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Publications: Microbiome-related Studies

Microfluidics and single-cell sequencing

  • D’Avino G., Greco F, Maffettone PL. (2017) Particle migration due to viscoelasticity of the suspending liquid, and its relevance in microfluidic devices. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 49:341-360.
  • De Corato M, D’Avino G. (2017) Dynamics of a microorganism in a sheared viscoelastic liquid. Soft Matter 13:196-211.
  • De Corato M, Slot JJM, Hutter M, D’Avino G, Maffettone PL, Hulsen MA. (2016) Finite element formulation of fluctuating hydrodynamics for fluids filled with rigid particles using boundary fitted meshes. Journal of Computational Physics 316:632-651.
  • Del Giudice F, Calcagno V, Esposito Taliento V, Greco F, Netti PA, Maffettone PL. (2017) Relaxation time of polyelectrolyte solutions: When μ-rheometry steps in charge. Journal of Rheology 61:13-21.
  • Del Giudice F, Sathish S, D’Avino G, Shen AQ. (2017) From the edge to the center: viscoelastic migration of particles and cells in a strongly shear-thinning liquid flowing in a microchannel. Analytical Chemistry 89:131146-131159.
  • Fiore G, Perrino G, di Bernardo M, di Bernardo D. (2016) In Vivo Real-Time Control of Gene Expression: A Comparative Analysis of Feedback Control Strategies in Yeast. ACS Synth Biol 5(2):154-162.
  • Fracassi C, Postiglione L, Fiore G, di Bernardo D. (2016) Automatic Control of Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells. ACS Synth Biol 5(4):296-302.
  • Gambardella G, Carissimo A, Chen A, Cutillo L, Nowakowski TJ, di Bernardo D, Blelloch R. (2017) The impact of microRNAs on transcriptional heterogeneity and gene co-expression across single embryonic stem cells. Nature Comm 8:14126.
  • Menolascina F, Fiore G, Orabona E, De Stefano L, Ferry M, Hasty J, di Bernardo M, di Bernardo D. (2014) In-vivo real-time control of protein expression from endogenous and synthetic gene networks. PLoS Comput Biol 10(5):e1003625.
  • Napolitano F, Sirci F, Carrella D, di Bernardo D. (2016) Drug-set enrichment analysis: a novel tool to investigate drug mode of action. Bioinformatics 32(2):235-241.
  • Pagliarini R, Castello R, Napolitano F, Borzone R, Annunziata P, Mandrile G, De Marchi M, Brunetti-Pierri N, di Bernardo D. (2016) In Silico Modeling of Liver Metabolism in a Human Disease Reveals a Key Enzyme for Histidine and Histamine Homeostasis. Cell Rep 15(10):2292-2300.
  • Pesce E, Gorrieri G, Sirci F, Napolitano F, Carrella D, Caci E, Tomati V, Zegarra-Moran O, di Bernardo D, Galietta LJ. (2016) Evaluation of a systems biology approach to identify pharmacological correctors of the mutant CFTR chloride channel. J Cyst Fibros 15(4):425-435.
  • Sirci F, Napolitano F, Pisonero-Vaquero S, Carrella D, Medina DL, di Bernardo D. (2017) Comparing structural and transcriptional drug networks reveals signatures of drug activity and toxicity in transcriptional responses. npj Syst Biol and Appl 3:23.
  • Trofa M, Villone MM, D’Avino G, Hulsen MA, Netti PA, Maffettone PL. (2016) Numerical simulations of the separation of elastic particles in a T-shaped bifurcation. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 233:75-84.
  • Villone MM, Greco F, Hulsen MA, Maffettone PL. (2016) Numerical simulations of deformable particle lateral migration in tube flow of Newtonian and viscoelastic media, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 234:105-113.
  • Villone MM, Memmolo P, Merola M, Mugnano M, Miccio L, Maffettone PL, Ferraro P. (2018) Full Angle Tomographic Phase Microscopy of Flowing Quasi-Spherical Cells. Lab on a Chip 18:126-131.
  • Villone MM, Trofa M, Hulsen MA, Maffettone PL. (2017) Numerical design of a T-shaped microfluidic device for deformability-based separation of elastic capsules and soft beads. Physical Review 96:053103.
  • Wang Z, Mandracchia B, Ferraro V, Tammaro D, Di Maio E, Maffettone PL, Ferraro P. (2017) Interferometric measurement of film thickness during bubble blowing. SPIE 10333, Optical Methods for Inspection, Characterization, and Imaging of Biomaterials III, 103331O.

