The worldwide rise of antibiotic resistance stimulates the search of new strategies for killing bacteria, whose mechanisms of action are different from those of antibiotics. Two promising strategies in this respect are the use of cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) and photodynamic therapy (PDT). Both approaches have been considered and some aspects elucidated during my PhD. Therefore, studies along two different research lines, having the same final aim and merging in the last part of the project, have been carried out. The first research line focused on PDT, in particular I investigated how several experimental factors affect the phototoxic activity against bacteria of cationic porphyrins, and I identified some of their molecular targ...
The current leading causes of death in the world are cardiovascular diseases (in particular myocardi...
Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative neurological syndrome characterized by the pref...
Eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase I (Top1p) catalyzes changes in DNA topology via the formation of a cova...
The aim of the research project was the development of competitive amperometric biosensors for clini...
Summary The thesis is composed by three chapter. The first chapter deals with the biochemical a...
The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is recognized as one of the most successful bacterial pathogens. I...
The research projects described in this thesis are part of numerous collaborations with different sc...
Every day numerous sources contribute to contaminate water resources with different types of polluta...
The term allergy is used to describe an abnormal immune response to harmless environmental substance...
Il presente lavoro è sorto dall’esperienza e dagli studi di dottorato presso l’UOC di Tossicologia d...
Since their discovery, nucleic acids have been the object of intense and thorough explorations, lead...
Lo sviluppo e l’utilizzo di nuovi materiali per scopi analitici è un campo di grande interesse per l...
Ca2+ is the most versatile among the second messengers and is responsible for controlling several ce...
This thesis describes the results obtained during the three years PhD course which was focused on pl...
Borrelia burgdorferi is a spirochetal bacterium responsible for the human Lyme disease, a multisiste...
The current leading causes of death in the world are cardiovascular diseases (in particular myocardi...
Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative neurological syndrome characterized by the pref...
Eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase I (Top1p) catalyzes changes in DNA topology via the formation of a cova...
The aim of the research project was the development of competitive amperometric biosensors for clini...
Summary The thesis is composed by three chapter. The first chapter deals with the biochemical a...
The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is recognized as one of the most successful bacterial pathogens. I...
The research projects described in this thesis are part of numerous collaborations with different sc...
Every day numerous sources contribute to contaminate water resources with different types of polluta...
The term allergy is used to describe an abnormal immune response to harmless environmental substance...
Il presente lavoro è sorto dall’esperienza e dagli studi di dottorato presso l’UOC di Tossicologia d...
Since their discovery, nucleic acids have been the object of intense and thorough explorations, lead...
Lo sviluppo e l’utilizzo di nuovi materiali per scopi analitici è un campo di grande interesse per l...
Ca2+ is the most versatile among the second messengers and is responsible for controlling several ce...
This thesis describes the results obtained during the three years PhD course which was focused on pl...
Borrelia burgdorferi is a spirochetal bacterium responsible for the human Lyme disease, a multisiste...
The current leading causes of death in the world are cardiovascular diseases (in particular myocardi...
Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative neurological syndrome characterized by the pref...
Eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase I (Top1p) catalyzes changes in DNA topology via the formation of a cova...