List of works - Elena Ortona

A sex and gender perspective in medicine: a new mandatory challenge for human health. Preface

scientific article published on 01 April 2016

ACE2 expression and sex disparity in COVID-19

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis in cystic echinococcosis: immunological characterization

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

An update on immunodiagnosis of cystic echinococcosis

scientific article

Anti-ATP synthase autoantibodies from patients with Alzheimer's disease reduce extracellular HDL level

scientific article published on January 2011

Anti-ATP synthase autoantibodies induce neuronal death by apoptosis and impair cognitive performance in C57BL/6J mice

scientific article published in January 2013

Anti-GAPDH Autoantibodies as a Pathogenic Determinant and Potential Biomarker of Neuropsychiatric Diseases

scientific article published on 23 May 2016

Anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin antibodies in antiphospholipid syndrome: diagnostic value and relationship with clinical features

scientific article published on 18 February 2017

Anti–β2-glycoprotein I antibodies induce monocyte release of tumor necrosis factor α and tissue factor by signal transduction pathways involving lipid rafts

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Association of intracellular pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in peripheral blood with the clinical or ultrasound indications for carotid endarterectomy in patients with carotid atherosclerosis.

scientific article

Autoantibodies associated with psychiatric disorders

scientific article

Autoantibodies in patients with Alzheimer's disease: pathogenetic role and potential use as biomarkers of disease progression

scientific article published on 23 July 2010

Autoantibodies involved in neuropsychiatric manifestations associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

scientific article published on 04 June 2009

Autoantibodies specific to D4GDI modulate Rho GTPase mediated cytoskeleton remodeling and induce autophagy in T lymphocytes

scientific article published on 24 January 2015

Autoantibodies specific to a peptide of β2-glycoprotein I cross-react with TLR4, inducing a proinflammatory phenotype in endothelial cells and monocytes

scientific article published on 29 August 2012

Autoantibodies specific to estrogen receptor alpha act as estrogen agonists and their levels correlate with breast cancer cell proliferation

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Autoantibodies to estrogen receptor α in systemic sclerosis (SSc) as pathogenetic determinants and markers of progression.

scientific article

Autoantibodies to estrogen receptor α interfere with T lymphocyte homeostasis and are associated with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

Autoantibodies to estrogen receptors and their involvement in autoimmune diseases and cancer

scientific article published on 16 July 2014

Autoantibodies to the C-terminal subunit of RLIP76 induce oxidative stress and endothelial cell apoptosis in immune-mediated vascular diseases and atherosclerosis

scientific article

Autophagy as a pathogenic mechanism and drug target in lymphoproliferative disorders

scientific article

CD4 T lymphocyte autophagy is upregulated in the salivary glands of primary Sjögren's syndrome patients and correlates with focus score and disease activity

scientific article

Cell surface estrogen receptor alpha is upregulated during subchronic metabolic stress and inhibits neuronal cell degeneration

scientific article

Cellular and humoral responses to antigenic subunits of Echinococcus granulosus cyst fluid in hydatid patients

scientific article published on 01 August 1994

Cystic echinococcosis: aspects of immune response, immunopathogenesis and immune evasion from the human host.

scientific article published on March 2012

Detection of antibodies against Echinococcus granulosus major antigens and their subunits by immunoblotting.

scientific article published in March 1991

Diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: specificity and sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction in comparison with immunofluorescence in bronchoalveolar lavage specimens

scientific article published on 01 June 1993

Diesel exhaust particle exposure in vitro impacts T lymphocyte phenotype and function

scientific article

Echinococcus granulosus antigen B impairs human dendritic cell differentiation and polarizes immature dendritic cell maturation towards a Th2 cell response

scientific article published on 8 January 2007

Echinococcus granulosus-specific T-cell lines derived from patients at various clinical stages of cystic echinococcosis.

scientific article published in January 2004

Elongation factor 1 beta/delta of Echinococcus granulosus and allergic manifestations in human cystic echinococcosis

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

Estrogen receptor profiles in human peripheral blood lymphocytes.

scientific article

Favourable prognostic value of antibodies anti-HSP20 in patients with cystic echinococcosis: a differential immunoproteomic approach

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Free Hemoglobin: A Dangerous Signal for the Immune System in Patients with Carotid Atherosclerosis?

