List of works - Massimo Alfano

Aging, inflammation and DNA damage in the somatic testicular niche with idiopathic germ cell aplasia

scientific article published on 01 September 2021

Anti-Mullerian Hormone-to-Testosterone Ratio is Predictive of Positive Sperm Retrieval in Men with Idiopathic Non-Obstructive Azoospermia.

scientific article published on 15 December 2017

Bacterial toxins: potential weapons against HIV infection.

scientific article

CD14(+) macrophages that accumulate in the colon of African AIDS patients express pro-inflammatory cytokines and are responsive to lipopolysaccharide.

scientific article published on 17 October 2015

Cell-Mediated Immunity in Elite Controllers Naturally Controlling HIV Viral Load.

scientific article published on 09 April 2013

Cellular localization, invasion, and turnover are differently influenced by healthy and tumor-derived extracellular matrix

scientific article published on 6 March 2014

Cytokine and chemokine based control of HIV infection and replication.

scientific article

Deficiency of total collagen content and of deoxypyridinoline in intracranial aneurysm walls

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Extracellular ATP induces the rapid release of HIV-1 from virus containing compartments of human macrophages

scientific article published on 8 June 2015

Extracellular high mobility group box-1 inhibits R5 and X4 HIV-1 strains replication in mononuclear phagocytes without induction of chemokines and cytokines

article

Full-length soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor down-modulates nephrin expression in podocytes.

scientific article published on 18 September 2015

HIV-1 infected lymphoid organs upregulate expression and release of the cleaved form of uPAR that modulates chemotaxis and virus expression.

scientific article

High Blood Pressure Is a Highly Prevalent but Unrecognised Condition in Primary Infertile Men: Results of a Cross-sectional Study

scientific article published on 03 August 2018

Human Prostate Tissue-derived Extracellular Matrix as a Model of Prostate Microenvironment

scientific article published on 10 March 2016

Impaired testicular signaling of vitamin A and vitamin K contributes to the aberrant composition of the extracellular matrix in idiopathic germ cell aplasia

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Influence of natural convection on gold nanorods-assisted photothermal treatment of bladder cancer in mice

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Inhibition of HIV replication by the plasminogen activator is dependent on vitronectin-mediated cell adhesion

article

Inhibition of intra- and extra-cellular Tat function and HIV expression by pertussis toxin B-oligomer.

scientific article published in February 2004

Insight On Colorectal Carcinoma Infiltration by Studying Perilesional Extracellular Matrix

scientific article published on 4 March 2016

Ligand-engaged urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor and activation of the CD11b/CD18 integrin inhibit late events of HIV expression in monocytic cells.

scientific article published on 21 October 2008

Linearized texture of three-dimensional extracellular matrix is mandatory for bladder cancer cell invasion.

scientific article

M1 and M2a polarization of human monocyte-derived macrophages inhibits HIV-1 replication by distinct mechanisms.

scientific article published in May 2009

M1 polarization of human monocyte-derived macrophages restricts pre and postintegration steps of HIV-1 replication.

scientific article published in July 2013

Macrophage polarization and HIV-1 infection.

scientific article published on 30 December 2009

Mini Review on the Use of Clinical Cancer Registers for Prostate Cancer: The National Prostate Cancer Register (NPCR) of Sweden

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

Ovariectomy in the rat induces a rapid increase in the urinary excretion of hydroxylysine glycosides and non-reducible crosslink residues

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Persistent microbial translocation and immune activation in HIV-1-infected South Africans receiving combination antiretroviral therapy.

scientific article published on September 2010

Pertussis toxin B-oligomer inhibits HIV infection and replication in hu-PBL-SCID mice

article

Pertussis toxin B-oligomer suppresses IL-6 induced HIV-1 and chemokine expression in chronically infected U1 cells via inhibition of activator protein 1.

scientific article published on January 2006

Primary, secondary and compensated hypogonadism: a novel risk stratification for infertile men.

scientific article published on May 2017

Role of cyclophilin A in the uptake of HIV-1 by macrophages and T lymphocytes ⬇️

scientific article published on February 17, 1998

Role of peripheral blood mononuclear cell subsets of seronegative donors in HIV replication: suppression by CD8+ and CD16+ cells and enhancement by CD14+ monocytes

scientific article published on 01 March 1999

Selective granulocyte/monocyte apheresis in the treatment of HIV-infected patients: short-term and long-term effects on immunological and virological parameters.

scientific article published in May 2002

Spontaneous control of HIV-1 viremia in a subject with protective HLA-B plus HLA-C alleles and HLA-C associated single nucleotide polymorphisms.

scientific article

Testicular microbiome in azoospermic men-first evidence of the impact of an altered microenvironment.

scientific article

The B-oligomer of pertussis toxin deactivates CC chemokine receptor 5 and blocks entry of M-tropic HIV-1 strains

scientific article

The binding subunit of pertussis toxin inhibits HIV replication in human macrophages and virus expression in chronically infected promonocytic U1 cells.

scientific article published on February 2001

The duration of infertility affects semen parameters in primary infertile men: results of a single-centre, cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 04 December 2018

The interplay of extracellular matrix and microbiome in urothelial bladder cancer

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Therapeutic Regeneration of Lymphatic and Immune Cell Functions upon Lympho-organoid Transplantation.

