List of works by Valentina Masola

A new mechanism of action of sulodexide in diabetic nephropathy: inhibits heparanase-1 and prevents FGF-2-induced renal epithelial-mesenchymal transition.

scientific article

Antidepressant hyperforin up-regulates VEGF in CNS tumour cells.

scientific article published on 29 September 2010

Collagen Fiber Array of Peritumoral Stroma Influences Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Invasive Potential of Mammary Cancer Cells

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

Colorectal Cancer Cell Invasion and Functional Properties Depend on Peri-Tumoral Extracellular Matrix

scientific article published in 2023

Dialysis-related transcriptomic profiling: the pivotal role of heparanase

scientific article

Downregulation of nuclear-encoded genes of oxidative metabolism in dialyzed chronic kidney disease patients

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition in the liver field: the double face of Everolimus in vitro.

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Everolimus-induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in bronchial/pulmonary cells: when the dosage does matter in transplantation.

scientific article

Everolimus-induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition in immortalized human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells: key role of heparanase

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Expression of LGI1 Impairs Proliferation and Survival of HeLa Cells

scientific article published on 7 October 2009

Extracellular Matrix-Mediated Breast Cancer Cells Morphological Alterations, Invasiveness, and Microvesicles/Exosomes Release

scientific article published on 04 September 2020

Fibrosis of Peritoneal Membrane as Target of New Therapies in Peritoneal Dialysis

publication published on 27 April 2022

Fluoxetine may worsen hyperoxia-induced lung damage in neonatal rats

scientific article published on 01 December 2012

Glycosaminoglycans, proteoglycans and sulodexide and the endothelium: biological roles and pharmacological effects

scientific article

Heparanase activity in alveolar and embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma: implications for tumor invasion

scientific article published in 2009

Heparanase and macrophage interplay in the onset of liver fibrosis

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Heparanase and syndecan-1 interplay orchestrates fibroblast growth factor-2-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in renal tubular cells

scientific article published on 18 November 2011

Heparanase as a target in cancer therapy.

scientific article published on March 2014

Heparanase is a key player in renal fibrosis by regulating TGF-β expression and activity

scientific article

Heparanase regulates the M1 polarization of renal macrophages and their crosstalk with renal epithelial tubular cells after ischemia/reperfusion injury.

scientific article

Heparanase: A Multitasking Protein Involved in Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Remodeling and Intracellular Events

Heparanase: A Potential New Factor Involved in the Renal Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Induced by Ischemia/Reperfusion (I/R) Injury

scientific article

Heparanase: another renal player controlled by vitamin D

scientific article published on 14 November 2015

Impact of heparanase on renal fibrosis

scientific article

In Vitro Identification of New Transcriptomic and miRNomic Profiles Associated with Pulmonary Fibrosis Induced by High Doses Everolimus: Looking for New Pathogenetic Markers and Therapeutic Targets.

scientific article published on 20 April 2018

Increased expression of LGI1 gene triggers growth inhibition and apoptosis of neuroblastoma cells.

scientific article published on June 2006

Involvement of heparanase in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury: nephroprotective effect of PG545.

scientific article published on 25 March 2017

L-citrulline Prevents Alveolar and Vascular Derangement in a Rat Model of Moderate Hyperoxia-induced Lung Injury

scientific article published on 20 March 2012

NLRP3 inflammasome activation in dialyzed chronic kidney disease patients

scientific article

Recent data concerning heparanase: focus on fibrosis, inflammation and cancer

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Regulation of heparanase by albumin and advanced glycation end products in proximal tubular cells

scientific article published on 12 May 2011

Specific heparanase inhibition reverses glucose-induced mesothelial-to-mesenchymal transition.

scientific article published on 7 January 2017

Sulodexide alone or in combination with low doses of everolimus inhibits the hypoxia-mediated epithelial to mesenchymal transition in human renal proximal tubular cells.

scientific article published on 9 June 2015

Sulodexide and glycosaminoglycans in the progression of renal disease

scientific article

The Story of SPATA2 (Spermatogenesis-Associated Protein 2): From Sertoli Cells to Pancreatic Beta-Cells

scientific article

mTOR inhibitors and renal allograft: Yin and Yang.

scientific article published on 08 May 2014