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  1. The activity of a mammalian proline-rich peptide against Gram-negative bacteria, including drug-resistant strains, relies on a nonmembranolytic mode of action

    Article • Infection and Drug Resistance, July 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Stefania Conti

  2. Discovering a new class of antifungal agents that selectively inhibits microbial carbonic anhydrases

    Article • Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Agostino Bruno, Professor Stefania Conti

  3. Natural and synthetic peptides with antifungal activity

    Article • Future Medicinal Chemistry, August 2016, Future Science

    Professor Stefania Conti

  4. Dissecting the Structure-Function Relationship of a Fungicidal Peptide Derived from the Constant Region of Human Immunoglobulins

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, February 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Stefania Conti

  5. Antibodies as a source of anti-infective peptides: an update

    Article • Future Microbiology, July 2015, Future Medicine

    Professor Stefania Conti

  6. Peptides from the inside of the antibodies are active against infectious agents and tumours

    Article • Journal of Peptide Science, March 2015, Wiley

    Professor Stefania Conti

  7. Photodynamic therapy: a synergy between light and colors

    Article • February 2015, SPIE

    Professor Stefania Conti

  8. Antibodies as an unlimited source of anti-infective, anti-tumour and immunomodulatory peptides

    Article • Science Progress, September 2014, SAGE Publications

    Professor Stefania Conti

  9. Yeast Killer Toxin-Like Candidacidal Ab6 Antibodies Elicited through the Manipulation of the Idiotypic Cascade

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2014, PLOS

    Professor Stefania Conti

  10. A Wickerhamomyces anomalus Killer Strain in the Malaria Vector Anopheles stephensi

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2014, PLOS

    Professor Stefania Conti

  11. Vaccination of Heifers with Anaflatoxin Improves the Reduction of Aflatoxin B1 Carry Over in Milk of Lactating Dairy Cows

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2014, PLOS

    Professor Stefania Conti

  12. Antimicrobial activity of poultry bone and meat trimmings hydrolyzates in low-sodium turkey food

    Article • Food & Function, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Stefania Conti

  13. Structural and functional studies on a proline-rich peptide isolated from swine saliva endowed with antifungal activity towards Cryptococcus neoformans

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Stefania Conti

  14. In vitro bactericidal effect of Nd:YAG laser on Actinomyces israelii

    Article • Lasers in Medical Science, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefania Conti

  15. Antibody Constant Region Peptides Can Display Immunomodulatory Activity through Activation of the Dectin-1 Signalling Pathway

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2012, PLOS

    Professor Stefania Conti

  16. Peptides of the Constant Region of Antibodies Display Fungicidal Activity

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2012, PLOS

    Professor Stefania Conti

  17. Antibody Peptide Based Antifungal Immunotherapy

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2012, Frontiers

    Professor Stefania Conti

  18. Vaccination of Lactating Dairy Cows for the Prevention of Aflatoxin B1 Carry Over in Milk

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2011, PLOS

    Professor Stefania Conti

  19. Killer peptide: a novel paradigm of antimicrobial, antiviral and immunomodulatory auto-delivering drugs

    Article • Future Medicinal Chemistry, July 2011, Future Science

    Professor Stefania Conti

  20. From Pichia anomala killer toxin through killer antibodies to killer peptides for a comprehensive anti-infective strategy

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefania Conti

  21. Differential Antitumor Effects of IgG and IgM Monoclonal Antibodies and Their Synthetic Complementarity-Determining Regions Directed to New Targets of B16F10-Nex2 Melanoma Cells

    Article • Translational Oncology, August 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Stefania Conti

  22. Antibody Complementarity-Determining Regions (CDRs): A Bridge between Adaptive and Innate Immunity

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2009, PLOS

    Professor Stefania Conti

  23. Reversible Self-Assembly: A Key Feature for a New Class of Autodelivering Therapeutic Peptides

    Article • Molecular Pharmaceutics, June 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Stefania Conti

  24. Biotyping of Candida albicans and Other Fungi by Yeast Killer Toxins Sensitivity

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefania Conti

  25. Yeast Killer Toxins Technology Transfer

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefania Conti

  26. From yeast killer toxins to antibiobodies and beyond

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, November 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stefania Conti

  27. Antibody Complementarity-Determining Regions (CDRs) Can Display Differential Antimicrobial, Antiviral and Antitumor Activities

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2008, PLOS

    Professor Stefania Conti, Professor Maria-Dolores Moragues

  28. Activity of an engineered synthetic killer peptide on Leishmania major and Leishmania infantum promastigotes

    Article • Experimental Parasitology, July 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Stefania Conti

  29. A killer mimotope with therapeutic activity against AIDS-related opportunistic micro-organisms inhibits ex-vivo HIV-1 replication

    Article • AIDS, April 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Stefania Conti

  30. Activity of a killer peptide on the growth and ultrastructure of leishmaniae

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, March 2005, Wiley

    Professor Stefania Conti

  31. Mitochondrial alterations and autofluorescent conversion ofCandida albicans induced by histatins

    Article • Microscopy Research and Technique, January 2005, Wiley

    Professor Stefania Conti

  32. A synthetic peptide as a novel anticryptococcal agent

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, October 2004, Wiley

    Professor Stefania Conti

  33. In Vitro Leishmanicidal Activity of a Monoclonal Antibody mimicking a Yeast Killer Toxin

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, July 2002, Wiley

    Professor Stefania Conti

  34. New immunotherapeutic strategies to control vaginal candidiasis

    Article • Trends in Molecular Medicine, March 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Stefania Conti

  35. Personalized antifungal susceptibility testing

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, March 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stefania Conti

  36. XIX. A transphyletic anti-infectious control strategy based on the killer phenomenon

    Article • FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, September 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stefania Conti

  37. Neonatal mouse immunity against group B streptococcal infection by maternal vaccination with recombinant anti-idiotypes

    Article • Nature Reports Stem Cells, June 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefania Conti

  38. Mycobactericidal Activity of Human Natural, Monoclonal, and Recombinant Yeast Killer Toxin‐like Antibodies

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Stefania Conti

  39. Antibodies, killer toxins and antifungal immunoprotection: a lesson from nature?

    Article • Immunology Today, April 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Stefania Conti

  40. In Vitro Decrease of Rat-derived Pneumocystis carinii Attachment Induced by Human Natural Yeast Killer Toxin-like Antiidiotypic Candidacidal Antibodies

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, September 1996, Wiley

    Professor Stefania Conti

  41. Killer factor interference in mixed opportunistic yeast cultures

    Article • Mycopathologia, July 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefania Conti, David C Coleman

  42. Candida albicans stress mannoproteins expression in superficial and systemic candidiasis

    Article • Mycopathologia, February 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefania Conti

  43. Hansenula anomala killer toxin induces secretion and severe acute injury in the rat intestine

    Article • Gastroenterology, December 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Stefania Conti

  44. Killer toxin secretion through the cell wall of the yeastPichia anomala

    Article • Mycopathologia, June 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefania Conti

  45. Genomic studies on killer yeasts belonging to the genusPichia

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, October 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefania Conti

  46. Ultrastructural immunodetection of a Pichia anomala killer toxin: a preliminary study

    Article • Biology of the Cell, January 1992, Wiley

    Professor Stefania Conti

  47. Production of yeast killer toxin in experimentally infected animals

    Article • Mycopathologia, June 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefania Conti

  48. Serological study of yeast killer toxins by monoclonal antibodies

    Article • Mycopathologia, December 1989, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Stefania Conti