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List of works by Mirella Profita

25-Hydroxyvitamin D, IL-31, and IL-33 in children with allergic disease of the airways

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A 3D "In Vitro" Model to Study Hyaluronan Effect in Nasal Epithelial Cell Line Exposed to Double-Stranded RNA Poly(I:C)

scientific article published on 03 December 2019

Acetylcholine leads to signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT-1) mediated oxidative/nitrosative stress in human bronchial epithelial cell line

scientific article published on 27 June 2013

Acetylcholine mediates the release of IL-8 in human bronchial epithelial cells by a NFkB/ERK-dependent mechanism

scientific article published on 9 January 2008

Advances in asthma pathophysiology: stepping forward from the Maurizio Vignola experience

scientific article published on March 2015

Airway cell composition at rest and after an all-out test in competitive rowers

scientific article published in October 2004

Airway cells after swimming outdoors or in the sea in nonasthmatic athletes

scientific article published in July 2003

Airway lipoxin A4/formyl peptide receptor 2-lipoxin receptor levels in pediatric patients with severe asthma

scientific article published on 10 March 2016

Autocrine Acetylcholine, Induced by IL-17A via NFκB and ERK1/2 Pathway Activation, Promotes MUC5AC and IL-8 Synthesis in Bronchial Epithelial Cells

scientific article published on 19 May 2016

Beclomethasone dipropionate and formoterol reduce oxidative/nitrosative stress generated by cigarette smoke extracts and IL-17A in human bronchial epithelial cells

scientific article published on 19 August 2013

Biochemical interaction between effects of beclomethasone dipropionate and salbutamol or formoterol in sputum cells from mild to moderate asthmatics

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Biologically active intercellular adhesion molecule-1 is shed as dimers by a regulated mechanism in the inflamed pleural space

scientific article published on 5 February 2003

Bronchial epithelial damage after a half-marathon in nonasthmatic amateur runners

scientific article published on 2 April 2010

Can PBDEs affect the pathophysiologic complex of epithelium in lung diseases?

scientific article published on 09 October 2019

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and neutrophil infiltration: role of cigarette smoke and cyclooxygenase products

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Cigarette smoke affects IL-17A, IL-17F and IL-17 receptor expression in the lung tissue: Ex vivo and in vitro studies.

scientific article published on 18 July 2015

Cigarette smoke affects the onco-suppressor DAB2IP expression in bronchial epithelial cells of COPD patients

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Cigarette smoke alters non-neuronal cholinergic system components inducing MUC5AC production in the H292 cell line

scientific article published on 2 May 2014

Cigarette smoke and non-neuronal cholinergic system in the airway epithelium of COPD patients.

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Cigarette smoke extract activates human bronchial epithelial cells affecting non-neuronal cholinergic system signalling in vitro

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

Circulating hematopoietic progenitor cells in runners

scientific article published in November 2002

Corrigendum to "Effect of High, Medium, and Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronan on Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in an In Vitro Model of Human Nasal Epithelial Cells"

scientific article published on 03 October 2019

Crosstalk between mAChRM3 and β2AR, via acetylcholine PI3/PKC/PBEP1/Raf-1 MEK1/2/ERK1/2 pathway activation, in human bronchial epithelial cells after long-term cigarette smoke exposure.

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Cysteinyl leukotriene-1 receptor activation in a human bronchial epithelial cell line leads to signal transducer and activator of transcription 1-mediated eosinophil adhesion

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Cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of the flame retardants (PBDE-47, PBDE-99 and PBDE-209) in human bronchial epithelial cells

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Decreased plasma levels of IL-33 could contribute to the altered function of Th2 lymphocytes in patients with polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia

scientific article published on 12 February 2013

Effect of High, Medium, and Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronan on Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in an In Vitro Model of Human Nasal Epithelial Cells

scientific article published on 24 April 2016

Effect of age and asthma duration upon elastase and α1-antitrypsin levels in adult asthmatics

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Effect of cilomilast (Ariflo) on TNF-alpha, IL-8, and GM-CSF release by airway cells of patients with COPD.

scientific article published on July 2003

Effect of nebulized beclomethasone on airway inflammation and clinical status of children with allergic asthma and rhinitis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

scientific article published on 14 December 2012

Effects of exercise training and montelukast in children with mild asthma

scientific article published in March 2008

Effects of low doses of inhaled fluticasone propionate on inflammation and remodelling in persistent-mild asthma

scientific article published in December 2005

Elevated expression of prostaglandin receptor and increased release of prostaglandin E2 maintain the survival of CD45RO+ T cells in the inflamed human pleural space

article published in 2007

Evaluation of apoptosis of eosinophils, macrophages, and T lymphocytes in mucosal biopsy specimens of patients with asthma and chronic bronchitis

