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Riccardo Alessandro

Riccardo Alessandro

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
12964
World Ranking
10306
National Ranking
290

Overview

Riccardo Alessandro is a researcher affiliated with the University of Palermo in Italy. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions intersecting medicine. The research emphasizes molecular biology alongside applied fields such as cancer research, immunology, pharmacology, and oncology.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include extracellular vesicles in disease, microRNA in disease regulation, and cancer-related molecular mechanisms. Other research interests cover circular RNAs in diseases, inflammasome and immune disorders, immune cells in cancer, and phytochemicals with antioxidant activities.

Riccardo Alessandro has frequently published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, contributing 13 works to this venue. Additional publication venues include Cells with four publications, Cancers with three, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy and Journal of Extracellular Vesicles with two each.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Riccardo Alessandro include:

  • Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures: The Bridge between In Vitro and In Vivo Models (2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Extracellular Vesicles from Plants: Current Knowledge and Open Questions (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Anti-inflammatory properties of lemon-derived extracellular vesicles are achieved through the inhibition of ERK/NF-κB signalling pathways (2022, Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine)
  • Extracellular Vesicles and Tumor-Immune Escape: Biological Functions and Clinical Perspectives (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Inflammasome Activation in Ankylosing Spondylitis Is Associated With Gut Dysbiosis (2021, Arthritis & Rheumatology)

Throughout their career, Riccardo Alessandro has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Stefania Raimondo, Alice Conigliaro, Simona Fontana, Ornella Urzì, and Gianluca Giavaresi. These partnerships have resulted in multiple joint publications, indicating ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Exosomes from metastatic cancer cells transfer amoeboid phenotype to non-metastatic cells and increase endothelial permeability: their emerging role in tumor heterogeneity

    Odessa Schillaci;Simona Fontana;Francesca Monteleone;Simona Taverna

  • Citrus limon-derived nanovesicles inhibit cancer cell proliferation and suppress CML xenograft growth by inducing TRAIL-mediated cell death

    Stefania Raimondo;Flores Naselli;Simona Fontana;Francesca Monteleone

  • CD90+ liver cancer cells modulate endothelial cell phenotype through the release of exosomes containing H19 lncRNA

    Alice Conigliaro;Viviana Costa;Alessia Lo Dico;Laura Saieva

  • Exosomes as intercellular signaling organelles involved in health and disease: basic science and clinical applications.

    Chiara Corrado;Stefania Raimondo;Antonio Chiesi;Francesco Ciccia

  • Angiogenesis: role of calcium-mediated signal transduction.

    Elise C. Kohn;Riccardo Alessandro;Joseph Spoonster;Robert P. Wersto

  • A novel community driven software for functional enrichment analysis of extracellular vesicles data

    Mohashin Pathan;Shivakumar Keerthikumar;David Chisanga;Riccardo Alessandro

  • Interleukin 3- receptor targeted exosomes inhibit in vitro and in vivo Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia cell growth.

    Daniele Bellavia;Stefania Raimondo;Giovanna Calabrese;Stefano Forte

  • Dysbiosis and zonulin upregulation alter gut epithelial and vascular barriers in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

    Francesco Ciccia;Giuliana Guggino;Aroldo Rizzo;Riccardo Alessandro

  • Type 3 innate lymphoid cells producing IL-17 and IL-22 are expanded in the gut, in the peripheral blood, synovial fluid and bone marrow of patients with ankylosing spondylitis.

    Francesco Ciccia;Giuliana Guggino;Aroldo Rizzo;Laura Saieva

  • Exosomes released by K562 chronic myeloid leukemia cells promote angiogenesis in a src-dependent fashion

    Marco Mineo;Marco Mineo;Susan H. Garfield;Simona Taverna;Anna Flugy

  • Extracellular Matrix Molecular Remodeling in Human Liver Fibrosis Evolution

    Andrea Baiocchini;Claudia Montaldo;Alice Conigliaro;Alessio Grimaldi

  • Role of exosomes released by chronic myelogenous leukemia cells in angiogenesis

    Simona Taverna;Anna Flugy;Laura Saieva;Elise C Kohn

  • Liquid biopsies in lung cancer: The new ambrosia of researchers

    Christian Rolfo;Marta Castiglia;David Sanghyun Hong;Riccardo Alessandro

  • Evidence that autophagy, but not the unfolded protein response, regulates the expression of IL-23 in the gut of patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis and subclinical gut inflammation

    Francesco Ciccia;Antonina Accardo-Palumbo;Aroldo Rizzo;Giuliana Guggino

  • Chronic myeloid leukemia-derived exosomes promote tumor growth through an autocrine mechanism

    Stefania Raimondo;Laura Saieva;Chiara Corrado;Simona Fontana

  • Exosome-mediated crosstalk between chronic myelogenous leukemia cells and human bone marrow stromal cells triggers an interleukin 8-dependent survival of leukemia cells.

    Chiara Corrado;Stefania Raimondo;Laura Saieva;Anna Maria Flugy

  • Potential involvement of IL-22 and IL-22-producing cells in the inflamed salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome

    Francesco Ciccia;Giuliana Guggino;Aroldo Rizzo;Angelo Ferrante

  • Involvement of multiple myeloma cell-derived exosomes in osteoclast differentiation.

    Lavinia Raimondi;Angela De Luca;Nicola Amodio;Mauro Manno

  • Calcium influx modulates expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (72-kDa type IV collagenase, gelatinase A).

    E C Kohn;W Jacobs;Y S Kim;R Alessandro

  • Exosomal shuttling of miR-126 in endothelial cells modulates adhesive and migratory abilities of chronic myelogenous leukemia cells

    Simona Taverna;Valeria Amodeo;Laura Saieva;Antonio Russo

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianluca Giavaresi
Gianluca Giavaresi Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Elise C. Kohn
Elise C. Kohn National Institutes of Health
Francesco Dieli
Francesco Dieli University of Palermo
Milena Fini
Milena Fini University of Bologna
Roberto Giacomelli
Roberto Giacomelli Campus Bio Medico University Hospital
Paola Cipriani
Paola Cipriani University of L'Aquila
Marc Peeters
Marc Peeters University of Antwerp
Antonio Russo
Antonio Russo University of Palermo
Carlo Salvarani
Carlo Salvarani University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Patrick Pauwels
Patrick Pauwels University of Antwerp

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