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  1. Article: New Paradigms in Brassinosteroids, Strigolactones, Sphingolipids, and Nitric Oxide Interaction in the Control of Lateral and Adventitious Root Formation.

    Altamura, Maria Maddalena / Piacentini, Diego / Della Rovere, Federica / Fattorini, Laura / Falasca, Giuseppina / Betti, Camilla

    Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

    2023  Volume 12, Issue 2

    Abstract: The root system is formed by the primary root (PR), which forms lateral roots (LRs) and, in some cases, adventitious roots (ARs), which in turn may produce their own LRs. The formation of ARs is also essential for vegetative propagation in planta and in ... ...

    Abstract The root system is formed by the primary root (PR), which forms lateral roots (LRs) and, in some cases, adventitious roots (ARs), which in turn may produce their own LRs. The formation of ARs is also essential for vegetative propagation in planta and in vitro and for breeding programs. Root formation and branching is coordinated by a complex developmental network, which maximizes the plant's ability to cope with abiotic stress. Rooting is also a response caused in a cutting by wounding and disconnection from the donor plant. Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroid molecules perceived at the cell surface. They act as plant-growth-regulators (PGRs) and modulate plant development to provide stress tolerance. BRs and auxins control the formation of LRs and ARs. The auxin/BR interaction involves other PGRs and compounds, such as nitric oxide (NO), strigolactones (SLs), and sphingolipids (SPLs). The roles of these interactions in root formation and plasticity are still to be discovered. SLs are carotenoid derived PGRs. SLs enhance/reduce LR/AR formation depending on species and culture conditions. These PGRs possibly crosstalk with BRs. SPLs form domains with sterols within cellular membranes. Both SLs and SPLs participate in plant development and stress responses. SPLs are determinant for auxin cell-trafficking, which is essential for the formation of LRs/ARs in planta and in in vitro systems. Although little is known about the transport, trafficking, and signaling of SPLs, they seem to interact with BRs and SLs in regulating root-system growth. Here, we review the literature on BRs as modulators of LR and AR formation, as well as their crosstalk with SLs and SPLs through NO signaling. Knowledge on the control of rooting by these non-classical PGRs can help in improving crop productivity and enhancing AR-response from cuttings.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-16
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2704341-1
    ISSN 2223-7747
    ISSN 2223-7747
    DOI 10.3390/plants12020413
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  2. Article: Autopsies Revealed Pathological Features of COVID-19 in Unvaccinated vs. Vaccinated Patients.

    Colombo, Daniele / Del Nonno, Franca / Marchioni, Luisa / Lalle, Eleonora / Gallì, Paola / Vaia, Francesco / Falasca, Laura

    Biomedicines

    2023  Volume 11, Issue 2

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    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-14
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2720867-9
    ISSN 2227-9059
    ISSN 2227-9059
    DOI 10.3390/biomedicines11020551
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  3. Article ; Online: May macroglossia in COVID-19 be related not only to angioedema?

    Colombo, Daniele / Del Nonno, Franca / Nardacci, Roberta / Falasca, Laura

    Journal of infection and public health

    2021  Volume 15, Issue 1, Page(s) 112–115

    Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to a variety of clinical manifestations. The occurrence of tongue swelling has recently reported in severe cases of COVID-19, and angioedema has suggested as the causative mechanism. Several factors, such as genetic ... ...

    Abstract SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to a variety of clinical manifestations. The occurrence of tongue swelling has recently reported in severe cases of COVID-19, and angioedema has suggested as the causative mechanism. Several factors, such as genetic predisposing factor and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) therapies, have proposed to induce angioedema, especially as concerns patients requiring ICU treatments. Nevertheless, the question is still debated and other causes not yet recognized should be considered. Here we present a case of macroglossia occurred in a patient deceased for COVID-19 disease, who had no family history of angioedema and did not receive ACEI as antihypertensive drug. Histological and immune-histochemical analysis revealed tongue muscle atrophy with infiltrating macrophages suggesting repair mechanisms, as seen in nerve injury recovery. These new pathological findings may open new fields of study on the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2.
    MeSH term(s) Angioedema/etiology ; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors ; COVID-19/complications ; Humans ; Macroglossia/etiology
    Chemical Substances Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-11-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2467587-8
    ISSN 1876-035X ; 1876-0341
    ISSN (online) 1876-035X
    ISSN 1876-0341
    DOI 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.10.026
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  4. Article ; Online: May macroglossia in COVID-19 be related not only to angioedema?

    Daniele Colombo / Franca Del Nonno / Roberta Nardacci / Laura Falasca

    Journal of Infection and Public Health, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 112-

    2022  Volume 115

    Abstract: SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to a variety of clinical manifestations. The occurrence of tongue swelling has recently reported in severe cases of COVID-19, and angioedema has suggested as the causative mechanism. Several factors, such as genetic ... ...