 

Characterization of microbial pathogens and virulence-associated traits

  • Contaldi F, Capuano F, Fulgione A, Aiese Cigliano R, Sanseverino W, Iannelli D, Medaglia C, Capparelli R. (2017) The hypothesis that Helicobacter pylori predisposes to Alzheimer’s disease is biologically plausible. Sci Rep 7(1):7817.
  • Fulgione A, Nocerino N, Iannaccone M, Roperto S, Capuano F, Roveri N, Lelli M, Crasto A, Calogero A, Pilloni AP, Capparelli R. (2016) Lactoferrin Adsorbed onto Biomimetic Hydroxyapatite Nanocrystals Controlling - In Vivo - the Helicobacter pylori PLoS ONE 11(7):e0158646.
  • Kenfack MT, Mazur M, Nualnoi T, Shaffer TL, Ngassimou A, Blériot Y, Marrot J, Marchetti R, Sintiprungrat K, Chantratita N, Silipo A, Molinaro A, AuCoin DP, Burtnick MN, Brett PJ, Gauthier C. (2017) Deciphering minimal antigenic epitopes associated with Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei lipopolysaccharide O-antigens. Nat Comm 8(1):115.

 

Discovery and characterization of new molecules for industrial applications

  • Alberio T, Pieroni L, Ronci M, Banfi C, Bongarzone I, Bottoni P, Brioschi M, Caterino M, Chinello C, Cormio A, Cozzolino F, Cunsolo V, Fontana S, Garavaglia B, Giusti L, Greco V, Lucacchini A, Maffioli E, Magni F, Monteleone F, Monti M, Monti V, Musicco C, Petrosillo G, Porcelli V, Saletti R, Scatena R, Soggiu A, Tedeschi G, Zilocchi M, Roncada P, Urbani A, Fasano M. (2017) Towards the standardization of mitochondrial proteomics: the Italian mt-HPP initiative. J Proteome Res 16(12):4319-4329.

