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  1. VMP1 Constitutive Expression in Mice Dampens Pancreatic and Systemic Histopathological Damage in an Experimental Model of Severe Acute Pancreatitis

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Maria Vaccaro

  2. Impact of Constitutive VMP1 Expression on Pancreatic and Systemic Histopathology in Severe Acute Pancreatitis

    Article • February 2025, MDPI AG

    Maria Vaccaro

  3. Women in Autophagy: an initiative to promote gender parity in science

    Article • Nature Cell Biology, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Vaccaro

  4. Secretory Autophagy via VMP1-Containing Extracellular Vesicles in Pancreatic Stress Responses

    Article • November 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Maria Vaccaro

  5. Autofagia y riñón graso en obesidad y diabetes mellitus tipo 2

    Article • Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes, July 2024, Editorial Biotecnologica S.R.L.

    Maria Vaccaro

  6. Editorial: Autophagy in endocrine-metabolic diseases associated with aging: Volume II

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, June 2024, Frontiers

    Maria Vaccaro

  7. Decoding the Versatile Landscape of Autophagic Protein VMP1 in Cancer: A Comprehensive Review across Tissue Types and Regulatory Mechanisms

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Maria Vaccaro

  8. Ubiquitination Is a Novel Post-Translational Modification of VMP1 in Autophagy of Human Tumor Cells

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

    Maria Vaccaro

  9. Evaluating Autophagy Levels in Two Different Pancreatic Cell Models Using LC3 Immunofluorescence

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, April 2023, MyJove Corporation

    Maria Vaccaro

  10. Autophagy in Inflammatory Response against SARS-CoV-2

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

    Maria Vaccaro

  11. Editorial: Selective and secretory autophagy pathways and molecules in the prevention and treatment of complex endocrine-metabolic diseases of aging

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, January 2023, Frontiers

    Maria Vaccaro

  12. En memoria del profesor Osvaldo Manuel Tiscornia

    Article • Acta gastroenterológica latinoamericana, September 2022, Sociedad Argentina de Gastroenterologia

    Maria Vaccaro

  13. Protein expression in exocrine pancreatic diseases. Focus on VMP1 mediated autophagy

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  14. Autophagy Dysregulation in Diabetic Kidney Disease: From Pathophysiology to Pharmacological Interventions

    Article • Cells, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Maria Vaccaro

  15. Mitochondrial Dynamics and VMP1-Related Selective Mitophagy in Experimental Acute Pancreatitis

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, March 2021, Frontiers

    Maria Vaccaro, Dr Jorge F Quarleri

  16. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1

    Article • Autophagy, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    MD, PhD Pierre-Louis Tharaux, Joilson O. Martins, Dr. rer. nat. Marc Herb, Dr Marcia R Cominetti, Alessio Di Fonzo, Christoph Gerhardt, Dr Mustafa Sahin, Dr Cinzia Volonté, Dr Marc Etienne Poirot, Professor Paula I. Moreira, Executive Director, The Hormel Institute Robert Clarke, Prof Robert Bryson-Richardson, Professor Hyun Kyu Song, Prof Claudia Cavadas, Professor Po Sing Leung, Paula Ludovico, Javeed Shah, Prof. Dr. Giovanni Di Guardo, Dr Takeshi Noda, Professor Tullio Florio, Professor Kevin Coombs, Ning Chen, Maria Vaccaro, Dr Jorge F Quarleri, Professor hengyi xiao, Dr. Yanzhuang Wang, Prof Giacinto Bagetta, Dr. Ann M Wehman, Dr Pawan Sharma, Dr Anna Krasnodembskaya, Dr Francesca Finetti, Nicoletta Filigheddu, Professor Javier González-Gallego, Professor Günther Weindl

  17. Editorial: Autophagy in Endocrine-Metabolic Diseases Associated With Aging

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, August 2020, Frontiers

    Maria Vaccaro

  18. A Novel E2F1-EP300-VMP1 Pathway Mediates Gemcitabine-Induced Autophagy in Pancreatic Cancer Cells Carrying Oncogenic KRAS

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, June 2020, Frontiers

    Maria Vaccaro

  19. Secretory Autophagy and Its Relevance in Metabolic and Degenerative Disease

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, May 2020, Frontiers

    Maria Vaccaro

  20. Glycoconjugation: An approach to cancer therapeutics

    Article • World Journal of Clinical Oncology, March 2020, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Maria Vaccaro

  21. Editorial: Autophagy: From Big Data to Physiological Significance

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, January 2020, Frontiers

    Maria Vaccaro

  22. Measuring Autophagy in Pancreatitis

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Vaccaro

  23. Targeting Autophagy in Cancer Therapy

    Article • December 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Maria Vaccaro, CLAUDIO GONZALEZ

  24. Cell Death Is Counteracted by Mitophagy in HIV-Productively Infected Astrocytes but Is Promoted by Inflammasome Activation Among Non-productively Infected Cells

