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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Michelakos, Theodoros, Lei Cai, Vincenzo Villani, Francesco Sabbatino, Filippos Kontos, Carlos Fernández-Del Castillo, Teppei Yamada, et al. “Tumor Microenvironment Immune Response in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Patients Treated With Neoadjuvant Therapy.” Journal of the National Cancer Institute 113, no. 2 (February 2021): 182–91. https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djaa073.
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    • S Schmiederer, I., A. Torices-Dardon, D. M Ferrari-Light, E. Charbel Abboud, V. Villani, J. N Lau, and C. M Foglia. “Developing a Robotic General Surgery Training Curriculum: Identifying Key Elements Through a Delphi Process.” Journal of Surgical Education, January 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2021.08.006.
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    • Chen, Weili, Ning Jin, Yingying Lin, Vincenzo Villani, Akira Shimizu, Xia Zhao, FangNa Lu, et al. “Immunomodulatory Effects of Fentanyl or Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride Infusion After Allogeneic Heart Transplantation in Mice.” Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 43, no. 5 (July 2018): 509–15. https://doi.org/10.1097/aap.0000000000000747.
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    • Michel, S. G., M. L. L. Madariaga, G. M. LaMuraglia, V. Villani, M. Sekijima, E. A. Farkash, R. B. Colvin, et al. “The effects of brain death and ischemia on tolerance induction are organ-specific.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 18, no. 5 (May 2018): 1262–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.14674.
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    • Sekijima, Mitsuhiro, Hisashi Sahara, Katsuyuki Miki, Vincenzo Villani, Yuichi Ariyoshi, Takehiro Iwanaga, Yusuke Tomita, and Kazuhiko Yamada. “Hydrogen sulfide prevents renal ischemia-reperfusion injury in CLAWN miniature swine.” The Journal of Surgical Research 219 (November 2017): 165–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2017.05.123.
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    • Villani, Vincenzo, Neena Gupta, Nahel Elias, Parsia A. Vagefi, James F. Markmann, Elahna Paul, Avram Z. Traum, and Heidi Yeh. “Bilateral native nephrectomy reduces systemic oxalate level after combined liver-kidney transplant: A case report.” Pediatric Transplantation 21, no. 3 (May 2017). https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.12901.
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    • Pathiraja, V., V. Villani, M. Tasaki, A. J. Matar, R. Duran-Struuck, R. Yamada, S. G. Moran, et al. “Tolerance of Vascularized Islet-Kidney Transplants in Rhesus Monkeys.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 17, no. 1 (January 2017): 91–102. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.13952.
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    • Villani, Vincenzo, Krishnan K. Mahadevan, Matteo Ligorio, Carlos Fernández-Del Castillo, David T. Ting, Francesco Sabbatino, Irene Zhang, et al. “Phosphorylated Histone H3 (PHH3) Is a Superior Proliferation Marker for Prognosis of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors.” Annals of Surgical Oncology 23, no. Suppl 5 (December 2016): 609–17. https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-016-5171-x.
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    • Tasaki, M., V. Villani, A. Shimizu, M. Sekijima, R. Yamada, I. M. Hanekamp, J. S. Hanekamp, et al. “Role of Bone Marrow Maturity, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor, and Forkhead Box Protein N1 in Thymic Involution and Rejuvenation.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 16, no. 10 (October 2016): 2877–91. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.13855.
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    • Sabbatino, Francesco, Yangyang Wang, Giosuè Scognamiglio, Elvira Favoino, Steven A. Feldman, Vincenzo Villani, Keith T. Flaherty, et al. “Antitumor Activity of BRAF Inhibitor and IFNα Combination in BRAF-Mutant Melanoma.” Journal of the National Cancer Institute 108, no. 7 (July 2016). https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djv435.
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    • Villani, Vincenzo, Jordan D. Bohnen, Radbeh Torabi, Francesco Sabbatino, David C. Chang, and Cristina R. Ferrone. “"Idealized" vs. "True" learning curves: the case of laparoscopic liver resection.” Hpb : The Official Journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 18, no. 6 (June 2016): 504–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpb.2016.03.610.
