!!Giulio Cossu - Publications
[Selected publications|http://www.sanraffaele.org/52.html?page=5]
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__Major publications__
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Fuoco C, Rizzi R, Biondo A, Longa E, Mascaro A, Shapira-Schweitzer K, Kossovar O, Benedetti S, Salvatori ML, Santoleri S, Testa S, Bernardini S, Bottinelli R, Bearzi C, Cannata SM, Seliktar D, __Cossu G__, Gargioli C. 2015. In vivo generation of a mature and functional artificial skeletal muscle. __EMBO Mol Med.__ In press.
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Bonfanti C, Rossi G, Tedesco FS, Giannotta M, Benedetti S, Tonlorenzi R, Antonini S, Marazzi G, Dejana E, Sassoon D, __Cossu G__, Messina G. 2015. PW1/Peg3 expression regulates key properties determining mesoangioblast stem cell competence. __Nature Comm.__ In press.
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Di Foggia V, Zhang X, Licastro D, Gerli M, Padkhe R, Muntoni F, Mourikis P, Tajbakhsk S, Ellis M, Greaves L, Taylor R, __Cossu G__, Robson L, Marino S. 2014. Bm1 enhances skeletal muscle regeneration through MT1 mediated oxidative stress protection in a mouse model of dystrophinopathy. __J. Exp. Med.__ 211:2617-33.
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Azzoni E, Conti V, Dellavalle A, Campana L, Adams RH, __Cossu G__, Brunelli S. 2014 Mouse yolk sac VE-Cadherin+ cells generate mesodermal multipotent progenitors that physiologically contribute to several lineages in the embryo and in the growing and regenerating skeletal muscle. __Development__ 141:1821-34.
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Cappellari O, Benedetti S, Innocenzi A, Tedesco FS, Moreno-Fortuny A, Ugarte G, Lampugnanui MG, Messina G and __Cossu G.__ 2013. Dll4 and PDGF-BB convert committed skeletal myoblasts to pericytes without erasing their myogenic memory. __Developmental Cell 24__, 586-599.
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Tedesco FS, Gerli MF, Perani L, Benedetti S, Ungaro F, Cassano M, Antonini S, Tagliafico E, Artusi V, Longa E, Tonlorenzi R, Ragazzi M, Calderazzi G, Hoshiya H, Cappellari O, Mora M, Schoser B, Schneiderat P, Oshimura M, Bottinelli R, Sampaolesi M, Torrente Y, Broccoli V, __Cossu G.__ 2012. Transplantation of Genetically Corrected Human iPSC-Derived Progenitors in Mice with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy. Science Translational Medicine 4(140):140ra89.
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Dellavalle A, Maroli G, Covarello D, Azzoni E, Innocenzi A, Perani L, Antonini S, Sambasivan R, Brunelli S, Tajbakhsh S and __Cossu G.__ 2011. Pericytes resident in post-natal skeletal muscle differentiate into muscle fibers and generate satellite cells. __Nature Comm.__ Oct 11;2:499.
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Tedesco FS, Hoshiya H, D’Antona G, Gerli MFM, Messina G, Antonini S, Tonlorenzi R, Benedetti S, Berghella L, Torrente Y, Kazuki Y, Bottinelli R, Oshimura M, Cossu G. 2011. Stem Cell-Mediated Transfer of a Human Artificial Chromosome Ameliorates Muscular Dystrophy. __Science Translational Medicine__ 3:96ra78.
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Messina G., Biressi S., Monteverde S., Magli A., Cassano M., Perani L., Roncaglia E., Tagliafico E., Starnes L, Cambpell CE., Grossi M., Goldhamer DJ.,  Gronostajski RM., __Cossu G.__ (2010). Nfix regulates fetal specific transcription in developing skeletal muscle. __Cell__ 140, 554-566.  IF 31.152. 
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Gargioli C., Coletta M., De Grandis F., Cannata SM and __Cossu G.__ (2008). PlGF-MMP9 expressing cells restore microcirculation and efficacy of cell therapy in old dystrophic muscle. __Nature Med.__ 14:973-8. IF 27.136
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Berghella L., De Angelis L., De Buysscher T., Mortazavi A., Biressi S., Forcales SV.,  Sirabella D., __Cossu G.__ and Wold B. (2008). A highly conserved molecular switch binds MSY-3 to regulate myogenin repression in post-natal muscle __Genes & Dev__. 22:2125-38. IF 12.075
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Dellavalle A., Sampaolesi M., Tonlorenzi R.,  Tagliafico E.,  Sacchetti B.,  Perani L., Innocenzi B., Galvez BG.,  Messina G., Morosetti R., Li S., Belicchi M.,  Peretti G., Chamberlain JS., Wright WE, Torrente Y, Ferrari S, Bianco P and __Cossu G.__  (2007). Pericytes of human skeletal muscle are myogenic precursors distinct from satellite cells. __Nature Cell Biol__. 9:255-267. IF 19.527
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Sampaolesi, M., Blot, S., D’Antona, G., Granger, N., Tonlorenzi, R., Innocenzi, A., Mognol, P., Thibaud, J.L., Galvez, B.G., Barthélémy, I., Perani, L., Mantero, S., Guttinger, M., Pansarasa, O., Rinaldi, C., Cusella De Angelis, M.G., Torrente, Y., Bordignon, C., Bottinelli, R. and __Cossu, G.__ (2006). Mesoangioblast stem cells ameliorate muscle function in dystrophic dogs. __Nature__, 444:574-9. IF 34.480
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Sampaolesi M, Torrente Y, Innocenzi A, Tonlorenzi R, D’Antona G, Pellegrino MA, Barresi R, Bresolin N, Cusella De Angelis MG, Campbell KP,  Bottinelli R,  __Cossu G.__ (2003) Cell therapy of alpha sarcoglycan null dystrophic mice through intra-arterial delivery of mesoangioblasts. __Science__ 301, 487-492. IF 29.747
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Galli R, Borello U, Gritti A, Minasi MG, Bjornson C, Coletta M, Mora M, De Angelis MG, Fiocco R, __Cossu G.__, Vescovi AL. (2000). Skeletal myogenic potential of human and mouse neural stem cells. __Nature Neurosci.__ 3:986-91. IF 14.345
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Ferrari G., Cusella-De Angelis G., Coletta M., Paolucci E., Stornaiuolo A., __Cossu G.__, Mavilio F. (1998). Muscle regeneration by bone marrow-derived myogenic progenitors. __Science__ 279:1528-30. IF 29.747
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Tajbakhsh S., Rocancourt D., __Cossu G.__, Buckingham M. (1997). Redefining the genetic hierarchies controlling skeletal myogenesis: Pax-3 and Myf-5 act upstream of MyoD. __Cell__ 89:127-38. IF 31.152.
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Tajbakhsh S., Vivarelli E., Cusella-De Angelis G., Rocancourt D., Buckingham M., __Cossu G.__ (1994). A population of myogenic cells derived from the mouse neural tube. __Neuron__ 13:813-21. IF 13.260