Giulio Cossu

Research interests

Publications

• Oxidative stress preconditioning of mouse perivascular myogenic progenitors selects a subpopulation of cells with a distinct survival advantage in vitro and in vivo

  Cell Death and Disease · 2018 · 10.1038/s41419-017-0012-9

• No Identical “Mesenchymal Stem Cells” at Different Times and Sites: Human Committed Progenitors of Distinct Origin and Differentiation Potential Are Incorporated as Adventitial Cells in Microvessels

  Stem Cell Reports · 2016 · 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.05.011

• Pericyte–fibroblast transition promotes tumor growth and metastasis

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016 · 10.1073/pnas.1608384113

• Collagen VI regulates satellite cell self-renewal and muscle regeneration

  Nature Communications · 2013 · 10.1038/ncomms2964

• Transplantation of Genetically Corrected Human iPSC-Derived Progenitors in Mice with Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy

  Science Translational Medicine · 2012 · 10.1126/scitranslmed.3003541

• Reprogramming of Pericyte-Derived Cells of the Adult Human Brain into Induced Neuronal Cells

  Cell stem cell · 2012 · 10.1016/j.stem.2012.07.007

• Pericytes resident in postnatal skeletal muscle differentiate into muscle fibres and generate satellite cells

  Nature Communications · 2011 · 10.1038/ncomms1508

• Repairing skeletal muscle: regenerative potential of skeletal muscle stem cells

  Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2010 · 10.1172/jci40373

• Pericytes of human skeletal muscle are myogenic precursors distinct from satellite cells

  Nature Cell Biology · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb1542

• Stem and Progenitor Cells in Skeletal Muscle Development, Maintenance, and Therapy

  Molecular Therapy · 2007 · 10.1038/mt.sj.6300145

• Mesoangioblast stem cells ameliorate muscle function in dystrophic dogs

  Nature · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05282

• Electrospun degradable polyesterurethane membranes: potential scaffolds for skeletal muscle tissue engineering

  Biomaterials · 2005 · 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2004.11.035

• Extracellular HMGB1, a signal of tissue damage, induces mesoangioblast migration and proliferation

  The Journal of Cell Biology · 2004 · 10.1083/jcb.200304135

• Isolation and Expansion of Adult Cardiac Stem Cells From Human and Murine Heart

  Circulation Research · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.0000147315.71699.51

• Human circulating AC133+ stem cells restore dystrophin expression and ameliorate function in dystrophic skeletal muscle

  Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2004 · 10.1172/jci20325

• Cell Therapy of α-Sarcoglycan Null Dystrophic Mice Through Intra-Arterial Delivery of Mesoangioblasts

  Science · 2003 · 10.1126/science.1082254

• The meso-angioblast: a multipotent, self-renewing cell that originates from the dorsal aorta and differentiates into most mesodermal tissues

  Development · 2002 · 10.1242/dev.129.11.2773

• Cardiomyocytes induce endothelial cells to trans-differentiate into cardiac muscle: Implications for myocardium regeneration

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2001 · 10.1073/pnas.191217898

• Skeletal myogenic potential of human and mouse neural stem cells

  Nature Neuroscience · 2000 · 10.1038/79924

• Wnt signaling and the activation of myogenesis in mammals

  The EMBO Journal · 1999 · 10.1093/emboj/18.24.6867

• In vivo satellite cell activation via Myf5 and MyoD in regenerating mouse skeletal muscle

  Journal of Cell Science · 1999 · 10.1242/jcs.112.17.2895

• Skeletal Myogenic Progenitors Originating from Embryonic Dorsal Aorta Coexpress Endothelial and Myogenic Markers and Contribute to Postnatal Muscle Growth and Regeneration

  The Journal of Cell Biology · 1999 · 10.1083/jcb.147.4.869

• Muscle Regeneration by Bone Marrow-Derived Myogenic Progenitors

  Science · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.279.5356.1528

• Differential activation of Myf5 and MyoD by different Wnts in explants of mouse paraxial mesoderm and the later activation of myogenesis in the absence of Myf5

  Development · 1998 · 10.1242/dev.125.21.4155

• Redefining the Genetic Hierarchies Controlling Skeletal Myogenesis: Pax-3 and Myf-5 Act Upstream of MyoD

  Cell · 1997 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80189-0

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