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A H Nissim Ben Efraim; M Ben-Zimra; L Karra; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
The inhibitory receptor CD300a is up-regulated by hypoxia and GM-CSF in human peripheral blood eosinophils.
M Elishmereni; Ido Bachelet; A H N Ben-Efraim; David Mankuta; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Interacting mast cells and eosinophils acquire an enhanced activation state in vitro.
Bernhard F Gibbs; Micha Ben-Zimra; Chris H Bridts; Didier G Ebo; Vito Sabato; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Expressions and inhibitory functions of CD300a receptors on purified human basophils.

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2013: A H Nissim Ben Efraim; M Ben-Zimra; L Karra; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
The inhibitory receptor CD300a is up-regulated by hypoxia and GM-CSF in human peripheral blood eosinophils.
Allergy 2013;68(3):397-401.
2013: M Elishmereni; Ido Bachelet; A H N Ben-Efraim; David Mankuta; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Interacting mast cells and eosinophils acquire an enhanced activation state in vitro.
Allergy 2013;68(2):171-9.
2012: Bernhard F Gibbs; Micha Ben-Zimra; Chris H Bridts; Didier G Ebo; Vito Sabato; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Expressions and inhibitory functions of CD300a receptors on purified human basophils.
Experimental dermatology 2012;21(11):884-6.
2012: Vito Sabato; Domenico Schiavino; Marjoke M Verweij; Chris H Bridts; Luc S De Clerck; Bernhard F Gibbs; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Didier G Ebo
CD300a is expressed on human basophils and seems to inhibit IgE/FcεRI-dependent anaphylactic degranulation.
Cytometry. Part B, Clinical cytometry 2012;82(3):132-8.
2012: Alessandra Micera; Ilaria Puxeddu; Bijorn Omar Balzamino; Stefano Bonini; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Chronic nerve growth factor exposure increases apoptosis in a model of in vitro induced conjunctival myofibroblasts.
PloS one 2012;7(10):e47316.
2012: Helena Migalovich-Sheikhet; David Mankuta; Sheli Friedman; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Novel identified receptors on mast cells.
Frontiers in immunology 2012;3():238.
2011: Eran Pickholtz; Dan Admon; Neville Berkman; Uzi Izhar; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Dexamethasone and salbutamol stimulate human lung fibroblast proliferation.
The World Allergy Organization journal 2011;4(12):249-56.
2011: Smadar Cohen; Alon Nissim Ben Efraim; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Ron Eliashar
The effect of hypoxia and cycloxygenase inhibitors on nasal polyp derived fibroblasts.
American journal of otolaryngology 2011;32(6):564-73.
2011: Victoria M Shpacovitch; Nathalie Vergnolle; Micha Feld; Morley D Hollenberg; Dirk Holzinger; Makiko Kido; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Stephan Ludwig; Thomas Luger; Johannes Roth; Martin Steinhoff
Role of proteinase-activated receptor-2 in anti-bacterial and immunomodulatory effects of interferon-γ on human neutrophils and monocytes.
Immunology 2011;133(3):329-39.
2011: Beata Berent-Maoz; Chamutal Gur; Francesca Vita; Maria Rosa Soranzo; Giuliano Zabucchi; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Influence of FAS on murine mast cell maturation.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2011;106(3):239-44.
2011: M Elishmereni; H T Alenius; P Bradding; Sa'ar Mizrahi; A Shikotra; Y Minai-Fleminger; David Mankuta; Ron Eliashar; Giuliano Zabucchi; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Physical interactions between mast cells and eosinophils: a novel mechanism enhancing eosinophil survival in vitro.
Allergy 2011;66(3):376-85.
2011: Petr Draber; Ivana Halova; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Lubica Draberova
Transmembrane adaptor proteins in the high-affinity IgE receptor signaling.
Frontiers in immunology 2011;2():95.
2011: Laila Karra; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Down-regulation of mast cell responses through ITIM containing inhibitory receptors.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2011;716():143-59.
2011: Moran Elishmereni; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
CD48: A co-stimulatory receptor of immunity.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology 2011;43(1):25-8.
2010: Radgonde Amer; Liane Rabinowich; Genia Maftsir; Ilaria Puxeddu; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Abraham Solomon
Mycophenolic acid suppresses human pterygium and normal tenon fibroblast proliferation in vitro.
