Publications

Yennurajalingam S, Astolfi A, Indio V, Beccaro M, Schipani A, Yu R, Shete S, Reyes-Gibby C, Lu Z, Williams JL, Yeun SC, Anderson AE, Biasco G, Bruera E. Genetic Factors associated with Pain Severity, Daily Opioid Dose Requirement, and Pain Response among Advanced Cancer Patients receiving Supportive Care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Apr 10:S0885-3924(21)00278-5.

Indio V, Schipani A, Nannini M, Urbini M, Rizzo A, De Leo A, Altimari A, Di Scioscio V, Messelodi D, Tarantino G, Astolfi A, Pantaleo MA. Gene Expression Landscape of SDH-Deficient Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. J Clin Med. 2021 Mar 4;10(5):1057.

Pantaleo MA, Mandruzzato M, Indio V, Urbini M, Nannini M, Gatto L, Schipani A, Fiorentino M, Franceschini T, Ambrosini V, Di Scioscio V, Saponara M, Ianni M, Concetti S, Altimari A, Ardizzoni A, Astolfi A. Case Report: The Complete Remission of a Mixed Germ Cell Tumor With Somatic Type Malignancy of Sarcoma Type With a GCT-Oriented Therapy: Clinical Findings and Genomic Profiling. Front Oncol. 2021 Mar 16;11:633543.

Rizzo A, Pantaleo MA, Astolfi A, Indio V, Nannini M. The Identity of PDGFRA D842V-Mutant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST). Cancers (Basel). 2021 Feb 9;13(4):705.

Rampelli S, Turroni S, Mallol C, Hernandez C, Galván B, Sistiaga A, Biagi E, Astolfi A, Brigidi P, Benazzi S, Lewis CM Jr, Warinner C, Hofman CA, Schnorr SL, Candela M. Components of a Neanderthal gut microbiome recovered from fecal sediments from El Salt. Commun Biol. 2021 Feb 5;4(1):169.

De Sanctis P, Filardo G, Abruzzo PM, Astolfi A, Bolotta A, Indio V, Di Martino A, Hofer C, Kern H, Löfler S, Marcacci M, Marini M, Zampieri S, Zucchini C. Non-Coding RNAs in the Transcriptional Network That Differentiates Skeletal Muscles of Sedentary from Long-Term Endurance- and Resistance-Trained Elderly. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Feb 3;22(4):1539.

Astolfi A, Cipriani F, Messelodi D, De Luca M, Indio V, Di Chiara C, Giannetti A, Ricci L, Neri I, Patrizi A, Ricci G, Pession A. Filaggrin Loss-of-Function Mutations Are Risk Factors for Severe Food Allergy in Children with Atopic Dermatitis. J Clin Med. 2021 Jan 11;10(2):233.

Urbini M, Astolfi A, Indio V, Nannini M, Schipani A, Bacalini MG, Angelini S, Ravegnini G, Calice G, Del Gaudio M, Secchiero P, Ulivi P, Gruppioni E, Pantaleo MA. Gene duplication, rather than epigenetic changes, drives FGF4 overexpression in KIT/PDGFRA/SDH/RAS-P WT GIST. Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 16;10(1):19829.

Giovannini C, Fornari F, Indio V, Trerè D, Renzulli M, Vasuri F, Cescon M, Ravaioli M, Perrucci A, Astolfi A, Piscaglia F, Gramantieri L. Direct Antiviral Treatments for Hepatitis C Virus Have Off-Target Effects of Oncologic Relevance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Sep 19;12(9):2674.

Astolfi A, Nannini M, Indio V, Schipani A, Rizzo A, Perrone AM, De Iaco P, Pirini MG, De Leo A, Urbini M, Secchiero P, Pantaleo MA. Genomic Database Analysis of Uterine Leiomyosarcoma Mutational Profile. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jul 31;12(8):2126. doi: 10.3390/cancers12082126.

Lonetti A, Indio V, Laginestra MA, Tarantino G, Chiarini F, Astolfi A, Bertuccio SN, Martelli AM, Locatelli F, Pession A, Masetti R. Inhibition of Methyltransferase DOT1L Sensitizes to Sorafenib Treatment AML Cells Irrespective of MLL-Rearrangements: A Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Pediatric AML. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jul 20;12(7):1972.

Rizzo A, Nannini M, Astolfi A, Indio V, De Iaco P, Perrone AM, De Leo A, Incorvaia L, Di Scioscio V, Pantaleo MA. Impact of Chemotherapy in the Adjuvant Setting of Early Stage Uterine Leiomyosarcoma: A Systematic Review and Updated Meta-Analysis. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Jul 14;12(7):1899.

Indio V, Ravegnini G, Astolfi A, Urbini M, Saponara M, De Leo A, Gruppioni E, Tarantino G, Angelini S, Pession A, Pantaleo MA, Nannini M. Gene Expression Profiling of PDGFRA Mutant GIST Reveals Immune Signatures as a Specific Fingerprint of D842V Exon 18 Mutation. Front Immunol. 2020 Jun 2;11:851.

Astolfi A, Pantaleo MA, Indio V, Urbini M, Nannini M. The Emerging Role of the FGF/FGFR Pathway in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 May 7;21(9):3313.

Astolfi A, Indio V, Nannini M, Saponara M, Schipani A, De Leo A, Altimari A, Vincenzi B, Comandini D, Grignani G, Secchiero P, Urbini M, Pantaleo MA. Targeted Deep Sequencing Uncovers Cryptic KIT Mutations in KIT/PDGFRA/SDH/RAS-P Wild-Type GIST. Front Oncol. 2020 Apr 22;10:504.

Bolotta A, Filardo G, Abruzzo PM, Astolfi A, De Sanctis P, Di Martino A, Hofer C, Indio V, Kern H, Löfler S, Marcacci M, Zampieri S, Marini M, Zucchini C. Skeletal Muscle Gene Expression in Long-Term Endurance and Resistance Trained Elderly. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Jun 2;21(11):E3988.

Urbini M, Astolfi A, Indio V, Nannini M, Pizzi C, Paolisso P, Tarantino G, Pantaleo MA, Saponara M. Genetic aberrations and molecular biology of cardiac sarcoma.Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2020 May 18;12:1758835920918492.

Rampelli S, Soverini M, D'Amico F, Barone M, Tavella T, Monti D, Capri M, Astolfi A, Brigidi P, Biagi E, Franceschi C, Turroni S, Candela M. Shotgun Metagenomics of Gut Microbiota in Humans with up to Extreme Longevity and the Increasing Role of Xenobiotic Degradation. mSystems. 2020 Mar 24;5(2):e00124-20.

