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Maria Angela Sortino

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1 The lung as a privileged site for the beneficial actions of PGE2. Trends Immunol 2004 1.95
2 TGF-beta1 targets the GSK-3beta/beta-catenin pathway via ERK activation in the transition of human lung fibroblasts into myofibroblasts. Pharmacol Res 2008 1.40
3 The Wnt pathway, cell-cycle activation and beta-amyloid: novel therapeutic strategies in Alzheimer's disease? Trends Pharmacol Sci 2003 1.17
4 TGF-beta 1 protects against Abeta-neurotoxicity via the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase pathway. Neurobiol Dis 2008 1.04
5 Inhibition or knock out of inducible nitric oxide synthase result in resistance to bleomycin-induced lung injury. Respir Res 2005 1.01
6 DNA polymerase-beta is expressed early in neurons of Alzheimer's disease brain and is loaded into DNA replication forks in neurons challenged with beta-amyloid. J Neurosci 2006 0.99
7 Targeting group II metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors for the treatment of psychosis associated with Alzheimer's disease: selective activation of mGlu2 receptors amplifies beta-amyloid toxicity in cultured neurons, whereas dual activation of mGlu2 and mGlu3 receptors is neuroprotective. Mol Pharmacol 2010 0.98
8 Differential involvement of estrogen receptor alpha and estrogen receptor beta in the healing promoting effect of estrogen in human keratinocytes. J Endocrinol 2008 0.97
9 TGF-β1 pathway as a new target for neuroprotection in Alzheimer's disease. CNS Neurosci Ther 2009 0.96
10 Dysfunction of TGF-β1 signaling in Alzheimer's disease: perspectives for neuroprotection. Cell Tissue Res 2011 0.95
11 Differential expression of estrogen receptors alpha and beta in the spinal cord during postnatal development: localization in glial cells. Neuroendocrinology 2003 0.95
12 Erratic expression of DNA polymerases by beta-amyloid causes neuronal death. FASEB J 2002 0.90
13 Beta-amyloid-induced synthesis of the ganglioside GD3 is a requisite for cell cycle reactivation and apoptosis in neurons. J Neurosci 2002 0.89
14 Effects of phenformin on the proliferation of human tumor cell lines. Life Sci 2003 0.88
15 Estrogen activates matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9 to increase beta amyloid degradation. Mol Cell Neurosci 2012 0.87
16 Estrogen receptors and type 1 metabotropic glutamate receptors are interdependent in protecting cortical neurons against β-amyloid toxicity. Mol Pharmacol 2011 0.85
17 The nature of the cell cycle in neurons: focus on a "non-canonical" pathway of DNA replication causally related to death. Biochim Biophys Acta 2006 0.85
18 Nicergoline, a drug used for age-dependent cognitive impairment, protects cultured neurons against beta-amyloid toxicity. Brain Res 2005 0.84
19 Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors control proliferation, survival and differentiation of cultured neural progenitor cells isolated from the subventricular zone of adult mice. Neuropharmacology 2008 0.84
20 Metabotropic glutamate receptors in neurodegeneration/neuroprotection: still a hot topic? Neurochem Int 2012 0.84
21 Neurotoxic properties of the anabolic androgenic steroids nandrolone and methandrostenolone in primary neuronal cultures. J Neurosci Res 2011 0.84
22 Integrins mediate beta-amyloid-induced cell-cycle activation and neuronal death. J Neurosci Res 2008 0.83
23 HDAC and HAT inhibitors differently affect analgesia mediated by group II metabotropic glutamate receptors. Mol Pain 2014 0.79
24 Alzheimer's disease: brain expression of a metabolic disorder? Trends Endocrinol Metab 2010 0.79
25 Distinct effects of pramipexole on the proliferation of adult mouse sub-ventricular zone-derived cells and the appearance of a neuronal phenotype. Neuropharmacology 2011 0.79
26 Modulation of C6 Glioma Cell Proliferation by Ureido-Calix[8]arenes. Pharmacology 2010 0.77
27 Inhibition of rat glioma cell migration and proliferation by a calix[8]arene scaffold exposing multiple GlcNAc and ureido functionalities. J Neurochem 2008 0.77
28 Enhanced expression of ERalpha in astrocytes modifies the response of cortical neurons to beta-amyloid toxicity. Neurobiol Dis 2008 0.77
29 Dual effect of 17β-estradiol on NMDA-induced neuronal death: involvement of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1. Endocrinology 2012 0.77
30 Hyperalgesic activity of kisspeptin in mice. Mol Pain 2011 0.76
31 Identification of 5-Methoxyflavone as a Novel DNA Polymerase-Beta Inhibitor and Neuroprotective Agent against Beta-Amyloid Toxicity. J Nat Prod 2015 0.75
32 Antiproliferative effects induced by guanine-based purines require hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase activity. Biol Chem 2010 0.75
33 Long-term incubation with beta-amyloid peptides impairs endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in isolated rat basilar artery. Pharmacol Res 2009 0.75
34 The CDC2 I-G-T haplotype associated with the APOE epsilon4 allele increases the risk of sporadic Alzheimer's disease in Sicily. Neurosci Lett 2007 0.75