The British journal of ophthalmology 2010;94(10):1373-7.
2010: Yael Minai-Fleminger; Moran Elishmereni; Francesca Vita; Maria Rosa Soranzo; David Mankuta; Guliano Zabucchi; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Ultrastructural evidence for human mast cell-eosinophil interactions in vitro.
Cell and tissue research 2010;341(3):405-15.
2010: Dikla Lankry; Hrvoje Simic; Yair Klieger; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Stipan Jonjic; Ofer Mandelboim
Expression and function of CD300 in NK cells.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2010;185(5):2877-86.
2010: Emily Viau; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Jordan Peccia
Respiratory toxicity and inflammatory response in human bronchial epithelial cells exposed to biosolids, animal manure, and agricultural soil particulate matter.
Environmental science & technology 2010;44(8):3142-8.
2010: Ilaria Puxeddu; Neville Berkman; Dragana Vukasovic; R Bader; H M Haitchi; D E Davies; P H Howarth; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Osteopontin is expressed and functional in human eosinophils.
Allergy 2010;65(2):168-74.
2010: Alon H Nissim Ben Efraim; Ron Eliashar; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Hypoxia modulates human eosinophil function.
Clinical and molecular allergy : CMA 2010;8():10.
2010: Beata Berent-Maoz; Souzan Salemi; David Mankuta; Hans-Uwe Simon; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Human mast cells express intracellular TRAIL.
Cellular immunology 2010;262(2):80-3.
2010: Martin Kohan; Ilaria Puxeddu; Reuven Reich; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Neville Berkman
Eotaxin-2/CCL24 and eotaxin-3/CCL26 exert differential profibrogenic effects on human lung fibroblasts.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2010;104(1):66-72.
2009: Dragana Vukasovic; I Puxeddu; Enrico Crivellato; Beatrice Nico; Angelo Vacca; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Angiogenesis in asthma.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2009;39(12):1815-21.
2009: Laila Karra; Beata Berent-Maoz; Micha Ben-Zimra; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Are we ready to downregulate mast cells?
Current opinion in immunology 2009;21(6):708-14.
2009: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Ron Eliashar
Mast cell stabilizing properties of antihistamines.
The Journal of investigative dermatology 2009;129(11):2549-51.
2009: Yael Minai-Fleminger; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cells and eosinophils: the two key effector cells in allergic inflammation.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] 2009;58(10):631-8.
2009: A H Nissim Ben Efraim; Ariel Munitz; Y Sherman; B D Mazer; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Ron Eliashar
Efficient purification of eosinophils from human tissues: a comparative study.
Journal of immunological methods 2009;343(2):91-6.
2009: Ilaria Puxeddu; Neville Berkman; A H Nissim Ben Efraim; D E Davies; Dragana Vukasovic; G J Gleich; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
The role of eosinophil major basic protein in angiogenesis.
Allergy 2009;64(3):368-74.
2008: Chana Ben-Yehuda; Reem Bader; Ilaria Puxeddu; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Raphael Breuer; Neville Berkman
Airway eosinophil accumulation and eotaxin-2/CCL24 expression following allergen challenge in BALB/c mice.
Experimental lung research 2008;34(8):467-79.
2008: Claudio M Rocha-de-Souza; Beata Berent-Maoz; David Mankuta; Allon E Moses; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Human mast cell activation by Staphylococcus aureus: interleukin-8 and tumor necrosis factor alpha release and the role of Toll-like receptor 2 and CD48 molecules.
Infection and immunity 2008;76(10):4489-97.
2008: A H Nissim Ben Efraim; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Tissue remodeling and angiogenesis in asthma: the role of the eosinophil.
Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease 2008;2(3):163-71.
2008: Moran Elishmereni; Ido Bachelet; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
DNAM-1: an amplifier of immune responses as a therapeutic target in various disorders.
Current opinion in investigational drugs (London, England : 2000) 2008;9(5):491-6.
2008: Ido Bachelet; Ariel Munitz; Beata Berent-Maoz; David Mankuta; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Suppression of normal and malignant kit signaling by a bispecific antibody linking kit with CD300a.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2008;180(9):6064-9.
