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Bice Avallone
Researcher at University of Naples Federico II
Publications - 46
Citations - 941
Bice Avallone is an academic researcher from University of Naples Federico II. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 33 publications receiving 813 citations.
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Chitosan-mediated stimulation of macrophage function
Gianfranco Peluso,O. Petillo,M. Ranieri,Matteo Santin,Luigi Ambrosio,D. Calabro,Bice Avallone,Giuseppe Balsamo +7 more
TL;DR: The present investigation demonstrates that chitosan has an in vitro stimulatory effect on both macrophage nitric oxide (NO) production and chemotaxis and strengthens the hypothesis that in vivo experiments strengthen this hypothesis.
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Assembly of the auditory circuitry by a Hox genetic network in the mouse brainstem.
Maria Di Bonito,Maria Di Bonito,Yuichi Narita,Bice Avallone,Luigi Sequino,Marta Mancuso,Gennaro Andolfi,Annamaria Franzè,Luis Puelles,Filippo M. Rijli,Filippo M. Rijli,Michèle Studer,Michèle Studer +12 more
TL;DR: It is shown that r4 contributes to functionally linked sensory and motor components, including the ventral nucleus of lateral lemniscus, posterior ventral cochlear nuclei (VCN), and motor olivocochlear neurons in the developing auditory brainstem.
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Impairment of circulating endothelial progenitors in Down syndrome
Valerio Costa,Linda Sommese,Amelia Casamassimi,Roberta Colicchio,Claudia Angelini,Valentina Marchesano,Lara Milone,Bartolomeo Farzati,Alfonso Giovane,Carmela Fiorito,Monica Rienzo,Marco Picardi,Bice Avallone,Massimiliano M. Corsi,Berardo Sarubbi,Raffaele Calabrò,Paola Salvatore,Alfredo Ciccodicola,Claudio Napoli +18 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that infected progenitors with trisomy 21 have a more pronounced perturbation of immune response genes than infected euploid cells, and that their progenitor cells are more susceptible to hydroperoxide-induced oxidative stress and infection with Bartonella henselae.
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Structural and functional changes in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) skeletal muscle after cadmium exposure
Bice Avallone,Claudio Agnisola,Raimondo Cerciello,Raffaele Panzuto,Palma Simoniello,Patrizia Cretì,Chiara Maria Motta +6 more
TL;DR: Results demonstrate that the ion induces a significant quantitative and qualitative deterioration, disrupting sarcomeric pattern and altering glycoprotein composition, that result in a significant reduction in swimming performance in teleost zebrafish.
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Effects of four food dyes on development of three model species, Cucumis sativus, Artemia salina and Danio rerio: Assessment of potential risk for the environment
Chiara Maria Motta,Palma Simoniello,Carmen Arena,Teresa Capriello,Raffaele Panzuto,Ermenegilda Vitale,Claudio Agnisola,Monica Tizzano,Bice Avallone,Ida Ferrandino +9 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrated that the food dyes examined are far from being safe for the aquatic organisms as well as land organisms exposed during watering with contaminated water.