A5091688025- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species
- Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Light effects on plants
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Trypanosoma species research and implications
University of Naples Federico II
2016-2025
Biogem
1994-1996
Fatty liver, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction are key pathophysiological features of insulin resistance obesity. Butyrate, produced by fermentation in the large intestine gut microbiota, its synthetic derivative, N-(1-carbamoyl-2-phenyl-ethyl) butyramide, FBA, have been demonstrated to be protective against fatty liver. Here, hepatic mitochondria were identified as main target beneficial effect both butyrate-based compounds reverting fat accumulation diet-induced obese mice....
The gut microbiota plays a crucial role in the bi-directional gut-brain axis, communication that integrates and central nervous system (CNS) activities. Animal studies reveal bacteria influence behaviour, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) levels serotonin metabolism. In present study, we report for first time an analysis of microbiota-gut-brain axis zebrafish (Danio rerio). After 28 days dietary administration with probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus IMC 501, found differences shoaling...
Disease is an increasing threat for marine bivalves worldwide. Recently, a mass mortality event (MME) impacting the bivalve Pinna nobilis was detected across wide geographical area of Spanish Mediterranean Sea and linked to haplosporidian parasite. In 2017-2018, events affecting pen shell were recorded in two different regions Italy, Campania Sicily, Tyrrhenian (Mediterranean Sea). Histopathological molecular examinations specimens showed presence Haplosporidium sp. only one specimen area....
Different nutritional components are able, by modulating mitochondrial function and gut microbiota composition, to influence body metabolic homeostasis inflammatory state. In this study, we aimed evaluate the effects produced supplementation of different milks on energy balance, state, oxidative stress antioxidant/detoxifying enzyme activities investigate role efficiency in regulation functions an animal model. We compared intake human milk, gold standard for infant nutrition, with...
This study was undertaken to determine the total quantity of phenolic and flavonoids, as well find out about HPLC quantification some individual compounds (i.e. chlorogenic acid, vitexin 2"-O-rhamnoside, vitexin, rutin, hyperoside, quercetin, isoquercetin) in flowers leaves 56 samples different hawthorn species (Crataegus spp.) collected from geographical regions Iran. The amount phenolics ranges 7.21 87.73 mg GAE/g dry weight plant, flavonoids varied amongst plant organs ranging 2.27 17.40...
Since the time of Darwin, biologists have studied origin and evolution Orchidaceae, one largest families flowering plants. In last two decades, extreme diversity specialization floral morphology uncoupled rate morphological molecular that been observed in some orchid species spurred interest study genes involved flower development this plant family. As part complex network regulatory driving formation organs, MADS-box represents most gene family, both from functional evolutionary...
Scope: Milk from various species differs in nutrient composition. In particular, human milk (HM) and donkey (DM) are characterised by a relative high level of triacylglycerol enriched palmitic acid sn-2 position. These dietary fats seem to exert beneficial nutritional properties through N-acylethanolamine tissue modulation. The aim this study is compare the effects cow (CM), DM, HM on inflammation glucose lipid metabolism, focusing mitochondrial function, efficiency dynamics skeletal muscle,...
In Drosophila melanogaster the doublesex (dsx) and fruitless (fru) regulatory genes act at bottom of somatic sex determination pathway. Both are regulated via alternative splicing by an upstream female-specific TRA/TRA-2 complex, recognizing a common cis element. dsx controls sexual differentiation non-neural as well neural tissues. fru, on other hand, expresses male-specific functions only in system where it is required to built circuits underlying proper courtship behaviour. mosquito Aedes...
From May to October 2019, multiple mass mortality events (MMEs) of Pinna nobilis were observed along Croatian coastline starting from the south-east and rapidly progressing in north-western direction. Time dynamics MMEs closely followed general speed direction patterns surface sea-currents, advancing approximately 350 km less than 3 months. Surveillance, clinical evaluation, sample collection performed on sites with various degrees rates. Moribund P. individuals collected subjected...