2008: B Berent-Maoz; S Salemi; David Mankuta; Hans-Uwe Simon; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
TRAIL mediated signaling in human mast cells: the influence of IgE-dependent activation.
Allergy 2008;63(3):333-40.
2008: P Salamon; Nitza G Shoham; Ilaria Puxeddu; Yosef Paitan; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Yoseph A Mekori
Human mast cells release oncostatin M on contact with activated T cells: possible biologic relevance.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2008;121(2):448-455.e5.
2008: Dragana Vukasovic; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Petri T Kovanen
Inflammatory angiogenesis in atherogenesis--a double-edged sword.
Annals of medicine 2008;40(8):606-21.
2007: Martin Kohan; R Bader; Ilaria Puxeddu; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Raphael Breuer; Neville Berkman
Enhanced osteopontin expression in a murine model of allergen-induced airway remodelling.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2007;37(10):1444-54.
2007: Ido Bachelet; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cells as effector cells: a co-stimulating question.
Trends in immunology 2007;28(8):360-5.
2007: Alessandra Micera; Alessandro Lambiase; Barbara Stampachiacchiere; Stefano Bonini; Sergio Bonini; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Nerve growth factor and tissue repair remodeling: trkA(NGFR) and p75(NTR), two receptors one fate.
Cytokine & growth factor reviews 2007;18(3-4):245-56.
2007: Ariel Munitz; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Inhibitory receptors on eosinophils: a direct hit to a possible Achilles heel?
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2007;119(6):1382-7.
2007: Ariel Munitz; Ido Bachelet; Fred D Finkelman; Marc E Rothenberg; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
CD48 is critically involved in allergic eosinophilic airway inflammation.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2007;175(9):911-8.
2006: Ariel Munitz; Ido Bachelet; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Reversal of airway inflammation and remodeling in asthma by a bispecific antibody fragment linking CCR3 to CD300a.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2006;118(5):1082-9.
2006: Alessandra Micera; Alessandro Lambiase; Ilaria Puxeddu; Luigi Aloe; Barbara Stampachiacchiere; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Stefano Bonini; Stefano Bonini
Nerve growth factor effect on human primary fibroblastic-keratocytes: possible mechanism during corneal healing.
Experimental eye research 2006;83(4):747-57.
2006: Ido Bachelet; Ariel Munitz; David Mankutad; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cell costimulation by CD226/CD112 (DNAM-1/Nectin-2): a novel interface in the allergic process.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2006;281(37):27190-6.
2006: Ido Bachelet; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Yoseph A Mekori
Mast cells: not only in allergy.
Immunology and allergy clinics of North America 2006;26(3):407-25.
2006: Ariel Munitz; Ido Bachelet; Ron Eliashar; Marat Khodoun; Fred D Finkelman; Marc E Rothenberg; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
CD48 is an allergen and IL-3-induced activation molecule on eosinophils.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2006;177(1):77-83.
2006: Ido Bachelet; Ariel Munitz; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Abrogation of allergic reactions by a bispecific antibody fragment linking IgE to CD300a.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2006;117(6):1314-20.
2006: Ariel Munitz; Ido Bachelet; Ron Eliashar; Alessandro Moretta; Lorenzo Moretta; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
The inhibitory receptor IRp60 (CD300a) suppresses the effects of IL-5, GM-CSF, and eotaxin on human peripheral blood eosinophils.
Blood 2006;107(5):1996-2003.
2006: Beata Berent-Maoz; Adrian M Piliponsky; Isabelle Daigle; Hans-Uwe Simon; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Human mast cells undergo TRAIL-induced apoptosis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2006;176(4):2272-8.
2006: Ilaria Puxeddu; Reem Bader; Adrian M Piliponsky; Reuven Reich; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Neville Berkman
The CC chemokine eotaxin/CCL11 has a selective profibrogenic effect on human lung fibroblasts.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2006;117(1):103-10.
2006: Ido Bachelet; Ariel Munitz; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Co-culture of mast cells with fibroblasts: a tool to study their crosstalk.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2006;315():295-317.
2005: Ido Bachelet; Ariel Munitz; Alessandro Moretta; Lorenzo Moretta; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
The inhibitory receptor IRp60 (CD300a) is expressed and functional on human mast cells.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2005;175(12):7989-95.
