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Claudia Cantoni

Claudia Cantoni

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Biology and Biochemistry
Italy
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
22348
World Ranking
5865
National Ranking
132

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Claudia Cantoni is affiliated with the University of Genoa in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The main subfields of study include immunology, molecular biology, oncology, cancer research, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their work addresses a range of topics including immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, CAR-T cell therapy research, epigenetics and DNA methylation, renal and related cancers, cancer hypoxia and metabolism, as well as ferroptosis and cancer prognosis.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • OncoImmunology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Antioxidants
  • Journal of Leukocyte Biology
  • Blood Advances

Prominent coauthors in their research collaborations consist of:

  • Massimo Vitale
  • Maria Cristina Mingari
  • Simona Sivori
  • Giovanni Candiano
  • Grazia Maria Spaggiari

Recent publications include:

  • "PKCα Inhibition as a Strategy to Sensitize Neuroblastoma Stem Cells to Etoposide by Stimulating Ferroptosis," 2021, Antioxidants
  • "Escape of tumor cells from the NK cell cytotoxic activity," 2020, Journal of Leukocyte Biology
  • "Myeloma cells induce the accumulation of activated CD94low NK cells by cell-to-cell contacts involving CD56 molecules," 2020, Blood Advances
  • "Human NK cells and cancer," 2024, OncoImmunology
  • "Identification of alternative transcripts of NSD1 gene in Sotos Syndrome patients and healthy subjects," 2022, Gene

Best Publications

  • Activating receptors and coreceptors involved in human natural killer cell-mediated cytolysis.

    Alessandro Moretta;Cristina Bottino;Massimo Vitale;Daniela Pende

  • Identification of PVR (CD155) and Nectin-2 (CD112) as Cell Surface Ligands for the Human DNAM-1 (CD226) Activating Molecule

    Cristina Bottino;Roberta Castriconi;Daniela Pende;Paola Rivera

  • Transforming growth factor β1 inhibits expression of NKp30 and NKG2D receptors: Consequences for the NK-mediated killing of dendritic cells

    Roberta Castriconi;Claudia Cantoni;Mariella Della Chiesa;Massimo Vitale

  • Molecular clones of the p58 NK cell receptor reveal immunoglobulin-related molecules with diversity in both the extra- and intracellular domains

    Nicolai Wagtmann;Roberto Biassoni;Claudia Cantoni;Simonetta Verdiani

  • Intermittent Fasting Confers Protection in CNS Autoimmunity by Altering the Gut Microbiota

    Francesca Cignarella;Claudia Cantoni;Laura Ghezzi;Amber Salter

  • NKp44, a triggering receptor involved in tumor cell lysis by activated human natural killer cells, is a novel member of the immunoglobulin superfamily.

    Claudia Cantoni;Cristina Bottino;Massimo Vitale;Anna Pessino

  • The natural killer cell receptor specific for HLA-A allotypes: a novel member of the p58/p70 family of inhibitory receptors that is characterized by three immunoglobulin-like domains and is expressed as a 140-kD disulphide-linked dimer.

    D Pende;R Biassoni;C Cantoni;S Verdiani

  • The human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-C-specific "activatory" or "inhibitory" natural killer cell receptors display highly homologous extracellular domains but differ in their transmembrane and intracytoplasmic portions.

    Roberto Biassoni;Claudia Cantoni;Michela Falco;Simonetta Verdiani

  • Dietary Intake Regulates the Circulating Inflammatory Monocyte Pool

    Stefan Jordan;Navpreet Tung;Maria Casanova-Acebes;Christie Chang

  • Effect of tumor cells and tumor microenvironment on NK-cell function

    Massimo Vitale;Claudia Cantoni;Claudia Cantoni;Gabriella Pietra;Maria Cristina Mingari

  • Role of NKG2D in tumor cell lysis mediated by human NK cells: cooperation with natural cytotoxicity receptors and capability of recognizing tumors of nonepithelial origin.

    Daniela Pende;Claudia Cantoni;Claudia Cantoni;Paola Rivera;Massimo Vitale

  • Revisiting human natural killer cell subset function revealed cytolytic CD56dimCD16+ NK cells as rapid producers of abundant IFN-γ on activation

    Andrea De Maria;Federica Bozzano;Claudia Cantoni;Lorenzo Moretta

  • Inhibitory receptors sensing HLA-G1 molecules in pregnancy: Decidua-associated natural killer cells express LIR-1 and CD94/NKG2A and acquire p49, an HLA-G1-specific receptor

    Marco Ponte;Claudia Cantoni;Roberto Biassoni;Andrea Tradori-Cappai

  • The tryptophan catabolite l-kynurenine inhibits the surface expression of NKp46- and NKG2D-activating receptors and regulates NK-cell function

    Mariella Della Chiesa;Simona Carlomagno;Guido Frumento;Mirna Balsamo

  • Human natural killer cell receptors and co‐receptors

    Roberto Biassoni;Claudia Cantoni;Claudia Cantoni;Daniela Pende;Simona Sivori;Simona Sivori

  • Melanoma Cells Inhibit Natural Killer Cell Function by Modulating the Expression of Activating Receptors and Cytolytic Activity

    Gabriella Pietra;Claudia Manzini;Silvia Rivara;Massimo Vitale

  • Killer Ig-Like Receptors (KIRs): Their Role in NK Cell Modulation and Developments Leading to Their Clinical Exploitation.

    Daniela Pende;Michela Falco;Massimo Vitale;Claudia Cantoni;Claudia Cantoni

  • Melanoma-associated fibroblasts modulate NK cell phenotype and antitumor cytotoxicity

    Mirna Balsamo;Francesca Scordamaglia;Gabriella Pietra;Claudia Manzini

  • The CD94 and NKG2‐A C‐type lectins covalently assemble to form a natural killer cell inhibitory receptor for HLA class I molecules

    Marta Carretero;Claudia Cantoni;Teresa Bellón;Cristina Bottino

  • Identification of 4Ig-B7-H3 as a neuroblastoma-associated molecule that exerts a protective role from an NK cell-mediated lysis

    Roberta Castriconi;Alessandra Dondero;Raffaella Augugliaro;Claudia Cantoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorenzo Moretta
Lorenzo Moretta Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Alessandro Moretta
Alessandro Moretta University of Genoa
Roberto Biassoni
Roberto Biassoni Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Cristina Bottino
Cristina Bottino University of Genoa
Maria Cristina Mingari
Maria Cristina Mingari University of Genoa
Massimo Vitale
Massimo Vitale University of Genoa
Daniela Pende
Daniela Pende University of Genoa
Michela Falco
Michela Falco Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Emanuela Marcenaro
Emanuela Marcenaro University of Genoa
Simona Sivori
Simona Sivori University of Genoa

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