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Faculty

Francesca Mariani

Francesca Mariani

Associate Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine;Director for the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Master's Program;Course Director of Stem Cell Biology Regenerative Medicine;Well-being Director, Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Medicine
BCC 407 1425 San Pablo Street Health Sciences Campus Los Angeles

The dark side of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis Multidiscip Respir Med. 2025 Jul 21; 20. . View in PubMed

Skeletal Maturity and Age-Related Changes in Immune Cells and Circulatory Factors Impair Large-Scale Bone Regeneration Aging Cell. 2025 Jul 21; e70177. . View in PubMed

Hyaluronan in the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis associated to autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP) Front Med (Lausanne). 2025; 12:1650830. . View in PubMed

Encapsulation of Olea europaea Leaf Polyphenols in Liposomes: A Study on Their Antimicrobial Activity to Turn a Byproduct into a Tool to Treat Bacterial Infection ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2024 Dec 18; 16(50):68850-68863. . View in PubMed

Histological assessment of microtia cartilage, a potential source of autograft tissue in ear reconstruction J Anat. 2024 08; 245(2):339-345. . View in PubMed

Phenotypes and Serum Biomarkers in Sarcoidosis Diagnostics (Basel). 2024 Mar 27; 14(7). . View in PubMed

Criminal behaviors: A theory of mind problem? Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2024 Mar 11; 1-10.. View in PubMed

Eosinophilic cationic protein (ECP) in the clinical work-up of chronic cough Minerva Med. 2023 Apr; 114(2):148-151. . View in PubMed

Improving the Laboratory Diagnosis of M-like Variants Related to Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Aug 30; 23(17). . View in PubMed

A murine model of large-scale bone regeneration reveals a selective requirement for Sonic Hedgehog NPJ Regen Med. 2022 May 17; 7(1):30. . View in PubMed

A mini-whole lung lavage to treat autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) Respir Res. 2022 Mar 17; 23(1):60. . View in PubMed

The oncogenic landscape of the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a narrative review Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2022 Mar; 11(3):472-496. . View in PubMed

On the horizon: Hedgehog signaling to heal broken bones Bone Res. 2022 Feb 15; 10(1):13. . View in PubMed

Hydrophobic Eutectic Solvent-Based Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction Applied to the Analysis of Pesticides in Wine Molecules. 2022 Jan 28; 27(3). . View in PubMed

A Systematic Review on the Antimicrobial Properties of Mediterranean Wild Edible Plants: We Still Know Too Little about Them, but What We Do Know Makes Persistent Investigation Worthwhile Foods. 2021 Sep 18; 10(9). . View in PubMed

COVID-19 infection in severe Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency: Looking for a rationale Respir Med. 2021 07; 183:106440. . View in PubMed

Identification of the skeletal progenitor cells forming osteophytes in osteoarthritis Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 12; 79(12):1625-1634. . View in PubMed

Skeletal stem cells: insights into maintaining and regenerating the skeleton Development. 2020 03 11; 147(5). . View in PubMed

Multidisciplinary Approach in the Early Detection of Undiagnosed Connective Tissue Diseases in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study Front Med (Lausanne). 2020; 7:11. . View in PubMed

Sox9+ messenger cells orchestrate large-scale skeletal regeneration in the mammalian rib Elife. 2019 04 15; 8. . View in PubMed

The use of commercially available adhesive tapes to preserve cartilage and bone tissue integrity during cryosectioning Biotechniques. 2018 10; 65(4):191-196. . View in PubMed

A planar impedance sensor for 3D spheroids Lab Chip. 2018 03 13; 18(6):933-943. . View in PubMed

A minimally sufficient model for rib proximal-distal patterning based on genetic analysis and agent-based simulations Elife. 2017 10 25; 6. . View in PubMed

Microbial Diseases of Bivalve Mollusks: Infections, Immunology and Antimicrobial Defense Mar Drugs. 2017 Jun 17; 15(6). . View in PubMed

Myeloperoxidase-positive cell infiltration of normal colorectal mucosa is related to body fatness and is predictive of adenoma occurrence Int J Obes (Lond). 2017 06; 41(6):982-985. . View in PubMed

Ectoderm-mesoderm crosstalk in the embryonic limb: The role of fibroblast growth factor signaling Dev Dyn. 2017 04; 246(4):208-216. . View in PubMed

Prkci is required for a non-autonomous signal that coordinates cell polarity during cavitation Dev Biol. 2016 08 01; 416(1):82-97. . View in PubMed

Ihha induces hybrid cartilage-bone cells during zebrafish jawbone regeneration Development. 2016 06 15; 143(12):2066-76. . View in PubMed

Lavandula angustifolia MillEssential Oil Exerts Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Effect in Macrophage Mediated Immune Response to Staphylococcus aureus. Immunol Invest. 2016; 45(1):11-28. . View in PubMed

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Autophagy. 2016; 12(1):1-222. . View in PubMed

