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Cesare Usai

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Francesco Giribaldi; Marco Milanese; Anna Pittaluga; Aldamaria Puliti; Carlo Tacchetti; Cesare Usai; Pia Irene Anna Rossi; Tiziana Bonifacino; Silvia Di Prisco; Giambattista Bonanno
Group I metabotropic glutamate autoreceptors induce abnormal glutamate exocytosis in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Maria Summa; Cesare Usai; Silvia Di Prisco; Massimo Grilli; Mario Marchi; Anna Pittaluga
Presynaptic mGlu7 receptors control GABA release in mouse hippocampus.
Federica Sabatini; Michela Silvestri; Cesare Usai; Anna Miller-Larsson; Loredana Petecchia; Giovanni A Rossi; Fabio L M Ricciardolo
Pharmacological modulation of the bradykinin-induced differentiation of human lung fibroblasts: effects of budesonide and formoterol.

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2013: Francesco Giribaldi; Marco Milanese; Anna Pittaluga; Aldamaria Puliti; Carlo Tacchetti; Cesare Usai; Pia Irene Anna Rossi; Tiziana Bonifacino; Silvia Di Prisco; Giambattista Bonanno
Group I metabotropic glutamate autoreceptors induce abnormal glutamate exocytosis in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neuropharmacology 2013;66():253-63.
2013: Maria Summa; Cesare Usai; Silvia Di Prisco; Massimo Grilli; Mario Marchi; Anna Pittaluga
Presynaptic mGlu7 receptors control GABA release in mouse hippocampus.
Neuropharmacology 2013;66():215-24.
2012: Federica Sabatini; Michela Silvestri; Cesare Usai; Anna Miller-Larsson; Loredana Petecchia; Giovanni A Rossi; Fabio L M Ricciardolo
Pharmacological modulation of the bradykinin-induced differentiation of human lung fibroblasts: effects of budesonide and formoterol.
The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma 2012;49(10):1004-11.
2012: Massimo Grilli; Silvia Di Prisco; Marco Feligioni; Guendalina Olivero; Anna Pittaluga; alessia salamone; Maria Summa; Cesare Usai; Simona Zappettini; Mario Marchi
In vitro exposure to nicotine induces endocytosis of presynaptic AMPA receptors modulating dopamine release in rat nucleus accumbens nerve terminals.
Neuropharmacology 2012;63(5):916-26.
2012: Debora Giunti; Gianluigi Mancardi; Benedetta Parodi; Santina Bruzzone; Simona Casazza; Cesare Usai; Laura Vergani; Antonio Uccelli
Mesenchymal stem cells shape microglia effector functions through the release of CX3CL1.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2012;30(9):2044-53.
2012: Loredana Petecchia; Federica Sabatini; Cesare Usai; Luigi Varesio; Emanuela Caci; Giovanni A Rossi
Cytokines induce tight junction disassembly in airway cells via an EGFR-dependent MAPK/ERK1/2-pathway.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology 2012;92(8):1140-8.
2012: Mirko Magnone; Annalisa Salis; Sonia Scarfì; Laura Sturla; Cesare Usai; Santina Bruzzone; Gianluca Damonte; Antonio De Flora; Lucrezia Guida; Emanuela Jacchetti; Elena Zocchi
Autocrine abscisic acid plays a key role in quartz-induced macrophage activation.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2012;26(3):1261-71.
2011: Floriana Fruscione; Lucrezia Guida; Cristina Ilengo; Emanuela Jacchetti; Rodolfo Quarto; Annalisa Salis; Silvia Scaglione; Sonia Scarfì; Antonio Uccelli; Cesare Usai; Elena Zocchi; Federica Benvenuto; Santina Bruzzone; Chiara Ferraris; Antonio De Flora
Regulation of human mesenchymal stem cell functions by an autocrine loop involving NAD+ release and P2Y11-mediated signaling.
Stem cells and development 2011;20(7):1183-98.
2011: Manlio Milanese; Simona Zappettini; Franco Onofri; Laura Musazzi; Daniela Tardito; Tiziana Bonifacino; Mirko Messa; Giorgio Racagni; Cesare Usai; Fabio Benfenati; Maurizio Popoli; Giambattista Bonanno
Abnormal exocytotic release of glutamate in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Journal of neurochemistry 2011;116(6):1028-42.
2011: Monica Bari; Tiziana Bonifacino; Marco Milanese; Paola Spagnuolo; Simona Zappettini; Natalia Battista; Francesco Giribaldi; Cesare Usai; Giambattista Bonanno; Mauro Maccarrone
The endocannabinoid system in rat gliosomes and its role in the modulation of glutamate release.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS 2011;68(5):833-45.
