Target discovery for unmet medical needs and precision/personalized medicine - April 2022

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IBIOM (+)RNA virus replication-associated protein expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast, (+)RNA virus, SARS-CoV-2, cell membranesG. Petrosillo, N. Guaragnella, C. Musicco, F. Mastrorocco, S. Giannattasio
ITB A drug repositioning pipeline to evaluate a synergic effect of small molecules on CFTR drugs Cystic fibrosis, Drug repositioning, pipeline, drug discovery and bioinformaticsP. D’Ursi, A. Orro
IRIB A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK TO DISCOVER PHARMACOGENOMIC INTERACTIONS BASED ON RANDOM FORESTS cancer; drug response; genomic alterations; pharmacogenomic interactionsS. Fasola, S. La Grutta
IBPM A novel approach to modulate the protein levels of the spastin enzyme acting on Cullin4mediated degradation: from molecular mechanisms to therapy spastin; Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP); poly-ubiquitylation/degradation; neddylation inhibitor; Cullin-4-Ring ubiquitin ligase complex (CRL4)F. Sardina, C. Carsetti, M. Pisa, G. Cestra, C. Rinaldo
IGM A novel approach to telomere-driven cellular senescence and age-related diseases aging, telomeres, ncRNA, ASOF. d’Adda di Fagagna
IBB A Reversible Shift of Driver Dependence from EGFR to Notch1 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer as a Cause of Resistance to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Notch1, EGFR, EMT, tumor spheres, NSCLCF. Iommelli, V. De Rosa, R. Fonti
IBIOM A yeast model to unravel new BRCA2 functions in cell stress response and metabolism cancer, BRCA2, yeast, cell death, metabolic reprogrammingA. Costanza, N. Guaragnella, A. L'Abbate, C. Musicco, F. Mastrorocco, E. Picardi, A. M. D'Erchia, G. Pesole, S. Giannattasio
IBPM AAV mediated delivery of artificial transcription factor genes as therapeutic strategy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy AAV, zinc finger artificial transcription factor, DMD, utrophin, NMJC. Pisani
IBBC APPLICATION OF CRISPR/CAS9 STRATEGY FOR GENE THERAPY OF INHERITED DISEASES gene therapy, CRISPR/Cas9, myotonic dystrophy type 1B. Cardinali, C. Provenzano, M. Izzo, J. Battistini, G. Strimpakos, E. Golini, S. Mandillo, F. Scavizzi, M. Raspa, G. Falcone
IBFM Assessment of radiotherapy efficacy in a GBM-immunocompetent animal model GBM, radiotherapy, in vivo imaging, tumor microenvironment, tumor response/resistanceS. Valtorta, G. Bertoli, S. Todde, S. Belloli, R. M. Moresco
IBIOM Bioinformatics approaches for COVID-19 genomics Bioinformatics; Comparative Genomics; Variant Prioritization; Big Data; COVID-19M. Chiara, E. Ferrandi, P. Mandreoli, M. A. Tangaro, G. Pesole
IBPM BLOCKAGE OF AUTOPHAGOSOME-LYSOSOME FUSION THROUGH SNAP29 INHIBITION PROMOTES APOPTOSIS VIA ROS PRODUCTION mitosis, kinetochore, autophagy, anticancer therapy, SNAP29F. R. Pellegrini, S. De Martino, I. Ventura, M. Fiore, D. Trisciuoglio, F. Degrassi
IBF Breaking the code of ribosome heterogeneity to develop next-generation non-coding RNA-based therapies Ribosome; post-transcriptional modification; RNA-therapy; ribosome profiling; genetic diseasesF. Lauria, D. Donzel, I. Signoria, G. Viero
IFC Cancer genomics through Third Generation Sequencing of cell free DNA from liquid biopsy Copy Number Aberrations, Cancer, Plasma, Epigenetics, Circulating tumor DNAS. G. Conticello
