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Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. July 2009 CURRICULUM VITAE Pier Paolo Claudio PERSONAL DATA: Date and Place of Birth: May 20, 1964; Naples, Italy. Laboratory Telephone No.: (304) 696-3576 Office Telephone No.: (304) 696-3516 Laboratory address: Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center, One John Marshall Drive, Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology, & Department of Surgery, Suite 336Q, Huntington, WV 25755 E-mail : [email protected] Private E-mai: [email protected] Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. EDUCATION: 1983-1989 1989-1994 M.D. Degree, summa cum laude. Medical School, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy. Residency program and Ph.D. in Maxillo-Facial Sciences. Medical School, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 1985-1989 1989-1994 1992 1993-1994 1994 - 1996 1996-1998 1998-2002 1997-1998 1998- 2004 2004- 2006 2004- 2006 2006- present 2006- present 2008-present Internship at Dept. of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Medical School, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy. Residency program and Ph.D. in Maxillo-Facial Sciences, Medical School, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy. Research fellow of the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Head and Neck Department, New York, USA. Research fellow of the Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology. Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140. Post-doctoral fellow of the Jefferson Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107. Instructor, Dept. of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Scientific collaboration contract with the University of Naples “Federico II,” Italy. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Odontostomatologic and Maxillofacial Sciences, Medical School, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy. Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Center for Biotechnology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Director of Molecular Therapeutics Program, Center for Biotechnology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25705. Associate Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25705. President and Founder, Phoenix Biotherapeutics, LLC AWARDS: 1987 1989 1994 1999 2002 2003 II Edition of the national award for young researchers “A. Schweitzer”, Italy. M.D. Degree, Summa cum laude. Residency program in Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Summa cum laude. Lions Club Napoli-Mergellina for outstanding achievements in cancer research. Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2002 edition. Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2003 edition Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. 2003 2004 2004 2004 2007 2008 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century. Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2004 edition Research Board of Advisors, Who’s is Who. Rotary Club – Napoli for outstanding achievements in gene therapy International Award “Sebetia-Ter” for Biomedical Sciences Lion’s Club Fondi for Stem Cell Research FELLOWSHIPS: 1989-1994 1994-1995 1995-1997 1999-2001 Fellowship awarded for training in Maxillo-Facial Surgery at the Department of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II,” Italy. Fellowship from “Lega Nazionale Lotta contro i Tumori” of the National Institute of Tumor “Fondazione Senatore Pascale,” Naples, Italy. Fellowship from the American-Italian Cancer Foundation, New York, USA. Fellowship from the “Associazione Leonardo di Capua”, Napoli, Italy, for a research project on Nasopharyngeal Cancer. GRANTS: Past WW Smith Charity Foundation. # C0305 Pier Paolo Claudio (PI): Ultrasound enhancement of viral-mediated gene transfer following systemic administration. $ 120,000 (Expired Nov, 2006) NIH R01 CA60999: Rb2/p130 from the mechanism to gene therapy. Pier Paolo Claudio (CoPI) $ 1,250,000 NIH P01 NS36466-08: Project #2 Tumor suppressor Rb family/pRb2 in medulloblastoma. Pier Paolo Claudio (CoPI) $ 750,000 Project#2 CDDC grant: Microgravity sensitization to chemotherapy of multi-drug resistant cancer cells Pier Paolo Claudio (PI) $ 20,000/year Current NIH R21 CA131395 Ultrasound guided site-specific gene delivery in prostate cancer Pier Paolo Claudio (PI) $ 385,000 NIH R03: Image guided enhancement of mda-7 gene therapy in pancreas adenocarcinoma Pier Paolo Claudio (PI) $100,000 Pending: NIH R15: Cdk9 and p53 interplay in oral cancer Pier Paolo Claudio (PI) $ 150,000 NIH R01: Image guided enhancement of mda-7 gene therapy Pier Paolo Claudio (PI) $1,250,000 Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. MENTORING EXPERIENCE Primary mentor for Alessandra Zamparelli, Master student at Jefferson University (1998-2002). Primary mentor for Chiara Mariano, Ph.D. student at Temple University (2002-2005) Primary mentor for Tiziana Tonini, Ph.D. student at Temple University (2002-2005) Primary mentor for Giovanni Abbadessa, Ph.D. student at Temple University (2002-2005) Secondary mentor for Steven Tutton, Ph.D. student at Temple University (2002-2006) Secondary mentor for Giuseppe Russo, Ph.D. student at Temple University (2002-2006). Primary mentor for Viviana Vogiatzi, Ph.D. student at Temple University (2002-2006). Primary mentor for Sarah Elizabeth Daron Kelly, a Master student in my laboratory at Marshall University (2006-2009) Secondary mentor for Joseph Adam Hall, Ph.D. student in Dr. Philippe Georgel’s laboratory at Marshall University (2007-present). Primary mentor for Ms. Miranda Carper, Ph.D. student in my laboratory at Marshall University (2007-present). Primary mentor for Mr. Rounak Nande, Master student in my laboratory at Marshall University (2008-present) Primary mentor for Sarah Elizabeth Daron Kelly, a Ph.D. student in my laboratory at Marshall University (2009- ) UNIVERSITY SERVICES: 2006-present Member of Marshall University Library Committee 2007-present Member of the Marshall University Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) 2008-present Member of the Marshall University Faculty Senate ORGANIZATION AFFILIATIONS: Since 1990 Since 1990 Since 1991 Since 2000 Since 2008 Since 2009 Since 2009 Societa’ italiana dei Giovani Chirurghi (S.P.I.G.C.) Societa' Italiana di Chirurgia Maxillo Facciale (S.I.C.M.F.) European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery (E.A.C.M.F.) American Association for Cancer Reserach (AACR) President and Founder of the Green Hope Foundation for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine. American Society for Gene & Cell Therapy. (ASGCT) Head & Neck Optical Diagnostics Society (HNODS) GRANTS EVALUATOR BOARD: 1999 – 2003 2000-present 2004-present 2008-present Expert-Evaluator of the European Commission for the V Framework Program (Science, Research and Development) Grant evaluator for the Department of Veteran Affairs. Livermore, CA. Ad Hoc Grant evaluator NIH, Bethesda, MD Grant evaluator EVAL-INCO (Evaluators Database for International Cooperation) Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. JOURNAL REVIEWER: From 1997 From 1999 From 1999 From 1999 From 2000 From 2000 From 2000 From 2000 From 2000 From 2000 From 2001 From 2002 From 2003 From 2004 From 2005 From 2005 From 2006 From 2007 From 2008 Cancer Research Journal of Viral Immunology Journal of Neuroimmunology Journal of Virology Human Pathology Life Sciences Clinical Cancer Research J Cell Physiology J Biol Chemistry Oncogene Int. J. of Cancer American Journal of Cardiovascular Research PNAS Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research Journal of Urology Digestive Disease and Sciences Neoplasia Molecular Therapy Brain Research JOURNAL EDITOR: 20012004200520052005200520062008 The women’s oncology review (Assistant and contributing Editor) Regional Editor of the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research (Editor-USA) International Journal of Biomedical Science (Molecular Biology Section) Drugs News and Perspectives (Editor-USA) Drugs of Today (Editor USA) Drugs of the Future (Editor USA). Journal Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research (Editor-USA) Current Signal Transduction Therapy (Editor-USA) Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. PATENTS: Awarded: 1. US Patent Application Number 6596698. Methods of inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation and preventing restenosis with a vector expressing RB2/p130. Issued on July 22, 2003. 