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Overview

Luigi Aloe is affiliated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within medicine, neuroscience, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work engages deeply with subfields such as cellular and molecular neuroscience, molecular biology, physiology, developmental neuroscience, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, including nerve injury and regeneration, neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, retinal development and disorders, adipose tissue and metabolism, adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases. They have also contributed to studies on electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications and wound healing and treatments.

Recent papers by Luigi Aloe include:

  • "Nerve Growth Factor Biodelivery: A Limiting Step in Moving Toward Extensive Clinical Application?" (2021), published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "A prospective multicentre surveillance study to investigate the risk associated with contaminated sinks in the intensive care unit" (2021), published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection
  • "Nerve growth factor promotes differentiation and protects the oligodendrocyte precursor cells from in vitro hypoxia/ischemia" (2023), published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) as Partaker in the Modulation of UV-Response in Cultured Human Conjunctival Fibroblasts" (2022), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • ""Combo" Multi-Target Pharmacological Therapy and New Formulations to Reduce Inflammation and Improve Endogenous Remyelination in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury" (2023), published in Cells

Common publication venues for their work include Frontiers in Neuroscience, Adipobiology, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Cells.

Luigi Aloe frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Marco Fiore, Laura Calzà, Maria Luisa Rocco, George N. Chaldakov, and Vito Antonio Baldassarro.

Best Publications

  • Mast cells synthesize, store, and release nerve growth factor.

    A Leon;A Buriani;R Dal Toso;M Fabris

  • Nerve growth factor: from the early discoveries to the potential clinical use

    Luigi Aloe;Maria Luisa Rocco;Patrizia Bianchi;Luigi Manni

  • Circulating nerve growth factor levels are increased in humans with allergic diseases and asthma.

    S Bonini;A Lambiase;F Angelucci;L Magrini

  • Topical treatment with nerve growth factor for corneal neurotrophic ulcers.

    Alessandro Lambiase;Paolo Rama;Stefano Bonini;Giancarlo Caprioglio

  • Nerve Growth Factor Is an Autocrine Survival Factor for Memory B Lymphocytes

    Maria Torcia;Luisa Bracci-Laudiero;Maria Lucibello;Lucia Nencioni

  • Mast cells increase in tissues of neonatal rats injected with the nerve growth factor

    Luigi Aloe;Rita Levi-Montalcini

  • Nerve growth factor in the synovial fluid of patients with chronic arthritis.

    Luigi Aloe;Marco A. Tuveri;Ugo Carcassi;Rita Levi-Montalcini

  • Topical treatment with nerve growth factor for neurotrophic keratitis

    Stefano Bonini;Alessandro Lambiase;Alessandro Lambiase;Paolo Rama;Giancarlo Caprioglio

  • Nerve growth factor promotes corneal healing: structural, biochemical, and molecular analyses of rat and human corneas

    Alessandro Lambiase;Luigi Manni;Stefano Bonini;Paolo Rama

  • Aggressive behavior induces release of nerve growth factor from mouse salivary gland into the bloodstream.

    Luigi Aloe;Enrico Alleva;Ariela Bohm;Rita Levi-Montalcini

  • Multiple sclerosis patients express increased levels of beta-nerve growth factor in cerebrospinal fluid.

    L B Laudiero;L Aloe;R Levi-Montalcini;C Buttinelli

  • Experimental and clinical evidence of neuroprotection by nerve growth factor eye drops: Implications for glaucoma

    Alessandro Lambiase;Luigi Aloe;Marco Centofanti;Vincenzo Parisi

  • Emotional stress induced by parachute jumping enhances blood nerve growth factor levels and the distribution of nerve growth factor receptors in lymphocytes

    L Aloe;L Bracci-Laudiero;E Alleva;A Lambiase

  • The expanding role of nerve growth factor: from neurotrophic activity to immunologic diseases

    Aloe L;Bracci-Laudiero L;Bonini S;Manni L

  • Nerve growth factor displays stimulatory effects on human skin and lung fibroblasts, demonstrating a direct role for this factor in tissue repair.

    Alessandra Micera;Eliana Vigneti;Dalia Pickholtz;Reuven Reich

  • Nerve growth factor control of neuronal expression of angiogenetic and vasoactive factors.

    Laura Calzà;Luciana Giardino;Alessandro Giuliani;Luigi Aloe

  • Early Social Enrichment Shapes Social Behavior and Nerve Growth Factor and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels in the Adult Mouse Brain

    Igor Branchi;Ivana D’Andrea;Marco Fiore;Veronica Di Fausto

  • Nerve growth factor-induced transformation of immature chromaffin cells in vivo into sympathetic neurons: effect of antiserum to nerve growth factor.

    Luigi Aloe;Rita Levi-Montalcini

  • Neurotrophin presence in human coronary atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome: a role for NGF and BDNF in cardiovascular disease?

    George N. Chaldakov;Marco Fiore;Ivan S. Stankulov;Luigi Manni

  • Early life stress as a risk factor for mental health: role of neurotrophins from rodents to non-human primates.

    Francesca Cirulli;Nadia Francia;Alessandra Berry;Luigi Aloe

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico Alleva
Enrico Alleva Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini Washington University in St. Louis
Francesca Cirulli
Francesca Cirulli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Sergio Bonini
Sergio Bonini National Research Council (CNR)
Thomas Lundeberg
Thomas Lundeberg Karolinska Institute
Elisabet Stener-Victorin
Elisabet Stener-Victorin Karolinska Institute
Igor Branchi
Igor Branchi Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Francesca Levi-Schaffer Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Marco Fiore
Marco Fiore IMDEA Networks
Laura Calzà
Laura Calzà University of Bologna

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