List of works - Ivo Piantanida

1-ethyl-3-(6-methylphenanthridine-8-il) urea modulates TLR3/9 activation and induces selective pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in vitro.

scientific article

A Quadrupolar Bis-Triarylborane Chromophore as a Fluorimetric and Chirooptic Probe for Simultaneous and Selective Sensing of DNA, RNA and Proteins

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

A Quadrupolar Bis-Triarylborane Chromophore as a Fluorimetric and Chirooptic Probe for Simultaneous and Selective Sensing of DNA, RNA and Proteins

scientific article published on 28 January 2020

A molecular peptide beacon for the ratiometric sensing of nucleic acids.

scientific article

A novel bis-phenanthridine triamine with pH controlled binding to nucleotides and nucleic acids.

scientific article published on 7 November 2005

A novel pyrene-guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole cation efficiently differentiates between ds-DNA and ds-RNA by two independent, sensitive spectroscopic methods.

scientific article published on 23 March 2008

Acid-base properties of functionalised tripodal polyamines and their interaction with nucleotides and nucleic acids.

scientific article

Analysis of beta-carotene absorbance for studying structural properties of human plasma low-density lipoproteins.

scientific article published in August 2004

Antitumor potential of crown ethers: structure-activity relationships, cell cycle disturbances, and cell death studies of a series of ionophores.

scientific article published on 15 February 2007

Antitumour and antimalarial activity of artemisinin-acridine hybrids.

scientific article

Biological properties of 4-methyl-2,7-diamino-5,10-diphenyl-4,9-diazapyrenium hydrogensulfate (ADAP).

scientific article published on 23 November 2007

Cationic side-chains control DNA/RNA binding properties and antiproliferative activity of dicationic dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene derivatives

scientific article published in 2010

Complex formation of quercetin with lanthanum enhances binding to plant viral satellite double stranded RNA.

scientific article published on 28 August 2009

Crystal and molecular structures of diazapyrenes and a study of pi\cdotspi interactions

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Dimeric calixarenes: a new family of major-groove binders.

scientific article

Effect of 3,4-ethylenedioxy-extension of thiophene core on the DNA/RNA binding properties and biological activity of bisbenzimidazole amidines.

scientific article

Efficiency of Dinucleosides as the Backbone to Pre-Organize Multi-Porphyrins and Enhance Their Stability as Sandwich Type Complexes with DABCO ⬇️

scientific article published on 06 July 2017

Enhancement of antiproliferative activity by phototautomerization of anthrylphenols.

scientific article

Flexibility and Preorganization of Fluorescent Nucleobase-Pyrene Conjugates Control DNA and RNA Recognition

scientific article published on 07 May 2020

Fluorimetric and CD Recognition between Various ds-DNA/RNA Depends on a Cyanine Connectivity in Cyanine-guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole Conjugate

scientific article published on 29 September 2020

Guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole-aryl conjugates as nucleic acid sensors: switch of binding mode and spectroscopic responses by introducing additional binding sites into the linker.

scientific article published on 15 November 2010

Guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole-aryl derivatives: structure tuning for spectrophotometric recognition of specific DNA and RNA sequences and for antiproliferative activity

scientific article

Interaction of spermine-alanine functionalized perylene bisimide dye aggregates with ds-DNA/RNA secondary structure

article published in 2012

Interactions of multicationic bis(guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole) receptors with double-stranded nucleic acids: syntheses, binding studies, and atomic force microscopy imaging

scientific article published on 23 December 2011

Interactions of quercetin and its lanthane complex with double stranded DNA/RNA and single stranded RNA: spectrophotometric sensing of poly G.

scientific article published on 4 January 2006

Kinetic differentiation between homo- and alternating AT DNA by sterically restricted phosphonium dyes

scientific article published on 24 February 2012

Minor structural differences of monomethine cyanine derivatives yield strong variation in their interactions with DNA, RNA as well as on their in vitro antiproliferative activity.

scientific article

Naphthalene diimide bis-guanidinio-carbonyl-pyrrole as a pH-switchable threading DNA intercalator

scientific article published on 08 September 2020

Naphthalene diimide-amino acid conjugates as novel fluorimetric and CD probes for differentiation between ds-DNA and ds-RNA

