Barbara Celona, PhD
Specialist
Cardiovascular Research Inst
School of Medicine

Awards

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• Independent Postdoctoral Fellow Research Award, UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research, 2015-2016
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association, 2014-2015

Education & Training

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• PhD Cell and Molecular Biology Vita-Salute San Raffaele University 05/2010
• MS Medical Biotechnologies University of Padua 04/2005

Publications (12)

Top publication keywords:
GenomeC9orf72 ProteinEpithelial Sodium ChannelsHistonesRibosomesHMGB1 ProteinNucleosomesTranscription, GeneticNeuroprotectionRNA-Binding ProteinsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingMEF2 Transcription FactorsProtein BiosynthesisAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisRibosomal Proteins

• An injury-responsive mmp14b enhancer is required for heart regeneration.
  Science advances 2023 Zlatanova I, Sun F, Wu RS, Chen X, Lau BH, Colombier P, Sinha T, Celona B, Xu SM, Materna SC, Huang GN, Black BL
• Comprehensive cell type decomposition of circulating cell-free DNA with CelFiE.
  Nature communications 2021 Caggiano C, Celona B, Garton F, Mefford J, Black BL, Henderson R, Lomen-Hoerth C, Dahl A, Zaitlen N
• Control of ribosomal protein synthesis by the Microprocessor complex.
  Science signaling 2021 Jiang X, Prabhakar A, Van der Voorn SM, Ghatpande P, Celona B, Venkataramanan S, Calviello L, Lin C, Wang W, Black BL, Floor SN, Lagna G, Hata A
• Presynaptic Homeostasis Opposes Disease Progression in Mouse Models of ALS-Like Degeneration: Evidence for Homeostatic Neuroprotection.
  Neuron 2020 Orr BO, Hauswirth AG, Celona B, Fetter RD, Zunino G, Kvon EZ, Zhu Y, Pennacchio LA, Black BL, Davis GW
• Cooperative activation of cardiac transcription through myocardin bridging of paired MEF2 sites.
  Development (Cambridge, England) 2017 Anderson CM, Hu J, Thomas R, Gainous TB, Celona B, Sinha T, Dickel DE, Heidt AB, Xu SM, Bruneau BG, Pollard KS, Pennacchio LA, Black BL

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• Suppression of C9orf72 RNA repeat-induced neurotoxicity by the ALS-associated RNA-binding protein Zfp106.
  eLife 2017 Celona B, Dollen JV, Vatsavayai SC, Kashima R, Johnson JR, Tang AA, Hata A, Miller BL, Huang EJ, Krogan NJ, Seeley WW, Black BL
• NFATc1 controls skeletal muscle fiber type and is a negative regulator of MyoD activity.
  Cell reports 2014 Ehlers ML, Celona B, Black BL
• HuR and miR-1192 regulate myogenesis by modulating the translation of HMGB1 mRNA.
  Nature communications 2013 Dormoy-Raclet V, Cammas A, Celona B, Lian XJ, van der Giessen K, Zivojnovic M, Brunelli S, Riuzzi F, Sorci G, Wilhelm BT, Di Marco S, Donato R, Bianchi ME, Gallouzi IE
• Human pancreatic islet preparations release HMGB1: (ir)relevance for graft engraftment.
  Cell transplantation 2012 Nano R, Racanicchi L, Melzi R, Mercalli A, Maffi P, Sordi V, Ling Z, Scavini M, Korsgren O, Celona B, Secchi A, Piemonti L
• HMGB1 promotes recruitment of inflammatory cells to damaged tissues by forming a complex with CXCL12 and signaling via CXCR4.
  The Journal of experimental medicine 2012 Schiraldi M, Raucci A, Muñoz LM, Livoti E, Celona B, Venereau E, Apuzzo T, De Marchis F, Pedotti M, Bachi A, Thelen M, Varani L, Mellado M, Proudfoot A, Bianchi ME, Uguccioni M
• Substantial histone reduction modulates genomewide nucleosomal occupancy and global transcriptional output.
  PLoS biology 2011 Celona B, Weiner A, Di Felice F, Mancuso FM, Cesarini E, Rossi RL, Gregory L, Baban D, Rossetti G, Grianti P, Pagani M, Bonaldi T, Ragoussis J, Friedman N, Camilloni G, Bianchi ME, Agresti A
• Ancient news: HMGBs are universal sentinels
  J Mol Cell Biol 2010 Bianchi ME, Celona B