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18705
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Overview

Gianluca Gallo is affiliated with Temple University in the United States and has an extensive research record primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology as well as neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, cell biology, developmental neuroscience, and biophysics.

The scientist's research topics include nerve injury and regeneration, mitochondrial function and pathology, cellular mechanics and interactions, melanoma and MAPK pathways, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Notable recent publications authored or coauthored by Gianluca Gallo include the following:

  • The Axonal Glycolytic Pathway Contributes to Sensory Axon Extension and Growth Cone Dynamics, 2021, Journal of Neuroscience
  • Palmitoylation couples the kinases DLK and JNK3 to facilitate prodegenerative axon-to-soma signaling, 2022, Science Signaling
  • The bioenergetics of neuronal morphogenesis and regeneration: Frontiers beyond the mitochondrion, 2020, Developmental Neurobiology
  • Mechanisms of Axon Elongation Following CNS Injury: What Is Happening at the Axon Tip?, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Axotomy Induces Drp1-Dependent Fragmentation of Axonal Mitochondria, 2021, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Sabrina Holland, Andrea Ketschek, Rajiv Sainath, Jingwen Niu, and Kaitlin M. Collura.

Gianluca Gallo has published multiple articles in various scientific venues, with the following being the most frequent publishing platforms:

  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • Journal of Neuroscience
  • Science Signaling
  • Molecular Neurobiology
  • Developmental Neurobiology

Best Publications

  • Reevaluation of in vitro differentiation protocols for bone marrow stromal cells: disruption of actin cytoskeleton induces rapid morphological changes and mimics neuronal phenotype.

    Birgit Neuhuber;Gianluca Gallo;Linda Howard;Lisa Kostura

  • Axon growth and recovery of function supported by human bone marrow stromal cells in the injured spinal cord exhibit donor variations.

    Birgit Neuhuber;B. Timothy Himes;B. Timothy Himes;Jed S. Shumsky;Gianluca Gallo

  • Regulation of Growth Cone Actin Filaments by Guidance Cues

    Gianluca Gallo;Paul C. Letourneau

  • Localized Sources of Neurotrophins Initiate Axon Collateral Sprouting

    Gianluca Gallo;Paul C. Letourneau

  • Mitochondria coordinate sites of axon branching through localized intra-axonal protein synthesis.

    Mirela Spillane;Andrea Ketschek;Tanuja T. Merianda;Jeffery L. Twiss

  • The trkA receptor mediates growth cone turning toward a localized source of nerve growth factor.

    Gianluca Gallo;Frances B. Lefcort;Paul C. Letourneau

  • Rac1-Mediated Endocytosis during Ephrin-A2- and Semaphorin 3A-Induced Growth Cone Collapse

    William M. Jurney;Gianluca Gallo;Paul C. Letourneau;Steven C. McLoon

  • The cytoskeletal and signaling mechanisms of axon collateral branching

    Gianluca Gallo

  • The role of mitochondria in axon development and regeneration.

    George M. Smith;Gianluca Gallo

  • RhoA-kinase coordinates F-actin organization and myosin II activity during semaphorin-3A-induced axon retraction

    Gianluca Gallo

  • Axonally Synthesized β-Actin and GAP-43 Proteins Support Distinct Modes of Axonal Growth

    Christopher J. Donnelly;Michael Park;Mirela Spillane;Soonmoon Yoo

  • Actin turnover is required to prevent axon retraction driven by endogenous actomyosin contractility

    Gianluca Gallo;Hal F. Yee;Paul C. Letourneau

  • Septin-Driven Coordination of Actin and Microtubule Remodeling Regulates the Collateral Branching of Axons

    Jianli Hu;Xiaobo Bai;Jonathan R. Bowen;Lee Dolat

  • Mechanically-induced membrane poration causes axonal beading and localized cytoskeletal damage.

    Devrim Kilinc;Gianluca Gallo;Kenneth A. Barbee

  • p75 Neurotrophin Receptor Signaling Regulates Growth Cone Filopodial Dynamics through Modulating RhoA Activity

    Scott Gehler;Gianluca Gallo;Eric Veien;Paul C. Letourneau

  • The actin nucleating Arp2/3 complex contributes to the formation of axonal filopodia and branches through the regulation of actin patch precursors to filopodia.

    Mirela Spillane;Andrea Ketschek;Steven L. Jones;Farida Korobova

  • Nerve growth factor induces axonal filopodia through localized microdomains of phosphoinositide 3-kinase activity that drive the formation of cytoskeletal precursors to filopodia.

    Andrea Ketschek;Gianluca Gallo

  • RhoA-kinase and myosin II are required for the maintenance of growth cone polarity and guidance by nerve growth factor

    Robert P. Loudon;Lee D. Silver;Hal F. Yee;Gianluca Gallo

  • Kinesin-5 is essential for growth-cone turning.

    Vidya C. Nadar;Andrea Ketschek;Kenneth A. Myers;Gianluca Gallo

  • Different Contributions of Microtubule Dynamics and Transport to the Growth of Axons and Collateral Sprouts

    Gianluca Gallo;Paul C. Letourneau

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul C. Letourneau
Paul C. Letourneau University of Minnesota
George M. Smith
George M. Smith Temple University
Itzhak Fischer
Itzhak Fischer Drexel University
Steven C. McLoon
Steven C. McLoon University of Minnesota
Peter W. Baas
Peter W. Baas Drexel University
Jeffery L. Twiss
Jeffery L. Twiss University of South Carolina
Tatyana Svitkina
Tatyana Svitkina University of Pennsylvania
Michael E. Selzer
Michael E. Selzer Temple University
Samuel Saporta
Samuel Saporta University of South Florida
William J. Craigen
William J. Craigen Baylor College of Medicine

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