scientific article published on 01 June 2007

Gender disparity in susceptibility to oxidative stress and apoptosis induced by autoantibodies specific to RLIP76 in vascular cells

scientific article

Gender specific aspects of cell death in the cardiovascular system

scientific article published on January 2011

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

scientific article

Host-parasite relationship in cystic echinococcosis: an evolving story

scientific article

Human cystic echinococcosis: old problems and new perspectives

scientific article

Identification and characterization of the carboxy-terminal region of Sip-1, a novel autoantigen in Behçet's disease

scientific article published on 12 April 2006

Identification of a novel 19 kDa Echinococcus granulosus antigen.

scientific article

Imbalance between Pneumocystis carinii cysts and trophozoites in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with pneumocystosis receiving prophylaxis.

scientific article

Immunochemical and molecular characterization of vertebral hydatid fluid

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Immunology of Alveolar and Cystic Echinococcosis (AE and CE).

scientific article published on 22 October 2016

Immunomodulatory mechanisms during Echinococcus granulosus infection

scientific article published on 08 February 2008

Intracellular expression of cytokines in peripheral blood from patients with atherosclerosis before and after carotid endarterectomy

scientific article published on 05 May 2006

Long COVID: an estrogen-associated autoimmune disease?

scientific article published on 13 April 2021

Long-term serological evaluation of patients with cystic echinococcosis treated with benzimidazole carbamates.

scientific article published in September 2002

Low expression of estrogen receptor β in T lymphocytes and high serum levels of anti-estrogen receptor α antibodies impact disease activity in female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

scientific article

Membrane lipid rafts and estrogenic signalling: a functional role in the modulation of cell homeostasis.

scientific article

Molecular cross-talk in host-parasite relationships: the intriguing immunomodulatory role of Echinococcus antigen B in cystic echinococcosis

scientific article published on 23 July 2008

Mutations in dihydropteroate synthase gene of Pneumocystis carinii in HIV patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

scientific article published in December 2001

Native and recombinant antigens in the immunodiagnosis of human cystic echinococcosis

scientific article published on 01 November 2000

Nedd5, a novel autoantigen in systemic sclerosis: is it a marker of more severe disease?

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Neurocognitive dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus: association with antiphospholipid antibodies, disease activity and chronic damage

scientific article

Non specific PCR products using rat-derivedPneumocystis cariniidihydrofolate reductase gene-specific primers in DNA amplification of human respiratory samples

article

Organ transplantation and gender differences: a paradigmatic example of intertwining between biological and sociocultural determinants.

scientific article published on 28 July 2016

Oxidized beta2-glycoprotein I induces human dendritic cell maturation and promotes a T helper type 1 response

scientific article published on 11 August 2005

Pneumocystis carinii infection in young non-immunosuppressed rabbits. Kinetics of infection and of the primary specific immune response

article

Pneumocystis carinii stimulates in vitro production of tumor necrosis factor-α by human macrophages

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

Potential impact of Pneumocystis genetic diversity on the molecular detection of the parasite in human host

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Quality and timing of stressors differentially impact on brain plasticity and neuroendocrine-immune function in mice

scientific article

Redox state, cell death and autoimmune diseases: a gender perspective.

scientific article published on July 2008

Relationship between redox status and cell fate in immunity and autoimmunity.

scientific article published on 14 February 2014

Role of alpha-synuclein in autophagy modulation of primary human T lymphocytes

scientific article

Role of autophagy in immunity and autoimmunity, with a special focus on systemic lupus erythematosus ⬇️

scientific article published on January 12, 2012

Screening of a microvascular endothelial cDNA library identifies rabaptin 5 as a novel autoantigen in Alzheimer's disease

scientific article

Screening of an Echinococcus granulosus cDNA library with IgG4 from patients with cystic echinococcosis identifies a new tegumental protein involved in the immune escape.

scientific article published in December 2005

Screening of an endothelial cDNA library identifies the C-terminal region of Nedd5 as a novel autoantigen in systemic lupus erythematosus with psychiatric manifestations

scientific article

Screening of endothelial expression libraries for the identification of novel autoantigens involved in distinct autoimmune diseases characterized by endothelial dysfunction

scientific article

Serum Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Transplanted Patients: Potential Follow-up Markers to Assess Pregnancy Risk?

