Essential roles of EphB receptors and EphrinB ligands in endothelial cell function and angiogenesis

O Salvucci, G Tosato - Advances in cancer research, 2012 - Elsevier
Eph receptor tyrosine kinases and their Ephrin ligands represent an important signaling
system with widespread roles in cell physiology and disease. Receptors and ligands in this …

Regulation of endothelial cell branching morphogenesis by endogenous chemokine stromal-derived factor-1

O Salvucci, L Yao, S Villalba, A Sajewicz… - Blood, The Journal …, 2002 - ashpublications.org
The chemokine stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and its unique receptor, CXCR4, are required
for normal cardiovascular development, but a critical role for SDF-1 in postnatal vascular …

The role of CXCR4 receptor expression in breast cancer: a large tissue microarray study

O Salvucci, A Bouchard, A Baccarelli… - Breast cancer research …, 2006 - Springer
The chemokine receptor CXCR4 is an important factor in the migration, invasiveness, metastasis
and proliferation of breast cancer cells. We have retrospectively analyzed the levels of …

Differential processing of stromal-derived factor-1α and stromal-derived factor-1β explains functional diversity

M De La Luz Sierra, F Yang, M Narazaki, O Salvucci… - Blood, 2004 - ashpublications.org
The chemokine stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1), which is constitutively expressed in most
tissues as SDF-1α and SDF-1β resulting from alternative gene splicing, regulates …

CXCR4 peptide antagonist inhibits primary breast tumor growth, metastasis and enhances the efficacy of anti‐VEGF treatment or docetaxel in a transgenic mouse …

…, AA Mourskaia, PM Siegel, O Salvucci… - … journal of cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
CXCR4 is a chemokine receptor implicated in the homing of cancer cells to target metastatic
organs, which overexpress its ligand, stromal cell‐derived factor (SDF)‐1. To determine the …

Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus promotes endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition through Notch-dependent signaling

…, G Espigol-Frigole, PJ McCormick, O Salvucci… - Cancer research, 2012 - AACR
Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is now widely considered a pivotal
contributor to cancer progression. In this study, we show that the Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)–associated …

EphrinB reverse signaling contributes to endothelial and mural cell assembly into vascular structures

O Salvucci, D Maric, M Economopoulou… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
EphrinB transmembrane ligands and their cognate EphB receptor tyrosine kinases regulate
vascular development through bidirectional cell-to-cell signaling, but little is known about the …

Semaphorin 6A regulates angiogenesis by modulating VEGF signaling

…, H Ohnuki, D Maric, O Salvucci… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
Formation of new vessels during development and in the mature mammal generally proceeds
through angiogenesis. Although a variety of molecules and signaling pathways are known …

EphB2 and EphB4 receptors forward signaling promotes SDF-1–induced endothelial cell chemotaxis and branching remodeling

O Salvucci, M de la Luz Sierra, JA Martina… - Blood, 2006 - ashpublications.org
The complex molecular mechanisms that drive endothelial cell movement and the formation
of new vessels are poorly understood and require further investigation. Eph receptor …

Antiapoptotic role of endogenous nitric oxide in human melanoma cells

O Salvucci, M Carsana, I Bersani, G Tragni, A Anichini - Cancer research, 2001 - AACR
… NO, resulting from the enzymatic activity of NOS, is a labile molecule that, in aqueous
solution, reacts rapidly with O 2 and accumulates in the culture medium as nitrite and nitrate(38). …