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November 2022
Tissue-Specific Human Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds Promote Pancreatic Tumour Progression and Chemotherapy Resistance
Al-Akkad W, Acedo P, Vilia M-G, Frenguelli L, Ney A, Rodriguez-Hernandez I, Labib PL, Tamburrino D, Spoletini G, Hall AR, Canestrari S, Osnato A, Garcia-Bernardo J, Sejour L, Vassileva V, Vlachos IS, Fusai G, Luong TV, Whittaker SR, Pereira SP, Vallier L, Pinzani M, Rombouts K, Mazza G.Cells.
11(22):3652.

January 2020
Cirrhotic Human Liver Extracellular Matrix 3D Scaffolds Promote Smad-Dependent TGF-β1 Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition
Mazza. G, Telese. A, Al-Akkad. W, Frenguelli. L, Levi. A, Marrali. M, Longato. L, Thanapirom. K, Vilia. M.G, Lombardi. B, Crowley. C, Crawford. M, Karsdal. M.A, Leeming. D.J, Marrone. G, Bottcher. K, Robinson. B, Del Rio Hernandez. A, Tamburrino. D, Spoletini. G, Malago. M, Hall. A.R, Godovac-Zimmermann. J, Luong. T.V, De Coppi. P, Pinzani. M, Rombouts. K.
Cells. 9(1):83.

November 2019
Evaluation of NV556, a Novel Cyclophilin Inhibitor, as a Potential Antifibrotic Compound for Liver Fibrosis
Simón Serrano. S, Grönberg. A, Longato. L, Rombouts. K, Kuo. J, Gregory. M, Moss. S, Elmér. E, Mazza. G, Gallay. P, Pinzani. M, Hansson. M.J, Massoumi. R.
Cells. 8(11):1409.

October 2019
Decellularized Human Gut as a Natural 3D Platform for Research in Intestinal Fibrosis
Giuffrida. P, Curti. P, Al-Akkad. W, Biel. C, Crowley. C, Frenguelli. L, Telese. A, Hall. A, Tamburrino. D, Spolentini. G, Fusai. G, Tinozzi. FP, Pietrabissa. A, Corazza. GR, De Coppi. P, Pinzani. M, Di Sabatino. A, Rombouts. K, Mazza. G.
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 25(11):1740-1750.

August 2019
Decellularized human liver scaffold-based three-dimensional culture system facilitate hepatitis B virus infection
Zhang. Z, Xu. H, Mazza. G, Zhang. M, Frenguelli. L, Liu. Q, Al-Akkad. W, Ren. J, Zhao. R, Ren. F, Chen. X, Huang. A, Chen. J.
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 107(8):1744-1753.

November 2017
Engineering in vitro models of hepatofibrogenesis
Mazza. G, Al-Akkad. W, Rombouts. K.
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 121: 147-157.

August 2017
Increasing the accuracy of proteomic typing by decellularization of amyloid tissue biopsies
Mangione. PP, Mazza. G, Gilbertson. JA, Rendell. NB, Canetti. D, Giorgetti. S, Frenguelli.L, Curti. M, Rezk. T, Raimondi. S, Pepys. MB, Hawkins. PN, Gillmore. JD, Taylor. GW, Pinzani. M, Bellotti. V.
Journal of Proteomics. 165:113-118.

July 2017
Rapid production of human liver scaffolds for functional tissue engineering by high shear stress oscillation-decellularization
Mazza. G, Al-Akkad. W, Telese. A, Longato. L, Urbani. L, Robinson. B, Hall. A, Kong. K, Frenguelli. L, Marrone. G, Willacy. O, Shaeri. M, Burns. A, Malago. M, Gilbertson. J, Rendell. N, Moore. K, Hughes. D, Notingher. I, Jell. G, Del Rio Hernandez. A, De Coppi. P, Rombouts. K, Pinzani. M.
Scientific Reports. 7(1):5534.

January 2016
Amyloid persistence in decellularized liver: biochemical and histopathological characterization
Mazza. G, Simons. JP, Al-Shawi. R, Ellmerich. S, Urbani. L, Giorgetti. S, Taylor. GW, Gilbertson. JA, Hall. AR, Al-Akkad. W, Dhar. D, Hawkins. PN, De Coppi. P, Pinzani. M, Bellotti. V, Mangione. PP.
Amyloid. 23(1):1-7.

August 2015
Decellularized human liver as a natural 3D-scaffold for liver bioengineering and transplantation
Mazza.G, Rombouts. K, Rennie Hall. A, Urbani. L, Vinh Luong. T, Al-Akkad. W, Longato. L, Brown. D, Maghsoudiou. P, Dhillon. AP, Fuller. B, Davidson. B, Moore. K, Dhar. D, De Coppi. P, Malago. M, Pinzani. M.
Scientific Reports. 3: 13079.