Bertuccio SN, Boudia F, Cambot M, Lopez CK, Lordier L, Donada A, Robert E, Thirant C, Aid Z, Serravalle S, Astolfi A, Indio V, Locatelli F, Pession A, Vainchenker W, Masetti R, Raslova H, Mercher T. The pediatric acute leukemia fusion oncogene ETO2-GLIS2 increases self-renewal and alters differentiation in a human induced pluripotent stem cells-derived model. HemaSphere. 2020; 4(1): p 0319. doi: 10.1097/HS9.0000000000000319

Gatto L, Del Gaudio M, Ravaioli M, Cescon M, Tonini V, Cervellera M, Franceschelli A, Pirini MG, Di Scioscio V, Buia F, Niro F, Capizzi E, Fiorentino M, Astolfi A, Indio V, Nannini M, Pantaleo MA, Saponara M. Paratesticular Mesenchymal Malignancies: A Single-Center Case Series, Clinical Management, and Review of Literature. Integr Cancer Ther. 2020 Jan-Dec;19:1534735419900554.

Indio V, Astolfi A, Urbini M, Nannini M, Pantaleo MA. Genetics and treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors with immune checkpoint inhibitors: what do we know? Pharmacogenomics. 2020 Jan 24;doi: 10.2217/pgs-2019-0173.

Saponara M, Indio V, Pizzi C, Serban ED, Urbini M, Astolfi A, Paolisso P, Suarez SM, Nannini M, Pacini D, Agostini V, Leone O, Ambrosini V, Tarantino G, Fanti S, Niro F, Buia F, Attinà D, Pantaleo MA. Successful multidisciplinary clinical approach and molecular characterization by whole transcriptome sequencing of a cardiac myxofibrosarcoma: A case report. World J Clin Cases. 2019 Oct 6;7(19):3018-3026.

Stacchiotti S, Zuco V, Tortoreto M, Cominetti D, Frezza AM, Percio S, Indio V, Barisella M, Monti V, Brich S, Astolfi A, Colombo C, Pasquali S, Folini M, Gounder MM, Pantaleo MA, Collini P, Dei Tos AP, Casali PG, Gronchi A, Zaffaroni N. Comparative Assessment of Antitumor Effects and Autophagy Induction as a Resistance Mechanism by Cytotoxics and EZH2 Inhibition in INI1-Negative Epithelioid Sarcoma Patient-Derived Xenograft. Cancers (Basel). 2019 Jul 19;11(7). pii: E1015.

Ravegnini G, Sammarini G, Moran S, Calice G, Indio V, Urbini M, Astolfi A, Zanotti F, Pantaleo MA, Hrelia P, Angelini S. Mechanisms of resistance to a PI3K inhibitor in gastrointestinal stromal tumors: an omic approach to identify novel druggable targets. Cancer Manag Res. 2019 Jul 5;11:6229-6244.

Pantaleo MA, Tarantino G, Agostinelli C, Urbini M, Nannini M, Saponara M, Castelli C, Stacchiotti S, Fumagalli E, Gatto L, Santini D, De Leo A, Marafioti T, Akarca A, Sabattini E, Pession A, Ardizzoni A, Indio V, Astolfi A. Immune microenvironment profiling of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) shows gene expression patterns associated to immune checkpoint inhibitors response. Oncoimmunol. 2019. Jun 4. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2019.1617588.

De Feo A, Sciandra M, Ferracin M, Felicetti F, Astolfi A, Pignochino Y, Picci P, Carè A, Scotlandi K. Exosomes from CD99-deprived Ewing sarcoma cells reverse tumor malignancy by inhibiting cell migration and promoting neural differentiation. Cell Death Dis. 2019 Jun 17;10(7):471.

Astolfi A, Fiore M, Melchionda F, Indio V, Bertuccio SN, Pession A. BCOR involvement in cancer. Epigenomics. 2019 May;11(7):835-855. doi: 10.2217/epi-2018-0195.

Brenca M, Stacchiotti S, Fassetta K, Sbaraglia M, Janjusevic M, Racanelli D, Polano M, Rossi S, Brich S, Dagrada GP, Collini P, Colombo C, Gronchi A, Astolfi A, Indio V, Pantaleo MA, Picci P, Casali PG, Dei Tos AP, Pilotti S, Maestro R. NR4A3 fusion proteins trigger an axon guidance switch that marks the difference between EWSR1 and TAF15 translocated extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcomas. J Pathol. 2019 Apr 25. doi: 10.1002/path.5284.

De Cesare A, Faria do Valle Ì, Sala C, Sirri F, Astolfi A, Castellani G, Manfreda G. Effect of a low protein diet on chicken ceca microbiome and productive performances. Poult Sci. 2019 Apr 5. pii: pez132.

Urbini M, Indio V, Tarantino G, Ravegnini G, Angelini S, Nannini M, Saponara M, Santini D, Ceccarelli C, Fiorentino M, Vincenzi B, Fumagalli E, Casali PG, Grignani G, Pession A, Ardizzoni A, Astolfi A, Pantaleo MA. Gain of FGF4 is a frequent event in KIT/PDGFRA/SDH/RAS-P WT GIST. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2019 Sep;58(9):636-642.

Nannini M, Tarantino G, Indio V, Ravegnini G, Astolfi A, Urbini M, De Leo A, Santini D, Ceccarelli C, Gruppioni E, Altimari A, Castellucci P, Fanti S, Di Scioscio V, Saponara M, Gatto L, Pession A, Martelli PL, Casadio R, Pantaleo MA. Molecular modelling evaluation of exon 18 His845_Asn848delinsPro PDGFRα mutation in a metastatic GIST patient responding to imatinib. Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 18;9(1):2172.

Simonetti G, Padella A, do Valle IF, Fontana MC, Fonzi E, Bruno S, Baldazzi C, Guadagnuolo V, Manfrini M, Ferrari A, Paolini S, Papayannidis C, Marconi G, Franchini E, Zuffa E, Laginestra MA, Zanotti F, Astolfi A, Iacobucci I, Bernardi S, Sazzini M, Ficarra E, Hernandez JM, Vandenberghe P, Cools J, Bullinger L, Ottaviani E, Testoni N, Cavo M, Haferlach T, Castellani G, Remondini D, Martinelli G. Aneuploid acute myeloid leukemia exhibits a signature of genomic alterations in the cell cycle and protein degradation machinery. Cancer. 2019 Mar 1;125(5):712-725.

