Dr. Roberto F. Nicosia

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University of Washington
School of Medicine
Pathology
ProfessorAppointed: 1999

Mailing Address

Veteran's Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System
Box 358280 (113)
1660 S. Columbian Way
Seattle, Washington 98108
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 764-2284
Fax: (206) 764-2001
Roberto.Nicosia@med.va.gov

Qualifications

Ph.D., Medical College of Pennsylvania, Experimental Pathology, 1984.
M.D., University of Rome, 1976.

Other Expertise

Alumni Association, Medical College of Pennsylvania

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Pathology.

Memberships

American Association for Cancer Research
American Society for Investigative Pathology
European Tissue Culture Association
New York Academy of Sciences
Philadelphia Cancer Club
Tissue Culture Association
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology

Previous Positions

1994-1999, Professor, Medical College of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
1987-1994, Associate Professor, Medical College of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
1983-1983, Instructor, Medical College of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Pathology
1983-1986, Assistant Professor, Medical College of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Pathology

Publications

  • Kowalewska J, Yuan S, Sustento-Reodica N, Nicosia RF, Smith KD, Davis CL, Alpers CE, IgA Nephropathy With Crescents in Kidney Transplant Recipients., American Journal of Kidney Diseases : the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation., 45(1), 167-75, Jan 2005 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Zhu WH, Fogel E, Howson KM, Aplin AC, A New Ex Vivo Model to Study Venous Angiogenesis and Arterio-venous Anastomosis Formation., Journal of Vascular Research, 42(2), 111-9, Mar-Apr 2005 Abstract
  • Bez A, Corsini E, Curti D, Biggiogera M, Colombo A, Nicosia RF, Pagano SF, Parati EA, Neurosphere and Neurosphere-forming Cells: Morphological And Ultrastructural Characterization., Brain Research, 993(1-2), 18-29, Dec 2003 Abstract
  • Iurlaro M, Scatena M, Zhu WH, Fogel E, Wieting SL, Nicosia RF, Rat Aorta-derived Mural Precursor Cells Express the Tie2 Receptor And Respond Directly to Stimulation By Angiopoietins., Journal of Cell Science, 116(Pt 17), 3635-43, Sep 2003 Abstract
  • Smith KD, Wrenshall LE, Nicosia RF, Pichler R, Marsh CL, Alpers CE, Polissar N, Davis CL, Delayed Graft Function and Cast Nephropathy Associated With Tacrolimus Plus Rapamycin Use., Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Jasn, 14(4), 1037-45, Apr 2003 Abstract
  • Zhu WH, Iurlaro M, MacIntyre A, Fogel E, Nicosia RF, The Mouse Aorta Model: Influence of Genetic Background and Aging on BFGF- and VEGF-induced Angiogenic Sprouting., Angiogenesis, 6(3), 193-9, 2003 Abstract
  • Zhu WH, Han J, Nicosia RF, Requisite Role of P38 MAPK in Mural Cell Recruitment During Angiogenesis in the Rat Aorta Model., Journal of Vascular Research, 40(2), 140-8, Mar-Apr 2003 Abstract
  • Iurlaro M, Sanders JE, Zhu WH, Scatena M, Mitchell SB, Nicosia RF, Use of Vascular Explants for Ex Vivo Neovascularization of Biomaterials., Microvascular Research, 64(3), 398-404, Nov 2002 Abstract
  • Zhu WH, MacIntyre A, Nicosia RF, Regulation of Angiogenesis By Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor And Angiopoietin-1 in the Rat Aorta Model: Distinct Temporal Patterns Of Intracellular Signaling Correlate With Induction of Angiogenic Sprouting., The American Journal of Pathology, 161(3), 823-30, Sep 2002 Abstract
  • Zhu WH, Nicosia RF, The Thin Prep Rat Aortic Ring Assay: a Modified Method for The Characterization of Angiogenesis in Whole Mounts., Angiogenesis, 5(1-2), 81-6, 2002 Abstract
  • Alessandri G, Girelli M, Taccagni G, Colombo A, Nicosia R, Caruso A, Baronio M, Pagano S, Cova L, Parati E, Human Vasculogenesis Ex Vivo: Embryonal Aorta As a Tool for Isolation Of Endothelial Cell Progenitors., Laboratory Investigation; a Journal of Technical Methods and Pathology, 81(6), 875-85, Jun 2001 Abstract
  • Hansbury MJ, Nicosia RF, Zhu WH, Holmes SJ, Winkler JD, Production and Characterization of a Tie2 Agonist Monoclonal Antibody., Angiogenesis, 4(1), 29-36, 2001 Abstract
  • Qian X, Rothman VL, Nicosia RF, Tuszynski GP, Expression of Thrombospondin-1 in Human Pancreatic Adenocarcinomas: Role in Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Production., Pathology Oncology Research : Por, 7(4), 251-9, 2001 Abstract
