Piero Dalerba

Professional Education

• MD, Universita Degli Studi di Milano Medicine (1995)
• Specialist, Universita Degli Studi Di Milano Medical Oncology (2000)

Research Interests

Cancer Stem Cells, Colon Cancer

Publications

• Downregulation of miRNA-200c links breast cancer stem cells with normal stem cells. Shimono Y,  Zabala M, Cho RW, Lobo N, Dalerba P, Qian D, Diehn M, Liu H, Panula SP, Chiao E, Dirbas FM, Somlo G, Pera RA, Lao K, Clarke MF.  Cell.  2009; 138 (3): 592-603
• Cancer stem cells: models and concepts. Dalerba P,  Cho RW, Clarke MF.  Annu Rev Med.  2007; 58 267-84
• The prognostic role of a gene signature from tumorigenic breast-cancer cells. Liu R,  Wang X, Chen GY, Dalerba P, Gurney A, Hoey T, Sherlock G, Lewicki J, Shedden K, Clarke MF.  N Engl J Med.  2007; 356 (3): 217-26
• Cancer stem cells and tumor metastasis: first steps into uncharted territory. Dalerba P,  Clarke MF.  Cell Stem Cell.  2007; 1 (3): 241-2
• Phenotypic characterization of human colorectal cancer stem cells. Dalerba P,  Dylla SJ, Park IK, Liu R, Wang X, Cho RW, Hoey T, Gurney A, Huang EH, Simeone DM, Shelton AA, Parmiani G, Castelli C, Clarke MF.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.  2007; 104 (24): 10158-63
• Reconstitution of human telomerase reverse transcriptase expression rescues colorectal carcinoma cells from in vitro senescence: evidence against immortality as a constitutive trait of tumor cells. Dalerba P,  Guiducci C, Poliani PL, Cifola I, Parenza M, Frattini M, Gallino G, Carnevali I, Di Giulio I, Andreola S, Lombardo C, Rivoltini L, Schweighoffer T, Belli F, Colombo MP, Parmiani G, Castelli C.  Cancer Res.  2005; 65 (6): 2321-9