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  1. The inaudible impact: physiological stress responses to ultrasonic exposure in the solitary ascidian Ciona intestinalis

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, August 2026, Frontiers

    Prof. Francesca Cima, Dr Gianfranco Santovito

  2. Toxic grip of copper(I) and booster dichlofluanid in coastal ecosystems: unraveling the impact of antifouling paints on sea urchin development

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, May 2026, Frontiers

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  3. Possible Evolutionary Precursors of Mast Cells: The ‘Granular Cell’ Immunocyte of Botrylloides leachii (Tunicata; Ascidiacea)

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  4. The underrated immune role of bivalve ‘serous cells’: New insight from inflammatory responses of the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum

    Article • Fish & Shellfish Immunology, April 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  5. Phagocyte dynamics in the blastogenetic cycle of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: Cell senescence, segregation and clearance after efferocytosis

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, January 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  6. Correction: Varello et al. Behavioural Responses to Ultrasound Antifouling Systems by Adult Solitary Ascidians. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11, 1115

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  7. Immunotoxic effects of exposure to the antifouling copper(I) biocide on target and nontarget bivalve species: a comparative in vitro study between Mytilus galloprovincialis and Ruditapes philippinarum

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, August 2023, Frontiers

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  8. Behavioural Responses to Ultrasound Antifouling Systems by Adult Solitary Ascidians

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  9. Larval Settlement on Marine Surfaces: The Role of Physico-Chemical Interactions

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  10. Botryllin, a Novel Antimicrobial Peptide from the Colonial Ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Marine Drugs, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  11. Correction: Cima, F. Searching for the Origin and the Differentiation of Haemocytes before and after Larval Settlement of the Colonial Ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: An Ultrastructural Viewpoint. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2022, 10, 987

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  12. Searching for the Origin and the Differentiation of Haemocytes before and after Larval Settlement of the Colonial Ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: An Ultrastructural Viewpoint

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  13. Effects of Exposure to Trade Antifouling Paints and Biocides on Larval Settlement and Metamorphosis of the Compound Ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  14. Potential disruptive effects of copper-based antifouling paints on the biodiversity of coastal macrofouling communities

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  15. Potential Disruptive Effects of Copper-Based Antifouling Paints On The Biodiversity of Coastal Macrofouling Communities

    Article • September 2021, Research Square

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  16. Two facets of geotextiles in coastal ecosystems: Anti- or profouling effects?

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, August 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  17. Stem cells of aquatic invertebrates as an advanced tool for assessing ecotoxicological impacts

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, June 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  18. Immunotoxicity in Ascidians: Antifouling Compounds Alternative to Organotins—V. the Case of Dichlofluanid

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  19. Functional amyloidogenesis in immunocytes from the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: Evolutionary perspective

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, January 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  20. Proliferation and differentiation of circulating haemocytes of Ruditapes philippinarum as a response to bacterial challenge

    Article • Fish & Shellfish Immunology, October 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  21. Immunological response to bacterial infection in a pelagic tunicate: Inflammation in the salp Thalia democratica

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, October 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  22. Sixty years of experim studies on the blastogenesis of the colonial tunicate Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Developmental Biology, September 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  23. Spermatogenesis as a tool for staging gonad development in the gonochoric appendicularian Oikopleura dioica Fol 1872

    Article • Developmental Biology, September 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  24. Tin: Environmental Pollution and Health Effects ☆

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  25. The haemocytes of the colonial aplousobranch ascidian Diplosoma listerianum : structural, cytochemical and functional analyses

    Article • Micron, August 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  26. Enzyme Histochemistry for Functional Histology in Invertebrates

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  27. An intracellular adrenomedullin system reduces IL-6 release via a NF-kB-mediated, cAMP-independent transcriptional mechanism in rat thymic epithelial cells

    Article • Cytokine, December 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  28. Obituary: Professor Armando Sabbadin

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, July 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  29. Histamine Stimulates Ciliary Beat Frequency via the H2 Receptor in the ProtochordateBotryllus schlosseri