Atypical PKC-iota Controls Stem Cell Expansion via Regulation of the Notch Pathway Stem Cell Reports. 2015 Nov 10; 5(5):866-880. . View in PubMed

Iroquois Proteins Promote Skeletal Joint Formation by Maintaining Chondrocytes in an Immature State Dev Cell. 2015 Nov 09; 35(3):358-65. . View in PubMed

Ogilvie's Syndrome in an obstetric patients Minerva Ginecol. 2015 Oct; 67(5):486-7. . View in PubMed

Natural large-scale regeneration of rib cartilage in a mouse model J Bone Miner Res. 2015 Feb; 30(2):297-308. . View in PubMed

A surgical procedure for resecting the mouse rib: a model for large-scale long bone repair J Vis Exp. 2015 Jan 21; (95):52375. . View in PubMed

Dopamine amperometric detection at a ferrocene clicked PEDOT:PSS coated electrode J Mater Chem B. 2014 May 21; 2(19):2861-2867. . View in PubMed

A large kindred of pulmonary fibrosis associated with a novel ABCA3 gene variant Respir Res. 2014 Apr 15; 15:43. . View in PubMed

Updated embryology of the upper limb J Hand Surg Am. 2014 Apr; 39(4):811-2. . View in PubMed

Evidence that the limb bud ectoderm is required for survival of the underlying mesoderm Dev Biol. 2013 Sep 15; 381(2):341-52. . View in PubMed

Assessment and management of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis in a reference center Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2013 Mar 13; 8:40. . View in PubMed

Use of LysoTracker to detect programmed cell death in embryos and differentiating embryonic stem cells J Vis Exp. 2012 Oct 11; (68). . View in PubMed

Does an heterogeneous population exist in intracellular mycobacteria? Microb Pathog. 2012 Sep; 53(3-4):135-46.. View in PubMed

Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges Multidiscip Respir Med. 2012 Jun 11; 7(1):4. . View in PubMed

Impaired phagocytosis in macrophages from patients affected by lysinuric protein intolerance Mol Genet Metab. 2012 Apr; 105(4):585-9. . View in PubMed

Spray formulation of silver and hyaluronic acid in the treatment of superficial cutaneous ulcers of different etiopathogenesis: analysis of fifty-four clinical cases Panminerva Med. 2011 Sep; 53(3):185-91. . View in PubMed

[Radon risk evaluation in a hospital context] G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2011 Jul-Sep; 33(3 Suppl):424-7. . View in PubMed

C reactive protein and alpha1-antitrypsin: relationship between levels and gene variants Transl Res. 2011 Jun; 157(6):332-8. . View in PubMed

Physical properties, lung deposition modeling, and bioactivity of recombinant GM-CSF aerosolised with a highly efficient nebulizer Pulm Pharmacol Ther. 2011 Feb; 24(1):123-7. . View in PubMed

Lysophosphatidic acid enhances antimycobacterial response during in vivo primary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection Cell Immunol. 2011; 271(1):1-4. . View in PubMed

Different transcriptional profiles of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells infected with distinct strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin Clin Dev Immunol. 2011; 2011:741051. . View in PubMed

In Lysinuric Protein Intolerance system y+L activity is defective in monocytes and in GM-CSF-differentiated macrophages Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2010 Nov 26; 5:32. . View in PubMed

Therapy options in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis Ther Adv Respir Dis. 2010 Aug; 4(4):239-48. . View in PubMed

The problems of clinical trials and registries in rare diseases Respir Med. 2010 Jul; 104 Suppl 1:S42-4. . View in PubMed

Recombinant BCG-Rv1767 amount determines, in vivo, antigen-specific T cells location, frequency, and protective outcome Microb Pathog. 2010 May; 48(5):150-9. . View in PubMed

Proximal to distal patterning during limb development and regeneration: a review of converging disciplines Regen Med. 2010 May; 5(3):451-62. . View in PubMed

Plasmapheresis for treatment of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis Eur Respir J. 2009 May; 33(5):1220-2. . View in PubMed

Design of immunogenic peptides from Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes expressed during macrophage infection Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2009 May; 89(3):210-7. . View in PubMed

Prognostic relevance of proliferative activity evaluated by Mib-1 immunostaining in node negative breast cancer Eur J Surg Oncol. 2008 Dec; 34(12):1299-303. . View in PubMed

Genetic evidence that FGFs have an instructive role in limb proximal-distal patterning Nature. 2008 May 15; 453(7193):401-5. . View in PubMed

[Retrospective analysis of the accidents causing work inability in a teaching hospital during the time 2002-2006] G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2007 Jul-Sep; 29(3 Suppl):634-5. . View in PubMed

[Implementation of a safety and health planning system in a teaching hospital] G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2007 Jul-Sep; 29(3 Suppl):429-31. . View in PubMed

[Biological monitoring in oil refinery workers] G Ital Med Lav Ergon. 2007 Jul-Sep; 29(3 Suppl):555-6. . View in PubMed

