DOCTORATE in GENETICS, ONCOLOGY and CLINICAL MEDICINE (GenOMeC)
DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN GENETICA ONCOLOGIA E MEDICINA CLINICA

UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI  DI SIENA

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Publications from 2005 to 2010

 
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  • SOZZI E, AMATO T, SAHOTA SS, NUTI S, RASPADORI D, SICURANZA A, CENCINI E, TOSI P, LAURIA F, FORCONI F. (2010). Lack of allelic exclusion by secondary rearrangements of tumour B-cell receptor light chains in hairy cell leukaemia. HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY, ISSN: 0278-0232, doi: 10.1002/hon.952
  • ZIBELLINI S, CAPELLO D, FORCONI F., MARCATILI P, ROSSI D, RATTOTTI S, FRANCESCHETTI S, SOZZI E, CENCINI E, MARASCA R, BALDINI L, TUCCI A, BERTONI F, PASSAMONTI F, ORLANDI E, VARETTONI M, MERLI M, RIZZI S, GATTEI V, TRAMONTANO A, PAULLI M, GAIDANO G, ARCAINI L (2010). Stereotyped patterns of B-cell receptor in splenic marginal zone lymphoma. HAEMATOLOGICA, vol. 95, ISSN: 0390-6078, doi: 10.3324/haematol.2010.025437
  • BOMBEN R, DAL BO M, CAPELLO D, FORCONI F., MAFFEI R, LAURENTI L, ROSSI D, DEL PRINCIPE MI, ZUCCHETTO A, BERTONI F, ROSSI FM, BULIAN P, CATTAROSSI I, ILARIUCCI F, SOZZI E, SPINA V, ZUCCA E, DEGAN M, LAURIA F, DEL POETA G, EFREMOV DG, MARASCA R, GAIDANO G, GATTEI V (2009). 2: Molecular and clinical features of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia with stereotyped B cell receptors: results from an Italian multicentre study. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, vol. 144; p. 492-506, ISSN: 0007-1048
  • DAL-BO M, BERTONI F, FORCONI F., ZUCCHETTO A, BOMBEN R, MARASCA R, DEAGLIO S, LAURENTI L, EFREMOV DG, GAIDANO G, DEL POETA G, GATTEI V (2009). Intrinsic and extrinsic
    factors influencing the clinical course of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia:
    prognostic markers with pathogenetic relevance. JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE, vol. 7; p. 76, ISSN: 1479-5876
  • ELSE M, DEARDEN C.E, MATUTES E, GARCIA-TALAVERA J, ROHATINER A.Z.S, JOHNSON S.A.N, OCONNOR N.T.J, HAYNES A, OSUJI N, FORCONI F., LAURIA F, CATOVSKY D (2009). Long-term follow-up of 233 patients with hairy cell leukaemia, treated initially with
    pentostatin or cladribine, at a median of 16 years from diagnosis. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, vol. 145; p. 733-740, ISSN: 0007-1048
  • FORCONI F., SOZZI E, CENCINI E, ZAJA F, INTERMESOLI T, STELITANO C, RIGACCI L, GHERLINZONI F, CANTAFFA R, BARALDI A, GALLAMINI A, ZACCARIA A, PULSONI A, GOBBI, M, TASSI M, RASPADORI D, LEONCINI L, RINALDI A, SABATTINI E, BERTONI F, PILERI, SA, LAURIA F (2009). Hairy cell leukemias with unmutated IGHV genes define the minor
    subset refractory to single-agent cladribine and with more aggressive behavior. BLOOD, vol. 114; p. 4696-4702, ISSN: 0006-4971
  • LAURIA F, FORCONI F. (2009). Combination therapies to improve the long-term outcome in
    hairy cell leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma. LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA, vol. 50; p. 18-22, ISSN: 1042-8194
  • ROSSI D, CERRI M, DEAMBROGI C, SOZZI E, CRESTA S, RASI S, DE PAOLI L, SPINA V, GATTEI V, CAPELLO D, FORCONI F., LAURIA F, GAIDANO G (2009). The Prognostic Value of TP53 Mutations in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Is Independent of Del17p13: Implications for Overall Survival and Chemorefractoriness. CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH, vol. 15; p. 995-1004, ISSN: 1078-0432