2005: Ilaria Puxeddu; Dragana Vukasovic; Enrico Crivellato; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cells and eosinophils: a novel link between inflammation and angiogenesis in allergic diseases.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2005;116(3):531-6.
2005: Abraham Solomon; M Wajngarten; F Alviano; Irene Anteby; U Elchalal; Jacob Pe'er; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Suppression of inflammatory and fibrotic responses in allergic inflammation by the amniotic membrane stromal matrix.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2005;35(7):941-8.
2005: Ron Eliashar; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
The role of the eosinophil in nasal diseases.
Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery 2005;13(3):171-5.
2005: Ido Bachelet; Ariel Munitz; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Tryptase as an inflammatory marker in allergic disease and asthma.
Expert review of clinical immunology 2005;1(1):63-73.
2005: Alessandra Micera; Ilaria Puxeddu; Alessandro Lambiase; A Antonelli; Stefano Bonini; S Bonini; Luigi Aloe; Jacob Pe'er; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
The pro-fibrogenic effect of nerve growth factor on conjunctival fibroblasts is mediated by transforming growth factor-beta.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2005;35(5):650-6.
2005: Ilaria Puxeddu; Akram Alian; Adrian M Piliponsky; Dragana Vukasovic; Amos Panet; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Human peripheral blood eosinophils induce angiogenesis.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology 2005;37(3):628-36.
2005: Ariel Munitz; Ido Bachelet; Shira Fraenkel; Gil Katz; Ofer Mandelboim; Hans-Uwe Simon; Lorenzo Moretta; Marco COLONna; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
2B4 (CD244) is expressed and functional on human eosinophils.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2005;174(1):110-8.
2004: Ekaterina Garbuzenko; Neville Berkman; Ilaria Puxeddu; Mordechai Kramer; Arnon Nagler; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cells induce activation of human lung fibroblasts in vitro.
Experimental lung research 2004;30(8):705-21.
2004: Alessandra Micera; Alessandro Lambiase; Luigi Aloe; Sergio Bonini; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Stefano Bonini
Nerve growth factor involvement in the visual system: implications in allergic and neurodegenerative diseases.
Cytokine & growth factor reviews 2004;15(6):411-7.
2004: Ilaria Puxeddu; Gideon Lack; Susan J Smith; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Reduced eosinophil pro-fibrogenic effect in severe childhood asthma compared to mild disease: an effect of corticosteroids?
Pediatric pulmonology 2004;38(3):222-8.
2004: Xiang Xu; Avraham I Rivkind; Alon J Pikarsky; Orit Pappo; Stephan C Bischoff; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cells and eosinophils have a potential profibrogenic role in Crohn disease.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology 2004;39(5):440-7.
2004: Vladislav Temkin; Helena Aingorn; Ilaria Puxeddu; Orit Goldshmidt; Eyal Zcharia; Gerald J Gleich; Israel Vlodavsky; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Eosinophil major basic protein: first identified natural heparanase-inhibiting protein.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2004;113(4):703-9.
2004: Stephan C Bischoff; Silke Schwengberg; Axel Lorentz; Michael P Manns; Hueseyin Bektas; H Sann; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; F Shanahan; Michael Schemann
Substance P and other neuropeptides do not induce mediator release in isolated human intestinal mast cells.
Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society 2004;16(2):185-93.
2004: Ariel Munitz; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Eosinophils: 'new' roles for 'old' cells.
Allergy 2004;59(3):268-75.
2004: Shira Fraenkel; Ilaria Puxeddu; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Immune effector cells: mast cells and eosinophils?
Pediatric pulmonology. Supplement 2004;26():42-4.
2004: Ilaria Puxeddu; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cells and eosinophils: the hallmark of asthma.
Paediatric respiratory reviews 2004;5 Suppl A():S31-4.
2004: Gernot Sellge; Axel Lorentz; Thomas Gebhardt; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Hueseyin Bektas; Michael P Manns; Detlef Schuppan; Stephan C Bischoff
Human intestinal fibroblasts prevent apoptosis in human intestinal mast cells by a mechanism independent of stem cell factor, IL-3, IL-4, and nerve growth factor.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2004;172(1):260-7.
