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Maria Teresa Ciotti is affiliated with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Neuroscience. Within these fields, their work focuses extensively on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Immunology.

The scientist has contributed to multiple topics including nerve injury and regeneration, axon guidance and neuronal signaling, RNA regulation and disease, RNA research and splicing, protein degradation and inhibitors, coagulation-related pathways, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Ciotti's recent publications include the following:

  • hNGF Peptides Elicit the NGF-TrkA Signalling Pathway in Cholinergic Neurons and Retain Full Neurotrophic Activity in the DRG Assay, 2020, published in Biomolecules
  • Involvement of Bradykinin Receptor 2 in Nerve Growth Factor Neuroprotective Activity, 2020, published in Cells
  • Silencing of Ago-2 Interacting Protein SERBP1 Relieves KCC2 Repression by miR-92 in Neurons, 2022, published in Cells
  • Transcriptional Profiles of Cell Fate Transitions Reveal Early Drivers of Neuronal Apoptosis and Survival, 2021, published in Cells
  • Lamin A/C regulates cerebellar granule cell maturation, 2025, published in Cell Biology and Toxicology

Frequent publication venues for Ciotti include:

  • Cells
  • Biomolecules
  • Cell Biology and Toxicology

The scientist often collaborates with colleagues such as Pietro Calissano, Delio Mercanti, Sebastiano Cavallaro, Cinzia Severini, and Viviana Triaca.

Best Publications

  • NMDA receptor mediates tau-induced neurotoxicity by calpain and ERK/MAPK activation

    Giuseppina Amadoro;Maria Teresa Ciotti;Marco Costanzi;Vincenzo Cestari

  • Tau Cleavage and Dephosphorylation in Cerebellar Granule Neurons Undergoing Apoptosis

    Nadia Canu;Laura Dus;Christian Barbato;Maria T. Ciotti

  • Topiramate attenuates voltage-gated sodium currents in rat cerebellar granule cells.

    Cristina Zona;Maria Teresa Ciotti;Massimo Avoli

  • MicroRNA-101 Regulates Amyloid Precursor Protein Expression in Hippocampal Neurons

    Elisa Vilardo;Christian Barbato;Maria Teresa Ciotti;Carlo Cogoni

  • Abnormal striatal GABA transmission in the mouse model for the fragile X syndrome.

    Diego Centonze;Silvia Rossi;Valentina Mercaldo;Ilaria Napoli

  • NGF and BDNF signaling control amyloidogenic route and Aβ production in hippocampal neurons

    Carmela Matrone;Maria Teresa Ciotti;Delio Mercanti;Roberta Marolda

  • Chemokine CX3CL1 protects rat hippocampal neurons against glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity

    Cristina Limatola;Clotilde Lauro;Myriam Catalano;Maria Teresa Ciotti

  • CXC chemokines interleukin-8 (IL-8) and growth-related gene product α (GROα) modulate Purkinje neuron activity in mouse cerebellum

    Aldo Giovannelli;Cristina Limatola;Davide Ragozzino;Anna Maria Mileo

  • Proteasome involvement and accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins in cerebellar granule neurons undergoing apoptosis.

    Nadia Canu;Christian Barbato;Maria Teresa Ciotti;Annalucia Serafino

  • Glutamate neurotoxicity in rat cerebellar granule cells: a major role for xanthine oxidase in oxygen radical formation.

    A. Atlante;S. Gagliardi;G. M. Minervini;M. T. Ciotti

  • Role of the autophagic-lysosomal system on low potassium-induced apoptosis in cultured cerebellar granule cells.

    Nadia Canu;Roberta Tufi;Anna Lucia Serafino;Giuseppina Amadoro

  • SDF‐1α‐mediated modulation of synaptic transmission in rat cerebellum

    Cristina Limatola;Aldo Giovannelli;Laura Maggi;Davide Ragozzino

  • Ligand-independent CXCR2 Dimerization

    Flavia Trettel;Sabrina Di Bartolomeo;Clotilde Lauro;Myriam Catalano

  • NH2-truncated human tau induces deregulated mitophagy in neurons by aberrant recruitment of Parkin and UCHL-1: implications in Alzheimer's disease

    V. Corsetti;F. Florenzano;A. Atlante;A. Bobba

  • miR-142-3p Is a Key Regulator of IL-1β-Dependent Synaptopathy in Neuroinflammation.

    Georgia Mandolesi;Francesca De Vito;Alessandra Musella;Antonietta Gentile

  • Activation of the Amyloidogenic Route by NGF Deprivation Induces Apoptotic Death in PC12 Cells

    Carmela Matrone;Anna Di Luzio;Giovanni Meli;Simona D'Aguanno

  • Oxidative stress induces p53‐mediated apoptosis in glia: p53 transcription‐independent way to die

    Paolo Bonini;Simona Cicconi;Alessio Cardinale;Cristiana Vitale

  • Modulation of AMPA Receptors in Cultured Cortical Neurons Induced by the Antiepileptic Drug Levetiracetam

    Irene Carunchio;Massimo Pieri;Maria Teresa Ciotti;Federica Albo

  • A NH2 tau fragment targets neuronal mitochondria at AD synapses: possible implications for neurodegeneration.

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  • Increased amyloidogenic secretion in cerebellar granule cells undergoing apoptosis

    Cinzia Galli;Alessandra Piccini;Maria Teresa Ciotti;Loriana Castellani

  • Dual control of neurogenesis by PC3 through cell cycle inhibition and induction of Math1.

    Daniela Canzoniere;Stefano Farioli-Vecchioli;Filippo Conti;Maria Teresa Ciotti

Frequent Co-Authors

Cristina Limatola
Cristina Limatola Sapienza University of Rome
Fabrizio Eusebi
Fabrizio Eusebi Sapienza University of Rome
Giorgio Margaritondo
Giorgio Margaritondo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Cinzia Volonté
Cinzia Volonté Fondazione Santa Lucia
Angela Santoni
Angela Santoni Sapienza University of Rome
Timothy C. Droubay
Timothy C. Droubay Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Davide Ragozzino
Davide Ragozzino Sapienza University of Rome
Robert Nisticò
Robert Nisticò University of Rome Tor Vergata
Carlo Caltagirone
Carlo Caltagirone Fondazione Santa Lucia
Claudia Bagni
Claudia Bagni University of Rome Tor Vergata

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