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Carlo Riccardi

Carlo Riccardi

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Microbiology

D-Index
77
Citations
26452
World Ranking
1330
National Ranking
31

Overview

Carlo Riccardi is affiliated with the University of Perugia in Italy and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work covers various subfields including Immunology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Oncology.

Their research focuses on topics such as:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Adrenal Hormones and Disorders

Riccardi has contributed to a number of journal articles, with frequent publications appearing in venues such as Cells, Frontiers in Immunology, Pharmacological Research, The FASEB Journal, and Diabetes. Key recent papers include:

  • Glucocorticoid Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Mechanisms and Clinical Practice, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper regulates liver fibrosis by suppressing CCL2-mediated leukocyte recruitment, 2021, Cell Death and Disease
  • A Glance at the Use of Glucocorticoids in Rare Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases: Still an Indispensable Pharmacological Tool?, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Altered glucocorticoid metabolism represents a feature of macroph-aging, 2020, Aging Cell
  • GILZ as a Regulator of Cell Fate and Inflammation, 2021, Cells

Riccardi has published a book titled Defects in Regulation: How, Where and When The Immune System Can Go Wrong through Frontiers Media in 2022.

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Notable coauthors based on publication count include Graziella Migliorati, Simona Ronchetti, Stefano Bruscoli, Marco Gentili, and Erika Ricci.

Best Publications

  • A rapid and simple method for measuring thymocyte apoptosis by propidium iodide staining and flow cytometry

    Ildo Nicoletti;Graziella Migliorati;Mc Pagliacci;Fausto Grignani

  • Analysis of apoptosis by propidium iodide staining and flow cytometry

    Carlo Riccardi;Ildo Nicoletti

  • Natural Killer Cells: Characteristics and Regulation of Activity

    Ronald B. Herberman;Ronald B. Herberman;Ronald B. Herberman;Julie Y. Djeu;Julie Y. Djeu;Julie Y. Djeu;H. David Kay;H. David Kay;H. David Kay;John R. Ortaldo;John R. Ortaldo;John R. Ortaldo

  • A new dexamethasone-induced gene of the leucine zipper family protects T lymphocytes from TCR/CD3-activated cell death.

    Francesca Giovanna D'Adamio;Ornella Zollo;R Moraca;Emira Maria Ayroldi

  • A new member of the tumor necrosis factor/nerve growth factor receptor family inhibits T cell receptor-induced apoptosis.

    Giuseppe Nocentini;Linda Giunchi;Simona Ronchetti;Ludovic Tibor Krausz

  • GITR, a member of the TNF receptor superfamily, is costimulatory to mouse T lymphocyte subpopulations

    Simona Ronchetti;Ornella Zollo;Stefano Bruscoli;Massimiliano Agostini

  • Glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper (GILZ): a new important mediator of glucocorticoid action

    Emira Ayroldi;Carlo Riccardi

  • Synthesis of glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper (GILZ) by macrophages: an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive mechanism shared by glucocorticoids and IL-10

    Dominique Berrebi;Stefano Bruscoli;Stefano Bruscoli;Nicolas Cohen;Nicolas Cohen;Arnaud Foussat;Arnaud Foussat

  • Modulation of T-cell activation by the glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper factor via inhibition of nuclear factor κB

    Emira Ayroldi;Graziella Migliorati;Stefano Bruscoli;Cristina Marchetti

  • Reverse signaling through GITR ligand enables dexamethasone to activate IDO in allergy.

    Ursula Grohmann;Claudia Volpi;Francesca Fallarino;Silvia Bozza

  • Lymphokine-activated killer cell activity: Characteristics of effector cells and their progenitors in blood and spleen

    Ronald B. Herberman;John Hiserodt;Nicola Vujanovic;Charles M Balch

  • Growth-inhibitory effects of the natural phyto-oestrogen genistein in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells.

    M.C. Pagliacci;M. Smacchia;G. Migliorati;F. Grignani

  • The natural tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein produces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in Jurkat T-leukemia cells.

    Fabrizio Spinozzi;M.Cristina Pagliacci;Graziella Migliorati;Rosalba Moraca

  • Glucocorticoids, Sex Hormones, and Immunity.

    Oxana Bereshchenko;Stefano Bruscoli;Carlo Riccardi

  • Dexamethasone-induced thymocyte apoptosis: apoptotic signal involves the sequential activation of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C, acidic sphingomyelinase, and caspases.

    Maria Grazia Cifone;Graziella Migliorati;Graziella Migliorati;Graziella Migliorati;Raffaella Parroni;Raffaella Parroni;Raffaella Parroni;Cristina Marchetti;Cristina Marchetti;Cristina Marchetti

  • Glucocorticoid-Induced Leucine Zipper Inhibits the Raf-Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Pathway by Binding to Raf-1

    Emira Ayroldi;Ornella Zollo;Antonio Macchiarulo;Barbara Di Marco

  • How Glucocorticoids Affect the Neutrophil Life

    Simona Ronchetti;Erika Ricci;Graziella Migliorati;Marco Gentili

  • Rapid In Vivo Assay of Mouse Natural Killer Cell Activity

    Carlo Riccardi;Paolo Puccetti;Angela Santoni;Ronald B. Herberman

  • GITR: a multifaceted regulator of immunity belonging to the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily.

    Giuseppe Nocentini;Carlo Riccardi

  • Genistein inhibits tumour cell growth in vitro but enhances mitochondrial reduction of tetrazolium salts: A further pitfall in the use of the MTT assay for evaluating cell growth and survival

    M.C. Pagliacci;F. Spinozzi;G. Migliorati;G. Fumi

  • GITR Activation Induces an Opposite Effect on Alloreactive CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells in Graft-Versus-Host Disease

    Stephanie J. Muriglan;Teresa Ramirez-Montagut;Onder Alpdogan;Thomas W. van Huystee

  • SYNTHESIS OF GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED LEUCINE ZIPPER (GILZ) BY MACROPHAGES: AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE MECHANISM SHARED BY GLUCOCORTICOIDS AND IL-10 Running title: Glucocorticoids, IL-10 and GILZ

    Dominique Emilie Bouchet-Delbos;Marie-Christine Maillot;Alain Portier;Jacques Couderc

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela Santoni
Angela Santoni Sapienza University of Rome
Paolo Puccetti
Paolo Puccetti University of Perugia
Emanuela Mazzon
Emanuela Mazzon University of Messina
Ronald B. Herberman
Ronald B. Herberman University of Pittsburgh
Roberto Gerli
Roberto Gerli University of Perugia
Salvatore Cuzzocrea
Salvatore Cuzzocrea University of Messina
Alessia Alunno
Alessia Alunno University of L'Aquila
Enzo Bonmassar
Enzo Bonmassar University of Rome Tor Vergata
Luigi Frati
Luigi Frati Sapienza University of Rome
Emanuela Esposito
Emanuela Esposito University of Messina

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