List of works by Cesare Usai

A new function for glycine GlyT2 transporters: Stimulation of γ-aminobutyric acid release from cerebellar nerve terminals through GAT1 transporter reversal and Ca(2+)-dependent anion channels

scientific article published on 23 November 2013

A role for GABAA receptors in the modulation of Paramecium swimming behavior

scientific article published in October 2005

ABA- and cADPR-mediated effects on respiration and filtration downstream of the temperature-signaling cascade in sponges.

scientific article published on February 2003

ADP-ribosyl cyclases generate two unusual adenine homodinucleotides with cytotoxic activity on mammalian cells

scientific article

Abnormal exocytotic release of glutamate in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

scientific article published on 20 January 2011

Abscisic acid activates the murine microglial cell line N9 through the second messenger cyclic ADP-ribose

scientific article published on 27 March 2009

Abscisic acid is an endogenous cytokine in human granulocytes with cyclic ADP-ribose as second messenger

scholarly article

Abscisic acid is an endogenous stimulator of insulin release from human pancreatic islets with cyclic ADP ribose as second messenger

scientific article

Abscisic acid released by human monocytes activates monocytes and vascular smooth muscle cell responses involved in atherogenesis

scientific article published on 30 March 2009

Activation of gamma-aminobutyric acid GAT-1 transporters on glutamatergic terminals of mouse spinal cord mediates glutamate release through anion channels and by transporter reversal

scientific article published on May 2005

An interplexiform cell in the goldfish retina: light-evoked response pattern and intracellular staining with horseradish peroxidase

scientific article published in April 1991

Association of increased CCL5 and CXCL7 chemokine expression with neutrophil activation in severe stable COPD.

scientific article published on 23 August 2009

Autocrine abscisic acid plays a key role in quartz-induced macrophage activation

scientific article

Biophysical effects of the natural product euplotin C on the Paramecium membrane

scientific article published on 24 September 2009

Bradykinin B2 receptor expression in the bronchial mucosa of allergic asthmatics: the role of NF-kB.

scientific article published on 20 November 2015

Bronchial airway epithelial cell damage following exposure to cigarette smoke includes disassembly of tight junction components mediated by the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 pathway

scientific article published on 15 May 2009

Capacitance--voltage relationship in phospholipid bilayers containing gangliosides.

scientific article published in March 1983

Co-existence of GABA and Glu transporters in the central nervous system.

scientific article published on January 2006

Colocalization of neurotransmitter transporters on the plasma membrane of the same nerve terminal may reflect cotransmission.

scientific article

Computer aided tracing and encoding of axonal arborizations

scientific article

Concentrative influx of functionally active cyclic ADP-ribose in dimethyl sulfoxide-differentiated HL-60 cells

scientific article published on 17 March 2004

Concentrative uptake of cyclic ADP-ribose generated by BST-1+ stroma stimulates proliferation of human hematopoietic progenitors

scientific article published on December 2004

Corrigendum to "Colocalization of neurotransmitter transporters on the plasma membrane of the same nerve terminal may reflect cotransmission" [Brain Res. Bull. 127 (2016) 100-110].

scientific article published in January 2017

Cyclic ADP-ribose is a second messenger in the lipopolysaccharide-stimulated activation of murine N9 microglial cell line

scientific article published on October 2006

Cyclic ADP-ribose is a second messenger in the lipopolysaccharide-stimulated proliferation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

scientific article published on October 2003

Cyclic ADP-ribose-mediated expansion and stimulation of human mesenchymal stem cells by the plant hormone abscisic acid.

scientific article published on 7 August 2008

Cytokines induce tight junction disassembly in airway cells via an EGFR-dependent MAPK/ERK1/2-pathway

scientific article published on August 2012

Diadenosine homodinucleotide products of ADP-ribosyl cyclases behave as modulators of the purinergic receptor P2X7.

scientific article published on 3 May 2010

Dysregulated Ca2+ homeostasis in Fanconi anemia cells

scientific article

Effect of gangliosides on phospholipid bilayers: A study with the lipophilic ions relaxation method

scientific article published in February 1984

Effect of the bioactive metabolite euplotin C on phagocytosis and fluid-phase endocytosis in the single-celled eukaryote Paramecium

Electro-magnetic field promotes osteogenic differentiation of BM-hMSCs through a selective action on Ca(2+)-related mechanisms

scientific article

Endocytosis of GABAB receptors modulates membrane excitability in the single-celled organism Paramecium

scientific article published on 25 April 2006

Enhanced Function and Overexpression of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors 1 and 5 in the Spinal Cord of the SOD1G93A Mouse Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis during Disease Progression

scientific article published on 13 September 2019

Evaluation of energy metabolism and calcium homeostasis in cells affected by Shwachman-Diamond syndrome

scientific article published on 5 May 2016

Evidence for ciliary pigment localization in colored ciliates and implications for their photosensory transduction chain: a confocal microscopy study

scientific article published in December 2007

Exocytosis regulates trafficking of GABA and glycine heterotransporters in spinal cord glutamatergic synapses: a mechanism for the excessive heterotransporter-induced release of glutamate in experimental amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

scientific article published on 10 December 2014

Expression of CD38 increases intracellular calcium concentration and reduces doubling time in HeLa and 3T3 cells

scientific article published on April 1998

Expression of vascular remodelling markers in relation to bradykinin receptors in asthma and COPD.

scientific article published on 5 June 2013

Extracellular NAD+ regulates intracellular calcium levels and induces activation of human granulocytes

scientific article published in February 2006

Fumarates modulate microglia activation through a novel HCAR2 signaling pathway and rescue synaptic dysregulation in inflamed CNS.

