Prof. Francesca Cima
Department of Biology - University of Padova
Professor, Life Sciences
Italy
My co-authors include
Dr Nuno G.C. Ferreira
Lucia Manni
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My Publications
Stem cells of aquatic invertebrates as an advanced tool for assessing ecotoxicological ...
The Science of The Total Environment
June 2021
Immunotoxicity in Ascidians: Antifouling Compounds Alternative to Organotins—V. the Cas...
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
May 2020
Functional amyloidogenesis in immunocytes from the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosse...
Developmental & Comparative Immunology
January 2019
Proliferation and differentiation of circulating haemocytes of Ruditapes philippinarum ...
Fish & Shellfish Immunology
October 2018
Immunological response to bacterial infection in a pelagic tunicate: Inflammation in th...
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
October 2018
Sixty years of experim studies on the blastogenesis of the colonial tunicate Botryllus ...
Developmental Biology
September 2018
Spermatogenesis as a tool for staging gonad development in the gonochoric appendiculari...
Developmental Biology
September 2018
Tin: Environmental Pollution and Health Effects ☆
January 2018
The haemocytes of the colonial aplousobranch ascidian Diplosoma listerianum : structur...
Micron
August 2017
Enzyme Histochemistry for Functional Histology in Invertebrates
January 2017
An intracellular adrenomedullin system reduces IL-6 release via a NF-kB-mediated, cAMP-...
Cytokine
December 2016
Obituary: Professor Armando Sabbadin
Developmental & Comparative Immunology
July 2016
Histamine Stimulates Ciliary Beat Frequency via the H2 Receptor in the ProtochordateBot...
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution
May 2016
Origin and Functions of Tunicate Hemocytes
January 2016
Life history and ecological genetics of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri
Zoologischer Anzeiger
July 2015
Immunotoxicity in ascidians: Antifouling compounds alternative to organotins—IV. The ca...
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology
March 2015
Sexual and asexual reproduction in the colonial ascidianBotryllus schlosseri
genesis
July 2014
A proposed integrated bioindex for the macrofouling biocoenosis of hard substrata in th...
Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
September 2013
Zinc pyrithione induces immunotoxicity in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri
Fish & Shellfish Immunology
June 2013
The haemocytes of the salpThalia democratica(Tunicata, Thaliacea): an ultrastructural a...
Acta Zoologica
May 2013
Preliminary evaluation of the toxic effects of the antifouling biocide Sea-Nine 211™ in...
Marine Environmental Research
February 2013
Immunotoxicity in ascidians: Antifouling compounds alternative to organotins
Chemosphere
September 2012
Genotoxicity and Immunotoxicity of Organotins
March 2012
Tin: Environmental Pollution and Health Effects
January 2011
Interactions of Cr(VI) and Cr(III) with isolated rat liver mitochondria
Inorganic Chemistry Communications
May 2010
Hovering between death and life: Natural apoptosis and phagocytes in the blastogenetic ...
Developmental & Comparative Immunology
March 2010
Beef heart mitochondria for the Rotenone monitoring
Analytical Methods
January 2010
Apoptosis and pattern of Bcl‐2 and Bax expression in the alimentary tract during the co...
Italian Journal of Zoology
March 2009
Immunotoxicity in ascidians: Antifouling compounds alternative to organotins – II. The ...
Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B
October 2008
First evidence of cell division in circulating haemocytes from the Manila clam Tapes ph...
Cell Biology International
July 2008
Toxic effects of new antifouling compounds on tunicate haemocytes
Aquatic Toxicology
January 2008
A Tale of Death and Life: Natural Apoptosis in the Colonial Ascidian Botryllus schlosse...
Current Pharmaceutical Design
January 2008
Haemocytes and blastogenetic cycle in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: a mat...
Cell and Tissue Research
October 2007
TCMS inhibits ATP synthesis in mitochondria: A systematic analysis of the inhibitory me...
