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Maria C. Fioretti

Maria C. Fioretti

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
14619
World Ranking
18829
National Ranking
601

Overview

Maria C. Fioretti is affiliated with the University of Perugia in Italy. Their research predominantly spans the field of Medicine, with specific attention to several subfields including Dermatology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Infectious Diseases.

Their work addresses multiple main topics, including:

  • Dermatological and COVID-19 studies
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies

Among recent publications, Fioretti contributed to a paper titled Treatment with Neridronic Acid in a Newborn with Severe and Refractory Hypercalcemia Associated with Subcutaneous Fat Necrosis, published in 2023 in the Journal of Neonatology.

Frequent coauthors in their research efforts include:

  • Angela Carla Borrelli
  • L. Capozzi
  • Massimiliano De Vivo
  • Lorenza Ferrante
  • Daniela Magri

Their work has appeared primarily in the Journal of Neonatology, highlighting a focus on neonatal and pediatric-related medical issues within their publication record.

Best Publications

  • Modulation of tryptophan catabolism by regulatory T cells.

    Francesca Fallarino;Ursula Grohmann;Kwang Woo Hwang;Ciriana Orabona

  • CTLA-4-Ig regulates tryptophan catabolism in vivo.

    Ursula Grohmann;Ciriana Orabona;Francesca Fallarino;Carmine Vacca

  • The Combined Effects of Tryptophan Starvation and Tryptophan Catabolites Down-Regulate T Cell Receptor ζ-Chain and Induce a Regulatory Phenotype in Naive T Cells

    Francesca Fallarino;Ursula Grohmann;Sylvaine You;Barbara C. McGrath

  • T cell apoptosis by tryptophan catabolism.

    Francesca Fallarino;Ursula Grohmann;Carmine Vacca;Roberta Bianchi

  • Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase is a signaling protein in long-term tolerance by dendritic cells

    Maria T Pallotta;Ciriana Orabona;Claudia Volpi;Carmine Vacca

  • Defective tryptophan catabolism underlies inflammation in mouse chronic granulomatous disease

    Luigina Romani;Francesca Fallarino;Antonella De Luca;Claudia Montagnoli

  • CD28 induces immunostimulatory signals in dendritic cells via CD80 and CD86

    Ciriana Orabona;Ursula Grohmann;Maria Laura Belladonna;Francesca Fallarino

  • Reverse signaling through GITR ligand enables dexamethasone to activate IDO in allergy.

    Ursula Grohmann;Claudia Volpi;Francesca Fallarino;Silvia Bozza

  • IL-12 Acts Directly on DC to Promote Nuclear Localization of NF-κB and Primes DC for IL-12 Production

    Ursula Grohmann;Maria Laura Belladonna;Roberta Bianchi;Ciriana Orabona

  • IL-23 and IL-12 Have Overlapping, but Distinct, Effects on Murine Dendritic Cells

    Maria Laura Belladonna;Jean-Christophe Renauld;Roberta Bianchi;Carmine Vacca

  • Functional expression of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase by murine CD8α+ dendritic cells

    Francesca Fallarino;Carmine Vacca;Ciriana Orabona;Maria L. Belladonna

  • Murine Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Initiate the Immunosuppressive Pathway of Tryptophan Catabolism in Response to CD200 Receptor Engagement

    Francesca Fallarino;Carine Asselin-Paturel;Carmine Vacca;Roberta Bianchi

  • A defect in tryptophan catabolism impairs tolerance in nonobese diabetic mice.

    Ursula Grohmann;Francesca Fallarino;Roberta Bianchi;Ciriana Orabona

  • T Cell Apoptosis by Kynurenines

    Francesca Fallarino;Ursula Grohmann;Carmine Vacca;Ciriana Orabona

  • SOCS3 drives proteasomal degradation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) and antagonizes IDO-dependent tolerogenesis.

    Ciriana Orabona;Maria Teresa Pallotta;Claudia Volpi;Francesca Fallarino

  • Toward the identification of a tolerogenic signature in IDO-competent dendritic cells.

    Ciriana Orabona;Paolo Puccetti;Paolo Puccetti;Carmine Vacca;Carmine Vacca;Silvio Bicciato;Silvio Bicciato

  • IL-6 Inhibits the Tolerogenic Function of CD8α+ Dendritic Cells Expressing Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase

    Ursula Grohmann;Francesca Fallarino;Roberta Bianchi;Maria Laura Belladonna

  • Kynurenine Pathway Enzymes in Dendritic Cells Initiate Tolerogenesis in the Absence of Functional IDO

    Maria L. Belladonna;Ursula Grohmann;Paolo Guidetti;Claudia Volpi

  • Cutting edge: Autocrine TGF-beta sustains default tolerogenesis by IDO-competent dendritic cells.

    Maria Laura Belladonna;Claudia Volpi;Roberta Bianchi;Carmine Vacca

  • Toward the identification of a tolerogenic signature in IDO-competent dendritic cells. Commentary

    Eric Vivier;Marc Dalod;Ciriana Orabona;Paolo Puccetti

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Puccetti
Paolo Puccetti University of Perugia
Ursula Grohmann
Ursula Grohmann University of Perugia
Roberta Bianchi
Roberta Bianchi University of Perugia
Francesca Fallarino
Francesca Fallarino University of Perugia
Luigina Romani
Luigina Romani University of Perugia
Carmine Vacca
Carmine Vacca University of Perugia
Ciriana Orabona
Ciriana Orabona University of Perugia
Enzo Bonmassar
Enzo Bonmassar University of Rome Tor Vergata
Carlo Riccardi
Carlo Riccardi University of Perugia
Silvio Bicciato
Silvio Bicciato University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

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