  • Amore A, Iadonisi A, Vincent F, Faraco V. (2015) Identification of the nucleophile catalytic residue of GH51 alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase from Pleurotus ostreatus. AMB Express 5:79.
  • Andolfi A, Ferrante P, Petriccione M, Cimmino A, Evidente A, Scortichini M. (2014) Production of phytotoxic metabolites by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, the causal agent of bacterial canker of kiwifruit. Journal of Plant Pathology 96:1-8.
  • Andolfi A, Boari A, Evidente M, Cimmino A, Vurro M, Ash G, Evidente A. (2015) Gulypyrones A and B and phomentrioloxins B and C produced by Diaporthegulyae, a potential mycoherbicide for Saffron Thistle (Carthamuslanatus). Journal of Natural Products 78:623-629.
  • Andolfi A, Maddau L, Basso S, Linaldeddu BT, Cimmino A, Scanu B, Deiedda A, Tuzi A, Evidente A. (2015) Diplopimarane, a 20-nor-ent-Pimaradiene Produced by the Oak pathogen Diplodiaquercivora. Journal of Natural Products 77:2352-2360.
  • Andolfi A, Maddau L, Cimmino A, Linaldeddu BT, Basso S, Deidda A, Serra S, Evidente A. (2014) Lasiojasmonates A-C, three jasmonic acid esters produced by Lasiodiplodia sp., a new grapevine pathogen. Phytochemistry 103:145-153.
  • Andolfi A, Maddau L, Linaldeddu BT, Scanu B, Cimmino A., Basso S, Evidente A. (2014) Bioactivity studies of oxysporone and several derivatives. Phytochemistry Letters 10:40-45.
  • Andolfi A, Basso S, Giambra S, Conigliano G, Lo Piccolo S, Alves A, Burruano S. (2016) Lasiolactols A and B produced by the grapevine fungal pathogen Lasiodiplodia mediterranea. Chemistry and Biodiversity 13:395-402.
  • Andolfi A, Cimmino C, Villegas-Fernández AM, Tuzi A, Santini A, Melck D, Rubiales D, Evidente A. (2013) Lentisone, a new phytotoxic anthraquinone produced by Ascochytalentis, the causal agent of AscochytaBlight on Lens esculenta. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 61:7301-7308.
  • Bosso A, Pirone L, Gaglione R, Pane K, Del Gatto A, Zaccaro L, Di Gaetano S, Diana D, Fattorusso R, Pedone E, Cafaro V, Haagsman HP, van Dijk A, Scheenstra MR, Zanfardino A, Crescenzi O, Arciello A, Varcamonti M, Veldhuizen EJA, Di Donato A, Notomista E, Pizzo E. (2017) A new cryptic host defense peptide identified in human 11-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-1 β-like: from in silico identification to experimental evidence. Biochim Biophys Acta – General Subjects 1861:2342-2353.
  • Bosso A, Pirone L, Gaglione R, Pane K, Del Gatto A, Zaccaro L, Di Gaetano S, Diana D, Fattorusso R, Pedone E, Cafaro V, Haagsman HP, van Dijk A, Scheenstra MR, Zanfardino A, Crescenzi O, Arciello A, Varcamonti M, Veldhuizen EJA, Di Donato A, Notomista E, Pizzo E. (2017) A new cryptic host defense peptide identified in human 11-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-1 β-like: from in silico identification to experimental evidence. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 1861(9):2342-2353.
  • Burruano S, Giambra S, Mondello V, Dellagreca M, Basso S, Tuzi A, Andolfi A. (2016) Naphthalenone polyketides produced by a fungus associated with grapevine Botryosphaeria dieback. Phytopatologia Mediterranea 55:197-206
  • Bury M, Andolfi A, Rogister B, Cimmino A, Megalizzi V, Mathieu V, Feron O, Evidente A, Kiss R. (2013) Fusicoccin A, a phytotoxic carbotricyclic diterpene glucoside of fungal origin, reduces proliferation and invasion of glioblastoma cells by targeting multiple tyrosine kinases. Translational Oncology 6:112-123.
  • Bury M, Novo-Uzal E, Andolfi A, Cimini S, Wauthoz N, Heffeter P, Lallemand B, Avolio F, Delporte C, Cimmino A, Dubois J, Van Antwerpen P, Zonno MC, Vurro M, Poumay Y, Berger W, Evidente A, De Gara L, Kiss R, Locato V. (2013) Ophiobolin A, a sesterterpenoid fungal phytotoxin, displays higher in vitro growth-inhibitory effects in mammalian than in plant cells and displays in vivo antitumor activity. International Journal of Oncology 43 :575-585.
  • Casillo A, Papa R, Ricciardelli A, Sannino F, Ziaco M, Tilotta M, Selan L, Marino G, Corsaro MM, Tutino ML, Artini M, Parrilli E. (2017) Anti-Biofilm Activity of a Long-Chain Fatty Aldehyde from Antarctic Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125 against Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 7:46.