    Abstract SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to a variety of clinical manifestations. The occurrence of tongue swelling has recently reported in severe cases of COVID-19, and angioedema has suggested as the causative mechanism. Several factors, such as genetic predisposing factor and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) therapies, have proposed to induce angioedema, especially as concerns patients requiring ICU treatments. Nevertheless, the question is still debated and other causes not yet recognized should be considered.Here we present a case of macroglossia occurred in a patient deceased for COVID-19 disease, who had no family history of angioedema and did not receive ACEI as antihypertensive drug. Histological and immune-histochemical analysis revealed tongue muscle atrophy with infiltrating macrophages suggesting repair mechanisms, as seen in nerve injury recovery. These new pathological findings may open new fields of study on the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2.
    Keywords Macroglossia ; COVID-19 ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Angioedema ; Muscle atrophy ; Histopathology ; Infectious and parasitic diseases ; RC109-216 ; Public aspects of medicine ; RA1-1270
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Elsevier
    Document type Article ; Online
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  5. Article: Fatal pulmonary arterial thrombosis in a COVID-19 patient, with asymptomatic history, occurred after swab negativization.

    Del Nonno, Franca / Colombo, Daniele / Nardacci, Roberta / Falasca, Laura

    Thrombosis journal

    2021  Volume 19, Issue 1, Page(s) 1

    Abstract: Background: A considerable number of SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals could be asymptomatic and don't need medical treatment. The clinical spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 infection ranges from asymptomatic cases, medium-intensity forms with mild to moderate ... ...

    Abstract Background: A considerable number of SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals could be asymptomatic and don't need medical treatment. The clinical spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 infection ranges from asymptomatic cases, medium-intensity forms with mild to moderate symptoms, to severe ones with bilateral pneumonia and respiratory distress. In cases with severe presentation of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the induction of hypercoagulability is one of the pathophysiological mechanism that can contribute to death.
    Case presentation: Here, we reported autoptic evidences of thrombotic pulmonary arterial fatal lesions in an asymptomatic COVID-19 patient, after swab negativization. Whole body complete post-mortem examination was performed, showing the presence of a large thrombus occluding the main pulmonary artery that was the cause of death. Histopathological analysis showed heterogeneous pattern of pathological changes in the lung tissue with numerous vascular thrombi, inflammatory cardiomyopathy and other histopathological modifications in kidneys, spleen and liver.
    Conclusions: This study provides evidences that also asymptomatic patients may be at risk to develop thrombotic complications. An appropriate diagnostic screening for thrombotic complications and the early treatment recommendations of antithrombotic drugs could represent an important topic even in asymptomatic individuals.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-06
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1477-9560
    ISSN 1477-9560
    DOI 10.1186/s12959-020-00255-6
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  6. Article: siRNA Transfection Mediated by Chitosan Microparticles for the Treatment of HIV-1 Infection of Human Cell Lines.

    Chronopoulou, Laura / Falasca, Francesca / Di Fonzo, Federica / Turriziani, Ombretta / Palocci, Cleofe

    Materials (Basel, Switzerland)

    2022  Volume 15, Issue 15

    Abstract: Gene delivery is the basis for developing gene therapies that, in the future, may be able to cure virtually any disease, including viral infections. The use of short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) targeting viral replication is a novel strategy for treating ... ...

    Abstract Gene delivery is the basis for developing gene therapies that, in the future, may be able to cure virtually any disease, including viral infections. The use of short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) targeting viral replication is a novel strategy for treating HIV-1 infection. In this study, we prepared chitosan particles containing siRNA tat/rev via ionotropic gelation. Chitosan-based particles were efficiently internalized by cells, as evidenced by fluorescence microscopy. The antiviral effect of chitosan-based particles was studied on the C8166 cell line infected with HIV-1 and compared with the use of commercial liposomes (ESCORT). A significant reduction in HIV replication was also observed in cells treated with empty chitosan particles, suggesting that chitosan may interfere with the early steps of the HIV life cycle and have a synergic effect with siRNA to reduce viral replication significantly.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-08-03
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2487261-1
    ISSN 1996-1944
    ISSN 1996-1944
    DOI 10.3390/ma15155340
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  7. Article: Convergence between Development and Stress: Ectopic Xylem Formation in Arabidopsis Hypocotyl in Response to 24-Epibrassinolide and Cadmium.

    Piacentini, Diego / Della Rovere, Federica / D'Angeli, Simone / Fattorini, Laura / Falasca, Giuseppina / Betti, Camilla / Altamura, Maria Maddalena

    Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

    2022  Volume 11, Issue 23

    Abstract: Ectopic xylary element (EXE) formation in planta is a poorly investigated process, and it is unknown if it occurs as a response to the soil pollutant Cadmium (Cd). The pericycle cells ... ...

    Abstract Ectopic xylary element (EXE) formation in planta is a poorly investigated process, and it is unknown if it occurs as a response to the soil pollutant Cadmium (Cd). The pericycle cells of
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-11-28
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2704341-1
    ISSN 2223-7747
    ISSN 2223-7747
    DOI 10.3390/plants11233278
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  8. Article ; Online: Jasmonates, Ethylene and Brassinosteroids Control Adventitious and Lateral Rooting as Stress Avoidance Responses to Heavy Metals and Metalloids.