IBF Computational Neuroscience for Drug Discovery brain diseases, ageing, modeling, drug discovery, EBRAINSM. Migliore
IGB CRISPR correction of DNMT3B mutations in ICF1 patient iPSCs identifies early genomic disease targets with restored DNA methylation DNA methylation, patient-iPSCs, ICF syndrome, DNMT3B, hematopoietic progenitorsM. Strazzullo, V. Poondi-Khrishnan, B. Morone, L. Pisapia, M.R. Matarazzo
IBIOM DETECTION OF THE MOLECULAR TARGETS OF METFORMIN AND CURCUMIN. A NEW COMBINATION FOR CANCER THERAPY? metformin; curcumin; mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes; glycolysis; glyoxalase systemL. de Bari, M. F. Caratozzolo
IBPM Developing protein-protein interaction inhibitors to target oncogenic functions of the Aurora-A kinase Aurora-A, TPX2, MYCN, cancer, protein-protein interaction inhibitorsI.A. Asteriti, F. Polverino, G. Colotti, G. Guarguaglini
IN Development of a novel photothrombotic model in mice to reproduce human malignant stroke Brain, Stroke, Translational stroke research, ReperfusionM. Baldereschi
IEOS DEVELOPMENT OF APTAMER-CONJUGATED POLYMER NANOPARTICLES FOR SELECTIVE PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY OF TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER CELLS conjugated polymer nanoparticles, photodynamic therapy, aptamers, TNBCL. E. Ibarra, S. Camorani, L. Agnello, A. D'Argenio, R. Nilo, M. Fedele, L. Cerchia
IEOS DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE DRUG-LOADED AND APTAMER TARGETED NANOSYSTEMS FOR TREATMENT OF TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER Nucleic acid aptamers, precision nanomedicine, targeted drug delivery, TNBC, cancer immunotherapyS. Camorani, L. Agnello, S. Tortorella, L. E. Ibarra, A. d'Argenio, R. Nilo, M. Fedele, L. Cerchia
IBBC Development towards clinical application of the anticancer peptide Pep3 for reactivation of p53 p53, MDM4-MDM2 heterodimer, peptide-based therapeutic, PLGA, NSCLCM.R. Assenza, L. Giorgini, S. Valentini, M. Attili, S. Maiullari, M. Raspa, F. Scavizzi, F. Moretti
IBPM Dissecting how microenvironment remodelled by tumor and stromal cells facilitate ovarian cancer metastasis: interaction between endothelin and integrin signaling cancer/stroma, invadopodia, GPCR, integrin, organotypic modelI. Masi, D. Del Rio., F. Ottavi, L. Rosanò
IBPM Dissecting the role of the oncoprotein GOLPH3 in cytokinesis and cell proliferation GOLPH3, Golgi, cytokinesis, cancer, DrosophilaA. Frappaolo, S. Sechi, A. Karimpour-Ghahnavieh, M .G. Giansanti
IEOS DNA Methylation and Type 2 Diabetes: Novel Biomarkers for Risk Assessment? biomarkers of risk assessment; DNA methylation; First-degree-relatives of type 2 diabetes; TXNIP (cg19693031)P. Mirra, L. Parrillo, C. Nigro, C. Miele
IRGB Estradiol treatment as therapeutic strategy for Cornelia de Lange syndrome Cornelia de Lange syndrome, c-MYC, gene expression dysregulation, estradiol, cohesinA. Musio
IBB Exploring brain microstructure by Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Relaxometry, quantitative MRI, magnetic susceptibility, tissue microstructureS. Monti
IBIOM Glutamine traffic: link with cancer and drug targeting glutamine; cancer; drug target; drug design; membrane transportC. Indiveri, A. Tonazzi, N. Giangregorio
IFC HEALTH360: A CLOUD-BASED TOOL FOR DATA COLLECTION LEADING TO PRECISION MEDICINE IN NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS cloud, ICT, neuromuscular disorders, p4 medicine, softwareR. Conte, A. Tonacci
