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Antonia Follenzi is affiliated with the University of Piemonte Orientale in Italy. Their research primarily connects the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant emphasis on several specialized subfields including Hematology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biomedical Engineering, and Surgery.

Their publication record highlights focused contributions to topics such as Hemophilia Treatment and Research, Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms, Platelet Disorders and Treatments, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, and Pancreatic function and diabetes.

Follenzi has published extensively in notable scientific journals, often contributing multiple papers in certain venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Blood
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
  • Haematologica
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nature Communications

Co-authorship has been a significant aspect of their work, collaborating frequently with researchers such as Cristina Olgasi, Alessia Cucci, Chiara Borsotti, Simone Merlin, and Simone Assanelli.

The list of recent papers includes:

  • "Organoids: a systematic review of ethical issues," 2022, Stem Cell Research & Therapy
  • "iPSC-Derived Liver Organoids: A Journey from Drug Screening, to Disease Modeling, Arriving to Regenerative Medicine," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Thyroid hormone inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma progression via induction of differentiation and metabolic reprogramming," 2020, Journal of Hepatology
  • "Bio-Engineering of Pre-Vascularized Islet Organoids for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes," 2022, Transplant International
  • "Nursing students' clinical placement experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic: A phenomenological study," 2022, Nurse Education in Practice

Their work encompasses a range of biomedical research areas, integrating molecular and cellular biology techniques with clinical and bioengineering applications. This multidimensional approach supports research efforts in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and disease modeling.

Best Publications

  • Gene transfer by lentiviral vectors is limited by nuclear translocation and rescued by HIV-1 pol sequences.

    Antonia Follenzi;Laurie E. Ailles;Silvia Bakovic;Massimo Geuna

  • Microautophagy of Cytosolic Proteins by Late Endosomes

    Ranjit Sahu;Susmita Kaushik;Cristina C. Clement;Elvira S. Cannizzo

  • Dopamine-modified α-synuclein blocks chaperone-mediated autophagy

    Marta Martinez-Vicente;Zsolt Talloczy;Susmita Kaushik;Ashish C. Massey

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

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

  • RON is a heterodimeric tyrosine kinase receptor activated by the HGF homologue MSP.

    Giovanni Gaudino;Antonia Follenzi;Luigi Naldini;Chiara Collesi

  • Secretion of the adipocyte-specific secretory protein adiponectin critically depends on thiol-mediated protein retention.

    Zhao V. Wang;Todd D. Schraw;Todd D. Schraw;Ja Young Kim;Tayeba Khan

  • Lentiviral vectors containing the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 central polypurine tract can efficiently transduce nondividing hepatocytes and antigen-presenting cells in vivo

    Thierry VandenDriessche;Lieven Thorrez;Luigi Naldini;Antonia Follenzi

  • The MET oncogene drives a genetic programme linking cancer to haemostasis.

    Carla Boccaccio;Gabriella Sabatino;Enzo Medico;Flavia Girolami

  • Efficient gene delivery and targeted expression to hepatocytes in vivo by improved lentiviral vectors.

    A. Follenzi;G. Sabatino;A. Lombardo;C. Boccaccio

  • Biological activation of pro-HGF (hepatocyte growth factor) by urokinase is controlled by a stoichiometric reaction.

    Luigi Naldini;Elisa Vigna;Alberto Bardelli;Antonia Follenzi

  • Visualization of dynamics of single endogenous mRNA labeled in live mouse.

    Hye Yoon Park;Hyungsik Lim;Young J. Yoon;Antonia Follenzi;Antonia Follenzi

  • Targeting lentiviral vector expression to hepatocytes limits transgene-specific immune response and establishes long-term expression of human antihemophilic factor IX in mice

    Antonia Follenzi;Manuela Battaglia;Angelo Lombardo;Andrea Annoni

  • Hepcidin as a therapeutic tool to limit iron overload and improve anemia in β-thalassemic mice

    Sara Gardenghi;Pedro Ramos;Pedro Ramos;Maria Franca Marongiu;Luca Melchiori

  • Generation of HIV-1 derived lentiviral vectors.

    Antonia Follenzi;Luigi Naldini

  • Cross-talk between the proto-oncogenes Met and Ron

    A Follenzi;S Bakovic;P Gual;M C Stella

  • Robust in vivo gene transfer into adult mammalian neural stem cells by lentiviral vectors

    Antonella Consiglio;Angela Gritti;Diego Dolcetta;Antonia Follenzi

  • HIV-based vectors. Preparation and use.

    Antonia Follenzi;Luigi Naldini

  • Repressor element-1 silencing transcription factor (REST)-dependent epigenetic remodeling is critical to ischemia-induced neuronal death.

    Kyung Min Noh;Jee Yeon Hwang;Antonia Follenzi;Rodoniki Athanasiadou

  • Stability of lentiviral vector-mediated transgene expression in the brain in the presence of systemic antivector immune responses.

    Evelyn Abordo-Adesida;Antonia Follenzi;Carlos Barcia;Sandra Sciascia

  • Transplanted endothelial cells repopulate the liver endothelium and correct the phenotype of hemophilia A mice

    Antonia Follenzi;Daniel Benten;Phyllis Novikoff;Louisa Faulkner

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrica Verne
Enrica Verne Polytechnic University of Turin
Angel Raya
Angel Raya Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Francesco Novelli
Francesco Novelli University of Turin
Silvia Giordano
Silvia Giordano University of Turin
Amedeo Columbano
Amedeo Columbano University of Cagliari
Marinee Chuah
Marinee Chuah KU Leuven
Thierry VandenDriessche
Thierry VandenDriessche Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Francesco Bernardi
Francesco Bernardi University of Ferrara
Simonetta Guarrera
Simonetta Guarrera Italian institute for Genomic Medicine
Patrizia Comoli
Patrizia Comoli University of Pavia

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