2. U.S. Patent Application Serial Number 10/250,805 “Method for quantification of recombinant viruses” issued on February 12, 2004. Pending: 1. European Patent Application. Methods of inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation and preventing restenosis with a vector expressing RB2/p130. 2. European Patent Application “Method for quantification of recombinant viruses” 3. Japanese Patent Application. Methods of inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation and preventing restenosis with a vector expressing RB2/p130. 4. Japanese Patent Application “Method for quantification of recombinant viruses” 5. U.S. Provisional Patent Application “Osteointegrated implant system” 6. Italian Patent Application: “Osteointegrated implant” 7. U.S. Patent Application “Method and composition for the site-selective gene delivery using viruses” 8. U.S. Provisional Patent Application “Stem Cell and Associated Factor Production Method” 9. U.S. Provisional Patent Application “Methods for stem cells production and therapy” 10. U.S. Provisional patent Applicartion “Methods and composition for site-selective Mda-7/IL24 gene delivery” Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. TALKS: 1. Claudio P.P. (1992): L’impiego del Laser C02 nella chirurgia del cavo orale. 2. (Surgical use of the CO2 Laser in the oral cavity) IV giornate mediterranee di odontoiatria. Napoli 3. Claudio P.P.(1992): I reinterventi nel cancro differenziato della tiroide. 4. (Interventions for recurrence on differentiated cancers of the thyroid) V Cong. Naz. S.P.I.G.C. Ischia, May 21-23. 5. Pier Paolo Claudio (1999): Rb2/p130 in the cell cycle and tumorigenesis. Relazione alla sessione “Cell Cycle and Growth Control” del Meeting annuale della German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ), Rostock, Germany, March 14-18. 6. Claudio P.P. (1999): Anno 2000. I geni: bersagli nella diagnosi e nella terapia del cancro. (Year 2000. Genes: targets in the diagnosis and therapy of cancer). Presidio Ospedaliero Dono Svizzero, Premio Lions Club, Napoli Mergellina, distretto 108YA. Formia, Italy, October 20. 7. Claudio P.P. (2000): Ruolo dei geni oncosoppressori nella terapia delle neoplasie. Prospettive nel carcinoma della prostata. (Role of oncosuppressor genes in neoplasias therapy. Perpectives in prostate cancer). Istituto nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Fondazione Senatore Pascale, Napoli, Italy, May 9. 8. Claudio P.P. (2000): Mutations in the Retinoblastoma-related gene RB2/p130 in primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma. International Conference on Basic and Clinical Aspects of Cell Cycle Control, Siena, Italy, May 31. 9. Claudio P. P. (2000): Mutations in the Retinoblastoma-related gene RB2/p130 in primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Napoli, 24-27 Settembre. 10. Claudio P. P. (2000): Oncosuppressor genes as molecular target for neoplasias gene therapy. First international Congress on new molecular target for neoplasias therapy. Buenos Aires, October 78. 11. Claudio P. P. (2001): Ruolo della terapia genica nella cura dei tumori del polmone. Forum nazionale di Oncologia (SIT), Foggia, 29-31 marzo. 12. Claudio P. P. (2001): Ruolo della biologia molecolare nella cura dei carcinomi del pancreas. Bari, 6-7 aprile. 13. Claudio P.P. (2001): Malignant Mesothelioma – Therapeutic Options and Role of SV40: An Update. April 20 – 21, Chicago, (IL). 14. Claudio P.P. (2001): New prognostic and therapeutic molecular features in head and neck cancer. XII SICMF Congress, 6-8 June, Naples, Italy. 15. Claudio P.P. (2001): pRb2/p130 and p107 associate with the nuclear matrix and E2F4 transcription factor in a cell cycle-specific manner. Aug 16, Saint Paul (VT).Claudio P.P. (2001): Molecular genetics in the pathogenesis, prognosis and therapy of gynecological malignancies. 3rd Joint International Workshop “Histologic and Cytologic Characterization of Human Tumors: Adjuncts in the Diagnosis, Prognosis and Clinical Monitoring”, October 10-13, Ischia, Italy. 16. Claudio P.P. (2002): Ruolo della biologia molecolare nei carcinomi del colon. Forum nazionale di Oncologia (SIT), Foggia, 14-16 April. 17. Claudio PP. (2002): RB2/p130 gene enhanced expression down-regulates Vascular Epithelial Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. Growth Factor expression and inhibits Angiogenesis in vivo. European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress, Stockholm, 13-18 September. 18. Claudio P.P. (2003): Gene transfer delivery systems: current approaches and future perspectives. 4th Joint International Workshop “Histologic and cytologic characterization of human tumors: new basic discoveries and frontiers in diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of response to therapy in human thyroid, urinary bladder and prostate tumors. Ischia, Italy, April 30-May 3. 19. Claudio P.P. Rapid Selection and Proliferation of Cancer Stem Cells in a Nasa Developed Microgravity Bioreactor: Therapeutic Implications. May 27, 2008. Invited Talk to the Ceinge Institute for Biotechnology, Naples, Italy. 20. Claudio P.P. Ultrasound Mda7/IL-24 Viral-Mediated Gene Transfer In Vitro and In Vivo. University of Naples, “Federico II”, School of Medicine, May 29, 2008. 21. Claudio P.P. Rapid Selection and Proliferation of Cancer Stem Cells in a Nasa Developed Microgravity Bioreactor: Therapeutic Implications. May 22, 2008. Invited Talk from the Lion’s Club, Fondi Hospital, Fondi, Italy. 22. Claudio P.P. Ultrasound Mda7/IL-24 Viral-Mediated Gene Transfer In Vitro and In Vivo. Marshall University, Johan C Edwards School of Medicine, Cancer Grand Rounds, June, 2008. Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. PAPERS AND COMMUNICATIONS AT CONGRESSES: 1. F. Claudio, F. Cacace, F. Scognamiglio, M. Pizzorusso, A. Amato, P.P. Claudio, F. Ionna, D. Paladino. (1984): Cavo orale: proposta di una nuova classificazione clinica.(Tumors of the oral cavity: proposal for a new clinical classification) Atti VIII Cong. Naz. S.I.C.O. Bologna, Pag. 1315 - 1317. 2. A. Iazzetta, P.P. Claudio, A. De Martino, A. Guarino, F. Ionna, O. Schiappa. (1984): La nutrizione enterale totale in chirurgia maxillo Faciale.(Total parenteral nutrition in Maxillo-Facial surgery) Atti VIII Cong. Naz. S.I.C.O. Bologna, Pag. 687 - 691. 3. F. Claudio, M. Pizzorusso, F. Ionna, P.P. Claudio, F. Cacace. (1985): I tumori avanzati differenziati della tiroide: esperienza dell'Istituto dei tumori di Napoli. (Advanced tumors of the thyroid: experience of the Cancer Institute of Naples) Atti Cong. Sez. ital. International College of Surgeons. Napoli, Pag. 223. 4. F. Claudio, F. Scognamiglio, F. Ionna, P.P. Claudio, F. Cacace, G. Savastano, L. Califano, A. Cortese. (1985): Le infusioni arteriose selettive nei Carcinomi cutanei avanzati del capo. (Selective arterial infusions in the advanced cutaneous Carcinomas of the head) Atti IV Cong. ital. Chir. Max. Fac. Ancona, Pag. 889 - 890. 5. C. Giardino, G.S. Sica, A. Cozzolino, G. Savastano, F. Claudio, F. Cacace, G. Campobasso, P.P. Claudio. (1985): La nostra esperienza nella chirurgia ricostruttiva per i tumori del labbro. (Our experience in the reconstructive surgery for lips tumors) Atti IV Cong. ital. Chir. Max. Fac. Ancona, Pag. 189 - 199. 6. F. Claudio, A. Amato, D. Paladino, P.P. Claudio, F. Ionna, C. Giardino, R. De Santis, M. Poltronieri. (1985): Gli interventi allargati per tumori avanzati della parotide. (Commando intervention for advanced tumors of the parotid gland) Atti IV Cong. ital. Chir. Max. Fac. Ancona, Pag. 891 - 893. 