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Massimo Alfano

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Top papers

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1 Biological and technical variables affecting immunoassay recovery of cytokines from human serum and simulated vaginal fluid: a multicenter study. Anal Chem 2008 2.12
2 Persistent microbial translocation and immune activation in HIV-1-infected South Africans receiving combination antiretroviral therapy. J Infect Dis 2010 2.10
3 Monocyte-derived macrophages and myeloid cell lines as targets of HIV-1 replication and persistence. J Leukoc Biol 2006 1.42
4 M1 and M2a polarization of human monocyte-derived macrophages inhibits HIV-1 replication by distinct mechanisms. J Immunol 2009 1.39
5 Macrophage polarization and HIV-1 infection. J Leukoc Biol 2009 1.32
6 M1 polarization of human monocyte-derived macrophages restricts pre and postintegration steps of HIV-1 replication. AIDS 2013 0.96
7 Cell surface-associated Tat modulates HIV-1 infection and spreading through a specific interaction with gp120 viral envelope protein. Blood 2004 0.89
8 HIV-1 infected lymphoid organs upregulate expression and release of the cleaved form of uPAR that modulates chemotaxis and virus expression. PLoS One 2013 0.89
9 Extracellular high mobility group box-1 inhibits R5 and X4 HIV-1 strains replication in mononuclear phagocytes without induction of chemokines and cytokines. AIDS 2009 0.88
10 HIV-1 Tat and heparan sulfate proteoglycan interaction: a novel mechanism of lymphocyte adhesion and migration across the endothelium. Blood 2009 0.88
11 Inhibition of HIV replication by the plasminogen activator is dependent on vitronectin-mediated cell adhesion. J Leukoc Biol 2007 0.85
12 Urokinase plasminogen activator inhibits HIV virion release from macrophage-differentiated chronically infected cells via activation of RhoA and PKCε. PLoS One 2011 0.84
13 Pertussis toxin (PTX) B subunit and the nontoxic PTX mutant PT9K/129G inhibit Tat-induced TGF-beta production by NK cells and TGF-beta-mediated NK cell apoptosis. J Immunol 2005 0.84
14 Cellular localization, invasion, and turnover are differently influenced by healthy and tumor-derived extracellular matrix. Tissue Eng Part A 2014 0.82
15 NF-kappa B modulates sensitivity to apoptosis, proinflammatory and migratory potential in short- versus long-term cultured human gamma delta lymphocytes. J Immunol 2008 0.82
16 Pertussis toxin B-oligomer inhibits HIV infection and replication in hu-PBL-SCID mice. Int Immunol 2005 0.81
17 Pertussis toxin B-oligomer suppresses IL-6 induced HIV-1 and chemokine expression in chronically infected U1 cells via inhibition of activator protein 1. J Immunol 2006 0.81
18 Cell-Mediated Immunity in Elite Controllers Naturally Controlling HIV Viral Load. Front Immunol 2013 0.80
19 Dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3 grabbing nonintegrin mediates HIV-1 infection of and transmission by M2a-polarized macrophages in vitro. AIDS 2013 0.80
20 Inhibition of intra- and extra-cellular Tat function and HIV expression by pertussis toxin B-oligomer. Eur J Immunol 2004 0.76
21 Selective granulocyte/monocyte apheresis in the treatment of HIV-infected patients: short-term and long-term effects on immunological and virological parameters. Perfusion 2002 0.75
22 Unsung hero Robert C. Gallo. Science 2009 0.75