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Overview

Mario Ascoli is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily centers around the fields of Medicine, with focused contributions in Immunology and Allergy, Neurology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in the venue PubMed, with two recent papers contributing to their publication record. These papers include:

  • Novel COL4A2 mutation causing familial malformations of cortical development, 2021, PubMed
  • Functional convergence spasm: an unexpected finding in a patient with focal epilepsy, 2021, PubMed

Mario Ascoli's research topics cover specific areas such as Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis, and Epilepsy research and treatment. These thematic areas reflect the scope of their scientific inquiries and publication focus.

  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
  • Epilepsy research and treatment

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Sabrina Neri
  • Edoardo Ferlazzo
  • Giovanni Mastroianni
  • Umberto Aguglia
  • Emilio Africa

These collaborations have contributed to the development and dissemination of their research findings within their fields of expertise.

Best Publications

  • The Lutropin/Choriogonadotropin Receptor, A 2002 Perspective

    Mario Ascoli;Francesca Fanelli;Deborah L. Segaloff

  • Characterization of Several Clonal Lines of Cultured Ley dig Tumor Cells: Gonadotropin Receptors and Steroidogenic Responses*

    Mario Ascoli

  • The Lutropin/Choriogonadotropin Receptor… 4 Years Later*

    Deborah L. Segaloff;Mario Ascoli

  • Degradation of receptor-bound human choriogonadotropin by murine Leydig tumor cells.

    M Ascoli;D Puett

  • Gonadotropin binding and stimulation of steroidogenesis in Leydig tumor cells

    Mario Ascoli;David Puett

  • Regulation of gonadotropin receptors and gonadotropin responses in a clonal strain of Leydig tumor cells by epidermal growth factor.

    M Ascoli

  • Internalization and degradation of receptor-bound human choriogonadotropin in Leydig tumor cells. Fate of the hormone subunits.

    M Ascoli

  • Lutropin/choriogonadotropin stimulate the proliferation of primary cultures of rat Leydig cells through a pathway that involves activation of the extracellularly regulated kinase 1/2 cascade.

    Koji Shiraishi;Mario Ascoli

  • The Lutropin/Choriogonadotropin Receptor-Induced Phosphorylation of the Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases in Leydig Cells Is Mediated by a Protein Kinase A-Dependent Activation of Ras

    Takashi Hirakawa;Mario Ascoli

  • Lutropin/choriogonadotropin down-regulates its receptor by both receptor-mediated endocytosis and a cAMP-dependent reduction in receptor mRNA.

    Haiyun Wang;D. L. Segaloff;M. Ascoli

  • GIPC binds to the human lutropin receptor (hLHR) through an unusual PDZ domain binding motif, and it regulates the sorting of the internalized human choriogonadotropin and the density of cell surface hLHR.

    Takashi Hirakawa;Colette Galet;Mikiko Kishi;Mario Ascoli

  • Inhibition of choriogonadotropin-activated steroidogenesis in cultured Leydig tumor cells by the Rp diastereoisomer of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic phosphorothioate.

    M.E. Pereira;D.L. Segaloff;M. Ascoli;F. Eckstein

  • Studies on the source of cholesterol used for steroid biosynthesis in cultured Leydig tumor cells.

    D A Freeman;M Ascoli

  • On the Structure of the Luteinizing Hormone/Chorionic Gonadotropin Receptor*

    Mario Ascoli;Deborah L. Segaloff

  • The inositol phosphate/diacylglycerol pathway in MA-10 Leydig tumor cells. Activation by arginine vasopressin and lack of effect of epidermal growth factor and human choriogonadotropin.

    M Ascoli;O P Pignataro;D L Segaloff

  • The differential effects of the gonadotropin receptors on aromatase expression in primary cultures of immature rat granulosa cells are highly dependent on the density of receptors expressed and the activation of the inositol phosphate cascade

    Francesc Xavier Donadeu;Mario Ascoli

  • Inhibition of the degradation of receptor-bound human choriogonadotropin by lysosomotropic agents, protease inhibitors, and metabolic inhibitors.

    M Ascoli;D Puett

  • On the mechanisms involved in the regulation of the cell-surface receptors for human choriogonadotropin and mouse epidermal growth factor in cultured Leydig tumor cells.

    C E Lloyd;M Ascoli

  • Follitropin (Fsh) And A Phorbol Ester Stimulate The Phosphorylation Of The Fsh Receptor In Intact-Cells

    J Quintana;R W Hipkin;J Sánchez-Yagüe;M Ascoli

  • Endocrine, Paracrine, and Autocrine Signaling Pathways That Regulate Ovulation.

    JoAnne S. Richards;Mario Ascoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah L. Segaloff
Deborah L. Segaloff University of Iowa
David Puett
David Puett University of Georgia
Jeffrey L. Benovic
Jeffrey L. Benovic Thomas Jefferson University
Douglas M. Stocco
Douglas M. Stocco Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Nancy L. Weigel
Nancy L. Weigel Baylor College of Medicine
JoAnne S. Richards
JoAnne S. Richards Baylor College of Medicine
Frank Geller
Frank Geller Statens Serum Institut
Bjarke Feenstra
Bjarke Feenstra Statens Serum Institut
Mary L. Marazita
Mary L. Marazita University of Pittsburgh
Jeffrey C. Murray
Jeffrey C. Murray University of Iowa

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