Mariagrazia Pizza - Selected Publications#

Pizza M, Bartoloni A, Prugnola A, Silvestri S, Rappuoli R. (1988). Subunit S1 of pertussis toxin: mapping of the regions essential for ADP-ribosyltransferase activity.. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
ISSN: 0027-8424

Pizza M, Covacci A, Bartoloni A, Perugini M, Nencioni L, De Magistris MT, Villa L, Nucci D, Manetti R, Bugnoli M, Giovannoni F, Olivieri R, Barbieri JT, Sato H, Rappuoli R. (1989). Mutants of pertussis toxin suitable for vaccine development. SCIENCE, vol. 246, ISSN: 0036-8075

Giuliani MM, Del Giudice G, Giannelli V, Dougan G, Douce G, Rappuoli R,Pizza M (1998). Mucosal adjuvanticity and immunogenicity of LTR72, anovel mutant of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin with partial knockout of ADP-ribosyltransferase activity.. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, ISSN: 0022-1007 15 1989

Pizza M, Scarlato V, Masignani V, Giuliani MM, Aricò B, Comanducci M, Jennings GT, Baldi L, Bartolini E, Capecchi B, Galeotti CL, Luzzi E, Manetti R, Marchetti E, Mora M, Nuti S, Ratti G, Santini L, S [...] Granoff DM, Venter JC, Moxon ER, Grandi G, Rappuoli R (2000). Identification of vaccine candidates against serogroup B meningococcus by whole-genome sequencing. SCIENCE, vol. 287, ISSN: 0036-8075 14 1998

Masignani V, Comanducci M, Giuliani MM, Bambini S, Adu-Bobie J, Arico B, Brunelli B, Pieri A, Santini L, Savino S, Serruto D, Litt D, Kroll S, Welsch JA, Granoff DM, Rappuoli R, Pizza M (2003). Vaccination against Neisseria meningitidis using three variants of the lipoprotein GNA1870.. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, ISSN: 0022-1007, doi: 10.1084/jem.20021911

Giuliani MM, Adu-Bobie J, Comanducci M, Aricò B, Savino S, Santini L, Brunelli B, Bambini S, Biolchi A, Capecchi B, Cartocci E, Ciucchi L, Di Marcello F, Ferlicca F, Galli B, Luzzi E, Masignani V, Ser [...] li R, Pizza M, (2006). A universal vaccine for serogroup B meningococcus.. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ISSN: 0027-8424, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0603940103

Seib KL, Serruto D, Oriente F, Delany I, Adu-Bobie J, Veggi D, Aricò B, Rappuoli R, Pizza M (2009). Factor H-binding protein is important for meningococcal survival in human whole blood and serum and in the presence of the antimicrobial peptide LL-37.. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, ISSN: 0019-9567, doi: 10.1128/IAI.01071-08

Esposito V, Musi V, de Chiara C, Veggi D, Serruto D, Scarselli M, Kelly G, Pizza M, Pastore A. (2011). Structure of the C-terminal domain of Neisseria heparin binding antigen (NHBA), one of the main antigens of a novel vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis.. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, ISSN: 1083-351X, doi: 10.1074/jbc.M111.289314

Pizza M (2011). A life passion for vaccines.. HUMAN VACCINES, vol. 7, p. 808-810, ISSN: 1554-8600, doi: 10.4161/hv.7.8.17637

Pizza M, Rappuoli R (2015). Neisseria meningitidis: pathogenesis and immunity. CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY, vol. 23, ISSN: 1369-5274, doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.11.006

Ladhani SN, Giuliani MM, Biolchi A, Pizza M, Beebeejaun K, Lucidarme J, Findlow J, Ramsay ME, Borrow R (2016). Effectiveness of Meningococcal B Vaccine against Endemic Hypervirulent Neisseria meningitidis W Strain, England.. EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol. 22, ISSN: 1080-6059, doi: 10.3201/eid2202.150369 4 2016

Spotlight on... Mariagrazia Pizza. (2017) FEMS Microbiol Lett. Mar 1;364(5). doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnw299.

López-Sagaseta J, Beernink PT, Bianchi F, Santini L, Frigimelica E, Lucas AH, Pizza M, Bottomley MJ (2018) Crystal structure reveals vaccine elicited bactericidal human antibody targeting a conserved epitope on meningococcal fHbp Nat Commun. 2018 Feb 6;9(1):528. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-02827-7.