  • Cimini D, Dello Iacono I, Carlino E, Finamore R, Restaino OF, Diana P, Bedini E, Schiraldi C. (2017) Engineering S. equi subsp. Zooepidemicus towards concurrent production of hyaluronic acid and chondroitin biopolymers of biomedical interest. AMB Express 7:61.
  • Cimmino A, Andolfi A, Zonno M.C., Avolio A., Berestetskiy A., Vurro M., Evidente A. (2013) Chenopodolans A–C: Phytotoxic furopyrans produced by Phomachenopodiicola, a fungal pathogen of Chenopodium album. Phytochemistry 96:208-213.
  • Cimmino A, Andolfi A, Zonno MC, Avolio F, Santini A, Tuzi A, Berestetskyi A, Vurro M, Evidente A. (2013) Chenopodolin: A Phytotoxic Unrearranged ent-Pimaradiene Diterpene Produced by Phomachenopodicola, a Fungal Pathogen for Chenopodium album Biocontrol. Journal of Natural Products 76:1291-1297.
  • Cimmino A, Andolfi A, Abouzeid M, Evidente A. (2013) Polyphenols as fungal phytotoxins, seed germination stimulants and phytoalexins. Phytochemistry Review 12:653-672.
  • Cimmino A, Andolfi A, Avolio F, Ali A, Tabanca N, Khan IA, Evidente A. (2013) Cyclopaldic acid, seiridin, and sphaeropsidin A as fungal phytotoxins, and larvicidal and biting deterrents against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): structure-activity relationships. Chemistry and Biodiversity 10:1239–1251.
  • Cimmino A, Andolfi A, Evidente A. (2014) Phytotoxic Terpenes Produced by Phytopathogenic Fungi and Allelopathic Plants. Natural Products Communications 9:401-408.
  • Cimmino A, Zonno MC, Andolfi A, Troise C, Motta A, Vurro M, Evidente A. (2013) Agropyrenol, a phytotoxic fungal metabolite, and its derivatives: a structure-activity relationship study. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 61:1779-1783.
  • Cimmino A, Fernández-Aparicio M, Andolfi A, Basso S, Rubiales D, Evidente A. (2014) Effect of fungal and plant metabolites on broomrapes (Orobanche and Phelipanche spp.) seed germination and radicle growth. J Agric Food Chem 62:10485-10492.
  • Cimmino A, Fernández-Aparicio M, Evidente A. (2015) Ryecyanatines A and B and ryecarbonitrilines A and B, substituted cyanatophenol, cyanatobenzo [1, 3] dioxole, and benzo [1, 3] dioxolecarbonitriles from rye (Secale cereale L.) root exudates: novel metabolites with allelopathic activity on Orobanche seed germination and radicle growth. Phytochemistry 109:57-65.
  • D’Alonzo D, Cipolletti M, Tarantino G, Ziaco M, Pieretti G, Iadonisi A, Palumbo G, Alfano A, Giuliano M, De Rosa M, Schiraldi C, Cammarota M, Parrilli M, Bedini E, Corsaro MM. (2016) A semisynthetic approach to new immunoadjuvant candidates: site-selective chemical manipulation of Escherichia coli monophosphoryl lipid A. Chem Eur J 22:11053-11063.
  • Della Sala G, Hochmuth T, Teta R, Costantino V, Mangoni A. (2014) Polyketide Synthases in the Microbiome of the Marine Sponge Plakortis halichondrioides: A Metagenomic Update. Marine Drugs 12:5425-5440.
  • Della Sala G, Hochmuth T, Costantino V, Teta R, Gerwick W, Gerwick L, Piel J, Mangoni A. (2013) Polyketide genes in the marine sponge Plakortis simplex: A new group of mono-modular type I polyketide synthases from sponge symbionts. Environmental Microbiology Reports 5(6):809-818.
  • Di Pasquale P, Caterino M, Di Somma A, Squillace M, Rossi E, Landini P, Iebba V, Schippa S, Papa R, Selan L, Artini M, Palamara AT, Duilio A. (2016) Exposure of E. coli to DNA-Methylating Agents Impairs Biofilm Formation and Invasion of Eukaryotic Cells via Down Regulation of the N-Acetylneuraminate Lyase NanA. Front Microbiol 7:147.
  • Di Somma, M Caterino, V Soni, M Agarwal, P di Pasquale, S Zanetti, P Molicotti, S Cannas, V K Nandicoori, Duilio A. (2019) The bifunctional protein GlmU is a key factor in biofilm formation induced by alkylating stress in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Res Microbiol, in press. doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2019.03.002.
  • Emendato A, Milordini G, Zacco E, Sicorello A, Dal Piaz F, Guerrini R, Thorogate R, Picone D, Pastore A. (2018) Glycation affects fibril formation of Aβ peptides. J BiolChem 293:13100-13111.
  • Esposito G, Della Sala G, Teta R, Caso A, Bourguet-Kondracki M-L, Pawlik JR, Mangoni A, Costantino V. (2016) Chlorinated Thiazole-Containing Polyketide-Peptides from the Caribbean Sponge Smenospongia conulosa: Structure Elucidation on Microgram Scale. European Journal of Organic Chemistry 16:2871-2875.
