Search Results - "Locatelli, Paola"
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KSHV-induced ligand mediated activation of PDGF receptor-alpha drives Kaposi's sarcomagenesis
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-07-2018)“…Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) herpesvirus (KSHV) causes KS, an angiogenic AIDS-associated spindle-cell neoplasm, by activating host oncogenic signaling cascades…”
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Promoting early neovascularization by allotransplanted adipose-derived Muse cells in an ovine model of acute myocardial infarction
Published in PloS one (20-01-2023)“…Recent preclinical studies have demonstrated that bone marrow (BM)-derived Muse cells have a homing mechanism to reach damaged cardiac tissue while also being…”
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Targeting the Cardiomyocyte Cell Cycle for Heart Regeneration
Published in Current drug targets (01-01-2019)“…Adult mammalian cardiomyocytes (CMs) exhibit limited proliferative capacity, as cell cycle activity leads to an increase in DNA content, but mitosis and…”
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Effect of Intramyocardial Administration of Baculovirus Encoding the Transcription Factor Tbx20 in Sheep With Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (06-08-2024)“…Gene therapy has been proposed as a strategy to induce cardiac regeneration following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Given that Tbx20, a transcription…”
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In silico performance analysis of web tools for CRISPRa sgRNA design in human genes
Published in Computational and structural biotechnology journal (01-01-2022)“…Angiogenic gene overexpression has been the main strategy in numerous vascular regenerative gene therapy projects. However, most have failed in clinical…”
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Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Overexpressing Mutant Human Hypoxia‐Inducible Factor 1‐α (HIF1‐α) in an Ovine Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (06-07-2016)“…Background Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BMMSCs) are cardioprotective in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) because of release of paracrine angiogenic…”
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Gene Therapy: Targeting Cardiomyocyte Proliferation to Repopulate the Ischemic Heart
Published in Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology (01-09-2021)“…Adult mammalian cardiomyocytes show scarce division ability, which makes the heart ineffective in replacing lost contractile cells after ischemic…”
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Novel insights into cardiac regeneration based on differential fetal and adult ovine heart transcriptomic analysis
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (01-04-2020)“…The adult mammalian cardiomyocyte has a very limited capacity to reenter the cell cycle and advance into mitosis. Therefore, diseases characterized by lost…”
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Effect of intramuscular baculovirus encoding mutant hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha on neovasculogenesis and ischemic muscle protection in rabbits with peripheral arterial disease
Published in Cytotherapy (Oxford, England) (01-10-2020)“…Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a progressive, disabling ailment for which no effective treatment exists. Gene therapy-mediated neovascularization has…”
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Overexpression Does Not Enhance Adipose Stromal Cell–Induced Protection on Muscle Damage in Critical Limb Ischemia
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-01-2015)“…OBJECTIVES—Critical limb ischemia complicates peripheral artery disease leading to tissue damage and amputation. We hypothesized that modifying adipose stromal…”
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High-dose intramyocardial HMGB1 induces long-term cardioprotection in sheep with myocardial infarction
Published in Drug delivery and translational research (01-10-2019)“…In rodents with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) injection has produced controversial results. Given the lack of data in…”
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Aligned ovine diaphragmatic myoblasts overexpressing human connexin-43 seeded on poly (l-lactic acid) scaffolds for potential use in cardiac regeneration
Published in Cytotechnology (Dordrecht) (01-04-2018)“…Diaphragmatic myoblasts (DMs) are precursors of type-1 muscle cells displaying high exhaustion threshold on account that they contract and relax 20 times/min…”
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Effect of poly (l-lactic acid) scaffolds seeded with aligned diaphragmatic myoblasts overexpressing connexin-43 on infarct size and ventricular function in sheep with acute coronary occlusion
Published in Artificial cells, nanomedicine, and biotechnology (01-01-2018)“…Diaphragmatic myoblasts (DM) are stem cells of the diaphragm, a muscle displaying high resistance to stress and exhaustion. We hypothesized that DM modified to…”
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Efficient plasmid-mediated gene transfection of ovine bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells
Published in Cytotherapy (Oxford, England) (01-02-2013)“…Abstract Background aims Given the close similarity between ovine and human cardiomyocytes, sheep models of myocardial infarction and heart failure are…”
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Activated macrophages as a feeder layer for growth of resident cardiac progenitor cells
Published in Cytotechnology (Dordrecht) (01-08-2016)“…The adult heart contains a population of cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs). Growing and collecting an adequate number of CPCs demands complex culture media…”
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Combined VEGF gene transfer and erythropoietin in ovine reperfused myocardial infarction
Published in International journal of cardiology (10-05-2013)“…Abstract Background In reperfused acute myocardial infarction (RAMI), cardioprotective treatments may enhance myocardial salvage and hence reduce the area of…”
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An ovine model of postinfarction dilated cardiomyopathy in animals with highly variable coronary anatomy
Published in ILAR journal (2011)“…Studies on cardiac regeneration require large mammalian models of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and pig and sheep…”
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Reference values for echocardiographic parameters and indexes of left ventricular function in healthy, young adult sheep used in translational research: comparison with standardized values in humans
Published in International journal of clinical and experimental medicine (01-01-2011)“…Ovine models of ischemic heart disease and cardiac failure are increasingly used in translational research. However, reliable extrapolation of the results to…”
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