Luana Ricci Paulesu
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  1. Pellegrini A, Bigliardi E, Bechi N, Paulesu L, Lehane MJ, Avanzati AM. Fine structure of the female reproductive system in a viviparous insect, Glossina morsitans morsitans (Diptera, Glossinidae). Tissue Cell. 2010 Nov 20.
  2. Paulesu L, Bhattacharjee J, Bechi N, Romagnoli R, Jantra S, Ietta F. Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Animal and Human Gestation. Curr Pharm Des. 2010 Oct 27.
  3. Marzioni D, Todros T, Cardaropoli S, Rolfo A, Lorenzi T, Ciarmela P, Romagnoli R, Paulesu L, Castellucci M. Activating protein-1 family of transcription factors in the human placenta complicated by preeclampsia with and without fetal growth restriction. Placenta. 2010 Oct;31(10):919-27.
  4. Bhattacharjee J, Ietta F, Bechi N, Romagnoli R, Paulesu L. Localisation of ABCA1 in first trimester and term placental tissues--a reply. Placenta. 2010 Oct;31(10):941.
  5. Faria MR, Hoshida MS, Ferro EA, Ietta F, Paulesu L, Bevilacqua E. Spatiotemporal patterns of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (Mif) expression in the mouse placenta. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2010 Aug 4;8:95.
  6. Bhattacharjee J, Ietta F, Giacomello E, Bechi N, Romagnoli R, Fava A, Paulesu  L. Expression and localization of ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) in first trimester and term human placenta. Placenta. 2010 May;31(5):423-30.
  7. Mørck TJ, Sorda G, Bechi N, Rasmussen BS, Nielsen JB, Ietta F, Rytting E, Mathiesen L, Paulesu L, Knudsen LE. Placental transport and in vitro effects of Bisphenol A. Reprod Toxicol. 2010 Aug;30(1):131-7.
  8. Bechi N, Ietta F, Romagnoli R, Jantra S, Cencini M, Galassi G, Serchi T, Corsi I, Focardi S, Paulesu L. Environmental levels of para-nonylphenol are able to affect cytokine secretion in human placenta. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Mar;118(3):427-31.
  9. Ietta F, Bechi N, Romagnoli R, Bhattacharjee J, Realacci M, Di Vito M, Ferretti C, Paulesu L. 17{beta}-Estradiol modulates the macrophage migration inhibitory factor secretory pathway by regulating ABCA1 expression in human first-trimester placenta. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Mar;298(3):E411-8.
  10. Paulesu L, Jantra S, Ietta F, Brizzi R, Bigliardi E. Interleukin-1 in reproductive strategies. Evol Dev. 2008 Nov-Dec;10(6):778-88. Review.
  11. Ferro EA, Mineo JR, Ietta F, Bechi N, Romagnoli R, Silva DA, Sorda G, Bevilacqua E, Paulesu LR. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor is up-regulated  in human first-trimester placenta stimulated by soluble antigen of Toxoplasma gondii, resulting in increased monocyte adhesion on villous explants. Am J Pathol. 2008 Jan;172(1):50-8.
  12. Bremer S, Brittebo E, Dencker L, Knudsen LE, Mathisien L, Olovsson M, Pazos P, Pellizzer C, Paulesu LR, Schaefer W, Schwarz M, Staud F, Stavreus-Evers A, Vähänkangas K. In vitro tests for detecting chemicals affecting the embryo implantation process. The report and recommendations of ECVAM workshop 62 – a strategic workshop of the EU ReProTect project. Altern Lab Anim. 2007Aug;35(4):421-39.
  13. Todros T, Marzioni D, Lorenzi T, Piccoli E, Capparuccia L, Perugini V, Cardaropoli S, Romagnoli R, Gesuita R, Rolfo A, Paulesu L, Castellucci M. Evidence for a role of TGF-beta1 in the expression and regulation of alpha-SMA in fetal growth restricted placentae. Placenta. 2007 Nov-Dec;28(11-12):1123-32.
  14. Jantra S, Bigliardi E, Brizzi R, Ietta F, Bechi N, Paulesu L. Interleukin 1 in oviductal tissues of viviparous, oviparous, and ovuliparous species of amphibians. Biol Reprod. 2007 Jun;76(6):1009-15. Epub 2007 Feb 21.
  15. Ietta F, Wu Y, Romagnoli R, Soleymanlou N, Orsini B, Zamudio S, Paulesu L, Caniggia I. Oxygen regulation of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in human  placenta. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jan;292(1):E272-80.
  16. Bechi N, Ietta F, Romagnoli R, Focardi S, Corsi I, Buffi C, Paulesu L. Estrogen-like response to p-nonylphenol in human first trimester placenta and BeWo choriocarcinoma cells. Toxicol Sci. 2006 Sep;93(1):75-81.
  17. Zicari A, Ticconi C, Ietta F, Belmonte A, Bechi N, Realacci M, Di Vito M, Arcuri F, Russo M, Piccione E, Paulesu L. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor-nitric oxide interaction in human fetal membranes at term pregnancy. J Soc Gynecol Investig. 2006 May;13(4):263-70.
  18. Paulesu L, Ietta F, Petraglia F. Feto-maternal biology and ethics of human society. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2005 Oct 18;3:55. PubMed PMID: 16232317;
  19. Paulesu L, Bigliardi E, Paccagnini E, Ietta F, Cateni C, Guillaume CP, Heulin B. Cytokines in the oviparity/viviparity transition: evidence of the interleukin-1 system in a species with reproductive bimodality, the lizard Lacerta vivipara. Evol Dev. 2005 Jul-Aug;7(4):282-8.
  20. Todros T, Bontempo S, Piccoli E, Ietta F, Romagnoli R, Biolcati M, Castellucci M, Paulesu L. Increased levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in preeclampsia. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2005 Dec 1;123(2):162-6.
  21. Aloisi AM, Pari G, Ceccarelli I, Vecchi I, Ietta F, Lodi L, Paulesu L. Gender-related effects of chronic non-malignant pain and opioid therapy on plasma levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). Pain. 2005 May;115(1-2):142-51.
  22. Paulesu L, Romagnoli R, Bigliardi E. Materno-fetal immunotolerance: is Interleukin-1 a fundamental mediator in placental viviparity? Dev Comp Immunol. 2005;29(5):409-15. Epub 2004 Dec 19. Review.
  23. Paulesu L, Cateni C, Romagnoli R, Ietta F, Dantzer V. Variation in macrophage-migration-inhibitory-factor immunoreactivity during porcine gestation. Biol Reprod. 2005 Apr;72(4):949-53.