Breast cancer local recurrence: risk factors and prognostic relevance of early time to recurrence World J Surg. 2007 Jan; 31(1):36-45. . View in PubMed

Sphingosine 1-phosphate interferes on the differentiation of human monocytes into competent dendritic cells Scand J Immunol. 2007 Jan; 65(1):84-91. . View in PubMed

Transcriptional profile of the immune response in the lungs of patients with active tuberculosis Clin Immunol. 2006 Oct; 121(1):100-7. . View in PubMed

Human monocyte-derived dendritic cells differentiated in the presence of IL-2 produce proinflammatory cytokines and prime Th1 immune response J Leukoc Biol. 2006 Sep; 80(3):555-62. . View in PubMed

Gene expression profiling of human macrophages at late time of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Immunology. 2006 Aug; 118(4):449-60. . View in PubMed

Profiling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene expression during human macrophage infection: upregulation of the alternative sigma factor G, a group of transcriptional regulators, and proteins with unknown function Res Microbiol. 2006 Jun; 157(5):445-55. . View in PubMed

An improved, real-time PCR assay for the detection of GC-rich and low abundance templates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis J Microbiol Methods. 2006 Mar; 64(3):406-10. . View in PubMed

[Cryosurgery with transpleurodiaphragmatic approach in the treatment of non-resectable and recurrent hepatic metastasis from the colorectum] Suppl Tumori. 2005 May-Jun; 4(3):S44. . View in PubMed

[Surgical resection of gastrointestinal stromal tumor after treatment with imatinib: clinical case] Suppl Tumori. 2005 May-Jun; 4(3):S97. . View in PubMed

Inhibitory effect of NO-releasing ciprofloxacin (NCX 976) on Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2003 Jul; 47(7):2299-302. . View in PubMed

Deciphering skeletal patterning: clues from the limb Nature. 2003 May 15; 423(6937):319-25. . View in PubMed

Functions of FGF signalling from the apical ectodermal ridge in limb development Nature. 2002 Aug 01; 418(6897):501-8. . View in PubMed

Human macrophage gamma interferon decreases gene expression but not replication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: analysis of the host-pathogen reciprocal influence on transcription in a comparison of strains H37Rv and CMT97 Infect Immun. 2001 Dec; 69(12):7262-70. . View in PubMed

Glutamine-supplemented total parenteral nutrition in major abdominal surgery Nutrition. 2001 Nov-Dec; 17(11-12):968-9. . View in PubMed

Lipid modification of the Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Biochem J. 2001 Oct 01; 359(Pt 1):17-22. . View in PubMed

The neural plate specifies somite size in the Xenopus laevis gastrula Dev Cell. 2001 Jul; 1(1):115-26. . View in PubMed

Initial experience with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and pouch dilatation: two cases Obes Surg. 2001 Apr; 11(2):229-31. . View in PubMed

Influence of static magnetic fields on cell viability, necrosis and apoptosis Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 2001 Apr-Jun; 77(4-6):71-84. . View in PubMed

Familial medullary thyroid carcinoma (FMTC)Study of one family (treatment criteria). Eur J Surg Oncol. 2001 Mar; 27(2):162-4. . View in PubMed

Ski represses bone morphogenic protein signaling in Xenopus and mammalian cells Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Dec 19; 97(26):14394-9. . View in PubMed

Use of large-scale expression cloning screens in the Xenopus laevis tadpole to identify gene function Dev Biol. 2000 Dec 15; 228(2):197-210. . View in PubMed

Ras-mediated FGF signaling is required for the formation of posterior but not anterior neural tissue in Xenopus laevis Dev Biol. 2000 Nov 01; 227(1):183-96. . View in PubMed

Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv comparative gene-expression analysis in synthetic medium and human macrophage Gene. 2000 Aug 08; 253(2):281-91. . View in PubMed

Expression of CCR5 is increased in human monocyte-derived macrophages and alveolar macrophages in the course of in vivo and in vitro Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 1999 Jul 01; 15(10):869-74. . View in PubMed

XBF-2 is a transcriptional repressor that converts ectoderm into neural tissue Development. 1998 Dec; 125(24):5019-31. . View in PubMed

Infection of human monocytes with Mycobacterium tuberculosis enhances human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication and transmission to T cells J Infect Dis. 1997 Jun; 175(6):1531-5. . View in PubMed

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Characterization of an IS-like element from Mycobacterium tuberculosis J Gen Microbiol. 1993 Aug; 139(8):1767-72. . View in PubMed

Early immune responses to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and atopic predisposition Arch Dis Child. 1992 Aug; 67(8):1023-6. . View in PubMed

The IgG subclass antibody response to an inhalant antigen (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) during the first year of life: evidence for early stimulation of the immune system following natural exposure Clin Exp Allergy. 1992 Jan; 22(1):29-33. . View in PubMed

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