injection of adult neurospheres induces recovery in a chronic model of multiple sclerosis

    Stefano Pluchino;Angelo Quattrini;Elena Brambilla;Angela Gritti

  • Brain tumour stem cells

    Angelo L. Vescovi;Rossella Galli;Brent A. Reynolds

  • CXCR4-activated astrocyte glutamate release via TNFalpha: amplification by microglia triggers neurotoxicity.

    Paola Bezzi;Maria Domercq;Liliana Brambilla;Rossella Galli

  • Frataxin is Reduced in Friedreich Ataxia Patients and is Associated with Mitochondrial Membranes

    Victoria Campuzano;Laura Montermini;Yves Lutz;Lidia Cova

  • Isolation and cloning of multipotential stem cells from the embryonic human CNS and establishment of transplantable human neural stem cell lines by epigenetic stimulation

    Angelo L. Vescovi;Eugenio A. Parati;Angela Gritti;Paule Poulin

  • bFGF regulates the proliferative fate of unipotent (neuronal) and bipotent (neuronal/astroglial) EGF-generated CNS progenitor cells

    Angelo L. Vescovi;Brent A. Reynolds;Douglas D. Fraser;Samuel Weiss

  • Is there a neural stem cell in the mammalian forebrain

    Samuel Weiss;Brent A. Reynolds;Angelo L. Vescovi;Cindi Morshead

  • NOTCH Pathway Blockade Depletes CD133‐Positive Glioblastoma Cells and Inhibits Growth of Tumor Neurospheres and Xenografts

    Xing Fan;Leila Khaki;Thant S. Zhu;Mary E. Soules

  • Cyclopamine-mediated Hedgehog pathway inhibition depletes stem-like cancer cells in glioblastoma

    Eli E. Bar;Aneeka Chaudhry;Alex Lin;Xing Fan

  • Skeletal myogenic potential of human and mouse neural stem cells.

    Rossella Galli;Ugo Borello;Angela Gritti;M. Giulia Minasi

  • Gene therapy of experimental brain tumors using neural progenitor cells

    Sara Benedetti;Barbara Pirola;Bianca Pollo;Lorenzo Magrassi

  • Erratum: Isolation and characterization of tumorigenic, stem-like neural precursors from human glioblastoma (Cancer Research (October 2004) 64 (7011-7021)

    R. Galli;E. Binda;U. Orfanelli;B. Cipelletti

  • Multipotent Neural Stem Cells Reside into the Rostral Extension and Olfactory Bulb of Adult Rodents

    Angela Gritti;Luca Bonfanti;Fiona Doetsch;Isabelle Caille

  • Epidermal and Fibroblast Growth Factors Behave as Mitogenic Regulators for a Single Multipotent Stem Cell-Like Population from the Subventricular Region of the Adult Mouse Forebrain

    Angela Gritti;Paola Frölichsthal-Schoeller;Rossella Galli;Eugenio A. Parati

  • Cardiomyocytes induce endothelial cells to trans-differentiate into cardiac muscle: Implications for myocardium regeneration

    G. Condorelli;U. Borello;L. De Angelis;M. Latronico

  • Mash1 specifies neurons and oligodendrocytes in the postnatal brain.

    Carlos M Parras;Rossella Galli;Olivier Britz;Sylvia Soares

Frequent Co-Authors

Elly M. Hol
Elly M. Hol Utrecht University
Eugenio A. Parati
Eugenio A. Parati Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Charles G. Eberhart
Charles G. Eberhart Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Vito Michele Fazio
Vito Michele Fazio Università Campus Bio-Medico
Domenico Delia
Domenico Delia University of Milan
Alessandro De Luca
Alessandro De Luca Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
Christel Herold-Mende
Christel Herold-Mende Heidelberg University
Massimo Carella
Massimo Carella Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
Enzo Wanke
Enzo Wanke University of Milano-Bicocca
Eleonora Aronica
Eleonora Aronica University of Amsterdam

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