Francesco Bertolini

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1 Rapid chemotherapy-induced acute endothelial progenitor cell mobilization: implications for antiangiogenic drugs as chemosensitizing agents. Cancer Cell 2008 4.51
2 Genetic heterogeneity of the vasculogenic phenotype parallels angiogenesis; Implications for cellular surrogate marker analysis of antiangiogenesis. Cancer Cell 2005 3.74
3 Vaccination of metastatic melanoma patients with autologous tumor-derived heat shock protein gp96-peptide complexes: clinical and immunologic findings. J Clin Oncol 2002 2.57
4 Human acute leukemia cells injected in NOD/LtSz-scid/IL-2Rgamma null mice generate a faster and more efficient disease compared to other NOD/scid-related strains. Int J Cancer 2008 2.45
5 Metronomic cyclophosphamide and capecitabine combined with bevacizumab in advanced breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2008 2.10
6 Validation of a standardized method for enumerating circulating endothelial cells and progenitors: flow cytometry and molecular and ultrastructural analyses. Clin Cancer Res 2009 2.00
7 Optimal biologic dose of metronomic chemotherapy regimens is associated with maximum antiangiogenic activity. Blood 2005 1.80
8 Circulating endothelial cells. Biomarker of vascular disease. Thromb Haemost 2005 1.73
9 Circulating endothelial-cell kinetics and viability predict survival in breast cancer patients receiving metronomic chemotherapy. Blood 2006 1.69
10 Rituximab and subcutaneous 2-chloro-2'-deoxyadenosine combination treatment for patients with Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia: clinical and biologic results of a phase II multicenter study. J Clin Oncol 2010 1.63
11 Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for myocardial regeneration: a novel strategy for cell collection and surgical injection. Ann Thorac Surg 2004 1.48
12 Increased mean corpuscular volume of red blood cells predicts response to metronomic capecitabine and cyclophosphamide in combination with bevacizumab. Breast 2012 1.39
13 Fat Grafting after Invasive Breast Cancer: A Matched Case-Control Study. Plast Reconstr Surg 2017 1.38
14 The white adipose tissue used in lipotransfer procedures is a rich reservoir of CD34+ progenitors able to promote cancer progression. Cancer Res 2011 1.37
15 Continuous infusion of endostatin inhibits differentiation, mobilization, and clonogenic potential of endothelial cell progenitors. Clin Cancer Res 2003 1.23
16 Contribution of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor to the acute mobilization of endothelial precursor cells by vascular disrupting agents. Cancer Res 2009 1.20
17 High-Dose celecoxib and metronomic "low-dose" cyclophosphamide is an effective and safe therapy in patients with relapsed and refractory aggressive histology non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Clin Cancer Res 2006 1.18
18 The extracellular nucleotide UTP is a potent inducer of hematopoietic stem cell migration. Blood 2006 1.17
19 Circulating endothelial cells as biomarkers in clinical oncology. Microvasc Res 2010 1.17
20 Targeting activin receptor-like kinase 1 inhibits angiogenesis and tumorigenesis through a mechanism of action complementary to anti-VEGF therapies. Cancer Res 2011 1.13
21 Endothelial progenitor cells are cellular hubs essential for neoangiogenesis of certain aggressive adenocarcinomas and metastatic transition but not adenomas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 1.13
22 Host response to short-term, single-agent chemotherapy induces matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression and accelerates metastasis in mice. Cancer Res 2011 1.12
23 Predictive Potential of Angiogenic Growth Factors and Circulating Endothelial Cells in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Metronomic Chemotherapy Plus Bevacizumab. Clin Cancer Res 2009 1.07
24 Extracellular nucleotides are potent stimulators of human hematopoietic stem cells in vitro and in vivo. Blood 2004 1.07
25 Complementary populations of human adipose CD34+ progenitor cells promote growth, angiogenesis, and metastasis of breast cancer. Cancer Res 2013 1.05
26 Microvessel density, a surrogate marker of angiogenesis, is significantly related to survival in multiple myeloma patients. Br J Haematol 2002 1.04