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

New dicationic derivatives of dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene: tuning DNA-binding properties

scientific article published in May 2009

Novel DNA/RNA-targeting amino acid beacon for the versatile incorporation at any position within the peptide backbone.

scientific article published on 18 May 2017

Novel amidino-substituted thienyl- and furylvinylbenzimidazole: derivatives and their photochemical conversion into corresponding diazacyclopenta[c]fluorenes. synthesis, interactions with DNA and RNA, and antitumor evaluation. 4.

scientific article

Novel biologically active nitro and amino substituted benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolines.

scientific article published on 10 September 2011

Novel cyano- and N-isopropylamidino-substituted derivatives of benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxanilides and benzo[b]thieno[2,3-c]quinolones: synthesis, photochemical synthesis, crystal structure determination, and antitumor evaluation. 2.

scientific article

Novel cyano- and amidino-substituted derivatives of styryl-2-benzimidazoles and benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolines. Synthesis, photochemical synthesis, DNA binding, and antitumor evaluation, part 3.

scientific article published on 13 October 2007

Novel cyano- and amidino-substituted derivatives of thieno[2,3-b]- and thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2-carboxanilides and thieno[3',2':4,5]thieno- and thieno[2',3':4,5]thieno [2,3-c]quinolones: synthesis, photochemical synthesis, DNA binding, and antitumor

scientific article published on 10 January 2006

Novel derivatives of pyridylbenzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxamides and benzo[b]thieno[2,3-c]naphthyridin-2-ones: minor structural variations provoke major differences of antitumor action mechanisms

scientific article published on April 2009

Novel imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine and triaza-benzo[c]fluorene derivatives: synthesis, antiproliferative activity and DNA binding studies.

scientific article published on 6 April 2011

Novel pentamidine derivatives: synthesis, anti-tumor properties and polynucleotide-binding activities

scientific article published on 15 April 2011

Novel thiosemicarbazone derivatives as potential antitumor agents: Synthesis, physicochemical and structural properties, DNA interactions and antiproliferative activity.

scientific article

Pentamidine analogs as inhibitors of [(3)H]MK-801 and [(3)H]ifenprodil binding to rat brain NMDA receptors.

scientific article published on 14 June 2015

Permanent positive charge strongly influences DNA/RNA binding and antiproliferative activity of urea-phenanthridinium conjugates.

scientific article

Photoinduced switch of a DNA/RNA inactive molecule into a classical intercalator.

scientific article published in February 2005

Recognition of homo-polynucleotides containing adenine by a phenanthridinium bis-uracil conjugate in aqueous media.

scientific article published on 18 March 2005

Specific sensing of poly G by the aluminum-salophen complex.

scientific article published on 08 May 2007

Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering Study of the Binding Modes of a Dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene Derivative with DNA/RNA Polynucleotides

scientific article published in 2012

Surface-enhanced Raman study of the interactions between tripodal cationic polyamines and polynucleotides

scientific article published on 22 June 2011

Synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-nitro-substituted 1,3-diaryltriazenes as a novel class of potent antitumor agents.

scientific article published on 23 April 2011

Synthesis and characterisation of thiosemicarbazonato molybdenum(VI) complexes and their in vitro antitumor activity.

scientific article

Synthesis of modified pyrimidine bases and positive impact of chemically reactive substituents on their in vitro antiproliferative activity.

scientific article

Synthesis of phenanthridinium-bis-nucleobase conjugates, interactions with poly U, nucleotides and in vitro antitumour activity of mono- and bis-nucleobase conjugates.

scientific article

Synthesis, DNA/RNA affinity and antitumour activity of new aromatic diamidines linked by 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene

scientific article published on 21 December 2010

Synthesis, antitumor evaluation and DNA binding studies of novel amidino-benzimidazolyl substituted derivatives of furyl-phenyl- and thienyl-phenyl-acrylates, naphthofurans and naphthothiophenes

scientific article

Synthesis, crystal structures and the preliminary evaluation of the new dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene-based DNA/RNA binding agents

scientific article published in September 2006

Synthesis, photochemical synthesis, DNA binding and antitumor evaluation of novel cyano- and amidino-substituted derivatives of naphtho-furans, naphtho-thiophenes, thieno-benzofurans, benzo-dithiophenes and their acyclic precursors

scientific article published on 2 May 2006

The dicationic derivatives of DBTAA: Interactions with DNA/RNA and antiproliferative effects on human cell lines.

