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Emanuela Marcenaro

Emanuela Marcenaro

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Immunology

D-Index
61
Citations
15920
World Ranking
3209
National Ranking
123

Overview

Emanuela Marcenaro is a researcher affiliated with the University of Genoa in Italy. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology, with significant contributions to the subfields of Immunology, Oncology, Surgery, Reproductive Medicine, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequent publication venues for Marcenaro's research are:

  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Cancers
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Treatment Reviews

Among notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Marcenaro are:

  • Untimely TGFβ responses in COVID-19 limit antiviral functions of NK cells, 2021, Nature
  • Endowing universal CAR T-cell with immune-evasive properties using TALEN-gene editing, 2022, Nature Communications
  • NKG2A and HLA-E define an alternative immune checkpoint axis in bladder cancer, 2022, Cancer Cell
  • NKG2A expression identifies a subset of human Vδ2 T cells exerting the highest antitumor effector functions, 2021, Cell Reports
  • New Insights into Endometrial Cancer, 2021, Cancers

Marcenaro has collaborated extensively with a number of frequent co-authors, including Silvia Pesce, Marco Greppi, Simona Candiani, Valentina Obino, and Matteo Bozzo.

Best Publications

  • Identification and Molecular Characterization of Nkp30, a Novel Triggering Receptor Involved in Natural Cytotoxicity Mediated by Human Natural Killer Cells

    Daniela Pende;Silvia Parolini;Anna Pessino;Simona Sivori

  • NKp44, a Novel Triggering Surface Molecule Specifically Expressed by Activated Natural Killer Cells, Is Involved in Non–Major Histocompatibility Complex–restricted Tumor Cell Lysis

    Massimo Vitale;Cristina Bottino;Simona Sivori;Lorenza Sanseverino

  • 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

  • Characterization of CD56-/CD16+ natural killer (NK) cells: a highly dysfunctional NK subset expanded in HIV-infected viremic individuals.

    Domenico Mavilio;Gabriella Lombardo;Janet Benjamin;Diana Kim

  • NKp46 is the major triggering receptor involved in the natural cytotoxicity of fresh or cultured human NK cells. Correlation between surface density of NKp46 and natural cytotoxicity against autologous, allogeneic or xenogeneic target cells

    Simona Sivori;Daniela Pende;Cristina Bottino;Emanuela Marcenaro

  • Defective expression and function of natural killer cell-triggering receptors in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

    Régis T. Costello;Simona Sivori;Emanuela Marcenaro;Marina Lafage-Pochitaloff

  • NK cells at the interface between innate and adaptive immunity

    A Moretta;E Marcenaro;S Parolini;G Ferlazzo

  • The role of chemerin in the colocalization of NK and dendritic cell subsets into inflamed tissues.

    Silvia Parolini;Amerigo Santoro;Emanuela Marcenaro;Walter Luini

  • Natural killer cells in HIV-1 infection: Dichotomous effects of viremia on inhibitory and activating receptors and their functional correlates

    Domenico Mavilio;Janet Benjamin;Marybeth Daucher;Gabriella Lombardo

  • Gntb-A, a Novel Sh2d1a-Associated Surface Molecule Contributing to the Inability of Natural Killer Cells to Kill Epstein-Barr Virus–Infected B Cells in X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disease

    Cristina Bottino;Michela Falco;Silvia Parolini;Emanuela Marcenaro

  • Identification of a subset of human natural killer cells expressing high levels of programmed death 1: A phenotypic and functional characterization.

    Silvia Pesce;Marco Greppi;Giovanna Tabellini;Fabio Rampinelli

  • 2B4 functions as a co-receptor in human NK cell activation

    Simona Sivori;Silvia Parolini;Michela Falco;Emanuela Marcenaro

  • Untimely TGFβ responses in COVID-19 limit antiviral functions of NK cells

    Mario Witkowski;Mario Witkowski;Caroline Tizian;Marta Ferreira-Gomes;Daniela Niemeyer;Daniela Niemeyer

  • Human Natural Killer Cells Prevent Infectious Mononucleosis Features by Targeting Lytic Epstein-Barr Virus Infection

    Obinna Chijioke;Anne Müller;Regina Feederle;Mario Henrique M. Barros

  • Killer Ig-like receptor-mediated control of natural killer cell alloreactivity in haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

    Lorenzo Moretta;Franco Locatelli;Daniela Pende;Emanuela Marcenaro

  • Early expression of triggering receptors and regulatory role of 2B4 in human natural killer cell precursors undergoing in vitro differentiation

    Simona Sivori;Michela Falco;Emanuela Marcenaro;Silvia Parolini

  • Early liaisons between cells of the innate immune system in inflamed peripheral tissues

    Alessandro Moretta;Emanuela Marcenaro;Emanuela Marcenaro;Simona Sivori;Mariella Della Chiesa

  • Characterization of the defective interaction between a subset of natural killer cells and dendritic cells in HIV-1 infection

    Domenico Mavilio;Gabriella Lombardo;Audrey Kinter;Manuela Fogli

  • Tumour-derived PGD2 and NKp30-B7H6 engagement drives an immunosuppressive ILC2-MDSC axis

    Sara Trabanelli;Mathieu F. Chevalier;Amaia Martinez-Usatorre;Alejandra Gomez-Cadena

  • IL-21 induces both rapid maturation of human CD34+ cell precursors towards NK cells and acquisition of surface killer Ig-like receptors

    Simona Sivori;Claudia Cantoni;Claudia Cantoni;Silvia Parolini;Emanuela Marcenaro

  • CD94 functions as a natural killer cell inhibitory receptor for different HLA class I alleles: identification of the inhibitory form of CD94 by the use of novel monoclonal antibodies

    Simona Sivori;Massimo Vitale;Cristina Bottino;Emanuela Marcenaro

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Moretta
Alessandro Moretta University of Genoa
Lorenzo Moretta
Lorenzo Moretta Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Simona Sivori
Simona Sivori University of Genoa
Domenico Mavilio
Domenico Mavilio University of Milan
Claudia Cantoni
Claudia Cantoni University of Genoa
Cristina Bottino
Cristina Bottino University of Genoa
Daniela Pende
Daniela Pende University of Genoa
Massimo Vitale
Massimo Vitale University of Genoa
Roberto Biassoni
Roberto Biassoni Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Michela Falco
Michela Falco Istituto Giannina Gaslini

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