2010: Santina Bruzzone; Giovanna Basile; Madhu Parakkottil Chothi; Lucilla Nobbio; Cesare Usai; Emanuela Jacchetti; Angelo Schenone; Andreas H Guse; Francesco Di Virgilio; Antonio De Flora; Elena Zocchi
Diadenosine homodinucleotide products of ADP-ribosyl cyclases behave as modulators of the purinergic receptor P2X7.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2010;285(27):21165-74.
2010: Manlio Milanese; Simona Zappettini; Emanuela Jacchetti; Tiziana Bonifacino; Chiara Cervetto; Cesare Usai; Giambattista Bonanno
In vitro activation of GAT1 transporters expressed in spinal cord gliosomes stimulates glutamate release that is abnormally elevated in the SOD1/G93A(+) mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Journal of neurochemistry 2010;113(2):489-501.
2009: Paola Ramoino; Fernando Dini; Paolo Bianchini; Alberto Diaspro; Graziano Guella; Cesare Usai
Biophysical effects of the natural product euplotin C on the Paramecium membrane.
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 2009;195(11):1061-9.
2009: Laura Sturla; Chiara Fresia; Lucrezia Guida; Santina Bruzzone; Sonia Scarfì; Cesare Usai; Floriana Fruscione; Mirko Magnone; Enrico Millo; Giovanna Basile; Alessia Grozio; Emanuela Jacchetti; Marcello Allegretti; Antonio De Flora; Elena Zocchi
LANCL2 is necessary for abscisic acid binding and signaling in human granulocytes and in rat insulinoma cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2009;284(41):28045-57.
2009: Sonia Scarfì; Chiara Fresia; Chiara Ferraris; Santina Bruzzone; Floriana Fruscione; Cesare Usai; Federica Benvenuto; Mirko Magnone; Marina Podestà; Laura Sturla; Lucrezia Guida; Ennio Albanesi; Gianluca Damonte; Annalisa Salis; Antonio De Flora; Elena Zocchi
The plant hormone abscisic acid stimulates the proliferation of human hemopoietic progenitors through the second messenger cyclic ADP-ribose.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2009;27(10):2469-77.
2009: Lucilla Nobbio; Laura Sturla; Fulvia Fiorese; Cesare Usai; Giovanna Basile; Iliana Moreschi; Federica Benvenuto; Elena Zocchi; Antonio De Flora; Angelo Schenone; Santina Bruzzone
P2X7-mediated increased intracellular calcium causes functional derangement in Schwann cells from rats with CMT1A neuropathy.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2009;284(34):23146-58.
2009: Mirko Magnone; Santina Bruzzone; Lucrezia Guida; Gianluca Damonte; Enrico Millo; Sonia Scarfì; Cesare Usai; Laura Sturla; Domenico Palombo; Antonio De Flora; Elena Zocchi
Abscisic acid released by human monocytes activates monocytes and vascular smooth muscle cell responses involved in atherogenesis.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2009;284(26):17808-18.
2009: Nicoletta Bodrato; Luisa Franco; Chiara Fresia; Lucrezia Guida; Cesare Usai; Annalisa Salis; Iliana Moreschi; Chiara Ferraris; Claudia Verderio; Giovanna Basile; Santina Bruzzone; Sonia Scarfì; Antonio De Flora; Elena Zocchi
Abscisic acid activates the murine microglial cell line N9 through the second messenger cyclic ADP-ribose.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2009;284(22):14777-87.
2009: Manlio Milanese; Tiziana Bonifacino; Simona Zappettini; Cesare Usai; Carlo Tacchetti; Mario Nobile; Giambattista Bonanno
Glutamate release from astrocytic gliosomes under physiological and pathological conditions.
International review of neurobiology 2009;85():295-318.
2008: Santina Bruzzone; Nicoletta Bodrato; Cesare Usai; Lucrezia Guida; Iliana Moreschi; Rita Nano; Barbara Antonioli; Floriana Fruscione; Mirko Magnone; Sonia Scarfì; Antonio De Flora; Elena Zocchi
Abscisic acid is an endogenous stimulator of insulin release from human pancreatic islets with cyclic ADP ribose as second messenger.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2008;283(47):32188-97.
2008: Sonia Scarfì; Chiara Ferraris; Floriana Fruscione; Chiara Fresia; Lucrezia Guida; Santina Bruzzone; Cesare Usai; Alessia Parodi; Enrico Millo; Annalisa Salis; Giorgio Burastero; Antonio De Flora; Elena Zocchi
Cyclic ADP-ribose-mediated expansion and stimulation of human mesenchymal stem cells by the plant hormone abscisic acid.
Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2008;26(11):2855-64.
2008: Veronica Musante; Elisa Neri; Marco Feligioni; Aldamaria Puliti; Marco Pedrazzi; Valerio Conti; Cesare Usai; Alberto Diaspro; Roberto Ravazzolo; Jeremy M Henley; Giuseppe Battaglia; Anna Pittaluga
Presynaptic mGlu1 and mGlu5 autoreceptors facilitate glutamate exocytosis from mouse cortical nerve endings.
Neuropharmacology 2008;55(4):474-82.
2008: Iliana Moreschi; Santina Bruzzone; Nicoletta Bodrato; Cesare Usai; Lucrezia Guida; Robert A Nicholas; Matthias U Kassack; Elena Zocchi; Antonio De Flora
NAADP+ is an agonist of the human P2Y11 purinergic receptor.
Cell calcium 2008;43(4):344-55.
2008: Luca Raiteri; Sara Stigliani; Cesare Usai; Alberto Diaspro; Silvio Paluzzi; Manlio Milanese; Maurizio Raiteri; Giambattista Bonanno
Functional expression of release-regulating glycine transporters GLYT1 on GABAergic neurons and GLYT2 on astrocytes in mouse spinal cord.
Neurochemistry international 2008;52(1-2):103-12.
2007: Giuliano Colombetti; Giovanni Checcucci; Sabina Lucia; Cesare Usai; Paola Ramoino; Paolo Bianchini; Mattia Pesce; Giuseppe Vicidomini; Alberto Diaspro
Evidence for ciliary pigment localization in colored ciliates and implications for their photosensory transduction chain: a confocal microscopy study.
Microscopy research and technique 2007;70(12):1028-33.
2007: Paola Ramoino; Cesare Usai; Silvia Maccione; Francesco Beltrame; Alberto Diaspro; Marco Fato; Graziano Guella; Fernando Dini
Effect of the bioactive metabolite euplotin C on phagocytosis and fluid-phase endocytosis in the single-celled eukaryote Paramecium.
Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2007;85(1):67-75.
2007: Santina Bruzzone; Iliana Moreschi; Cesare Usai; Lucrezia Guida; Gianluca Damonte; Annalisa Salis; Sonia Scarfì; Enrico Millo; Antonio De Flora; Elena Zocchi
Abscisic acid is an endogenous cytokine in human granulocytes with cyclic ADP-ribose as second messenger.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2007;104(14):5759-64.
2007: Giambattista Bonanno; Luca Raiteri; Manlio Milanese; Simona Zappettini; Edon Melloni; Marco Pedrazzi; Mario Passalacqua; Carlo Tacchetti; Cesare Usai; Bianca Sparatore
The high-mobility group box 1 cytokine induces transporter-mediated release of glutamate from glial subcellular particles (gliosomes) prepared from in situ-matured astrocytes.
International review of neurobiology 2007;82():73-93.
2006: Iliana Moreschi; Santina Bruzzone; Robert A Nicholas; Floriana Fruscione; Laura Sturla; Federica Benvenuto; Cesare Usai; Sabine Meis; Matthias U Kassack; Elena Zocchi; Antonio De Flora
Extracellular NAD+ is an agonist of the human P2Y11 purinergic receptor in human granulocytes.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(42):31419-29.
2006: Luisa Franco; Nicoletta Bodrato; Iliana Moreschi; Cesare Usai; Santina Bruzzone; Sonia Scarf ì; Elena Zocchi; Antonio De Flora
Cyclic ADP-ribose is a second messenger in the lipopolysaccharide-stimulated activation of murine N9 microglial cell line.
Journal of neurochemistry 2006;99(1):165-76.
2006: Paola Ramoino; Lorenzo Gallus; Francesco Beltrame; Alberto Diaspro; Marco Fato; Patrizia Rubini; Sara Stigliani; Giambattista Bonanno; Cesare Usai
Endocytosis of GABAB receptors modulates membrane excitability in the single-celled organism Paramecium.
Journal of cell science 2006;119(Pt 10):2056-64.
2006: Sara Stigliani; Simona Zappettini; Luca Raiteri; Mario Passalacqua; Edon Melloni; Consuelo Venturi; Carlo Tacchetti; Alberto Diaspro; Cesare Usai; Giambattista Bonanno
Glia re-sealed particles freshly prepared from adult rat brain are competent for exocytotic release of glutamate.