IBBC Human Paraoxonase-2 (PON2): role in cancer and more PON2; anti-redox activity; anti-apoptosis; cancer; mRNA regulationE. Porzio, T. M. Carusone, M. Marone, G. Manco
IGM Human RNA helicase DDX3X as a target for broad spectrum antiviral agents virtual screening, host-pathogen interactions, antiviral drug, cellular target, RNA helicaseG. Maga
IBB Hunting for new therapeutics against antibiotic resistant pathogens Protein structure, emerging infections, therapeutic development, RNAF. Squeglia, M. Romano, A. Ruggiero, R. Berisio
IBPM IDENTIFICATION OF PATHOLOGICAL NONCODING RNAS AS NEW TARGETS FOR RNA-MEDIATED THERAPIES IN BRAIN CANCER Medulloblastoma; long noncoding RNAs; cancer driver genes; competing endogenous RNAs; MYCP. Laneve , J. Rea, B. Illi, D. Trisciuoglio, E. Caffarelli
IBPM In silico design and evaluation of exon skipping-inducing antisense oligonucleotides for therapeutic intervention in rare cancers cancer; exon-skipping; genomics; precision medicine; rare diseasesV. Morea, A. Via, T. Colombo
IBBC Inhibition of osteoclast activity by G-protein-coupled receptor targeting G-protein-coupled receptors, osteoclastogenesis, allosteric antagonism, peptidic bindersM. G. Mosca, R. D'Angelo, S. Mariggiò
IBBC Intracerebellar administration of the chemokine Cxcl3 prevents the neoplastic transformation of cerebellar precursor cells forcing their migration Medulloblastoma; Mouse model; Cxcl3; Migration; Preneoplastic lesionsM. Ceccarelli, L. Micheli, G. D’Andrea, F. Tirone
IGM Leveraging chromatin 3D architecture to understand unexplained clinical heterogeneity Chromatin 3D architecture, Computational genomics, Gene regulatory networks, Epigenetics, CancerF. Ferrari
IFC Lmat≡LNA-204 as therapeutic strategy in melanoma LNA-204 inhibitor, apoptosis, in vivo melanoma models, attenuated Listeria monocytogenes, click chemistryL. Poliseno
IBIOM Machine Learning approaches for the investigation of the human microbiome human gut microbiome, machine learning, GMHIB. Fosso, M. A. Tangaro, G. Defazio, G. Pesole
IBB Machine Learning for Clinical Radiobiology Outcome modelling, Voxel-Based Analysis, radiation-induced morbidity, treatment personalizationL. Cella, S. Monti
IFC MAPK15 Controls Hedgehog Signaling in Medulloblastoma Cells by Regulating Primary Ciliogenesis MAP kinases; primary cilia; cancer stem cells; medullo-spheres; GLI1S. Pietrobono, L. Franci, F. Imperatore, M. Chiariello
IFC MAPK15 Protects from Oxidative Stress-Dependent Cellular Senescence by Inducing the Mitophagic Process MAP kinases; mitochondria; Reactive Oxygen Species; Aging; MitophagyL. Franci, M. Chiariello
IBIOM Microbiome studies in female upper reproductive tract Microbiome, endometrium, ovarian cancer, metabarcoding, metagenomicsC. Leoni, C. Manzari, B. Fosso, M. Volpicella, G. Pesole, L. R. Ceci
IN miR-150-5p AND let-7b-5p IN BLOOD MYELOID EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES TRACK COGNITIVE SYMPTOMS IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS PATIENTS Multiple Sclerosis; cognitive deficits; extracellular vesicles; miRNAs; myeloid cellsM. Gabrielli
IFC miRNAs released by prostate cancer cells resistant to docetaxel play a role in the resistance mechanism and act as predictive biomarkers prostate cancer, miRNAs, docetaxel, drug resistance, circulating miRNAs biomarkersM. Canovai, M. Evangelista, A. Mercatanti, M. Rizzo
IBPM Mitoxantrone-loaded nanoferritin slows tumor growth and improves the overall survival rate in a subcutaneous pancreatic cancer mouse model Targeted therapy; Pancreatic Cancer; human ferritin; transferrin receptor (CD71); MitoxantroneP. Ceci, E. Falvo