Saponara M, Ambrosini V, Nannini M, Gatto L, Astolfi A, Urbini M, Indio V, Fanti S, Pantaleo MA. 18F-FDG-PET/CT imaging in cardiac tumors: illustrative clinical cases and review of the literature. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2018 Aug 30; 10:1758835918793569.

Ravegnini G, Urbini M, Simeon V, Genovese C, Astolfi A, Nannini M, Gatto L, Saponara M, Ianni M, Indio V, Brandi G, Trino S, Hrelia P, Biasco G, Angelini S, Pantaleo MA. An exploratory study by DMET array identifies a germline signature associated with imatinib response in gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Pharmacogenomics J. 2018 Sep 20. doi: 10.1038/s41397-018-0050-4.

Urbini M, Nannini M, Astolfi A, Indio V, Vicennati V, De Luca M, Tarantino G, Corso F, Saponara M, Gatto L, Santini D, Di Dalmazi G, Pagotto U, Pasquali R, Pession A, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA. Whole Exome Sequencing Uncovers Germline Variants of Cancer-Related Genes in Sporadic Pheochromocytoma. Int J Genomics. 2018 Aug 19;2018:6582014.

Urbini M, Indio V, Astolfi A, Tarantino G, Renne SL, Pilotti S, Dei Tos AP, Maestro R, Collini P, Nannini M, Saponara M, Murrone L, Dagrada GP, Colombo C, Gronchi A, Pession A, Casali PG, Stacchiotti S, Pantaleo MA. Identification of an Actionable Mutation of KIT in a Case of Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Jun 23;19(7). pii: E1855.

Colombo C, Urbini M, Astolfi A, Collini P, Indio V, Belfiore A, Paielli N, Perrone F, Tarantino G, Palassini E, Fiore M, Pession A, Stacchiotti S, Pantaleo MA, Gronchi A. Novel intra-genic large deletions of CTNNB1 gene identified in WT desmoid-type fibromatosis. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2018 Oct;57(10):495-503.

Bonora E, Bianco F, Stanzani A, Giancola F, Astolfi A, Indio V, Evangelisti C, Martelli AM, Boschetti E, Lugaresi M, Ioannou A, Torresan F, Stanghellini V, Clavenzani P, Seri M, Moonen A, Van Beek K, Wouters M, Boeckxstaens GE, Zaninotto G, Mattioli S, De Giorgio R. INPP4B overexpression and c-KIT downregulation in human achalasia. Neurogastroenterol Motil. Sep;30(9):e13346.

Grassi E, Durante S, Astolfi A, Tarantino G, Indio V, Freier E, Vecchiarelli S, Ricci C, Casadei R, Formica F, Filippini D, Comito F, Serra C, Santini D, D' Errico A, Minni F, Biasco G, Di Marco M. Mutational burden of resectable pancreatic cancer, as determined by whole transcriptome and whole exome sequencing, predicts a poor prognosis. Int J Oncol. 2018 Jun;52(6):1972-1980.

Indio V, Astolfi A, Tarantino G, Urbini M, Patterson J, Nannini M, Saponara M, Gatto L, Santini D, do Valle IF, Castellani G, Remondini D, Fiorentino M, von Mehren M, Brandi G, Biasco G, Heinrich MC, Pantaleo MA. Integrated Molecular Characterization of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) Harboring the Rare D842V Mutation in PDGFRA Gene. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Mar 4;19(3).

Severino PF, Silva M, Carrascal M, Malagolini N, Chiricolo M, Venturi G, Barbaro Forleo R, Astolfi A, Catera M, Videira PA, Dall'Olio F. Oxidative damage and response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin in bladder cancer cells expressing sialyltransferase ST3GAL1. BMC Cancer. 2018 Feb 17;18(1):198.

Nannini M, Nigro MC, Vincenzi B, Fumagalli E, Grignani G, D'Ambrosio L, Badalamenti G, Incorvaia L, Bracci R, Gasperoni S, Saponara M, Gatto L, Indio V, Astolfi A, Di Scioscio V, Casali PG, Tonini G, Aglietta M, Russo A, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA. Personalization of regorafenib treatment in metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours in real-life clinical practice. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2017 Dec;9(12):731-739.

Bertuccio SN, Serravalle S, Astolfi A, Lonetti A, Indio V, Leszl A, Pession A, Melchionda F. Identification of a cytogenetic and molecular subgroup of acute myeloid leukemias showing sensitivity to L-Asparaginase. Oncotarget. 2017 Jun 19;8(66):109915-109923.

Urbini M, Astolfi A, Indio V, Tarantino G, Serravalle S, Saponara M, Nannini M, Gronchi A, Fiore M, Maestro R, Brenca M, Dei Tos AP, Dagrada GP, Negri T, Pilotti S, Casali PG, Biasco G, Pession A, Stacchiotti S, Pantaleo MA. Identification of SRF-E2F1 fusion transcript in EWSR-negative myoepithelioma of the soft tissue. Oncotarget. 2017 May 17;8(36):60036-60045.

Severino PF, Silva M, Carrascal M, Malagolini N, Chiricolo M, Venturi G, Astolfi A, Catera M, Videira PA, Dall'Olio F. Expression of sialyl-Tn sugar antigen in bladder cancer cells affects response to Bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) and to oxidative damage. Oncotarget. 2017 Apr 17;8(33):54506-54517.

Nannini M, Urbini M, Astolfi A, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA. The progressive fragmentation of the KIT/PDGFRA wild-type (WT) gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). J Transl Med. 2017 May 23;15(1):113.

Urbini M, Astolfi A, Pantaleo MA, Serravalle S, Dei Tos AP, Picci P, Indio V, Sbaraglia M, Benini S, Righi A, Gambarotti M, Gronchi A, Colombo C, Dagrada GP, Pilotti S, Maestro R, Polano M, Saponara M, Tarantino G, Pession A, Biasco G, Casali PG, Stacchiotti S. HSPA8 as a novel fusion partner of NR4A3 in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2017 Jul;56(7):582-586.

Pantaleo MA, Urbini M, Indio V, Ravegnini G, Nannini M, De Luca M, Tarantino G, Angelini S, Gronchi A, Vincenzi B, Grignani G, Colombo C, Fumagalli E, Gatto L, Saponara M, Ianni M, Paterini P, Santini D, Pirini MG, Ceccarelli C, Altimari A, Gruppioni E, Renne SL, Collini P, Stacchiotti S, Brandi G, Casali PG, Pinna AD, Astolfi A, Biasco G. Genome-Wide Analysis Identifies MEN1 and MAX Mutations and a Neuroendocrine-Like Molecular Heterogeneity in Quadruple WT GIST. Mol Cancer Res. 2017 May;15(5):553-562.

