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List of works by Francesca Marino Merlo

A novel, cell-free PCR-based assay for evaluating the inhibitory activity of antiretroviral compounds against HIV reverse transcriptase.

scientific article published on 16 September 2013

Amphiphilic Cyclodextrins as Capping Agents for Gold Colloids:  A Spectroscopic Investigation with Perspectives in Photothermal Therapy

article published in 2008

Anti-herpes simplex virus 1 and immunomodulatory activities of a poly-γ- glutamic acid from Bacillus horneckiae strain APA of shallow vent origin

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

Antiretroviral Therapy in HTLV-1 Infection: An Updated Overview

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Appraisal of a Simple and Effective RT-qPCR Assay for Evaluating the Reverse Transcriptase Activity in Blood Samples from HIV-1 Patients

scientific article published on 13 December 2020

Characterization of the enhanced apoptotic response to azidothymidine by pharmacological inhibition of NF-kB

scientific article published on 02 March 2015

Development and evaluation of a simple and effective RT-qPCR inhibitory assay for detection of the efficacy of compounds towards HIV reverse transcriptase.

scientific article published on 30 September 2017

Downregulation of proinflammatory cytokines in HTLV-1-infected T cells by Resveratrol

scientific article published on 22 July 2016

Focus on recently developed assays for detection of resistance/sensitivity to reverse transcriptase inhibitors

scientific article published on 29 September 2018

Future Perspectives on Drug Targeting in Adult T Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma.

scientific article

HSV-1-induced activation of NF-κB protects U937 monocytic cells against both virus replication and apoptosis.

scientific article published on September 2016

Inflammation and programmed cell death in Alzheimer's disease: comparison of the central nervous system and peripheral blood.

scientific article published on 21 January 2014

Inflammatory and cell death pathways in brain and peripheral blood in Parkinson's disease

scientific article published on January 2015

Inhibition of NF-κB activation sensitizes U937 cells to 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine induced apoptosis

scientific article

Involvement of gD/HVEM interaction in NF-kB-dependent inhibition of apoptosis by HSV-1 gD.

scientific article published on 3 August 2008

Multilocus Sequence Typing Reveals a New Cluster of Closely Related Candida tropicalis Genotypes in Italian Patients With Neurological Disorders.

scientific article published on 6 April 2018

NF-κB-Dependent Production of ROS and Restriction of HSV-1 Infection in U937 Monocytic Cells.

scientific article published on 10 May 2019

Nanoparticles of cationic amphiphilic cyclodextrins entangling anionic porphyrins as carrier-sensitizer system in photodynamic cancer therapy

Phylogenetically Distant Viruses Use the Same BH3-Only Protein Puma to Trigger Bax/Bak-Dependent Apoptosis of Infected Mouse and Human Cells.

scientific article published on June 2015

Quantification of HTLV-1 reverse transcriptase activity in ATL patients treated with zidovudine and interferon-α

scientific article published on 05 May 2017

Role of inflammation and apoptosis in multiple sclerosis: Comparative analysis between the periphery and the central nervous system.

scientific article published on 29 August 2015

Se-(2-aminoalkyl)selenocysteines as biochemical redox agents. A tool to contrast cell injury induced by aflatoxin B1 in HepG2 cells.

scientific article

Signaling pathway used by HSV-1 to induce NF-kappaB activation: possible role of herpes virus entry receptor A.

scientific article published on January 2007

Synthesis and biological evaluation of a new class of glycoconjugated disulfides that exhibit potential anticancer properties.

scientific article published on 6 April 2012

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel small non-peptidic HIV-1 PIs: the benzothiophene ring as an effective moiety.

scientific article published on 23 February 2012

Synthesis and biological testing of thioalkane- and thioarene-spaced bis-beta-D-glucopyranosides.

scientific article

Testing anti-HIV activity of antiretroviral agents in vitro using flow cytometry analysis of CEM-GFP cells infected with transfection-derived HIV-1 NL4-3.

scientific article published on 31 October 2015

Truncated phosphonated C-1′-branched N,O-nucleosides: A new class of antiviral agents

scientific article published on 29 March 2012