    Article • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution, May 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  30. Origin and Functions of Tunicate Hemocytes

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  31. Life history and ecological genetics of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Zoologischer Anzeiger, July 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  32. Immunotoxicity in ascidians: Antifouling compounds alternative to organotins—IV. The case of zinc pyrithione

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology, March 2015, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  33. Sexual and asexual reproduction in the colonial ascidianBotryllus schlosseri

    Article • genesis, July 2014, Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima, Lucia Manni

  34. A proposed integrated bioindex for the macrofouling biocoenosis of hard substrata in the lagoon of Venice

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, September 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  35. Zinc pyrithione induces immunotoxicity in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Fish & Shellfish Immunology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  36. The haemocytes of the salpThalia democratica(Tunicata, Thaliacea): an ultrastructural and histochemical study in the oozoid

    Article • Acta Zoologica, May 2013, Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  37. Preliminary evaluation of the toxic effects of the antifouling biocide Sea-Nine 211™ in the soft coral Sarcophyton cf. glaucum (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) based on PAM fluorometry and biomarkers

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, February 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima, Dr Nuno G.C. Ferreira

  38. Immunotoxicity in ascidians: Antifouling compounds alternative to organotins

    Article • Chemosphere, September 2012, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  39. Genotoxicity and Immunotoxicity of Organotins

    Article • March 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  40. Tin: Environmental Pollution and Health Effects

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  41. Interactions of Cr(VI) and Cr(III) with isolated rat liver mitochondria

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry Communications, May 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  42. Hovering between death and life: Natural apoptosis and phagocytes in the blastogenetic cycle of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, March 2010, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  43. Beef heart mitochondria for the Rotenone monitoring

    Article • Analytical Methods, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  44. Apoptosis and pattern of Bcl‐2 and Bax expression in the alimentary tract during the colonial blastogenetic cycle ofBotryllus schlosseri(Urochordata, Ascidiacea)

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, March 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  45. Immunotoxicity in ascidians: Antifouling compounds alternative to organotins – II. The case of Diuron and TCMS pyridine

    Article • Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B, October 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  46. First evidence of cell division in circulating haemocytes from the Manila clam Tapes philippinarum

    Article • Cell Biology International, July 2008, Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  47. Toxic effects of new antifouling compounds on tunicate haemocytes

    Article • Aquatic Toxicology, January 2008, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  48. A Tale of Death and Life: Natural Apoptosis in the Colonial Ascidian Botryllus schlosseri (Urochordata, Ascidiacea)

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, January 2008, Bentham Science Publishers

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  49. Haemocytes and blastogenetic cycle in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: a matter of life and death

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  50. TCMS inhibits ATP synthesis in mitochondria: A systematic analysis of the inhibitory mechanism

    Article • Toxicology in Vitro, September 2007, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  51. Botryllus schlosseri: A model ascidian for the study of asexual reproduction

    Article • Developmental Dynamics, January 2007, Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  52. Irgarol inhibits the synthesis of ATP in mitochondria from rat liver

    Article • Chemosphere, December 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  53. Colony specificity and chemotaxis in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology, November 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  54. External amebocytes guard the pharynx entry in a tunicate (Ascidiacea)

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, January 2006, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  55. Release of phagocytosis-stimulating factor(s) by morula cells in a colonial ascidian

    Article • Marine Biology, August 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  56. A new proposal regarding the transport mechanism of mercury in biological membranes

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, March 2005, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  57. Tributyltin–sulfhydryl interaction as a cause of immunotoxicity in phagocytes of tunicates

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, July 2004, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  58. Cellular aspects of allorecognition in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, July 2004, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  59. Alimentary tract of kowalevskiidae (appendicularia, tunicata) and evolutionary implications

    Article • Journal of Morphology, September 2003, Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  60. The highly specialised gut of Fritillariidae (Appendicularia: Tunicata)