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, November 2018, Frontiers

    Dr Jorge F Quarleri, Maria Vaccaro

  25. Initial Steps in Mammalian Autophagosome Biogenesis

    Article • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, October 2018, Frontiers

    Maria Vaccaro

  26. Autophagy, Inflammation, and Metabolism (AIM) Center of Biomedical Research Excellence: supporting the next generation of autophagy researchers and fostering international collaborations

    Article • Autophagy, June 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr P Bernard Fourie, Maria Vaccaro, Daniel Klionsky, Prof. Guido Kroemer

  27. HBV subgenotypes F1b and F4 replication induces an incomplete autophagic process in hepatocytes: Role of BCP and preCore mutations

    Article • PLOS One, May 2018, PLOS

    Maria Vaccaro

  28. ER–plasma membrane contact sites contribute to autophagosome biogenesis by regulation of local PI3P synthesis

    Article • The EMBO Journal, May 2017, EMBO

    Maria Vaccaro

  29. VMP1-related autophagy induced by a fructose-rich diet in β-cells: its prevention by incretins

    Article • Clinical Science, February 2017, Portland Press Ltd.

    Maria Vaccaro

  30. A novel HIF-1α/VMP1-autophagic pathway induces resistance to photodynamic therapy in colon cancer cells

    Article • Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Vaccaro

  31. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Article • Autophagy, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor CIRO ISIDORO, Dr Akira Matsuura, Prof Hirokazu Arimoto, Professor Marc Diederich, Maria Vaccaro, Professor Abdel Halim Harrath, Professor Hyun Kyu Song, Dr Takeshi Noda, Dr Regina Menezes, Dr Janos KristonVizi, Cristina Muñoz-Pinedo, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis, Juan Segura-Aguilar, Professor Marc Lecuit, Leonardo Travassos, Prof Robert Bryson-Richardson, Isabelle Dugail, PD Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Werner J Kovacs, Dr Luca Galluzzi, Dr Reinhard Dechant, Dr. Sandra Moreno, Maurizio Molinari, Dr Vasilis J Promponas, Professor Günther Weindl, Dr Marc Etienne Poirot, Professor Paula I. Moreira, Maria João Sousa, Dr Janna Morrison, Professor Mark Cragg, Executive Director, The Hormel Institute Robert Clarke, Dr Eleonora García Véscovi, Paula Ludovico, Professor Jean-François Beaulieu, Shile Huang, Professor George Perry, Professor Godefridus J Peters, Shuo-Chien Ling, Professor Jiwu Wei, Deepak Shukla

  32. Cardiac mitochondrial biogenesis in endotoxemia is not accompanied by mitochondrial function recovery

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Pablo A Evelson, Maria Vaccaro

  33. Macroautophagy and the Oncogene-Induced Senescence

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, September 2014, Frontiers

    Maria Vaccaro

  34. Autophagy in Development, Cell Differentiation, and Homeodynamics: From Molecular Mechanisms to Diseases and Pathophysiology

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Maria Vaccaro

  35. Autophagy, Warburg, and Warburg Reverse Effects in Human Cancer

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Maria Vaccaro

  36. VMP1 is a new player in the regulation of the autophagy-specific phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex activation

    Article • Autophagy, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Maria Vaccaro

  37. Autophagy researchers

    Article • Autophagy, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Maria Vaccaro

  38. Novel role of VMP1 as modifier of the pancreatic tumor cell response to chemotherapeutic drugs

    Article • Journal of Cellular Physiology, May 2013, Wiley

    Maria Vaccaro

  39. The VMP1-Beclin 1 interaction regulates autophagy induction

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Vaccaro

  40. Classification of acute pancreatitis—2012: revision of the Atlanta classification and definitions by international consensus

    Article • Gut, October 2012, BMJ

    Maria Vaccaro, Dr raffaele pezzilli

  41. VMP1 (vacuole membrane protein 1)

    Article • Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology, May 2012, INIST-CNRS

    Maria Vaccaro

  42. Novel AKT1-GLI3-VMP1 Pathway Mediates KRAS Oncogene-induced Autophagy in Cancer Cells

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Maria Vaccaro

  43. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Article • Autophagy, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dave Bridges, Professor CIRO ISIDORO, Professor George Perry, Dr Takeshi Noda, Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis, Matthias Gaestel, Dr Francesca Demarchi, Maria Vaccaro, Juan Segura-Aguilar, Leonardo Travassos, Manoj B Menon, Isabelle Dugail, Dr Legembre Patrick, Dr Marc Etienne Poirot, Professor Paula I. Moreira, Executive Director, The Hormel Institute Robert Clarke, Professor Godefridus J Peters, Professor Brigitte Galliot, Professor Luca Scorrano

  44. Chemotherapy and autophagy-mediated cell death in pancreatic cancer cells

    Article • Pancreatology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  45. Zymophagy: Selective Autophagy of Secretory Granules

    Article • International Journal of Cell Biology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Maria Vaccaro

  46. A Team of Champions

    Article • Pancreatology, March 2011, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  47. The emerging role of autophagy in the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus

    Article • Autophagy, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Maria Vaccaro

  48. Zymophagy, a Novel Selective Autophagy Pathway Mediated by VMP1-USP9x-p62, Prevents Pancreatic Cell Death

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 2010, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Maria Vaccaro

  49. Gemcitabine Induces the VMP1 -Mediated Autophagy Pathway to Promote Apoptotic Death in Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells

    Article • Pancreatology, April 2010, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  50. Autophagy and VMP1 Expression Are Early Cellular Events in Experimental Diabetes

    Article • Pancreatology, January 2009, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  51. The TP53INP2 Protein Is Required for Autophagy in Mammalian Cells

    Article • Molecular Biology of the Cell, December 2008, American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

    Maria Vaccaro

  52. Autophagy and Pancreas Disease

    Article • Pancreatology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  53. A novel mammalian trans-membrane protein reveals an alternative initiation pathway for autophagy

    Article • Autophagy, April 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Maria Vaccaro

  54. The Pancreatitis-induced Vacuole Membrane Protein 1 Triggers Autophagy in Mammalian Cells

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, October 2007, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Maria Vaccaro

  55. Expression of Vacuole Membrane Protein 1 (VMP1) in Spontaneous Chronic Pancreatitis in the WBN/Kob Rat

    Article • Pancreas, October 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Maria Vaccaro

  56. Cloning of IP15, a pancreatitis-induced gene whose expression inhibits cell growth

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, July 2004, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  57. Involvement of intestinal inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the early stages of murine salmonellosis

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, June 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Maria Vaccaro

  58. The pancreatitis-associated protein induces lung inflammation in the rat through activation of TNFα expression in hepatocytes

    Article • The Journal of Pathology, January 2003, Wiley

    Maria Vaccaro

  59. VMP1 expression correlates with acinar cell cytoplasmic vacuolization in arginine-induced acute pancreatitis

    Article • Pancreatology, January 2003, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  60. The HMG-I/Y-related Protein p8 Binds to p300 and Pax2 trans-Activation Domain-interacting Protein to Regulate the trans-Activation Activity of the Pax2A and Pax2B Transcription Factors on the Glucagon Gene Promoter

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2002, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Maria Vaccaro

  61. Nitric Oxide and Apoptosis Induced in Peyer's Patches by Attenuated Strains of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2002, ASM Journals

    Maria Vaccaro

  62. Cloning and Expression of the Rat Vacuole Membrane Protein 1 (VMP1), a New Gene Activated in Pancreas with Acute Pancreatitis, Which Promotes Vacuole Formation

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, January 2002, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  63. IAP Guidelines for the surgical management of acute pancreatitis

    Article • Pancreatology, January 2002, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  64. Molecular and Functional Characterization of the Stress-induced Protein (SIP) Gene and Its Two Transcripts Generated by Alternative Splicing: SIP INDUCED BY STRESS AND PROMOTES CELL DEATH

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2001, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Maria Vaccaro

  65. Expression Profiling in Pancreas during the Acute Phase of Pancreatitis Using cDNA Microarrays

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, November 2000, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  66. Cloning and Expression of the Mouse PIP49 (Pancreatitis Induced Protein 49) mRNA Which Encodes a New Putative Transmembrane Protein Activated in the Pancreas with Acute Pancreatitis

    Article • Molecular Cell Biology Research Communications, September 2000, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  67. Pancreatic Acinar Cells Submitted to Stress Activate TNF-α Gene Expression

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, February 2000, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  68. Article • Digestive Diseases and Sciences, January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Vaccaro

  69. Lipopolysaccharides Induce p8 mRNA Expression in Vivo and in Vitro

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, July 1999, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  70. Clusterin overexpression in rat pancreas during the acute phase of pancreatitis and pancreatic development

    Article • European Journal of Biochemistry, June 1998, Wiley

    Maria Vaccaro

  71. The effect of chronic intraperitoneal infusion of bacterial endotoxin on exocrine pancreas function in rats

    Article • International Journal of Pancreatology, February 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Vaccaro

  72. Effect of Ethanol Intake on Pancreatic Exocrine Secretion in Mice

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, January 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Maria Vaccaro

  73. Changes in pancreatic exocrine secretion after repeated haloperidol administration

    Article • Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System, December 1989, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  74. Pure pancreatic juice in humans: orange-lemon-juice-induced secretory effects. comparative analysis with a regular meal, sorbitol, acidified peptone broth and secretin

    Article • International Journal of Pancreatology, December 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Maria Vaccaro

  75. Serum Isoamylase Activities in Cystic Fibrosis Patients, Determined by an Inhibitory Assay

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, January 1986, Taylor & Francis

    Maria Vaccaro

  76. Kallikrein and amylase contents in tissues from a mutant mouse model for human cystic fibrosis

    Article • Life Sciences, February 1983, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro

  77. Decreased lipase activity in pure pancreatic juice and duodenal content from mutant mice with some alterations resembling cystic fibrosis

    Article • Life Sciences, May 1981, Elsevier

    Maria Vaccaro