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Antonio Cintra

Antonio Cintra

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Neuroscience

D-Index
37
Citations
5935
World Ranking
8772
National Ranking
166

Overview

Antonio Cintra is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research spans several fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, and Medicine. The main subfields of their work include Genetics, Immunology, and Hematology.

Their work primarily focuses on topics related to Inflammatory Bowel Disease, IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways, as well as broader Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research.

Antonio Cintra has contributed to research published in the journal The Lancet. One recent paper authored by Cintra is titled "Guselkumab in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (QUASAR): phase 3 double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled induction and maintenance studies," published in 2024.

  • Guselkumab in patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis (QUASAR): phase 3 double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled induction and maintenance studies (2024, The Lancet)

Cintra has worked with a number of frequent co-authors including:

  • David T. Rubin
  • Jessica R. Allegretti
  • Julián Panés
  • Nicole Shipitofsky
  • Shadi Yarandi

Their involvement in collaborative research reflects a multidisciplinary approach, with a focus on autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Best Publications

  • Glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactivity in monoaminergic neurons of rat brain

    A Härfstrand;K Fuxe;A Cintra;L F Agnati

  • Biochemistry molecular biology, and physiology of the glucocorticoid receptor

    Jan-Ake Gustafsson;J. Carlstedt-Duke;L. Poellinger;S. Okret

  • Pancreatic beta cells are important targets for the diabetogenic effects of glucocorticoids.

    Franck Delaunay;Akhtar Khan;Antonio Cintra;Behrous Davani

  • Prominent expression of acidic fibroblast growth factor in motor and sensory neurons

    Robert Elde;Yihai Cao;Antonio Cintra;T.Clark Brelje

  • Rapid important paper on the cellular localization and distribution of estrogen receptors in the rat tel- and diencephalon using monoclonal antibodies to human estrogen receptor.

    A. Cintra;K. Fuxe;A. Härfstrand;L.F. Agnati

  • Mapping and computer assisted morphometry and microdensitometry of glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactive neurons and glial cells in the rat central nervous system

    A Cintra;Michele Zoli;L Rosen;Luigi Francesco Agnati

  • Immunocytochemical studies on the localization of glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactive nerve cells in the lower brain stem and spinal cord of the male rat using a monoclonal antibody against rat liver glucocorticoid receptor

    K. Fuxe;A. Härfstrand;L.F. Agnati;Z.-Y. Yu

  • Involvement of local ischemia in endothelin-1 induced lesions of the neostriatum of the anaesthetized rat

    K. Fuxe;N. Kurosawa;A. Cintra;Å. Hallström

  • Gluco- and mineralocorticoid receptor-mediated regulation of neurotrophic factor gene expression in the dorsal hippocampus and the neocortex of the rat.

    Anita C. Hansson;Anita C. Hansson;Antonio Cintra;Natale Belluardo;Wolfgang Sommer

  • Identification, isolation, and characterization of daintain (allograft inflammatory factor 1), a macrophage polypeptide with effects on insulin secretion and abundantly present in the pancreas of prediabetic BB rats

    Zheng-Wang Chen;Bo Ahren;Claes-Göran Östenson;Antonio Cintra

  • Intramembrane interactions between neurotensin receptors and dopamine D2 receptors as a major mechanism for the neuroleptic-like action of neurotensin.

    K. Fuxe;G. Euler;L. F. Agnati;E. Merlo Pich

  • Prenatal development of glucocorticoid receptor gene expression and immunoreactivity in the rat brain and pituitary gland: a combined in situ hybridization and immunocytochemical analysis.

    Antonio Cintra;Valentino Solfrini;Bernd Bunnemann;Sam Okret

  • Studies on the cellular localization and distribution of glucocorticoid receptor and estrogen receptor immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the rat and their relationship to the monoaminergic and peptidergic neurons of the brain.

    K Fuxe;A Cintra;Luigi Francesco Agnati;A Härfstrand

  • Basic FGF is present in dopaminergic neurons of the ventral midbrain of the rat.

    Antonio Cintra;Yihai Cao;Cornelia Oellig;Barbro Tinner

  • Central peptidergic neurons as targets for glucocorticoid action. Evidence for the presence of glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactivity in various types of classes of peptidergic neurons.

    A. Cintra;K. Fuxe;V. Solfrini;L.F. Agnati

  • Effects of chronic imipramine treatment on glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactivity in various regions of the rat brain. Evidence for selective increases of glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactivity in the locus coeruleus and in 5-hydroxytryptamine nerve cell groups of the rostral ventromedial medulla.

    I. Kitayama;A. M. Janson;A. Cintra;K. Fuxe

  • Presence of glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactivity in corticotrophin releasing factor and in growth hormone releasing factor immunoreactive neurons of the rat di- and telencephalon

    Antonio Cintra;Kjell Fuxe;Anders Härfstrand;Luigi F. Agnati

  • Intraventricular injections of galanin reduces 5-HT metabolism in the ventral limbic cortex, the hippocampal formation and the fronto-parietal cortex of the male rat.

    K. Fuxe;S.-O. Ögren;A. Jansson;A. Cintra

  • Coexistence of glucocorticoid receptor-like immunoreactivity with neuropeptides in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus.

    S. Ceccatelli;A. Cintra;T. Hökfelt;K. Fuxe

  • Central glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactive neurons: new insights into the endocrine regulation of the brain.

    K. Fuxe;A. Cintra;A. Harfstrand;L. F. Agnati

  • Glial and Neuronal Glucocorticoid Receptor Immunoreactive Cell Populations in Developing, Adult, and Aging Braina

    A. Cintra;M. Bhatnagar;G. Chadi;B. Tinner

Frequent Co-Authors

Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Anders Härfstrand
Anders Härfstrand Karolinska Institute
Luigi F. Agnati
Luigi F. Agnati University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Michele Zoli
Michele Zoli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Isabella Zini
Isabella Zini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Arne Møller
Arne Møller Aarhus University
Sven-Ove Ögren
Sven-Ove Ögren Karolinska Institute
Börje Bjelke
Börje Bjelke University of Oslo
Michel Goiny
Michel Goiny Karolinska Institute
Anita C. Hansson
Anita C. Hansson Central Institute of Mental Health

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