    Article • Marine Biology, July 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  61. Apoptosis and phosphatidylserine-mediated recognition during the take-over phase of the colonial life-cycle in the ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, June 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  62. The interaction of zinc pyrithione with mitochondria from rat liver and a study of the mechanism of inhibition of ATP synthesis

    Article • Applied Organometallic Chemistry, January 2003, Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  63. The Exceptional “Blind” Gut of Appendicularia sicula (Appendicularia, Tunicata)

    Article • Zoologischer Anzeiger, January 2003, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  64. Oxidative stress induces cytotoxicity during rejection reaction in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology, November 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  65. Multifarious activities of gut epithelium in an appendicularian ( Oikopleura dioica : Tunicata)

    Article • Marine Biology, September 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  66. Phagocyte spreading and phagocytosis in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: evidence for an integrin-like, RGD-dependent recognition mechanism

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, May 2002, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  67. Butyltins and calmodulin: which interaction?

    Article • Applied Organometallic Chemistry, January 2002, Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  68. Morpho-functional characterization of haemocytes of the compound ascidian Botrylloides leachi (Tunicata, Ascidiacea)

    Article • Acta Zoologica, September 2001, Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  69. Gut ultrastructure of the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica (Tunicata)

    Article • Invertebrate Biology, September 2001, Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  70. Phagocytic and enzymatic activities of cells and urn cell complexes in the coelomic fluid of the marine wormSipunculus nudus(Sipuncula)

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  71. Immunotoxicity in Ascidians: the Case of Organotin Compounds

    Article • January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  72. Haemocytes of the clam Tapes philippinarum (Adams & Reeve, 1850): morphofunctional characterisation

    Article • Fish & Shellfish Immunology, November 2000, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  73. Embryotoxicity of butyltin compounds to the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus

    Article • Marine Environmental Research, July 2000, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  74. Tributyltin induces cytoskeletal alterations in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri phagocytes via interaction with calmodulin

    Article • Aquatic Toxicology, April 2000, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  75. Biomarkers for TBT Immunotoxicity Studies on the Cultivated Clam Tapes philippinarum (Adams and Reeve, 1850)

    Article • Marine Pollution Bulletin, January 1999, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  76. Phenoloxidase and cytotoxicity in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, December 1998, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  77. Immunotoxic effects of organotin compounds in Tapes philippinarum

    Article • Chemosphere, December 1998, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  78. Cytoskeleton Alterations by Tributyltin (TBT) in Tunicate Phagocytes

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, May 1998, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  79. Triphenyltin pesticides in sea water as immunotoxins for tunicates

    Article • Marine Chemistry, November 1997, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  80. PCBs and organochlorinated pesticides in eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) from the Po delta

    Article • Marine Chemistry, November 1997, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  81. Calcium Homeostasis and Yeast Phagocytosis in Hemocytes of the Colonial Ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Physiology, September 1997, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  82. Toxicity of Organotin Compounds on Embryos of a Marine Invertebrate (Styela plicata;Tunicata)

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, November 1996, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  83. New data on phagocytes and phagocytosis in the compound ascidianBotryllus schlosseri(Tunicata, Ascidiacea)

    Article • Italian Journal of Zoology, January 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  84. Morula Cells and Histocompatibility in the Colonial Ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, December 1995, Zoological Society of Japan

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  85. Immunotoxicity of butyltins in tunicates

    Article • Applied Organometallic Chemistry, November 1995, Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  86. Accumulation of tributylltin chloride by carp (cyprinus carpio L)

    Article • Toxicology Letters, August 1995, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  87. Phagocytosis in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

    Article • Developmental & Comparative Immunology, November 1994, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  88. Botanical, Chemical and Biological Assays in Oenanthe Crocata L. Acute Poisoning

    Article • Pharmacological Research, May 1993, Elsevier

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  89. Histoenzymatic staining and characterization of the colonial ascidianBotryllus schlösserihemocytes

    Article • Bolletino di zoologia, January 1993, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Francesca Cima

  90. Organotin Compounds in the Environment

    Article • Wiley

    Prof. Francesca Cima