Alessandro Corsaro

University of Genoa — Italy

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding(37), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments(21), Neurological diseases and metabolism(20), Trace Elements in Health(14), Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances(10)

Publications84 total

Simple and Rapid Model to Generate Differentiated Endometrial Floating Organoids
BIO-PROTOCOL·2026Open Access
Drug enteric metabolism in gut microbiota-brain crosstalk
Life Sciences·2025Open Access
A floating endometrial organoid model recapitulates epithelial-stromal cell interactions in vitro
Experimental Cell Research·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The expression of pro-prion, a transmembrane isoform of the prion protein, leads to the constitutive activation of the canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway to sustain the stem-like phenotype of human glioblastoma cells
Cancer Cell International·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Chemokine signaling in tumors: potential role of CXC chemokines and their receptors as glioblastoma therapeutic targets
Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets·2024· 2 cited
Human glioblastoma-derived cell membrane nanovesicles: a novel, cell-specific strategy for boron neutron capture therapy of brain tumors
Scientific Reports·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Antitumor Potential of Antiepileptic Drugs in Human Glioblastoma: Pharmacological Targets and Clinical Benefits
Biomedicines·2023· 17 citedOpen Access
Proteostasis unbalance in prion diseases: Mechanisms of neurodegeneration and therapeutic targets
Frontiers in Neuroscience·2022· 19 citedOpen Access
N6-Isopentenyladenosine Hinders the Vasculogenic Mimicry in Human Glioblastoma Cells through Src-120 Catenin Pathway Modulation and RhoA Activity Inhibition
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
Experimental Evidence and Clinical Implications of Pituitary Adenoma Stem Cells
Frontiers in Endocrinology·2020· 27 citedOpen Access
Emerging Role of Cellular Prion Protein in the Maintenance and Expansion of Glioma Stem Cells
Cells·2019· 18 citedOpen Access
Autophagy Activator Drugs: A New Opportunity in Neuroprotection from Misfolded Protein Toxicity
International Journal of Molecular Sciences·2019· 113 citedOpen Access
Effects of Prion Protein on Aβ42 and Pyroglutamate-Modified AβpΕ3-42 Oligomerization and Toxicity
Molecular Neurobiology·2018· 16 cited
Pharmacological activation of autophagy favors the clearing of intracellular aggregates of misfolded prion protein peptide to prevent neuronal death
Cell Death and Disease·2018· 49 citedOpen Access
In vitro and in vivo characterization of stem-like cells from canine osteosarcoma and assessment of drug sensitivity
Experimental Cell Research·2018· 39 citedOpen Access
Different Effects of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Glioblastoma Stem Cells by Direct Cell Interaction or Via Released Soluble Factors
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience·2017· 69 citedOpen Access
Different Molecular Mechanisms Mediate Direct or Glia-Dependent Prion Protein Fragment 90–231 Neurotoxic Effects in Cerebellar Granule Neurons
Neurotoxicity Research·2017· 7 cited
A critical concentration of N-terminal pyroglutamylated amyloid beta drives the misfolding of Ab1-42 into more toxic aggregates
The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology·2016· 45 citedOpen Access
Cellular prion protein controls stem cell-like properties of human glioblastoma tumor-initiating cells
Oncotarget·2016· 64 citedOpen Access
Canine osteosarcoma cell lines contain stem-like cancer cells: biological and pharmacological characterization.
PubMed·2016· 5 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Tullio Florio(50), Stefano Thellung(38), Valentina Villa(27), Gennaro Schettini(26), Sara Arena(17), Federica Barbieri(14), Alessandra Pattarozzi(13), Claudio Russo(11), Antonio Aceto(11), Mario Nizzari(10), Domenico Paludi(9), Adriana Bajetto(8), Renato Spaziante(8), Katia Chiovitti(7), Roberto Würth(6), Monica Gatti(6), Gianluca Damonte(6), Cristina D’Arrigo(6), Alessandro Massa(6), Mauro Robello(5)