7. F. Claudio, F. Scognamiglio, P.P. Claudio, D. Paladino, G. Campobasso. (1985): Metastasi linfonodali nei tumori del cavo orale. (Lymphonodal metastasis in oral cancers) Atti IV Cong. ital. Chir. Max. Fac. Ancona, Pag. 881 - 883. 8. F. Claudio, F. Scognamiglio, M. Pizzorusso, P.P. Claudio, G. Campobasso, D. Paladino, C. Giardino, V. Minopoli, G. Vittozzi.(1985): Gli interventi allargati nei tumori avanzati della testa collo. (Commando intervention for advanced tumors of the head and neck) Atti IV Cong. ital. Chir. Max. Fac. Ancona, Pag. 899 - 901. 9. F. Claudio, A. Amato, D. Paladino, P.P. Claudio, P. Marcolin, F. Ionna, C. Giardino, L. Califano. (1985): La linfadenectomia nei casi N2 - N3 per tumori del cavo orale. (Lymphoadenectomy in oral cancers with N2-N3) Atti IV Cong. ital. Chir. Max. Fac. Ancona, Pag. 495 - 497. 10. F. Claudio, F. Scognamiglio, A. Amato, D. Paladino, P.P. Claudio, G. Vela. (1985): I tumori avanzati del cavo orale: gli interventi allargati. Esperienza dell'Istituto dei tumori di Napoli.(Advanced tumors of the oral cavity: commando intervention. Experience of the Cancer Institute of Naples) Atti IX Cong. Naz. S.I.C.O. S. Margherita di Pula, Pag. 881 – 884. 11. F. Claudio, M. Pizzorusso, P.P. Claudio, F. Scognamiglio, , G. Campobasso. (1985): Ruolo della terapia infusionale selettiva nei Carcinomi cutanei avanzati del capo: esperienza dell'Istituto dei tumori di Napoli.(Role of the selective infusional therapy in advanced cutaneous carcinoma of the head. Experience of the Cancer Institute of Naples) Atti IX Cong. Naz. S.I.C.O. S. Margherita di Pula, Pag. 873 - 876. 12. F. Claudio, F. Scognamiglio, P.P. Claudio, F. Ionna, G. Campobasso, F. Baldassarre. (1985): Il Carcinoma cutaneo nei giovani: esperienza dell'Istituto dei tumori di Napoli. (Cutaneous carcinoma in childhood. Experience of the Cancer Institute of Naples) Atti IX Cong. Naz. S.I.C.O. S. Margherita di Pula, Pag. 515 - 519. 13. F. Claudio, F. Ionna, D. Paladino, P.P. Claudio, L. Caramazza, C. Giardino, G. Savastano, G. Lavorgna. (1985): Ruolo della chirurgia nella programmazione terapeutica dei tumori maligni avanzati del cavo orale. (Role of surgery in advanced malignant tumors of the oral cavity) Atti XX Cong. S.I.O.C.M.F. S. Vincent, Pag. 211- 214. Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. 14. F. Claudio, D. Paladino, P.P. Claudio, G. Campobasso, F. Ionna, C. Giardino, G.S. Sica, A. Cozzolino.(1985): Le dissezioni linfonodali nei tumori maligni del cavo orale. (Lymphonodal dissection in malignant tumors of the oral cavity) Atti XX Cong. S.I.O.C.M.F. S. Vincent, Pag. 205 - 209. 15. F. Claudio, C. Giardino, F. Ionna, P.P. Claudio, R. De Santis. (1986): Parotid advanced tumors. Atti VIII Cong. Europ. E.A.C.M.F.S. Madrid, Pag. 5. 16. F. Claudio, A. Amato, F. Cacace, F. Ionna, P.P. Claudio e M. Pizzorusso. (1987): Nuova strategia interdisciplinare in rapporto a problemi exeretico ricostruttivi per tumori avanzati del capo e del collo. (New interdisciplinary strategy regarding ablationreconstructive problems for advanced tumors of the head and neck) Atti XI Cong Naz. S.I.C.O. Genova, Pag. 675 - 678. 17. F. Claudio, F. Cacace, F. Ionna e P.P. Claudio. (1988): La chemioterapia infusionale selettiva nei carcinomi avanzati del capo. (Selective infusional chemotherapy in advanced carcinomas of the head) Atti XII Cong. Naz. S.I.C.O. Isola Capo Rizzuto, Pag.121 - 128. 18. F. Claudio, F. Cacace e P.P. Claudio. (1989): Linfadenectomie di principio? (Lymphoadenectomy: is it mandatory?) Atti XIII Cong. S.I.C.O. Roma, Pag. 71 - 80. 19. L. Califano, A. Cortese e P.P. Claudio. (1989): L'alimentazione artificiale in chirurgia maxillo facciale. (Artificial nutrition in maxillo-facial surgery) Atti Tavola Rotonda S.P.I.G.C., 91° Cong. S.I.C.O. Genova, Pag. 69 - 73. 20. F. Claudio, A. Amato e P.P. Claudio. (1990): Gli interventi allargati nei tumori avanzati della parotide. (Commando intervention in advanced tumors of the parotid gland), Atti X Cong. S.I.E.C., S. Margherita di Pula, Pag. 245 - 250. 21. P.P. Claudio, A. Amato, G. Savastano e G. Della Pietra. (1991): Le ricostruzioni con lembi cutanei e miocutanei dopo interventi demolitivi della testa-collo. (Reconstructions with cutaneous and musculocutaneous flaps after demolitive interventions on the head and neck) Atti VII Cong. S.I.C.M.F. Ischia, Pag. 1325 - 1329. 22. P.P. Claudio, A. Amato, G. Savastano e G. Della Pietra. (1991): Ruolo della terapia chirurgica nei tumori maligni avanzati della parotide. (Role of surgical therapy in malignant advanced tumors of the parotid gland) Atti VII Cong. S.I.C.M.F. Ischia, Pag. 345 - 348. 23. F. Claudio, A. Amato e P.P. Claudio. (1991): Parotidectomie: esperienza dell'Istituto dei Tumori di Napoli dal 1960 al 1988. (Parotidectomy: experience of the Cancer Institute of Naples from 1960 to 1988), Atti VII Cong. S.I.C.M.F. Ischia, Pag. 213 - 220. 24. A. Amato, P.P. Claudio, G. Savastano e G. Della Pietra. (1991): La dissezione linfonodale nei tumori maligni avanzati della parotide. (Lymphonodal dissection in malignant advanced tumors of the parotid gland), Atti VII Cong. S.I.C.M.F. Ischia, Pag. 341 - 343. 25. C. Giardino, P.P. Claudio, A. Amato e G. Savastano. (1991): Scialectomia totale versus subtotale nell'adenoma pleomorfo della parotide. (Total scialectomy versus subtotal in the pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland), Atti VII Cong. S.I.C.M.F. Ischia, Pag. 335 - 339. 26. C. Giardino, P.P. Claudio, A. Amato e G. Savastano. (1991): Tumori del cavo orale. Disseminazione linfatica: prevenzione chirurgica. (Tumors of the oral cavity. Lymphatic spread: surgical prevention), Atti VII Cong. S.I.C.M.F. Ischia, Pag. 1161 - 1165. 27. G. Savastano, A. Russo, P.P. Claudio, G. Della Pietra, S. Siciliano. (1991): Considerazioni clinicoterapeutiche sui Carcinomi adenoideo-cistici delle ghiandole salivari maggiori. (Clinical-therapeutic considerations on adenoid-cystic carcinomas of the major salivary glands), Atti VII Cong. S.I.C.M.F. Ischia, Pag. 329 - 333 28. Claudio P.P., Papa F., Cangiano G. (1992): L’impiego del Laser C02 nella chirurgia del cavo orale. (Surgical use of the CO2 Laser in the oral cavity) Atti delle IV giornate mediterranee di odontoiatria. Napoli. Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. 29. Claudio P.P., Amato A.(1992): I reinterventi nel cancro differenziato della tiroide. (Interventions for recurrence on differentiated cancers of the thyroid) Relazione al V Cong. Naz. S.P.I.G.C. Ischia 21 - 23 May, Pag. 558 - 565. 30. De Luca A., Claudio P.P., Peschle C., Giordano A., Condorelli G. (1994): Interaction between cellcycle regulatory genes and transcription factors during skeletal muscle cell differentiation. 4th International Symposium on Endocrinology Under 35. Rome, Italy, 25-27 May. Advances in Endocrinology: Cell Cycle and Cancer. Ares Serono Symposia Publications (Raven Press) Pag. 37. 31. Mayol X., Baldi A., Sang N., Fu Y., De Luca A., Claudio P.P., Grana X., and Giordano A. (1994): The Adenovirus E1A oncoprotein: a link between transformation and cell cycle. 4th International Symposium on Endocrinology Under 35. Rome, Italy, 25-27 May. Advances in Endocrinology: Cell Cycle and Cancer. Ares Serono Symposia Publications (Raven Press) Pag. 40. 32. Giordano A., Baldi A., Claudio P.P., De Luca A., Mensorio C. (1994): Adenovirus E1A targets key regulators of cell proliferation. IIL Congresso Nazionale della Societa’ italiana di Anatomia. Roma, 2-5 October. 33. De Luca A., Claudio P.P., De Luca B., Giordano A., Condorelli G.(1994): Muscle specific transcription factors interact with cell-cycle regulatory genes during skeletal muscle cell differentiation. IIL Congresso Nazionale della Societa’ italiana di Anatomia. Roma, 2 -5 October. 34. Claudio P.P., Howard C.M., Baldi A., De Luca A., Sang N., MacLachlan T., Yuan W., Fu Y., Condorelli G. and Giordano A. (1995): p130/RB2 has similar yet distinctive growth suppressive properties as retinoblastoma family members, pRb and p107. 86th Annual Meeting of the “American Association for Cancer Research”, March 18-22. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 35. Claudio P.P., Howard C.M., Baldi A., De Luca A., Pertile P., Condorelli G., Giordano A. (1995): Growth suppressive properties of p130/pRb2 and its subcellular localization. XXVI Congresso nazionale della Societa’ italiana di Istochimica. 8-11 June, Napoli. 36. Baldi A., Claudio P.P., De Luca A., Giordano A. (1995): Genomic structure and immunohistochemical pattern of the human Rb2/p130 gene in tumors. XXVI Congresso nazionale della Societa’ italiana di Istochimica. 8-11 June, Napoli. 37. De Luca A., Shu L., MacLachlan T., Sang N, Claudio PP., Baldi A., Giordano A. (1995): Pitalre and Pisslre, two novel cdc-2 related kinases. XXVI Congresso nazionale della Societa’ italiana di Istochimica. 8-11 June, Napoli. 38. Sang N., Condorelli G., Maclachlan T., Claudio P.P., De Luca A., Yuan W., Fu Y., and Giordano A. (1995): A novel transactivation activity of adenoviral E1A oncoproteins and its involvement in regulation of host genes. The 6th SCBA (Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America) International Symposium. 2429 June, Vancouver. Canada. 39. Claudio P.P., Baldi A., Howard C.M., MacLachalan T., and Giordano A. (1995): The pRb2/p130 protein exhibits growth suppressive properties in a cell cycle dependent manner. The Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Tumour Virus Meeting on Papovaviruses, Papillomavirus and Adenoviruses. 17-22 July, 1995. Churchill College, Cambridge, England. 40. Baldi A., Boccia V., Esposito V., De Luca A., Claudio P.P., MacLachlan T., Giordano A. (1996): Genomic structure and immunohistochemical pattern of the human retinoblastoma-related RB2/p130 gene in normal tissues. “Cancer and the cell cycle”. Lausanne, January 17-20. 41. Shu L., MacLachlan T.K., Baldi A., De Luca A., Claudio P.P., Condorelli G., Giordano A. (1996): The PITALRE and PISSLRE cdc2-related kinases are involved in regulation of the cell cycle. “Cancer and the Cell Cycle”. Lausanne, January 17-20. 42. Claudio P.P., Baldi A., Bonetto F., Howard C.M., Raschella’ G., Giordano A., Paggi M.G. (1996): The Rb2/p130 protein and cell cycle regulation. “Cancer and the Cell Cycle”. Lausanne, January 17-20. Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. 43. Pier Paolo Claudio and Antonio Giordano (1999): Rb2/p130 in the cell cycle and tumorigenesis. Relazione alla sessione “Cell Cycle and Growth Control” del Meeting annuale della German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ), Rostock, March 14-18. 44. Pier Paolo Claudio, Candace M. Howard, Giulia De Falco, Luigi Fratta, Giorgio Stassi, Shin-ichiro Numata, Carmen Pacilio, Alan Davis, James M. Wilson, Massimo Volpe, Bruno Trimarco, Antonio Giordano e Gianluigi Condorelli (1999): Adenoviral RB2/p130 gene transfer inhibits smooth muscle cell proliferation and prevents restenosis following angioplasty. Philadelphia, 90th Annual Meeting A.A.C.R., April 10-14. 45. Giulia De Falco, Luigi Bagella, Pier Paolo Claudio, Bruna Pucci, Arturo Sala and Antonio Giordano (1999): Interaction between CDK9 and B-Myb down-regulates BMyb transactivating activity. . Philadelphia, 90th Annual Meeting A.A.C.R., April 10-14. 46. .Pier Paolo Claudio, Candace M. Howard, Giulia De Falco, Carmen Pacilio, Caterina Cinti, Gaetano Romano, Corrado Minimo, Nadir M. Maraldi, John D. Minna, Larry Gelbert, Giovan Giacomo Giordano and Antonio Giordano (1999): Mutations in the Retinoblastoma-related gene RB2/p130 in primary lung tumors and suppression of tumor growth in vivo by retroviral-mediated gene transfer. Philadelphia, 90th Annual Meeting A.A.C.R., April 10-14. 47. Claudio P.P., Howard C., Califano L., Cinti C., Giordano A., Giardino C. Mutazioni nel gene RB2/p130, della famiglia del gene Retinoblastoma, in carcinomi primari del nasofaringe. Atti VI Giornate Scientifiche delle Facolta’ di Medicina e Chirurgia, Farmacia, Medicina Veterinaria e Agraria. 17/19 Maggio 2000, Napoli 48. Claudio P.P., Zupi A., Bellan C., Zamparelli A., Giordano A., Giardino C. Analisi immunoistochimica di pRb2/p130, p107, E2F4 e pCNA nei tumori delle ghiandole salivari. Evidenza di un loro ruolo diagnostico e prognostico. Atti VI Giornate Scientifiche delle Facolta’ di Medicina e Chirurgia, Farmacia, Medicina Veterinaria e Agraria. 17/19 Maggio 2000, Napoli 49. Jorio F.P., Galderisi U., Piegari E., Di Bernardo G., Cipollaro M., Cascino A., Claudio P.P., Giordano A., Melone M.A.B. Specific role of pRb2/p130 gene in neurogenesis: its overexpression induces astrocytes but not neuronal differentiation. Abstracts of the International Conference on Basic and Clinical Aspects of Cell Cycle Control, May 29- 31, 2000; Siena, Italy. 50. La Sala D., Zamparelli A., Claudio P.P., Maltarello M.C., Trimarchi C., Ognibene A., Giordano A., Cinti C. Characterization of molecular mechanisms in a new multidrugresistant human osteosarcoma cell line (HOS DXR150). Abstracts of the International Conference on Basic and Clinical Aspects of Cell Cycle Control, May 29-31, 2000; Siena, Italy. 51. Cinti C., Claudio P.P., De Luca A., Cuccurese M., D’Esposito M., La Sala D., Halazonetis T.D., Giordano A., Maraldi M.N. A serine 37 mutation associated with two missense mutations at highly conserved regions of p53 affect pro-apoptotic genes expression inducing γ-irradiation resistance. Abstracts of the International Conference on Basic and Clinical Aspects of Cell Cycle Control, May 2931, 2000; Siena, Italy. 52. Trimarchi C., Claudio P.P., Zini N., Stiegler P., Marinelli F., La Sala D., Maltarello M.C., Ognibene A., Giordano A., Cinti C. pRb2/p130 and p107 associate with the nuclear matrix and E2F4 transcription factor in a cell cycle-specific manner. Abstracts of the International Conference on Basic and Clinical Aspects of Cell Cycle Control, May 29-31, 2000; Siena, Italy. 53. Claudio P.P., Califano L., Zupi A., Bellan C., Zamparelli A., Cinti C., Leoncini L., Giardino C., Giordano A. pRb2/p130 expression in salivary gland tumors. Its prognostic and diagnostic role. Abstracts of the International Conference on Basic and Clinical Aspects of Cell Cycle Control, May 29-31, 2000; Siena, Italy. 54. Claudio P.P., Howard C., Califano L., Cinti C., Leoncini L., Giardino C., Giordano A. Mutations in the Retinoblastoma-related gene RB2/p130 in primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Abstracts of the Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. International Conference on Basic and Clinical Aspects of Cell Cycle Control, May 29-31, 2000; Siena, Italy. 55. Claudio, P.P., Califano, L., Zupi, A., Bellan, C., Zamparelli, A., Giordano, A., Giardino, C. pRb2/p130 expression in salivary gland tumors. Its diagnostic and prognostic role. XVth Congress of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, September 5-9, 2000, Edinburgh, Scotland. 56. Claudio, P.P., Howard, C.M., Califano, L., Cinti, C., Giordano, A., Giardino, C. Mutations in the Retinoblastoma-related gene RB2/p130 in primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma. XVth Congress of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, September 5-9, 2000, Edinburgh, Scotland. 57. Pier Paolo Claudio, Sujatha Radhakrishnan, Shou Zheng, Marcus Saunders, Chiara Mariano, Kamel Khalili, Antonio Giordano, Shohreh Amini, Bassel E Sawaya. P53 decreases the phoshorylation of polimerase II by cdk9. A novel mechanism for inhibition of HIV-1 gene expression. 4th Joint International Workshop “Histologic and cytologic characterization of human tumors: new basic discoveries and frontiers in diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of response to therapy in human thyroid, urinary bladder and prostate tumors. Ischia, Italy, April 30-May 3. 58. Tiziana Tonini, Giuseppe Russo, Candace M. Howard, Francesca Rossi, Arturo Sala, Gaetano Romano, Antonio Giordano, and Pier Paolo Claudio. B Myb down-regulates the Retinoblastoma family member pRb2/p130 promoter. 4th Joint International Workshop “Histologic and cytologic characterization of human tumors: new basic discoveries and frontiers in diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of response to therapy in human thyroid, urinary bladder and prostate tumors. Ischia, Italy, April 30-May 3. 