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1 Lavori in Extenso su Riviste Internazionali e Rassegne e Capitoli su Libri e Riviste Nazionali e Internazionali di ANTONELLA CAMAIONI 1. Baldini A., Camaioni A., de Capoa A., Felli M.P., Marlekaj P., Ravenna L., Cianfarani S., Spadoni G.L., Boscherini B. GROWTH HORMONE-INDUCED ACTIVATION OF rrna GENE CLUSTERS: CELLULAR RESPONSES OF NORMAL SUBJECTS AND PITUITARIC DWARFS. Cell Biology International Reports (rinominato "Cell Biology International"), 10:202, Academic Press Inc., London, Baldini A., Felli M.P., Ravenna L., Camaioni A., de Capoa A., Spadoni G.L., Cianfarani S., Boscherini B. DIFFERENTIAL RIBOSOMAL RESPONSIVENESS TO HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE IS VISUALIZED BY SELECTIVE SILVER STAINING. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 47:22-25, S. Karger AG, Basel, Switzerland, Spadoni G.L., Cianfarani S., Baldini A., Ravenna L., Felli M.P., Camaioni A., Manca Bitti M.L., Scire' G., Boscherini B. LARON DWARFISM: CELLULAR UNRESPONSIVENESS TO GH DEMONSTRATED ON CULTURED LYMPHOCYTES BY A CYTOCHEMICAL METHOD. Hormone and Metabolic Research 20: , Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York, USA, Lavitrano M.L., Camaioni A., Fazio V.M., Dolci S., Farace M.G., Spadafora C. SPERM CELLS AS VECTOR FOR INTRODUCING FOREIGN DNA INTO EGGS: GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF MICE. Cell 57: , Cell Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, De Felici M., Camaioni A., Siracusa G. EGGS AND SPERM INTERACTION WITH COMPONENTS OF THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX. In: "Biochemical Aspects on the Immunopathology of Reproduction", pp. 1-9, Acta Medica, Roma, 1989.

2 6. De Felici M., Camaioni A., Russo M., Siracusa G. SELECTIVE BINDING OF MOUSE AND HUMAN SPERMATOZOA TO BEADS COATED WITH EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COMPONENTS. Molecular Reproduction and Development 27: , Wiley-Liss, New York, USA, Camaioni A., Russo M.A., Odorisio T., Gandolfi F., Fazio V.M., Siracusa G. UPTAKE OF EXOGENOUS DNA BY MAMMALIAN SPERMATOZOA:SPECIFIC LOCALIZATION OF DNA ON SPERM HEADS. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 96: , Great Britain, Lavitrano M.L., French D., Camaioni A., Zani M., Mariani-Costantini R., Frati L., Spadafora C. UPTAKE OF FOREIGN MOLECULES BY SPERM CELLS. FACTORS AFFECTING SPERM PERMEABILITY. In: "Comparative Spermatology 20 Years After" Serono Symposia Publications, vol. 75, pp , Baccetti B. ed., Raven Press, New York, USA, French D., Camaioni A., Zani M, Mariani-Costantini R., Frati L., Spadafora C., Lavitrano M.L. PERMEABILITY OF SPERM CELLS TO FOREIGN DNA MOLECULES. In: "Horizons in Endocrinology Vol II", Serono Symposia Publications, Vol. 76, Maggi M. and Geenen V. eds., Raven Press, New York, USA, Salustri A., Hascall V.C., Camaioni A., Yanagishita M. OOCYTE-GRANULOSA CELL INTERACTIONS. In: "The Ovary", pp , Adashi E.Y. and Leung P.C.K. eds., Raven Press, New York, USA, Camaioni A., Hascall C.V., Yanagishita M., Salustri A. EFFECTS OF EXOGENOUS HYALURONIC ACID AND SERUM ON MATRIX ORGANIZATION AND STABILITY IN THE MOUSE CUMULUS CELL-OOCYTE COMPLEX. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 268: , USA, 1993.

3 12. Salustri A., Yanagishita M., Camaioni A., Tirone E., Hascall V.C. PROTEOGLYCAN AND HYALURONIC ACID SYNTHESIS BY GRANULOSA CELLS: REGULATION BY AN OOCYTE FACTOR AND GONADOTROPINS. In: "Ovarian Cell Interactions: Genes to Physiology", Serono Symposia Publications, pp , Hsueh A.J.W. and Schomberg G.W. eds., Springer-Verlag Press, New York, USA, Salustri A., Camaioni A., Tirone E., D'Alessandris C. HYALURONIC ACID AND PROTEOGLYCAN ACCUMULATION IN THE CUMULUS OOPHORUS MATRIX. In: "Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology", Vol. 100 (Suppl. 1), pp , Motta P.M. ed., Il Sedicesimo, Firenze, Camaioni A., Salustri A., Yanagishita M., Hascall C.V. PROTEOGLYCANS AND PROTEINS IN THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX OF MOUSE CUMULUS CELL- OOCYTE COMPLEXES. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 325: , USA, Salustri A., Camaioni A., D'Alessandris C. ENDOCRINE AND PARACRINE REGULATION OF CUMULUS EXPANSION. Zygote, 4: , Cambridge University Press, Great Britain, Camaioni A., Hascall V.C., Yanagishita M., D Alessandris C., Salustri A. DYNAMICS OF THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX OF THE CUMULUS OOPHORUS. In: Microscopy of Reproduction and Development. A Dynamic Approach, pp , Motta P. M. ed., Delfino A., Roma, Salustri A., Camaioni A., Di Giacomo M., Fulop C., Hascall V.C. HYLURONAN AND PROTEOGLYCANS IN OVARIAN FOLLICLES.

