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Overview

Dario C. Altieri is affiliated with The Wistar Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the life sciences, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Altieri's scholarly output includes work related to cancer research, molecular biology, epidemiology, and immunology.

Their work touches on several main topics including:

  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Mitochondrial function and pathology
  • Cell adhesion molecules research
  • Autophagy in disease and therapy
  • Cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Noteworthy recent publications by Altieri include:

  • "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)", 2021, Autophagy
  • "The mitophagy effector FUNDC1 controls mitochondrial reprogramming and cellular plasticity in cancer cells", 2020, Science Signaling
  • "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)", 2021, Americanae (AECID Library)
  • "The αvβ6 integrin in cancer cell-derived small extracellular vesicles enhances angiogenesis", 2020, Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • "Small Extracellular Vesicle Regulation of Mitochondrial Dynamics Reprograms a Hypoxic Tumor Microenvironment", 2020, Developmental Cell

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Andrew V. Kossenkov (17 joint publications)
  • Irene Bertolini (15 joint publications)
  • Jagadish C. Ghosh (14 joint publications)
  • Lucia R. Languino (13 joint publications)
  • Michela Perego (10 joint publications)

Altieri's research has been published in multiple venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Cancer Research (5 publications)
  • Oncogene (3 publications)
  • Journal of Clinical Investigation (3 publications)
  • Journal of Extracellular Vesicles (2 publications)
  • Cancer Biology & Therapy (2 publications)

Their interdisciplinary focus integrates molecular biology with clinical applications, particularly in understanding mechanisms of autophagy, mitochondrial dynamics, extracellular vesicles, and cancer biology. This breadth of study supports ongoing investigations into the molecular and cellular underpinnings of disease and potential therapeutic targets.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A novel anti-apoptosis gene, survivin , expressed in cancer and lymphoma

    Grazia Ambrosini;Colette Adida;Dario C. Altieri

  • Control of apoptosis and mitotic spindle checkpoint by survivin.

    Fengzhi Li;Grazia Ambrosini;Emily Y. Chu;Janet Plescia

  • Validating survivin as a cancer therapeutic target.

    Dario C. Altieri

  • Inhibition of Apoptosis by Survivin Predicts Shorter Survival Rates in Colorectal Cancer

    Hiroshi Kawasaki;Dario C. Altieri;Cai-De Lu;Masao Toyoda

  • Survivin, versatile modulation of cell division and apoptosis in cancer

    Dario C Altieri

  • Survivin, cancer networks and pathway-directed drug discovery.

    Dario C. Altieri

  • Developmentally regulated expression of the novel cancer anti-apoptosis gene survivin in human and mouse differentiation.

    C. Adida;P. L. Crotty;J. McGrath;D. Berrebi

  • Expression of A Novel Antiapoptosis Gene, Survivin, Correlated with Tumor Cell Apoptosis and p53 Accumulation in Gastric Carcinomas

    Cai-De Lu;Dario C. Altieri;Nobuhiko Tanigawa

  • Angiopoietin-1 Inhibits Endothelial Cell Apoptosis via the Akt/Survivin Pathway

    Andreas Papapetropoulos;David Fulton;Keyvan Mahboubi;Robert G. Kalb

  • Regulation of apoptosis at cell division by p34cdc2 phosphorylation of survivin.

    Daniel S. O'Connor;Douglas Grossman;Janet Plescia;Fengzhi Li

  • Induction of Apoptosis and Inhibition of Cell Proliferation bysurvivin Gene Targeting

    Grazia Ambrosini;Colette Adida;Giorgio Sirugo;Dario C. Altieri

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Pleiotropic cell-division defects and apoptosis induced by interference with survivin function.

    F Li;E J Ackermann;C F Bennett;A L Rothermel

  • Control of apoptosis during angiogenesis by survivin expression in endothelial cells.

    Daniel S. O'Connor;Jeffrey S. Schechner;Colette Adida;Mehdi Mesri

  • The molecular basis and potential role of survivin in cancer diagnosis and therapy.

    Dario C Altieri

  • Anti-apoptosis gene, survivin, and prognosis of neuroblastoma.

    Colette Adida;Dominique Berrebi;Michael Peuchmaur;Miguel Reyes-Mugica

  • Cancer gene therapy using a survivin mutant adenovirus

    Mehdi Mesri;Nathan R. Wall;Jia Li;Richard W. Kim

  • Prognostic significance of survivin expression in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas

    Colette Adida;Corinne Haioun;Philippe Gaulard;Eric Lepage

Frequent Co-Authors

Lucia R. Languino
Lucia R. Languino Thomas Jefferson University
Silvano Bosari
Silvano Bosari University of Milan
Thomas S. Edgington
Thomas S. Edgington Scripps Research Institute
Andrew V. Kossenkov
Andrew V. Kossenkov The Wistar Institute
Dmitry I. Gabrilovich
Dmitry I. Gabrilovich AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
David W. Speicher
David W. Speicher The Wistar Institute
Gary S. Stein
Gary S. Stein University of Vermont
Jane B. Lian
Jane B. Lian University of Vermont
Michael S. Conte
Michael S. Conte University of California, San Francisco
William C. Sessa
William C. Sessa Pfizer (United States)

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