27 Anti-angiogenic treatment of breast cancer using metronomic low-dose chemotherapy. Breast 2005 1.02
28 Cellular and molecular surrogate markers to monitor targeted and non-targeted antiangiogenic drug activity and determine optimal biologic dose. Curr Cancer Drug Targets 2005 1.02
29 The biguanides metformin and phenformin inhibit angiogenesis, local and metastatic growth of breast cancer by targeting both neoplastic and microenvironment cells. Int J Cancer 2014 1.02
30 Circulating endothelial cells as a novel marker of angiogenesis. Adv Exp Med Biol 2003 1.01
31 Assessing tumor angiogenesis: increased circulating VE-cadherin RNA in patients with cancer indicates viability of circulating endothelial cells. Cancer Res 2004 1.00
32 International expert consensus on primary systemic therapy in the management of early breast cancer: highlights of the Fourth Symposium on Primary Systemic Therapy in the Management of Operable Breast Cancer, Cremona, Italy (2010). J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr 2011 1.00
33 Paradoxic effects of metformin on endothelial cells and angiogenesis. Carcinogenesis 2014 1.00
34 The transactivating isoforms of p63 are overexpressed in high-grade follicular lymphomas independent of the occurrence of p63 gene amplification. J Pathol 2005 0.97
35 Low-dose metronomic chemotherapy: from past experience to new paradigms in the treatment of cancer. Drug Discov Today 2012 0.95
36 On the origin and nature of elevated levels of circulating endothelial cells after treatment with a vascular disrupting agent. J Clin Oncol 2006 0.95
37 Molecular and functional analysis of the stem cell compartment of chronic myelogenous leukemia reveals the presence of a CD34- cell population with intrinsic resistance to imatinib. Blood 2009 0.94
38 Metronomic chemotherapy combined with bevacizumab and erlotinib in patients with metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer: clinical and biological activity. Clin Breast Cancer 2012 0.94
39 Circulating endothelial cells as a therapeutic marker for thalidomide in combined therapy with chemotherapy drugs in a human prostate cancer model. BJU Int 2007 0.91
40 Therapeutic effect of lenalidomide in a novel xenograft mouse model of human blastic NK cell lymphoma/blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm. Clin Cancer Res 2011 0.90
41 Prognostic value of CD109+ circulating endothelial cells in recurrent glioblastomas treated with bevacizumab and irinotecan. PLoS One 2013 0.89
42 Hepatocyte-conditioned medium sustains endothelial differentiation of human hematopoietic-endothelial progenitors. Hepatology 2007 0.89
43 Miniaturized FISH for screening of onco-hematological malignancies. Biotechniques 2010 0.88
44 Sex-related efficiency in NSG mouse engraftment. Blood 2010 0.88
45 Evidence of distinct tumour-propagating cell populations with different properties in primary human hepatocellular carcinoma. PLoS One 2011 0.88
46 Residual dormant cancer stem-cell foci are responsible for tumor relapse after antiangiogenic metronomic therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma xenografts. Lab Invest 2012 0.87
47 Circulating perivascular progenitors: a target of PDGFR inhibition. Int J Cancer 2011 0.86
48 Infusional fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cisplatin followed by weekly paclitaxel plus bevacizumab in locally advanced breast cancer with unfavorable prognostic features. Anticancer Drugs 2009 0.86
49 EPO receptor gain-of-function causes hereditary polycythemia, alters CD34 cell differentiation and increases circulating endothelial precursors. PLoS One 2010 0.85
50 Spontaneous cell fusion of acute leukemia cells and macrophages observed in cells with leukemic potential. Neoplasia 2012 0.85
51 Amelioration of glucose control mobilizes circulating pericyte progenitor cells in type 2 diabetic patients with microangiopathy. Exp Diabetes Res 2012 0.85
52 Circulating endothelial cells and circulating endothelial progenitors. Recent Results Cancer Res 2012 0.85
53 Skeletal muscle differentiation potential of human adult bone marrow cells. Exp Cell Res 2004 0.84
54 Tailored therapy of adult acute leukaemia in Jehovah's Witnesses: unjustified reluctance to treat. Eur J Haematol 2004 0.84
