Browsing Scienze del farmaco by Author "Sbardella, Gianluca"
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Alginate hydrogels in drug delivery: from physico- chemical to technological studies of a promising polysaccharide for 3D printing applications.
Falcone, Giovanni (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2022-10-20)Focusing the attention on the futuristic concept of personalized medicine, the Ph.D. project aimed to demonstrate the potentialities of hydrogels as a versatile feed material for the semi solid extrusion 3D printing ... -
Application of Artificial Neural Networks to the design and optimization of superhydrophobic coatings
Marrafino, Francesco (2021-05-19)Recently, considerable attention has been devoted to developing superhydrophobic surfaces due to their advantageous antimicrobial and self-cleaning properties. While significant effort has been devoted to their fabrication, ... -
Bioactives from agricultural food by-products: application in food and health
Pagano, Imma (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2017-04-04)Agriculture and agri-food industry produce a large amount of residues in non-edible portions from cultivation and processing of crops. These wastes, considered by-products, give serious environment damage, if not properly ... -
Bioprospecting of plants from Campania region to promote the sustainable use of biodiversity
Parisi, Valentina (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2023-04-12)This research aimed to chemical-biological study of plant and fungal species from inland areas of Campania Region, typically used in preparations for medicinal purposes or food traditional recipes. In the preliminary ... -
Chronotherapeutic Drug Delivery in Early Morning Pathologies: Design and Production of new NSAIDs/SAIDs polysaccharide-based systems
Cerciello, Andrea (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2017-03-28)The major technological challenge encountered when formulating new dosage forms is to find a way to adapt drug release kinetics to specific clinical requirements, with the aim to enhance the therapeutic action of both new ... -
Computational design of new antimicrobial peptides
Parisi, Rosaura (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2018-04-13)Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) are evolutionarily conserved components of the innate immune system. They have a broad spectrum of action against bacteria, fungi and viruses. Therefore, AMP are studied as probable substitutes ... -
Design and production of personalised medicines via innovative 3D printing technologies
Saviano, Marilena (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2021-05-04)The perspective of personalized therapies in recent years is projecting the community towards a rampant hankering for individualization of healthcare. Paramount is the necessity of re-organizing the healthcare services ... -
Design, synthesis and biological activity of new target selective antitumoral agents
Russo, Alessandra (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2018-04-05)Cancer development is a complex pathological process that exploits a variety of biological actors. The identification of new molecular entities able to interfere with new biological targets, involved in tumorigenesis, is ... -
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of new small-molecule modulators of proein lysine methyltransferases (PKMTs)
Rescigno, Donatella (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2018-04-20)Histone lysine methyltransferases have crucial roles in a number of biological processes and human diseases by controlling gene expression and chromatin state. Within this family, the lysine methyltransferase G9a has emerged ... -
Development of analytical strategies for phytochemical investigation of «superfoods», with particular attention to Botanicals.
Cannavacciuolo, Ciro (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2022-04-27)There is a great attention to functional foods exerting health benefits. In this frame the claim ‘superfood’ to characterize products with high nutritional value and bioactive phytochemicals is more and more used. In ... -
Development of novel anticancer compounds directed towards promising therapeutic targets
Pierri, Martina (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2023-04-19)Lysine acetylation of histone tails is an epigenetic hallmark that plays a crucial role in the regulation of chromatin structure. Alteration in acetylation levels and/or aberrant activity in proteins involved in this ... -
Drug delivery to the lung in Cystic Fibrosis: deposition, dissolution, mucus interaction and microbiological evaluation of dry powder inhalers
Manniello, Michele Dario (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2018-04-05)The inhalation therapy consists of a direct administration of drugs for the treatment of lung diseases. A formulation for inhalation is a valid option in the symptomatic management of pulmonary diseases typical of cystic ... -
Innovative technological strategies for the production of in situ gelling powders containing active biomolecules for wound healing
Amante, Chiara (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2022-05-02)The aim of this Ph.D. project is the development of novel topical formulations for the treatment of various wounds by innovative technologies (micro and nano spray drying). The specific objective is the production of a ... -
Interactome analysis of bioactive molecules: optimization of a functional proteomics platform
Morretta, Elva (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2020-10-24)The identification of natural products (NPs) target proteins is pivotal to understand their mechanism of action, in order to develop molecular probes and/or potential drugs. In the last 15 years, affinity chromatogra ... -
Molecular basis of cardiomiopathy
Pecoraro, Michela (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2018-04-05)The normal heart rhythm is guaranteed by an important intercellular junctions system, named Gap Junction (GJs). Each GJs consists of two units called connexons formed by six specific trans-membrane proteins named connexins ... -
Molecular mechanisms of TFF1-Helicobacter cross-talk
Mentucci, Fatima Maria (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2023-04-18)Helicobacter pylori is one of the most important pathogenic bacteria associated with various gastric diseases, including cancer. This pathogen induces an acute mucosal inflammatory response and, if not eradicated, it ... -
Neurodegeneration in Chronic Kidney Disease: role of neuroinflammation and uremic toxins
Adesso, Simona (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2017-03-28)Neuroinflammation and oxidative stress have been recognized as common aspects in neurodegenerative diseases. Although the inflammatory process may induce beneficial effects, such as the elimination of the pathogen, ... -
NMR-based metabolomic analysis of biological fluids to monitor relevant unsolved diseases
Palisi, Angelica (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2017-03-30)Metabolomics and metabonomics encompass the comprehensive profiling of multiple metabolite concentrations and their cellular and systemic fluctuations in response to drugs, diet, lifestyle, environment, stimuli and genetic ... -
Proteomic investigation of the impact of Cannabidiolic acid on Eukaryotic Translation complex in glioblastoma
Bellone, Maria Laura (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2023-04-12)Phytocannabinoids, the major secondary metabolites of cannabis plants, exert a wide range of biological activities. The present work was focused on investigating the mechanism of action of cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) in ... -
Role of CD73 in patients with advanced melanoma treated with anti-PD-1 agents
Turiello, Roberta (Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2022-04-04)The treatment of metastatic melanoma was revolutionized by the approval of inhibitors of immune-checkpoints, including antibodies targeting the programmed cell death protein 1 (PD- 1), such as nivolumab and pembrolizumab. ...