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Carolina Scagnolari
Department of Molecular Medicine, Laboratory of Virology
Porta Tiburtina 28, 00185 Rome
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+39 0644741246
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+39 0644741236
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[email protected]
Italian
01.21.1975
Female
Occupational field
Virology
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Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
2001-2004: PhD student in Experimental Medicine (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
2001: Visiting research scientist Retrovirus Centre and Virology Section, Department of
Experimental Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
2003: Visiting research scientist Viral Pathogens and Biosafety Unit, Vita-Salute San Raffaele
University, School of Medicine, Milan, Italy
2005 and 2010: Postdoctoral Fellows (sponsored by ANLAIDS ONLUS -Associazione Nazionale
per la Lotta contro l'AIDS).
2005: Visiting research scientist Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College, Cornell University,
New York City, USA
2007: Postdoctoral Fellows (sponsored by Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli-Università
Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy)
2009: Postdoctoral Fellows (sponsored by Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
2010: Assistant professor of Virology at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Assistant Professor
Responsible for under/postgraduate teaching/supervision and research in medical virology
Research Interests: role of interferon in acute and chronic viral infections; interferon and their therapeutic
applications; detection, pathogenesis, and therapy of respiratory viruses
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Sapienza University of Rome
Medical microbiology
Education and training
2008: Postgraduate MD specialization course in Microbiology and Virology at the Sapienza University
of Rome, Italy
2006: PhD in Experimental Medicine at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
2000: Degree in Biological Sciences at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (degree 110/110 with
honours).
Personal skills and
competences
Molecular and cellular biology techniques
Mother tongue(s)
Italian
Other language(s)
Self-assessment
European level (*)
English
Spanish
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Additional information Reviewer for the following journals: Journal of interferon and citokines research; Journal of BMC infectious
diseases; Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infection; New Microbiologica; Archives of Virology.
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Midulla F, Pierangeli A, Cangiano G, Bonci E, Salvadei S, Scagnolari C, Moretti C, Antonelli G,
Ferro V, Papoff P. Rhinovirus bronchiolitis and recurrent wheezing: one year follow-up. Eur Respir J.
2011. IF 5.922
Scagnolari C, Trombetti S, Selvaggi C, Carbone T, Monteleone K, Spano L, Di Marco P, Pierangeli
A, Maggi F, Riva E, Antonelli G. In vitro sensitivity of human metapneumovirus to type I interferons.
Viral Immunol. 2011; 24(2):159-64. IF 1.871
Scagnolari C, Trombetti S, Soldà A, Selvaggi C, Monteleone K, Spano L, Pierangeli A, Clementi M,
Turriziani O, Antonelli G. Pandemic 2009 H1N1 influenza virus is resistant to the antiviral activity of
several interferon alpha subtypes. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2011; 31(6):475-9. IF 2.576
Scagnolari C, Zingariello P, Vecchiet J, Selvaggi C, Racciatti D, Taliani G, Riva E, Pizzigallo E,
Antonelli G. Differential expression of interferon-induced microRNAs in patients with chronic
hepatitis C virus infection treated with pegylated interferon alpha. Virol J. 2010; 7:311. IF 2.55
Pierangeli A, Scagnolari C, Gentile M, Spina MT, Iudicello A, Bertazzoni G, Antonelli G. Virological
diagnosis of respiratory virus infection in patients attending an emergency department during the
influenza season. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2010; 16(4):391-3. IF 4.784
Midulla F, Scagnolari C, Bonci E, Pierangeli A, Antonelli G, De Angelis D, Berardi R, Moretti C.
Respiratory syncytial virus, human bocavirus and rhinovirus bronchiolitis in infants. Arch Dis Child.
2010; 95(1):35-41. IF 2.616
Pierangeli A, Scagnolari C, Trombetti S, Grossi R, Battaglia M, Moretti C, Midulla F, Antonelli G.
