| Autologous bone marrow stromal cells loaded onto porous hydroxyapatite ceramic accelerate bone repair in critical-size defects of sheep long bones | Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B | 2000 | 547 |
| Type I interferon as a powerful adjuvant for monocyte-derived dendritic cell development and activity in vitro and in Hu-PBL-SCID mice | Journal of Experimental Medicine | 2000 | 528 |
| Exposure to foodborne and orofecal microbes versus airborne viruses in relation to atopy and allergic asthma: epidemiological study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2000 | 481 |
| Typing of intimin genes in human and animal enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: characterization of a new intimin variant | Infection and Immunity | 2000 | 341 |
| Regulation of T-cell responses by CNS antigen-presenting cells: different roles for microglia and astrocytes | Trends in Immunology | 2000 | 329 |
| An outbreak of febrile gastroenteritis associated with corn contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes | New England Journal of Medicine | 2000 | 329 |
| Balanced hemagglutinin and neuraminidase activities are critical for efficient replication of influenza A virus | Journal of Virology | 2000 | 310 |
| Cholera toxin induces maturation of human dendritic cells and licences them for Th2 priming | European Journal of Immunology | 2000 | 261 |
| Risk management. Science and the precautionary principle | Science | 2000 | 258 |
| A new Shiga toxin 2 variant (Stx2f) from Escherichia coli isolated from pigeons | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2000 | 243 |
| Intracerebral recruitment and maturation of dendritic cells in the onset and progression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis | American Journal of Pathology | 2000 | 216 |
| Clinical and pharmacological profile in a clenbuterol epidemic poisoning of contaminated beef meat in Italy | Toxicology Letters | 2000 | 212 |
| Role of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) and its natural ligand 15-deoxy-Delta12, 14-prostaglandin J2 in the regulation of microglial functions | European Journal of Neuroscience | 2000 | 189 |
| Platinum-group elements: quantification in collected exhaust fumes and studies of catalyst surfaces | Science of the Total Environment | 2000 | 183 |
| Chronic hepatitis D: a vanishing Disease? An Italian multicenter study | Hepatology | 2000 | 182 |
| Cyclophosphamide induces type I interferon and augments the number of CD44hi T lymphocytes in mice: implications for strategies of chemoimmunotherapy of cancer | Blood | 2000 | 175 |
| Quantitative structure-activity relationships of mutagenic and carcinogenic aromatic amines | Chemical Reviews | 2000 | 164 |
| Galectin-3 overexpression protects from apoptosis by improving cell adhesion properties | | 2000 | 150 |
| Unmasking a killer: DNA O(6)-methylguanine and the cytotoxicity of methylating agents | Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research | 2000 | 150 |
| Allergenicity of mare's milk in children with cow's milk allergy | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2000 | 150 |
| Caveolin-3 directly interacts with the C-terminal tail of beta -dystroglycan. Identification of a central WW-like domain within caveolin family members | Journal of Biological Chemistry | 2000 | 149 |
| Protective effect of oleuropein, an olive oil biophenol, on low density lipoprotein oxidizability in rabbits | Lipids | 2000 | 135 |
| Apoptosis, cell adhesion and the extracellular matrix in the three-dimensional growth of multicellular tumor spheroids | Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology | 2000 | 134 |
| Bacteremia due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in patients with hematologic malignancies | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2000 | 130 |
| Functional maturation of adult mouse resting microglia into an APC is promoted by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and interaction with Th1 cells | Journal of Immunology | 2000 | 125 |