Journal of neurochemistry 2006;96(3):656-68.
2006: Santina Bruzzone; Iliana Moreschi; Lucrezia Guida; Cesare Usai; Elena Zocchi; Antonio De Flora
Extracellular NAD+ regulates intracellular calcium levels and induces activation of human granulocytes.
The Biochemical journal 2006;393(Pt 3):697-704.
2006: Giambattista Bonanno; Luca Raiteri; Silvio Paluzzi; Simona Zappettini; Cesare Usai; Maurizio Raiteri
Co-existence of GABA and Glu transporters in the central nervous system.
Current topics in medicinal chemistry 2006;6(10):979-88.
2006: Alberto Diaspro; Paolo Bianchini; Giuseppe Vicidomini; Mario Faretta; Paola Ramoino; Cesare Usai
Multi-photon excitation microscopy.
Biomedical engineering online 2006;5():36.
2005: Paola Ramoino; Cesare Usai; Francesco Beltrame; Marco Fato; Lorenzo Gallus; Grazia Tagliafierro; Raffaella Magrassi; Alberto Diaspro
GABAB receptor intracellular trafficking after internalization in Paramecium.
Microscopy research and technique 2005;68(5):290-5.
2005: Giovanna Basile; Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati; Gianluca Damonte; Andrea Armirotti; Santina Bruzzone; Lucrezia Guida; Luisa Franco; Cesare Usai; Ernesto Fattorusso; Antonio De Flora; Elena Zocchi
ADP-ribosyl cyclases generate two unusual adenine homodinucleotides with cytotoxic activity on mammalian cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005;102(41):14509-14.
2005: Giovanna Bucci; Paola Ramoino; Alberto Diaspro; Cesare Usai
A role for GABAA receptors in the modulation of Paramecium swimming behavior.
Neuroscience letters 2005;386(3):179-83.
2005: Luca Raiteri; Sara Stigliani; Laura Patti; Cesare Usai; Giovanna Bucci; Alberto Diaspro; Maurizio Raiteri; Giambattista Bonanno
Activation of gamma-aminobutyric acid GAT-1 transporters on glutamatergic terminals of mouse spinal cord mediates glutamate release through anion channels and by transporter reversal.
Journal of neuroscience research 2005;80(3):424-33.
2005: Marina Podestà; Federica Benvenuto; Anna Pitto; Osvaldo Figari; Andrea Bacigalupo; Santina Bruzzone; Lucrezia Guida; Luisa Franco; Laura Paleari; Nicoletta Bodrato; Cesare Usai; Antonio De Flora; Elena Zocchi
Concentrative uptake of cyclic ADP-ribose generated by BST-1+ stroma stimulates proliferation of human hematopoietic progenitors.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2005;280(7):5343-9.
2004: Paola Ramoino; Silvia Scaglione; Alberto Diaspro; Francesco Beltrame; Marco Fato; Cesare Usai
GABAA receptor subunits identified in Paramecium by immunofluorescence confocal microscopy.
FEMS microbiology letters 2004;238(2):449-53.
2004: Paola Bonetto; Patrizia Boccacci; Marco Scarito; Mirko Davolio; Mattia Epifani; Giuseppe Vicidomini; Carlo Tacchetti; Paola Ramoino; Cesare Usai; Alberto Diaspro
Three-dimensional microscopy migrates to the web with "PowerUp Your Microscope".
Microscopy research and technique 2004;64(2):196-203.
2004: Lucrezia Guida; Luisa Franco; Santina Bruzzone; Laura Sturla; Elena Zocchi; Giovanna Basile; Cesare Usai; Antonio De Flora
Concentrative influx of functionally active cyclic ADP-ribose in dimethyl sulfoxide-differentiated HL-60 cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2004;279(21):22066-75.
2004: Alessandro Esposito; Federico Federici; Cesare Usai; Fabio Cannone; Giuseppe Chirico; Maddalena Collini; Alberto Diaspro
Notes on theory and experimental conditions behind two-photon excitation microscopy.
Microscopy research and technique 2004;63(1):12-7.
2003: Paola Ramoino; Paola Fronte; Francesco Beltrame; Alberto Diaspro; Marco Fato; Luca Raiteri; Sara Stigliani; Cesare Usai
Swimming behavior regulation by GABAB receptors in Paramecium.
Experimental cell research 2003;291(2):398-405.
2003: Santina Bruzzone; Antonio De Flora; Cesare Usai; Richard Graeff; Hon Cheung Lee
Cyclic ADP-ribose is a second messenger in the lipopolysaccharide-stimulated proliferation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
The Biochemical journal 2003;375(Pt 2):395-403.