2003: Ilaria Puxeddu; Adrian M Piliponsky; Ido Bachelet; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cells in allergy and beyond.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology 2003;35(12):1601-7.
2003: Vladislav Temkin; Dalia Pickholtz; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Tumor necrosis factors in a murine model of allergic peritonitis: effects on eosinophil accumulation and inflammatory mediators' release.
Cytokine 2003;24(3):74-80.
2003: Abraham Solomon; Ilaria Puxeddu; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Fibrosis in ocular allergic inflammation: recent concepts in the pathogenesis of ocular allergy.
Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology 2003;3(5):389-93.
2003: Alessandra Micera; Ilaria Puxeddu; Luigi Aloe; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
New insights on the involvement of Nerve Growth Factor in allergic inflammation and fibrosis.
Cytokine & growth factor reviews 2003;14(5):369-74.
2003: Graham Roberts; Neeta Patel; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Parviz Habibi; Gideon Lack
Food allergy as a risk factor for life-threatening asthma in childhood: a case-controlled study.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2003;112(1):168-74.
2003: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Adrian M Piliponsky
Tryptase, a novel link between allergic inflammation and fibrosis.
Trends in immunology 2003;24(4):158-61.
2003: Hans-Uwe Simon; Sabine Plötz; Dagmar Simon; Ulrike Seitzer; Lasse R Braathen; Günter Menz; Alex Straumann; Reinhard Dummer; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Interleukin-2 primes eosinophil degranulation in hypereosinophilia and Wells' syndrome.
European journal of immunology 2003;33(4):834-9.
2003: Adrian M Piliponsky; Gerald J Gleich; Arnon Nagler; Ilan Bar; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Non-IgE-dependent activation of human lung- and cord blood-derived mast cells is induced by eosinophil major basic protein and modulated by the membrane form of stem cell factor.
Blood 2003;101(5):1898-904.
2002: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Vladislav Temkin; Hans-Uwe Simon; John-R Kettman; Johann Rudolf Frey; Ivan Lefkovits
Proteomic analysis of human eosinophil activation mediated by mast cells, granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor and tumor necrosis factor alpha.
Proteomics 2002;2(11):1616-26.
2002: Xiang Xu; Avraham I Rivkind; Orit Pappo; Alon J Pikarsky; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Role of mast cells and myofibroblasts in human peritoneal adhesion formation.
Annals of surgery 2002;236(5):593-601.
2002: Simon Phipps; Sun Ying; Arun Wangoo; Yee Ean Ong; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; A Barry Kay
The relationship between allergen-induced tissue eosinophilia and markers of repair and remodeling in human atopic skin.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2002;169(8):4604-12.
2002: Adrian M Piliponsky; Gerald J Gleich; Ilan Bar; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Effects of eosinophils on mast cells: a new pathway for the perpetuation of allergic inflammation.
Molecular immunology 2002;38(16-18):1369.
2002: Vladislav Temkin; Boris Kantor; Vivian Weg; Mor-Li Hartman; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Tryptase activates the mitogen-activated protein kinase/activator protein-1 pathway in human peripheral blood eosinophils, causing cytokine production and release.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2002;169(5):2662-9.
2002: S J Smith; Adrian M Piliponsky; F Rosenhead; U Elchalal; Arnon Nagler; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Dexamethasone inhibits maturation, cytokine production and Fc epsilon RI expression of human cord blood-derived mast cells.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2002;32(6):906-13.
2002: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Alessandra Micera; Ehud Zamir; Hadas Mechoulam; Ilaria Puxeddu; Adrian M Piliponsky; Luigi Aloe; Jacob Pe'er
Nerve growth factor and eosinophils in inflamed juvenile conjunctival nevus.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2002;43(6):1850-6.
2002: Xiang Xu; Sarah Zangen; Alon J Pikarsky; Orit Pappo; Dov Wengrower; Stephan C Bischoff; M Pines; Avraham I Rivkind; Eran Goldin; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cells involvement in the inflammation and fibrosis development of the TNBS-induced rat model of colitis.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology 2002;37(3):330-7.
