Stefania Nicoli Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Departments & Organizations

Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
Small RNAs in Development
Internal Medicine: Cardiology: YCVRC: Nicoli Lab
Research Interests
Zebrafish; Post-transcriptional regulation; Small RNAs; Angiogenesis; Artery-vein differentiation; Vessels stability; Hematopoiesis; Lymphatic development more...
Education
- B.S., University of Milan, Italy, 2002
- Ph.D., University of Brescia, 2007
Selected Publications
- Rissone A, Foglia E, Sangiorgio L, Cermenati S, Nicoli S, Cimbro S, Beltrame M, Bussolino F, Cotelli F, Arese M. The synaptic proteins ß-neurexin and neuroligin synergize with extracellular matrix-binding vascular endothelial growth factor a during zebrafish vascular development. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012 Jul;32(7):1563-72. PMID: 22516065
- Tobia C, Chiodelli P, Nicoli S, Dell'era P, Buraschi S, Mitola S, Foglia E, van Loenen PB, Alewijnse AE, Presta M. Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor-1 controls venous endothelial barrier integrity in zebrafish.Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012 Sep;32(9):e104-16. PMID: 22837470
- Nicoli S, Knyphausen K.P., Zhu J., Lakshmanan A. and Lawson N. miR-221 acts as a regulatory node to control endothelial tip cell migration and proliferation during angiogenesis. Dev Cell. 2012 Feb 14;22(2):418-29.