  • Esposito G, Teta R, Miceli R, Ceccarelli LS, Della Sala G, Camerlingo R, Irollo E, Mangoni A, Pirozzi G, Costantino V. (2015) Isolation and assessment of the in vitro anti-tumor activity of smenothiazole A and B, chlorinated thiazole-containing peptide/polyketides from the caribbean sponge, Smenospongia aurea. Marine Drugs 13(1):444-459.
  • Evidente A, Cimmino A, Andolfi A. (2013) The effect of stereochemistry on the biological activity of natural phytotoxins, fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Chirality 25:59-78.
  • Evidente A, Kornienko A, Cimmino A, Andolfi A, Lefranc F, Mathieu V, Kiss R. (2014) Fungal metabolites with anticancer activity. Natural Product Reports 31:617-627.
  • Félix C, Salvatore MM, Della Greca M, Meneses R, Duarte AS, Salvatore F, Naviglio D, Gallo M, Jorrín-Novo JV, Alves A, Andolfi A, Esteves AC. (2018) Production of toxic metabolites by two strains of Lasiodiplodia theobromae, isolated from a coconut tree and a human patient. Mycologia 110:642-653.
  • Fernández-Aparicio M, Masi M, Maddau L, Cimmino A, Evidente M, Rubiales D, Evidente A. (2016) Induction of haustorium development by sphaeropsidones in radicles of the parasitic weeds striga and orobanche. A structure–activity relationship study. J Agric Food Chem 64:5188-5196.
  • Fumagalli P, Andolfi A, Avolio F, Boari A, Cimmino A, Finizio A. (2013) Ecotoxicological characterisation of a mycoherbicide mixture isolated from the fungus Ascochyta caulina. Pest Management Science 69:850-856.
  • Gaglione R, Dell'Olmo E, Bosso A, Chino M, Pane K, Ascione F, Itri F, Caserta S, Amoresano A, Lombardi A, Haagsman HP, Piccoli R, Pizzo E, Veldhuizen EJ, Notomista E, Arciello A. (2017) Novel human bioactive peptides identified in Apolipoprotein B: Evaluation of their therapeutic potential. Biochem Pharmacol 130:34-50.
  • Gaglione R, Dell'Olmo E, Bosso A, Chino M, Pane K, Ascione F, Itri F, Caserta S, Amoresano A, Lombardi A, Haagsman HP, Piccoli R, Pizzo E, Veldhuizen EJ, Notomista E, Arciello A. (2017) Novel human bioactive peptides identified in Apolipoprotein B: Evaluation of their therapeutic potential. Biochem Pharmacol 130:34-50.
  • Gaglione R, Pirone L, Farina B, Fusco S, Smaldone G, Aulitto M, Dell'Olmo E, Roscetto E, Del Gatto A, Fattorusso R, Notomista E, Zaccaro L, Arciello A, Pedone E, Contursi P. (2017) Insights into the anticancer properties of the first antimicrobial peptide from Archaea. Biochim Biophys Acta – General Subjects 1861:2155-2164.
  • Gaglione R, Pirone L, Farina B, Fusco S, Smaldone G, Aulitto M, Dell'Olmo E, Roscetto E, Del Gatto A, Fattorusso R, Notomista E, Zaccaro L, Arciello A, Pedone E, Contursi P. Insights into the anticancer properties of the first antimicrobial peptide from Archaea. Biochim Biophys Acta 1861(9):2155-2164.
  • Gully D, Gargani D, Bonaldi K, Grangeteau C, Chaintreuil C, Fardoux J, Nguyen P, Marchetti R, Nouwen N, Molinaro A, Mergaert P, Giraud E. (2016) A peptidoglycan-remodeling enzyme is critical for bacteroid differentiation in Bradyrhizobium during legume symbiosis. Mol Plant Micr Inter 29(6):447-457.
  • Inturri R, Molinaro A, Di Lorenzo F, Blandino G, Tomasello B, Hidalgo-Cantabrana G, De Castro C, Ruas-Madiedo P. (2017) Chemical and biological properties of the novel exopolysaccharide produced by a probiotic strain of Bifidobacterium longum. Carbohydr Polym 174:1172-1180.
  • Kulkarni G, Busset N, Molinaro A, Gargani D, Chaintreuil C, Silipo A, Giraud E, Newman DK. (2015) Specific hopanoid classes differentially affect free-living and symbiotic states of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens. mBio 6:e1251-15.
  • Laezza A, Iadonisi A, De Castro C, De Rosa M, Schiraldi C, Parrilli M, Bedini E. (2015) Chemical fucosylation of a polysaccharide: a semisynthetic access to fucosylated chondroitin sulfate. Biomacromolecules 16:2237-2245.
  • Lombardi L, Stellato MI, Oliva R, Falanga A, Galdiero M, Petraccone L, D’Errico G, De Santis A, Galdiero S, Del Vecchio P. (2017) Antimicrobial peptides at work: interaction of myxinidin and its mutant WMR with lipid bilayers mimicking the P. aeruginosa and E. coli membranes. Sci Rep 7:44425.