  • ROSSI D, SOZZI E, PUMA A, DE PAOLI L, RASI S, SPINA V, GOZZETTI A, TASSI M, CENCINI E, RASPADORI D, PINTO V, BERTONI F, GATTEI V, LAURIA F, GAIDANO G, FORCONI F. (2009). The prognosis of clinical monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis differs from
    prognosis of Rai 0 chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and is recapitulated by
    biological risk factors. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, vol. 146; p. 64-75, ISSN: 0007-1048
  • ROSSI D, SOZZI E, PUMA A, DE PAOLI L, RASI S, SPINA V, GOZZETTI A, TASSI M, CENCINI M, RASPADORI D, BERTONI F, GATTEI V, LAURIA F, GAIDANO G, FORCONI F. (2009). THE PROGNOSIS OF CLINICAL MONOCLONAL B CELL LYMPHOCYTOSIS DIFFERS FROM PROGNOSIS OF RAI 0 CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA AND IS RECAPITULATED BY BIOLOGICAL RISK FACTORS. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, ISSN: 0007-1048
  • ROSSI D, SPINA V, CERRI M, RASI S, DEAMBROGI C, DE PAOLI L, LAURENTI L, MAFFEI R, FORCONI F., BERTONI F, ZUCCA E, AGOSTINELLI C, CABRAS A, LUCIONI M, MARTINI M, MAGNI M, DEAGLIO S, LADETTO M, NOMDEDEU JF, BESSON C, RAMPONI A, CANZONIERI V, PAULLI M, MARASCA R, LAROCCA LM, CARBONE A, PILERI SA, GATTEI V, GAIDANO G (2009). Stereotyped B-cell receptor is an independent risk factor of chronic
    lymphocytic leukemia transformation to Richter syndrome. CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH, vol. 15; p. 4415-4422, ISSN: 1078-0432
  • WESTON-BELL N, TOWNSEND M, DI GENOVA G, FORCONI F., SAHOTA SS (2009). Defining
    origins of malignant B cells: a new circulating normal human IgM(+)D(+) B-cell
    subset lacking CD27 expression and displaying somatically mutated IGHV genes as a
    relevant memory population. LEUKEMIA, vol. 23; p. 2075-2080, ISSN: 0887-6924
  • CAVAZZINI F, HERNANDEZ JA, GOZZETTI A, RUSSO ROSSI A, DE ANGELI C, TISEO R, BARDI A, TAMMISO E, CRUPI R, LENOCI MP, FORCONI F., LAURIA F, MARASCA R, MAFFEI R, TORELLI G, GONZALEZ M, MARTIN-JIMENEZ P, MARIA HERNANDEZ J, RIGOLIN GM, CUNEO A (2008). 5: Chromosome 14q32 translocations involving the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia identify a disease subset with poor prognosis. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, vol. 142; p. 529-537, ISSN: 0007-1048
  • FORCONI F., FABBRI A, LENOCI M, SOZZI E, GOZZETTI A, TASSI M, RASPADORI D, LAURIA F (2008). Low-dose oral fludarabine plus cyclophosphamide in elderly patients with untreated and relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic Leukaemia. HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY, vol. 26; p. 247-251, ISSN: 0278-0232
  • FORCONI F., PORETTI G, KWEE I, SOZZI E, ROSSI D, RANCOITA PM, CAPELLO D, RINALDI A, ZUCCA E, RASPADORI D, SPINA V, LAURIA F, GAIDANO G, BERTONI F (2008). 6: High density genome-wide DNA profiling reveals a remarkably stable profile in hairy cell leukaemia. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, vol. 141; p. 622-630, ISSN: 0007-1048
  • FORCONI F., RINALDI A, KWEE I, SOZZI E, RASPADORI D, RANCOITA PM, SCANDURRA M, ROSSI D, DEAMBROGI C, CAPELLO D, ZUCCA E, MARCONI D, BOMBEN R, GATTEI V, LAURIA F, GAIDANO G, BERTONI F (2008). Genome-wide DNA analysis identifies recurrent imbalances predicting outcome in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia with 17p deletion. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, vol. 143; p. 532-536, ISSN: 0007-1048