Human bocavirus infection in hospitalized children in Italy. Influenza Other Respi Viruses. 2008;
2(5):175-9. IF 3.812
Scagnolari C, Selvaggi C, Chiavuzzo L, Carbone T, Zaffiri L, d'Ettorre G, Girardi E, Turriziani O,
Vullo V, Antonelli G. Expression levels of TLRs involved in viral recognition in PBMCs from HIV-1infected patients failing antiretroviral therapy. Intervirology. 2009; 52(2):107-14. IF 1.756
Scagnolari C, Midulla F, Pierangeli A, Moretti C, Bonci E, Berardi R, De Angelis D, Selvaggi C, Di
Marco P, Girardi E, Antonelli G. Gene expression of nucleic acid-sensing pattern recognition
receptors in children hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus-associated acute bronchiolitis. Clin
Vaccine Immunol. 2009; 16(6):816-23 IF 2.471
Pierangeli A, Scagnolari C, Degener AM, Bucci M, Ciardi A, Riva E, Indinnimeo M, Mancini G,
D'Ettorre G, Vullo V, Antonelli G. Type-specific human papillomavirus-DNA load in anal infection in
HIV-positive men. AIDS. 2008; 22(15):1929-35 IF 6.348
Riva E, Maggi F, Abbruzzese F, Bellomi F, Giannelli G, Picardi A, Scagnolari C, Folgori A, Spada E,
Piccolella E, Dianzani F, Antonelli G; Acute Hepatitis C Italian Study Group. Immune complexed (IC)
hepatitis C virus (HCV) in chronically and acutely HCV-infected patients. Med Microbiol Immunol.
2009; 198(1):13-8. IF 3.27
Scagnolari C, Midulla F, Trombetti S, Pierangeli A, Tromba V, Grossi R, Di Marco P, Dianzani C,
Girardi E, Antonelli G. Upregulation of interferon-induced genes in infants with virus-associated
acute bronchiolitis. Exp Biol Med 2007; 232(10):1355-9. IF 2.954
Bruno R, Sacchi P, Scagnolari C, Torriani F, Maiocchi L, Patruno S, Bellomi F, Filice G, Antonelli G.
Pharmacodynamics of peginterferon alpha-2a and peginterferon alpha-2b in interferon-naïve
patients with chronic hepatitis C: a randomized, controlled study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007;
26(3):369-76. IF 3.861
Scagnolari C, Duda P, Bagnato F, De Vito G, Alberelli A, Lavolpe V, Girardi E, Durastanti V, Trojano
M, Kappos L, Antonelli G. Pharmacodynamics of interferon beta in multiple sclerosis patients with or
without serum neutralizing antibodies. J Neurol. 2007; 254(5):597-604 IF 3.853
Pierangeli A, Gentile M, Di Marco P, Pagnotti P, Scagnolari C, Trombetti S, Lo Russo L, Tromba V,
Moretti C, Midulla F, Antonelli G. Detection and typing by molecular techniques of respiratory viruses
in children hospitalized for acute respiratory infection in Rome, Italy. J Med Virol. 2007; 79(4):463-8
IF 2.895
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16. Turriziani O, Bucci M, Stano A, Scagnolari C, Bellomi F, Fimiani C, Mezzaroma I, D'Ettorre G, Brogi
A, Vullo V, Antonelli G. Genotypic resistance of archived and circulating viral strains in the blood of
treated HIV-infected individuals. JAcquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007; 44(5):518-24 IF 4.262
17. Scagnolari C, Bellomi F, Trombetti S, Casato M, Carlesimo M, Bagnato F, Lavolpe V, Bruno R,
Millefiorini E, Antonelli L, Girardi E, Turriziani O, Antonelli G. Expression of biomarkers of interferon
type I in patients suffering from chronic diseases. Clin Exp Immunol. 2007; 147(2):270-6 IF 3.009
18. Riva E, Serraino D, Pierangeli A, Bambacioni F, Zaniratti S, Minosse C, Selleri M, Bucci M,
Scagnolari C, Degener AM, Capobianchi MR, Antonelli G, Dianzani F; Roman Papillomavirus Study
Group*. Markers of human papillomavirus infection and their correlation with cervical dysplasia in
human immunodeficiency virus-positive women. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2007; 147(2):270-6 IF 4.784
19. Santantonio T, Milella M, Antonelli G, Scagnolari C. Neutralizing antibodies to interferon alpha in a
chronic hepatitis C patient non-responder to pegylated interferon. J Hepatol. 2006; 45(5):759-61. IF
9.334
20. Scagnolari C, Vicenzi E, Bellomi F, Stillitano MG, Pinna D, Poli G, Clementi M, Dianzani F, Antonelli
G. Increased sensitivity of SARS-coronavirus to a combination of human type I and type II
interferons. Antivir Ther. 2004; 9(6):1003-11 IF 3.77
21. Casato M, Lilli D, Donato G, Granata M, Conti V, Del Giudice G, Rivanera D, Scagnolari C, Antonelli
G, Fiorilli M. Occult hepatitis C virus infection in type II mixed cryoglobulinaemia. J Viral Hepat.