  • Marra R, Nicoletti R, Pagano E, Della Greca M, Salvatore MM, Borrelli F, Lombardi N, Vinale F, Woo SL, Andolfi A. (2018) Inhibitory effect of trichodermanone C, a sorbicillinoid produced by Trichoderma citrinoviride associated to the green alga Cladophora sp., on nitrite production in LPS-stimulated macrophages. Natural Prod Res 1-9.
  • Masi M, Meyer S, Cimmino A, Andolfi A, Evidente A. (2014) Pyrenophoric Acid, a phytotoxicsesquiterpenoid penta-2,4-dienoic acidproduced by a potential mycoherbicide, Pyrenophora semeniperda. Journal of Natural Products 77:925-930
  • Masi M, Meyer S, Clement S, Andolfi A, Cimmino A, Evidente A. (2014) Spirostaphylotrichin W, a spirocyclic gamma-lactam isolated from liquid culture of Pyrenophora semeniperda, a potential mycoherbicide for cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) biocontrol. Tetrahedron 70:1497-1501.
  • Mazzeo G, Santoro E, Andolfi A, Cimmino A, Troselj P, Petrovic AG, Superchi S, Evidente A, Berova N. (2013) Absolute configurations of fungal and plant metabolites by chiroptical Methods. ORD, ECD, and VCD studies on phyllostin, scytolide, and oxysporone. Journal of Natural Products 76:588-599.
  • Nicoletti R, Salvatore M, Andolfi A. (2018) Secondary metabolites of mangrove-associated strains of Talaromyces. Marine Drugs 16(1):12.
  • Oliva R, Chino M, Pane K, Pistorio V, De Santis A, Pizzo E, D’Errico G, Pavone V, Lombardi A, Del Vecchio P, Notomista E, Nastri F, Petraccone L. (2018) Exploring the role of unnatural aminoacids in antimicrobial peptides, Sci Rep 8(1):8888.
  • Oliva R, Del Vecchio P, Stellato MI, D'Ursi AM, D'Errico G, Paduano L, Petraccone L. (2015) A thermodynamic signature of lipid segregation in biomembranes induced by a short peptide derived from glycoprotein gp36 of feline immunodeficiency virus. Biochim Biophys Acta – Biomembranes 1848:510–517.
  • Oliva R, Emendato A, Vitiello G, De Santis A, Grimaldi M, D'Ursi AM, Busi E, Del Vecchio P, Petraccone L, D'Errico G. (2016) On the microscopic and mesoscopic perturbations of lipid bilayers upon interaction with the MPER domain of the HIV glycoprotein gp41. Biochim Biophys Acta – Biomembranes 1858:1904-1913.
  • Parrilli E, Ricciardelli A, Casillo A, Sannino F, Papa R, Tilotta M, Artini M, Selan L, Corsaro MM, Tutino ML. (2016) Large-scale biofilm cultivation of Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis TAC125 for physiologic studies and drug discovery. Extremophiles 20(2):227-234.
  • Pavone V, Zhang S-Q, Merlino A, Lombardi A, Wu Y, DeGrado WF. (2014) Crystal structure of an amphiphilic foldamer reveals a 48-mer assembly comprising a hollow truncated octahedron. Nature Comm 5:3581.
  • Petruk G, Illiano A, Del Giudice R, Raiola A, Amoresano A, Rigano MM, Piccoli R, Monti DM. (2017) Malvidin and cyanidin derivatives from açai fruit (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) counteract UV-A-induced oxidative stress in immortalized fibroblasts. J Photochem Photobiol B 172:42-51.
  • Salvatore MM, Della Greca M, Nicoletti R, Salvatore F, Vinale F, Naviglio D, Andolfi A. (2018) Talarodiolide, a New 12-Membered Macrodiolide, and GC/MS Investigation of culture filtrate and mycelial extracts of Talaromyces pinophilus. Molecules 23(4):950.
  • Salvatore MM, Nicoletti R, Salvatore F, Naviglio D, Andolfi A. (2018) GC–MS approaches for the screening of metabolites produced by marine-derived Aspergillus. Marine Chemistry 206:18-33.
  • Salvatore MM, Giambra S, Naviglio D, Della Greca M, Salvatore F, Burruano S, Andolfi A. (2018) Fatty acids produced by Neofusicoccum vitifusiforme and N. parvum, fungi associated with grapevine Botryosphaeria Dieback. Agriculture 8(12):189.
  • Sannino F, Parrilli E, Apuzzo GA, de Pascale D, Tedesco P, Maida I, Perrin E, Fondi M, Fani R, Marino G, Tutino ML. (2017) Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis produces methylamine, a volatile compound active against Burkholderia cepacia complex strains. Nat Biotechnol 35:13-18.
  • Teta R, Irollo E, Della Sala G, Pirozzi G, Mangoni A, Costantino V. (2013) Smenamides A and B, chlorinated peptide/polyketide hybrids containing a dolapyrrolidinone unit from the Caribbean sponge Smenospongia aurea. Evaluation of their role as leads in antitumor drug research. Marine Drugs 11(11):4451-4463. 

