Publications

Year 2004

  Bifulco M; Laezza C; Valenti M; Ligresti A; Portella G; Di Marzo V; A new strategy to block tumor growth by inhibiting endocannabinoid inactivation Criscuolo C., Banfi S.,Orio M., Gasparini P., MONTICELLI A., Scarano V., Santarelli F.M., Perretti A., Santoro L., De Michele G. and Filla A. A novel mutation in SACS gene in a family from southern Italy Motti ML, De Marco C, Califano D, Fusco A, Viglietto G. Akt-dependent T198 phosphorylation of cicli-dependent kinase inhibitor p27kip1 in breast cancer. Ruggiero G, Cosentini E, Zanzi D, Sanna V, Terrazzano G, Matarese G, Sanduzzi A, Perna F, and Zappacosta S. Allelic distribution of HLA antigens in historical and recently diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Southern Italy. Salvatore G, Giannini R, Faviana P, Caleo A, Migliaccio I, Fagin JA, Nikiforov YE, Troncone G, Palombini L, Basolo F, Santoro M. Analysis of BRAF point mutation and RET/PTC rearrangement refines the fine-needle aspiration diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Criscuolo C, Mancini P, Sacca F, De Michele G, MONTICELLI A, Santoro L, Scarano V, Banfi S, Filla A. Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1 in Southern Italy: late onset and variable phenotype. Castellone MD, Celetti A, Guarino V, Cirafici AM, Basolo F, Giannini R, Medico E, Kruhoffer M, Orntoft TF, Curcio F, Fusco A, Melillo RM, Santoro M. Autocrine stimulation by osteopontin plays a pivotal role in the expression of the mitogenic and invasive phenotype of RET/PTC-transformed thyroid cells. Lima J, Trovisco V, Soares P, Máximo V, Magalhães J, Salvatore G, Santoro M, Bogdanova T, Tronko M, Abrosimov A, Jeremiah S, Thomas G, Williams D, Sobrinho-Simões M. BRAF mutations are not a major event in post-Chernobyl childhood thyroid carcinomas. Colasanti; A. Kisslinger; M. Quarto;P.Riccio Combined effect of radiotherapy and photodinamic therapy on in vitro human prostate model. Vinciguerra M; Vivacqua A; Fasanella G; Gallo A; Cuozzo C; Morano A; Maggiolini M; Musti AM. Differential phosphorylation of c-Jun and JunD in response to the epidermal growth factor is determined by the structure of MAPK targeting sequences. Carlomagno F; Guida T; Anaganti S; Vecchio G; Fusco A; Ryan AJ; Billaud M; Santoro M, Disease associated mutations at valine 804 in the RET receptor tyrosine kinase confer resistance to selective kinase inhibitors Santoro M, Carlomagno F, Melillo RM, Fusco A. Dysfunction of the RET receptor in human cancer. Nicolas Charlet-Berguerand a; Herve´ Le Hir b; Mariarosaria Incoronato c; Umberto di Porzio d; Yanbin Yue, Shuqian Jing e; Vittorio De Franciscis f; Claude Thermes b Expression of GFR alpha 1 receptor splicing variants with different biochemical properties is modulated during kidney development De Sanctis L, Corrias A, Di Palma T, Romagnolo D, Biava A, Borgarello G, Gianino P, Silvestro L, Zannini M, Dianzani I. Familial Pax8 small deletion (c.989_992delACCC) associated with extreme phenotype variability. Castellone MD; Guarino V; De Falco V; Carlomagno F; Basolo F; Faviana P; Kruhoffer M; Orntoft T; Russell JP; Rothstein JL; Fusco A; Santoro M; Melillo RM. Functional expression of the CXCR4 chemokine receptor is induced by RET/PTC oncogenes and is a common event in human papillary thyroid carcinomas. Celetti A; Cerrato A; Merolla F; Vitagliano D; Vecchio G; Grieco M. H4(D10S170), a gene frequently rearranged with RET in papillary thyroid carcinomas: functional characterization. Unger K, Zitzelsberger H, Salvatore G, Santoro M, Bogdanova T, Braselmann H, Kastner P, Zurnadzhy L, Tronko N, Hutzler P, Thomas G. Heterogeneity in the distribution of RET/PTC rearrangements within individual post-Chernobyl papillary thyroid carcinomas. Donato G, Martinez Hoyos J, Amorosi A, Maltese L, Lavano A, Volpentesta G, Signorelli F, Pentimalli F, Pallante P, Ferraro G, Tucci L, Signorelli CD, Viglietto G, Fusco A. High mobility group A1 expression correlates with the histological grade of human glial tumors. Tauchmanovà L, Matarese G, Carella C, De Rosa G, Serio B, Ricci P, Lombardi G, Rotoli B, Colao A, and Selleri C. High serum leptin in patients with chronic graft versus host disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Maria Notarnicola(a), Caterina Messa(a), Aldo Cavallini(a), Maurizio Bifulco(d), Mario Felice Tecce(d), Davide Eletto(d), Alfredo Di Leo(b), Severino Montemurro(c), Chiara Laezza(e), Maria Gabriella Caruso(a) Higher farnesyl diphosphate synthase activity in human colorectal cancer inhibition of cellular apoptosis. Chiappetta G, Botti G, Monaco M, Pasquinelli R, Pentimalli F, Di Bonito M, D’Aiuto G, Fedele M, Iuliano R, Palmieri EA, Pierantoni GM, Giancotti V, Fusco A. HMGA1 protein overexpression in human breast carcinomas: correlation with ErbB2 expression. Carlomagno F, Santoro M Identification of RET kinase inhibitors as potential new treatment for sporadic and inherited thyroid cancer. Decker T, Oelsner M, Kreitman RJ, Salvatore G, Wang QC, Pastan I, Peschel C, Licht T. Induction of caspase-dependent programmewd cell death in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia by anti-CD22 immunotoxins. Genesio R; De Brasi D; Conti A; Borghese A; Di Micco P; Di Costanzo P; Paladini D; Ungaro P; Nitsch L. Inverted duplication of 15q with terminal deletion in a multiple malformed newborn with intrauterine growth failure and lethal phenotype. Nikiforova MN, Ciampi R, Salvatore G, Santoro M, Gandhi M, Knauf JA, Thomas GA, Jeremiah S, Bogdanova TI, Tronko MD, Fagin JA, Nikiforov YE. Low prevalence of BRAF mutations in radiation-induced thyroid tumors in contrast to sporadic papillary carcinomas. Santoro M; Melillo RM; Carlomagno F; Vecchio G; Fusco A. Minireview: RET: normal and abnormal functions Santoro M, Melillo RM, Carlomagno F, Vecchio G, Fusco A. Minireview: RET: normal and abnormal functions. Cardone L, Carlucci A, Affaitati A, Livigni A, DeCristofaro T, Garbi C, Varrone S, Ullrich A, Gottesman ME, Avvedimento EV, Feliciello A. Mitochondrial AKAP121 binds and targets protein tyrosine phosphatase D1, a novel positive regulator of src signaling. Giacchetti M., MONTICELLI A., De Biase I., Pianese L., Turano M., Filla A., De Michele G. and Cocozza S Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups influence the Fredreich ataxia phenotype Bifulco G, Miele C, Pellicano M, Trencia A, Ferraioli M, Paturzo F, Tommaselli GA, Beguinot F, Nappi C. Molecular mechanisms involved in GnRH analogue-related apoptosis for uterine leiomyomas. Agarwal SK; Lee Burns A; Sukhodolets KE; Kennedy PA; Obungu VH; Hickman AB; Mullendore ME; Whitten I; Skarulis MC; Simonds WF; Mateo C; Crabtree JS; Scacheri PC; Ji Y; Novotny EA; Garrett-Beal L; Ward JM; Libutti SK; Richard Alexander H; Cerrato A; Parisi. Molecular pathology of the MEN1 gene. MONTICELLI A., Giacchetti M., De Biase I., Pianese L., Turano M., Pandolfo M. and Cocozza S. New clues on the origin of the Friedreich ataxia expanded alleles from the analysis of new polymorphisms closely linked to the mutation. Trencia A., Fiory F., Maitan M.A., Vito P., Barbagallo A.P.M., Perfetti A., Miele C., Ungaro P., Oriente F., Cilenti L., Zervos A.S., Formisano P. and Beguinot F. Omi/HtrA2 promotes cell death by binding and degrading the antiapoptotic protein PED/PEA-15. Pacifico F; Mauro C; Barone C; Crescenzi E; Mellone S; Monaco M; Chiappetta G; Terrazzano G; Liguoro D; Vito P; Consiglio E; Formisano S; Leonardi A. Oncogenic and anti-apoptotic activity of NF-kappa B in human thyroid carcinomas. Vigliotta G; Miele C; Santopietro S; Portella G; Perfetti A; Maitan MA; Cassese A; Oriente F; Trencia A; Fiory F; Romano C; Tiveron C; Tatangelo L; Troncone G; Formisano P; Beguinot F. Overexpression of the ped/pea-15 gene causes diabetes by impairing glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in addition to insulin action. Di Agostino S, Fedele M, Chieffi P, Fusco A, Rossi P, Geremia R, Sette C. Phosphorylation of high-mobility group protein A2 by Nek2 kinase during the first meiotic division in mouse spermatocytes. Stilo R, Liguoro D, Di Jeso B, Formisano S, Consiglio E, Leonardi A, Vito P. Physical and functional interaction of CARMA1 and CARMA3 with Ikappa kinase gamma-NFkappaB essential modulator. Fiory F; Oriente F; Miele C; Romano C; Trencia A; Alberobello AT; Esposito I; Valentino R; Beguinot F; Formisano P Protein kinase C-zeta and protein kinase