2002: Ekaterina Garbuzenko; Arnon Nagler; Dalia Pickholtz; Philippe Gillery; Reuven Reich; François-Xavier Maquart; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Human mast cells stimulate fibroblast proliferation, collagen synthesis and lattice contraction: a direct role for mast cells in skin fibrosis.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2002;32(2):237-46.
2002: Masakazu Shimizu; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Noriyuki Ojima; Tomoteru Shingaki; Tsutomu Masujima
A single-cell matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass-spectroscopic assay of the cell-maturation process.
Analytical sciences : the international journal of the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry 2002;18(2):107-8.
2002: Xiang Xu; Orit Pappo; Ekaterina Garbuzenko; Stephan C Bischoff; Avraham I Rivkind; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cell dynamics and involvement in the development of peritoneal adhesions in the rat.
Life sciences 2002;70(8):951-67.
2002: Ehud Zamir; Hadas Mechoulam; Alessandra Micera; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Jacob Pe'er
Inflamed juvenile conjunctival naevus: clinicopathological characterisation.
The British journal of ophthalmology 2002;86(1):28-30.
2001: Elka Touitou; Biana Godin Vilentchouk; N Dayan; C Weiss; Adrian M Piliponsky; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Intracellular delivery mediated by an ethosomal carrier.
Biomaterials 2001;22(22):3053-9.
2001: Abraham Solomon; J Pe'er; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Advances in ocular allergy: basic mechanisms, clinical patterns and new therapies.
Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology 2001;1(5):477-82.
2001: Vladislav Temkin; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mechanism of tumour necrosis factor alpha mediated eosinophil survival.
Cytokine 2001;15(1):20-6.
2001: Adrian M Piliponsky; Dalia Pickholtz; Gerald J Gleich; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Human eosinophils induce histamine release from antigen-activated rat peritoneal mast cells: a possible role for mast cells in late-phase allergic reactions.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2001;107(6):993-1000.
2001: Alessandra Micera; Eliana Vigneti; Dalia Pickholtz; Reuven Reich; O Pappo; Stefano Bonini; François-Xavier Maquart; Luigi Aloe; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Nerve growth factor displays stimulatory effects on human skin and lung fibroblasts, demonstrating a direct role for this factor in tissue repair.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2001;98(11):6162-7.
2001: M Hartman; Adrian M Piliponsky; Vladislav Temkin; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Human peripheral blood eosinophils express stem cell factor.
Blood 2001;97(4):1086-91.
2000: Adrian M Piliponsky; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Regulation of apoptosis in mast cells.
Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death 2000;5(5):435-41.
2000: H U Simon; A Haj-Yehia; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in apoptosis induction.
Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death 2000;5(5):415-8.
2000: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; D Slovik; L Armetti; Dalia Pickholtz; Elka Touitou
Activation and inhibition of mast cells degranulation affect their morphometric parameters.
Life sciences 2000;66(21):PL283-90.
2000: Abraham Solomon; R Shmilowich; D Shasha; Joseph Frucht-Pery; Jacob Pe'er; Stefano Bonini; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Conjunctival fibroblasts enhance the survival and functional activity of peripheral blood eosinophils in vitro.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2000;41(5):1038-44.
2000: Alix Berton; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Hervé EMONARD; Ekaterina Garbuzenko; Philippe Gillery; François-Xavier Maquart
Activation of fibroblasts in collagen lattices by mast cell extract: a model of fibrosis.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2000;30(4):485-92.
2000: S J Smith; Sun Ying; Qiu Meng; M H F Sullivan; Julia Barkans; Onn Min Kon; BS Sihra; Mark Larché; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; A Barry Kay
Blood eosinophils from atopic donors express messenger RNA for the alpha, beta, and gamma subunits of the high-affinity IgE receptor (Fc epsilon RI) and intracellular, but not cell surface, alpha subunit protein.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2000;105(2 Pt 1):309-17.
2000: S J Smith; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cell-eosinophil-fibroblast crosstalk in allergic inflammation.
Chemical immunology 2000;78():81-92.
1999: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Ekaterina Garbuzenko; A Rubin; Reuven Reich; D Pickholz; Philippe Gillery; Hervé EMONARD; Arnon Nagler; F A Maquart
Human eosinophils regulate human lung- and skin-derived fibroblast properties in vitro: a role for transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta).
