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Giovanna Borsellino is affiliated with the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Germany. Their research mainly covers the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to infectious diseases, immunology, molecular biology, neurology, and epidemiology.

Their work concentrates on several key topics, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders

Giovanna Borsellino's recent publications highlight their focus on immunological memory, viral response, and neuroimmunology. Selected papers include:

  • "BNT162b2 vaccination induces durable SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells with a stem cell memory phenotype," 2021, Science Immunology
  • "An intercellular transfer of telomeres rescues T cells from senescence and promotes long-term immunological memory," 2022, Nature Cell Biology
  • "Assessment of T-cell Reactivity to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant by Immunized Individuals," 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • "Low-dose interleukin 2 antidepressant potentiation in unipolar and bipolar depression: Safety, efficacy, and immunological biomarkers," 2024, Brain Behavior and Immunity
  • "Activation of skeletal muscle-resident glial cells upon nerve injury," 2021, JCI Insight

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Luca Battistini
  • Mario Picozza
  • Gisella Guerrera
  • Marco De Bardi
  • Silvia D'Orso

Borsellino publishes often in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Immunology, Life Science Alliance, Science Immunology, and Nature Cell Biology, with multiple publications in each.

This scientist's work contributes broadly to the understanding of immune responses in infectious diseases and neurological disorders, addressing molecular mechanisms and potential therapeutic approaches within their research scope.

Best Publications

  • Expression of ectonucleotidase CD39 by Foxp3+ Treg cells: hydrolysis of extracellular ATP and immune suppression

    Giovanna Borsellino;Markus Kleinewietfeld;Diletta Di Mitri;Alexander Sternjak

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • HLA-C is the inhibitory ligand that determines dominant resistance to lysis by NK1- and NK2-specific natural killer cells.

    Marco Colonna;Giovanna Borsellino;Michela Falco;Giovan Battista Ferrara

  • Production of hemolymphopoietic cytokines (IL-6, IL-8, colony-stimulating factors) by normal human astrocytes in response to IL-1 beta and tumor necrosis factor-alpha.

    Francesca Aloisi;Alessandra Carè;Giovanna Borsellino;Paolo Gallo

  • Boosting antitumor responses of T lymphocytes infiltrating human prostate cancers

    Vincenzo Bronte;Tihana Kasic;Giorgia Gri;Keti Gallana

  • Exogenous High-Mobility Group Box 1 Protein Induces Myocardial Regeneration After Infarction via Enhanced Cardiac C-Kit+ Cell Proliferation and Differentiation

    Federica Limana;Antonia Germani;Antonella Zacheo;Jan Kajstura

  • CCR6 expression defines regulatory effector/memory-like cells within the CD25(+)CD4+ T-cell subset.

    Markus Kleinewietfeld;Fabiola Puentes;Giovanna Borsellino;Luca Battistini

  • Local expression of IGF-1 accelerates muscle regeneration by rapidly modulating inflammatory cytokines and chemokines

    Laura Pelosi;Cristina Giacinti;Chiara Nardis;Giovanna Borsellino

  • Scanning the Immunopathogenesis of Psoriasis

    Andrea Chiricozzi;Paolo Romanelli;Elisabetta Volpe;Giovanna Borsellino

  • Stem cell-mediated muscle regeneration is enhanced by local isoform of insulin-like growth factor 1

    Antonio Musarò;Cristina Giacinti;Giovanna Borsellino;Gabriella Dobrowolny

  • Identification of Myocardial and Vascular Precursor Cells in Human and Mouse Epicardium

    Federica Limana;Antonella Zacheo;David Mocini;Antonella Mangoni

  • Anandamide suppresses proliferation and cytokine release from primary human T-lymphocytes mainly via CB2 receptors.

    Maria Teresa Cencioni;Valerio Chiurchiù;Giuseppina Catanzaro;Giovanna Borsellino

  • CD161highCD8+T cells bear pathogenetic potential in multiple sclerosis

    Viviana Annibali;Giovanni Ristori;Daniela F. Angelini;Barbara Serafini

  • Altered miRNA expression in T regulatory cells in course of multiple sclerosis.

    Giuseppe De Santis;Manuela Ferracin;Andrea Biondani;Luisa Caniatti

  • Increased PSA expression on prostate cancer exosomes in in vitro condition and in cancer patients.

    Mariantonia Logozzi;Daniela F. Angelini;Elisabetta Iessi;Davide Mizzoni

  • Fibroadipogenic progenitors mediate the ability of HDAC inhibitors to promote regeneration in dystrophic muscles of young, but not old Mdx mice

    Chiara Mozzetta;Silvia Consalvi;Valentina Saccone;Matthew Tierney

  • Phenotypic and functional analysis of T cells homing into the CSF of subjects with inflammatory diseases of the CNS.

    Debora Giunti;Giovanna Borsellino;Roberto Benelli;Monica Marchese

  • BNT162b2 vaccination induces durable SARS-CoV-2 specific T cells with a stem cell memory phenotype.

    Gisella Guerrera;Mario Picozza;Silvia D’Orso;Roberta Placido

  • Human neural stem cells ameliorate autoimmune encephalomyelitis in non-human primates

    Stefano Pluchino;Angela Gritti;Erwin Blezer;Stefano Amadio

  • CD8+ T cells from patients with acute multiple sclerosis display selective increase of adhesiveness in brain venules: a critical role for P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1

    Luca Battistini;Laura Piccio;Barbara Rossi;Simona Bach

Frequent Co-Authors

Luca Battistini
Luca Battistini Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Giorgio Bernardi
Giorgio Bernardi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Diego Centonze
Diego Centonze University of Rome Tor Vergata
Olaf Rötzschke
Olaf Rötzschke Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Kirsten Falk
Kirsten Falk Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Roberto Furlan
Roberto Furlan San Raffaele Hospital
Francesco Dieli
Francesco Dieli University of Palermo
Celia F. Brosnan
Celia F. Brosnan Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Giuseppe Matarese
Giuseppe Matarese Yale University
Nadia Rosenthal
Nadia Rosenthal National Institutes of Health

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