Dr Emanuela Ercolano
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Dr Emanuela Ercolano

Research Technician

Biomedical Research - Institute of Translational & Stratified Medicine (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)

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Journals
Articles
Zhou L, Lyons-Rimmer J, Ammoun S, Müller J, Lasonder E, Sharma V, Ercolano E, Hilton D, Taiwo I 2015 'The scaffold protein KSR1, a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of Merlin-deficient tumors' Oncogene 35, (26) 3443-3453 , DOI PEARL
Button RW, Lin F, Ercolano E, Vincent JH, Hu B, Hanemann CO & Luo S 2014 'Artesunate induces necrotic cell death in schwannoma cells' Cell Death Dis 5, Author Site , DOI PEARL
Ammoun S, Schmid MC, Ristic N, Zhou L, Hilton D, Ercolano E, Carroll C & Hanemann CO 2012 'The role of insulin-like growth factors signaling in merlin-deficient human schwannomas' Glia 60, (11) 1721-1733 Author Site , DOI PEARL
Ammoun S, Schmid MC, Zhou L, Ristic N, Ercolano E, Hilton DA, Perks CM & Hanemann CO 2012 'The role of insulin-like growth factors signaling in merlin-deficient human schwannomas. Ammoun S, Schmid MC, Ristic N, Zhou L, Hilton D, Ercolano E, Carroll C, Hanemann CO. Glia. 2012 Nov;60(11):1721-33. doi: 10.1002/glia.22391. Epub 2012 Jul 20' Glia
Ammoun S, Schmid MC, Zhou L, Ristic N, Ercolano E, Hilton DA, Perks CM & Hanemann CO 2012 'Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) regulates human schwannoma proliferation, adhesion and survival' Oncogene 31, (13) 1710-1722 Author Site , DOI
Zhou L, Ercolano E, Ammoun S, Schmid MC, Barczyk MA & Hanemann CO 2011 'Merlin-deficient human tumors show loss of contact inhibition and activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling linked to the PDGFR/Src and Rac/PAK pathways' Neoplasia 13, (12) 1101-1112 Author Site , DOI
Pirali T, Callipari G, Ercolano E, Genazzani AA, Giovenzana GB & Tron GC 2008 'A concise entry into nonsymmetrical alkyl polyamines' Org Lett 10, (19) 4199-4202 Author Site , DOI
Pirali T, Callipari G, Ercolano E, Genazzani AA, Giovenzana GB & Tron GC 2008 'A concise entry into nonsymmetrical alkyl polyamines' ORGANIC LETTERS 10, (19) 4199-4202 Author Site , DOI
Galli U, Ercolano E, Carraro L, Blasi Roman CR, Sorba G, Canonico PL, Genazzani AA, Tron GC & Billington RA 2008 'Synthesis and biological evaluation of isosteric analogues of FK866, an inhibitor of NAD salvage' ChemMedChem 3, (5) 771-779 Author Site , DOI
Billington RA, Travelli C, Ercolano E, Galli U, Roman CB, Grolla AA, Canonico PL, Condorelli F & Genazzani AA 2008 'Characterization of NAD uptake in mammalian cells' J Biol Chem 283, (10) 6367-6374 Author Site , DOI
Nusco GA, Chun JT, Ercolano E, Lim D, Gragnaniello G, Kyozuka K & Santella L 2006 'Modulation of calcium signalling by the actin-binding protein cofilin' Biochem Biophys Res Commun 348, (1) 109-114 Author Site , DOI
Santella L, Ercolano E & Nusco GA 2005 'The cell cycle: a new entry in the field of Ca2+ signaling' Cell Mol Life Sci 62, (21) 2405-2413 Author Site , DOI
Lim D, Ercolano E, Kyozuka K, Nusco GA, Moccia F, Lange K & Santella L 2003 'The M-phase-promoting Factor Modulates the Sensitivity of the Ca2+Stores to Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate via the Actin Cytoskeleton' Journal of Biological Chemistry 278, (43) 42505-42514 , DOI
Moccia F, Lim D, Nusco GA, Ercolano E & Santella L 2003 'NAADP activates a Ca2+ current that is dependent on F-actin cytoskeleton' FASEB J 17, (13) 1907-1909 Author Site , DOI
Moccia F, Nusco GA, Lim D, Ercolano E, Gragnaniello G, Brown ER & Santella L 2003 'Ca2+ signalling and membrane current activated by cADPr in starfish oocytes' Pflugers Arch 446, (5) 541-552 Author Site , DOI
Lombari P, Ercolano E, El Alaoui H & Chiurazzi M 2003 'A new transformation-regeneration procedure in the model legume Lotus japonicus: root explants as a source of large numbers of cells susceptible to Agrobacterium-mediated transformation' Plant Cell Rep 21, (8) 771-777 Author Site , DOI
Ercolano E, Mirabella R, Merrick M & Chiurazzi M 2001 'The Rhizobium leguminosarum glnB gene is down-regulated during symbiosis' Mol Gen Genet 264, (5) 555-564 Author Site , DOI
Conference Papers
Hanemann CO, Zhou L, Ammoun S, Lasonder E, Sharma V, Muller J & Ercolano E 2015 'Abstract 704: Scaffold protein KSR1 is negatively regulated by merlin and promotes tumor development in merlin deficient tumors' Proceedings: AACR 106th Annual Meeting 2015; April 18-22, 2015; Philadelphia, PA American Association for Cancer Research , DOI
Zhou L, Ercolano E, Ammoun S, Schmid MC, Barczyk M & Hanemann CO 2012 'MERLIN DEFICIENT HUMAN TUMOURS SHOW LOSS OF CONTACT INHIBITION, ACTIVATION OF WNT/beta-CATENIN SIGNALING LINKED TO THE PDGFR/SRC AND RAC/PAK PATHWAYS' 5-6
Hanemann CO, Ammoun S, Schmid MC, Ristic N, Ercolano E & Zhou L 2010 'IGF/IGFBP SIGNALING IN MERLIN-DEFICIENT TUMORS' 22-22
Santella L, Ercolano E, Lim D, Nusco GA & Moccia F 2003 'Activated M-phase-promoting factor (MPF) is exported from the nucleus of starfish oocytes to increase the sensitivity of the Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptors' England 79-82 , DOI
Posters
Rimmer JL, Baiz D, Ercolano E & Hanemann O Rimmer JL, Baiz D, Ercolano E & Hanemann O 0 'The potential of CRL4DCAF1 and KSR1 as therapeutic targets in merlin-deficient meningioma' 0 0 , DOI PEARL