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  1. Predominance of Biliverdin over Bilirubin in Human Seminal Plasma

    Article • Biomolecules, April 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  2. Fluorometric Nanoscale Analysis of Bilirubin and Biliverdin in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid

    Article • ACS Chemical Neuroscience, June 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  3. The HELP-UnaG Fusion Protein as a Bilirubin Biosensor: From Theory to Mature Technological Development

    Article • Molecules, January 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  4. Circulating low-molecular-weight (poly)phenol metabolites in the brain: unveiling in vitro and in vivo blood–brain barrier transport

    Article • March 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  5. Combined Fluorometric Analysis of Biliverdin and Bilirubin by the Recombinant Protein Hug

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  6. Nanoscale Bilirubin Analysis in Translational Research and Precision Medicine by the Recombinant Protein HUG

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  7. Physicochemical Characterization of a Biomimetic, Elastin-Inspired Polypeptide with Enhanced Thermoresponsive Properties and Improved Cell Adhesion

    Article • Biomacromolecules, October 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  8. Protocol for the assay of biliverdin by the recombinant protein HUG

    Article • December 2022, Research Square

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  9. Macromolecular and Solution Properties of the Recombinant Fusion Protein HUG

    Article • Biomacromolecules, July 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  10. Preparation of bilirubin standard solutions for assay calibration

    Article • March 2022, Research Square

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  11. Cyanidin 3-glucoside Is a Selective Inhibitor of Hepatic Bilirubin Uptake

    Article • December 2021, Research Square

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  12. Protocol for the study of hepatic bilirubin uptake in the isolated perfused rat liver

    Article • November 2021, Research Square

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  13. Re‐evaluation of polydextrose (E 1200) as a food additive

    Article • EFSA Journal, January 2021, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  14. Four selected commercial seaweeds: biologically active compounds, antioxidant and cytotoxic properties

    Article • International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  15. Opinion on the re‐evaluation of lecithins (E 322) as a food additive in foods for infants below 16 weeks of age and follow‐up of its re‐evaluation as food additive for uses in foods for all population groups

    Article • EFSA Journal, November 2020, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  16. Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 69, Revision 1 (FGE.69Rev1): consideration of aromatic substituted secondary alcohols, ketones and related esters evaluated by JECFA (57th meeting), structurally related to aromatic ketones from chemica...

    Article • EFSA Journal, November 2020, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  17. Opinion on the re‐evaluation of starch sodium octenyl succinate (E 1450) as a food additive in foods for infants below 16 weeks of age and the follow‐up of its re‐evaluation as a food additive for uses in foods for all population groups

    Article • EFSA Journal, August 2020, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  18. Re‐evaluation of polyvinylpyrrolidone (E 1201) and polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (E 1202) as food additives and extension of use of polyvinylpyrrolidone (E 1201)

    Article • EFSA Journal, August 2020, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  19. Opinion on the re‐evaluation of ascorbyl palmitate (E 304i) as a food additive in foods for infants below 16 weeks of age and the follow‐up of its re‐evaluation as a food additive for uses in foods for all population groups

    Article • EFSA Journal, June 2020, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  20. Re‐evaluation of sodium aluminium silicate (E 554) and potassium aluminium silicate (E 555) as food additives

    Article • EFSA Journal, June 2020, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  21. Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 91, Revision 3 (FGE.91Rev3): consideration of aliphatic, aromatic and α,β‐unsaturated sulfides and thiols evaluated by JECFA (53rd, 61st, 68th and 76th meetings), structurally related to substances in F...

    Article • EFSA Journal, June 2020, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  22. Re‐evaluation of dimethyl polysiloxane (E 900) as a food additive

    Article • EFSA Journal, May 2020, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  23. Safety of a proposed amendment of the specifications for steviol glycosides (E 960) as a food additive: to expand the list of steviol glycosides to all those identified in the leaves of Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni

    Article • EFSA Journal, April 2020, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  24. The red-blue pigments found in fruits and beverages are active at the level of the mitochondria.

