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Antonello Villa is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy. Their research concentrates primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Rheumatology, and Genetics.

The scientist's research addresses topics such as Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments, Extracellular Vesicles in Disease, Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, Trace Elements in Health, and the Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.

Recent publications illustrate the scope of their work and include:

  • Erdheim-Chester disease: An in vivo human model of Mϕ activation at the crossroad between chronic inflammation and cancer (2020), Journal of Leukocyte Biology
  • Cadmium elicits alterations in mitochondrial morphology and functionality in C3H10T1/2Cl8 mouse embryonic fibroblasts (2020), Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects
  • Immunometabolic activation of macrophages leads to cytokine production in the pathogenesis of KRAS-mutated histiocytosis (2021), Lara D. Veeken
  • Anomalous diffusion of synaptic vesicles and its influences on spontaneous and evoked neurotransmission (2024), The Journal of Physiology
  • Proposal of a classification of cannulation damage in vascular access grafts based on clinical, ultrasound, and microscopic observations (2024), The Journal of Vascular Access

Antonello Villa frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their identified coauthors include Giulio Cavalli, Lorenzo Dagna, Claudio Doglioni, Elisabetta Ferrero, and Marina Ferrarini, each contributing significantly to related scientific work.

The venues where their research has appeared are varied but focused, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of their investigations. These include the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, Lara D. Veeken, The Journal of Physiology, and The Journal of Vascular Access.

Best Publications

  • Junctional Adhesion Molecule, a Novel Member of the Immunoglobulin Superfamily That Distributes at Intercellular Junctions and Modulates Monocyte Transmigration

    Inés Martìn-Padura;Susan Lostaglio;Markus Schneemann;Lisa Williams

  • Regulation of apoptosis at cell division by p34cdc2 phosphorylation of survivin.

    Daniel S. O'Connor;Douglas Grossman;Janet Plescia;Fengzhi Li

  • Pleiotropic cell-division defects and apoptosis induced by interference with survivin function.

    F Li;E J Ackermann;C F Bennett;A L Rothermel

  • The C-C chemokine receptors CCR4 and CCR8 identify airway T cells of allergen-challenged atopic asthmatics

    Paola Panina-Bordignon;Alberto Papi;Margherita Mariani;Pietro Di Lucia

  • Human Tumor-Released Microvesicles Promote the Differentiation of Myeloid Cells with Transforming Growth Factor-β–Mediated Suppressive Activity on T Lymphocytes

    Roberta Valenti;Veronica Huber;Paola Filipazzi;Lorenzo Pilla

  • Potential role of HER2-overexpressing exosomes in countering trastuzumab-based therapy

    Valentina Ciravolo;Veronica Huber;Gaia C. Ghedini;Elisabetta Venturelli

  • The inositol 1,4,5,-trisphosphate receptor in cerebellar Purkinje cells: quantitative immunogold labeling reveals concentration in an ER subcompartment.

    Tomohide Satoh;Christopher A. Ross;Antonello Villa;Surachai Supattapone

  • pH-dependent antitumor activity of proton pump inhibitors against human melanoma is mediated by inhibition of tumor acidity.

    Angelo De Milito;Rossella Canese;Maria Lucia Marino;Martina Borghi

  • Recent advances on the role of tumor exosomes in immunosuppression and disease progression.

    Paola Filipazzi;Maja Bürdek;Antonello Villa;Licia Rivoltini

  • Rapid killing of actinomycin D-treated tumor cells by human mononuclear cells. I. Effectors belong to the monocyte-macrophage lineage

    F Colotta;G Peri;A Villa;A Mantovani

  • Integrin LFA-1 interacts with the transcriptional co-activator JAB1 to modulate AP-1 activity.

    Elisabetta Bianchi;Simona Denti;Alessandra Granata;Giovanna Bossi;Giovanna Bossi

  • Tumor-derived microRNAs induce myeloid suppressor cells and predict immunotherapy resistance in melanoma

    Veronica Huber;Viviana Vallacchi;Viktor Fleming;Xiaoying Hu

  • Loose-patch recordings of single quanta at individual hippocampal synapses

    Lia Forti;Mario Bossi;Andrea Bergamaschi;Antonello Villa

  • Presynaptic component of long-term potentiation visualized at individual hippocampal synapses

    Antonio Malgaroli;Anthony E. Ting;Beverly Wendland;Andrea Bergamaschi

  • Intracellular Ca2+ stores in chicken Purkinje neurons: differential distribution of the low affinity-high capacity Ca2+ binding protein, calsequestrin, of Ca2+ ATPase and of the ER lumenal protein, Bip

    Antonello Villa;Paola Podini;Dennis O. Clegg;Tullio Pozzan

  • Proton pump inhibition induces autophagy as a survival mechanism following oxidative stress in human melanoma cells

    M L Marino;S Fais;M Djavaheri-Mergny;M Djavaheri-Mergny;A Villa

  • DNA ligase I is recruited to sites of DNA replication by an interaction with proliferating cell nuclear antigen: identification of a common targeting mechanism for the assembly of replication factories

    Alessandra Montecucco;Rossella Rossi;David S Levin;Ronald Gary

  • Dendritic cells acquire the MAGE-3 human tumor antigen from apoptotic cells and induce a class I-restricted T cell response.

    Vincenzo Russo;Silvia Tanzarella;Piero Dalerba;Donata Rigatti

  • Biodistribution and transgene expression with nonviral cationic vector/DNA complexes in the lungs

    A Bragonzi;G Dina;A Villa;G Calori

  • Correlation between magnetic resonance imaging of posterior pituitary and neurohypophyseal function in children with diabetes insipidus.

    M. Maghnie;A. Villa;M. Arico;D. Larizza

Frequent Co-Authors

Licia Rivoltini
Licia Rivoltini Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Chiara Castelli
Chiara Castelli University of Milan
Pompeo Volpe
Pompeo Volpe University of Padua
Andrea Biondi
Andrea Biondi University of Milano-Bicocca
Tullio Pozzan
Tullio Pozzan University of Padua
Flavia Valtorta
Flavia Valtorta Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Angelo Quattrini
Angelo Quattrini Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Giovanni Cazzaniga
Giovanni Cazzaniga University of Milano-Bicocca
Silvana Pilotti
Silvana Pilotti University of Milan
Elisabetta Dejana
Elisabetta Dejana Uppsala University

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