scientific article

Sex-based differences in autoimmune diseases

scientific article

Skewed T-Cell Receptor Variable Beta Repertoire and Massive T-Cell Activation in Idiopathic Orofacial Granulomatosis ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Streptococcal-vimentin cross-reactive antibodies induce microvascular cardiac endothelial proinflammatory phenotype in rheumatic heart disease.

scientific article published on September 2013

T lymphocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are resistant to induction of autophagy

scientific article

Taking into account the gender issue in cell death studies

scientific article published on 13 March 2014

Thioredoxin peroxidase from Echinococcus granulosus: a candidate to extend the antigenic panel for the immunodiagnosis of human cystic echinococcosis

scientific article published on 03 December 2007

Typing with internal transcribed spacer regions of Pneumocystis carinii from AIDS patients with recurrent pneumonia

article

mTOR signaling and metabolic regulation of T cells: new potential therapeutic targets in autoimmune diseases.

scientific article published on December 2011

List of works by Elena Ortona

A sex and gender perspective in medicine: a new mandatory challenge for human health. Preface

ACE2 expression and sex disparity in COVID-19

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis in cystic echinococcosis: immunological characterization

An update on immunodiagnosis of cystic echinococcosis

Anti-ATP synthase autoantibodies from patients with Alzheimer's disease reduce extracellular HDL level

Anti-ATP synthase autoantibodies induce neuronal death by apoptosis and impair cognitive performance in C57BL/6J mice

Anti-GAPDH Autoantibodies as a Pathogenic Determinant and Potential Biomarker of Neuropsychiatric Diseases

Anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin antibodies in antiphospholipid syndrome: diagnostic value and relationship with clinical features

Anti–β2-glycoprotein I antibodies induce monocyte release of tumor necrosis factor α and tissue factor by signal transduction pathways involving lipid rafts

Association of intracellular pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in peripheral blood with the clinical or ultrasound indications for carotid endarterectomy in patients with carotid atherosclerosis.

Autoantibodies associated with psychiatric disorders

Autoantibodies in patients with Alzheimer's disease: pathogenetic role and potential use as biomarkers of disease progression

Autoantibodies involved in neuropsychiatric manifestations associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

Autoantibodies specific to D4GDI modulate Rho GTPase mediated cytoskeleton remodeling and induce autophagy in T lymphocytes

Autoantibodies specific to a peptide of β2-glycoprotein I cross-react with TLR4, inducing a proinflammatory phenotype in endothelial cells and monocytes

Autoantibodies specific to estrogen receptor alpha act as estrogen agonists and their levels correlate with breast cancer cell proliferation

Autoantibodies to estrogen receptor α in systemic sclerosis (SSc) as pathogenetic determinants and markers of progression.

Autoantibodies to estrogen receptor α interfere with T lymphocyte homeostasis and are associated with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus

Autoantibodies to estrogen receptors and their involvement in autoimmune diseases and cancer

Autoantibodies to the C-terminal subunit of RLIP76 induce oxidative stress and endothelial cell apoptosis in immune-mediated vascular diseases and atherosclerosis

Autophagy as a pathogenic mechanism and drug target in lymphoproliferative disorders

CD4 T lymphocyte autophagy is upregulated in the salivary glands of primary Sjögren's syndrome patients and correlates with focus score and disease activity

Cell surface estrogen receptor alpha is upregulated during subchronic metabolic stress and inhibits neuronal cell degeneration

Cellular and humoral responses to antigenic subunits of Echinococcus granulosus cyst fluid in hydatid patients

Cystic echinococcosis: aspects of immune response, immunopathogenesis and immune evasion from the human host.

Detection of antibodies against Echinococcus granulosus major antigens and their subunits by immunoblotting.

Diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia: specificity and sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction in comparison with immunofluorescence in bronchoalveolar lavage specimens

Diesel exhaust particle exposure in vitro impacts T lymphocyte phenotype and function

Echinococcus granulosus antigen B impairs human dendritic cell differentiation and polarizes immature dendritic cell maturation towards a Th2 cell response

Echinococcus granulosus-specific T-cell lines derived from patients at various clinical stages of cystic echinococcosis.

Elongation factor 1 beta/delta of Echinococcus granulosus and allergic manifestations in human cystic echinococcosis

Estrogen receptor profiles in human peripheral blood lymphocytes.

Favourable prognostic value of antibodies anti-HSP20 in patients with cystic echinococcosis: a differential immunoproteomic approach

Free Hemoglobin: A Dangerous Signal for the Immune System in Patients with Carotid Atherosclerosis?

