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Ornella Parolini is affiliated with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Italy and has an extensive publication record spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research primarily focuses on mesenchymal stem cell research, extracellular vesicles in disease, and tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

The scientist has contributed significantly to the fields of genetics, molecular biology, surgery, biomedical engineering, and immunology. Their work addresses key topics such as graphene and nanomaterials applications, neonatal respiratory health research, microRNA in disease regulation, and immune cells in cancer.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Perinatal Derivatives: Where Do We Stand? A Roadmap of the Human Placenta and Consensus for Tissue and Cell Nomenclature (2020) - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Their Secretome: New Therapeutic Perspectives for Skeletal Muscle Regeneration (2021) - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from Fetal and Maternal Placenta Possess Key Similarities and Differences: Potential Implications for Their Applications in Regenerative Medicine (2020) - Cells
  • Amniotic membrane-mesenchymal stromal cells secreted factors and extracellular vesicle-miRNAs: Anti-inflammatory and regenerative features for musculoskeletal tissues (2021) - Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • Graphene Quantum Dots' Surface Chemistry Modulates the Sensitivity of Glioblastoma Cells to Chemotherapeutics (2020) - International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ornella Parolini include:

  • Antonietta Rosa Silini
  • Andrea Papait
  • Anna Cargnoni
  • Marta Magatti
  • Wanda Lattanzi

They have published extensively in journals such as:

  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Stem Cells Translational Medicine
  • Scientific Reports
  • Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Ornella Parolini has also contributed to book publications, including a recent volume titled Perinatal Derivatives and the Road to Clinical Translation, Volume II, published by Frontiers Media in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Deficient expression of a B cell cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase in human X-linked agammaglobulinemia

    Satoshi Tsukada;Douglas C. Saffran;David J. Rawlings;Ornella Parolini;Ornella Parolini

  • Concise review: isolation and characterization of cells from human term placenta: outcome of the first international Workshop on Placenta Derived Stem Cells.

    Ornella Parolini;Francesco Alviano;Gian Paolo Bagnara;Grozdana Bilic

  • Anti-inflammatory effects of sodium butyrate on human monocytes: potent inhibition of IL-12 and up-regulation of IL-10 production

    Marcus D. Säemann;Georg A. Böhmig;Christoph H. Österreicher;Helmut Burtscher

  • Engraftment potential of human amnion and chorion cells derived from term placenta

    Marco Bailo;Maddalena Soncini;Elsa Vertua;Patrizia Bonassi Signoroni

  • Isolation and characterization of mesenchymal cells from human fetal membranes.

    Maddalena Soncini;Elsa Vertua;Lucia Gibelli;Fausto Zorzi

  • Transplantation of allogeneic and xenogeneic placenta-derived cells reduces bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis.

    Anna Cargnoni;Lucia Gibelli;Alessandra Tosini;Patrizia Bonassi Signoroni

  • Human Amnion Mesenchyme Harbors Cells with Allogeneic T‐Cell Suppression and Stimulation Capabilities

    Marta Magatti;Silvia De Munari;Elsa Vertua;Lucia Gibelli

  • Genistein affects adipose tissue deposition in a dose-dependent and gender-specific manner

    M. Penza;C. Montani;A. Romani;P. Vignolini

  • Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells: a new "cells as drugs" paradigm. Efficacy and critical aspects in cell therapy

    Laura de Girolamo;Enrico Lucarelli;Giulio Alessandri;Maria Antonietta Avanzini

  • Amniotic membrane and amniotic cells: Potential therapeutic tools to combat tissue inflammation and fibrosis?

    Ursula Manuelpillai;Yuben Moodley;Cesario Borlongan;Ornella Parolini

  • Amniotic membrane and amniotic fluid-derived cells: potential tools for regenerative medicine?

    Ornella Parolini;Maddalena Soncini;Marco Evangelista;Dörthe Schmidt

  • Brief report: a point mutation in the SH2 domain of Bruton's tyrosine kinase in atypical X-linked agammaglobulinemia.

    Douglas C. Saffran;Ornella Parolini;Marjorie E. Fitch-Hilgenberg;David J. Rawlings

  • Toward cell therapy using placenta-derived cells: disease mechanisms, cell biology, preclinical studies, and regulatory aspects at the round table.

    Ornella Parolini;Francesco Alviano;Irene Bergwerf;Diana Boraschi

  • The long path of human placenta, and its derivatives, in regenerative medicine

    Antonietta R. Silini;Anna Cargnoni;Marta Magatti;Stefano Pianta

  • Amniotic mesenchymal tissue cells inhibit dendritic cell differentiation of peripheral blood and amnion resident monocytes.

    Marta Magatti;Silvia De Munari;Elsa Vertua;Claudia Nassauto

  • Characterization of the conditioned medium from amniotic membrane cells: prostaglandins as key effectors of its immunomodulatory activity.

    Daniele Rossi;Stefano Pianta;Marta Magatti;Peter Sedlmayr

  • Amniotic Membrane Mesenchymal Cells-Derived Factors Skew T Cell Polarization Toward Treg and Downregulate Th1 and Th17 Cells Subsets

    Stefano Pianta;Patrizia Bonassi Signoroni;Ivan Muradore;Melissa Francis Rodrigues

  • Review: Preclinical studies on placenta-derived cells and amniotic membrane: An update

    Ornella Parolini;Maddalena Caruso

  • Redirecting T Cells to Ewing's Sarcoma Family of Tumors by a Chimeric NKG2D Receptor Expressed by Lentiviral Transduction or mRNA Transfection

    Manfred Lehner;Gabriel Götz;Julia Proff;Niels Schaft

  • Autophagy: a potential key contributor to the therapeutic action of mesenchymal stem cells.

    Sabrina Ceccariglia;Anna Cargnoni;Antonietta Rosa Silini;Ornella Parolini

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary Ellen Conley
Mary Ellen Conley Rockefeller University
Alberto Albertini
Alberto Albertini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Luigi D. Notarangelo
Luigi D. Notarangelo National Institutes of Health
Fabio Candotti
Fabio Candotti National Institutes of Health
Walter Knapp
Walter Knapp University of Vienna
Silvia Farè
Silvia Farè Polytechnic University of Milan
Cesar V. Borlongan
Cesar V. Borlongan University of South Florida
Hiromi Kubagawa
Hiromi Kubagawa University of Alabama at Birmingham
Silvia Giliani
Silvia Giliani University of Brescia
John W. Belmont
John W. Belmont Baylor College of Medicine

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