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Microbiology

D-Index
60
Citations
14449
World Ranking
3102
National Ranking
1225

Overview

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Best Publications

  • Impaired on/off regulation of TNF biosynthesis in mice lacking TNF AU-rich elements: implications for joint and gut-associated immunopathologies.

    Dimitris Kontoyiannis;Manolis Pasparakis;Theresa Torres Pizarro;Fabio Cominelli

  • IL-18, a Novel Immunoregulatory Cytokine, Is Up-Regulated in Crohn’s Disease: Expression and Localization in Intestinal Mucosal Cells

    Theresa T. Pizarro;Miette H. Michie;Marcia Bentz;Jan Woraratanadharm

  • Mucosal imbalance of IL-1 and IL-1 receptor antagonist in inflammatory bowel disease. A novel mechanism of chronic intestinal inflammation.

    Vincenzo Casini-Raggi;Lori Kam;Yoo Jin T Chong;Claudio Fiocchi

  • The Treg/Th17 Axis: A Dynamic Balance Regulated by the Gut Microbiome

    Sara Omenetti;Theresa Torres Pizarro

  • Central role of the gut epithelial barrier in the pathogenesis of chronic intestinal inflammation: lessons learned from animal models and human genetics.

    Luca Pastorelli;Luca Pastorelli;Carlo De Salvo;Joseph R. Mercado;Maurizio Vecchi

  • Epithelial-derived IL-33 and its receptor ST2 are dysregulated in ulcerative colitis and in experimental Th1/Th2 driven enteritis.

    Luca Pastorelli;Rekha R. Garg;Sharon B. Hoang;Luisa Spina

  • Probiotics promote gut health through stimulation of epithelial innate immunity

    Cristiano Pagnini;Rubina Saeed;Giorgos Bamias;Kristen O. Arseneau

  • IL-1 family nomenclature

    Charles Dinarello;William Arend;John Sims;Dirk Smith

  • Expression, Localization, and Functional Activity of TL1A, a Novel Th1-Polarizing Cytokine in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    Giorgos Bamias;Charles Martin;Marco Marini;Sharon Hoang

  • Genetic dissection of the cellular pathways and signaling mechanisms in modeled tumor necrosis factor-induced Crohn's-like inflammatory bowel disease.

    Dimitris Kontoyiannis;George Boulougouris;Menelaos Manoloukos;Maria Armaka

  • GSDMB is increased in IBD and regulates epithelial restitution/repair independent of pyroptosis

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  • Functional and ethnic association of allele 2 of the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist gene in ulcerative colitis

    Nikolaos A. Tountas;Vincenzo Casini–Raggi;Huiying Yang;Francesco S. Di Giovine

  • TNF-αneutralization ameliorates the severity of murine Crohn's-like ileitis by abrogation of intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis

    Marco Marini;Giorgos Bamias;Jesús Rivera-Nieves;Christopher A. Moskaluk

  • Inflammation mobilizes copper metabolism to promote colon tumorigenesis via an IL-17-STEAP4-XIAP axis

    Yun Liao;Yun Liao;Junjie Zhao;Katarzyna Bulek;Katarzyna Bulek;Fangqiang Tang

  • The Artificial Sweetener Splenda Promotes Gut Proteobacteria, Dysbiosis, and Myeloperoxidase Reactivity in Crohn’s Disease–Like Ileitis

    Alexander Rodriguez-Palacios;Andrew Harding;Paola Menghini;Catherine Himmelman

  • Mouse models for the study of Crohn's disease

    Theresa T. Pizarro;Kristen O. Arseneau;Giorgos Bamias;Fabio Cominelli

  • The primary defect in experimental ileitis originates from a nonhematopoietic source

    Timothy S. Olson;Brian K. Reuter;Kevin G E Scott;Margaret A. Morris

  • Role of TL1A and its receptor DR3 in two models of chronic murine ileitis

    Giorgos Bamias;Margarita Mishina;Mark Nyce;William G. Ross

  • SAMP1/YitFc mouse strain: a spontaneous model of Crohn's disease-like ileitis.

    Theresa Torres Pizarro;Luca Pastorelli;Luca Pastorelli;Giorgos Bamias;Rekha R. Garg

  • Neutralization of endogenous IL-1 receptor antagonist exacerbates and prolongs inflammation in rabbit immune colitis.

    Maurizio Ferretti;Vincenzo Casini-Raggi;Theresa T. Pizarro;Stephen P. Eisenberg

  • Targeting Mucosal Addressin Cellular Adhesion Molecule (MAdCAM)-1 to Noninvasively Image Experimental Crohn’s Disease

    Christopher Bachmann;Alexander L. Klibanov;Timothy S. Olson;Jason R. Sonnenschein

  • Emergence of perianal fistulizing disease in the SAMP1/YitFc mouse, a spontaneous model of chronic ileitis

    Jesús Rivera-Nieves;Giorgos Bamias;Alda Vidrich;Marco Marini

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabio Cominelli
Fabio Cominelli Case Western Reserve University
Klaus Ley
Klaus Ley Augusta University
Antonio Gasbarrini
Antonio Gasbarrini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Christopher A. Moskaluk
Christopher A. Moskaluk University of Virginia
Massimo Pinzani
Massimo Pinzani The Royal Free Hospital
Peter B. Ernst
Peter B. Ernst University of California, San Diego
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Mahmoud A. Ghannoum Case Western Reserve University
Claudio Fiocchi
Claudio Fiocchi Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
George Kollias
George Kollias National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Charles A. Dinarello
Charles A. Dinarello University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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