Toxicology in Vitro
September 2007
Botryllus schlosseri: A model ascidian for the study of asexual reproduction
Developmental Dynamics
January 2007
Irgarol inhibits the synthesis of ATP in mitochondria from rat liver
Chemosphere
December 2006
Colony specificity and chemotaxis in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
November 2006
External amebocytes guard the pharynx entry in a tunicate (Ascidiacea)
Developmental & Comparative Immunology
January 2006
Release of phagocytosis-stimulating factor(s) by morula cells in a colonial ascidian
Marine Biology
August 2005
A new proposal regarding the transport mechanism of mercury in biological membranes
Inorganica Chimica Acta
March 2005
Tributyltin–sulfhydryl interaction as a cause of immunotoxicity in phagocytes of tunicates
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
July 2004
Cellular aspects of allorecognition in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri
Developmental & Comparative Immunology
July 2004
Alimentary tract of kowalevskiidae (appendicularia, tunicata) and evolutionary implicat...
Journal of Morphology
September 2003
The highly specialised gut of Fritillariidae (Appendicularia: Tunicata)
Marine Biology
July 2003
Apoptosis and phosphatidylserine-mediated recognition during the take-over phase of the...
Cell and Tissue Research
June 2003
The interaction of zinc pyrithione with mitochondria from rat liver and a study of the ...
Applied Organometallic Chemistry
January 2003
The Exceptional “Blind” Gut of Appendicularia sicula (Appendicularia, Tunicata)
Zoologischer Anzeiger
January 2003
Oxidative stress induces cytotoxicity during rejection reaction in the compound ascidia...
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology
November 2002
Multifarious activities of gut epithelium in an appendicularian ( Oikopleura dioica : T...
Marine Biology
September 2002
Phagocyte spreading and phagocytosis in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: evi...
Developmental & Comparative Immunology
May 2002
Butyltins and calmodulin: which interaction?
Applied Organometallic Chemistry
January 2002
Morpho-functional characterization of haemocytes of the compound ascidian Botrylloides ...
Acta Zoologica
September 2001
Gut ultrastructure of the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica (Tunicata)
Invertebrate Biology
September 2001
Phagocytic and enzymatic activities of cells and urn cell complexes in the coelomic flu...
Italian Journal of Zoology
January 2001
Haemocytes of the clam Tapes philippinarum (Adams & Reeve, 1850): morphofunctional char...
Fish & Shellfish Immunology
November 2000
Embryotoxicity of butyltin compounds to the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus
Marine Environmental Research
July 2000
Tributyltin induces cytoskeletal alterations in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schloss...
Aquatic Toxicology
April 2000
Biomarkers for TBT Immunotoxicity Studies on the Cultivated Clam Tapes philippinarum (A...
Marine Pollution Bulletin
January 1999
Phenoloxidase and cytotoxicity in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri
Developmental & Comparative Immunology
December 1998
Immunotoxic effects of organotin compounds in Tapes philippinarum
Chemosphere
December 1998
Cytoskeleton Alterations by Tributyltin (TBT) in Tunicate Phagocytes
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
May 1998
Triphenyltin pesticides in sea water as immunotoxins for tunicates
Marine Chemistry
November 1997
PCBs and organochlorinated pesticides in eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) from the Po delta
Marine Chemistry
November 1997
Calcium Homeostasis and Yeast Phagocytosis in Hemocytes of the Colonial Ascidian Botryl...
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology
September 1997
Toxicity of Organotin Compounds on Embryos of a Marine Invertebrate (Styela plicata;Tun...
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
November 1996
New data on phagocytes and phagocytosis in the compound ascidianBotryllus schlosseri(Tu...
Italian Journal of Zoology
January 1996
Morula Cells and Histocompatibility in the Colonial Ascidian Botryllus schlosseri
ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE
December 1995
Immunotoxicity of butyltins in tunicates
Applied Organometallic Chemistry
November 1995
Accumulation of tributylltin chloride by carp (cyprinus carpio L)
Toxicology Letters
August 1995
Phagocytosis in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri
Developmental & Comparative Immunology
November 1994
Botanical, Chemical and Biological Assays in Oenanthe Crocata L. Acute Poisoning
Pharmacological Research
May 1993
Histoenzymatic staining and characterization of the colonial ascidianBotryllus schlösse...
Bolletino di zoologia
January 1993
Organotin Compounds in the Environment