Gender disparity in susceptibility to oxidative stress and apoptosis induced by autoantibodies specific to RLIP76 in vascular cells

Gender specific aspects of cell death in the cardiovascular system

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

Host-parasite relationship in cystic echinococcosis: an evolving story

Human cystic echinococcosis: old problems and new perspectives

Identification and characterization of the carboxy-terminal region of Sip-1, a novel autoantigen in Behçet's disease

Identification of a novel 19 kDa Echinococcus granulosus antigen.

Imbalance between Pneumocystis carinii cysts and trophozoites in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with pneumocystosis receiving prophylaxis.

Immunochemical and molecular characterization of vertebral hydatid fluid

Immunology of Alveolar and Cystic Echinococcosis (AE and CE).

Immunomodulatory mechanisms during Echinococcus granulosus infection

Intracellular expression of cytokines in peripheral blood from patients with atherosclerosis before and after carotid endarterectomy

Long COVID: an estrogen-associated autoimmune disease?

Long-term serological evaluation of patients with cystic echinococcosis treated with benzimidazole carbamates.

Low expression of estrogen receptor β in T lymphocytes and high serum levels of anti-estrogen receptor α antibodies impact disease activity in female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Membrane lipid rafts and estrogenic signalling: a functional role in the modulation of cell homeostasis.

Molecular cross-talk in host-parasite relationships: the intriguing immunomodulatory role of Echinococcus antigen B in cystic echinococcosis

Mutations in dihydropteroate synthase gene of Pneumocystis carinii in HIV patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

Native and recombinant antigens in the immunodiagnosis of human cystic echinococcosis

Nedd5, a novel autoantigen in systemic sclerosis: is it a marker of more severe disease?

Neurocognitive dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus: association with antiphospholipid antibodies, disease activity and chronic damage

Non specific PCR products using rat-derivedPneumocystis cariniidihydrofolate reductase gene-specific primers in DNA amplification of human respiratory samples

Organ transplantation and gender differences: a paradigmatic example of intertwining between biological and sociocultural determinants.

Oxidized beta2-glycoprotein I induces human dendritic cell maturation and promotes a T helper type 1 response

Pneumocystis carinii infection in young non-immunosuppressed rabbits. Kinetics of infection and of the primary specific immune response

Pneumocystis carinii stimulates in vitro production of tumor necrosis factor-α by human macrophages

Potential impact of Pneumocystis genetic diversity on the molecular detection of the parasite in human host

Quality and timing of stressors differentially impact on brain plasticity and neuroendocrine-immune function in mice

Redox state, cell death and autoimmune diseases: a gender perspective.

Relationship between redox status and cell fate in immunity and autoimmunity.

Role of alpha-synuclein in autophagy modulation of primary human T lymphocytes

Role of autophagy in immunity and autoimmunity, with a special focus on systemic lupus erythematosus ⬇️

Screening of a microvascular endothelial cDNA library identifies rabaptin 5 as a novel autoantigen in Alzheimer's disease

Screening of an Echinococcus granulosus cDNA library with IgG4 from patients with cystic echinococcosis identifies a new tegumental protein involved in the immune escape.

Screening of an endothelial cDNA library identifies the C-terminal region of Nedd5 as a novel autoantigen in systemic lupus erythematosus with psychiatric manifestations

Screening of endothelial expression libraries for the identification of novel autoantigens involved in distinct autoimmune diseases characterized by endothelial dysfunction

Serum Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Transplanted Patients: Potential Follow-up Markers to Assess Pregnancy Risk?

Sex-based differences in autoimmune diseases

Skewed T-Cell Receptor Variable Beta Repertoire and Massive T-Cell Activation in Idiopathic Orofacial Granulomatosis ⬇️

Streptococcal-vimentin cross-reactive antibodies induce microvascular cardiac endothelial proinflammatory phenotype in rheumatic heart disease.

T lymphocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are resistant to induction of autophagy

Taking into account the gender issue in cell death studies

Thioredoxin peroxidase from Echinococcus granulosus: a candidate to extend the antigenic panel for the immunodiagnosis of human cystic echinococcosis

Typing with internal transcribed spacer regions of Pneumocystis carinii from AIDS patients with recurrent pneumonia

mTOR signaling and metabolic regulation of T cells: new potential therapeutic targets in autoimmune diseases.