Masetti R, Bertuccio SN, Astolfi A, Chiarini F, Lonetti A, Indio V, De Luca M, Bandini J, Serravalle S, Franzoni M, Pigazzi M, Martelli AM, Basso G, Locatelli F, Pession A. Hh/Gli antagonist in acute myeloid leukemia with CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion gene. J Hematol Oncol. 2017 Jan 21;10(1):26.

Gatto L, Nannini M, Saponara M, Di Scioscio V, Beltramo G, Frezza GP, Ercolani G, Pinna AD, Astolfi A, Urbini M, Brandi G, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA. Radiotherapy in the management of gist: state of the art and new potential scenarios. Clin Sarcoma Res. 2017 Jan 10;7:1.

Serravalle S, Bertuccio SN, Astolfi A, Melchionda F, Pession A. Synergistic Cytotoxic Effect of L-Asparaginase Combined with Decitabine as a Demethylating Agent in Pediatric T-ALL, with Specific Epigenetic Signature. Biomed Res Int. 2016;2016:1985750.

Tazzari M, Indio V, Vergani B, De Cecco L, Rini F, Negri T, Camisaschi C, Fiore M, Stacchiotti S, Dagrada GP, Casali PG, Gronchi A, Astolfi A, Pantaleo MA, Villa A, Lombardo C, Arienti F, Pilotti S, Rivoltini L, Castelli C. Adaptive Immunity in Fibrosarcomatous Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans and Response to Imatinib Treatment. J Invest Dermatol. 2017 Feb;137(2):484-493.

Pantaleo MA, Ravegnini G, Astolfi A, Simeon V, Nannini M, Saponara M, Urbini M, Gatto L, Indio V, Sammarini G, Santini D, Ferracin M, Negrini M, Hrelia P, Biasco G, Angelini S. Integrating miRNA and gene expression profiling analysis revealed regulatory networks in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Epigenomics. 2016 Oct;8(10):1347-1366.

Durante S, Vecchiarelli S, Astolfi A, Grassi E, Casadei R, Santini D, Panzacchi R, Ricci C, Serravalle S, Tarantino G, Falconi M, Teti G, Indio V, Pession A, Minni F, Biasco G, Di Marco M. Copy number gain of chromosome 3q is a recurrent event in patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) associated with disease progression. Oncotarget. 2016 Nov 15;7(46):74797-74806.

Masetti R, Castelli I, Astolfi A, Bertuccio SN, Indio V, Togni M, Belotti T, Serravalle S, Tarantino G, Zecca M, Pigazzi M, Basso G, Pession A, Locatelli F. Genomic complexity and dynamics of clonal evolution in childhood acute myeloid leukemia studied with whole-exome sequencing. Oncotarget. 2016 Aug 30;7(35):56746-56757

Ravegnini G, Nannini M, Simeon V, Musti M, Sammarini G, Saponara M, Gatto L, Urbini M, Astolfi A, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA, Venturoli N, Hrelia P, Angelini S. Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes in gastrointestinal stromal tumours: susceptibility and correlation with tumour characteristics and clinical outcome. Tumour Biol. 2016 Oct;37(10):13413-13423.

Stacchiotti S, Astolfi A, Gronchi A, Fontana A, Pantaleo MA, Negri T, Brenca M, Tazzari M, Urbini M, Indio V, Colombo C, Radaelli S, Brich S, Dei Tos AP, Casali PG, Castelli C, Dagrada GP, Pilotti S, Maestro R. Evolution of Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans to DFSP-Derived Fibrosarcoma: An Event Marked by Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition-like Process and 22q Loss. Mol Cancer Res. 2016 Sep;14(9):820-9.

Saponara M, Urbini M, Astolfi A, Indio V, Ercolani G, Del Gaudio M, Santini D, Pirini MG, Fiorentino M, Nannini M, Lolli C, Mandrioli A, Gatto L, Brandi G, Biasco G, Pinna AD, Pantaleo MA. Molecular characterization of metastatic exon 11 mutant gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) beyond KIT/PDGFRα genotype evaluated by next generation sequencing (NGS). Oncotarget. 2015 Dec 8;6(39):42243-57.

Astolfi A, Urbini M, Indio V, Nannini M, Genovese CG, Santini D, Saponara M, Mandrioli A, Ercolani G, Brandi G, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA. Whole exome sequencing (WES) on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor tissue in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). BMC Genomics. 2015 Nov 3;16:892.

Astolfi A, Melchionda F, Perotti D, Fois M, Indio V, Urbini M, Genovese CG, Collini P, Salfi N, Nantron M, D'Angelo P, Spreafico F, Pession A. Whole transcriptome sequencing identifies BCOR internal tandem duplication as a common feature of clear cell sarcoma of the kidney. Oncotarget. 2015 Dec 1;6(38):40934-9.

Nannini M, Ravegnini G, Angelini S, Astolfi A, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA. miRNA profiling in gastrointestinal stromal tumors: implication as diagnostic and prognostic markers. Epigenomics. 2015;7(6):1033-49.

Urbini M, Astolfi A, Indio V, Heinrich MC, Corless CL, Nannini M, Ravegnini G, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA. SDHC methylation in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): a case report. BMC Med Genet. 2015 Sep 28;16:87.

Di Marco M, Astolfi A, Grassi E, Vecchiarelli S, Macchini M, Indio V, Casadei R, Ricci C, D'Ambra M, Taffurelli G, Serra C, Ercolani G, Santini D, D'Errico A, Pinna AD, Minni F, Durante S, Martella LR, Biasco G. Characterization of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma using whole transcriptome sequencing and copy number analysis by single-nucleotide polymorphism array. Mol Med Rep. 2015 Nov;12(5):7479-84.

Stacchiotti S, Pantaleo MA, Negri T, Astolfi A, Tazzari M, Dagrada GP, Urbini M, Indio V, Maestro R, Gronchi A, Fiore M, Dei Tos AP, Conca E, Palassini E, Vincenzi B, Grosso F, Pilotti S, Castelli C, Casali PG. Efficacy and Biological Activity of Imatinib in Metastatic Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (DFSP). Clin Cancer Res. 2016 Feb 15;22(4):837-46.

Ravegnini G, Nannini M, Sammarini G, Astolfi A, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA, Hrelia P, Angelini S. Personalized Medicine in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST): Clinical Implications of the Somatic and Germline DNA Analysis. Int J Mol Sci. 2015 Jul 9;16(7):15592-608.

Bertucci F, Finetti P, Mamessier E, Pantaleo MA, Astolfi A, Ostrowski J, Birnbaum D. PDL1 expression is an independent prognostic factor in localized GIST. Oncoimmunology. 2015 Feb 3;4(5):e1002729.