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

Undiagnosed prediabetes is highly prevalent in primary infertile men - results from a cross-sectional study

article

Unsung Hero Robert C. Gallo

scientific article

Urokinase plasminogen activator inhibits HIV virion release from macrophage-differentiated chronically infected cells via activation of RhoA and PKCε.

scientific article

Urokinase-urokinase receptor interaction mediates an inhibitory signal for HIV-1 replication

scientific article

When to Perform Karyotype Analysis in Infertile Men? Validation of the European Association of Urology Guidelines with the Proposal of a New Predictive Model.

scientific article

List of works by Massimo Alfano

Aging, inflammation and DNA damage in the somatic testicular niche with idiopathic germ cell aplasia

Anti-Mullerian Hormone-to-Testosterone Ratio is Predictive of Positive Sperm Retrieval in Men with Idiopathic Non-Obstructive Azoospermia.

Bacterial toxins: potential weapons against HIV infection.

CD14(+) macrophages that accumulate in the colon of African AIDS patients express pro-inflammatory cytokines and are responsive to lipopolysaccharide.

Cell-Mediated Immunity in Elite Controllers Naturally Controlling HIV Viral Load.

Cellular localization, invasion, and turnover are differently influenced by healthy and tumor-derived extracellular matrix

Cytokine and chemokine based control of HIV infection and replication.

Deficiency of total collagen content and of deoxypyridinoline in intracranial aneurysm walls

Extracellular ATP induces the rapid release of HIV-1 from virus containing compartments of human macrophages

Extracellular high mobility group box-1 inhibits R5 and X4 HIV-1 strains replication in mononuclear phagocytes without induction of chemokines and cytokines

Full-length soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor down-modulates nephrin expression in podocytes.

HIV-1 infected lymphoid organs upregulate expression and release of the cleaved form of uPAR that modulates chemotaxis and virus expression.

High Blood Pressure Is a Highly Prevalent but Unrecognised Condition in Primary Infertile Men: Results of a Cross-sectional Study

Human Prostate Tissue-derived Extracellular Matrix as a Model of Prostate Microenvironment

Impaired testicular signaling of vitamin A and vitamin K contributes to the aberrant composition of the extracellular matrix in idiopathic germ cell aplasia

Influence of natural convection on gold nanorods-assisted photothermal treatment of bladder cancer in mice

Inhibition of HIV replication by the plasminogen activator is dependent on vitronectin-mediated cell adhesion

Inhibition of intra- and extra-cellular Tat function and HIV expression by pertussis toxin B-oligomer.

Insight On Colorectal Carcinoma Infiltration by Studying Perilesional Extracellular Matrix

Ligand-engaged urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor and activation of the CD11b/CD18 integrin inhibit late events of HIV expression in monocytic cells.

Linearized texture of three-dimensional extracellular matrix is mandatory for bladder cancer cell invasion.

M1 and M2a polarization of human monocyte-derived macrophages inhibits HIV-1 replication by distinct mechanisms.

M1 polarization of human monocyte-derived macrophages restricts pre and postintegration steps of HIV-1 replication.

Macrophage polarization and HIV-1 infection.

Mini Review on the Use of Clinical Cancer Registers for Prostate Cancer: The National Prostate Cancer Register (NPCR) of Sweden

Ovariectomy in the rat induces a rapid increase in the urinary excretion of hydroxylysine glycosides and non-reducible crosslink residues

Persistent microbial translocation and immune activation in HIV-1-infected South Africans receiving combination antiretroviral therapy.

Pertussis toxin B-oligomer inhibits HIV infection and replication in hu-PBL-SCID mice

Pertussis toxin B-oligomer suppresses IL-6 induced HIV-1 and chemokine expression in chronically infected U1 cells via inhibition of activator protein 1.

Primary, secondary and compensated hypogonadism: a novel risk stratification for infertile men.

Role of cyclophilin A in the uptake of HIV-1 by macrophages and T lymphocytes ⬇️

Role of peripheral blood mononuclear cell subsets of seronegative donors in HIV replication: suppression by CD8+ and CD16+ cells and enhancement by CD14+ monocytes

Selective granulocyte/monocyte apheresis in the treatment of HIV-infected patients: short-term and long-term effects on immunological and virological parameters.

Spontaneous control of HIV-1 viremia in a subject with protective HLA-B plus HLA-C alleles and HLA-C associated single nucleotide polymorphisms.

Testicular microbiome in azoospermic men-first evidence of the impact of an altered microenvironment.

The B-oligomer of pertussis toxin deactivates CC chemokine receptor 5 and blocks entry of M-tropic HIV-1 strains

The binding subunit of pertussis toxin inhibits HIV replication in human macrophages and virus expression in chronically infected promonocytic U1 cells.

The duration of infertility affects semen parameters in primary infertile men: results of a single-centre, cross-sectional study

The interplay of extracellular matrix and microbiome in urothelial bladder cancer

Therapeutic Regeneration of Lymphatic and Immune Cell Functions upon Lympho-organoid Transplantation.

Undiagnosed prediabetes is highly prevalent in primary infertile men - results from a cross-sectional study

Unsung Hero Robert C. Gallo

Urokinase plasminogen activator inhibits HIV virion release from macrophage-differentiated chronically infected cells via activation of RhoA and PKCε.

Urokinase-urokinase receptor interaction mediates an inhibitory signal for HIV-1 replication

When to Perform Karyotype Analysis in Infertile Men? Validation of the European Association of Urology Guidelines with the Proposal of a New Predictive Model.