 

 

Development of transglutaminase-modified proteins and in-vitro digestion system

  • Giosafatto CVL, Di Pierro P, Gunning P, Mackie A, Porta R, Mariniello L. (2014) Characterization of Citrus pectin edible films containing transglutaminase-modified phaseolin. Carbohyd Polym 106:200.

  • Levi CS, Alvito P, Andrés A, Assunção R, Barberá R, Blanquet-Diot S, Bourlieug C, Brodkorb A, Cilla A, Deglaire A, Denis S, Dupont D, Heredia A, Karakaya S, Giosafatto CVL, Mariniello L, Martin C, Ménard O, Nehir El S, Vegarud G E, Ulleberg E, Lesmes U. (2017) Extending in vitro digestion models to specific human populations: expert perspectives, practical tools and bio-relevant information. Trends in Food Science and Technology 60:52-63.
  • Panzella L, Perez-Burillo S, Pastoriza S, Martin MA, Cerruti P, Goya L, Ramos S, Rufian-Henares JA, Napolitano A, d'Ischia M. (2017) High antioxidant action and prebiotic activity of hydrolyzed spent coffee grounds (HSCG) in a simulated digestion-fermentation model: toward the development of a novel food supplement. J Agric Food Chem 65:6452-6459.
  • Romano A, Giosafatto CVL, Di Pierro P, Romano R, Masi P, Mariniello L. (2016) Impact of transglutaminase on properties and in vitro digestibility of white bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) flour. Food Research International 88:239–246.
  • Romano A, Giosafatto CVL, Masi P, Mariniello L. (2015) Impact of dehulling on the physico-chemical properties and in vitro protein digestion of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Food & Function 6:1345-1351.
  • Romano A, Giosafatto V, Al-Asmar A, Masi P, Aponte M, Mariniello L. (2019) Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) flour: microstructure, physico-chemical properties and in vitro digestion. European Food Research and Technology 245:191- 198.
  • Romano A, D’Amelia V, Gallo V, Palomba S, Carputo D, Masi P. (2018) Relationships between composition, microstructure and cooking performances of six potato varieties. Food Research International 114:10-19.
  • Romano A, Masi P, Bracciale A, Aiello A, Nicolai MA, Ferranti P. (2018) Effect of added enzymes and quinoa flour on dough characteristics and sensory quality of a gluten-free bakery product. European Food Research and Technology 244(9):1595-1604.
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