Publications 2001

The fine specificity of human T cell lines towards myelin basic protein peptides in southern Italian multiple sclerosis patients.

Montanaro D, Sanna V, Matarese G, Larby BB, Racioppi L, Carrieri PB, Bruno R, Davey NJ, Zappacosta S, Fontana S.
Clin Exp Immunol. 2001 Feb;123(2):288-93.

Modulation of CD45 tyrosine phosphatase activity by antigen.

Lago Paz F, Galgani M, D'Oro U, Matarese G, Masci AM, Zappacosta S, Racioppi L.
Eur J Immunol. 2001 Mar;31(3):777-82.

The bioenergetics of the immune system.

Lord GM, Matarese G, Howard JK, Lechler RI.
Science. 2001 May 4;292(5518):855-6.

Requirement for leptin in the induction and progression of autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Matarese G, Di Giacomo A, Sanna V, Lord GM, Howard JK, Di Tuoro A, Bloom SR, Lechler RI, Zappacosta S, Fontana S.
J Immunol. 2001 May 15;166(10):5909-16.

The peritoneal fluid concentration of leptin is increased in women with peritoneal but not ovarian endometriosis.

De Placido G, Alviggi C, Carravetta C, Pisaturo ML, Sanna V, Wilding M, Lord GM,Matarese G.
Hum Reprod. 2001 Jun;16(6):1251-4.

Leptin potentiates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in SJL female mice and confers susceptibility to males.

Matarese G, Sanna V, Di Giacomo A, Lord GM, Howard JK, Bloom SR, Lechler RI, Fontana S, Zappacosta S.
Eur J Immunol. 2001 May;31(5):1324-32.

Human CD4(+)CD25(+) cells: a naturally occurring population of regulatory T cells.

Ng WF, Duggan PJ, Ponchel F, Matarese G, Lombardi G, Edwards AD, Isaacs JD, Lechler RI.
Blood. 2001 Nov 1;98(9):2736-44.

Defective dendritic cell maturation in a child with nucleotide excision repair deficiency and CD4 lymphopenia.

Racioppi L, Cancrini C, Romiti ML, Angelini F, Di Cesare S, Bertini E, Livadiotti S, Gambarara MG, Matarese G, Lago Paz F, Stefanini M, Rossi P.
Clin Exp Immunol. 2001 Dec;126(3):511-8.