Cecilia Garofalo

Doctor
Contract Senior researcher
Orthopaedic Rizzoli Institute
Italy

Academician Pathology
Biography

From June 2008: Research associate, at the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Development of Bimolecular Therapies, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute. Project: Efficacy of and resistance to anti-IGF1R targeted therapy in Ewing’s sarcoma. Role of Insulin Receptor in sarcomas. December 2006 - May 2008: Post Doc at the “Health Center” of the University of Calabria. Project: Nuclear Interaction between androgen receptor and IRS1 in breast cancer. December 2003 - November 2006: PhD fellow at the “Health Center” of the University of Calabria. Project: Biomolecular mechanisms of cross-talk between nuclear steroid hormones and IGF1 system. April 2001 - July 2004: Research associate at the Immunology and microbiology department, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (USA). Project: Role of leptin in breast cancer. July 1998 - November 2003: Residency fellow at the “Health Center” of the University of Calabria. Project: Role of IGF1 system in breast cancer: interaction between IRS1 and estrogen receptor. September 1997 - April 1998: Intern student at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Paris Sud Paris (France). Project: Pharmacological activities of Anacardium occidentalis.

Research Intrest

General Pathology and Genetic Pathology class, Faculty of Pharmacy, 

List of Publications
Garofalo C, Sisci D, Surmacz E. Leptin interferes with the effects of the antiestrogen ICI 182,780 in MCF-7 breast cancer cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 2004 Oct 1;10(19):6466-75.
Garofalo C, Koda M, Cascio S, Sulkowska M, Kanczuga-Koda L, Golaszewska J, Russo A, Sulkowski S, Surmacz E. Increased expression of leptin and the leptin receptor as a marker of breast cancer progression: possible role of obesity-related stimuli. Clinical Cancer Research. 2006 Mar 1;12(5):1447-53.
Garofalo C, Surmacz E. Leptin and cancer. Journal of cellular physiology. 2006 Apr 1;207(1):12-22.