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Microbiology

D-Index
59
Citations
11827
World Ranking
3284
National Ranking
89

Best Publications

  • Release, uptake, and effects of extracellular human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat protein on cell growth and viral transactivation.

    B Ensoli;L Buonaguro;G Barillari;V Fiorelli

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Subtype Distribution in the Worldwide Epidemic: Pathogenetic and Therapeutic Implications

    L. Buonaguro;M. L. Tornesello;F. M. Buonaguro

  • HIV-1 Tat protein exits from cells via a leaderless secretory pathway and binds to extracellular matrix-associated heparan sulfate proteoglycans through its basic region

    Hsiao C. Chang;Felipe Samaniego;Felipe Samaniego;Bala C. Nair;Luigi Buonaguro

  • Global and regional molecular epidemiology of HIV-1, 1990–2015: a systematic review, global survey, and trend analysis

    Joris Hemelaar;Ramyiadarsini Elangovan;Jason Yun;Leslie Dickson-Tetteh

  • Effects of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat protein on the expression of inflammatory cytokines.

    Luigi Buonaguro;Giovanni Barillari;Hsiao K. Chang;Cindy A. Bohan

  • Antimicrobial Peptides as Anticancer Agents: Functional Properties and Biological Activities.

    Anna Lucia Tornesello;Antonella Borrelli;Luigi Buonaguro;Franco Maria Buonaguro

  • Translating Tumor Antigens into Cancer Vaccines

    Luigi Buonaguro;Luigi Buonaguro;Annacarmen Petrizzo;Maria Lina Tornesello;Franco M. Buonaguro

  • Effects of cytokines from activated immune cells on vascular cell growth and HIV-1 gene expression. Implications for AIDS-Kaposi's sarcoma pathogenesis.

    Giovanni Barillari;Luigi Buonaguro;Valeria Fiorelli;John Hoffman

  • Mutations in TP53 , CTNNB1 and PIK3CA genes in hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections

    Maria Lina Tornesello;Luigi Buonaguro;Fabiana Tatangelo;Gerardo Botti

  • Update on Head and Neck Cancer: Current Knowledge on Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Molecular Features and Novel Therapies.

    Francesca Pezzuto;Luigi Buonaguro;Francesco Caponigro;Franco Ionna

  • The Role of microRNAs, Long Non-coding RNAs, and Circular RNAs in Cervical Cancer.

    Maria Lina Tornesello;Raffaella Faraonio;Luigi Buonaguro;Clorinda Annunziata

  • Antigen-specific vaccines for cancer treatment.

    Maria Tagliamonte;Annacarmen Petrizzo;Maria Lina Tornesello;Franco M Buonaguro

  • Viral and cellular biomarkers in the diagnosis of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cancer.

    Maria Lina Tornesello;Luigi Buonaguro;Paolo Giorgi-Rossi;Franco M. Buonaguro

  • The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat protein transactivates tumor necrosis factor beta gene expression through a TAR-like structure.

    Luigi Buonaguro;Franco M. Buonaguro;Gaetano Giraldo;Barbara Ensoli

  • Baculovirus-Derived Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Virus-Like Particles Activate Dendritic Cells and Induce Ex Vivo T-Cell Responses

    L. Buonaguro;M. L. Tornesello;M. Tagliamonte;R. C. Gallo

  • Multi-omics discovery of exome-derived neoantigens in hepatocellular carcinoma

    Markus W. Löffler;Christopher Mohr;Leon Bichmann;Lena Katharina Freudenmann;Lena Katharina Freudenmann

  • Tumor genotype and immune microenvironment in POLE-ultramutated and MSI-hypermutated Endometrial Cancers: New candidates for checkpoint blockade immunotherapy?

    Piera Gargiulo;Chiara Della Pepa;Simona Berardi;Daniela Califano

  • Analysis of Tat transactivation of human immunodeficiency virus transcription in vitro.

    C. A. Bohan;F. Kashanchi;B. Ensoli;L. Buonaguro

  • High-level expression of the HIV-1 Pr55gag polyprotein in transgenic tobacco chloroplasts

    Nunzia Scotti;Fiammetta Alagna;Enrico Ferraiolo;Gelsomina Formisano

  • Selecting Target Antigens for Cancer Vaccine Development.

    Luigi Buonaguro;Maria Tagliamonte

  • Induction of systemic and mucosal cross-clade neutralizing antibodies in BALB/c mice immunized with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 clade A virus-like particles administered by different routes of inoculation.

    L. Buonaguro;M. L. Visciano;M. L. Tornesello;M. Tagliamonte

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco M. Buonaguro
Franco M. Buonaguro MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Barbara Ensoli
Barbara Ensoli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Robert C. Gallo
Robert C. Gallo University of South Florida
Gerardo Botti
Gerardo Botti Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Gennaro Ciliberto
Gennaro Ciliberto Magna Graecia University
George K. Lewis
George K. Lewis University of Maryland, Baltimore
Ena Wang
Ena Wang Toro bio
Claudio Arra
Claudio Arra Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale"
Francesco M. Marincola
Francesco M. Marincola National Institutes of Health
Roberto S. Accolla
Roberto S. Accolla University of Insubria

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