Gian Franco Sferrazza

Unique drug screening approach for prion diseases identifies tacrolimus and astemizole as antiprion agents

Yervand E Karapetyan, Gian Franco Sferrazza, Minghai Zhou et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2013 · 96 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology +16

Neuronal death induced by misfolded prion protein is due to NAD+ depletion and can be relieved in vitro and in vivo by NAD+ replenishment

Minghai Zhou, Gregory Ottenberg, Gian Franco Sferrazza et al. · Brain · 2015 · 77 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Differential Modulation of Human Melanoma Cell Metalloproteinase Expression by α2β1 Integrin and CD44 Triple-helical Ligands Derived from Type IV Collagen

Diane Baronas‐Lowell, Janelle L. Lauer‐Fields, Jeffrey A. Borgia et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2004 · 61 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Prion Strain Discrimination Based on Rapid In Vivo Amplification and Analysis by the Cell Panel Assay

Yervand E Karapetyan, Paula Saá, Gian Franco Sferrazza et al. · PLoS ONE · 2009 · 58 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +14

Strain-Specific Role of RNAs in Prion Replication

Paula Saá, Gian Franco Sferrazza, Gregory Ottenberg et al. · Journal of Virology · 2012 · 55 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Biology +16