IBBC MODULATION OF INNATE IMMUNE MEMORY: A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN THE PERSONALIZED BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION OF NANOPARTICLES nanoparticles, innate immune memory, monocytesA. Corteggio, T. Heinzl, D. Melillo, P. Italiani
IRGB Modulation of miR-181a/b ameliorates mitochondrial-mediated neurodegeneration MicroRNA, Mitochondrial Diseases, Neurodegeneration, Gene therapy, RNA-therapyA. Indrieri
IGB mRNA Analysis of Frameshift Mutations with Stop Codon in the Last Exon unstable α‐Hb variants; dominant phenotype; mRNA quality control; Nogo decay; in silico analysisR. Prezioso, G. Cardiero, G. Lacerra
IBPM New cellular imaging-based biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases (ND) in the era of precision medicine cellular imaging-based test; biomarker; neurodegeneration; spastin; cytoskeletonC. Rinaldo, G. Fattorini, R. Caizzi, F. Sardina
IFC New Chitosan B-glycerophospate gel-based formulations enhance Temozolomide availability for local in vivo treatment of glioblastoma Precision medicine, SiO2 colloids, Thermogel, preclinical investigation, drug deliveryL. Gherardini, M. Chiariello
IBPM NITRIC OXIDE HITS GLIOBLASTOMA STEM CELLS BY INDUCING DNA DAMAGE AND TEMOZOLOMIDE SENSITIZATION Glioblastoma stem cells, Nitric oxide, Temozolomide, DNA damage, adjuvant treatmentL. Salvatori, S. Malatesta, M. P. Somma, B. Illi
IBB Non-canonical role of PDK1 as a negative regulator of apoptosis through macromolecular complexes assembly at the ER-mitochondria interface in oncogene-driven NSCLC PDK1; OXPHOS; glycolysis; apoptosis; drug resistanceV. De Rosa, F. Iommelli
IBPM Nucleolar G-quadruplexes as targets in anti-cancer therapy G-quadruplex, rRNA, nucleolusE. Vertecchi, E. Salvati
IBPM Ovarian cancer-driven mesothelial-to-mesenchymal transition is triggered by the endothelin-1 axis stroma, mesothelial cells, endothelin, mesothelial-to-mesenchymal transition, ovarian cancerD. Del Rio, I. Masi, F. Ottavi, L. Rosanò
IEOS PARP10-Aurora A cross-talk in the regulation of cell cycle mono-ADP-ribosylation, cell cycle, cancerG. Grimaldi, M. Matarese, N. Dathan, S. Di Paola
IBPM Pathogenic epigenetic reprogramming of stromal cells contributes to adverse cardiac remodeling cardiac stromal cells, cardiomyopathy, epigenetics, Fibro-adipogenic progenitorsV. Bianconi, R. Didonna, C. Mozzetta
IRGB PBX1-directed stem cell transcriptional program drives tumor progression in myeloproliferative neoplasm myeloid neoplasm; MPN; hematopoietic stem cells; PBX1; JAK2F. Ficara
ITB Potential new therapies targeting NSCLC heterogeneity NSCLC, high-resolution transcriptomics, murine models, cancer stem cell therapy, immunotherapyE. Levantini, G. Maroni, M. C. Magli
IGM Prelamin A as a therapeutic target in premature ageing syndromes Prelamin A, Ageing, Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria, Tocilizumab, Therapeutic targetsG. Lattanzi
IEOS Prioritization of driver genes in cancer-associated copy number alterations identifies B4GALT5 as a glycooncogene cancer, copy number alterations, glycosylation, Golgi apparatusF. Russo, P. Sahu, I. Agliarulo, F. Carlomagno, A. Luini, S. Parashuraman
IEOS Protein mono-ADP-ribosylation in the control of cell physio-pathology mono-ADP-ribosylation; membrane transport; cancer; viral infectionS. Di Paola, A. Pavithran, M. Matarese, N. Dathan, G. Grimaldi