2003: Armando Carpaneto; Raffaella Magrassi; Elena Zocchi; Carlo Cerrano; Cesare Usai
Patch-clamp recordings in isolated sponge cells (Axinella polypoides).
Journal of biochemical and biophysical methods 2003;55(2):179-89.
2003: Elena Zocchi; Giovanna Basile; Carlo Cerrano; Giorgio Bavestrello; Marco Giovine; Santina Bruzzone; Lucrezia Guida; Armando Carpaneto; Raffaella Magrassi; Cesare Usai
ABA- and cADPR-mediated effects on respiration and filtration downstream of the temperature-signaling cascade in sponges.
Journal of cell science 2003;116(Pt 4):629-36.
2001: Santina Bruzzone; Luisa Franco; Lucrezia Guida; Elena Zocchi; Paola Contini; A Bisso; Cesare Usai; Antonio De Flora
A self-restricted CD38-connexin 43 cross-talk affects NAD+ and cyclic ADP-ribose metabolism and regulates intracellular calcium in 3T3 fibroblasts.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2001;276(51):48300-8.
2001: Elena Zocchi; Armando Carpaneto; Carlo Cerrano; Giorgio Bavestrello; Marco Giovine; Santina Bruzzone; Lucrezia Guida; Luisa Franco; Cesare Usai
The temperature-signaling cascade in sponges involves a heat-gated cation channel, abscisic acid, and cyclic ADP-ribose.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2001;98(26):14859-64.
2001: Elena Zocchi; Marina Podestà; Anna Pitto; Cesare Usai; Santina Bruzzone; Luisa Franco; Lucrezia Guida; A Bacigalupo; Antonio De Flora
Paracrinally stimulated expansion of early human hemopoietic progenitors by stroma-generated cyclic ADP-ribose.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2001;15(9):1610-2.
2001: L Franco; Elena Zocchi; Cesare Usai; Lucrezia Guida; Santina Bruzzone; A Costa; Antonio De Flora
Paracrine roles of NAD+ and cyclic ADP-ribose in increasing intracellular calcium and enhancing cell proliferation of 3T3 fibroblasts.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2001;276(24):21642-8.
2001: L Franco; Santina Bruzzone; Pingfang Song; Lucrezia Guida; Elena Zocchi; T F Walseth; Emanuele Crimi; Cesare Usai; Antonio De Flora; Vito Brusasco
Extracellular cyclic ADP-ribose potentiates ACh-induced contraction in bovine tracheal smooth muscle.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology 2001;280(1):L98-L106.
2000: Marina Podestà; Elena Zocchi; Anna Pitto; Cesare Usai; Luisa Franco; Santina Bruzzone; Lucrezia Guida; A Bacigalupo; D T Scadden; T F Walseth; Antonio De Flora; Antonio Daga
Extracellular cyclic ADP-ribose increases intracellular free calcium concentration and stimulates proliferation of human hemopoietic progenitors.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2000;14(5):680-90.
2000: Antonio De Flora; Luisa Franco; Lucrezia Guida; Santina Bruzzone; Cesare Usai; Elena Zocchi
Topology of CD38.
Chemical immunology 2000;75():79-98.
1999: Elena Zocchi; Cesare Usai; Lucrezia Guida; Luisa Franco; Santina Bruzzone; Mario Passalacqua; Antonio De Flora
Ligand-induced internalization of CD38 results in intracellular Ca2+ mobilization: role of NAD+ transport across cell membranes.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 1999;13(2):273-83.
1998: Luisa Franco; Lucrezia Guida; Santina Bruzzone; Elena Zocchi; Cesare Usai; Antonio De Flora
The transmembrane glycoprotein CD38 is a catalytically active transporter responsible for generation and influx of the second messenger cyclic ADP-ribose across membranes.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 1998;12(14):1507-20.
1998: Elena Zocchi; Antonio Daga; Cesare Usai; Luisa Franco; Lucrezia Guida; Santina Bruzzone; A Costa; Carla Marchetti; Antonio De Flora
Expression of CD38 increases intracellular calcium concentration and reduces doubling time in HeLa and 3T3 cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1998;273(14):8017-24.
1996: Antonio De Flora; Lucrezia Guida; Luisa Franco; Elena Zocchi; Mario Pestarino; Cesare Usai; Carla Marchetti; E Fedele; G Fontana; M Raiteri
Ectocellular in vitro and in vivo metabolism of cADP-ribose in cerebellum.
The Biochemical journal 1996;320 ( Pt 2)():665-71.