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Maria Grazia Cifone

Maria Grazia Cifone

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
9471
World Ranking
14605
National Ranking
447

Overview

Maria Grazia Cifone is affiliated with the University of L'Aquila in Italy. Their research spans several interconnected areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable focus on molecular biology and genetics as principal subfields.

Their scientific contributions include studies in physiology, cancer research, and pharmacology, with particular attention to the role of gut microbiota and health, inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects, wound healing and treatments, extracellular vesicles in disease, nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, adenosine and purinergic signaling, and cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism.

Maria Grazia Cifone has published research work in diverse peer-reviewed venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nutrients
  • Biomedicines
  • Antioxidants
  • Aging

Among their recent papers are:

  • Effects of the probiotic formulation SLAB51 in in vitro and in vivo Parkinson's disease models, 2020, Aging
  • Distance education during COVID 19: an Italian survey on the university teachers' perspectives and their emotional conditions, 2021, BMC Medical Education
  • Olive leaf extract impairs mitochondria by pro-oxidant activity in MDA-MB-231 and OVCAR-3 cancer cells, 2020, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • The Effects of Low-Nickel Diet Combined with Oral Administration of Selected Probiotics on Patients with Systemic Nickel Allergy Syndrome (SNAS) and Gut Dysbiosis, 2020, Nutrients
  • Biological effects of selective COX-2 inhibitor NS398 on human glioblastoma cell lines, 2020, Cancer Cell International

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers. Among their most common co-authors are:

  • Francesca Lombardi
  • Benedetta Cinque
  • Paola Palumbo
  • Francesca Rosaria Augello
  • Serena Artone

Maria Grazia Cifone's work reflects a multidisciplinary approach, bridging molecular insights with therapeutic and clinical applications, particularly in areas related to cancer, inflammation, and microbiota-related health issues.

Best Publications

  • Apoptotic signaling through CD95 (Fas/Apo-1) activates an acidic sphingomyelinase.

    M G Cifone;R De Maria;P Roncaioli;M R Rippo

  • Multiple pathways originate at the Fas/APO-1 (CD95) receptor: sequential involvement of phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C and acidic sphingomyelinase in the propagation of the apoptotic signal.

    M. G. Cifone;P. Roncaioli;R. De Maria;G. Camarda

  • Anti-inflammatory effects of Lactobacillus brevis (CD2) on periodontal disease

    DN Della Riccia;F Bizzini;MG Perilli;A Polimeni

  • Epithelium derived interleukin 15 regulates intraepithelial lymphocyte Th1 cytokine production, cytotoxicity, and survival in coeliac disease

    A Di Sabatino;R Ciccocioppo;F Cupelli;B Cinque

  • Dexamethasone-induced thymocyte apoptosis: apoptotic signal involves the sequential activation of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C, acidic sphingomyelinase, and caspases.

    Maria Grazia Cifone;Graziella Migliorati;Graziella Migliorati;Graziella Migliorati;Raffaella Parroni;Raffaella Parroni;Raffaella Parroni;Cristina Marchetti;Cristina Marchetti;Cristina Marchetti

  • Triggering of human monocyte activation through CD69, a member of the natural killer cell gene complex family of signal transducing receptors

    R De Maria;M G Cifone;R Trotta;M R Rippo

  • Defective mucosal T cell death is sustainably reverted by infliximab in a caspase dependent pathway in Crohn’s disease

    A Di Sabatino;R Ciccocioppo;B Cinque;D Millimaggi

  • Increased enterocyte apoptosis in inflamed areas of Crohn's disease.

    Antonio Di Sabatino;Rachele Ciccocioppo;Ombretta Luinetti;Laura Ricevuti

  • Reduced mitogenic stimulation of human lymphocytes by extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields

    Pio Conti;Giovanni Ettore Gigante;Maria Grazia Cifone;Edoardo Alesse

  • Functional expression of Fas and Fas ligand on human gut lamina propria T lymphocytes. A potential role for the acidic sphingomyelinase pathway in normal immunoregulation.

    R De Maria;M Boirivant;M G Cifone;P Roncaioli

  • A role for Ca2+ in the effect of very low frequency electromagnetic field on the blastogenesis of human lymphocytes

    P. Conti;G.E. Gigante;E. Alesse;M.G. Cifone

  • Methods of Isolation, Characterization and Expansion of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells (ASCs): An Overview.

    Paola Palumbo;Francesca Lombardi;Giuseppe Siragusa;Maria Grazia Cifone

  • Increased Enterocyte Apoptosis and Fas-Fas Ligand System in Celiac Disease

    Rachele Ciccocioppo;Antonio Di Sabatino;Raffaella Parroni;Paola Muzi

  • Glucocorticoid hormone-induced modulation of gene expression and regulation of T-cell death: role of GITR and GILZ, two dexamethasone-induced genes.

    C Riccardi;MG Cifone;G Migliorati

  • Academic success or failure in nursing students: Results of a retrospective observational study

    Loreto Lancia;Cristina Petrucci;Fabio Giorgi;Angelo Dante

  • FK506 prevents stroke-induced generation of ceramide and apoptosis signaling.

    Ingrid Herr;Ana Martin-Villalba;Elke Kurz;Paola Roncaioli

  • Evaluation of the effects of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields on mammalian follicle development.

    Sandra Cecconi;Giancaterino Gualtieri;Angela Di Bartolomeo;Giulia Troiani

  • Effects of the probiotic formulation SLAB51 in in vitro and in vivo Parkinson's disease models.

    Vanessa Castelli;Michele d’Angelo;Francesca Lombardi;Margherita Alfonsetti

  • Matrix metalloproteinase pattern in celiac duodenal mucosa

    Rachele Ciccocioppo;Antonio Di Sabatino;Michael Bauer;Daniela N Della Riccia

  • The Influence of Lactobacillus brevis on Ornithine Decarboxylase Activity and Polyamine Profiles in Helicobacter pylori‐Infected Gastric Mucosa

    Michele Linsalata;Francesco Russo;Pasquale Berloco;Maria Lucia Caruso

Frequent Co-Authors

Gino Roberto Corazza
Gino Roberto Corazza University of Pavia
Angela Santoni
Angela Santoni Sapienza University of Rome
Pio Conti
Pio Conti University of Chieti-Pescara
Antonio Giordano
Antonio Giordano Temple University
Roberto Testi
Roberto Testi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Luigi Frati
Luigi Frati Sapienza University of Rome
Carlo Riccardi
Carlo Riccardi University of Perugia
Massimo Casacchia
Massimo Casacchia University of L'Aquila
Maurizio Sorice
Maurizio Sorice Sapienza University of Rome
Klaus-Michael Debatin
Klaus-Michael Debatin University of Ulm

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