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Elena Ortona is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy and has contributed extensively to research within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Neurology, Oncology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Their work encompasses 53 publications covering these areas.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Sex and Gender in Healthcare
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Adrenal Hormones and Disorders

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Elena Ortona are:

  • ACE2 expression and sex disparity in COVID-19 (2020), published in Cell Death Discovery
  • The role of vitamin D in autoimmune diseases: could sex make the difference? (2021), published in Biology of Sex Differences
  • Long COVID: to investigate immunological mechanisms and sex/gender related aspects as fundamental steps for tailored therapy (2021), published in European Respiratory Journal
  • Gender differences in patients with COVID-19: a narrative review (2020), published in Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
  • Stress and coping in women with breast cancer: unravelling the mechanisms to improve resilience (2020), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Elena Ortona has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Maria Pagano
  • Anna Ruggieri
  • Marina Pierdominici
  • Maria Cristina Gagliardi
  • Maria Luisa Dupuis

Publication venues where their work appears multiple times include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (3 publications)
  • Cell Death Discovery (2 publications)
  • Biology of Sex Differences (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology (2 publications)
  • Pharmacological Research (2 publications)

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

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

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

  • Sex-based differences in autoimmune diseases.

    Elena Ortona;Marina Pierdominici;Angela Maselli;Caterina Veroni

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

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

  • Anti-β2-glycoprotein I antibodies induce monocyte release of tumor necrosis factor α and tissue factor by signal transduction pathways involving lipid rafts

    Maurizio Sorice;Agostina Longo;Antonella Capozzi;Tina Garofalo

  • Modulation of Human Immune Response by Echinococcus granulosus Antigen B and Its Possible Role in Evading Host Defenses

    R. Riganò;E. Profumo;F. Bruschi;G. Carulli

  • Echinococcus granulosus antigen B impairs human dendritic cell differentiation and polarizes immature dendritic cell maturation towards a Th2 cell response.

    Rachele Riganò;Brigitta Buttari;Elisabetta Profumo;Elena Ortona

  • Estrogen receptor profiles in human peripheral blood lymphocytes

    Marina Pierdominici;Angela Maselli;Tania Colasanti;Anna Maria Giammarioli

  • Role of autophagy in immunity and autoimmunity, with a special focus on systemic lupus erythematosus

    Marina Pierdominici;Marta Vomero;Cristiana Barbati;Tania Colasanti

  • Host-Parasite Relationship in Cystic Echinococcosis: An Evolving Story

    Alessandra Siracusano;Federica Delunardo;Antonella Teggi;Elena Ortona

  • T lymphocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are resistant to induction of autophagy

    Cristiano Alessandri;Cristiana Barbati;Davide Vacirca;Paola Piscopo

  • Immunological markers indicating the effectiveness of pharmacological treatment in human hydatid disease

    R. Riganò;E. Profumo;S. Ioppolo;S. Notargiacomo

  • Immunology of Alveolar and Cystic Echinococcosis (AE and CE).

    Bruno Gottstein;P Soboslay;E Ortona;Junhua Wang

  • Native and recombinant antigens in the immunodiagnosis of human cystic echinococcosis

    Elena Ortona;Rachele Riganò;Paola Margutti;Sergio Notargiacomo

  • ACE2 expression and sex disparity in COVID-19

    Maria Cristina Gagliardi;Paolo Tieri;Elena Ortona;Anna Ruggieri

  • Echinococcus granulosus-specific T-cell lines derived from patients at various clinical stages of cystic echinococcosis.

    R. Riganò;B. Buttari;E. De Falco;E. Profumo

  • Immunomodulatory mechanisms during Echinococcus granulosus infection.

    Alessandra Siracusano;Rachele Riganò;Elena Ortona;Elisabetta Profumo

  • Redox state, cell death and autoimmune diseases: a gender perspective.

    Elena Ortona;Paola Margutti;Paola Matarrese;Flavia Franconi

  • Editorial: Sex Hormones and Gender Differences in Immune Responses

    Elena Ortona;Marina Pierdominici;Virginia Rider

  • Biodiversity of Pneumocystis carinii hominis: typing with different DNA regions.

    S Latouche;E Ortona;E Mazars;P Margutti

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Malorni
Walter Malorni University of Rome Tor Vergata
Fabrizio Conti
Fabrizio Conti Sapienza University of Rome
Guido Valesini
Guido Valesini Sapienza University of Rome
Maurizio Sorice
Maurizio Sorice Sapienza University of Rome
Paola Matarrese
Paola Matarrese Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Francesca Cirulli
Francesca Cirulli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Andrea De Luca
Andrea De Luca University of Siena
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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