2003; 10(6):455-9 IF 3.502
22. Bellomi F, Scagnolari C, Tomassini V, Gasperini C, Paolillo A, Pozzilli C, Antonelli G. Fate of
neutralizing and binding antibodies to IFN beta in MS patients treated with IFN beta for 6 years. J
Neurol Sci. 2003; 15;215(1-2):3-8 IF 2.167
23. Antonelli G, Scagnolari C, Vicenzi E, Clementi M. Treatment of SARS with human interferons.
Lancet. 2003; 362(9390):1158 IF 33.633
24. Riva E, Antonelli G, Scagnolari C, Pistello M, Capobianchi MR, Monforte A, Pezzotti P, Dianzani F;
I.CO.N.A. Study Group. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) DNA load and level of
immunosuppression in treatment-naive HIV-1-infected patients. J Infect Dis. 2003; 187(11):1826-8
IF 6.288
25. Scagnolari C, Casato M, Bellomi F, De Pisa F, Turriziani O, Coviello R, Pirro MR, Dianzani F,
Antonelli G. Serum interferon (IFN)-neutralizing antibodies and bioactivities of IFNs in patients with
severe type II essential mixed cryoglobulinemia. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2003; 10(1):70-7 IF 2.51
26. Turriziani O, Scagnolari C, Bambacioni F, Bellomi F, Focher F, Gentile M, Antonelli G. Selection of a
T-cell line resistant to stavudine and zidovudine by prolonged treatment with stavudine. Antivir Ther.
2002; 7(2):105-11 IF 3.77
27. Giannelli G, De Marzo A, Scagnolari C, Bergamini C, Fransvea E, Bagnato F, Bellomi F, Millefiorini
E, Gasperini C, Antonaci S, Antonelli G. Proteolytic balance in patients with multiple sclerosis during
interferon treatment. JInterferon Cytokine Res. 2002; 22(6):689-92 IF 2.576
28. Bagnato F, Pozzilli C, Scagnolari C, Bellomi F, Pasqualetti P, Gasperini C, Millefiorini E, Galgani S,
Spadaro M, Antonelli G. A one-year study on the pharmacodynamic profile of interferon-beta1a in
MS. Neurology. 2002; 58(9):1409-11 IF 8.17
29. Scagnolari C, Bellomi F, Turriziani O, Bagnato F, Tomassini V, Lavolpe V, Ruggieri M, Bruschi F,
Meucci G, Dicuonzo G, Antonelli G. Neutralizing and binding antibodies to IFN-beta: relative
frequency in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients treated with different IFN-beta
preparations. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2002; 22(2):207-13 IF 2.576
Textbooks (Chapters, etc.)
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1.Scagnolari C, Bellomi F, Antonelli L, Iaiani G, Turriziani O, Roffi L, Radaelli A, Dianzani F,
Antonelli G. Misurazione dell’espressione della proteina MxA come marcatore di risposta alla
terapia con Interferon alfa in pazienti affetti da epatite cronica C. L’Igiene Moderna, Vol CXXI N.2,
pp 67-81, 2004.
2.Scagnolari C, Antonelli G, Pierangeli A, Riva E, Dianzani F. Expression of Interferon-induced
Markers in Patients with Different Chronic Diseases. Interferon: Current Status 2007. Editore Kailash C.
Chadha Research Signpost, T. C. 37/661(2).
3.Antonelli G, Bellomi F, Turriziani O, Bagnato F, Scagnolari C, Dianzani F. In Vivo Development
of Antibody to IFNs in IFN-Treated Patients: Considerations after 25 years From the Discovery Interferon:
Curren Status, 2007. Editore Kailash C. Chadha. Research Signpost, T. C. 37/661(2).
4.Antonelli G, Scagnolari C. Sistema Interferon, Principi di Virologia Medica 2007, capitolo 62, b353-b360.
Editore Ambrosiana, Italia.
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