IEOS Q2 derivative prevents obesity by inducing browning and inhibiting adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 adipocytes Obesity, Browning, Adipogenesis, QuercetinP. Ungaro
IFC Radiobiological evaluation of Laser-accelerated Very High-Energy Electrons (VHEE) for FLASH radiotherapy: Study design and preliminary findings VHEE, plasma-laser accelerator, FLASH radiotherapy, radiobiological response, cytokinesis-block micronucleus assayA. Borghini, D. Panetta, A. Mercuri, S. Turchi, M. G. Andreassi
IGM Reduced levels of Prostaglandin I2 Synthase: a distinctive feature of the cancer-free trichothiodystrophy nucleotide excision repair (NER); NER-defective disorders; TFIIH; Transcription; PTGISD. Orioli
ITB Role of genome structure in prostate cancer Epigenetics, chromatin compartment, nuclear structures, genome function, prostate cancerC. Lanzuolo
IBPM Role of PRDM16 in maintaining nuclear integrity and genomic stability in fibro-adipogenic progenitors epigenetics, muscle dystrophy, tumorsA. Guidi, F. Guarino, V. Bianconi, F. Polverino, G. Guarguaglini, C. Mozzetta
IBIOM Role of TRIM8 in p53-dependent regulation of the expression of genes involved in the transport of chemotherapeutic drugs p53, TRIM8, chemoresistanceF. Marzano, A. Amendolare, M. F. Caratozzolo, G. Pesole, A. Tullo
IBPM Selective inhibition of CBP/p300 drives a redox/autophagy/senescence axis leading to cell death in non-small cell lung cancer cells Histone acetyltransferases, autophagy, senescence, oxidative stressM. S. Z. Ansari, V. Stagni, A. Iuzzolino, F. Degrassi, D. Trisciuoglio
IEOS SERS Quantification and efficient delivery of Galunisertib in living Colorectal Cancer Cells by Diatomite Nanoparticles Cancer, drug delivery, SERS, ImagingS. Managò, A. C. De Luca
IBB Structural insights into the inhibition mechanism of hCA XII by a theranostic monoclonal antibody fragment anticancer drugs; carbonic anhydrase XII complex; crystal structure; monoclonal antibodyV. Alterio, D. Esposito, S. M. Monti, G. De Simone
IBBC TARGETED BACTERIOPHAGE NANOPARTICLES FOR ANTICANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY antigen delivery; filamentous bacteriophage; programmed death-ligand 1, cell targeting; anti-tumor immunityR. Sartorius, L. D'Apice, M. Trovato, R. Manco, P. De Berardinis
IRGB TARGETED GENOME EDITING OF HAEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS FOR TREATING RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING GENE 1 (RAG1) IMMUNODEFICIENCY Gene editing, Immunodeficiency, RAG1, Haematopoietic stem/progenitor cellsM. C. Castiello
IRIB TARGETING ALPHA ENOLASE-HSP70 COMPLEXES TO COUNTERACT THE METASTATIC POTENTIAL OF CANCER CELLS ENO1, HSP70, protein-protein interaction, computational approaches, cell migrationG. Perconti
IBB Targeting hypoxia-induced carbonic anhydrases 9 improves response to cisplatin treatment in head and neck squamous carcinoma Tumor microenvironment, hypoxia, drug resistance, Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma, carbonic anhydrase 9A. Sarnella, Y. Ferrara, L. Auletta, S. Albanese, V. Alterio, G. De Simone, A. Zannetti
IEOS Targeting of Cancer associated fibroblast in NSCLC by new aptamer-based approaches Aptamers, SELEX, CAFs, NSCLC, Targeted deliveryM.L. Ibba, G. Coppola, G. Petrillo
IFT Targetting proNGF/p75NTR axis as a novel treatment for chronic arthritis Chronic inflammatory diseases, p75NTR inhibition, inflammation, rheumatoid and juvenile idiopathic arthritis, cytokinesL. Bracci-Laudiero, L. Manni, M. Soligo