  • Bonanno E, Iurlaro M, Madri JA, Nicosia RF, Type IV Collagen Modulates Angiogenesis and Neovessel Survival in the Rat Aorta Model., In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology. Animal, 36(5), 336-40, May 2000 Abstract
  • Zhu WH, Guo X, Villaschi S, Francesco Nicosia R, Regulation of Vascular Growth and Regression By Matrix Metalloproteinases in the Rat Aorta Model of Angiogenesis., Laboratory Investigation; a Journal of Technical Methods and Pathology, 80(4), 545-55, Apr 2000 Abstract
  • Ayala G, Liu C, Nicosia R, Horowitz S, Lackman R, Microvasculature and VEGF Expression in Cartilaginous Tumors., Human Pathology, 31(3), 341-6, Mar 2000 Abstract
  • Roth JJ, Sung JJ, Granick MS, Solomon MP, Longaker MT, Rothman VL, Nicosia RF, Tuszynski GP, Thrombospondin 1 and its specific cysteine-serine-valine-threonine-cysteine-clycine receptor in fetal wounds, Annals of Plastic Surgery, 42(5), 553-63, May 1999 Abstract
  • Hazelton D, Nicosia RF, Nicosia SV, Vascular endothelial growth factor levels in ovarian cyst fluid correlate with malignancy, Clinical Cancer Research, 5(4), 823-9, April 1999 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, What is the role of vascular endothelial growth factor-related molecules in tumor angiogenesis? [comment], American Journal of Pathology, 153(1), 11-6, July 1998 Abstract
  • Scatena M, Almeida M, Chaisson ML, Fausto N, Nicosia RF, Giachelli CM, NF-kappaB mediates alphavbeta3 integrin-induced endothelial cell survival, Journal of Cell Biology, 141(4), 1083-93, May 1998 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Lin YJ, Hazelton D, Qian X, Endogenous regulation of angiogenesis in the rat aorta model. Role of vascular endothelial growth factor, American Journal of Pathology, 151(5), 1379-86, November 1997 Abstract
  • Roth JJ, Reiver DM, Granick MS, Rothman VL, Nicosia RF, Tuszynski GP, Histopathology and clinical assessment correlate with the cysteine-serine-valine-threonine-cysteine-glycine (CSVTCG) receptor of thrombospondin-1 in breast tumors, Histology and Histopathology, 12(4), 1013-8, October 1997 Abstract
  • Qian X, Wang TN, Rothman VL, Nicosia RF, Tuszynski GP, Thrombospondin-1 modulates angiogenesis in vitro by up-regulation of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in endothelial cells, Experimental Cell Research, 235(2), 403-12, September 1997 Abstract
  • Pierro E, Nicosia SV, Saunders B, Fultz CB, Nicosia RF, Mancuso S, Influence of growth factors on proliferation and morphogenesis of rabbit ovarian mesothelial cells in vitro, Biology of Reproduction, 54(3), 660-9, March 1996 Abstract
  • Tuszynski GP, Nicosia RF, The role of thrombospondin-1 in tumor progression and angiogenesis, Bioessays, 18(1), 71-6, January 1996 Abstract
  • Wurtzel D, Nicosia RF, Yoskovitch A, Zubrow AB, Neonatal intestinal perforation caused by intestinal muscularis defect associated with vascular ectasia, Journal of Maternal-fetal Medicine, 5(1), 18-21, 1996 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Villaschi S, Rat aortic smooth muscle cells become pericytes during angiogenesis in vitro, Laboratory Investigation, 73(5), 658-66, November 1995 Abstract
  • Koenigsberg RA, Noah R, Turtz A, Goldman W, Holland RS, Nicosia RF, Lesser R, Rhabdomyosarcoma of the paranasal sinuses in an adult, Clinical Imaging, 19(4), 234-6, 1995 Abstract
  • Nicosia SV, Diaz J, Nicosia RF, Saunders BO, Muro-Cacho C, Cell proliferation and apoptosis during development and aging of the rabbit corpus luteum, Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science, 25(2), 143-57, 1995 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Nicosia SV, Smith M, Vascular endothelial growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, and insulin-like growth factor-1 promote rat aortic angiogenesis in vitro, American Journal of Pathology, 145(5), 1023-9, November 1994 Abstract
  • Villaschi S, Nicosia RF, Smith MR, Isolation of a morphologically and functionally distinct smooth muscle cell type from the intimal aspect of the normal rat aorta. Evidence for smooth muscle cell heterogeneity, In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology. Animal, 30A(9), 589-95, September 1994 Abstract