    Article • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  25. Human Elastin‐like Polypeptides as a versatile platform for exploitation of ultrasensitive bilirubin detection by UnaG

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, November 2019, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  26. A rapid and specific method to simultaneously quantify eukaryotic elongation factor 1A1 and A2 protein levels in cancer cells

    Article • Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, November 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti, Bruna Scaggiante

  27. Anthocyanins in Colorectal Cancer Prevention. A Systematic Review of the Literature in Search of Molecular Oncotargets

    Article • Frontiers in Pharmacology, June 2019, Frontiers

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  28. Chapter 8. Role of the Stomach in Anthocyanin Absorption

    Article • January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  29. Coffee, caffeine, chlorogenic acid, and the purinergic system

    Article • Food and Chemical Toxicology, January 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  30. Composite of Elastin-Based Matrix and Electrospun Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Fibers: A Potential Smart Drug Delivery System

    Article • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, September 2018, Frontiers

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  31. Membrane Transporters for Bilirubin and Its Conjugates: A Systematic Review

    Article • Frontiers in Pharmacology, December 2017, Frontiers

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  32. Evaluation of a biomimetic 3D substrate based on the Human Elastin-like Polypeptides (HELPs) model system for elastolytic activity detection

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, August 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  33. Capsicum annuum var. grossum (Bell Pepper) Inhibits β-Secretase Activity and β-Amyloid1–40 Aggregation

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Food, February 2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  34. Hydroxytyrosol, a Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol with Health Effects

    Article • Current Organic Chemistry, January 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Sabina Passamonti, Dr Seyed Mohammad Nabavi

  35. Effects of chlorogenic acid, caffeine and coffee on components of the purinergic system of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

    Article • The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  36. Epigenetic and miRNAs Dysregulation in Prostate Cancer: The role of Nutraceuticals

    Article • Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, October 2016, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Sabina Passamonti, Bruna Scaggiante

  37. Flavonoid Interaction with a Chitinase from Grape Berry Skin: Protein Identification and Modulation of the Enzymatic Activity

    Article • Molecules, September 2016, MDPI AG

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  38. Modulation of HMG-CoA reductase and glutathione-linked enzymes and protection against pro-oxidant induced oxidative damage in colon (Caco-2) cells and rat colon homogenates by phenolic extracts from Shaddock (Citrus maxima) peels

    Article • Journal of Applied Biomedicine, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  39. Bilirubin is an Endogenous Antioxidant in Human Vascular Endothelial Cells

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2016, Nature

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  40. A method to simultaneously analyze both protein-free bilirubin and biliverdin in biological samples.

    Article • Talanta, July 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  41. Phenolic composition of orange peels and modulation of redox status and matrix metalloproteinase activities in primary (Caco-2) and metastatic (LoVo and LoVo/ADR) colon cancer cells

    Article • European Food Research and Technology, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  42. A fruit pigment straight to the brain

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2016, Nature

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  43. Biochemistry and physiology within the framework of the extended synthesis of evolutionary biology

    Article • Biology Direct, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  44. In vitro myogenesis induced by human recombinant elastin-like proteins

    Article • Biomaterials, October 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  45. Structural Model of the Bilitranslocase Transmembrane Domain Supported by NMR and FRET Data

    Article • PLOS One, August 2015, PLOS

    Professor Sabina Passamonti, Dr Kosma Szutkowski

  46. Metabolites of Dietary Polyphenols found in the Rat Brain

    Article • ACS Chemical Neuroscience, August 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  47. Phenolics from grapefruit peels inhibit HMG-CoA reductase and angiotensin-I converting enzyme and show antioxidative properties in endothelial EA.Hy 926 cells

    Article • Food Science and Human Wellness, June 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  48. Inhibition of metalloproteinase and proteasome activities in colon cancer cells by citrus peel extracts

