List of works - Francesca Bellora

Analysis of natural killer cells isolated from human decidua: Evidence that 2B4 (CD244) functions as an inhibitory receptor and blocks NK-cell function.

scientific article published on 24 August 2006

Both CD133+ and CD133- medulloblastoma cell lines express ligands for triggering NK receptors and are susceptible to NK-mediated cytotoxicity.

scientific article

GPR56 as a novel marker identifying the CD56dull CD16+ NK cell subset both in blood stream and in inflamed peripheral tissues.

scientific article

Homophilic interaction of NTBA, a member of the CD2 molecular family: induction of cytotoxicity and cytokine release in human NK cells.

scientific article published in June 2004

Human NK cells and NK receptors

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

IL-12 or IL-4 prime human NK cells to mediate functionally divergent interactions with dendritic cells or tumors

scientific article

Imatinib and Nilotinib Off-Target Effects on Human NK Cells, Monocytes, and M2 Macrophages.

scientific article published on 12 July 2017

Inhibitory 2B4 contributes to NK cell education and immunological derangements in XLP1 patients.

scientific article published on 6 April 2017

M-CSF induces the expression of a membrane-bound form of IL-18 in a subset of human monocytes differentiating in vitro toward macrophages

scientific article published in June 2012

Mesenchymal stromal cells induce peculiar alternatively activated macrophages capable of dampening both innate and adaptive immune responses.

scientific article

Molecular Mechanisms Directing Migration and Retention of Natural Killer Cells in Human Tissues

scientific article published on 11 October 2018

NK cells and multiple myeloma-associated endothelial cells: molecular interactions and influence of IL-27

scientific article

NK cells recognize and kill human glioblastoma cells with stem cell-like properties

scientific article

Natural killer cells and neuroblastoma: tumor recognition, escape mechanisms, and possible novel immunotherapeutic approaches

scientific article

Neuroblastoma-derived TGF-β1 modulates the chemokine receptor repertoire of human resting NK cells.

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

Novel Immunoregulatory Functions of IL-18, an Accomplice of TGF-β1

scientific article published on 11 January 2019

Oxysterol mixture and, in particular, 27-hydroxycholesterol drive M2 polarization of human macrophages

scientific article published on 16 December 2015

PD-L1 expression in metastatic neuroblastoma as an additional mechanism for limiting immune surveillance

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Structural, functional, and tissue distribution analysis of human transferrin receptor-2 by murine monoclonal antibodies and a polyclonal antiserum

scientific article

TLR activation of tumor-associated macrophages from ovarian cancer patients triggers cytolytic activity of NK cells

scientific article

The interaction of human natural killer cells with either unpolarized or polarized macrophages results in different functional outcomes

scientific article

List of works by Francesca Bellora

Analysis of natural killer cells isolated from human decidua: Evidence that 2B4 (CD244) functions as an inhibitory receptor and blocks NK-cell function.

Both CD133+ and CD133- medulloblastoma cell lines express ligands for triggering NK receptors and are susceptible to NK-mediated cytotoxicity.

GPR56 as a novel marker identifying the CD56dull CD16+ NK cell subset both in blood stream and in inflamed peripheral tissues.

Homophilic interaction of NTBA, a member of the CD2 molecular family: induction of cytotoxicity and cytokine release in human NK cells.

Human NK cells and NK receptors

IL-12 or IL-4 prime human NK cells to mediate functionally divergent interactions with dendritic cells or tumors

Imatinib and Nilotinib Off-Target Effects on Human NK Cells, Monocytes, and M2 Macrophages.

Inhibitory 2B4 contributes to NK cell education and immunological derangements in XLP1 patients.

M-CSF induces the expression of a membrane-bound form of IL-18 in a subset of human monocytes differentiating in vitro toward macrophages

Mesenchymal stromal cells induce peculiar alternatively activated macrophages capable of dampening both innate and adaptive immune responses.

Molecular Mechanisms Directing Migration and Retention of Natural Killer Cells in Human Tissues

NK cells and multiple myeloma-associated endothelial cells: molecular interactions and influence of IL-27

NK cells recognize and kill human glioblastoma cells with stem cell-like properties

Natural killer cells and neuroblastoma: tumor recognition, escape mechanisms, and possible novel immunotherapeutic approaches

Neuroblastoma-derived TGF-β1 modulates the chemokine receptor repertoire of human resting NK cells.

Novel Immunoregulatory Functions of IL-18, an Accomplice of TGF-β1

Oxysterol mixture and, in particular, 27-hydroxycholesterol drive M2 polarization of human macrophages

PD-L1 expression in metastatic neuroblastoma as an additional mechanism for limiting immune surveillance

Structural, functional, and tissue distribution analysis of human transferrin receptor-2 by murine monoclonal antibodies and a polyclonal antiserum

TLR activation of tumor-associated macrophages from ovarian cancer patients triggers cytolytic activity of NK cells

The interaction of human natural killer cells with either unpolarized or polarized macrophages results in different functional outcomes