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1999;96(17):9660-5.
1999: Adrian M Piliponsky; Dalia Pickholtz; Gerald J Gleich; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Eosinophils activate mast cells to release histamine.
International archives of allergy and immunology 1999;118(2-4):202-3.
1999: Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Cross-talk between mast cells and eosinophils.
Allergy 1999;54 Suppl 58():36-8.
1998: Abraham Solomon; L Aloe; Jacob Pe'er; Joseph Frucht-Pery; S Bonini; S Bonini; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Nerve growth factor is preformed in and activates human peripheral blood eosinophils.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 1998;102(3):454-60.
1998: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Vladislav Temkin; V Malamud; S Feld; Yoram Zilberman
Mast cells enhance eosinophil survival in vitro: role of TNF-alpha and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 1998;160(11):5554-62.
1998: Arnon Nagler; Avraham I Rivkind; J Raphael; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Olga Genina; Irena Lavelin; Mark Pines
Halofuginone--an inhibitor of collagen type I synthesis--prevents postoperative formation of abdominal adhesions.
Annals of surgery 1998;227(4):575-82.
1998: E Rubinchik; Meir Shalit; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Responsiveness of human skin mast cells to repeated activation: an in vitro study.
Allergy 1998;53(1):14-9.
1997: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; V B Weg
Mast cells, eosinophils and fibrosis.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1997;27 Suppl 1():64-70.
1997: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; M A Goldenhersh; V Segal; A Nagler
Nedocromil sodium ameliorates skin manifestations in a murine model of chronic graft-versus-host disease.
Bone marrow transplantation 1997;19(8):823-8.
1997: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; V Segal; Vivian Barak; E Rubinchik; Arnon Nagler
Regulation of the functional activity of mast cells and fibroblasts by mononuclear cells in murine and human chronic graft-vs.-host disease.
Experimental hematology 1997;25(3):238-45.
1996: O Halevy; Arnon Nagler; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Olga Genina; Mark Pines
Inhibition of collagen type I synthesis by skin fibroblasts of graft versus host disease and scleroderma patients: effect of halofuginone.
Biochemical pharmacology 1996;52(7):1057-63.
1996: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Jashovam Shani; Y Politi; E Rubinchik; S Brenner
Inhibition of proliferation of psoriatic and healthy fibroblasts in cell culture by selected Dead-sea salts.
Pharmacology 1996;52(5):321-8.
1996: A Kupietzky; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
The role of mast cell-derived histamine in the closure of an in vitro wound.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] 1996;45(4):176-80.
1996: Arnon Nagler; M A Goldenhersh; Francesca Levi-Schaffer; J C Bystryn; SN Klaus
Total leucoderma: a rare manifestation of cutaneous chronic graft-versus-host disease.
The British journal of dermatology 1996;134(4):780-3.
1996: E Rubinchik; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Interleukin-2 inhibits 3T3 fibroblast proliferation.
Life sciences 1996;58(18):1509-17.
1996: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Arnon Nagler; S Slavin; V Knopov; Mark Pines
Inhibition of collagen synthesis and changes in skin morphology in murine graft-versus-host disease and tight skin mice: effect of halofuginone.
The Journal of investigative dermatology 1996;106(1):84-8.
1995: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Dana Baram; V Segal; E Garbuzenko; S Lew; Yoseph A Mekori
Prostaglandin E2 production by chronic graft-versus-host disease dermal fibroblasts.
Immunology letters 1995;48(1):11-15.
1995: M Shalit; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Challenge of mast cells with increasing amounts of antigen induces desensitization.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1995;25(9):896-902.
1995: E Rubinchik; A Norris; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Modulations of histamine release from mast cells by interleukin-2 is affected by nedocromil sodium.
International journal of immunopharmacology 1995;17(7):563-70.
1995: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; E Rubinchik
Mast cell role in fibrotic diseases.
Israel journal of medical sciences 1995;31(7):450-3.
1995: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; E Rubinchik
Activated mast cells are fibrogenic for 3T3 fibroblasts.
The Journal of investigative dermatology 1995;104(6):999-1003.
1995: Arnon Nagler; V Segal; Shimon Slavin; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Ketotifen therapy in chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD): effect on mast cells and fibroblasts.