59. Candace M. Howard, Flemming Forsberg, Ji-Bin Liu, Daniel A. Merton, Corrado Minimo, Pier Paolo Claudio. Using a Commercial Ultrasound Contrast Agent for Viral Mediated Gene Transfer In Vitro and In Vivo. Proceedings 6th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound. 30th August 2nd September 2006 . Oxford, UK. 60.Pierpaolo Aimola, Candace M. Howard, Pier Paolo Claudio. Ultrasound contrast mediated gene therapy in prostate cancer. Cancer Therapeutics: The Road Ahead. A Nature Conference. October 8-10, 2007, Palazzo dei Congressi Di Capri, Capri, Italy. 61. S. E. Kelly, Di Benedetto A., Valluri, J.V., Claudio, P.P. Rapid selection and proliferation of cancer stem cells Published in Life in Space for Life on Earth. 22 - 27 June 2008, Angers – France Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. PUBLICATIONS: 1. Francesco Claudio, Francesco Cacace, Michele Pizzorusso, Ornella Schiappa, Pier Paolo Claudio, Franco Ionna, Paolo Marcolin, Antonio Amato. (1983): Strategia di trattamento delle aree di drenaggio linfonodale nei tumori del cavo orale. (Strategy of treatment for lymphonodal drenage areas in tumors of the oral cavity) Il medico italiano, 27: 225 - 237. 2. Califano, A. Cortese, P.P. Claudio. (1989): L'alimentazione artificiale in chirurgia maxillo facciale. (Artificial nutrition in maxillo-facial surgery) Boll. Soc. It. Chir. 10, 3: 173 - 177. 3. Claudio, F. Cacace, M. Rotondi, G. Comella, F. Coucourde, P.P. Claudio, A. M. Bevilacqua, S. Bonassi, S. Toma. (1990): La chemioterapia intra-arteriosa nei tumori avanzati dalla testa e collo effettuata mediante una tecnica di trasposizione carotidea. (Intra-artherial chemotherapy in advanced tumors of the head and neck through a carotid surgical transposition technique) Otorinolaringologia 40: 11 - 9. 4. Giardino C., Claudio P.P. (1992): Proposta di una scheda oncologica clinica per i tumori del cavo orale. (Proposal of a new clinical chart for tumors of the oral cavity) Riv. Ital. di Chir. Max. Fac., (3): 3948. 5. Papa F., Claudio P.P., Letizia N., Maio C., Giardino C. (1992): Su di un caso di cosidetto Fibroma Ossificante. (Consideration on an interesting case of ossifying fibroma) Riv. Ital. di Chir. Max. Fac., (3): 53 - 58. 6. Claudio F., Rotondi M., Bonassi S., Cacace F., Comella G., Coucourde F., Claudio P.P., Bevilacqua A.M., Forma F., Toma S. (1992): Factors affetting response and survival in advance head and neck cancers treated with intrarterial chemotherapy. Regional Cancer Treatment 4: 180 - 187. 7. Claudio F., Rotondi M., Bonassi S., Cacace F., Comella G., Coucourde F., Claudio P.P., Bevilacqua A.M., Spadini N., Toma S. (1992): I fattori prognostici nei tumori avanzati della testa e collo trattati mediante chemioterapia intra-arteriosa. (Prognostic factors in advanced tumors of the head and neck treated with intrarterial chemotherapy) Otorinolaringologia, Vol 42, (5): 273 - 282. 8. Graña X., De Luca A., Sang N., Fu Y., Claudio P.P., Rossenblatt J., Morgan D.O. and Giordano A. (1994): PITALRE, a nuclear CDC2-related protein kinase that phosphorylates the retinoblastoma protein in vitro. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. Vol 91, 3834-3838. 9. Graña X., Claudio P.P., De Luca A. , Sang,N., and Giordano, A. (1994): PISSLRE, a human novel CDC2-related protein kinase. Oncogene 9, 2097-2103. 10. Claudio P.P., Howard C.M., Baldi A., De Luca A., Condorelli G., Sun Y., Colburn N., Calabretta B., Giordano A. (1994): p130/PRb2 has similar yet distinctive growth suppressive properties as retinoblastoma family members, pRb and p107. Cancer Research 54: 5556-5560. 11. Wen S.-C., Ku D.-H., De Luca A., Claudio P.P., Giordano A., and Calabretta B. (1995): ets-2 regulates cdc2 kinase activity in mammalian cells: coordinated expression of cdc2 and cyclin A. Exp. Cell Res. 217, (1): 8-14. 12. Li S., MacLachlan T., De Luca A., Claudio P.P., Condorelli G.L., and Giordano A. (1995): The cdc2related kinase, PISSLRE, is essential for cell growth and acts in G2 phase of the cell cycle. Cancer Research 55, 3992-3995. 13. De Luca A., Baldi A., Claudio P.P., Howard C.M., Campisi S., Giordano A., Condorelli G. (1995): The retinoblastoma gene and its role in cancer and differentiation. In Future Trends in Endocrinology. Ares-Serono Symposia Series- Frontiers in Endocrinology 14: 197-206. 14. Baldi A., De Luca A., Claudio P.P., Baldi F., Giordano G.C., Tommasino M., Paggi M.G. and Giordano A. (1995): The Rb2/p130 gene product is a nuclear protein whose phosphorylation is cell cycle regulated. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 59: 402-408. 15. Claudio P.P., De Luca A., Howard C.M., Baldi A., Firpo E.J., Koff A., Paggi M.G., Giordano A. Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. (1996): Functional analysis of pRb2/p130 interaction with cyclins. Cancer Research 56: 2003-2008. 16. Baldi A., Boccia V., Claudio P.P., De Luca A., Giordano A.(1996): Genomic structure of the human retinoblastoma-related Rb2/p130 gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 93: 4629-4632. 17. Esposito V., Baldi A., De Luca A., Paciocco G., Gröger A., Sgaramella G., Claudio P.P., Giordano G.G., Baldi F., Caputi M., Kaiser H., Giordano A. (1997): Role of PCNA in differentiating between malignant mesothelioma and mesothelial hyperplasia: prognostic considerations. Anticancer Research 17: 601-604. 18. Esposito V., Baldi A., De Luca A., Claudio P.P., Signoriello G., Bolognese A., Centonze P., Giordano G.G, Caputi M., Baldi F., Giordano A. (1997): p53 immunostaining in differential diagnosis of pleural mesothelial proliferations. Anticancer Research 17: 733-736. 19. De Luca A., Esposito V., Baldi A., Claudio P.P, Fu Y., Caputi M., Pisano M.M, Baldi F., Giordano A. (1997): The cdc2-related kinase PITALRE phosphorylates pRb exclusively on serine and is widely expressed in human tissues. Journal of Cellular Physiology 172: 265-273. 20. De Luca A., MacLachlan T.K., Bagella L., Dean C., Howard C.M., Claudio P.P., Baldi A., Khalili K., Giordano A. (1997): A unique domain of pRb2/p130 acts as an inhibitor of cdk2 kinase activity. J. Biological Chemisty 272: 20971-20974. 21. Sang N., Claudio P.P, Fu Y., Horikoshi N., Graeven U., Weinmann R., Giordano A. (1997): Transforming Region of 243 R E1A contains two overlapping but distinct Transactivation Domains. DNA and Cell Biology. 16:1321-1333. 22. Papa F., Sagliocco R., Cosimo O., Russo A., Claudio P.P., Errico M., Lavorgna G. (1997): Consideration on a case of carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of the parotid gland. Minerva Stomatol. 46 (11): 615-620. 23. Raschella’, G., Tanno, B., Bonetto, F., Negroni, A., Claudio, P.P., Baldi, A., Amendola, R., Calabretta, B., Giordano, A., Paggi, M. (1998): The RB-related gene Rb2/p130 in neuroblastoma differentiation and in B-myb promoter down-regulation. Cell Death & Diff. 5: 401-407. 24. Leri A., Liu Y., Malhotra A., Li Q., Stiegler P., Claudio P.P., Giordano A., Kajstura J., Hintze H. T., Anversa P. (1998): Pacing-induced heart failure in dogs enhances the expression of p53 and p53dependent genes in ventricular myocytes. Circulation. 97:194-203. 25. Leri A., Claudio P.P., Li Q., Wang X., Reiss K., Wang S., Malhotra A., Kajstura J., Anversa P. (1998): Stretch mediated release of angiotensin II induces myocytes apoptosis by activating p53 that enhances the local renin-angiotensin system and decrease the Bcl-2-to-Bax protein ratio in the cell. J. Clin. Invest. 101(7):1326-1342. 26. Ravi K.R., Weber E., McMahon M., Williams R. J., Baylin S., Mai A., Harter L. M., Dillehay L.E., Claudio P.P., Giordano A., Nelkin D. B., Mabry M. (1998): Activated Raf-1 causes growth arrest in human small cell lung cancer cells. J. Clin. Invest. 101:153-159. 27. Romano G., Claudio P.P., Kaiser H.E., Giordano A. (1998): Recent advances, prospects and problems in designing new strategies for oligonucleotide and gene delivery in therapy. In Vivo 12: 59-68. 