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Giorgio Cattoretti

Associate Professor of Pathology (retired)
Verified email at unimib.it
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[HTML][HTML] Promotion of tumorigenesis by heterozygous disruption of the beclin 1 autophagy gene

…, N Mizushima, Y Ohsumi, G Cattoretti… - The Journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Malignant cells often display defects in autophagy, an evolutionarily conserved pathway for
degrading long-lived proteins and cytoplasmic organelles. However, as yet, there is no …

Monoclonal antibodies against recombinant parts of the Ki‐67 antigen (MIB 1 and MIB 3) detect proliferating cells in microwave‐processed formalin‐fixed paraffin …

G Cattoretti, MHG Becker, G Key… - The Journal of …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
The monoclonal antibody Ki‐67 reacts with a human nuclear cell proliferation‐associated
antigen that is expressed in all active parts of the cell cycle. Recently we have raised …

Gene expression profiling of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia reveals a homogeneous phenotype related to memory B cells

…, Y Tu, GA Stolovitzky, M Mattioli, G Cattoretti… - The Journal of …, 2001 - rupress.org
B cell–derived chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) represents a common malignancy whose
cell derivation and pathogenesis are unknown. Recent studies have shown that >50% of …

Essential role of Plzf in maintenance of spermatogonial stem cells

JA Costoya, RM Hobbs, M Barna, G Cattoretti… - Nature …, 2004 - nature.com
Little is known of the molecular mechanisms whereby spermatogonia, mitotic germ cells of
the testis, self-renew and differentiate into sperm 1 , 2 . Here we show that Zfp145, encoding …

The BCL-6 proto-oncogene controls germinal-centre formation and Th2-type inflammation

BH Ye, G Cattoretti, Q Shen, J Zhang, N Hawe… - Nature …, 1997 - nature.com
Structural alterations of the promoter region of the BCL-6 proto-oncogene represent the most
frequent genetic alteration associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a malignancy often …

The molecular signature of mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma differs from that of other diffuse large B-cell lymphomas and shares features with classical Hodgkin …

KJ Savage, S Monti, JL Kutok, G Cattoretti, D Neuberg… - Blood, 2003 - ashpublications.org
Mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (MLBCL) is a recently identified subtype of diffuse large
B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) that characteristically presents as localized tumors in young …

Transcription factor IRF4 controls plasma cell differentiation and class-switch recombination

U Klein, S Casola, G Cattoretti, Q Shen, M Lia… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
B cells producing high-affinity antibodies are destined to differentiate into memory B cells
and plasma cells, but the mechanisms leading to those differentiation pathways are mostly …

Antigen unmasking on formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded tissue sections

G Cattoretti, S Pileri, C Parravicini… - The Journal of …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Enzymatic and non‐enzymatic treatments for antigen unmasking on formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded,
dewaxed sections were optimized and compared by the use of a panel of …

BCL-6 protein is expressed in germinal-center B cells

G Cattoretti, CC Chang, K Cechova, J Zhang, BH Ye… - 1995 - ashpublications.org
Structural alterations of the 5′ noncoding region of the BCL-6 gene have been found in 40%
of diffuse large cell lymphoma (DLCL) and 5% to 10% of follicular lymphomas (FL), …

[HTML][HTML] Meiotic pachytene arrest in MLH1-deficient mice

…, B Morrow, S Bennett, A Umar, T Kunkel, G Cattoretti… - Cell, 1996 - cell.com
Germ line mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes including MLH1 cause hereditary
nonpolyposis colon cancer. To understand the role of MLH1 in normal growth and development, …