  • FORCONI F., SOZZI E, ROSSI D, SAHOTA SS, AMATO T, RASPADORI D, TRENTIN L, LEONCINI L, GAIDANO G, LAURIA F (2008). 7: Selective influences in the expressed immunoglobulin heavy and light chain gene repertoire in hairy cell leukemia. HAEMATOLOGICA, vol. 93; p. 697-705, ISSN: 0390-6078
  • BOMBEN R, DAL BO M, CAPELLO D, BENEDETTI D, MARCONI D, ZUCCHETTO A, FORCONI F., MAFFEI R, GHIA EM, LAURENTI L, BULIAN P, DEL PRINCIPE MI, PALERMO G, THORSELIUS M, DEGAN M, CAMPANINI R, GUARINI A, DEL POETA G, ROSENQUIST R, EFREMOV DG, MARASCA R, FOA R, GAIDANO G, GATTEI V (2007). Comprehensive characterization of IGHV3-21-expressing B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: an Italian multicenter study. BLOOD, vol. 109; p. 2989-2998, ISSN: 0006-4971
  • DANIA BENEDETTI, RICCARDO BOMBEN, MICHELE DAL BO, DANIELA MARCONI, ANTONELLA ZUCCHETTO, MASSIMO DEGAN, FORCONI F., GIOVANNI DEL POETA, GIANLUCA GAIDANO, VALTER GATTEI (2007). Are surrogates of IGHV gene mutational status useful in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia? The example of Septin-10. LEUKEMIA, ISSN: 0887-6924
  • FORCONI F., TORALDO F, SOZZI E, AMATO T, RASPADORI D, LAURIA F (2007). Complete molecular remission induced by concomitant cladribine--rituximab treatment in a case of multi-resistant hairy cell leukemia. LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA, vol. 48; p. 2441-2443, ISSN: 1042-8194
  • PIRROTTA MT, BOCCHIA M, BUCALOSSI A, DEFINA M, FORCONI F., GOZZETTI A, LAURIA F (2007). Pilot study of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO), fludarabine, cytarabine and idarubicin combined regimen (GO-FLAI) as first-line induction therapy plus GO alone as consolidation therapy for elderly acute myeloid leukemia patients. ACTA HAEMATOLOGICA, vol. 118; p. 7-9, ISSN: 0001-5792
  • BOCCHIA M, ABRUZZESE E, FORCONI F., IPPOLITI M, TRAWINSKA MM, PIRROTTA MT, RASPADORI D, TOZZI M, GOZZETTI A, LAURIA F (2006). Imatinib does not impair specific antitumor T-cell immunity in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. LEUKEMIA, vol. 20; p. 142-143, ISSN: 0887-6924
  • BOCCHIA M, FORCONI F., LAURIA F (2006). Emerging drugs in chronic myelogenous leukaemia. EXPERT OPINION ON EMERGING DRUGS, vol. 11; p. 651-664, ISSN: 1472-8214, doi: 10.1517/14728214.11.4.651
  • KOSTOPOULOS I, COCCO M, GINANNESCHI C, D'AMURI A, LAZZI S, FABBRI A, FORCONI F., DE SANTI MM, LEONCINI L (2006). Overlapping morphologic and immunophenotypic profiles in small B-cell lymphoma. A report of two cases. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV, vol. 449; p. 320-327, ISSN: 0945-6317, doi: 10.1007/s00428-006-0242-1
  • BOCCHIA M, GENTILI S, ABRUZZESE E, FANELLI A, IULIANO F, TABILIO A, AMABILE M, FORCONI F., GOZZETTI A, RASPADORI D, AMADORI S, LAURIA F. (2005). Effect of a p210 multipeptide vaccine associated with imatinib or interferon in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia and persistent residual disease: a multicentre observational trial. LANCET, vol. 365; p. 657-662, ISSN: 0140-6736
  • FORCONI F., RASPADORI D, LENOCI M, LAURIA F. (2005). Absence of surface CD27 distinguishes hairy cell leukemia from other leukemic B-cell malignancies. HAEMATOLOGICA, vol. 90; p. 266-268, ISSN: 0390-6078
