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Francesco Lo-Coco was affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy. Their research primarily focused on hematology and molecular biology, with significant contributions to the study of acute myeloid leukemia and related hematologic malignancies.

Their main fields of study included:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, notable subfields of study were:

  • Hematology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Cancer Research

Francesco Lo-Coco's work covered several key research topics, emphasizing:

  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Drug-Induced Ocular Toxicity

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Francesco Lo-Coco included:

  • Maria Teresa Voso
  • Miguel Á. Sanz
  • Richard A. Larson
  • Eduardo Magalhães Rego
  • Martin S. Tallman

Publications appeared in various scientific venues, notably:

  • Nature Communications
  • Blood Cancer Journal
  • Blood Advances
  • British Journal of Haematology
  • Cancers

Significant recent papers by Francesco Lo-Coco included:

  • "Midostaurin in patients with acute myeloid leukemia and FLT3-TKD mutations: a subanalysis from the RATIFY trial," 2020, Blood Advances
  • "Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for acute myeloid leukemia," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Early intracranial haemorrhages in acute promyelocytic leukaemia: analysis of neuroradiological and clinico-biological parameters," 2020, British Journal of Haematology
  • "Characteristics and outcome of acute myeloid leukemia with uncommon retinoic acid receptor-alpha (RARA) fusion variants," 2021, Blood Cancer Journal
  • "Reduced SLIT2 is Associated with Increased Cell Proliferation and Arsenic Trioxide Resistance in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia," 2020, Cancers

Best Publications

  • Diagnosis and management of AML in adults: 2017 ELN recommendations from an international expert panel

    Hartmut Döhner;Elihu Estey;David Grimwade;Sergio Amadori

  • Diagnosis and management of acute myeloid leukemia in adults: recommendations from an international expert panel, on behalf of the European LeukemiaNet.

    Hartmut Dohner;Elihu H. Estey;Sergio Amadori;Frederick R. Appelbaum

  • Revised Recommendations of the International Working Group for Diagnosis, Standardization of Response Criteria, Treatment Outcomes, and Reporting Standards for Therapeutic Trials in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Bruce D. Cheson;John M. Bennett;Kenneth J. Kopecky;Thomas Büchner

  • Cytoplasmic Nucleophosmin in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia with a Normal Karyotype

    Brunangelo Falini;Christina Mecucci;Enrico Tiacci;Myriam Alcalay

  • Midostaurin plus Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia with a FLT3 Mutation

    Richard M. Stone;Sumithra J. Mandrekar;Ben L. Sanford;Kristina Laumann

  • Retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide for acute promyelocytic leukemia

    F. Lo-Coco;G. Avvisati;M. Vignetti;C. Thiede

  • Management of acute promyelocytic leukemia: recommendations from an expert panel on behalf of the European LeukemiaNet

    Miguel A. Sanz;David Grimwade;Martin S. Tallman;Bob Lowenberg

  • Oncogenic Role of Fusion-circRNAs Derived from Cancer-Associated Chromosomal Translocations

    Jlenia Guarnerio;Marco Bezzi;Jong Cheol Jeong;Stella V. Paffenholz

  • The deubiquitinylation and localization of PTEN are regulated by a HAUSP-PML network.

    Min Sup Song;Leonardo Salmena;Arkaitz Carracedo;Ainara Egia

  • Management of acute promyelocytic leukemia: updated recommendations from an expert panel of the European LeukemiaNet

    Miguel A. Sanz;Miguel A. Sanz;Pierre Fenaux;Martin S. Tallman;Elihu H. Estey

  • Epigenetic Silencing of the Myelopoiesis Regulator microRNA-223 by the AML1/ETO Oncoprotein

    Francesco Fazi;Serena Racanicchi;Giuseppe Zardo;Giuseppe Zardo;Linda M. Starnes;Linda M. Starnes

  • Improved Outcomes With Retinoic Acid and Arsenic Trioxide Compared With Retinoic Acid and Chemotherapy in Non-High-Risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Final Results of the Randomized Italian-German APL0406 Trial.

    Uwe Platzbecker;Giuseppe Avvisati;Laura Cicconi;Christian Thiede

  • Retinoic acid receptors: from molecular mechanisms to cancer therapy.

    Alessandra di Masi;Loris Leboffe;Elisabetta De Marinis;Francesca Pagano

  • Front-line treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia with AIDA induction followed by risk-adapted consolidation for adults younger than 61 years: results of the AIDA-2000 trial of the GIMEMA Group

    Francesco Lo-Coco;Giuseppe Avvisati;Marco Vignetti;Massimo Breccia

  • Prospective Minimal Residual Disease Monitoring to Predict Relapse of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia and to Direct Pre-Emptive Arsenic Trioxide Therapy

    David Grimwade;Jelena V. Jovanovic;Robert Kerrin Hills;Elizabeth A. Nugent

  • Elevated expression of IL-3Rα in acute myelogenous leukemia is associated with enhanced blast proliferation, increased cellularity, and poor prognosis

    Ugo Testa;Ugo Testa;Ugo Testa;Roberta Riccioni;Roberta Riccioni;Roberta Riccioni;Stefania Militi;Stefania Militi;Stefania Militi;Eliana Coccia;Eliana Coccia;Eliana Coccia

  • Prognostic and therapeutic implications of minimal residual disease detection in acute myeloid leukemia

    Francesco Buccisano;Luca Maurillo;Maria Ilaria Del Principe;Giovanni Del Poeta

  • Characteristics and clinical correlates of MPL 515W>L/K mutation in essential thrombocythemia.

    Alessandro M. Vannucchi;Elisabetta Antonioli;Paola Guglielmelli;Alessandro Pancrazzi

  • Gemtuzumab ozogamicin (Mylotarg) as a single agent for molecularly relapsed acute promyelocytic leukemia

    Francesco Lo-Coco;Giuseppe Cimino;Massimo Breccia;Nélida I. Noguera

  • Active Pin1 is a key target of all- trans retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia and breast cancer

    Shuo Wei;Shingo Kozono;Lev Kats;Morris Nechama

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel A. Sanz
Miguel A. Sanz University of Valencia
Sergio Amadori
Sergio Amadori University of Rome Tor Vergata
Martin S. Tallman
Martin S. Tallman Northwestern University
David Grimwade
David Grimwade King's College London
Arnold Ganser
Arnold Ganser Hannover Medical School
Bob Löwenberg
Bob Löwenberg Erasmus MC
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci European Institute of Oncology
Hartmut Döhner
Hartmut Döhner University of Ulm
Franco Mandelli
Franco Mandelli Sapienza University of Rome
Raul C. Ribeiro
Raul C. Ribeiro St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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