Brandi G, Farioli A, Astolfi A, Biasco G, Tavolari S. Genetic heterogeneity in cholangiocarcinoma: a major challenge for targeted therapies. Oncotarget. 2015 Jun 20;6(17):14744-53.

Togni M, Masetti R, Pigazzi M, Astolfi A, Zama D, Indio V, Serravalle S, Manara E, Bisio V, Rizzari C, Basso G, Pession A, Locatelli F. Identification of the NUP98-PHF23 fusion gene in pediatric cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia by whole-transcriptome sequencing. J Hematol Oncol. 2015 Jun 12;8:69.

Masetti R, Zama D, Urbini M, Astolfi A, Libri V, Vendemini F, Morello W, Rondelli R, Prete A, Pession A. Impact of Inflammatory Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms on Developing Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease in Children Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. J Immunol Res. 2015; 2015:248264.

Nannini M, Astolfi A, Urbini M, Indio V, Santini D, Heinrich MC, Corless CL, Ceccarelli C, Saponara M, Mandrioli A, Lolli C, Ercolani G, Brandi G, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA. Integrated genomic study of quadruple-WT GIST (KIT/PDGFRA/SDH/RAS pathway wild-type GIST). BMC Cancer. 2014 Sep 20;14:685.

Pantaleo MA, Lolli C, Nannini M, Astolfi A, Indio V, Saponara M, Urbini M, La Rovere S, Gill A, Goldstein D, Ceccarelli C, Santini D, Rossi G, Fiorentino M, Di Scioscio V, Fusaroli P, Mandrioli A, Gatto L, Catena F, Basso U, Ercolani G, Pinna AD, Biasco G. Good survival outcome of metastatic SDH-deficient gastrointestinal stromal tumors harboring SDHA mutations. Genet Med. 2015 May;17(5):391-5.

Pantaleo MA, Astolfi A, Urbini M, Fuligni F, Saponara M, Nannini M, Lolli C, Indio V, Santini D, Ercolani G, Brandi G, Pinna AD, Biasco G. Dystrophin deregulation is associated with tumor progression in KIT/PDGFRA mutant gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Clin Sarcoma Res. 2014 Aug 9;4:9.

Nannini M, Astolfi A, Urbini M, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA. Liquid biopsy in gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a novel approach. J Transl Med. 2014 Aug 14;12:210.

Corazza F, Astolfi A, Libri V, Franzoni M, Serravalle S, Alessandroni R, Melchionda F, Pession A. Transient abnormal myelopoiesis in a phenotypically normal newborn with polyclonal trisomy 21. Int J Hematol. 2014 Jun;99(6):794-7.

Stacchiotti S, Pantaleo MA, Astolfi A, Dagrada GP, Negri T, Dei Tos AP, Indio V, Morosi C, Gronchi A, Colombo C, Conca E, Toffolatti L, Tazzari M, Crippa F, Maestro R, Pilotti S, Casali PG. Activity of sunitinib in extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Eur J Cancer. 2014 Jun;50(9):1657-64.

Masetti R, Togni M, Astolfi A, Pigazzi M, Indio V, Rivalta B, Manara E, Rutella S, Basso G, Pession A, Locatelli F. Whole transcriptome sequencing of a paediatric case of de novo acute myeloid leukaemia with del(5q) reveals RUNX1-USP42 and PRDM16-SKI fusion transcripts. Br J Haematol. 2014 Aug;166(3):449-52.

Pantaleo MA, Nannini M, Astolfi A, Biasco G. Novel clinically relevant genes in GIST--letter. Clin Cancer Res. 2014 Apr 1;20(7):2014.

Astolfi A, Vendemini F, Urbini M, Melchionda F, Masetti R, Franzoni M, Libri V, Serravalle S, Togni M, Paone G, Montemurro L, Bressanin D, Chiarini F, Martelli AM, Tonelli R, Pession A. MYCN is a novel oncogenic target in pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Oncotarget. 2014 Jan 15;5(1):120-30.

Nannini M, Biasco G, Astolfi A, Urbini M, Pantaleo MA. Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF) system and gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST): present and future. Histol Histopathol. 2014 Feb;29(2):167-75.

Masetti R, Togni M, Astolfi A, Pigazzi M, Manara E, Indio V, Rizzari C, Rutella S, Basso G, Pession A, Locatelli F. DHH-RHEBL1 fusion transcript: a novel recurrent feature in the new landscape of pediatric CBFA2T3-GLIS2-positive acute myeloid leukemia. Oncotarget. 2013 Oct;4(10):1712-20.

Olivotto E, Otero M, Astolfi A, Platano D, Facchini A, Pagani S, Flamigni F, Facchini A, Goldring MB, Borzì RM, Marcu KB. IKKα/CHUK regulates extracellular matrix remodeling independent of its kinase activity to facilitate articular chondrocyte differentiation. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 2;8(9):e73024.

Nannini M, Biasco G, Astolfi A, Pantaleo MA. An overview on molecular biology of KIT/PDGFRA wild type (WT) gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST). J Med Genet. 2013 Oct;50(10):653-61.

Pantaleo MA, Astolfi A, Urbini M, Nannini M, Paterini P, Indio V, Saponara M, Formica S, Ceccarelli C, Casadio R, Rossi G, Bertolini F, Santini D, Pirini MG, Fiorentino M, Basso U, Biasco G. Analysis of all subunits, SDHA, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD, of the succinate dehydrogenase complex in KIT/PDGFRA wild-type GIST. Eur J Hum Genet. 2014 Jan;22(1):32-9.

Masetti R, Pigazzi M, Togni M, Astolfi A, Indio V, Manara E, Casadio R, Pession A, Basso G, Locatelli F. CBFA2T3-GLIS2 fusion transcript is a novel common feature in pediatric, cytogenetically normal AML, not restricted to FAB M7 subtype. Blood. 2013 Apr 25;121(17):3469-72.

Nannini M, Astolfi A, Paterini P, Urbini M, Santini D, Catena F, Indio V, Casadio R, Pinna AD, Biasco G, Pantaleo MA. Expression of IGF-1 receptor in KIT/PDGF receptor-α wild-type gastrointestinal stromal tumors with succinate dehydrogenase complex dysfunction. Future Oncol. 2013 Jan;9(1):121-6.

Barbarossa A, Masetti R, Gazzotti T, Zama D, Astolfi A, Veyrand B, Pession A, Pagliuca G. Perfluoroalkyl substances in human milk: a first survey in Italy. Environ Int. 2013 Jan;51:27-30.