  • PIRROTTA MT, BUCALOSSI A, FORCONI F., BOCCHIA M, MAZZOTTA S, SAMMASSIMO S, GOZZETTI A, LAURIA F. (2005). Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura secondary to an occult adenocarcinoma. THE ONCOLOGIST, vol. 10; p. 299-300, ISSN: 1083-7159
  • PIRROTTA MT, BUCALOSSI A, FORCONI F., GOZZETTI A, BOCCHIA M, MAZZOTTA S, SAMMASSIMO S, LAURIA F. (2005). Massive intravascular hemolysis: a fatal complication of Clostridium perfringens septicemia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. SEMINARS IN ONCOLOGY, vol. 46; p. 793, ISSN: 0093-7754
  • DAL-BO M, DEL GIUDICE I, BOMBEN R, CAPELLO D, BERTONI F, FORCONI F., LAURENTI L, ROSSI D, ZUCCHETTO A, POZZATO G, MARASCA R, EFREMOV DG, GUARINI A, DEL POETA G, FOÀ R, GAIDANO G, GATTEI V (in stampa). B-cell receptor, clinical course and prognosis in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: the growing saga of the IGHV3 subgroup gene usage. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, ISSN: 0007-1048
  • FORCONI F., CENCINI E, SICURANZA A, SOZZI E, LAURIA F (in stampa). Molecular insight into the biology and clinical course of hairy cell leukemia utilising immunoglobulin gene analysis. LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA, ISSN: 1042-8194
  • RASI S, SPINA V, BRUSCAGGIN A, VAISITTI T, TRIPODO C, FORCONI F., DE PAOLI L, FANGAZIO M, SOZZI E, CENCINI E, LAURENTI L, MARASCA R, VISCO C, XU-MONETTE ZY, GATTEI V, YOUNG KH, MALAVASI F, DEAGLIO S, GAIDANO G, ROSSI D (in stampa). A variant of the LRP4 gene affects the risk of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia transformation to Richter syndrome. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, ISSN: 0007-1048
  • RINALDI A, FORCONI F., ARCAINI L, MIAN M, SOZZI E, ZIBELLINI S, BALDINI L, FRANCESCHETTI S, GAIDANO G, MARASCA R, MOLLEJO M, PIRIS MA, TUCCI A, FACCHETTI F, BHAGAT G, DALLA FAVERA R, RANCOITA PMV, ZUCCA E, KWEE I, BERTONI F (in stampa). Immunogenetic features and genomic lesions in splenic marginal zone lymphoma. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, ISSN: 0007-1048
  • BILOUS N, BOMBEN R, DAL BO M, CAPELLO D, FORCONI F., LAURENTI L, BERTONI F, EFREMOV DG, MARASCA R, DEL POETA G, MARTINA Z, KRYACHOUK I, DYAGIL I, GAIDANO G, CHUMAK A, GATTEI V, ABRAMENKO I (2010). Molecular and clinical features of chronic
    lymphocytic leukemia with stereotyped B-cell receptors in a Ukrainian cohort. LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA, vol. 51; p. 822-838, ISSN: 1042-8194
  • BOMBEN R, DAL BO M, CAPELLO D, FORCONI F., BERTONI F, MAFFEI R, LAURENTI L, ROSSI D, ZUCCA E, DEGAN M, MARASCA R, EFREMOV DG, DEL POETA G, GAIDANO G, GATTEI, V (2010). IGHD3-3 fails to behave as unfavourable prognostic marker in chronic
    lymphocytic leukaemia. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, vol. 149; p. 299-302, ISSN: 0007-1048
  • BOMBEN R, DAL-BO M, BENEDETTI D, CAPELLO D, FORCONI F., MARCONI D, BERTONI F, MAFFEI R, LAURENTI L, ROSSI D, DEL PRINCIPE MI, LUCIANO F, SOZZI E, CATTAROSSI I, ZUCCHETTO A, ROSSI FM, BULIAN P, ZUCCA E, NICOLOSO MS, DEGAN M, MARASCA R, EFREMOV DG, DEL POETA G, GAIDANO G, GATTEI V (2010). Expression of mutated IGHV3-23
    genes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia identifies a disease subset with peculiar
    clinical and biological features. CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH, vol. 16; p. 620-628, ISSN: 1078-0432