scientific article published on 29 November 2006

The phenanthridine biguanides efficiently differentiate between dGdC, dAdT and rArU sequences by two independent, sensitive spectroscopic methods.

scientific article published on 22 March 2011

The size of the aryl linker between two polyaza-cyclophane moieties controls the binding selectivity to ds-RNA vs. ds-DNA.

scientific article published in April 2013

Thermodynamic fingerprints of ligand binding to human telomeric G-quadruplexes

scientific article published on 5 November 2015

List of works by Ivo Piantanida

1-ethyl-3-(6-methylphenanthridine-8-il) urea modulates TLR3/9 activation and induces selective pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in vitro.

A Quadrupolar Bis-Triarylborane Chromophore as a Fluorimetric and Chirooptic Probe for Simultaneous and Selective Sensing of DNA, RNA and Proteins

A Quadrupolar Bis-Triarylborane Chromophore as a Fluorimetric and Chirooptic Probe for Simultaneous and Selective Sensing of DNA, RNA and Proteins

A molecular peptide beacon for the ratiometric sensing of nucleic acids.

A novel bis-phenanthridine triamine with pH controlled binding to nucleotides and nucleic acids.

A novel pyrene-guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole cation efficiently differentiates between ds-DNA and ds-RNA by two independent, sensitive spectroscopic methods.

Acid-base properties of functionalised tripodal polyamines and their interaction with nucleotides and nucleic acids.

Analysis of beta-carotene absorbance for studying structural properties of human plasma low-density lipoproteins.

Antitumor potential of crown ethers: structure-activity relationships, cell cycle disturbances, and cell death studies of a series of ionophores.

Antitumour and antimalarial activity of artemisinin-acridine hybrids.

Biological properties of 4-methyl-2,7-diamino-5,10-diphenyl-4,9-diazapyrenium hydrogensulfate (ADAP).

Cationic side-chains control DNA/RNA binding properties and antiproliferative activity of dicationic dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene derivatives

Complex formation of quercetin with lanthanum enhances binding to plant viral satellite double stranded RNA.

Crystal and molecular structures of diazapyrenes and a study of pi\cdotspi interactions

Dimeric calixarenes: a new family of major-groove binders.

Effect of 3,4-ethylenedioxy-extension of thiophene core on the DNA/RNA binding properties and biological activity of bisbenzimidazole amidines.

Efficiency of Dinucleosides as the Backbone to Pre-Organize Multi-Porphyrins and Enhance Their Stability as Sandwich Type Complexes with DABCO ⬇️

Enhancement of antiproliferative activity by phototautomerization of anthrylphenols.

Flexibility and Preorganization of Fluorescent Nucleobase-Pyrene Conjugates Control DNA and RNA Recognition

Fluorimetric and CD Recognition between Various ds-DNA/RNA Depends on a Cyanine Connectivity in Cyanine-guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole Conjugate

Guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole-aryl conjugates as nucleic acid sensors: switch of binding mode and spectroscopic responses by introducing additional binding sites into the linker.

Guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole-aryl derivatives: structure tuning for spectrophotometric recognition of specific DNA and RNA sequences and for antiproliferative activity

Interaction of spermine-alanine functionalized perylene bisimide dye aggregates with ds-DNA/RNA secondary structure

Interactions of multicationic bis(guanidiniocarbonylpyrrole) receptors with double-stranded nucleic acids: syntheses, binding studies, and atomic force microscopy imaging

Interactions of quercetin and its lanthane complex with double stranded DNA/RNA and single stranded RNA: spectrophotometric sensing of poly G.

Kinetic differentiation between homo- and alternating AT DNA by sterically restricted phosphonium dyes

Minor structural differences of monomethine cyanine derivatives yield strong variation in their interactions with DNA, RNA as well as on their in vitro antiproliferative activity.

