Angela Cometa

Human Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Do Not Undergo Transformation after Long-term<i>In vitro</i>Culture and Do Not Exhibit Telomere Maintenance Mechanisms

Maria Ester Bernardo, Nadia Zaffaroni, Francesca Novara et al. · Cancer Research · 2007 · 701 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Cell Therapy +14

Interaction of human mesenchymal stem cells with cells involved in alloantigen-specific immune response favors the differentiation of CD4+ T-cell subsets expressing a regulatory/suppressive phenotype.

Rita Maccario, Marina Podestà, Antonia Moretta et al. · PubMed · 2005 · 583 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +17

Cotransplantation of ex vivo–expanded mesenchymal stem cells accelerates lymphocyte recovery and may reduce the risk of graft failure in haploidentical hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation

Lynne M. Ball, Maria Ester Bernardo, Helene Roelofs et al. · Blood · 2007 · 545 citations · Full text

Medicine, Hematology, Immunology +17

Optimization of in vitro expansion of human multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells for cell‐therapy approaches: Further insights in the search for a fetal calf serum substitute

M.E. Bernardo, Maria Antonietta Avanzini, Cesare Perotti et al. · Journal of Cellular Physiology · 2006 · 276 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Immunology +17

Co-infusion of ex vivo-expanded, parental MSCs prevents life-threatening acute GVHD, but does not reduce the risk of graft failure in pediatric patients undergoing allogeneic umbilical cord blood transplantation

Maria Ester Bernardo, L.M. Ball, Angela Cometa et al. · Bone Marrow Transplantation · 2010 · 205 citations

Medicine, Hematology, Pediatrics +14