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Fluticasone induces apoptosis in peripheral T-lymphocytes: a comparison between asthmatic and normal subjects

scientific article published in February 2002

Gemcitabine sensitizes lung cancer cells to Fas/FasL system-mediated killing

scientific article published on February 2014

IL-13 desensitizes β2-adrenergic receptors in human airway epithelial cells through a 15-lipoxygenase/G protein receptor kinase 2 mechanism

scientific article published on 24 March 2015

IL-17A induces chromatin remodeling promoting IL-8 release in bronchial epithelial cells: Effect of Tiotropium

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

IL-17A-associated IKK-α signaling induced TSLP production in epithelial cells of COPD patients

scientific article published on 05 October 2018

IL-33/IL-31 axis: a new pathological mechanisms for EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors-associated skin toxicity

scientific article published in December 2013

IL-33/ST2 axis controls Th2/IL-31 and Th17 immune response in allergic airway diseases

scientific article published on 26 February 2015

IL-4 and IgE–anti-IgE modulation of 15(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid release by mononuclear phagocytes

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Identification of IL-17F/frequent exacerbator endotype in asthma.

scientific article published on 5 December 2016

Il-4-induced lipid mediators class switching in human normal mononuclear phagocytes

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

In vitro anticholinergic drugs affect CD8+ peripheral blood T-cells apoptosis in COPD

scientific article published on 03 August 2011

In vitro effects of flunisolide on MMP-9, TIMP-1, fibronectin, TGF-beta1 release and apoptosis in sputum cells freshly isolated from mild to moderate asthmatics.

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Increased airway inflammatory cells in endurance athletes: what do they mean?

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Increased leptin/leptin receptor pathway affects systemic and airway inflammation in COPD former smokers

scientific article published on 20 May 2011

Increased levels of Th17 cells are associated with non-neuronal acetylcholine in COPD patients

scientific article published on 25 January 2014

Increased prostaglandin E2 concentrations and cyclooxygenase-2 expression in asthmatic subjects with sputum eosinophilia

scientific article published in October 2003

IκB kinase–driven nuclear factor-κB activation in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 14 May 2011

LTB4 is present in exudative pleural effusions and contributes actively to neutrophil recruitment in the inflamed pleural space

scientific article published in March 2004

Leptin and leptin receptor expression in asthma

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Leukotriene B4 production in human mononuclear phagocytes is modulated by interleukin-4-induced 15-lipoxygenase

scientific article published in March 2002

Muscarinic receptor M3 contributes to vascular and neural growth factor up-regulation in severe asthma

scientific article published on 22 October 2019

Muscarinic receptors, leukotriene B4 production and neutrophilic inflammation in COPD patients

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Nasal IL-17F is related to bronchial IL-17F/neutrophilia and exacerbations in stable atopic severe asthma.

scientific article published in February 2015

Neutrophil airway influx by platelet-activating factor in asthma: role of adhesion molecules and LTB4 expression

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Non-invasive markers of airway inflammation and remodeling in childhood asthma

Noninvasive methods for the detection of upper and lower airway inflammation in atopic children

scientific article published on 12 September 2006

Novel Perspectives in the Detection of Oral and Nasal Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Pediatric United Airway Diseases

scientific article published on October 1, 2010

Plasma leptin and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in normal subjects at high altitude (5050 m).

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Pleural mesothelial cells express both BLT2 and PPARalpha and mount an integrated response to pleural leukotriene B4.

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Prostaglandin E₂ possesses different potencies in inducing Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Interleukin-8 production in COPD human lung fibroblasts

scientific article published on 6 February 2016

Reduced IL-33 plasma levels in multiple myeloma patients are associated with more advanced stage of disease

scientific article published on 4 December 2012

Reduced airway responsiveness in nonelite runners

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Reduction in IL-33 plasma levels might be involved in T cell dysregulation in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

Role of prostaglandin E2 in the invasiveness, growth and protection of cancer cells in malignant pleuritis

scientific article published on 8 August 2006

Smoke, choline acetyltransferase, muscarinic receptors, and fibroblast proliferation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on 3 February 2009

Supramaximal exercise mobilizes hematopoietic progenitors and reticulocytes in athletes

scientific article published on 14 July 2005

Th17 immunity in children with allergic asthma and rhinitis: a pharmacological approach

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Urinary leukotriene E4 in the assessment of nocturnal asthma†

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

Urinary metabolites of histamine and leukotrienes before and after placebo-controlled challenge with ASA and food additives in chronic urticaria patients

scientific article (publication date: December 2002)

β₂ long-acting and anticholinergic drugs control TGF-β1-mediated neutrophilic inflammation in COPD.

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