Bertucci F, Finetti P, Ostrowski J, Kim WK, Kim H, Pantaleo MA, Astolfi A, Polkowski M, Birnbaum D. Genomic Grade Index predicts postoperative clinical outcome of GIST. Br J Cancer. 2012 Oct 9;107(8):1433-41.

Garofalo C, Mancarella C, Grilli A, Manara MC, Astolfi A, Marino MT, Conte A, Sigismund S, Carè A, Belfiore A, Picci P, Scotlandi K. Identification of common and distinctive mechanisms of resistance to different anti-IGF-IR agents in Ewing's sarcoma. Mol Endocrinol. 2012 Sep;26(9):1603-16.

Iacobucci I, Lonetti A, Candoni A, Sazzini M, Papayannidis C, Formica S, Ottaviani E, Ferrari A, Michelutti A, Simeone E, Astolfi A, Abbenante MC, Parisi S, Cattina F, Malagola M, Russo D, Damiani D, Gherlinzoni F, Gottardi M, Baccarani M, Fanin R, Martinelli G. Profiling of drug-metabolizing enzymes/transporters in CD33+ acute myeloid leukemia patients treated with Gemtuzumab-Ozogamicin and Fludarabine, Cytarabine and Idarubicin. Pharmacogenomics J. 2013 Aug;13(4):335-41.

Pantaleo MA, Nannini M, Saponara M, Gnocchi C, Di Scioscio V, Lolli C, Catena F, Astolfi A, Di Battista M, Biasco G; GIST Study Group, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Impressive long-term disease stabilization by nilotinib in two pretreated patients with KIT/PDGFRA wild-type metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumours. Anticancer Drugs. 2012 Jun;23(5):567-72.

Pantaleo MA, Astolfi A, Nannini M, Ceccarelli C, Formica S, Santini D, Heinrich MC, Corless C, Dei Tos AP, Paterini P, Catena F, Maleddu A, Saponara M, Di Battista M, Biasco G. Differential expression of neural markers in KIT and PDGFRA wild-type gastrointestinal stromal tumours. Histopathology. 2011 Dec;59(6):1071-80.

Tonelli R, McIntyre A, Camerin C, Walters ZS, Di Leo K, Selfe J, Purgato S, Missiaglia E, Tortori A, Renshaw J, Astolfi A, Taylor KR, Serravalle S, Bishop R, Nanni C, Valentijn LJ, Faccini A, Leuschner I, Formica S, Reis-Filho JS, Ambrosini V, Thway K, Franzoni M, Summersgill B, Marchelli R, Hrelia P, Cantelli-Forti G, Fanti S, Corradini R, Pession A, Shipley J. Antitumor activity of sustained N-myc reduction in rhabdomyosarcomas and transcriptional block by antigene therapy. Clin Cancer Res. 2012 Feb 1;18(3):796-807.

Pantaleo MA, Nannini M, Astolfi A, Biasco G; GIST Study Group Bologna. A distinct pediatric-type gastrointestinal stromal tumor in adults: potential role of succinate dehydrogenase subunit A mutations. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Nov;35(11):1750-2.

Danesi F, Ferioli F, Fiorenza Caboni M, Boschetti E, Di Nunzio M, Verardo V, Valli V, Astolfi A, Pession A, Bordoni A. Phytosterol supplementation reduces metabolic activity and slows cell growth in cultured rat cardiomyocytes. Br J Nutr. 2011 Apr 20:1-9.

Pantaleo MA, Astolfi A, Indio V, Moore R, Thiessen N, Heinrich MC, Gnocchi C, Santini D, Catena F, Formica S, Martelli PL, Casadio R, Pession A, Biasco G. SDHA Loss-of-Function Mutations in KIT-PDGFRA Wild-Type Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Identified by Massively Parallel Sequencing. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011; 103(12):983-7.

Fontanesi L, Galimberti G, Calò DG, Colombo M, Astolfi A, Formica S, Russo V. Microarray gene expression analysis of porcine skeletal muscle sampled at several post mortem time points. Meat Sci. 2011; 88(4):604-9.

Ricci G, Astolfi A, Remondini D, Cipriani F, Formica S, Dondi A, Pession A. Pooled genome-wide analysis to identify novel risk loci for pediatric allergic asthma. PLoS One. 2011; 6(2):e16912.

Garofalo C, Manara MC, Nicoletti G, Marino MT, Lollini PL, Astolfi A, Pandini G, López-Guerrero JA, Schaefer KL, Belfiore A, Picci P, Scotlandi K. Efficacy of and resistance to anti-IGF-1R therapies in Ewing's sarcoma is dependent on insulin receptor signaling. Oncogene. 2011; 30(24):2730-40.

Piccaluga PP, De Falco G, Kustagi M, Gazzola A, Agostinelli C, Tripodo C, Leucci E, Onnis A, Astolfi A, Sapienza MR, Bellan C, Lazzi S, Tumwine L, Mawanda M, Ogwang M, Calbi V, Formica S, Califano A, Pileri SA, Leoncini L. Gene expression analysis uncovers similarity and differences among Burkitt lymphoma subtypes. Blood. 2011; 117(13):3596-608.

Pantaleo MA, Astolfi A, Nannini M, Biasco G. The emerging role of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1r) in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs). J Transl Med. 2010; 8:117.

Astolfi A, Lollini P-L, Motta S, Pappalardo F. Current issues in tumor immunology. Curr Bioinformat. 2010; 5(3):164-175.

Astolfi A, Biasco G, Bruera E, Surbone A. Progress in genomic technology: a new challenge for the palliative medicine? J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010; 40(5):e7-9.

Croci S, Recktenwald CV, Lichtenfels R, Nicoletti G, Dressler SP, De Giovanni C, Astolfi A, Palladini A, Shin-ya K, Landuzzi L, Nanni P, Lollini PL, Seliger B. Proteomic and PROTEOMEX profiling of mammary cancer progression in a HER-2/neu oncogene-driven animal model system. Proteomics. 2010; 10(21):3835-53.

Pazzaglia L, Conti A, Chiechi A, Novello C, Magagnoli G, Astolfi A, Pession A, Krenacs T, Alberghini M, Picci P, Benassi MS. Differential gene expression in classic giant cell tumours of bone: Tenascin C as biological risk factor for local relapses and metastases. Histopathology. 2010; 57(1):59-72.

Serravalle S, Melchionda F, Astolfi A, Libri V, Masetti R, Pession A. A novel specific signature of pediatric MOZ-CBP acute myeloid leukemia. Leuk Res. 2010; 34(11):e292-3.