28. Tarro G., Esposito C., Perna M., Claudio P.P., Giordano A. (1998): Immunohistochemical characterization of tumor liberated particles (TLP) expression pattern in lung cancer. Anticancer Res. 18: 2365-2370. 29. Howard C.M., Claudio P.P., Gallia G., Gordon J., Giordano G.G., Khalili K., Giordano A.(1998): Retinoblastoma-related protein pRb2/p130 and suppression of tumor growth in vivo. J.Nat. Cancer Inst. 19: 1451-1460. 30. Mutti L., De Luca A, Claudio P.P., Carbone M., Convertino G., Giordano A. (1998): Simian Virus 40-like DNA sequences and large-T antigen-retinoblastoma family protein pRb2/p130 interaction in human mesothelioma. Dev. Biol.Stand.: 94:47-53. Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. 31. Pacilio C., Florio S., Crispino A., Claudio P.P., Pacilio G., Pagnini G. (1998): Modification of membrane fluidity and depolarization by some anthracyclines in different cell lines. Anticancer Research. 18(6A):4027-4034. 32. Pupa S.M, Howard C. M., Invernizzi A. M., De Vecchi R., Giani C., Claudio P.P., Colnaghi M. I., Giordano A., Ménard S. (1999): Ectopic expression of pRB2/p130 suppresses the tumorigenicity of the erb-2-overexpressing SKOV3 tumor cell line. Oncogene. 18(3): 651-656. 33. Leri A, Liu Y, Claudio PP, Kajstura J, Wang X, Wang S, Kang P, Malhotra A, Anversa P. Insulin-like growth factor-1 induces Mdm2 and down-regulates p53, attenuating the myocyte renin-angiotensin system and stretch-mediated apoptosis. (1999) Am J Pathol. Feb;154 (2):567-80. 34. Minimo C., Bibbo M., Claudio P.P., De Luca A., Giordano A. (1999): The role of pRb2/p130 protein in diagnosing lung carcinoma on fine needle aspiration biopsies. Pathol Res and Pract. 195: 67-70. 35. Numata S., Claudio P.P., Giordano A., Croce C.M. (1999): Bdp: a new member of a family of DNA binding proteins, associates with the retinoblastoma gene product.Cancer Research, 59: 3741-3747. 36. Claudio P.P., Fratta L., Stassi G., Howard C.M., Farina F., Numata S., Pacilio C., Davis A., Lavitrano M., Volpe, Wilson J.M., Trimarco B., Giordano A., and Condorelli G. (1999): Adenoviral RB2/p130 gene transfer inhibits smooth muscle cell proliferation and prevents restenosis following angioplasty. Circulation Research, 85:1032-39. 37. Leoncini L., Bellan C., Claudio P.P., Lazzi S., Cevenini G., Megha T., Laurini L., Luzi P., Fraternali Orcioni G., Piccioli M., Pileri S., Giardino C., Tosi G.M., Giordano A. (1999): Retinoblastoma related p107 and pRb2(p130) proteins in malignant lymphomas. Distinct mechanisms of cell growth control. Clinical Cancer Research, 12: 4065-4072. 38. De Falco G., Bagella L., Claudio P.P., De Luca A., Fu Y., Calabretta B., Sala A., Giordano A. (2000): Physical interaction between CDK9 and B-Myb results in suppression of B-myb gene autoregulation. Oncogene , 19: 373-379. 39. Pagnini U., Pacilio C., Florio S., Crispino A., Claudio P.P., Giordano A., Pagnini G. (2000). Medroxyprogesterone acetate increases anthracyclines uptake in chronic lymphatic leukemia cells: role of nitric oxide and lipid peroxidation. Anticancer Research, 20 (1A): 33-42. 40. Claudio P.P., Howard C.M., Fu Y., Califano, L., Mercer E.W., Micheli, P., Caputi, M., Giordano A. (2000): Mutations in the Retinoblastoma-related Gene RB2/p130 in primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer Research, 60: 8-12. 41. Claudio P.P., Howard C.M., Pacilio C., Cinti C., Romano G., Minimo C., Maraldi N.M., Minna J.D., Gelbert L., Leoncini, L., Tosi, G.M., Micheli, P., Caputi M., Giordano G.G., and Giordano A. (2000): Mutations in the Retinoblastoma-related gene RB2/p130 in lung tumors and suppression of tumor growth in vivo by retroviralmediated gene transfer. Cancer Research, 60: 372-382. 42. Cinti C., Claudio P.P., Howard C.M., Neri L.M., Fu Y., Leoncini, Tosi G.M., Maraldi N.M., Giordano A. (2000) Genetic alterations disrupting the nuclear localization of the retinoblastoma related gene RB2/p130 in human cell lines and primary tumors. Cancer Research, 60: 383-389. 43. Caterina Cinti, Lorenzo Leoncini, Aggrey Nyongo, Filomena Ferrari, Stefano Lazzi, Cristiana Bellan, Alessandra Zamparelli, Pier Paolo Claudio, Nadir Mario Maraldi, Piero Tosi and Antonio Giordano. (2000): Genetic alterations of the retinoblastoma related gene RB2/p130 identify different pathogenetic mechanism in and among Burkitt's lymphoma subtypes. American J. of Pathology, 156 (3): 751-760. 44. Claudio P.P., Caputi M., Giordano A. (2000): The Rb2/p130 gene: the latest weapon in the war against lung cancer? Clin Canc. Research, 6 (3): 754-64. 45. Candace M. Howard, Pier Paolo Claudio, Antonio De Luca, Peter Stiegler, Francesco Paolo Jori, Nabile M. Safdar, Mario Caputi, Kamel Khalili, and Antonio Giordano. (2000): Inducible pRb2/p130 expression and growth suppressive mechanisms: evidence of a pRb2/p130, p27Kip1, and cyclin E Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. negative feedback regulatory loop. Cancer Research, 60: 2737-2744. 46. Perrotti, D., Iervolino, A., Cesi, V., Cirinna, M., Lombardini, S., Grassilli, E., Bonatti, S. Claudio, P.P., Calabretta, B. (2000) BCR-ABL prevents c-jun-mediated and proteasome-dependent FUS (TLS) proteolysis through a protein kinase CbetaII dependent pathway. Mol Cell Biol. 20(16): 6159-69. 47. Claudio, P.P. (2000) Immunohistochemical investigation of new suppressor oncogene p130 in oral squamous cell carcinoma. Oral Oncology, Letter to the Editor 36(5): 497. 48. Cinti C., Claudio P.P., Howard, C.M., Neri L.M., De Luca A., Waterman J.L.F., Azzoni L., Giordano A., Halazonetis T.D., Maraldi N.M. (2000): A serine 37 mutation associated with two missense mutations at highly conserved regions of p53 induces -irradiation resistance affecting pro-apoptotic genes expression. Oncogene, 19 (44): 5098-5106. 49. Pier Paolo Claudio, Peter Stiegler, Candace M. Howard, Cristiana Bellan, Corrado Minimo, Janusz Rak, Al Kovatich, Paola De Fazio, Pietro Micheli, Mario Caputi, Robert Kerbel, Giovan Giacomo Giordano, and Antonio Giordano. (2001): RB2/p130 gene enhanced expression down-regulates Vascular Epithelial Growth Factor expression and inhibits Angiogenesis in vivo. Cancer Research, (62):462-68. 50. Claudio, P. P., Cinti, C., and Giordano, A. Application of the primer in situ DNA synthesis (PRINS) technique to titer recombinant virus and evaluation of the efficiency of viral transduction, Anal Biochem. 291: 96-101., 2001. 51. Galderisi, U., Melone, M. A., Jori, F. P., Piegari, E., Di Bernardo, G., Cipollaro, M., Cascino, A., Peluso, G., Claudio, P. P., and Giordano, A. pRb2/p130 gene overexpression induces astrocyte differentiation, Mol Cell Neurosci. 17: 415-25, 2001. 52. Zini, N., Trimarchi, C., Claudio, P. P., Stiegler, P., Marinelli, F., Maltarello, M. C., La Sala, D., De Falco, G., Russo, G., Ammirati, G., Maraldi, N. M., Giordano, A., and Cinti, C. pRb2/p130 and p107 control cell growth by multiple strategies and in association with different compartments within the nucleus, J Cell Physiol. 189: 34- 44, 2001. 53. Pier Paolo Claudio, Alessandra Zamparelli, Luigi Califano,Aldo Zupi, Cristiana Bellan, Corrado Minimo, Candace M. Howard, Giovanna Carrillo, Pietro Micheli, Caterina Cinti, Lorenzo Leoncini, Costantino Giardino, Antonio Giordano. Expression of Cell-Cycle Regulated Proteins pRB2/p130, p107, E2F4, p27, and of pCNA in Salivary Gland Tumors. Prognostic and diagnostic implications. Rivista Italiana di Chirurgia Maxillo Facciale Vol XII, 1: 37-48, 2001. 54. Francesco Papa, Salvatore Ferrara, Livia Felicetta, Giovanni Lavorgna, Margherita Matarazzo, Stefania Staibano, Sabrina Troisi, and Pier Paolo Claudio. Mandibular metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma: report of a case involving severe and uncontrollable hemorrhage. Anticancer Res. 21: 212130., 2001. 55. Pier Paolo Claudio. Asian-American variants of human papillomavirus 16 and risk for cervical cancer: a case control study. J Natl Cancer Inst 2001; 93: 1325-1330. Commentary Basic Sciences, The Women’s Oncology Review, 4: 357-358, 2001. 56. Claudio, P. P., Zamparelli, A., Garcia, F. U., Claudio, L., Ammirati, G., Farina, A., Bovicelli, A., Russo, G., Giordano, G. G., McGinnis, D. E., Giordano, A., and Cardi, G. Expression of Cell-Cycleregulated Proteins pRb2/p130, p107, p27(kip1), p53, mdm-2, and Ki-67 (MIB-1) in Prostatic Gland Adenocarcinoma, Clin Cancer Res. 8: 1808-15., 2002. 