Naphthalene diimide bis-guanidinio-carbonyl-pyrrole as a pH-switchable threading DNA intercalator

Naphthalene diimide-amino acid conjugates as novel fluorimetric and CD probes for differentiation between ds-DNA and ds-RNA

New dicationic derivatives of dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene: tuning DNA-binding properties

Novel DNA/RNA-targeting amino acid beacon for the versatile incorporation at any position within the peptide backbone.

Novel amidino-substituted thienyl- and furylvinylbenzimidazole: derivatives and their photochemical conversion into corresponding diazacyclopenta[c]fluorenes. synthesis, interactions with DNA and RNA, and antitumor evaluation. 4.

Novel biologically active nitro and amino substituted benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolines.

Novel cyano- and N-isopropylamidino-substituted derivatives of benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxanilides and benzo[b]thieno[2,3-c]quinolones: synthesis, photochemical synthesis, crystal structure determination, and antitumor evaluation. 2.

Novel cyano- and amidino-substituted derivatives of styryl-2-benzimidazoles and benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinolines. Synthesis, photochemical synthesis, DNA binding, and antitumor evaluation, part 3.

Novel cyano- and amidino-substituted derivatives of thieno[2,3-b]- and thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2-carboxanilides and thieno[3',2':4,5]thieno- and thieno[2',3':4,5]thieno [2,3-c]quinolones: synthesis, photochemical synthesis, DNA binding, and antitumor

Novel derivatives of pyridylbenzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxamides and benzo[b]thieno[2,3-c]naphthyridin-2-ones: minor structural variations provoke major differences of antitumor action mechanisms

Novel imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine and triaza-benzo[c]fluorene derivatives: synthesis, antiproliferative activity and DNA binding studies.

Novel pentamidine derivatives: synthesis, anti-tumor properties and polynucleotide-binding activities

Novel thiosemicarbazone derivatives as potential antitumor agents: Synthesis, physicochemical and structural properties, DNA interactions and antiproliferative activity.

Pentamidine analogs as inhibitors of [(3)H]MK-801 and [(3)H]ifenprodil binding to rat brain NMDA receptors.

Permanent positive charge strongly influences DNA/RNA binding and antiproliferative activity of urea-phenanthridinium conjugates.

Photoinduced switch of a DNA/RNA inactive molecule into a classical intercalator.

Recognition of homo-polynucleotides containing adenine by a phenanthridinium bis-uracil conjugate in aqueous media.

Specific sensing of poly G by the aluminum-salophen complex.

Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering Study of the Binding Modes of a Dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene Derivative with DNA/RNA Polynucleotides

Surface-enhanced Raman study of the interactions between tripodal cationic polyamines and polynucleotides

Synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-nitro-substituted 1,3-diaryltriazenes as a novel class of potent antitumor agents.

Synthesis and characterisation of thiosemicarbazonato molybdenum(VI) complexes and their in vitro antitumor activity.

Synthesis of modified pyrimidine bases and positive impact of chemically reactive substituents on their in vitro antiproliferative activity.

Synthesis of phenanthridinium-bis-nucleobase conjugates, interactions with poly U, nucleotides and in vitro antitumour activity of mono- and bis-nucleobase conjugates.

Synthesis, DNA/RNA affinity and antitumour activity of new aromatic diamidines linked by 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene

Synthesis, antitumor evaluation and DNA binding studies of novel amidino-benzimidazolyl substituted derivatives of furyl-phenyl- and thienyl-phenyl-acrylates, naphthofurans and naphthothiophenes

Synthesis, crystal structures and the preliminary evaluation of the new dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene-based DNA/RNA binding agents

Synthesis, photochemical synthesis, DNA binding and antitumor evaluation of novel cyano- and amidino-substituted derivatives of naphtho-furans, naphtho-thiophenes, thieno-benzofurans, benzo-dithiophenes and their acyclic precursors

The dicationic derivatives of DBTAA: Interactions with DNA/RNA and antiproliferative effects on human cell lines.

The phenanthridine biguanides efficiently differentiate between dGdC, dAdT and rArU sequences by two independent, sensitive spectroscopic methods.

The size of the aryl linker between two polyaza-cyclophane moieties controls the binding selectivity to ds-RNA vs. ds-DNA.

Thermodynamic fingerprints of ligand binding to human telomeric G-quadruplexes