Flavia Plastino

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I received my master degree in Biology applied to Biomedicine from the
University of Pisa, Italy. Currently I'm a PhD student in Kvanta/André group
at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Eye and Vision, St.
Erik Eye Hospital.
Best poster prize at EVER 2019
* 2011 - 2015: Bachelor degree in Biology at the University of Pisa
* 2015 - 2018: Master degree in Biology applied to Biomedicine at
the University of Pisa
* 2017 (6 months): Erasmus student at Karolinska Institute/St Erik Eye
Hospital (Kvanta/André Lab)
* 2018 - 2019: Research Assistant at Karolinska Institute/St Erik Eye
Hospital (Kvanta/André Lab)
* 2019 - now: PhD student at Karolinska Institute/St Erik Eye Hospital
(Kvanta/André Lab)

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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. 2024;108(4):578-587

Obesity paradox in uveal melanoma: high body mass index is associated with low metastatic risk

Sabazade S; Opalko A; Herrspiegel C; Gill VT; Plastino F; Andre H; Stalhammar G
Article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2024;38(5):e23533

Mitigation of human iris angiogenesis through uPAR/LRP-1 interaction antagonism in an organotypic ex vivo model

Pesce NA; Plastino F; Reyes-Goya C; Bernd J; Pavone V; Dal Monte M; Kvanta A; Locri F; Andre H
Article: HELIYON. 2024;10(1):e23831

Retinoblastoma vulnerability to combined de novo and salvage pyrimidine ribonucleotide synthesis pharmacologic blockage

Mollick T; Darekar S; Dalarun B; Plastino F; Zhang J; Fernandez AP; Alkasalias T; Andre H; Lain S
Article: BMC CANCER. 2023;23(1):277

A serum protein signature at the time of Uveal Melanoma diagnosis predicts long-term patient survival

Herrspiegel C; Plastino F; Lardner E; Seregard S; Williams PA; Andre H; Stalhammar G
Article: MOLECULAR THERAPY. 2023;31(3):825-846

Photoreceptor laminin drives differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells to photoreceptor progenitors that partially restore retina function

Tay HG; Andre H; Chrysostomou V; Adusumalli S; Guo J; Ren X; Tan WS; Tor JE; Moreno-Moral A; Plastino F; Bartuma H; Cai Z; Tun SBB; Barathi VA; Wei GTS; Grenci G; Chong LY; Holmgren A; Kvanta A; Guy CJ; Petretto E; Tryggvason K
Article: CELLS. 2022;11(11):1778

Hormetic Heat Shock Enhances Autophagy through HSF1 in Retinal Pigment Epithelium Cells

Amirkavei M; Plastino F; Kvanta A; Kaarniranta K; Andre H; Koskelainen A
Article: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2021;25(22):10480-10493

An imbalance in autophagy contributes to retinal damage in a rat model of oxygen-induced retinopathy

Pesce NA; Canovai A; Plastino F; Lardner E; Kvanta A; Cammalleri M; Andre H; Dal Monte M
Article: EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH. 2021;206:108518

Echinomycin mitigates ocular angiogenesis by transcriptional inhibition of the hypoxia-inducible factor-1

Plastino F; Santana-Garrido A; Pesce NA; Aronsson M; Lardner E; Mate A; Kvanta A; Vazquez CM; Andre H
Article: TRANSLATIONAL VISION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. 2021;10(1):22

When Is a Control Not a Control? Reactive Microglia Occur Throughout the Control Contralateral Pathway of Retinal Ganglion Cell Projections in Experimental Glaucoma

Tribble JR; Kokkali E; Otmani A; Plastino F; Lardner E; Vohra R; Kolko M; Andre H; Morgan JE; Williams PA

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Thesis / dissertation: 2024

Angiogenesis in ocular neovascular diseases : from multitarget inhibition to gene therapy tools

Plastino, Flavia
Review: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY-JOURNAL CANADIEN D OPHTALMOLOGIE. 2024;:S0008-4182(23)00385-X

Prognostic implications of tenascin C in peripheral blood and primary tumours at the time of uveal melanoma diagnosis.

Herrspiegel C; Plastino F; André H; Stålhammar G
Review: ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA. 2021;99(8):e1255-e1262

MicroRNAs and the HIF/VEGF axis in ocular neovascular diseases

Plastino F; Pesce NA; Andre H

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