Pantaleo MA, Di Battista M, La Rovere S, Astorino M, Catena F, Lolli C, Saponara M, Maleddu A, Nannini M, Di Scioscio V, Santini D, Ceccarelli C, Paterini P, Castellucci P, Astolfi A, Mandrioli A, Fusaroli P, Tomassetti P, Pinna AD, Biasco G. Management of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor in clinical practice in Italy: a critical "event tree model" analysis of decision-making processes and outcomes. Tumori. 2010; 96(2):219-28.

Astolfi A, Nannini M, Pantaleo MA, Di Battista M, Heinrich MC, Santini D, Catena F, Corless CL, Maleddu A, Saponara M, Lolli C, Di Scioscio V, Formica S, Biasco G. A molecular portrait of gastrointestinal stromal tumors: an integrative analysis of gene expression profiling and high-resolution genomic copy number. Lab Invest. 2010; 90(9):1285-94.

Biagi C, Astolfi A, Masetti R, Serravalle S, Franzoni M, Chiarini F, Melchionda F, Pession A. Pediatric early T-cell precursor leukemia with NF1 deletion and high-sensitivity in vitro to tipifarnib. Leukemia. 2010; 24(6):1230-3.

Rocchi A, Manara MC, Sciandra M, Zambelli D, Nardi F, Nicoletti G, Garofalo C, Meschini S, Astolfi A, Colombo MP, Lessnick SL, Picci P, Scotlandi K. CD99 inhibits neural differentiation of human Ewing sarcoma cells and thereby contributes to oncogenesis. J Clin Invest. 2010; 120(3):668-80.

Pantaleo MA, Astolfi A, Di Battista M, Heinrich MC, Paterini P, Scotlandi K, Santini D, Catena F, Manara MC, Nannini M, Maleddu A, Saponara M, Lolli C, Formica S, Biasco G. Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor expression in wild-type GISTs: a potential novel therapeutic target. Int J Cancer. 2009; 125(12):2991-4.

Iacobucci I, Storlazzi CT, Cilloni D, Lonetti A, Ottaviani E, Soverini S, Astolfi A, Chiaretti S, Vitale A, Messa F, Impera L, Baldazzi C, D'Addabbo P, Papayannidis C, Lonoce A, Colarossi S, Vignetti M, Piccaluga PP, Paolini S, Russo D, Pane F, Saglio G, Baccarani M, Foà R, Martinelli G.Identification and molecular characterization of recurrent genomic deletions on 7p12 in the IKZF1 gene in a large cohort of BCR-ABL1-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients: on behalf of Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche dell'Adulto Acute Leukemia Working Party (GIMEMA AL WP). Blood. 2009; 114(10):2159-67.

Nanni P, Nicoletti G, Palladini A, Astolfi A, Rinella P, Croci S, Landuzzi L, Monduzzi G, Stivani V, Antognoli A, Murgo A, Ianzano M, De Giovanni C, Lollini PL. Opposing control of rhabdomyosarcoma growth and differentiation by myogenin and interleukin 4. Mol Cancer Ther. 2009; 8(4):754-61.

Chiarini F, Falà F, Tazzari PL, Ricci F, Astolfi A, Pession A, Pagliaro P, McCubrey JA, Martelli AM. Dual inhibition of class IA phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and mammalian target of rapamycin as a new therapeutic option for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Res. 2009; 69(8):3520-8.

Evangelisti C, Astolfi A, Gaboardi GC, Tazzari P, Pession A, Goto K, Martelli AM. TIS21/BTG2/PC3 and cyclin D1 are key determinants of nuclear diacylglycerol kinase-zeta-dependent cell cycle arrest. Cell Signal. 2009; 21(5):801-9.

De Giovanni C, Nicoletti G, Palladini A, Croci S, Landuzzi L, Antognoli A, Murgo A, Astolfi A, Ferrini S, Fabbi M, Orengo AM, Amici A, Penichet ML, Aurisicchio L, Iezzi M, Musiani P, Nanni P, Lollini PL. A multi-DNA preventive vaccine for p53/Neu-driven cancer syndrome. Hum Gene Ther. 2009; 20(5):453-64.

Nannini M, Pantaleo MA, Maleddu A, Astolfi A, Formica S, Biasco G. Gene expression profiling in colorectal cancer using microarray technologies: results and perspectives. Cancer Treat Rev. 2009; 35(3):201-9.

Pantaleo MA, Astolfi A, Nannini M, Paterini P, Piazzi G, Ercolani G, Brandi G, Martinelli G, Pession A, Pinna AD, Biasco G. Gene expression profiling of liver metastases from colorectal cancer as potential basis for treatment choice. Br J Cancer. 2008; 99(10):1729-34.

Serravalle S, Purgato S, Melchionda F, Astolfi A, Tonelli R, Pession A. Trisomy 11 with MLL-PTD in a case of infant AML M0. Br J Haematol. 2007; 138(6):817-9.

Bordoni A, Astolfi A, Morandi L, Pession A, Danesi F, Di Nunzio M, Franzoni M, Biagi P, Pession A. N-3 PUFAs modulate global gene expression profile in cultured rat cardiomyocytes. Implications in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. FEBS Lett. 2007; 581(5):923-9.

Palladini A, Astolfi A, Croci S, De Giovanni C, Nicoletti G, Rosolen A, Sartori F, Lollini PL, Landuzzi L, Nanni P. Endothelin-3 production by human rhabdomyosarcoma: a possible new marker with a paracrine role. Eur J Cancer. 2006; 42(5):680-7.

Cavallo F, Astolfi A, Iezzi M, Cordero F, Lollini PL, Forni G, Calogero R. An integrated approach of immunogenomics and bioinformatics to identify new Tumor Associated Antigens (TAA) for mammary cancer immunological prevention. BMC Bioinformatics. 2005; 6 Suppl 4:S7.

Manara MC, Perdichizzi S, Serra M, Pierini R, Benini S, Hattinger CM, Astolfi A, Bagnati R, D'Incalci M, Picci P, Scotlandi K. The molecular mechanisms responsible for resistance to ET-743 (Trabectidin; Yondelis) in the Ewing's sarcoma cell line, TC-71. Int J Oncol. 2005; 27(6):1605-16.

Fiume R, Faenza I, Matteucci A, Astolfi A, Vitale M, Martelli AM, Cocco L. Nuclear phospholipase C beta1 (PLCbeta1) affects CD24 expression in murine erythroleukemia cells. J Biol Chem. 2005; 280(25):24221-6.

