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Mauro Pistello

Mauro Pistello

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Microbiology

D-Index
56
Citations
9560
World Ranking
3736
National Ranking
114

Overview

Mauro Pistello is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy, with a primary focus on the field of Medicine. Their research encompasses various subfields including Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Neurology, and Oncology.

The major topics of their work cover a range of issues related to viral infections and their medical impact. These topics include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Virus-based gene therapy research

The scientist has contributed multiple research articles, some of the recent notable publications include:

  • JAK inhibition reduces SARS-CoV-2 liver infectivity and modulates inflammatory responses to reduce morbidity and mortality, 2020, Science Advances
  • SARS-CoV-2 Is Present in Peritoneal Fluid in COVID-19 Patients, 2020, Annals of Surgery
  • Predictors of hospital-acquired bacterial and fungal superinfections in COVID-19: a prospective observational study, 2020, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Efficacy of Bamlanivimab/Etesevimab and Casirivimab/Imdevimab in Preventing Progression to Severe COVID-19 and Role of Variants of Concern, 2021, Infectious Diseases and Therapy
  • COVID-19 autopsy cases: detection of virus in endocrine tissues, 2021, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Michele Lai
  • Paola Quaranta
  • Giulia Freer
  • Pietro Giorgio Spezia
  • Fabrizio Maggi

Pistello has published extensively in venues specializing in virology and infectious diseases. Regular venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Viruses
  • Scientific Reports
  • Antiviral Research
  • Reviews in Medical Virology

Best Publications

  • Viral vectors: a look back and ahead on gene transfer technology

    Laura Vannucci;Michele Lai;Flavia Chiuppesi;Luca Ceccherini-Nelli

  • Feline immunodeficiency virus: an interesting model for AIDS studies and an important cat pathogen.

    M Bendinelli;Mauro Pistello;S. Lombardi;Alessandro Poli

  • Human metapneumovirus associated with respiratory tract infections in a 3-year study of nasal swabs from infants in Italy.

    Fabrizio Maggi;Massimo Pifferi;Marialinda Vatteroni;Claudia Fornai

  • Molecular Properties, Biology, and Clinical Implications of TT Virus, a Recently Identified Widespread Infectious Agent of Humans

    Mauro Bendinelli;Mauro Pistello;Fabrizio Maggi;Claudia Fornai

  • TT Virus in the Nasal Secretions of Children with Acute Respiratory Diseases: Relations to Viremia and Disease Severity

    Fabrizio Maggi;Massimo Pifferi;Claudia Fornai;Elisabetta Andreoli

  • Torquetenovirus: the human virome from bench to bedside

    D. Focosi;G. Antonelli;M. Pistello;F. Maggi

  • SARS-CoV-2 Is Present in Peritoneal Fluid in COVID-19 Patients.

    Federico Coccolini;Dario Tartaglia;Adolfo Puglisi;Cesira Giordano

  • JAK inhibition reduces SARS-CoV-2 liver infectivity and modulates inflammatory responses to reduce morbidity and mortality.

    Justin Stebbing;Ginés Sánchez Nievas;Marco Falcone;Sonia Youhanna

  • TT virus (TTV) loads associated with different peripheral blood cell types and evidence for TTV replication in activated mononuclear cells.

    Fabrizio Maggi;Claudia Fornai;Lucia Zaccaro;Antonietta Morrica

  • Evolution of structural proteins of feline immunodeficiency virus: molecular epidemiology and evidence of selection for change.

    Ma Rigby;Ec Holmes;M Pistello;A Mackay

  • Predictors of hospital-acquired bacterial and fungal superinfections in COVID-19: a prospective observational study.

    Marco Falcone;Giusy Tiseo;Cesira Giordano;Alessandro Leonildi

  • Acid sensitivity of cell-free and cell-associated HIV-1: clinical implications.

    Joseph Ongradi;Luca Ceccherini-Nelli;Mauro Pistello;Steven Specter

  • Varicella-zoster virus infection: natural history, clinical manifestations, immunity and current and future vaccination strategies.

    Giulia Freer;Mauro Pistello

  • Hepatitis C virus: life cycle in cells, infection and host response, and analysis of molecular markers influencing the outcome of infection and response to therapy

    Lynn B Dustin;Barbara Bartolini;Maria R Capobianchi;Mauro Pistello

  • Torquetenovirus DNA drives proinflammatory cytokines production and secretion by immune cells via toll-like receptor 9

    Jara Rocchi;Valentina Ricci;Melania Albani;Letizia Lanini

  • The Virome and Its Major Component, Anellovirus, a Convoluted System Molding Human Immune Defenses and Possibly Affecting the Development of Asthma and Respiratory Diseases in Childhood

    Giulia Freer;Fabrizio Maggi;Massimo Pifferi;Maria E Di Cicco

  • Differences in hepatitis C virus quasispecies composition between liver, peripheral blood mononuclear cells and plasma.

    Fabrizio Maggi;Claudia Fornai;Maria Linda Vatteroni;Massimo Giorgi

  • Dynamics of Persistent TT Virus Infection, as Determined in Patients Treated with Alpha Interferon for Concomitant Hepatitis C Virus Infection

    Fabrizio Maggi;Mauro Pistello;Marialinda Vatteroni;Silvano Presciuttini

  • Torquetenovirus viremia kinetics after autologous stem cell transplantation are predictable and may serve as a surrogate marker of functional immune reconstitution

    Daniele Focosi;Fabrizio Maggi;Melania Albani;Lisa Macera

  • Prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotypes in Italy.

    M Pistello;F Maggi;L Vatteroni;N Cecconi

  • Associations between Nasal Torquetenovirus Load and Spirometric Indices in Children with Asthma

    Massimo Pifferi;Fabrizio Maggi;Elisabetta Andreoli;Letizia Lanini

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrizio Maggi
Fabrizio Maggi University of Insubria
Mauro Bendinelli
Mauro Bendinelli University of Pisa
Guido Antonelli
Guido Antonelli Sapienza University of Rome
Francesco Menichetti
Francesco Menichetti University of Pisa
Marco Falcone
Marco Falcone University of Pisa
Attilio L. Boner
Attilio L. Boner University of Verona
Paolo Rovero
Paolo Rovero University of Florence
Daniele Piomelli
Daniele Piomelli University of California, Irvine
Giorgio Palù
Giorgio Palù University of Padua
Ivano Morelli
Ivano Morelli University of Pisa

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