    Article • Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology, January 2015, De Gruyter

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  49. Pyrolyzed Photoresist Carbon Electrodes in Aprotic Solvent: Bilirubin Electrochemistry and Interaction with Electrogenerated Superoxide

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  50. Protein expression of kidney and liver bilitranslocase in rats exposed to mercuric chloride—A potential tissular biomarker of toxicity

    Article • Toxicology Letters, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  51. Involvement of mammalian bilitranslocase-like protein(s) in chlorophyll catabolism of Pisum sativum L. tissues

    Article • Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  52. Direct determination of free bilirubin in serum at sub-nanomolar levels

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  53. Bioavailability of Flavonoids

    Article • January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  54. Effects of chlorogenic acid, caffeine, and coffee on behavioral and biochemical parameters of diabetic rats

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti, Professor Joao Batista Teixeira Rocha

  55. Development and characterization of a novel mAb against bilitranslocase - a new biomarker of renal carcinoma

    Article • Radiology and Oncology, June 2013, De Gruyter

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  56. Bilitranslocase is Involved in the Uptake of Bromosulfophthalein in Rat and Human Liver

    Article • Drug Metabolism Letters, March 2013, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  57. Cytotoxicity and uptake of archaeosomes prepared from Aeropyrum pernix lipids

    Article • Human & Experimental Toxicology, February 2013, SAGE Publications

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  58. Role of endothelial cell membrane transport in red wine polyphenols-induced coronary vasorelaxation: involvement of bilitranslocase

    Article • Food & Function, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  59. The endothelial plasma membrane transporter bilitranslocase mediates rat aortic vasodilation induced by anthocyanins

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  60. The mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) — An example of multiple molecular exaptation?

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, November 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  61. Bilberry and blueberry anthocyanins act as powerful intracellular antioxidants in mammalian cells

    Article • Food Chemistry, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  62. Metabonomic investigation of rat tissues following intravenous administration of cyanidin 3-glucoside at a physiologically relevant dose

    Article • Metabolomics, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  63. Transport and bioactivity of cyanidin 3-glucoside into the vascular endothelium

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  64. Dietary Anthocyanins: Impact on Colorectal Cancer and Mechanisms of Action

    Article • February 2012, IntechOpen

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  65. Screening of Fullerene Toxicity by Hemolysis Assay

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  66. Identification and Functional Characterization of Bilitranslocase in Sea-Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Hepatopancreas

    Article • Analytical Letters, December 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  67. Experimental determination and prediction of bilitranslocase transport activity

    Article • Analytica Chimica Acta, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  68. Wine Pigments: From Your Cup to Your Cells

    Article • Journal of Wine Research, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  69. Exceptionally Fast Uptake and Metabolism of Cyanidin 3-Glucoside by Rat Kidneys and Liver

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, May 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  70. Acute Cardioprotective and Cardiotoxic Effects of Bilberry Anthocyanins in Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury: Beyond Concentration-Dependent Antioxidant Activity

    Article • Cardiovascular Toxicology, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  71. Oxidative stress-based cytotoxicity of delphinidin and cyanidin in colon cancer cells

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  72. The ectopic FOF1 ATP synthase of rat liver is modulated in acute cholestasis by the inhibitor protein IF1

    Article • Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  73. Bilitranslocase is upregulated in kidney following biliary obstruction

    Article • Nephron Physiology, January 2010, Karger Publishers

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  74. Electrogenic Bromosulfalein Transport in Isolated Membrane Vesicles: Implementation in Both Animal and Plant Preparations for the Study of Flavonoid Transporters

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  75. Immunohistochemical Localisation of a Putative Flavonoid Transporter in Grape Berries

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  76. Expression of bilitranslocase in the vascular endothelium and its function as a flavonoid transporter

    Article • Cardiovascular Research, August 2009, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  77. Identification and localization of the bilitranslocase homologue in white grape berries (Vitis vinifera L.) during ripening

