Curriculum Vitae
She graduated in Medical Biotechnology (110/110 cum laude) in 2001, and in 2005 she got the PhD in Neuroscience.
Teaching activity of Histology (2005- 2009) and Human Anatomy (since 2008) for the degrees in “Odontoiatria e Protesi Dentaria”, and in “Ottica e Optometria” (since 2012), University Milano-Bicocca.
Principal investigator and scientific coordinator of the project “Mechanisms of Mesenchymal Stem Cells positive action on the diseases of both central and peripheral nervous system” funded by MIUR (Firb Futuro in ricerca RBFR08VSVI_001).
Since 2017 Assistant Professor at the School of Medicine and Surgery.
Since 2019 in the Scientific Board of Milan Center for Neuroscience (NeuroMI) for the area of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Axonal Myelination
- Type I Diabetes
MOST SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
- Fumagalli G, Monfrini M, Donzelli E, Rodriguez-Menendez V, Bonandrini B, Figliuzzi M, Remuzzi A, D’Amico G, Cavaletti G, Scuteri A. Protective Effect of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells on the Survival of Pancreatic Islets. Int J Stem Cells. 2019 Dec 31;10.15283/ijsc19094. doi: 10.15283/ijsc19094.
- Monfrini M, Ravasi M, Maggioni D, Donzelli E, Tredici G, Cavaletti G, Scuteri A. Comparing the different response of PNS and CNS injured neurons to mesenchymal stem cell treatment. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2018 Jan;86:16-24. doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2017.11.004.
- Monfrini M, Donzelli E, Rodriguez-Menendez V, Ballarini E, Carozzi VA, Chiorazzi A, Meregalli C, Canta A, Oggioni N, Crippa L, Avezza F, Silvani S, Bonandrini B, Figliuzzi M, Remuzzi A, Porretta-Serapiglia C, Bianchi R, Lauria G, Tredici G, Cavaletti G, Scuteri A. Therapeutic potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Exp Neurol. 2017 Feb;288:75-84. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.11.006.
- Scuteri A, Donzelli E, Rodriguez-Menendez V, Ravasi M, Monfrini M, Bonandrini B, Figliuzzi M, Remuzzi A, Tredici G. A double mechanism for the mesenchymal stem cells’ positive effect on pancreatic islets. PLoS One. 2014 Jan 8;9(1):e84309. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084309. eCollection 2014.
- Ravasi M, Scuteri A, Pasini S, Bossi M, Menendez VR, Maggioni D, Tredici G. Undifferentiated MSCs are able to myelinate DRG neuron processes through p75. Exp Cell Res. 2013 Nov 15;319(19):2989-99. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2013.08.016.
- Scuteri A, Ravasi M, Pasini S, Bossi M, Tredici G. Mesenchymal stem cells support dorsal root ganglion neurons survival by inhibiting the metalloproteinase pathway. Neuroscience. 2011 Jan 13;172:12-9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.065.
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