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Francesca Ricci

Universitą di Bologna
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CTLA‐4 is constitutively expressed on tumor cells and can trigger apoptosis upon ligand interaction

…, D Donati, L Polito, A Bolognesi, F Ricci… - … journal of cancer, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
CTLA‐4 (CD152) is a cell surface receptor that behaves as a negative regulator of the
proliferation and the effector function of T cells. We have previously shown that CTLA‐4 is also …

Nuclear β-catenin expression distinguishes deep fibromatosis from other benign and malignant fibroblastic and myofibroblastic lesions

…, C Iacobuzio-Donahue, F Ricci… - The American journal …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Deep fibromatoses (desmoid tumors) are clonal myofibroblastic proliferations that are prone
to aggressive local recurrences but that do not metastasize. They must be distinguished …

[HTML][HTML] Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma: from pathophysiology to novel therapeutic approaches

…, G Paolino, M Donati, F Ricci, V Coco, F Ricci… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), a non-melanoma skin cancer, is a keratinocyte
carcinoma representing one of the most common cancers with an increasing incidence. …

Activity of the novel dual phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor NVP-BEZ235 against T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

F Chiarini, C Grimaldi, F Ricci, PL Tazzari… - Cancer research, 2010 - AACR
Recent findings have highlighted that constitutively active phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian
target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling is a common feature of T-cell acute …

[HTML][HTML] Basal cell carcinoma: from pathophysiology to novel therapeutic approaches

…, R Morese, I Campana, V Coco, FR Di Pietro, F Ricci… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common human cancer worldwide, and is a subtype
of nonmelanoma skin cancer, characterized by a constantly increasing incidence due to an …

Immunohistochemical and genetic evaluation of deoxycytidine kinase in pancreatic cancer: relationship to molecular mechanisms of gemcitabine resistance and …

V Sebastiani, F Ricci, B Rubio-Viquiera, P Kulesza… - Clinical Cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Gemcitabine is considered the standard first-line therapy for patients with advanced pancreatic
cancer. More recent strategies have focused on improving the efficacy of gemcitabine by …

Ultrastructural characteristics of human mesenchymal stromal (stem) cells derived from bone marrow and term placenta

G Pasquinelli, P Tazzari, F Ricci, C Vaselli… - Ultrastructural …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Human mesenchymal stromal (stem) cells (hMSCs) isolated from adult bone marrow (BM-hMSCs)
as well as amnion (AM-hMSCs) and chorion (CM-hMSCs) term placenta leaves were …

Patient-derived ovarian tumor xenografts recapitulate human clinicopathology and genetic alterations

F Ricci, F Bizzaro, M Cesca, F Guffanti, M Ganzinelli… - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy. On the basis of
its histopathology and molecular-genomic changes, ovarian cancer has been divided into …

Thoracic aortas from multiorgan donors are suitable for obtaining resident angiogenic mesenchymal stromal cells

…, L Foroni, M Buzzi, G Storci, F Alviano, F Ricci… - Stem Cells, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The clinical use of endothelial progenitor cells is hampered by difficulties in obtaining an
adequate number of functional progenitors. This study aimed to establish whether human …

Immortalizing the complexity of cancer metastasis: genetic features of lethal metastatic pancreatic cancer obtained from rapid autopsy

EE Embuscado, D Laheru, F Ricci, KJ Yun… - Cancer biology & …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The virtual lack of well-characterized metastatic pancreatic cancer tissues for study has
limited systematic studies of the metastatic process of this deadly disease. To address this …