57. Pucci, B., Claudio, P.P., Masciullo, V., Bellincampi, L., Terrioni, A., Khalili, K., Melino, G., Giordano, A. pRb2/p130 promotes radiation-induced cell death in the glioblastoma cell line HJC12 by p73 up-regulation and Bcl2 down-regulation. Oncogene 21: 5897-5905, 2002. 58. Condorelli, G.L., Morisco, C., Latronico, M., Claudio, P.P., Dent, P., Tsichlis, P., Condorelli, G., Frati, G., Drusco, A., Croce, C.M., and Napoli C. TNF-α signal transduction in rat neonatal cardiac myocytes: definition of pathways generating from the TNF-α receptor. FASEB, 16: 1732-37, 2002. Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. 59. Tonini, T., Hillson, C. and Claudio, P.P. Interview with the retinoblastoma family members: do they help each other? J. Cell Physiol. 192, 2: 138-150, 2002. 60. Lazzi, S., Bellan, C., De Falco, G., Cinti, C., Ferrari, F., Nyongo, A., Claudio, P.P., Tosi, G.M., Vatti, R., Gloghini, A., Carbone, A, Giordano, A., Leoncini, L., Tosi, P. Expression of RB2/p130 tumorsuppressor gene in AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's lymphomas: Implications for disease pathogenesis. Human Pathol., 33, 7: 723-731, 2002. 61. Claudio, P.P., Tonini, T., Giordano, A. The retinoblastoma family: twins or distant cousins? Genome Biol. 3: 9, REVIEWS3012, 2002. 62. Claudio PP, Giordano A. Preparation of retroviral vectors for cell-cycle-targeted gene therapy of lung cancer. Methods Mol Med 2003: 75: 591-605. 63. Pier Paolo Claudio, Candace, M. Howard A controlled trial of a human papillomavirus type 16 vaccine. N Engl J Med 2002; 374:1645-51. Commentary, The Women’s Oncology Review, 3: 113-182003. 64. De Falco G., Bellan C., Lazzi S., Claudio P.P., La Sala D., Cinti C., Tosi P., Giordano A., Leoncini L. The interaction between HIV-1 Tat and pRb2/p130: a possible mechanism in the pathogenesis of AIDSrelated neoplasms. Oncogene, 22; 6214-19, 2003 65. Tiziana Tonini, Francesca Rossi, Pier Paolo Claudio. Molecular basis of angiogenesis. Oncogene, 22: 6549-56, 2003. 66. Russo G, Claudio PP, Fu Y, Stiegler P, Yu Z, Macaluso M and Giordano A. RB2/p130 target genes in non-small lung cancer identified by microarray analysis. Oncogene, 22; 6959-69, 2003. 67. Gaetano Romano, Pier Paolo Claudio, Tiziana Tonini, Antonio Giordano. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) derived vectors: safety considerations and controversy over therapeutic applications. The European J. of Dermatology, 13 (5): 424-9, 2003. 68. Claudio, P. P., Russo, G., Kumar, C. A., Minimo, C., Farina, A., Tutton, S., Nuzzo, G., Giuliante, F., Angeloni, G., Maria, V., Vecchio, F. M., Campli, C. D., and Giordano, A. pRb2/p130, vascular endothelial growth factor, p27(KIP1), and proliferating cell nuclear antigen expression in hepatocellular carcinoma: their clinical significance. Clin Cancer Res, 10: 3509-3517, 2004. 69. Tonini, T., Claudio, P. P., Giordano, A., and Romano, G. Transient production of retroviral- and lentiviral-based vectors for the transduction of Mammalian cells. Methods Mol Biol, 285: 141-148, 2004. 70. Tonini, T., Claudio, P. P., Giordano, A., and Romano, G. Determination of Functional Viral Titer by Drug-Resistance Colony Assay, Expression of Green Fluorescent Protein, and beta-Galactoside Staining. Methods Mol Biol, 285: 149-154, 2004. 71. Tonini, T., Claudio, P. P., Giordano, A., and Romano, G. Retroviral and lentiviral vector titration by the analysis of the activity of viral reverse transcriptase. Methods Mol Biol, 285: 155-158, 2004. 72. Tonini, T., Bagella, L., D'Andrilli, G., Claudio, P. P., and Giordano, A. Ezh2 reduces the ability of HDAC1-dependent pRb2/p130 transcriptional repression of cyclin A. Oncogene, 23: 4930-4937, 2004. 73. Russo G, Giordano A, Claudio P.P. RBL2 (retinoblastoma-like 2). Atlas Genet Cytogenet Oncol Haematol. March 2004. URL : http://www.infobiogen.fr/services/chromcancer/Genes/RBL2ID443.html 74. Vattemi E., Claudio P.P. Gene therapy for lung cancer: practice and promise. Ann Ital Chir. 2004 May-Jun;75(3):279-89. 75. Giuseppe Russo, Alessandra Zamparelli, Candace M. Howard, Corrado Minimo, Cristiana Bellan, Giovanna Carrillo, Luigi Califano, Lorenzo Leoncini, Antonio Giordano, and Pier Paolo Claudio. Expression of Cell-Cycle Regulated Proteins pRB2/p130, p107, E2F4, p27, and of pCNA in Salivary Gland Tumors. Prognostic and diagnostic implications. Clinical Cancer Research, 2005 May 1;11(9):3265-73. Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. 76. Gilberto Sammartino, Mariano Tia, Gaetano Marenzi, A.E. di Lauro, Elio D’Agostino, and Pier Paolo Claudio. Use of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in periodontal defect treatment after extraction of impacted mandibular third molars. JOMS, Jun;63(6):766-70, 2005. 77. Francesco Papa, Antonio Cortese, Maria Cristina Maltarello, Raffaele Sagliocco, Pietro Felice, and Pier Paolo Claudio. Outcome of 50 consecutive sinus lift operations. BJOMS, Aug;43(4):309-13, 2005. 78. Vattemi E., and Claudio P.P. Current status of gene therapy for lung cancer. Drugs of the Future 30: (10), 1017, 2005. 79. Giacinti L., Claudio P.P., Giordano A. Epigenetic Information and Estrogen Receptor Alfa Expression in Breast Cancer. The Oncologist, 2006 Jan;11(1):1-8. 80. Merola E. Claudio PP, Giordano A. p53 and the malignant progression of Barrett's esophagus. J Cell Physiol. Mar; 206(3):574-7, 2006. 81. Francesca Sanseverino, Rosa Santopietro, Michela Torricelli, Giuseppina D’Andrilli, Gabriele Cevenini, Alessandro Bovicelli, Lorenzo Leoncini, Giovanni Scambia, Felice Petraglia, Antonio Giordano and Pier Paolo ClaudiopRb2/p130 and VEGF expressions in endometrial carcinoma in relation to angiogenesis and tumor histopathologic grade. Cancer Biol Ther. 2006 Jan 22;5(1). 82. Elettra Merola, Eliseo Mattioli, Corrado Minimo, Weineng Zuo, Carla Rabitti, Michele Cicala, Renato Caviglia, Lucio Pollice, Antonio Giordano and Pier Paolo Claudio. Immunohistochemical evaluation of pRb2/p130, VEGF, EZH2, p53, p16, p21waf-1, p27, and PCNA in Barrett’s Esophagus. Journal Cell Physiology, 207(2): 512-9, 2006. 83. Vogiatzi, P, De Falco G., Claudio PP, Giordano A. How Does the Human RUNX3 Gene Induce Apoptosis in Gastric Cancer? Latest Data, Reflections and Reactions. Cancer Biol Ther. (4):371-374, 2006. 84. Abbadessa G., Santoro A., and Claudio P.P. Meeting Report: 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) June 2-6, 2006, Atlanta, GA. Drugs of the Future 31:(7), 2006. 85. Pier Paolo Claudio, Chiara Mariano, Sujatha Radhakrishnan, Kamel Khalili, Mahmut Safak, Antonio Giordano, Shohreh Amini, and Bassel E Sawaya. Phosphorylation of p53 by cdk9 prevents HIV-1 gene transcription and viral replication. Journal Cell Physiology 208(3): 602-612, 2006. 86. Genovese C., Trani D., Caputi M., Claudio, P.P. Cell cycle control and beyond: emerging roles for the retinoblastoma gene family. Oncogene. 2006 Aug 28;25(38):5201-9. 87. Vogiatzi, P., Abbadessa, G., Cassone, M., Claudio, P.P. The limitless role of p53 in cell cycle machinery: good news or bad news? Cancer Biol Ther. 2006 Sep; 5(9):1090-3. 88. Vattemi M, and Claudio PP. Adenoviral gene therapy in head and neck cancer. Drug News Perspect. 2006 Jul-Aug;19(6):329-37. 89. Howard, C.M., Forsberg F., Liu, J.B., Merton D.A., Minimo C., Pier Paolo Claudio Ultrasound guided site specific gene delivery system using adenoviral vectors and commercial ultrasound contrast agents. Journal Cell Physiology 2006 Nov; 209 (2):413-21. 90. Paraskevi Vogiatzi, Marco Cassone, and Pier Paolo Claudio. On the road to personalizing gene therapy in gastric cancer: proposals for transforming dreams into reality. Drug News Perspect. 2006 Nov;19(9):533-40. 91. Eliseo Mattioli, Paraskevi Vogiatzi, Ang Sun, Giovanni Abbadessa, Giulia Angeloni, Domenico D’Ugo, Daniela Trani, John P. Gaughan, Fabio Maria Vecchio, Gabriele Cevenini, Roberto Persiani, Antonio Giordano, and Pier Paolo Claudio Immunohistochemical analysis of pRb2/p130, VEGF, EZH2, p53, p16 INK4A, p27KIP1, p21WAF1, Ki-67 expression patterns in gastric cancer. J Cell Physiol. 