  • Villaschi S, Nicosia RF, Paracrine interactions between fibroblasts and endothelial cells in a serum-free coculture model. Modulation of angiogenesis and collagen gel contraction, Laboratory Investigation, 71(2), 291-9, August 1994 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Villaschi S, Smith M, Isolation and characterization of vasoformative endothelial cells from the rat aorta, In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology. Animal, 30A(6), 394-9, June 1994 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Tuszynski GP, Matrix-bound thrombospondin promotes angiogenesis in vitro, Journal of Cell Biology, 124(1-2), 183-93, January 1994 Abstract
  • Gala I, Atkinson BF, Nicosia RF, Hermann GA, Fine-needle aspiration cytology of idiopathic pancreatic islet cell adenosis, Diagnostic Cytopathology, 9(4), 453-6, August 1993 Abstract
  • Villaschi S, Nicosia RF, Angiogenic role of endogenous basic fibroblast growth factor released by rat aorta after injury, American Journal of Pathology, 143(1), 181-90, July 1993 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Bonanno E, Smith M, Fibronectin promotes the elongation of microvessels during angiogenesis in vitro, Journal of Cellular Physiology, 154(3), 654-61, March 1993 Abstract
  • Bonanno E, Nicosia RF, Ring formation in cultures of rat aortic smooth muscle cells [letter], In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 28A(11-12), 703-4, 1992 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Bonanno E, Villaschi S, Large-vessel endothelium switches to a microvascular phenotype during angiogenesis in collagen gel culture of rat aorta, Atherosclerosis, 95(2-3), 191-9, August 1992 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Belser P, Bonanno E, Diven J, Regulation of angiogenesis in vitro by collagen metabolism, In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 27A(12), 961-6, December 1991 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Bonanno E, Inhibition of angiogenesis in vitro by Arg-Gly-Asp-containing synthetic peptide, American Journal of Pathology, 138(4), 829-33, April 1991 Abstract
  • Young NA, Nicosia RF, Case for the panel. Sacral tumor with neuroendocrine differentiation, Ultrastructural Pathology, 15(2), 197-201, 1991 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Ottinetti A, Growth of microvessels in serum-free matrix culture of rat aorta. A quantitative assay of angiogenesis in vitro, Laboratory Investigation, 63(1), 115-22, July 1990 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Ottinetti A, Modulation of microvascular growth and morphogenesis by reconstituted basement membrane gel in three-dimensional cultures of rat aorta: a comparative study of angiogenesis in matrigel, collagen, fibri, In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 26(2), 119-28, February 1990 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Madri JA, The microvascular extracellular matrix. Developmental changes during angiogenesis in the aortic ring-plasma clot model, American Journal of Pathology, 128(1), 78-90, July 1987 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Angiogenesis and the formation of lymphaticlike channels in cultures of thoracic duct, In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology, 23(3), 167-74, March 1987 Abstract
  • Consigny PM, Tulenko TN, Nicosia RF, Immediate and long-term effects of angioplasty-balloon dilation on normal rabbit iliac artery, Arteriosclerosis, 6(3), 265-76, 1986 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Tchao R, Leighton J, Interactions between newly formed endothelial channels and carcinoma cells in plasma clot culture, Clinical and Experimental Metastasis, 4(2), 91-104, 1986 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, McCormick JF, Bielunas J, The formation of endothelial webs and channels in plasma clot culture, Scanning Electron Microscopy, 793-9, 1984 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Tchao R, Leighton J, Histotypic angiogenesis in vitro: light microscopic, ultrastructural, and radioautographic studies, In Vitro, 18(6), 538-49, June 1982 Abstract
  • Nicosia RF, Krouse TB, Mobini J, Congenital aortic intimal thickening: Its occurrence in a case of twin-transfusion syndrome, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 105(5), 247-9, May 1981 Abstract
  • Spagnoli LG, Nicosia R, Villaschi S, Cavallero C, Smooth muscle cell response to endothelial injury, Progress in Biochemical Pharmacology, 13, 94-8, 1977 Abstract
  • Cavallero C, Di Tondo U, Mingazzini PL, Nicosia R, Pericoli MN, Sarti P, Spagnoli LG, Villaschi S, Cell proliferation in the atherosclerotic plaques of cholesterol-fed rabbits. Part 3. Histological and radioautographic observations on glucocorticoids-treated rabbits, Atherosclerosis, 25(2-3), 145-52, 1976 Abstract

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