Leonardo Bigi

Erythrocyte engineering for drug delivery and targeting

Mauro Magnani, Luigia Rossi, Marcello D’Ascenzo et al. · Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry · 1998 · 128 citations

Pharmacy, Bioengineering, Pharmaceutics +13

Erythrocyte‐mediated delivery of dexamethasone in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Luigia Rossi, Sonja Serafini, Luigi Cenerini et al. · Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry · 2001 · 93 citations

Pharmacy, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology +16

Low doses of dexamethasone constantly delivered by autologous erythrocytes slow the progression of lung disease in cystic fibrosis patients

Luigia Rossi, Massimo Castro, F. D’Orio et al. · Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases · 2004 · 87 citations

Pharmacy, Immunology, Pharmacotherapy +9

Evaluation of ex vivo expansion and engraftment in NOD-SCID mice of umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells using the DIDECO ‘Pluricell System’

Giuseppe Astori, Valentina Adami, Giovanni Mambrini et al. · Bone Marrow Transplantation · 2005 · 27 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Hematology +17

A novel protocol that allows short-term stem cell expansion of both committed and pluripotent hematopoietic progenitor cells suitable for clinical use

Giuseppe Astori, Walter Malangone, Valentina Adami et al. · Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases · 2001 · 14 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Hematology +17