B regulate distinct steps of insulin endocytosis and intracellular sorting. Pianese L., Turano M., Lo Casale MS., De Biase I., Giacchetti M., MONTICELLI A., Criscuolo C., Filla A. and Cocozza S. Real time PCR quantification of frataxin mRNA in the peripheral blood leucocytes of Friedreich ataxia patients and carriers. Vitagliano D, Carlomagno F, Motti ML, Viglietto G, Nikiforov YE, Nikiforova MN,Hershman JM, Ryan AJ, Fusco A, Melillo RM, Santoro M. Regulation of p27Kip1 protein levels contributes to mitogenic effects of the RET/PTC kinase in thyroid carcinoma cells. Pollard L., Sharma R., Gomez M., Shah S., Delatycki M., Pianese L., Monticelli A., Keats B. and Bidichandani S. Replication mediated instability of the GAA triplet repeat mutation in Friedreich ataxia Matarese G, and Lechler RI. Role of leptin in intestinal inflammation: good and bad gut feelings. Park KS, Whitsett JA, Di Palma T, Hong JH, Yaffe MB, Zannini M. TAZ interacts with TTF-1 and regulates expression of surfactant protein-C. Chum JT, Di Dato V, D’Andrea B, Zannini M, Di Lauro R. The CRE-like element inside the 5’-upstream region of the rat NIS gene interacts with diverse classes of b-Zip molecules that regulate transcriptional activities through strong synergy with Pax-8. Matarese G, and La Cava A. The intricate interface between immune and metabolic regulation. Gentile F, Calì G, Zurzolo C, Corteggio A, Rosa P, Calegari F, Levi A, Possenti R, Puri C, Tacchetti C, Nitsch L. The neuroendocrine protein VGF is sorted into dense-core granules and is secreted apically by polarized rat thyroid epithelial cells. Melillo RM, Cirafici AM, De Falco V, Bellantoni M, Chiappetta G, Fusco A, Carlomagno F, Picascia A, Tramontano D, Tallini G, Santoro M. The oncogenic activity of RET point mutants for follicular thyroid cells may account for the occurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma in patients affected by familial medullary thyroid carcinoma. Mariarosaria Incoronato a; Amelia D'Alessio b; Simona Paladino a; Chiara Zurzolo a; Maria Stella Carlomagno a,c; Laura Cerchia c; Vittorio de Franciscis c The Shp-1 and Shp-2, tyrosine phosphatases, are recruited on cell membrane in two distinct molecular complexes including Ret oncogenes. Marinissen MJ, Chiariello M, Tanos T, Bernard O, Narumiya S, Gutkind JS. The small GTP-binding protein RhoA regulates c-jun by a ROCK-JNK signaling axis. La Cava A, and Matarese G. The weight of leptin in immunity. Trapasso F, Sarti M, Cesari R, Yendamuri S, Dumon KR, Aqeilan RI, Pentimalli F, Infante L, Alder H, Abe N, Watanabe T, Viglietto G, Croce CM, Fusco A. Therapy of human pancreatic carcinoma based on suppression of HMGA1 protein synthesis in preclinical models. Chiappetta G, Pentimalli F, Monaco M, Fedele M, Pasquinelli R, Pierantoni GM, Ribecco MT, Santelli G, Califano D, Pezzullo L, Fusco A. Thymosin beta-10 gene expression as a possible tool in diagnosis of thyroid neoplasias. Cirillo P, Calì G, Golino P, Calabro P, Forte L, De Rosa S, Pacileo M, Ragni M, Scopacasa F, Nitsch L, Chiariello M. Tissue Factor Binding of Activated Factor VII Triggers Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation via Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase Activation. Ulianich L; Secondo A; De Micheli S; Treglia S; Pacifico F; Liguoro D; Moscato F; Marsigliante S; Annunziato L; Formisano S; Consiglio E; Di Jeso B. TSH/cAMP up-regulate sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPases expression and activity in PC Cl3 thyroid cells. La Cava A, Alviggi C, and Matarese G. Unraveling the multiple roles of leptin in inflammation and autoimmunity. de Paulis A, Montuori N, Prevete N, Fiorentino I, Rossi FW, Visconte V, Rossi G, Marone G, Ragno P. Urokinase induces basophil chemotaxis through a urokinase receptor epitope that is an endogenous ligand for formyl peptide receptor-like 1 and -like 2. Nitsch R, Di Palma T, Mascia A, Zannini M. WBP-2, a WW domain binding protein, interacts with the thyroid-specific transcription factor Pax8 Lioi M.B.; Santoro A.; Barbieri R.; Salzano S.; Ursini M.V. “Ochratoxin A and zearalenone: a comparative study on genotoxic effects and cell death induced in bovine lymphocytes”