List of works by Mariagrazia Di Luca

A novel chimeric cell-penetrating peptide with membrane-disruptive properties for efficient endosomal escape.

scientific article published on 2 October 2012

Anti-biofilm properties of the antimicrobial peptide temporin 1Tb and its ability, in combination with EDTA, to eradicate Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms on silicone catheters.

scientific article published on August 2016

Antimicrobial peptides design by evolutionary multiobjective optimization

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BaAMPs: the database of biofilm-active antimicrobial peptides.

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Bacteriophage Sb-1 enhances antibiotic activity against biofilm, degrades exopolysaccharide matrix and targets persisters of Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 17 September 2018

Bio-Orthogonal Chemistry and Reloadable Biomaterial Enable Local Activation of Antibiotic Prodrugs and Enhance Treatments against Infections

scientific article published on 12 December 2018

Comparative analysis of the bactericidal activities of amphibian peptide analogues against multidrug-resistant nosocomial bacterial strains.

scientific article

Daptomycin-loaded biodegradable thermosensitive hydrogels enhance drug stability and foster bactericidal activity against Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 03 July 2018

Detection of Biofilms in Biopsies from Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patients: In Vitro Biofilm Forming Ability and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in Biofilm Mode of Growth of Isolated Bacteria.

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Diffusion Tensor Analysis by Two-Dimensional Pair Correlation of Fluorescence Fluctuations in Cells.

scientific article published on August 2016

Disruption of the ESX-5 system of Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes loss of PPE protein secretion, reduction of cell wall integrity and strong attenuation

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Electro-responsive graphene oxide hydrogels for skin bandages: The outcome of gelatin and trypsin immobilization

scientific article published on 11 May 2018

Evaluation of the inhibitory effects of human serum components on bactericidal activity of human beta defensin 3.

scientific article published on 24 October 2007

Generation of Persister Cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus by Chemical Treatment and Evaluation of Their Susceptibility to Membrane-Targeting Agents.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Generation of virus like particles for epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus.

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

In silico design of antimicrobial peptides.

scientific article published in January 2015

In vitro anti-biofilm activity of a biphasic gentamicin-loaded calcium sulfate/hydroxyapatite bone graft substitute

scientific article published on 18 October 2017

In vitro antimicrobial activity against Abiotrophia defectiva and Granulicatella elegans biofilms

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

In vitro bactericidal activity of the N-terminal fragment of the frog peptide esculentin-1b (Esc 1-18) in combination with conventional antibiotics against Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.

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Inhibitory effect of the human liver-derived antimicrobial peptide hepcidin 20 on biofilms of polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA)-positive and PIA-negative strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis.

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Interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall components with the human natural killer cell receptors NKp44 and Toll-like receptor 2.

scientific article published in June 2013

Isothermal Microcalorimetry Detects the Presence of Persister Cells in a Biofilm After Vancomycin Treatment

scientific article published on 25 February 2019

Nanoscale protein diffusion by STED-based pair correlation analysis

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New Insights into Infections due to Multidrug Resistant Gram Negative Bacteria: The Interplay between Lab and Clinic

scientific article published on 25 December 2018

Real-time assessment of bacteriophage T3-derived antimicrobial activity against planktonic and biofilm-embedded Escherichia coli by isothermal microcalorimetry

scientific article published on 07 June 2018

Release of different amphotericin B formulations from PMMA bone cements and their activity against Candida biofilm

scientific article published on 02 August 2019

Role of CpALS4790 and CpALS0660 in Candida parapsilosis Virulence: Evidence from a Murine Model of Vaginal Candidiasis

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

Strong immunogenicity and cross-reactivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESX-5 type VII secretion: encoded PE-PPE proteins predicts vaccine potential

scientific article published in April 2012

Synergistic antibiotic activity against planktonic and biofilm-embedded Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus oralis

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TbD1 deletion as a driver of the evolutionary success of modern epidemic Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages

scientific article published on 04 February 2020

The BCG1619c gene is not essential for invasion and intracellular persistence of Mycobacterium bovis BCG in human THP-1 and A549 cell lines.

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The ESX-5 associated eccB-EccC locus is essential for Mycobacterium tuberculosis viability

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The N-Terminus of Human Lactoferrin Displays Anti-biofilm Activity on Candida parapsilosis in Lumen Catheters

scientific article published on 13 November 2017

Thermogenic Characterization and Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida auris by Microcalorimetry

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Treatment of microbial biofilms in the post-antibiotic era: prophylactic and therapeutic use of antimicrobial peptides and their design by bioinformatics tools

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