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

Functional expression of release-regulating glycine transporters GLYT1 on GABAergic neurons and GLYT2 on astrocytes in mouse spinal cord

GABAA receptor subunits identified in Paramecium by immunofluorescence confocal microscopy

scientific article

GABAB receptor intracellular trafficking after internalization in Paramecium

scientific article

Gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) release in the ciliated protozoon Paramecium occurs by neuronal-like exocytosis

scientific article published in April 2010

Glia re-sealed particles freshly prepared from adult rat brain are competent for exocytotic release of glutamate

scientific article published on 12 January 2006

Glutamate release from astrocytic gliosomes under physiological and pathological conditions.

scientific article published on January 2009

Group I metabotropic glutamate autoreceptors induce abnormal glutamate exocytosis in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

scientific article published on 23 May 2012

High affinity block by nimodipine of the internal calcium elevation in chronically depolarized rat cerebellar granule neurons.

scientific article published in March 1996

In vitro activation of GAT1 transporters expressed in spinal cord gliosomes stimulates glutamate release that is abnormally elevated in the SOD1/G93A(+) mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

scientific article published in February 2010

In vitro exposure to nicotine induces endocytosis of presynaptic AMPA receptors modulating dopamine release in rat nucleus accumbens nerve terminals

scientific article published on 5 July 2012

Mechanisms of bradykinin-induced contraction in human fetal lung fibroblasts

scientific article published on 29 March 2010

Mesenchymal Stem Cells Shape Microglia Effector Functions Through the Release of CX3CL1

article by Debora Giunti et al published 20 August 2012 in Stem Cells

Multi-photon excitation microscopy

scientific article

NAADP+ is an agonist of the human P2Y11 purinergic receptor

scientific article published on 17 August 2007

Notes on theory and experimental conditions behind two-photon excitation microscopy

P2X7-mediated increased intracellular calcium causes functional derangement in Schwann cells from rats with CMT1A neuropathy

scientific article published on 22 June 2009

Patch-clamp recordings in isolated sponge cells (Axinella polypoides).

scientific article published in February 2003

Pathways of Cadmium Influx in Mammalian Neurons

scientific article published on 28 June 2008

Pharmacological characterization of NMDA-like receptors in the single-celled organism Paramecium primaurelia

scientific article published on 18 October 2013

Pharmacological modulation of the bradykinin-induced differentiation of human lung fibroblasts: effects of budesonide and formoterol.

scientific article

Photobleaching

Presynaptic mGlu1 and mGlu5 autoreceptors facilitate glutamate exocytosis from mouse cortical nerve endings

scientific article published on 3 July 2008

Presynaptic mGlu7 receptors control GABA release in mouse hippocampus.

scientific article published on 27 April 2012

Presynaptic, release-regulating mGlu2 -preferring and mGlu3 -preferring autoreceptors in CNS: pharmacological profiles and functional roles in demyelinating disease

scientific article published on 21 January 2016

Properties of ionic transport through phospholipid-glycolipid artificial bilayers

scientific article published in December 1982

Regulation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Functions by an Autocrine Loop Involving NAD+ Release and P2Y11-Mediated Signaling

scholarly article by Floriana Fruscione et al published July 2011 in Stem Cells and Development

Swimming behavior regulation by GABAB receptors in Paramecium

scientific article

The effect of pulsed electromagnetic field exposure on osteoinduction of human mesenchymal stem cells cultured on nano-TiO2 surfaces.

scientific article published on 14 June 2018

The endocannabinoid system in rat gliosomes and its role in the modulation of glutamate release.

scientific article published on 15 August 2010

The enzymatic activities of CD38 enhance CLL growth and trafficking: implications for therapeutic targeting.

scientific article published on 3 July 2014

The high-mobility group box 1 cytokine induces transporter-mediated release of glutamate from glial subcellular particles (gliosomes) prepared from in situ-matured astrocytes.

scientific article published on January 2007

The plant hormone abscisic acid stimulates the proliferation of human hemopoietic progenitors through the second messenger cyclic ADP-ribose.

scientific article published in October 2009

The role of the C-terminus for functional heteromerization of the plant channel KDC1.

scientific article published on May 2009

The temperature-signaling cascade in sponges involves a heat-gated cation channel, abscisic acid, and cyclic ADP-ribose.

scientific article

Three-dimensional microscopy migrates to the web with "PowerUp Your Microscope".

scientific article

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