Federico Bussolino - Selected publications#

Publications: 280 international peer reviewed papers; H index(ISI): 66; 13135 citations (without self citations); 11 papers with more 300 citations. 15 papers with IF>20

Marchiò S, Soster M, Cardaci S, Muratore A, Bartolini A, Barone V, Ribero D, Monti M, Bovino P, Sun J, Giavazzi R, Asioli S, Cassoni P, Capussotti L, Pucci P, Bugatti A, Rusnati M, Pasqualini R, Arap W, Bussolino F. A complex of α6 integrin and E-cadherin drives liver metastasis of colorectal cancer cells through hepatic angiopoietin-like 6. EMBO Mol Med. 2012 Nov;4(11):1156-75.

2: Napione L, Strasly M, Meda C, Mitola S, Alvaro M, Doronzo G, Marchiò S, Giraudo E, Primo L, Arese M, Bussolino F. IL-12-dependent innate immunity arrests endothelial cells in G0-G1 phase by a p21(Cip1/Waf1)-mediated mechanism. Angiogenesis. 2012 Dec;15(4):713-25.

3: Rissone A, Foglia E, Sangiorgio L, Cermenati S, Nicoli S, Cimbro S, Beltrame M, *Bussolino F, Cotelli F, Arese M. The synaptic proteins β-neurexin and neuroligin synergize with extracellular matrix-binding vascular endothelial growth factor a during zebrafish vascular development. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012 Jul;32(7):1563-72.

4: Napione L, Pavan S, Veglio A, Picco A, Boffetta G, Celani A, Seano G, Primo L, Gamba A, Bussolino F. Unraveling the influence of endothelial cell density on VEGF-A signaling. Blood. 2012 Jun 7;119(23):5599-607.

5: Maione F, Capano S, Regano D, Zentilin L, Giacca M, Casanovas O, Bussolino F, Serini G, Giraudo E. Semaphorin 3A overcomes cancer hypoxia and metastatic dissemination induced by antiangiogenic treatment in mice. J Clin Invest. 2May 1;122(5):1832-48.

6: Meda C, Molla F, De Pizzol M, Regano D, Maione F, Capano S, Locati M, Mantovani A, Latini R, B*ussolino F, Giraudo E. Semaphorin 4A exerts a proangiogenic effect by enhancing vascular endothelial growth factor-A expression in macrophages. J Immunol. 2012 Apr 15;188(8):4081-92.

7: Bottos A, Martini M, Di Nicolantonio F, Comunanza V, Maione F, Minassi A, Appendino G, *Bussolino F, Bardelli A. Targeting oncogenic serine/threonine-protein kinase BRAF in cancer cells inhibits angiogenesis and abrogates hypoxia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 7;109(6):E353-9.

8: Primo L, Seano G, Roca C, Maione F, Gagliardi PA, Sessa R, Martinelli M, Giraudo E, di Blasio L, Bussolino F. Increased expression of alpha6 integrin in endothelial cells unveils a proangiogenic role for basement membrane. Cancer Res. 2010 Jul 15;70(14):5759-69.

9: Bottos A, Destro E, Rissone A, Graziano S, Cordara G, Assenzio B, Cera MR, Mascia L, *Bussolino F, Arese M. The synaptic proteins neurexins and neuroligins are widely expressed in the vascular system and contribute to its functions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Dec 8;106(49):20782-7.

10: Maione F, Molla F, Meda C, Latini R, Zentilin L, Giacca M, Seano G, Serini G, *Bussolino F, Giraudo E. Semaphorin 3A is an endogenous angiogenesis inhibitor that blocks tumor growth and normalizes tumor vasculature in transgenic mouse models. J Clin Invest. 2009 Nov;119(11):3356-72.

*Co-last author