Astolfi A, Landuzzi L, Nicoletti G, De Giovanni C, Croci S, Palladini A, Ferrini S, Iezzi M, Musiani P, Cavallo F, Forni G, Nanni P, Lollini PL. Gene expression analysis of immune-mediated arrest of tumorigenesis in a transgenic mouse model of HER-2/neu-positive basal-like mammary carcinoma. Am J Pathol. 2005; 166(4):1205-16.

Astolfi A, Rolla S, Nanni P, Quaglino E, De Giovanni C, Iezzi M, Musiani P, Forni G, Lollini PL, Cavallo F, Calogero RA. Immune prevention of mammary carcinogenesis in HER-2/neu transgenic mice: a microarray scenario. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2005; 54(6):599-610.

Croci S, Nicoletti G, Landuzzi L, De Giovanni C, Astolfi A, Marini C, Di Carlo E, Musiani P, Forni G, Nanni P, Lollini PL. Immunological prevention of a multigene cancer syndrome. Cancer Res. 2004; 64(22):8428-34.

Giavazzi R, Aglietta M, Astolfi A, Falanga A, Fusco A, Labianca R, Lollini PL, Lombardo C, Natali PG, Pierotti MA, Presta M, Santoro M, Taraboletti G, Zupi G, Vecchio G. 45th annual meeting of the Italian Cancer Society. Bergamo, 9-12 November 2003. Tumori. 2004; 90(3):356-62.

Nanni P, Landuzzi L, Nicoletti G, De Giovanni C, Rossi I, Croci S, Astolfi A, Iezzi M, Di Carlo E, Musiani P, Forni G, Lollini PL. Immunoprevention of mammary carcinoma in HER-2/neu transgenic mice is IFN-gamma and B cell dependent. J Immunol. 2004; 173(4):2288-96.

De Giovanni C, Nicoletti G, Landuzzi L, Astolfi A, Croci S, Comes A, Ferrini S, Meazza R, Iezzi M, Di Carlo E, Musiani P, Cavallo F, Nanni P, Lollini PL. Immunoprevention of HER-2/neu transgenic mammary carcinoma through an interleukin 12-engineered allogeneic cell vaccine. Cancer Res. 2004; 64(11):4001-9.

Croci S, Landuzzi L, Astolfi A, Nicoletti G, Rosolen A, Sartori F, Follo MY, Oliver N, De Giovanni C, Nanni P, Lollini PL. Inhibition of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) expression decreases the survival and myogenic differentiation of human rhabdomyosarcoma cells. Cancer Res. 2004; 64(5):1730-6.

De Giovanni C, Landuzzi L, Nicoletti G, Astolfi A, Croci S, Micaroni M, Nanni P, Lollini PL. Apc10.1: an ApcMin/+ intestinal cell line with retention of heterozygosity. Int J Cancer. 2004; 109(2):200-6.

Nanni P, Nicoletti G, De Giovanni C, Croci S, Astolfi A, Landuzzi L, Di Carlo E, Iezzi M, Musiani P, Lollini PL. Development of rhabdomyosarcoma in HER-2/neu transgenic p53 mutant mice. Cancer Res. 2003; 63(11):2728-32.

Nanni P, Nicoletti G, De Giovanni C, Landuzzi L, Di Carlo E, Iezzi M, Ricci C, Astolfi A, Croci S, Marangoni F, Musiani P, Forni G, Lollini PL. Prevention of HER-2/neu transgenic mammary carcinoma by tamoxifen plus interleukin 12. Int J Cancer. 2003; 105(3):384-9.

Ricci C, Polito L, Nanni P, Landuzzi L, Astolfi A, Nicoletti G, Rossi I, De Giovanni C, Bolognesi A, Lollini PL. HER/erbB receptors as therapeutic targets of immunotoxins in human rhabdomyosarcoma cells. J Immunother. 2002; 25(4):314-23.

De Giovanni C, Nicoletti G, Landuzzi L, Rossi I, Astolfi A, Ricci C, Di Carlo E, Musiani P, Forni G, Fradelizi D, Nanni P, Lollini PL. Therapy of lung metastases through combined vaccination with carcinoma cells engineered to release IL-13 and IFN-gamma. Gene Ther. 2001; 8(22):1698-704.

Manara MC, Perbal B, Benini S, Strammiello R, Cerisano V, Perdichizzi S, Serra M, Astolfi A, Bertoni F, Alami J, Yeger H, Picci P, Scotlandi K. The expression of ccn3(nov) gene in musculoskeletal tumors. Am J Pathol. 2002; 160(3):849-59.

Nanni P, Nicoletti G, De Giovanni C, Landuzzi L, Di Carlo E, Cavallo F, Pupa SM, Rossi I, Colombo MP, Ricci C, Astolfi A, Musiani P, Forni G, Lollini PL. Combined allogeneic tumor cell vaccination and systemic interleukin 12 prevents mammary carcinogenesis in HER-2/neu transgenic mice. J Exp Med. 2001; 194(9):1195-205.

Astolfi A, De Giovanni C, Landuzzi L, Nicoletti G, Ricci C, Croci S, Scopece L, Nanni P, Lollini PL. Identification of new genes related to the myogenic differentiation arrest of human rhabdomyosarcoma cells. Gene. 2001; 274(1-2):139-49.

Astolfi A, Nanni P, Landuzzi L, Ricci C, Nicoletti G, Rossi I, Lollini PL, De Giovanni C. An anti-apoptotic role for NGF receptors in human rhabdomyosarcoma. Eur J Cancer. 2001; 37(13):1719-25.

Landuzzi L, De Giovanni C, Nicoletti G, Rossi I, Ricci C, Astolfi A, Scopece L, Scotlandi K, Serra M, Bagnara GP, Nanni P, Lollini PL. The metastatic ability of Ewing's sarcoma cells is modulated by stem cell factor and by its receptor c-kit. Am J Pathol. 2000; 157(6):2123-31.

Nanni P, Pupa SM, Nicoletti G, De Giovanni C, Landuzzi L, Rossi I, Astolfi A, Ricci C, De Vecchi R, Invernizzi AM, Di Carlo E, Musiani P, Forni G, Menard S, Lollini PL. p185(neu) protein is required for tumor and anchorage-independent growth, not for cell proliferation of transgenic mammary carcinoma. Int J Cancer. 2000; 87(2):186-94.

Ricci C, Landuzzi L, Rossi I, De Giovanni C, Nicoletti G, Astolfi A, Pupa S, Menard S, Scotlandi K, Nanni P, Lollini PL. Expression of HER/erbB family of receptor tyrosine kinases and induction of differentiation by glial growth factor 2 in human rhabdomyosarcoma cells. Int J Cancer. 2000; 87(1):29-36.