4 Human Reroduction Update, 5: , Great Britain, Salustri A., Fulop C., Hascall V.C., Camaioni A., Di Giacomo M. THE ROLE OF THE OOCYTE IN OVULATION. In: "Ovulation: Evolving Scientific and Clinical Concepts", pp , Adashi E.Y. ed., Springer- Verlag New York Inc., USA, D Alessandris C., Canipari R., Di Giacomo M., Epifano O., Camaioni A., Siracusa G., Salustri A. CONTROL OF MOUSE CUMULUS CELL-OOCYTE COMPLEX INTEGRITY BEFORE AND AFTER OVULATION: PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR SYNTHESIS AND MATRIX DEGRADATION. Endocrinology,142: , USA, Salustri A., Canipari R., Camaioni A., D Alessandris C., Di Giacomo M., Epifano O. OOCYTE AND GRANULOSA CELL RELATIONSHIPS. In: "Ovulation Induction", pp , Filicori M. ed., CIC Edizioni Internazionali, Bologna, Di Giacomo M., Camaioni A., Salustri A. APOPTOSIS AND HYALURONAN-ENRICHED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX DEGRADATION IN CUMULUS CELL-OOCYTE COMPLEX: IMPLICATION IN FERTILITY. In: Hyaluronan Chemical, Biochemical and Biological Aspects, pp , Kennedy J.F., Phillips G.O. and Williams P.A. eds., Woodhead Publishing Ltd, Cambridge, U.K., Camaioni A. THE WORLD OF THE CELL In: Sensors and Microsystems, pp 3-8, Di Natale C., D Amico A., Soncini G., Ferrario L. and Zen M. eds., ISBN , World ScientificPublishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Salustri A., Fulop C., Camaioni A., Hascall V.C. OOCYTE-GRANULOSA CELL INTERACTIONS.

5 In: "The Ovary", second edition, pp , Leung P.C.K. and Adashi E.Y. eds., Elsevier Academic Press, London, UK, Nagyova E., Camaioni A., Prochazka R., Salustri A. COVALENT TRANSFER OF HEAVY CHAINS OF INTER-α-TRYPSIN INHIBITOR-FAMILY PROTEINS TO HYALURONAN IN IN VIVO AND IN VITRO EXPANDED PORCINE OOCYTE- CUMULUS COMPLEXES Biology of Reproduction, 71(6): , Salustri A., Camaioni A., Scarchilli L., Negri V. ESPRESSIONE GENICA NELLE CELLULE DEL CUMULO E SELEZIONE OVOCITARIA In: Fisiopatologia della Riproduzione, pp , CIC Edizioni Internazionali, Scarchilli L., Camaioni A., Bottazzi B., Negri V., Doni A., Deban L., Bastone A., Salvatori G., Mantovani A., Siracusa G., Salustri A. PTX3 INTERACTS WITH INTER-α-TRYPSIN INHIBITOR. IMPLICATIONS FOR HYALURONAN ORGANIZATION AND CUMULUS OOPHORUS EXPANSION Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282 (41): , Nagyova E, Camaioni A, Prochazka R, Day AJ, Salustri A. SYNTHESIS OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA-INDUCED PROTEIN 6 IN PORCINE PREOVULATORY FOLLICLES: A STUDY WITH A38 ANTIBODY Biology of Reproduction, 78(5):903-9, Bianco A, Di Federico E, Moscatelli I, Camaioni A, Armentano I, Campagnolo L, Dottori M, Kenny JM, Siracusa G, Gusmano G. ELECTROSPUN POLY(ε-CAPROLACTONE)/Ca-DEFICIENT HYDROXYAPATITE NANOHYBRIDS: MICROSTRUCTURE, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND CELL RESPONSE BY MURINE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS Materials Science and Engineering C, 29: , Moscatelli I, Pierantozzi E, Camaioni A, Siracusa G, Campagnolo L.

6 p75 NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR IS INVOLVED IN PROLIFERATION OF UNDIFFERENTIATED MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS Experimental Cell Research, 315(18): , Lehmann G., Palmero P., Cacciotti I., Pecci R., Campagnolo L., Bedini R., Siracusa G., Bianco A., Camaioni A., Montanaro L. DESIGN, PRODUCTION AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF NANOSTRUCTURED POROUS HAp AND Si- HAp CERAMICS AS THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLD FOR STEM CELL CULTURE AND DIFFERENTIATION Ceramics-Silikati, 54(2):90-96, Nagyova E, Camaioni A, Scsukova S, Mlynarcikova A., Prochazka R, Nemcova L., Salustri A. ACTIVATION OF CUMULUS CELL SMAD2/3 AND EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR PATHWAYS ARE INVOLVED IN PORCINE OOCYTE-CUMULUS CELL EXPANSION AND STEROIDOGENESIS Molecular Reproduction and Development, under revision

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