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  1. The hidden threat: Microplastics and cancer biology

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, March 2026, Elsevier

    Fiorenza Gianì

  2. Therapeutic Efficacy of a Very Low/Low Dose of Lenvatinib in Advanced Radioiodine-Refractory Thyroid Cancer: A Real-World Series from a Single Center

    Article • Cancers, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Vittorio Oteri, Fiorenza Gianì

  3. Vascular protection by young circulating extracellular vesicles ameliorates aging-related pulmonary fibrosis

    Article • AJP Cell Physiology, July 2025, American Physiological Society

    Fiorenza Gianì

  4. Medullary thyroid cancer in MEN2 pediatric/adolescent carriers of RET mutation: genotype/phenotype correlation and outcome in a retrospective series of 23 patients

    Article • Frontiers in Oncology, January 2025, Frontiers

    Fiorenza Gianì

  5. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBS)-induced oxidative stress and inflammation in human thyrocytes: involvement of AhR and NRF-2/HO-1 pathway

    Article • Endocrine, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fiorenza Gianì

  6. Antioxidant Defense Capacity Is Reduced in Thyroid Stem/Precursor Cells Compared to Differentiated Thyrocytes

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2023, MDPI AG

    Fiorenza Gianì

  7. Pim-1 kinase is a positive feedback regulator of the senescent lung fibroblast inflammatory secretome

    Article • AJP Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, December 2022, American Physiological Society

    Fiorenza Gianì

  8. Heavy Metals in the Environment and Thyroid Cancer

    Article • Cancers, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Fiorenza Gianì

  9. Thyroid Stem Cells But Not Differentiated Thyrocytes Are Sensitive to Slightly Increased Concentrations of Heavy Metals

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, April 2021, Frontiers

    Fiorenza Gianì

  10. The Possible Role of Cancer Stem Cells in the Resistance to Kinase Inhibitors of Advanced Thyroid Cancer

    Article • Cancers, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Fiorenza Gianì

  11. Increased Thyroid Cancer Incidence in Volcanic Areas: A Role of Increased Heavy Metals in the Environment?

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Fiorenza Gianì

  12. Concentration of Metals and Trace Elements in the Normal Human and Rat Thyroid: Comparison with Muscle and Adipose Tissue and Volcanic Versus Control Areas

    Article • Thyroid, February 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Fiorenza Gianì

  13. Selenium exerts protective effects against oxidative stress and cell damage in human thyrocytes and fibroblasts

    Article • Endocrine, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Fiorenza Gianì

  14. Gene expression and pathway bioinformatics analysis detect a potential predictive value of MAP3K8 in thyroid cancer progression

    Article • November 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Fiorenza Gianì

  15. Molecular Alterations in Thyroid Cancer: From Bench to Clinical Practice

    Article • Genes, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Fiorenza Gianì

  16. Effect of low-dose tungsten on human thyroid stem/precursor cells and their progeny

    Article • Endocrine Related Cancer, August 2019, Bioscientifica

    Fiorenza Gianì

  17. The Copper(II)-Assisted Connection between NGF and BDNF by Means of Nerve Growth Factor-Mimicking Short Peptides

    Article • Cells, April 2019, MDPI AG

    Fiorenza Gianì

  18. Short-term adverse effects of anticancer drugs in patients with type 2 diabetes

    Article • Journal of Chemotherapy, February 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Veronica Vella, Dr Livia LM Manzella, Riccardo Vigneri, Professor Laura Sciacca, Fiorenza Gianì

  19. Computational modeling reveals MAP3K8 as mediator of resistance to vemurafenib in thyroid cancer stem cells

    Article • Bioinformatics, November 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Fiorenza Gianì

  20. Heavy metals in the volcanic environment and thyroid cancer

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Fiorenza Gianì

  21. Neurotrophic effect of Abeta monomer

    Article • Aging Cell, November 2017, Wiley

    Enrico Rizzarelli, Maria Laura Giuffrida, Fiorenza Gianì, Agata Copani

  22. Thyroid Cancer in the Pediatric Age in Sicily: Influence of the Volcanic Environment

    Article • Anticancer Research, March 2017, International Institute of Anticancer Research

    Fiorenza Gianì

  23. The Inorganic Side of NGF: Copper(II) and Zinc(II) Affect the NGF Mimicking Signaling of the N-Terminus Peptides Encompassing the Recognition Domain of TrkA Receptor

    Article • Frontiers in Neuroscience, December 2016, Frontiers

    Fiorenza Gianì

  24. Neurotrophin-mimicking peptides at the biointerface with gold respond to copper ion stimuli

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Fiorenza Gianì

  25. Thyrospheres From Normal or Malignant Thyroid Tissue Have Different Biological, Functional, and Genetic Features

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, September 2015, Endocrine Society

    Riccardo Vigneri, Fiorenza Gianì

  26. Thyroid Cancer Cell Resistance to gefitinib Depends on the Constitutive Oncogenic Activation of the ERK Pathway

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, June 2013, Endocrine Society

    Fiorenza Gianì

  27. Erratum

    Article • International Journal of Cancer, July 2012, Wiley

    Fiorenza Gianì

  28. Reactivation of p53 mutants by p53 reactivation and induction of massive apoptosis in thyroid cancer cells

    Article • International Journal of Cancer, September 2011, Wiley

    Fiorenza Gianì

  29. Insulin Receptor Isoforms and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor in Human Follicular Cell Precursors from Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Normal Thyroid

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, March 2011, Endocrine Society

    Fiorenza Gianì