Abstract Background Asparagus acutifolius L. is a dioecious and native plant species, widely distributed in the Mediterranean Basin. It known for its fine flavour could represent an important resource cultivation programs desert areas. Few molecular studies have been performed on this species. In present paper, ISSR technique was employed to study genetic diversity Italian A. . Results Twenty-three primers produced total of 228 polymorphic fragments used evaluate variation. F ST (0.4561)...
Abstract The history of Homo sapiens is studded with many events promoting relationships wild animals changing their evolutionary path or impacting adaptation. Artificial selection recognized as the product planned actions aimed to annex useful species into anthropic niche. However, effect humans on animal trajectories diversified and cannot be assigned a single driver. We characterized genomes feral pigs managed by different traditional husbandry practices infer about combining artificial...
The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is an invasive species and a vector for several significant human pathogens. Gaining deeper understanding of its reproductive biology offers valuable insights into evolutionary success may inform the development sustainable strategies to control spread. This study presents comprehensive structural functional characterization fruitless gene in Ae. albopictus (Aalfru), pivotal regulator sexual behavior insects. Through silico analysis combined with...
Abstract TCP proteins are plant-specific transcription factors involved in many different processes. Because of their involvement a large number developmental pathways, roles have been investigated various plant species. However, there almost no studies this factor family orchids. Based on the available transcriptome inflorescence orchid Orchis italica , present study we identified 12 transcripts encoding proteins. The phylogenetic analysis showed that they belong to classes (I and II)...
The widespread mass mortality of the noble pen shell (
Plant genetic engineering has long been considered a valuable tool to fight fungal pathogens because it would limit the economically costly and environmentally undesirable chemical methods of disease control. Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are potentially useful for plant defense considering their antiviral antimicrobial activities but use is limited by cytotoxic activity. A new gene coding an RIP isolated from leaves Phytolacca heterotepala was expressed in tobacco under control...
The aim of this study is to assess, by RT-PCR, in situ hybridization, electron microscopy, and immunohistochemistry, the site/s vitellogenin (VTG) synthesis mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. Our investigations demonstrate that, among analyzed tissues, VTG occurs only female gonad, that is, within oocyte follicle connective cells. Such a just evident early vitellogenic oocytes, whose cytoplasm characterized numerous RER cisternae an extended Golgi complex surrounded nascent yolk platelets....
Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) are small, regulatory non-coding RNAs involved in a wide range of biological processes, from organ development to response stimuli. In recent years, an increasing number studies on model plant species have highlighted the evolutionary conservation high miRNA families and existence taxon-specific ones. However, few examined miRNAs non-model such as orchids, which characterized by highly diversified floral structures pollination strategies. Therefore, we analysed small...
A molecular phylogenetic investigation, based on the internal transcribed spacers(ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA, was undertaken members Anacamptis, Orchis, Neotinea, and allied genera, focussing taxa growing in Near East Eastern Europe, especially Israel. We found that Mediterranean orchids do not represent a monophylum, as they belong to all three genera into which Orchis s.l. has recently been divided. Although no general geographic distribution pattern may be inferred, some sister...
The bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis has a broad geographic distribution, represent an important species for the ecology of coastal waters, also constituting major aquaculture species. In present work, molecular and tissue biomarkers were examined in mussel populations (M. galloprovincialis) located four different areas water Campania Region. During annual life cycle, we analyzed expression patterns several genes commonly used to estimate cellular stress response damage, namely p53, p63,...
The phlebotomine sand fly Phlebotomus perniciosus (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) is a major Old World vector of the protozoan Leishmania infantum, etiological agent visceral and cutaneous leishmaniases in humans dogs, worldwide re-emerging diseases great public health concern, affecting 101 countries. Despite growing interest study this species last years, development genomic resources has been limited so far. To increase available sequence data for P. to start studying molecular...