IBPM THE CDK4/6 INHIBITOR PALBOCICLIB INDUCES REVERSIBLE SENESCENCE IN BREAST CANCER CELLS Senescence, Palbociclib, Inflammation, ImmunotherapyF. Antonangeli, G. Favaretto
IGM The dark side of IFN-γ in acute myeloid leukemia IFN-γ, acute myeloid leukemia, leukemic microenvironment, regulatory T cells, stromal microenvironmentM. Ciciarello
IFC The FHP01 DDX3X Helicase Inhibitor Exerts Potent Anti-Tumor Activity In Vivo in Breast Cancer Pre-Clinical Models Triple negative breast cancer, DDX3X helicase, in-silico design, preclinical investigation, target therapyL. Gherardini, M. Chiariello
IEOS The glycerophosphoinositols: from physiology to pharmacology Glycerophosphoinositols, Shp1, target identificationA. Varone, M. Monti
IBBC The new PI3K inhibitor MEN1611 strongly counteracts tumor growth in the high frequency medulloblastoma mouse model Ptch1+/−/Tis21KO Medulloblastoma; Mouse model; Allograft model; PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway; MEN1611M. Ceccarelli, G. D’Andrea, L. Micheli, G. Papoff, F. Tirone
IFC The polymorphism L412F in TLR3 inhibits autophagy and is a marker of severe COVID-19 in males SARS-CoVC-2; Toll-like Receptors; Autophagy; ChloroquineF. Imperatore, M. Chiariello
IBPM The RNA helicase DDX5 cooperates with EHMT2 to sustain alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma growth cancer epigenetics, RNA helicase, DDX5, rhabdomyosarcoma, EHMT2V. Bianconi, A. Gualtieri, C. Mozzetta
IRGB TOWARDS THE CLINICAL TRANSLATION OF LENTIVIRAL VECTOR GENE THERAPY FOR OSTEOPETROSIS osteopetrosis, osteoclast, gene therapy, lentiviral vector, hematopoietic stem cellsV. Capo
IFC Transcriptome profiling of RPE cells to unravel new MAPK15 biological functions RNA-seq, transcriptome, kinase, autophagyD. Tatoni, F. Imperatore, L. Franci, M. Chiariello
ITB Transmembrane Protein TMEM230, a target for vascular regeneration and treament for highly vascularized tumors Vascular regeneration; Tumor treatment; Glioblastoma; Vascular normalization; Tumor associated angiogenic switchC. Cocola, I. Zucchi, R. Reinbold
IBPM Trypanothione Reductase: one target, different approaches for the development of a broad-spectrum trypanocidal drug Leishmaniasis, Trypanothione Reductase, Structural Biology, Structure-Based Drug DesignA. Fiorilloa, C. Exertier, G. Colotti, A. Ilari
IBF Type I and II BIR domains as targets for cancer therapy Drug discovery, Apoptosis, NF-κB, IAPs, Smac-mimeticsF. Cossu, M. Milani, T. Giorgino, E. Mastrangelo
IGB Ultraconserved Region Encoding ncRNAs involvement in Bladder tumors Bladder cancer; prognostic biomarker; Transcribed-ultraconserved region; long noncoding RNA; ultraconserved transcript 8+ (uc.8+)A. Cimmino, G. Del Pozzo, V. Mercadante, G. L. Liguori, V. Costa
IFC Unraveling the biology of BRAFV600E isoforms in melanoma BRAFV600E isoforms, yeast genome-wide screening, zebrafish, autophagy, de novo fatty acid synthesisT. Cervelli
IFC Validation of three yeast-based assays for functional classification of BRCA1 missense variants: application of Machine Learning methods S. cerevisiae, functional assay, BRCA1 VUS, DNA repair, machine learningT. Cervelli
IN Viral delivery of a SOX2 engineered epigenetic silencer factor in glioblastoma represses the cancer genetic program and restrains tumor development Glioblastoma, CSCs, SOX2, Epigenetics, Gene therapyV. Benedetti, F. Banfi, V. Broccoli