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| RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS |
| 1 |
Gianfranco Donelli |
| 2 |
Emilio Guaglianone |
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Loredana Falzano |
| 4 |
Iolanda Francolini |
| 5 |
Valeria Ruggeri |
| 6 |
Mariangela Bellusci |
| 7 |
Valeria Di Carlo |
| 8 |
Debora Romoli |
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Claudia Vuotto |
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| AFFILIATION |
| 1 | Department of Technologies and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità |
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| GROUP DATA |
| Address | Viale Regina Elena ,299 - 00161 Rome Italy |
| Phone | +39-06 49902228 |
| Fax | +39-06 49387141 |
| E-mail | donelli@iss.it |
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| RESEARCH TOPICS |
| 1 |
In vitro studies on the mode of action of bacterial
toxins |
| 2 |
Cytotoxicity of polymers and their ability
to adsorb and release antibiotic and antiseptic substances |
| 3 |
Cytoskeletal and nuclear damages caused by enzymes
and toxic substances |
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| EDUCATION IN TOXICOLOGY |
| 1 | Gianfranco Donelli, Research Director in Molecular Biology |
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| COLLABORATIONS |
| 1 | Department of Chemistry, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy |
| 2 | Institute of Tossicology, Hygiene and Environment, University of Urbino, Italy |
| 3 | Department of Microbiology and Biomedical Sciences, Polytecnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy |
| 4 | Department of Oral Biology, New Jersy Dental School, Newark, NJ,USA |
| 5 | Department of Ophtalmology and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, OK, USA. |
| 6 | Division of Microbiology ,GBF,National Research Center for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| 1 |
Francolini I, Donelli G, Stoodley P. Polymer
designs to control biofilm growth on medical devices. Reviews in
Environmental Sciences & Bio/technology, 2003; 2:307-319. |
| 2 |
Donelli G, Guaglianone E. Emerging role of
Enterococcus spp in catheter-related infections: biofilm formation
and novel mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. The Journal of Vascular
Access. 2004; 5:3-9. |
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Donelli G, Paoletti C, Baldassarri L, Guaglianone
E, Di Rosa R, Magi G, Spinaci C, Facinelli B. Sex pheromone-response,
clumping and slime production in enterococcal strains isolated from
occluded biliary stents. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2004; 42:3419-27. |
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Francolini I, Norris PM, Piozzi A, Donelli
G, Stoodley P. Usnic acid as a natural inhibitor of biofilm formation
on polymer surfaces. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2004; 48:4360-4365. |
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Piozzi A, Francolini I, Occhiaperti L, Di Rosa
R, Ruggeri V. Donelli G. Polyurethanes loaded with antibiotics:
influence of polymer-antibiotic interactions on in vitro
activity against Staphylococcus epidermidis. J. Chemother.
2004; 16: 446-452. |
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Baffone W, Casaroli A, Campana R, Citterio
B, Vittoria E, Pierfelici L, Donelli G. In vivo studies on the pathophysiological
mechanism of Vibrio parahaemolyticus TDH (+) induced secretion.
Microb Pathog 2005; 38:133-137. |
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Santini MT, Ferrante A, Romano R, Rainaldi G,
Clemente S, Motta A, Donelli G, Vecchia P, Indovina PL. A 700 MHz
1H-NMR study reveals early signs of apoptosis in human K562 erythroleukemic
cells exposed to a 50 Hz sinusoidal magnetic field. Int. J. Rad.
Biology, 2005; 81:97-113. |
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