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Catia Traversari

Catia Traversari

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Immunology

D-Index
61
Citations
22027
World Ranking
3187
National Ranking
122

Overview

Catia Traversari is affiliated with MolMed in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, particularly within the intersecting fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and microbiology. Their research spans various subfields including oncology, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and biomedical engineering.

The scientific work of Traversari focuses on key topics such as CAR-T cell therapy research, viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects, virus-based gene therapy research, nanowire synthesis and applications, cholesterol and lipid metabolism, immune cell function and interaction, as well as immunotherapy and immune responses.

Traversari's recent publications cover a range of study areas and include:

  • "CAR T Cells Redirected to CD44v6 Control Tumor Growth in Lung and Ovary Adenocarcinoma Bearing Mice" (2020), published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Characterization and Functional Analysis of CD44v6.CAR T Cells Endowed with a New Low-Affinity Nerve Growth Factor Receptor-Based Spacer" (2021), published in Human Gene Therapy
  • "Harnessing the reverse cholesterol transport pathway to favor differentiation of monocyte-derived APCs and antitumor responses" (2023), published in Cell Death and Disease
  • "Extracellular vesicles isolated from adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells as carriers for Paclitaxel delivery" (2025), published in Stem Cell Research & Therapy
  • "Polyclonal expansion of functional tumor-reactive lymphocytes infiltrating glioblastoma for personalized cell therapy" (2025), published in Nature Communications

Their frequent collaborators include Simona Porcellini, Claudia Asperti, Stefano Corna, Anna Stornaiuolo, and Barbara Valentinis, each of whom has coauthored multiple papers with Traversari.

Traversari's research has appeared in several distinguished scientific journals, including:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Human Gene Therapy
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Stem Cell Research & Therapy
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • A gene encoding an antigen recognized by cytolytic T lymphocytes on a human melanoma

    P van der Bruggen;C Traversari;P Chomez;C Lurquin

  • HSV-TK Gene Transfer into Donor Lymphocytes for Control of Allogeneic Graft-Versus-Leukemia

    Chiara Bonini;Giuliana Ferrari;Simona Verzeletti;Paolo Servida

  • Monocyte-derived IL-1 and IL-6 are differentially required for cytokine-release syndrome and neurotoxicity due to CAR T cells

    Margherita Norelli;Barbara Camisa;Giulia Barbiera;Laura Falcone

  • A new gene coding for a differentiation antigen recognized by autologous cytolytic T lymphocytes on HLA-A2 melanomas

    P G Coulie;V Brichard;A Van Pel;T Wölfel

  • Structure, Chromosomal Localization, and Expression of 12 Genes of the Mage Family

    Etienne De Plaen;Etienne De Plaen;Catia Traversari;Catia Traversari;José J.J. Gaforio;José J.J. Gaforio;Jean Pierre Szikora;Jean Pierre Szikora

  • A nonapeptide encoded by human gene MAGE-1 is recognized on HLA-A1 by cytolytic T lymphocytes directed against tumor antigen MZ2-E.

    C Traversari;P van der Bruggen;I F Luescher;C Lurquin

  • HMGB1 is an endogenous immune adjuvant released by necrotic cells

    Patrizia Rovere-Querini;Annalisa Capobianco;Paola Scaffidi;Barbara Valentinis

  • Differentiation of T Regulatory Cells by Immature Dendritic Cells

    Maria Grazia Roncarolo;Megan K. Levings;Catia Traversari

  • A peptide encoded by human gene MAGE-3 and presented by HLA-A2 induces cytolytic T lymphocytes that recognize tumor cells expressing MAGE-3.

    P van der Bruggen;J Bastin;T Gajewski;T Gajewski;P G Coulie

  • Infusion of suicide-gene-engineered donor lymphocytes after family haploidentical haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation for leukaemia (the TK007 trial): a non-randomised phase I–II study

    Fabio Ciceri;Chiara Bonini;Maria Teresa Lupo Stanghellini;Attilio Bondanza

  • Tumor-mediated liver X receptor-[alpha] activation inhibits CC chemokine receptor-7 expression on dendritic cells and dampens antitumor responses

    Eduardo J. Villablanca;Laura Raccosta;Dan Zhou;Raffaella Fontana

  • Rexpression of HLA class I antigens and restoration of antigen-specific CTL response in melanoma cells following 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine treatment.

    Alfonso Serrano;Silvia Tanzarella;Ilaria Lionello;Rosa Mendez

  • The potential immunogenicity of the TK suicide gene does not prevent full clinical benefit associated with the use of TK-transduced donor lymphocytes in HSCT for hematologic malignancies.

    Catia Traversari;Sarah Marktel;Zulma Magnani;Patrizia Mangia

  • Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes as Target Cells of Retroviral Vector-Mediated Gene Transfer

    Fulvio Mavilio;Giuliana Ferrari;Silvano Rossini;Nadia Nobili

  • Transfection and expression of a gene coding for a human melanoma antigen recognized by autologous cytolytic T lymphocytes.

    C Traversari;P van der Bruggen;P van der Bruggen;B Van den Eynde;B Van den Eynde;P Hainaut;P Hainaut

  • Intratumor Heterogeneity of Cancer/Testis Antigens Expression in Human Cutaneous Melanoma Is Methylation-Regulated and Functionally Reverted by 5-Aza-2′-deoxycytidine

    Luca Sigalotti;Elisabetta Fratta;Sandra Coral;Silvia Tanzarella

  • A Fas-based suicide switch in human T cells for the treatment of graft-versus-host disease

    Daniel C. Thomis;Sarah Marktel;Chiara Bonini;Catia Traversari

  • The oxysterol–CXCR2 axis plays a key role in the recruitment of tumor-promoting neutrophils

    Laura Raccosta;Raffaella Fontana;Daniela Maggioni;Claudia Lanterna

  • Transfer of the HSV-tk Gene into Donor Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes for In Vivo Modulation of Donor Anti-Tumor Immunity after Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation. The San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Principal Investigators: Claudio Bordignon;Chiara Bonini;Investigators: Simona Verzeletti;Nadia Nobili

  • Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase Gene Transfer for Controlled Graft-versus-Host Disease and Graft-versus-Leukemia: Clinical Follow-up and Improved New Vectors

    Simona Verzeletti;Chiara Bonini;Sarah Marktel;Nadia Nobili

  • A New Gene Coding for a Differentiation Antigen Recognized by Autologous Cytolytic T Lymphocytes on HLA-A2 Melanomas By Pierre G. Coulie, Vincent Brichard, Aline Van Pel,

    Thomas W;Jorg Schneider;Catia Traversari;Stes Mattei

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Bordignon
Claudio Bordignon MolMed (Italy)
Pierre van der Bruggen
Pierre van der Bruggen Université Catholique de Louvain
Thierry Boon
Thierry Boon Ludwig Cancer Research
Chiara Bonini
Chiara Bonini Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Fabio Ciceri
Fabio Ciceri Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Benoît Van den Eynde
Benoît Van den Eynde Ludwig Cancer Research
Pierre Coulie
Pierre Coulie Université Catholique de Louvain
Claudio Doglioni
Claudio Doglioni Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Luca Vago
Luca Vago Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Vincenzo Russo
Vincenzo Russo University of Bologna

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