  • BULIAN P, TARNANI M, ROSSI D, FORCONI F., DEL POETA G, BERTONI F, ZUCCA E, MONTILLO M, POZZATO G, DEAGLIO S, D'ARENA G, EFREMOV D, MARASCA R, LAURIA F, GATTEI V, GAIDANO G, LAURENTI L (2010). Multicentre validation of a prognostic index for overall survival in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY, ISSN: 0278-0232, doi: 10.1002/hon.959
  • CAPITANI N, LUCHERINI OM, SOZZI E, FERRO M, GIOMMONI N, FINETTI F, DE FALCO G, CENCINI E, RASPADORI D, PELICCI PG, LAURIA F, FORCONI F., BALDARI CT (2010). Impaired
    expression of p66Shc, a novel regulator of B-cell survival, in chronic
    lymphocytic leukemia. BLOOD, vol. 115; p. 3726-3736, ISSN: 0006-4971
  • DAL BO M, SECCHIERO P, DEGAN M, MARCONI D, BOMBEN R, POZZATO G, GAIDANO G, DEL POETA G, FORCONI F., ZAULI G, GATTEI V (2010). MDM4 (MDMX) is overexpressed in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and marks a subset of p53wild-type CLL with a poor cytotoxic response to Nutlin-3. BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, vol. 150; p. 237-239, ISSN: 0007-1048, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08185.x
  • FABBRI A, GOZZETTI A, FORCONI F., LAURIA F (2010). Predicting the clinical course of Hodgkin lymphoma. NATURE REVIEWS. CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, ISSN: 1759-4774, doi: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2010.36-c1
  • FORCONI F. (2010). Leukemia: Biological And Clinical Overview From Immunogenetic Insights. HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY, ISSN: 0278-0232, doi: 10.1002/hon.975
  • FORCONI F., POTTER KN, WHEATLEY I, DARZENTAS N, SOZZI E, STAMATOPOULOS K, MOCKRIDGE CI, PACKHAM G, STEVENSON FK (2010). The normal IGHV1-69-derived B-cell
    repertoire contains stereotypic patterns characteristic of unmutated CLL. BLOOD, vol. 115; p. 71-77, ISSN: 0006-4971
  • MAFFEI R, MARTINELLI S, SANTACHIARA R, ROSSI D, GUARNOTTA C, SOZZI E, ZUCCHETTO A, RIGOLIN GM, FIORCARI S, CASTELLI I, FONTANA M, COLUCCIO V, LEONARDI, G, ZUCCHINI P, TRIPODO C, CUNEO A, GATTEI V, DEL POETA G, FORCONI F., GAIDANO G, TORELLI G, MARASCA R (2010). Angiopoietin-2 plasma dosage predicts time to first treatment and overall survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. BLOOD, vol. 116; p. 584-592, ISSN: 0006-4971, doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-11-252494
  • RASI S, FORCONI F., BRUSCAGGIN A, SOZZI E, GAIDANO G, ROSSI D (2010). Impact of the
    host genetic background on prognosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. BLOOD, vol. 115; p. 1106-1107, ISSN: 0006-4971
  • RINALDI A, MIAN M, CHIGRINOVA E, ARCAINI L, BHAGAT G, NOVAK U, RANCOITA PMV, DE CAMPOS CP, FORCONI F., PONZONI M, GOVI S, FERRERI AJM, BALDINI L, GASCOYNE RD, SOULIER J, THIEBLEMONT C, CANZONIERI V, GATTEI V, MARASCA R, FRANCESCHETTI S, GAIDANO G, MOLLEJO M, PIRIS MA, FACCHETTI F, AND BERTONI F (2010). Genome wide DNA-profiling of marginal zone lymphomas identifies subtype-specific lesions with an impact on the clinical outcome. BLOOD, vol. in press, ISSN: 0006-4971
  • SCANDURRA M, ROSSI D, DEAMBROGI C, RANCOITA PM, CHIGRINOVA E, MIAN M, CERRI M, RASI S, SOZZI E, FORCONI F., PONZONI M, MORENO SM, PIRIS MA, INGHIRAMI G, ZUCCA E, GATTEI V, RINALDI A, KWEE I, GAIDANO G, BERTONI F (2010). Genomic profiling of Richter's
    syndrome: recurrent lesions and differences with de novo diffuse large B-cell
    lymphomas. HEMATOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY, vol. 28; p. 62-67, ISSN: 0278-0232, doi: 10.1002/hon.932
     
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