| A controlled trial of two acellular vaccines and one whole-cell vaccine against pertussis. Progetto Pertosse Working Group | New England Journal of Medicine | 1996 | 565 |
| Developmental abnormalities and age-related neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Down syndrome | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 1996 | 369 |
| Does malnutrition affect survival in cirrhosis? PINC (Policentrica Italiana Nutrizione Cirrosi) | Hepatology | 1996 | 268 |
| The neglected role of type I interferon in the T-cell response: implications for its clinical use | Trends in Immunology | 1996 | 255 |
| HOXB7 constitutively activates basic fibroblast growth factor in melanomas | Molecular and Cellular Biology | 1996 | 169 |
| Rising incidence of Candida parapsilosis fungemia in patients with hematologic malignancies: clinical aspects, predisposing factors, and differential pathogenicity of the causative strains | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 1996 | 150 |
| Reversible inhibitory effects of interferon-gamma and tumour necrosis factor-alpha on oligodendroglial lineage cell proliferation and differentiation in vitro | European Journal of Neuroscience | 1996 | 146 |
| A foodborne outbreak of gastroenteritis involving Listeria monocytogenes | Epidemiology and Infection | 1996 | 142 |
| Definition of the initial immunologic modifications upon in vitro gliadin challenge in the small intestine of celiac patients | Gastroenterology | 1996 | 141 |
| Stimulated human lamina propria T cells manifest enhanced Fas-mediated apoptosis | Journal of Clinical Investigation | 1996 | 112 |
| Identification of a glucan-associated enolase as a main cell wall protein of Candida albicans and an indirect target of lipopeptide antimycotics | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 1996 | 108 |
| Flow cytometric analysis of the early phases of apoptosis by cellular and nuclear techniques | Cytometry | 1996 | 96 |
| Progressive activation of adult microglial cells in vitro | Glia | 1996 | 94 |
| Interferon-gamma and nitric oxide down-regulate lipopolysaccharide-induced prostanoid production in cultured rat microglial cells by inhibiting cyclooxygenase-2 expression | Journal of Neurochemistry | 1996 | 93 |
| In vitro activities of A-gliadin-related synthetic peptides: damaging effect on the atrophic coeliac mucosa and activation of mucosal immune response in the treated coeliac mucosa | Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology | 1996 | 92 |
| Ceramide inhibits antigen uptake and presentation by dendritic cells | Journal of Experimental Medicine | 1996 | 90 |
| MEIC Evaluation of Acute Systemic Toxicity: Part II. In Vitro Results from 68 Toxicity Assays Used to Test the First 30 Reference Chemicals and a Comparative Cytotoxicity Analysis | ATLA Alternatives To Laboratory Animals | 1996 | 85 |
| Elevated aspartic proteinase secretion and experimental pathogenicity of Candida albicans isolates from oral cavities of subjects infected with human immunodeficiency virus | Infection and Immunity | 1996 | 84 |
| Drug monitoring in nonconventional biological fluids and matrices | Clinical Pharmacokinetics | 1996 | 83 |
| Analysis of DNA alkylation damage and repair in mammalian cells by the comet assay | Mutagenesis | 1996 | 80 |
| Heterogeneity of hepatitis C virus genotype 2 variants in West Central Africa (Guinea Conakry) | Journal of General Virology | 1996 | 73 |
| Enteropathogens associated with childhood diarrhea in Italy. The Italian Study Group on Gastrointestinal Infections | Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal | 1996 | 73 |
| Affiliation in periadolescent rats: behavioral and corticosterone response to social reunion with familiar or unfamiliar partners | Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior | 1996 | 72 |
| Category of exposure to HIV and age in the progression to AIDS: longitudinal study of 1199 people with known dates of seroconversion. HIV Italian Seroconversion Study Group | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 1996 | 67 |
| Localization of the dystrophin binding site at the carboxyl terminus of beta-dystroglycan | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 1996 | 65 |