2007 Jan; 210(1):183-91. 92. Bagella, Tiziana Tonini, Giuliano Cottone, Pier Paolo Claudio, Marco G. Paggi, Antonio De Luca, Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. Antonio Giordano. A small molecule based on the pRb2/p130 spacer domain leads to inhibition of cdk2 activity and cell cycle arrest. Oncogene, 2007 Mar 22;26(13):1829-39 93. De Falco, G., Leucci, E., Lenze, D., Piccaluga, PP, Claudio, PP, Onnis, A., Cerino, G., Nyagol, J., Mwanda, W., Bellan, C., Hummel, M., Pileri, S., Tosi, P., Stein, H., Giordano, A., Leoncini, L. Geneexpression analysis identifies novel RBL2/p130 target genes in endemic Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines and primary tumors. Blood. 2007 Aug 15;110(4):1301-7. 94. Giovanni Abbadessa, Paraskevi Vogiatzi, Lorenza Rimassa and Pier Paolo Claudio. Antiangiogenic drugs currently used for colorectal cancer: what other pathways can we target to prolong responses? Drug News and Perspectives, June 2007, 20 (5), 1-7. 95. Antonio Graziano, Vincenzo Desiderio, and Pier Paolo Claudio. Stem cells in tissue engineering for therapeutic use, a promising tool or an approachable reality? Drugs Future 31(12): 1117, 2006. 96. Candace M. Howard and Pier Paolo Claudio Meeting report of the 2006 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Molecular imaging: Novel techniques that not only visualize cellular changes driving disease processes before they become apparent anatomically, but also useful therapeutic tools for multiple diseases? Drugs of the Future, 2007. 97. Emanuela Vattemi and Pier Paolo Claudio Advances and Perspectives of Gene- Based therapy for Brest Cancer. Drugs Fut 32(6): 507, 2007. 98. Emanuela Vattemi and Pier Paolo Claudio Tumor Suppresor Genes as Cancer Therapeutics Drugs News Perspectives Oct;20(8):511-20, 2007. 99. Paraskevi Vogiatzi, Pierpaolo Aimola, Scarano M. Irene and Pier Paolo Claudio. Epigenome: from the control of cell growth to cancer. Drug News Perspectives Dec;20(10):627-33, 2007. 100. Gilberto Sammartino, Gaetano Marenzi, Candace Howard, Oreste Trosino, Corrado Minimo, Luigi Califano, and Pier Paolo Claudio. Chondrosarcoma of the jaw: an anterior mandibular localization. A case report with a four-year follow-up. Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery 2008 Nov;66(11):2349-55. 101. S. E. Kelly, Di Benedetto A., Valluri, J.V., Claudio, P.P. Selection and Proliferation of Stem Cells. Gravitational and Space Biology, 2008. 102. Manuela Vattemi and Pier Paolo Claudio. The feasibility of Gene Therapy in the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer. Head and Neck Oncology. Invited Review Article. Head Neck Oncol. 2009 Jan 12;1(1):3. 103. Manuela Vattemi and Pier Paolo Claudio. CONTUSUGENE LADENOVEC. Monograph, Drugs of the Future 2009, 34(3):1-6. 104. Adelaide Greco, Altomare DiBenedetto, Candace Howard, Sarah Kelly, Yulia Dementieva, Michele Miranda, Arturo Brunetti, Marco Salvatore, Luigi Claudio, Devanand Sarkar, Paul B. Fisher, and Pier Paolo Claudio. Eradication of therapy-resistant human prostate tumors using an ultrasound guided sitespecific Mda7/IL-24 cancer terminator virus. Molecular Therapy (in press, 2009). 105. Gilberto Sammartino, Mariano Tia, Gaetano Marenzi, Eva Gentile, and Pier Paolo Claudio. Could PRP and resorbable membrane be considered an effective solution in the prevention of periodontal defects following deep impacted lower third molar extraction? Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery. (in press, 2009). 106. Paraskevi Vogiatzi, Marco Cassone, Luigi Claudio, and Pier Paolo Claudio Targeted Therapy for Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer: Looking Through New Lenses. Drugs News and Perspectives (in press, 2009). 107. Vincenzo Desiderio, Antonio Graziano, Pierpaolo Aimola and Pier Paolo Claudio. Stem cells in cancer therapy: from their role into pathogenesis to their use as therapeutic agents Drugs News and Perspectives (in press, 2009). Pier Paolo Claudio, M.D., Ph.D. BOOK CHAPTERS: 1. De Luca A., Baldi A., Claudio P.P., Howard C.M., Campisi S., Giordano A., Condorelli G. (1995): The retinoblastoma gene and its role in cancer and differentiation. In Future Trends in Endocrinology. Ares-Serono Symposia Series-Frontiers in Endocrinology 14: 197-206. 2. Howard C.M., Claudio P.P., Carbone M., Giordano A. (1998): SV40 and Human Cancer. in Samuels, S.W. and Upton, A.C. Genes, Cancer and Ethics In the Work Environment. OEM Press, Beverly, MA. 167-174. 3. Claudio P. P., Giordano A. (2000): RB1 and RB2. In Pass H.I., Mitchell J.B., Johnson D.H., Turrisi A.T., Minna J.D. (Ed.) Lung Cancer: Principles and Practice. Lippincot Williams & Wilkins. 7: 133-155 4. Claudio PP, Giordano A. (2003): Preparation of retroviral vectors for cell cycle-targeted gene therapy of lung cancer. In Barbara Driscoll (Ed.) Lung Cancer, volume II, Diagnostic and therapeutic methods and reviews. Methods Mol Med. Humana Press. 75: 591-605. 5. Montella, M., Gallipoli, A., Lorusso, A., Creazzola, S., Claudio, P.P., D’Errico, G. (2003): L’organizzazione della lotta contro i tumori. Capitolo 36. In Mazzeo, F., Forestieri, P. Ed. Piccin Nuova Libraria Padova. Trattato di Chirurgia Oncologica. Vol 1, pag. 36.1-36.23. 6. Claudio, F., Claudio, P.P. (2003): I tumori della lingua. Capitolo 36. In Mazzeo, F., Forestieri, P. Ed. Piccin Nuova Libraria Padova. Trattato di Chirurgia Oncologica. Vol 2, pag. 39.1-39.42. 7. Tiziana Tonini, Pier Paolo Claudio, Antonio Giordano and Gaetano Romano. (2004): in Methods in Molecular Biology. Cell cycle control and dysregulation protocols. Part IV RETROVIRIDAE-BASED VECTORS: PROTOCOLS FOR LENTIVIRAL – AND RETROVIRAL-MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER TO ENGINEER CELL CULTURE SYSTEMS. Transient production of retroviral-and lentiviral-based vectors for the transduction of mammalian cells. Humana Press, Chapter 18. 8. Tiziana Tonini, Pier Paolo Claudio, Antonio Giordano and Gaetano Romano. (2004): in Methods in Molecular Biology. Cell cycle control and dysregulation protocols. Part IV RETROVIRIDAE-BASED VECTORS: PROTOCOLS FOR LENTIVIRAL – AND RETROVIRAL-MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER TO ENGINEER CELL CULTURE SYSTEMS. Determination of functional viral titer by drug-resistance colony assay, expression, expression of green fluorescent protein, and beta-galactosidase staining. Humana Press, Chapter 19. 9. Tiziana Tonini, Pier Paolo Claudio, Antonio Giordano and Gaetano Romano. (2004): in Methods in Molecular Biology. Cell cycle control and dysregulation protocols. Part IV RETROVIRIDAE-BASED VECTORS: PROTOCOLS FOR LENTIVIRAL – AND RETROVIRAL-MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER TO ENGINEER CELL CULTURE SYSTEMS. Retroviral and lentiviral vector titration by the analysis of the activity of viral reverse transcriptase. Humana Press. Chapter 20. 10. Pier Paolo Claudio, Antonio Giordano. Angiogenesis and cancer. Practical Medical Oncology . Ed M. Lopez. Second Edition 2005. 11. Molecular Pathology of Gynecological Cancer. Part VII: The multidisciplinary therapeutic approach to gynecological cancer in the new millennium. Chapter 13: The Holistic Approach to Female Cancer Patients. Alessandro Bovicelli, Pier Paolo Claudio and Antonio Giordano. Humana Press. 12. Claudio P.P. and Denning D. (2007): Nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In Cancer Research, an encyclopedic reference book. Springer Ed. 615-618. 13. Claudio P.P. and Vogiatzi P. Regulation of cell cycle by retinoblastoma tumor suppressors. In: Signal Transduction: Pathways, Mechanisms and Diseases. Springer Ed. (2009, in press). BOOKS: 1. Claudio P.P., Savastano G. (1992): I tumori cutanei della faccia. Plastiche ricostruttive dopo exeresi. (Cutaneous tumors of the face. Reconstructive surgery after ablation) Ed. Scientifiche Italiane. Napoli, 1 160. 2. Califano L., Claudio P.P. (1995): I tumori della parotide. (Parotid tumors) Ed. Scientifiche Italiane. Napoli, 1-148.