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Biology and Biochemistry
Italy
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
33127
World Ranking
2664
National Ranking
50

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Stefano Fais is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy. Their research spans interdisciplinary areas primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. They have a considerable focus on molecular biology and its applications in understanding disease mechanisms.

Their publication record includes a significant number of papers in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (10 publications)
  • Cancers (6 publications)
  • Preprints.org (4 publications)
  • Antioxidants (3 publications)
  • Seminars in Cancer Biology (3 publications)

The main fields of study in which Stefano Fais has contributed are:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (59 publications)
  • Medicine (28 publications)

Their work extends into these subfields:

  • Molecular Biology (40 publications)
  • Cancer Research (16 publications)
  • Materials Chemistry (4 publications)
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (4 publications)
  • Surgery (4 publications)

The scholar's primary research interests focus on topics such as:

  • Extracellular vesicles in disease (36 publications)
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation (20 publications)
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (10 publications)
  • Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (8 publications)
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (6 publications)
  • Circular RNAs in diseases (6 publications)
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (6 publications)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mariantonia Logozzi (24 collaborations)
  • Rossella Di Raimo (19 collaborations)
  • Davide Mizzoni (19 collaborations)
  • Alessandro Sciarra (6 collaborations)
  • Khalid O. Alfarouk (5 collaborations)

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Stefano Fais include:

  • "The Pentose Phosphate Pathway Dynamics in Cancer and Its Dependency on Intracellular pH" (2020), published in Metabolites
  • "Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: From Current Knowledge to the Role of Metabolomics and Exosomes" (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Immunocapture-based ELISA to characterize and quantify exosomes in both cell culture supernatants and body fluids" (2020), published in Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology
  • "Exosomes: A Source for New and Old Biomarkers in Cancer" (2020), published in Cancers
  • "The Potentiality of Plant-Derived Nanovesicles in Human Health-A Comparison with Human Exosomes and Artificial Nanoparticles" (2022), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Biological properties of extracellular vesicles and their physiological functions

    María Yáñez-Mó;Pia R.-M. Siljander;Zoraida Andreu;Apolonija Bedina Zavec

  • Microenvironmental pH Is a Key Factor for Exosome Traffic in Tumor Cells

    Isabella Parolini;Cristina Federici;Carla Raggi;Luana Lugini

  • Applying extracellular vesicles based therapeutics in clinical trials - an ISEV position paper

    Thomas Lener;Mario Gimona;Ludwig Aigner;Verena Börger

  • High Levels of Exosomes Expressing CD63 and Caveolin-1 in Plasma of Melanoma Patients

    Mariantonia Logozzi;Angelo De Milito;Luana Lugini;Martina Borghi

  • Induction of lymphocyte apoptosis by tumor cell secretion of FasL-bearing microvesicles.

    Giovanna Andreola;Licia Rivoltini;Chiara Castelli;Veronica Huber

  • Modulation of microenvironment acidity reverses anergy in human and murine tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes.

    Arianna Calcinotto;Paola Filipazzi;Matteo Grioni;Manuela Iero

  • Human Tumor-Released Microvesicles Promote the Differentiation of Myeloid Cells with Transforming Growth Factor-β–Mediated Suppressive Activity on T Lymphocytes

    Roberta Valenti;Veronica Huber;Paola Filipazzi;Lorenzo Pilla

  • Human colorectal cancer cells induce T-cell death through release of proapoptotic microvesicles: role in immune escape.

    Veronica Huber;Stefano Fais;Manuela Iero;Luana Lugini

  • Tumour-released exosomes and their implications in cancer immunity

    M Iero;R Valenti;V Huber;P Filipazzi

  • Effect of Proton Pump Inhibitor Pretreatment on Resistance of Solid Tumors to Cytotoxic Drugs

    Francesca Luciani;Massimo Spada;Angelo De Milito;Agnese Molinari

  • Evidence-Based Clinical Use of Nanoscale Extracellular Vesicles in Nanomedicine

    Stefano Fais;Lorraine O'Driscoll;Francesc E. Borras;Edit Buzas

  • Immune Surveillance Properties of Human NK Cell-Derived Exosomes

    Luana Lugini;Serena Cecchetti;Veronica Huber;Francesca Luciani

  • Exosomes: the future of biomarkers in medicine.

    Francesca Properzi;Mariantonia Logozzi;Stefano Fais

  • Immunity to cancer: attack and escape in T lymphocyte–tumor cell interaction

    Licia Rivoltini;Matteo Carrabba;Veronica Huber;Chiara Castelli

  • Expression of CCR-7, MIP-3β, and Th-1 chemokines in type I IFN-induced monocyte-derived dendritic cells: importance for the rapid acquisition of potent migratory and functional activities

    Stefania Parlato;Stefano M. Santini;Caterina Lapenta;Tiziana Di Pucchio

  • Exosome Release and Low pH Belong to a Framework of Resistance of Human Melanoma Cells to Cisplatin

    Cristina Federici;Francesco Petrucci;Stefano Caimi;Albino Cesolini

  • Proton Pump Inhibitors Induce Apoptosis of Human B-Cell Tumors through a Caspase-Independent Mechanism Involving Reactive Oxygen Species

    Angelo De Milito;Elisabetta Iessi;Mariantonia Logozzi;Francesco Lozupone

  • Tumor acidity, chemoresistance and proton pump inhibitors.

    Angelo De Milito;Stefano Fais

  • Targeting vacuolar H+-ATPases as a new strategy against cancer.

    Stefano Fais;Angelo De Milito;Haiyan You;Wenxin Qin

  • Applying extracellular vesicles based therapeutics in clinical trials

    Thomas Lener;Mario Gimona;Ludwig Aigner;Verena Börger

Frequent Co-Authors

Angelo De Milito
Angelo De Milito Karolinska Institute
Licia Rivoltini
Licia Rivoltini Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
Filippo Belardelli
Filippo Belardelli National Research Council (CNR)
Francesco Cappello
Francesco Cappello University of Palermo
Giorgio Parmiani
Giorgio Parmiani University of Siena
Walter Malorni
Walter Malorni University of Rome Tor Vergata
Maria Marino
Maria Marino Roma Tre University
Paola Matarrese
Paola Matarrese Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Giuseppe Arancia
Giuseppe Arancia Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Mario Falchi
Mario Falchi King's College London

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