Pubblicazioni
-Lemoli RM, Ferrari D, Fogli M, Rossi L, Pizzirani C, Forchap S, Chiozzi P, Vaselli, F Bertolini, Foutz T, Aluigi M, Baccarani M, Di Virgilio F. Extracellular nucleotides are potent stimulators of human hematopoietic stem cells in vitro and in vivo. Blood, 2004; 104:1662-1670.
-Ferrari D, Pizzirani C, Adinolfi E, Forchap S, Sitta B, Turchet L, Falzoni S, Minelli M, Baricordi OR, Di Virgilio F. The antibiotic polymyxin B modulates P2X7 receptor function. J. Immunol., 2004; 173:4652-4660.
-Adinolfi E, Pizzirani C, Idzko M, Panther E, Norgauer J, Di Virgilio F, Ferrari D. P2X7 receptor: Death or life? Purinergic Signalling, 2005; 1:219-227.
-Caraccio N, Monzani F, Santini E, Cuccato S, Ferrari D, Callegari MG, Gulinelli S, Pizzirani C, Di Virgilio F, Ferrannini E, Solini A. Extracellular adenosine 5’-triphosphate modulates interleukin-6 production by human thyrocytes through functional purinergic P2 receptors. Endocrinology, 2005; 146:3172-3178.
-Durk T, Panther E, Muller T, Sorichter S, Ferrari D, Pizzirani C, Di Virgilio F, Myrtek D, Norgauer J, Idzko M. 5-Hydroxytryptamine modulates cytokine and chemokine production in LPS-primed human monocytes via stimulation of different 5-HTR subtypes. Int. Immunol., 2005; 17:599-606.
-Ferrari D, Pizzirani C, Adinolfi E, Lemoli RM, Curti A, Idzko M, Panther E, Di Virgilio F. The P2X7 receptor: a key player in IL-1 processing and release. J. Immunol., 2006; 176:3877-3883.
-Bianco F, Ceruti S, Colombo A, Fumagalli M, Ferrari D, Pizzirani C, Matteoli M, Di Virgilio F, Abbracchio MP, Verderio C. A role for P2X7 in microglial proliferation. J Neurochem., 2006; 99:745-758.
- Ferrari D, Pizzirani C, Gulinelli S, Callegari G, Chiozzi P, Idzko M, Panther E, Di Virgilio F. Modulation of P2X7 receptor functions by polymyxin B: crucial role of the hydrophobic tail of the antibiotic molecule. Br J Pharmacol., 2007; 150:445-54.
-Baroni M, Pizzirani C, Pinotti M, Ferrari D, Adinolfi E, Calzavarini S, Caruso P, Bernardi F, Di Virgilio F. Stimulation of P2(P2X7) receptors in human dendritic cells induces the release of tissue factor-bearing microparticles. FASEB J, 2007; 21:1926-33.
-Pizzirani C, Ferrari D, Chiozzi P, Adinolfi A, Sandonà D, Savaglio E, Di Virgilio F. Stimulation of P2 receptors causes release of IL-1ß-loaded microvesicles from human dendritic cells. Blood, 2007; 109:3856-64.
-Tomasinsig L, Pizzirani C, Skerlavaj B, Pellegatti P, Gulinelli S, Tossi A, Di Virgilio F, Zanetti M. The human cathelicidin LL-37 modulates the activities of the P2X7 receptor in a structure-dependent manner. J Biol Chem., 2008; 283:30471-81.
-Pizzirani C, Falzoni S, Govoni M, La Corte R, Donadei S, Di Virgilio F, Trotta F, Lo Monaco A. Dysfunctional inflammasome in Schnitzler's syndrome. Rheumatology (Oxford), 2009; 48:1304-8.
-Ferrari D, Pinton P, Campanella M, Callegari MG, Pizzirani C, Rimessi A, Di Virgilio F, Pozzan T, Rizzuto R. Functional and structural alterations in the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria during apoptosis triggered by C2-ceramide and CD95/APO-1/FAS receptor stimulation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010; 1;391:575-81.
-Colina M, Pizzirani C, Khodeir M, Falzoni S, Bruschi M, Trotta F, Di Virgilio F. Dysregulation of P2X7 receptor-inflammasome axis in SAPHO syndrome: successful treatment with anakinra. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2010