    Betti, Camilla / Della Rovere, Federica / Piacentini, Diego / Fattorini, Laura / Falasca, Giuseppina / Altamura, Maria Maddalena

    Biomolecules

    2021  Volume 11, Issue 1

    Abstract: Developmental and environmental signaling networks often converge during plant growth in response to changing conditions. Stress-induced hormones, such as jasmonates (JAs), can influence growth by crosstalk with other signals like brassinosteroids (BRs) ... ...

    Abstract Developmental and environmental signaling networks often converge during plant growth in response to changing conditions. Stress-induced hormones, such as jasmonates (JAs), can influence growth by crosstalk with other signals like brassinosteroids (BRs) and ethylene (ET). Nevertheless, it is unclear how avoidance of an abiotic stress triggers local changes in development as a response. It is known that stress hormones like JAs/ET and BRs can regulate the division rate of cells from the first asymmetric cell divisions (ACDs) in meristems, suggesting that stem cell activation may take part in developmental changes as a stress-avoidance-induced response. The root system is a prime responder to stress conditions in soil. Together with the primary root and lateral roots (LRs), adventitious roots (ARs) are necessary for survival in numerous plant species. AR and LR formation is affected by soil pollution, causing substantial root architecture changes by either depressing or enhancing rooting as a stress avoidance/survival response. Here, a detailed overview of the crosstalk between JAs, ET, BRs, and the stress mediator nitric oxide (NO) in auxin-induced AR and LR formation, with/without cadmium and arsenic, is presented. Interactions essential in achieving a balance between growth and adaptation to Cd and As soil pollution to ensure survival are reviewed here in the model species
    MeSH term(s) Brassinosteroids/pharmacology ; Cyclopentanes/pharmacology ; Ethylenes/pharmacology ; Metalloids/toxicity ; Metals, Heavy/toxicity ; Oxylipins/pharmacology ; Plant Roots/drug effects ; Plant Roots/growth & development ; Stress, Physiological/drug effects
    Chemical Substances Brassinosteroids ; Cyclopentanes ; Ethylenes ; Metalloids ; Metals, Heavy ; Oxylipins ; jasmonic acid (6RI5N05OWW) ; ethylene (91GW059KN7)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-08
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2701262-1
    ISSN 2218-273X ; 2218-273X
    ISSN (online) 2218-273X
    ISSN 2218-273X
    DOI 10.3390/biom11010077
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  9. Article: Nitric Oxide Cooperates With Auxin to Mitigate the Alterations in the Root System Caused by Cadmium and Arsenic.

    Piacentini, Diego / Della Rovere, Federica / Sofo, Adriano / Fattorini, Laura / Falasca, Giuseppina / Altamura, Maria Maddalena

    Frontiers in plant science

    2020  Volume 11, Page(s) 1182

    Abstract: ... Oryza ... ...

    Abstract Oryza sativa
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-08-05
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2613694-6
    ISSN 1664-462X
    ISSN 1664-462X
    DOI 10.3389/fpls.2020.01182
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  10. Article ; Online: Brassinosteroids Mitigate Cadmium Effects in Arabidopsis Root System without Any Cooperation with Nitric Oxide.

    Della Rovere, Federica / Piacentini, Diego / Fattorini, Laura / Girardi, Nicoletta / Bellanima, Dario / Falasca, Giuseppina / Altamura, Maria Maddalena / Betti, Camilla

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2022  Volume 23, Issue 2

    Abstract: The heavy metal cadmium (Cd) affects root system development and quiescent center (QC)-definition in Arabidopsis root-apices. The brassinosteroids-(BRs)-mediated tolerance to heavy metals has been reported to occur by a modulation of nitric oxide (NO) ... ...

    Abstract The heavy metal cadmium (Cd) affects root system development and quiescent center (QC)-definition in Arabidopsis root-apices. The brassinosteroids-(BRs)-mediated tolerance to heavy metals has been reported to occur by a modulation of nitric oxide (NO) and root auxin-localization. However, how BRs counteract Cd-action in different root types is unknown. This research aimed to find correlations between BRs and NO in response to Cd in Arabidopsis's root system, monitoring their effects on QC-definition and auxin localization in root-apices. To this aim, root system developmental changes induced by low levels of 24-epibrassinolide (eBL) or by the BR-biosynthesis inhibitor brassinazole (Brz), combined or not with CdSO
    MeSH term(s) Arabidopsis/drug effects ; Arabidopsis/metabolism ; Biological Transport/drug effects ; Brassinosteroids/pharmacology ; Cadmium/pharmacology ; Drug Synergism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant/drug effects ; Nitric Oxide/metabolism ; Plant Development ; Plant Roots/drug effects ; Plant Roots/growth & development ; Plant Roots/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Brassinosteroids ; Cadmium (00BH33GNGH) ; Nitric Oxide (31C4KY9ESH)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-13
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms23020825
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