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    • Sabbatino, Francesco, Vincenzo Villani, Jennifer H. Yearley, Vikram Deshpande, Lei Cai, Ioannis T. Konstantinidis, Christina Moon, et al. “PD-L1 and HLA Class I Antigen Expression and Clinical Course of the Disease in Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma.” Clinical Cancer Research : An Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 22, no. 2 (January 2016): 470–78. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-15-0715.
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    • Villani, V., K. Yamada, J. R. Scalea, B. C. Gillon, J. S. Arn, M. Sekijima, M. Tasaki, et al. “Adoptive Transfer of Renal Allograft Tolerance in a Large Animal Model.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 16, no. 1 (January 2016): 317–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.13424.
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    • Yu, Ruichao, Hong Bo, Vincenzo Villani, Philip J. Spencer, and Ping Fu. “The Inhibitory Effect of Rapamycin on Toll Like Receptor 4 and Interleukin 17 in the Early Stage of Rat Diabetic Nephropathy.” Kidney & Blood Pressure Research 41, no. 1 (January 2016): 55–69. https://doi.org/10.1159/000368547.
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    • Chen, WeiLi, Yuan Wu, Akira Shimizu, YinLong Lian, Masayuki Tasaki, Vincenzo Villani, Shannon Moran, JunJie Xia, Kazuhiko Yamada, and ZhongQuan Qi. “Rat-to-Chinese tree shrew heart transplantation is a novel small animal model to study non-Gal-mediated discordant xenograft humoral rejection.” Xenotransplantation 22, no. 6 (November 20, 2015): 468–75. https://doi.org/10.1111/xen.12211.
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    • Madariaga, Maria Lucia L., Kumaran Shanmugarajah, Sebastian G. Michel, Vincenzo Villani, Glenn M La Muraglia, Radbeh Torabi, David A. Leonard, et al. “Immunomodulatory Strategies Directed Toward Tolerance of Vascularized Composite Allografts.” Transplantation 99, no. 8 (August 2015): 1590–97. https://doi.org/10.1097/tp.0000000000000681.
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    • Tsao, Chun-Yen, Francesco Sabbatino, Nai-Kong V. Cheung, Jeff Chi-Feng Hsu, Vincenzo Villani, Xinhui Wang, and Soldano Ferrone. “Anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic activity of GD2 ganglioside-specific monoclonal antibody 3F8 in human melanoma cells.” Oncoimmunology 4, no. 8 (August 2015): e1023975. https://doi.org/10.1080/2162402x.2015.1023975.
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    • Madariaga, M. L., S. G. Michel, G. M. La Muraglia, M. Sekijima, V. Villani, D. A. Leonard, H. J. Powell, et al. “Kidney-induced cardiac allograft tolerance in miniature swine is dependent on MHC-matching of donor cardiac and renal parenchyma.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 15, no. 6 (June 2015): 1580–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.13131.
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    • Villani, Vincenzo, Francesco Sabbatino, Cristina R. Ferrone, and Soldano Ferrone. “Melanoma initiating cells: where do we stand?” Melanoma Management 2, no. 2 (May 18, 2015): 109–14. https://doi.org/10.2217/mmt.15.2.
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    • Tasaki, M., I. Wamala, A. Tena, V. Villani, M. Sekijima, V. Pathiraja, R. A. Wilkinson, et al. “High incidence of xenogenic bone marrow engraftment in pig-to-baboon intra-bone bone marrow transplantation.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 15, no. 4 (April 2015): 974–83. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.13070.
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    • Michel, Sebastian G., Maria Lucia L. Madariaga, Vincenzo Villani, and Kumaran Shanmugarajah. “Current progress in xenotransplantation and organ bioengineering.” International Journal of Surgery (London, England) 13 (January 2015): 239–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.12.011.
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    • Shanmugarajah, Kumaran, Vincenzo Villani, Maria Lucia L. Madariaga, Joseph Shalhoub, and Sebastian G. Michel. “Current progress in public health models addressing the critical organ shortage.” International Journal of Surgery (London, England) 12, no. 12 (December 2014): 1363–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.11.011.
