A5079105252- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine animal studies overview
- Aquatic life and conservation
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Antimicrobial agents and applications
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
University of Bari Aldo Moro
2019-2025
The integrity of esophageal epithelial cells in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or GERD-like symptoms is the first mechanism protection to decrease sensitivity gastric and heartburn symptoms. We investigated protective effects Poliprotect® (PPRO), a CE-marked medical device, on using vitro ex vivo models. In vitro, PPRO were tested Caco-2 cells. demonstrated safety against oxidative damage induced by hydrogen peroxide. It also preserved maintaining transepithelial...
Aluminum (Al) is used in everyday life and present food drugs, packaging, industry, agriculture. Although it the most common metal Earth crust, a correlation has been demonstrated between its presence various pathologies, even serious ones, especially of neurological type. However, there histological gap regarding role Al can have contact with covering secreting epithelia. The alterations ventral dorsal foot mucocytes their secretions snail Eobania vermiculata caused by were investigated...
Mucomics is the study of mucus and its biochemical properties. This discpline has gained increasing attention due to critical roles plays in protection, adhesion, communication across species. Ethical restriction on vertebrate research have driven interest invertebrate models such as molluscs. Molluscs produce a large amount which several functions including immune defense, digestion, environmental adaptation. - terrestrial, freshwater, or marine are valuable for investigating composition...
Mucomics is the study of mucus and its biochemical properties. This discipline has gained increasing attention due to critical roles plays in protection, adhesion, communication across species. Ethical restrictions on vertebrate research have driven interest invertebrate models such as mollusks. Mollusks produce large amounts which several functions, including immune defense, digestion, environmental adaptation. Mollusks—terrestrial, freshwater, or marine—are valuable for investigating...
The striped venus clam Chamelea gallina is an important shellfish resource in coastal area of Mediterranean Basin, playing a fundamental role the ecosystems. In last two decades there has been reduction stocks this bivalve with several mortality events along Adriatic Sea due to pollutants. Aiming evaluate effects on clams anthropogenic increase some metals sea, we focused aluminium. particular, tested whether Al could affect mucus secretion, since mucins are involved protection from...
An in situ analysis of mucin secretions along the annual cycle was performed on striped Venus clam, Chamelea gallina. Individuals both sexes from an exploited stock Margherita di Savoia (Southern Adriatic Sea, Central Mediterranean Sea) were made June 2020 and 2021, January 2021 2022, representative summer winter seasons, respectively. Tissues foot gills analyzed for histochemical lectin-histochemical analyses. Staining with Periodic Acid-Schiff, Alcian Blue pH 2.5 High-Iron-Diamine...
The localization of intestinal glycoconjugates the blunthead pufferfish Sphoeroides pachygaster and grey triggerfish Balistes capriscus from north‐western Ionian Sea was analysed by histochemical methods (PAS, AB pH 2.5, HID) lectin binding experiments (WGA, LFA, SBA, sialidase‐SBA, PNA, sialidase‐PNA, ConA, AAA, UEA‐I, LTA) to assess how evolutionary loss a functional stomach in S. affects secretions relative B. , which retains plesiomorphic gastric condition . had lower content acid mucins...
Abstract The glycopatterns of the glycans secreted by mucosa stomach and duodenal ampulla striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba were studied histochemical (Periodic acid‐Schiff, Alcian Blue pH 2.5, High Iron Diamine) lectin‐binding (SBA, DBA, PNA, WGA, MAA‐II, SNA, ConA, UEA‐I, AAA, LTA) techniques. can be divided into four compartments: main stomach, two connecting chambers pylorus. pylorus is followed ampulla. Mucins are surface cells intramucosal glands specific for each compartment. In...
Aquaporins (AQPs) are important for water transport in the gastrointestinal tract. Changes their expression and/or localization could cause disorders and be used as therapeutic targets. Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is expressed predominantly on basolateral membrane of parietal cells corpus murine gastric glands. Although secretion juice not affected AQP4-deficient knockout, we evaluated by light microscopy whether lack AQP4 affects glycopatterns secreting cells. Wild type (WT) knockout mice (KO) were...
Aluminum is the most abundant metal in Earth's crust and widely used everyday life. In sea waters, presence of dissolved Al naturally limited to a few micrograms per litre, however anthropogenic activities tend alter its concentration. Toxic effects caused by this have already been demonstrated on several taxa, as well direct correlation with various diseases, including neurodegenerative ones. Since bivalves proved good bioindicators for environmental possibly human health, we tested...
This contribution supplies the first description of reproductive cycle Phyllangia americana mouchezii and Polycyathus muellerae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), main builders Mediterranean coral reef recently described for time along Apulian coasts, focusing on both sexual asexual activity trying to assess relationship between gametogenesis seawater temperature. Sample collection was performed monthly, from December 2020 January 2022, at depths 35 45 m, same temperature measured 1 m 40 depth. At...