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Angelo Vacca is affiliated with the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy and works primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research encompasses multiple interconnected subfields, including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Hematology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Rheumatology.

The scientist's research topics are centered on several focused areas:

  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
  • Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Vasculitis and related conditions
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Angelo Vacca include:

  • Neutrophil Extracellular Traps (NETs) and Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs): Two Potential Targets for COVID-19 Treatment, 2020, published in Mediators of Inflammation
  • Mepolizumab for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: A European Multicenter Observational Study, 2021, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Mechanisms of Resistance to Anti-CD38 Daratumumab in Multiple Myeloma, 2020, Cells
  • Early Disease and Low Baseline Damage as Predictors of Response to Belimumab in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Real-Life Setting, 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • COVID-19 and the Endocrine System: A Comprehensive Review on the Theme, 2021, Journal of Clinical Medicine

Frequent collaborators of this researcher include:

  • Antonio Giovanni Solimando
  • Sebastiano Cicco
  • Roberto Ria
  • Vito Racanelli
  • Vanessa Desantis

Angelo Vacca has published extensively in several journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Cancers
  • Clinical and Experimental Medicine
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Bone marrow angiogenesis and progression in multiple myeloma.

    Angelo Vacca;Domenico Ribatti;Luisa Roncali;Girolamo Ranieri

  • Bone marrow neovascularization, plasma cell angiogenic potential, and matrix metalloproteinase-2 secretion parallel progression of human multiple myeloma.

    Angelo Vacca;Domenico Ribatti;Marco Presta;Monica Minischetti

  • Human Erythropoietin Induces a Pro-Angiogenic Phenotype in Cultured Endothelial Cells and Stimulates Neovascularization In Vivo

    Domenico Ribatti;Marco Presta;Marco Presta;Angelo Vacca;Angelo Vacca;Roberto Ria;Roberto Ria

  • MHC Class I Antigen Processing and Presenting Machinery: Organization, Function, and Defects in Tumor Cells

    Patrizia Leone;Eui-Cheol Shin;Federico Perosa;Angelo Vacca

  • Chorioallantoic membrane capillary bed: a useful target for studying angiogenesis and anti-angiogenesis in vivo.

    Domenico Ribatti;Beatrice Nico;Angelo Vacca;Luisa Roncali

  • Bortezomib mediates antiangiogenesis in multiple myeloma via direct and indirect effects on endothelial cells.

    Aldo Maria Roccaro;Teru Hideshima;Noopur Raje;Shaji Kumar

  • TIMP‐2 over‐expression reduces invasion and angiogenesis and protects B16F10 melanoma cells from apoptosis

    Piera Valente;Gianfranco Fassina;Antonella Melchiori;Luciana Masiello

  • Expression of MAGE genes in primary and metastatic cutaneous melanoma.

    Francis Brasseur;Donata Rimoldi;Danielle Liénard;Danielle Liénard;Bernard Lethé

  • Antiangiogenesis Is Produced by Nontoxic Doses of Vinblastine

    Angelo Vacca;Monica Iurlaro;Domenico Ribatti;Monica Minischetti

  • The gelatin sponge-chorioallantoic membrane assay.

    Domenico Ribatti;Beatrice Nico;Angelo Vacca;Marco Presta

  • The history of the angiogenic switch concept.

    D Ribatti;B Nico;E Crivellato;A M Roccaro

  • Bone marrow angiogenesis and mast cell density increase simultaneously with progression of human multiple myeloma.

    D Ribatti;A Vacca;B Nico;F Quondamatteo

  • Tumor vascularity and tryptase-positive mast cells correlate with a poor prognosis in melanoma.

    D Ribatti;Maria Grazia Ennas;A Vacca;F Ferreli

  • Stephen Paget and the ‘seed and soil’ theory of metastatic dissemination

    D. Ribatti;G. Mangialardi;A. Vacca

  • The chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane as a model for in vivo research on angiogenesis.

    Domenico Ribatti;Angelo Vacca;Luisa Roncali;Franco Dammacco

  • Bcr-Abl stabilizes β-catenin in chronic myeloid leukemia through its tyrosine phosphorylation

    Addolorata Maria Luce Coluccia;Addolorata Maria Luce Coluccia;Angelo Vacca;Mireia Duñach;Luca Mologni

  • New Model for the Study of Angiogenesis and Antiangiogenesis in the Chick Embryo Chorioallantoic Membrane: The Gelatin Sponge/ Chorioallantoic Membrane Assay

    Domenico Ribatti;Anna Gualandris;Maria Bastaki;Angelo Vacca

  • Bone marrow angiogenesis in multiple myeloma.

    A Vacca;D Ribatti

  • Angiogenesis spectrum in the stroma of B‐cell non‐Hodgkin's lymphomas. An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

    D. Ribatti;A. Vacca;B. Nico;M. Fanelli

  • Macrophages in rheumatoid arthritis.

    N. Maruotti;F.P. Cantatore;Enrico Crivellato;A. Vacca

Frequent Co-Authors

Domenico Ribatti
Domenico Ribatti University of Bari Aldo Moro
Franco Dammacco
Franco Dammacco University of Bari Aldo Moro
Beatrice Nico
Beatrice Nico University of Bari Aldo Moro
Marco Presta
Marco Presta University of Brescia
Diego Guidolin
Diego Guidolin University of Padua
Pellegrino Musto
Pellegrino Musto University of Bari Aldo Moro
Michele Cavo
Michele Cavo University of Bologna
Mirco Ponzoni
Mirco Ponzoni Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Nicola Silvestris
Nicola Silvestris University of Messina
Hermann Einsele
Hermann Einsele University of Würzburg

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