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    • Scalea, Joseph R., Radbeh Torabi, Aseda Tena, Masayuki Tasaki, Bradford C. Gillon, Shannon Moran, Taylor Cormack, et al. “The rejuvenating effects of leuprolide acetate on the aged baboon's thymus.” Transplant Immunology 31, no. 3 (September 18, 2014): 134–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trim.2014.09.001.
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    • Scalea, J. R., M. Okumi, V. Villani, A. Shimizu, H. Nishimura, B. C. Gillon, R. Torabi, et al. “Abrogation of renal allograft tolerance in MGH miniature swine: the role of intra-graft and peripheral factors in long-term tolerance.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 14, no. 9 (September 2014): 2001–10. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.12816.
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    • Scalea, Joseph R., Vincenzo Villani, Bradford C. Gillon, Joshua Weiner, Pierre Gianello, Nicole Turcotte, John Scott Arn, Kazuhiko Yamada, and David H. Sachs. “Development of antidonor antibody directed toward non-major histocompatibility complex antigens in tolerant animals.” Transplantation 98, no. 5 (September 2014): 514–19. https://doi.org/10.1097/tp.0000000000000249.
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    • Sekijima, Mitsuhiro, Shiori Waki, Hisashi Sahara, Masayuki Tasaki, Robert A. Wilkinson, Vincenzo Villani, Yoshiki Shimatsu, et al. “Results of life-supporting galactosyltransferase knockout kidneys in cynomolgus monkeys using two different sources of galactosyltransferase knockout Swine.” Transplantation 98, no. 4 (August 2014): 419–26. https://doi.org/10.1097/tp.0000000000000314.
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    • Yamada, Kazuhiko, Masayuki Tasaki, Mitsuhiro Sekijima, Robert A. Wilkinson, Vincenzo Villani, Shannon G. Moran, Taylor A. Cormack, et al. “Porcine cytomegalovirus infection is associated with early rejection of kidney grafts in a pig to baboon xenotransplantation model.” Transplantation 98, no. 4 (August 2014): 411–18. https://doi.org/10.1097/tp.0000000000000232.
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    • Lee, P. W., J. S. Hanekamp, V. Villani, P. A. Vagefi, R. A. Cina, C. Kamano, P. E. O’Malley, S. Arn, K. Yamada, and D. H. Sachs. “Evidence for a gene controlling the induction of transplantation tolerance.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 14, no. 4 (April 2014): 952–59. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.12646.
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    • Tasaki, Masayuki, Akira Shimizu, Isabel Hanekamp, Radbeh Torabi, Vincenzo Villani, and Kazuhiko Yamada. “Rituximab treatment prevents the early development of proteinuria following pig-to-baboon xeno-kidney transplantation.” Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Jasn 25, no. 4 (April 2014): 737–44. https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.2013040363.
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    • Cetrulo, Curtis L., Radbeh Torabi, Joseph R. Scalea, Akira Shimizu, Angelo A. Leto Barone, Bradford C. Gillon, Masayuki Tasaki, et al. “Vascularized composite allograft transplant survival in miniature swine: is MHC tolerance sufficient for acceptance of epidermis?” Transplantation 96, no. 11 (December 2013): 966–74. https://doi.org/10.1097/tp.0b013e3182a579d0.
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    • Madariaga, M. L., S. G. Michel, M. Tasaki, V. Villani, G. M. La Muraglia, S. Sihag, J. Gottschall, et al. “Induction of cardiac allograft tolerance across a full MHC barrier in miniature swine by donor kidney cotransplantation.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 13, no. 10 (October 2013): 2558–66. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.12423.
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    • Okumi, M., J. R. Scalea, B. C. Gillon, M. Tasaki, V. Villani, T. Cormack, A. Hirakata, A. Shimizu, D. H. Sachs, and K. Yamada. “The induction of tolerance of renal allografts by adoptive transfer in miniature swine.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 13, no. 5 (May 2013): 1193–1202. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.12194.
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  • Book Sections

    • Torabi, Radbeh, Vincenzo Villani, Christopher A. Mallard, and Curtis L. Cetrulo. “The Translational Potential of Perinatal Stem Cells in Clinical Medicine: Mesenchymal Stem Cells.” In Perinatal Stem Cells, 105–17. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., n.d. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118497883.ch8.
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