The following list includes the most relevant recent publications of our research group:
- Falcone C, Arckens L, Baiula M, Bedini A, Bocchi R, Broadhead MJ, Caprini M, Cavaliere F, Cesca F, Chowdhury HH, Ciuba K, Civiero L, Escartin C, Ferroni S, Formaggio F, Frasca A, Gratton R, Holt M, Iraci N, Kreft M, Leggio L, Lia A, Malik AR, Min R, Müller FE, Murat C, Pereira MJ, Pekowska A, Petrelli F, Ramos-Gonzalez P, Sanchez-Mico MV, Smole Z, Sokolova D, Solas M, Soldano A, Szewczyk LM, Torazza C, Severino FPU, Urrestizala-Arenaza N, Zeug A, Zhou J, Zonta M, Zorec R, Verkhratsky A, Gunhanlar N. Written in the Stars: Astrocyte Biology From Evolution to Disease. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2026 Sep;242(9):e70289. doi: 10.1111/apha.70289. PMID: 42604981; PMCID: PMC13478360.
- Martinengo, Bianca and Cimetti, Chiara and Batani, Gessica and Bedini, Andrea and Gioran, Anna and Chondrogianni, Niki and Sansone, Anna and Ferreri, Carla and Baiula, Monica and Bolognesi, Maria Laura, Encapsulating an Agro-Industrial Waste into Liposomal Systems Enhances Safety and Therapeutic Properties for Skin Applications. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7069723 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7069723
- Mouraux A, Gousset S, Alvarez B, Baiula M, Bakker W, Bedini A, Bertayli M, Budda D, Carr R, Cuna E, Díaz Ó, Donner N, Giraldo J, Groeneveld GJ, Gülave B, Guydan D, Hijma H, Maldonado R, Renault P, Rinaudo C, Elaissaiss-Schaap J, Spiros A, Stoeber S, Takkala P, van Valkengoed D, van Hasselt C, de Lange ELC. In silico prediction of novel effective combinational treatment of chronic pain in individual patients: A joint white paper of the H2020 QSPainRelief consortium. Br J Pharmacol. 2026 Jun 17. doi: 10.1111/bph.70522. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42309152.
- Giraldi V, Pecoraro T, Maurizio A, Milana A, De Cola L, Baiula M, Giacomini D. Questing for Integrin Targeting Theranostics for Cancer Cell-Selective Molecules. ACS Omega. 2026 May 5;11(19):28471-28483. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.6c00193. PMID: 42179532; PMCID: PMC13191554.
- Zhao J, Baiula M, Cuna E, Francescato M, Matalińska J, Lipiński PFJ, Bedini A, Gentilucci L. Identification of c[D-Trp-Phe-β-Ala-β-Ala], the First κ-Opioid Receptor-Specific Negative Allosteric Modulator. ACS Pharmacol Transl Sci. 2024. doi: 10.1021/acsptsci.4c00372.
- Baiula M, Caligiana A, Bedini A, Zhao J, Santino F, Cirillo M, Gentilucci L, Giacomini D, Spampinato S. Leukocyte Integrin Antagonists as a Novel Option to Treat Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Front Pharmacol. 2021 Jan 29;11:617836. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.617836.
- Bedini A, Di Cesare Mannelli L, Micheli L, Baiula M, Vaca G, De Marco R, Gentilucci L, Ghelardini C, Spampinato S. Functional Selectivity and Antinociceptive Effects of a Novel KOPr Agonist. Front Pharmacol. 2020 Mar 5;11:188. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00188. PMID: 32210803; PMCID: PMC7066533.
- Baiula M, Carbonari G, Dattoli SD, Calienni M, Bedini A, Spampinato S. REST is up-regulated by epidermal growth factor in HeLa cells and inhibits apoptosis by influencing histone H3 acetylation. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Aug;1823(8):1252-63. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.05.026.
- Giacomo Koch, Francesco Di Lorenzo, Stefano Loizzo, Caterina Motta, Sara Travaglione, Monica Baiula, Roberto Rimondini, Viviana Ponzo, Sonia Bonnì, Sofia Toniolo, Fabrizio Sallustio, Marco Bozzali, Carlo Caltagirone, Gabriele Campana & Alessandro Martorana. CSF tau is associated with impaired cortical plasticity, cognitive decline and astrocyte survival only in APOE4-positive Alzheimer’s disease. Sci Rep. 2017 Oct 23;7(1):13728. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14204-3.