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Luigi Varesio is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Neurology. Additional subfields of study include Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, and Cell Biology.

Their work frequently addresses topics such as Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment, Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research, Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Cellular Transport and Secretion, Galectins and Cancer Biology, and Vitamin D Research Studies.

Some recent papers involving Luigi Varesio's research include:

  • "Vitamin D Deficiency and the Risk of Cerebrovascular Disease" (2020), published in Antioxidants
  • "Intracellular Antioxidant Activity of Biocompatible Citrate-Capped Palladium Nanozymes" (2020), published in Nanomaterials
  • "Polymorphisms in genes related to oxidative stress and inflammation: Emerging links with the pathogenesis and severity of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation disease" (2021), published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • "Dicarbonyl Stress and S-Glutathionylation in Cerebrovascular Diseases: A Focus on Cerebral Cavernous Malformations" (2020), published in Antioxidants
  • "Towards precision nanomedicine for cerebrovascular diseases with emphasis on Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM)" (2021), published in Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery

Frequent co-authors contributing to their publications include:

  • Andrea Perrelli
  • Chiara Ferraris
  • Elisa De Luca
  • Angela Glading
  • Valerio Benedetti

Luigi Varesio has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Methods in Molecular Biology
  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • Antioxidants
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nanomaterials

Their book publication includes:

  • Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CCM), published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2020

Best Publications

  • A hypoxia-responsive element mediates a novel pathway of activation of the inducible nitric oxide synthase promoter.

    Giovanni Melillo;Tiziana Musso;Antonio Sica;Lynn S. Taylor

  • Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as Mediators of Anti-Inflammatory Effects: Endorsement of Macrophage Polarization.

    Claudia Lo Sicco;Claudia Lo Sicco;Daniele Reverberi;Carolina Balbi;Valentina Ulivi

  • LIN28B induces neuroblastoma and enhances MYCN levels via let-7 suppression

    Jan J Molenaar;Raquel Domingo-Fernández;Marli E Ebus;Sven Lindner

  • Selective immortalization of murine macrophages from fresh bone marrow by a raf/myc recombinant murine retrovirus

    Elisabetta Blasi;Bonnie J. Mathieson;Luigi Varesio;John L. Cleveland

  • Regulation of Human Macrophage M1-M2 Polarization Balance by Hypoxia and the Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1.

    Federica Raggi;Simone Pelassa;Daniele Pierobon;Federica Penco

  • Hypoxia downregulates the expression of activating receptors involved in NK-cell-mediated target cell killing without affecting ADCC

    Mirna Balsamo;Claudia Manzini;Gabriella Pietra;Federica Raggi

  • Functional Requirement of the Hypoxia-responsive Element in the Activation of the Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Promoter by the Iron Chelator Desferrioxamine

    Giovanni Melillo;Lynn S. Taylor;Alan Brooks;Tiziana Musso

  • Nuclear factor kB is activated by arachidonic acid but not by eicosapentaenoic acid.

    Simonetta Camandola;Gabriella Leonarduzzi;Tiziana Musso;Luigi Varesio

  • Hypoxia Modifies the Transcriptome of Primary Human Monocytes: Modulation of Novel Immune-Related Genes and Identification Of CC-Chemokine Ligand 20 as a New Hypoxia-Inducible Gene

    Maria Carla Bosco;Maura Puppo;Clara Santangelo;Luca Anfosso

  • Monocytes and dendritic cells in a hypoxic environment : Spotlights on chemotaxis and migration

    Maria Carla Bosco;Maura Puppo;Fabiola Blengio;Tiziana Fraone

  • The P2X7 receptor is a key modulator of the PI3K/GSK3β/VEGF signaling network: evidence in experimental neuroblastoma.

    F Amoroso;M Capece;A Rotondo;D Cangelosi

  • Interleukin-4 inhibits indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase expression in human monocytes

    T Musso;GL Gusella;A Brooks;DL Longo

  • Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-dependent production of reactive nitrogen intermediates mediates IFN-gamma plus IL-2-induced murine macrophage tumoricidal activity.

    George W. Cox;Giovanni Melillo;Utpala Chattopadhyay;Dan Mullet

  • Flavopiridol, a Protein Kinase Inhibitor, Down-Regulates Hypoxic Induction of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression in Human Monocytes

    Giovanni Melillo;Edward A. Sausville;Kiona Cloud;Tyler Lahusen

  • Regulation of JAK3 expression in human monocytes: phosphorylation in response to interleukins 2, 4, and 7.

    Tiziana Musso;James A. Johnston;Diana Linnekin;Luigi Varesio

  • Differential inhibition of IL-1 and TNF-alpha mRNA expression by agents which block second messenger pathways in murine macrophages.

    E J Kovacs;D Radzioch;H A Young;L Varesio

  • Cytokines induce tight junction disassembly in airway cells via an EGFR-dependent MAPK/ERK1/2-pathway.

    Loredana Petecchia;Federica Sabatini;Cesare Usai;Emanuela Caci

  • Heterogeneity of Hematopoietic Cells Immortalized by v-myc/v-raf Recombinant Retrovirus Infection of Bone Marrow or Fetal Liver

    George W. Cox;Bonnie J. Mathieson;Lucia Gandino;Elisabetta Blasi

  • Regulation of nitric-oxide synthase mRNA expression by interferon-gamma and picolinic acid.

    Giovanni Melillo;George W. Cox;Arya Biragyn;Lynn A. Sheffler

  • Hypoxia modulates the gene expression profile of immunoregulatory receptors in human mature dendritic cells: identification of TREM-1 as a novel hypoxic marker in vitro and in vivo.

    Maria Carla Bosco;Daniele Pierobon;Fabiola Blengio;Federica Raggi

Frequent Co-Authors

Dan L. Longo
Dan L. Longo Harvard University
Donatella Taramelli
Donatella Taramelli University of Milan
Mirella Giovarelli
Mirella Giovarelli University of Turin
Rogier Versteeg
Rogier Versteeg University of Amsterdam
Ronald B. Herberman
Ronald B. Herberman University of Pittsburgh
Danuta Radzioch
Danuta Radzioch McGill University
Ranieri Cancedda
Ranieri Cancedda University of Genoa
Katleen De Preter
Katleen De Preter Ghent University
Peter F. Ambros
Peter F. Ambros St Anna Children's Hospital
John R. Ortaldo
John R. Ortaldo National Institutes of Health

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