55 SP4, a novel anti-cyclin D1 rabbit monoclonal antibody, is a highly sensitive probe for identifying mantle cell lymphomas bearing the t(11;14)(q13;q32) translocation. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2005 0.82
56 Human haemato-endothelial precursors: cord blood CD34+ cells produce haemogenic endothelium. PLoS One 2012 0.82
57 Cyclin D3 immunoreactivity in gastrointestinal stromal tumors is independent of cyclin D3 gene amplification and is associated with nuclear p27 accumulation. Mod Pathol 2003 0.82
58 Stem cell plasticity: time for a reappraisal? Haematologica 2005 0.82
59 Circulating endothelial cells as biomarkers for angiogenesis in tumor progression. Front Biosci (Schol Ed) 2009 0.81
60 In vitro and in vivo hematopoietic potential of human stem cells residing in muscle tissue. Exp Hematol 2002 0.81
61 Safety, tolerability and biological effects of long-term metronomic administration of non-cytotoxic anti-angiogenic agents. Oncology 2010 0.80
62 Circulating endothelial cell number and viability are reduced by exposure to high altitude. Endothelium 2008 0.80
63 Chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis: independent prognostic importance of bone marrow microvascular density evaluated by CD105 (endoglin) immunostaining. Mod Pathol 2004 0.79
64 Simultaneous characterization of progenitor cell compartments in adult human liver. Cytometry A 2010 0.79
65 If it is in the marrow, is it also in the blood? An analysis of 1,000 paired samples from patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. BMC Cancer 2010 0.79
66 Circulating endothelial progenitor cells. N Engl J Med 2005 0.79
67 Mammaglobin expression in leukapheresis products is a predictive marker of poor prognosis in women with high-risk breast cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2004 0.79
68 Lenalidomide for multiple myeloma. N Engl J Med 2012 0.79
69 zeta-Crystallin is a bcl-2 mRNA binding protein involved in bcl-2 overexpression in T-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia. FASEB J 2010 0.79
70 Chlorambucil in combination with induction and maintenance rituximab is feasible and active in indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Br J Haematol 2003 0.79
71 Circulating endothelial cells as biomarkers for patients receiving bevacizumab. Lancet Oncol 2011 0.79
72 Angiogenic cells, macroparticles and RNA transcripts in laparoscopic vs open surgery for colorectal cancer. Cancer Biol Ther 2010 0.78
73 Cell cycle regulators in multiple myeloma: prognostic implications of p53 nuclear accumulation. Hum Pathol 2003 0.78
74 Immunoglobulin heavy chain genes somatic hypermutations and chromosome 11q22-23 deletion in classic mantle cell lymphoma: a study of the Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research. Br J Haematol 2004 0.78
75 Angiogenesis occurs in hairy cell leukaemia (HCL) and in NOD/SCID mice transplanted with the HCL line Bonna-12. Br J Haematol 2003 0.77
76 Circulating endothelial cells (CECs) and progenitors (CEPs) in severe haemophiliacs with different clinical phenotype. Br J Haematol 2008 0.77
77 Cyclin D3 immunoreactivity in follicular lymphoma is independent of the t(6;14)(p21.1;q32.3) translocation or cyclin D3 gene amplification and is correlated with histologic grade and Ki-67 labeling index. Int J Cancer 2004 0.77
78 Strategies to investigate circulating endothelial cells in cancer. Pathophysiol Haemost Thromb 2005 0.76
79 Chimerism of the transplanted heart. N Engl J Med 2002 0.75
80 Blood-based biomarkers for the optimization of anti-angiogenic therapies. Cancers (Basel) 2010 0.75
81 Immunoreactivity for cyclin D1 is a reliable marker of gene aberration in plasma cell myeloma but does not specify patients prognosis. Leuk Res 2008 0.75
82 Functional and kinetic characterization of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-primed CD34- human stem cells. Br J Haematol 2003 0.75
83 Stromal cell-derived factor-1α promotes endothelial colony forming cell migration through the Ca2+-dependent activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and phosphoinositide 3-kinase/AKT pathways. Stem Cells Dev 2017 0.75
84 Stroma cells: a novel target of herceptin activity. Clin Cancer Res 2003 0.75
85 Erratum: The pan-class I phosphatidyl-inositol-3 kinase inhibitor NVP-BKM120 demonstrates anti-leukemic activity in acute myeloid leukemia. Sci Rep 2016 0.75