ANTONELLO PUNTURIERI, M.D., Ph.D.

ANTONELLO PUNTURIERI, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Investigator

Undergraduate/Medical School: Ferrara State University, Ferrara, Italy, M.D. with Honors
U.S. Equivalence: six years of study in a combined pre-medicine and medicine program, M.D.
Graduate Training: State University "La Sapienza" Rome, Italy, Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine
U.S. Equivalence: Doctor of Philosophy degree
Fellowship Training: Visiting Fellow, NIH Visiting Program in the Laboratory of Chemical Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda MD
Clinical and Research Training: Visiting Associate, NIH Visiting Program in the Biological Resources Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda MD
Major Research Interests: Regulation of the innate immune response in the lung; role of proteases and anti-proteases in lung pathology

Hotary K, Allen E, Punturieri A, Yana I, Weiss SJ. Regulation of cell invasion and morphogenesis in a three-dimensional type I collagen matrix by membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases 1, 2 and 3. J Cell Biol 6: 1309-1323, 2000.
Hu B, Sonstein J, Christensen PJ, Punturieri A, Curtis JL. Deficient in vitro and in vivo phagocytosis of apoptotic T cells by resident murine alveolar macrophages. J Immunol 165: 2124-2133, 2000.
Punturieri A, Filippov S, Allen ED, Caras I, Murray R, Reddy V, Weiss SJ. Regulation of elastynolitic cysteine proteinase activity in normal and cathepsin K-deficient human macrophages. J Exp Med 192: 789-799, 2000.

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ANTONELLO PUNTURIERI, M.D., Ph.D. Research Investigator

ANTONELLO PUNTURIERI, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Investigator