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, July 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  78. Bioavailability of Flavonoids: A Review of Their Membrane Transport and the Function of Bilitranslocase in Animal and Plant Organisms

    Article • Current Drug Metabolism, May 2009, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  79. Uptake of grape anthocyanins into the rat kidney and the involvement of bilitranslocase

    Article • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, October 2008, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  80. BILITRANSLOCASE (BTL) IS IMMUNOLOCALISED IN PROXIMAL AND DISTAL RENAL TUBULES AND ABSENT IN RENAL CORTICAL TUMORS ACCURATELY CORRESPONDING TO INTRAOPERATIVE NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENCE (NIRF) EXPRESSION OF RENAL CORTICAL TUMORS USING INTRAVENOUS INDOCYA...

    Article • The Journal of Urology, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  81. Evidence for a putative flavonoid translocator similar to mammalian bilitranslocase in grape berries (Vitis vinifera L.) during ripening

    Article • Planta, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  82. The Fate of trans- Caftaric Acid Administered into the Rat Stomach

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, February 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  83. Properties of flavonoids influencing the binding to bilitranslocase investigated by neural network modelling

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  84. Uptake of bilirubin into HepG2 cells assayed by thermal lens spectroscopy. Function of bilitranslocase

    Article • FEBS Journal, November 2005, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  85. Hepatic uptake of grape anthocyanins and the role of bilitranslocase

    Article • Food Research International, October 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  86. Fast Access of Some Grape Pigments to the Brain

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, September 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  87. Characterization of electrogenic bromosulfophthalein transport in carnation petal microsomes and its inhibition by antibodies against bilitranslocase

    Article • FEBS Journal, June 2005, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  88. Determination of bilirubin by thermal lens spectrometry and studies of its transport into hepatic cells

    Article • Le Journal de Physique Colloques, June 2005, EDP Sciences

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  89. Immunolocalisation of bilitranslocase in mucosecretory and parietal cells of the rat gastric mucosa

    Article • February 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  90. Hemolytic Effects of Water-Soluble Fullerene Derivatives

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, December 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  91. The stomach as a site for anthocyanins absorption from food 1

    Article • FEBS Letters, May 2003, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  92. The interaction of anthocyanins with bilitranslocase

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, August 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  93. Gastric uptake of nicotinic acid by bilitranslocase

    Article • FEBS Letters, September 2000, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  94. Specific sequence-directed anti-bilitranslocase antibodies as a tool to detect potentially bilirubin-binding proteins in different tissues of the rat

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 1999, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  95. On the mechanism of bilitranslocase transport inactivation by phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride

    Article • Molecular Membrane Biology, January 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  96. The Bilirubin-Binding Motif of Bilitranslocase and Its Relation to Conserved Motifs in Ancient Biliproteins

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, June 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  97. Bilitranslocase can exist in two metastable forms with different affinities for the substrates. Evidence from cysteine and arginine modification

    Article • FEBS Journal, April 1998, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  98. Arylsulfonylation of bilitranslocase in plasma membranes from rat liver enables to discriminate between natural and artificial substrates

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, January 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  99. Prevalence of chronic liver disease in the general population of northern Italy: The dionysos study

    Article • Hepatology, December 1994, Wiley

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  100. Organization of functional groups of liver bilitranslocase

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, November 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  101. Arginine residues are involved in the transport function of bilitranslocase

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, June 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  102. The sulfhydryl groups responsible for bilitranslocase transport activity respond to the interaction of the carrier with bilirubin and functional analogues

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, January 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  103. The role of sulfhydryl groups in sulfobromophthalein transport in rat liver plasma membrane vesicles

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, March 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  104. The quinoid structure is the molecular requirement for recognition of phthaleins by the organic anion carrier at the sinusoidal plasma membrane level in the liver

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, August 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti

  105. Cellular localization of sulfobromophthalein transport activity in rat liver

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, March 1986, Elsevier

    Professor Sabina Passamonti