Clinical and experimental immunology 1995;100(3):529-35.
1995: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; R Kelav-Appelbaum; E Rubinchik
Human foreskin mast cell viability and functional activity is maintained ex vivo by coculture with fibroblasts.
Cellular immunology 1995;162(2):211-6.
1994: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; E Rubinchik
Mast cell/fibroblast interactions.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology 1994;24(11):1016-21.
1994: Talma Brenner; D Soffer; M Shalit; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cells in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis: characterization, distribution in the CNS and in vitro activation by myelin basic protein and neuropeptides.
Journal of the neurological sciences 1994;122(2):210-3.
1994: E Rubinchik; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Mast cells and fibroblasts: two interacting cells.
International journal of clinical & laboratory research 1994;24(3):139-42.
1993: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; M Shalit
Proliferation and functional responses of bone marrow-derived mast cells after activation.
Cellular immunology 1993;148(2):435-43.
1993: M Shalit; Talma Brenner; E Shohami; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Interaction between mast cells and glial cells: an in vitro study.
Journal of neuroimmunology 1993;43(1-2):195-9.
1992: M Shalit; N Riesel-Yaron; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Nedocromil sodium modulates the function of long-term rat peritoneal mast cell cultures.
Pharmacological research : the official journal of the Italian Pharmacological Society 1992;26(3):293-303.
1992: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; V Segal; Dana Baram; Yoseph A Mekori
Effect of coculture of rodent mast cells with murine chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD)-derived fibroblasts.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 1992;89(2):501-9.
1991: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; M Shalit
Long-term cultures of mast cells: a new model for studying the allergic response.
Pharmacological research : the official journal of the Italian Pharmacological Society 1991;24(4):307-17.
1991: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; N Riesel; D Soffer; Oded Abramsky; Talma Brenner
Mast cell activity in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.
Molecular and chemical neuropathology / sponsored by the International Society for Neurochemistry and the World Federation of Neurology and research groups on neurochemistry and cerebrospinal fluid 1991;15(2):173-84.
1991: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; V Segal; M Shalit
Effects of interleukins on connective tissue type mast cells co-cultured with fibroblasts.
Immunology 1991;72(2):174-80.
1991: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; V Segal; Yoseph A Mekori; H N Claman; I Hammel
Morphological evidence for chronic mast cell activation after prolonged exposure with supernatants from chronic graft-versus-host splenocytes.
Immunology letters 1991;27(1):13-8.
1991: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; L Klapholz; A Kupietzky; L Weinrauch; M Shalit; E Okon
Increased numbers of mast cells in pemphigus vulgaris skin lesions. A histochemical study.
Acta dermato-venereologica 1991;71(3):269-71.
1990: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; N Riesel-Yaron
Effects of prolonged incubation of rat peritoneal mast cells with compound 48/80.
European journal of immunology 1990;20(12):2609-13.
1990: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; M Gare; M Shalit
Unresponsiveness of rat peritoneal mast cells to immunologic reactivation.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 1990;145(10):3418-24.
1990: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; A Kupietzky
Mast cells enhance migration and proliferation of fibroblasts into an in vitro wound.
Experimental cell research 1990;188(1):42-9.
1990: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Yoseph A Mekori; V Segal; H N Claman
Histamine release from mouse and rat mast cells cultured with supernatants from chronic murine graft-vs-host splenocytes.
Cellular immunology 1990;127(1):146-58.
1990: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; Z Bar-Shavit
Osteoblast-like cell line maintains in vitro rat peritoneal mast cell viability and functional activity.
Immunology 1990;69(1):145-9.
1990: M Shalit; Francesca Levi-Schaffer
Auranofin inhibits histamine release from rat peritoneal mast cells.
International journal of immunopharmacology 1990;12(4):403-7.
1989: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; N Riesel
In vitro regeneration of activated rat peritoneal mast cells cocultured with 3T3 fibroblasts.
Cellular immunology 1989;119(1):30-40.
1989: Francesca Levi-Schaffer; M Shalit
Differential release of histamine and prostaglandin D2 in rat peritoneal mast cells activated with peptides.
International archives of allergy and applied immunology 1989;90(4):352-7.