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Overview

Carla Zoja is affiliated with the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Italy and has made contributions primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Nephrology, Molecular Biology, and Immunology. Their research examines various aspects of renal diseases, cellular processes, and metabolic functions related to diabetes and immune responses.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Complement system in diseases
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Caveolin-1 and cellular processes
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Carla Zoja are:

  • Giuseppe Remuzzi
  • Daniela Corna
  • Ariela Benigni
  • Monica Locatelli
  • Domenico Cerullo

The venues where Carla Zoja has regularly published include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Cells
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Molecular Immunology

Recent publications by Carla Zoja comprise the following:

  • Diabetic Nephropathy: Novel Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets, 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • C3a receptor blockade protects podocytes from injury in diabetic nephropathy, 2020, JCI Insight
  • Manipulating Sirtuin 3 pathway ameliorates renal damage in experimental diabetes, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Empagliflozin protects glomerular endothelial cell architecture in experimental diabetes through the VEGF-A /caveolin-1/ PV-1 signaling pathway, 2022, The Journal of Pathology
  • Post-translational modifications by SIRT3 de-2-hydroxyisobutyrylase activity regulate glycolysis and enable nephrogenesis, 2021, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells Are Renotropic, Helping to Repair the Kidney and Improve Function in Acute Renal Failure

    Marina Morigi;Barbara Imberti;Carla Zoja;Daniela Corna

  • How Does Proteinuria Cause Progressive Renal Damage

    Mauro Abbate;Carla Zoja;Giuseppe Remuzzi

  • Thrombomodulin mutations in atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome.

    Mieke Delvaeye;Marina Noris;Astrid De Vriese;Charles T. Esmon

  • Leukocyte-endothelial interaction is augmented by high glucose concentrations and hyperglycemia in a NF-kB-dependent fashion.

    Marina Morigi;Stefania Angioletti;Barbara Imberti;Roberta Donadelli

  • Protein overload stimulates RANTES production by proximal tubular cells depending on NF-kB activation

    Carla Zoja;Roberta Donadelli;Stella Colleoni;Marina Figliuzzi

  • Disruption of the Ang II type 1 receptor promotes longevity in mice

    Ariela Benigni;Daniela Corna;Carla Zoja;Aurelio Sonzogni

  • Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Accelerate Recovery of Acute Renal Injury and Prolong Survival in Mice

    Marina Morigi;Martino Introna;Barbara Imberti;Daniela Corna

  • Cyclosporin-induced endothelial cell injury

    C Zoja;L Furci;F Ghilardi;P Zilio

  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Sustains Stem Cell–Mediated Renal Repair

    Barbara Imberti;Marina Morigi;Susanna Tomasoni;Cinzia Rota

  • Tumor necrosis factor induces glomerular damage in the rabbit.

    T. Bertani;M. Abbate;C. Zoja;D. Corna

  • In progressive nephropathies, overload of tubular cells with filtered proteins translates glomerular permeability dysfunction into cellular signals of interstitial inflammation.

    Mauro Abbate;Carla Zoja;Daniela Corna;Matteo Capitanio

  • Proximal tubular cell synthesis and secretion of endothelin-1 on challenge with albumin and other proteins

    Carla Zoja;Carla Zoja;Marina Morigi;Marina Morigi;Marina Figliuzzi;Marina Figliuzzi;Isabella Bruzzi;Isabella Bruzzi

  • A specific endothelin subtype A receptor antagonist protects against injury in renal disease progression.

    Ariela Benigni;Carla Zoja;Daniela Corna;Silvia Orisio

  • Fluid shear stress modulates surface expression of adhesion molecules by endothelial cells

    Marina Morigi;Carla Zoja;Marina Figliuzzi;Marco Foppolo

  • Functional significance of exaggerated renal thromboxane A2 synthesis induced by cyclosporin A

    N. Perico;A. Benigni;C. Zoja;F. Delaini

  • Tubulo-interstitial lesions mediate renal damage in adriamycin glomerulopathy

    Tullio Bertani;Franca Cutillo;Carla Zoja;Massimo Broggini

  • Protein overload-induced NF-kappaB activation in proximal tubular cells requires H(2)O(2) through a PKC-dependent pathway.

    Marina Morigi;Daniela Macconi;Carla Zoja;Roberta Donadelli

  • Alternative Pathway Activation of Complement by Shiga Toxin Promotes Exuberant C3a Formation That Triggers Microvascular Thrombosis

    Marina Morigi;Miriam Galbusera;Sara Gastoldi;Monica Locatelli

  • Reduced umbilical and placental vascular prostacyclin in severe pre-eclampsia

    G. Remuzzi;D. Marchesi;C. Zoja;D. Muratore

  • Renal endothelin gene expression is increased in remnant kidney and correlates with disease progression.

    Silvia Orisio;Ariela Benigni;Isabella Bruzzi;Daniela Corna

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Remuzzi
Giuseppe Remuzzi Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Ariela Benigni
Ariela Benigni Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Norberto Perico
Norberto Perico Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Andrea Remuzzi
Andrea Remuzzi University of Bergamo
Marina Noris
Marina Noris Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Alessandro Rambaldi
Alessandro Rambaldi University of Milan
Pierre Ronco
Pierre Ronco Sorbonne University
Katsumi Eguchi
Katsumi Eguchi Nagasaki University
Satoshi Morimoto
Satoshi Morimoto Kyushu University
Yoshimi Takai
Yoshimi Takai Kobe University

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