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  1. Cellular Signaling Pathways Activated by Functional Graphene Nanomaterials

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, October 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  2. Class B β-arrestin2-dependent CCR5 signalosome retention with natural antibodies to CCR5

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  3. Decorated 6,6′,7,7′-tetrahydro-1H,1′H-2,3′-biindole scaffold as promising candidate for recognition of the CDK2 allosteric site

    Article • MedChemComm, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  4. Cell internalization of BODIPY-based fluorescent dyes bearing carbohydrate residues

    Article • Dyes and Pigments, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  5. β-Cyclodextrin-grafted on multiwalled carbon nanotubes as versatile nanoplatform for entrapment of guanine-based drugs

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, November 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  6. Oligo(phenylene ethynylene) Glucosides: Modulation of Cellular Uptake Capacity Preserving Light ON

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  7. Nanoassembly of an amphiphilic cyclodextrin and Zn(ii)-phthalocyanine with the potential for photodynamic therapy of cancer

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  8. Aldol-type compounds from water-soluble indole-3,4-diones: synthesis, kinetics, and antiviral properties

    Article • Molecular Diversity, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  9. Biodegradable core-shell nanoassemblies for the delivery of docetaxel and Zn(II)-phthalocyanine inspired by combination therapy for cancer

    Article • Journal of Controlled Release, April 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  10. The Virion Host Shutoff RNase Plays a Key Role in Blocking the Activation of Protein Kinase R in Cells Infected with Herpes Simplex Virus 1

    Article • Journal of Virology, January 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor Bernard Roizman, Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  11. Supramolecular hybrid assemblies based on gold nanoparticles, amphiphilic cyclodextrin and porphyrins with combined phototherapeutic action

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  12. A Host–Guest Supramolecular Complex with Photoregulated Delivery of Nitric Oxide and Fluorescence Imaging Capacity in Cancer Cells

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, September 2012, Wiley

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino, Dr Laszlo Jicsinszky

  13. Diastereoselective multicomponent synthesis and anti-HSV-1 evaluation of dihydrofuran-fused derivatives

    Article • Molecular Diversity, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  14. A Cyclodextrin‐Based Nanoassembly with Bimodal Photodynamic Action

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, December 2011, Wiley

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  15. Synthesis of 5‐Alkynyl Isoxazolidinyl Nucleosides

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, September 2011, Wiley

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  16. Inside Cover: Light‐Activated Release of Nitric Oxide with Fluorescence Reporting in Living Cells (ChemMedChem 9/2011)

    Article • ChemMedChem, August 2011, Wiley

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  17. Light‐Activated Release of Nitric Oxide with Fluorescence Reporting in Living Cells

    Article • ChemMedChem, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  18. Effective cell uptake of nanoassemblies of a fluorescent amphiphilic cyclodextrin and an anionic porphyrin

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Luigi Monsù Scolaro, Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  19. Synthesis and anti HSV-1 evaluation of novel indole-3,4-diones

    Article • MedChemComm, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  20. Investigation of amphiphilic cyclodextrins encapsulating gold colloids and porphyrins for combined photodynamic and photothermal therapy on tumor HeLa cells

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Luigi Monsù Scolaro, Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  21. Aquaretic inhibits renal cancer proliferation: Role of vasopressin receptor-2 (V2-R)

    Article • Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  22. Design of photosensitizer/cyclodextrin nanoassemblies: spectroscopy, intracellular delivery and photodamage

    Article • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, August 2010, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Luigi Monsù Scolaro, Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  23. Synthesis and biological testing of thioalkane- and thioarene-spaced bis-β-d-glucopyranosides

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  24. The intracellular effects of non-ionic amphiphilic cyclodextrin nanoparticles in the delivery of anticancer drugs

    Article • Biomaterials, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  25. Involvement of gD/HVEM interaction in NF-kB-dependent inhibition of apoptosis by HSV-1 gD

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, December 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  26. Involvement of HVEM receptor in activation of nuclear factor κB by herpes simplex virus 1 glycoprotein D

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, November 2008, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  27. Amphiphilic Cyclodextrins as Capping Agents for Gold Colloids:  A Spectroscopic Investigation with Perspectives in Photothermal Therapy

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, May 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  28. Nitric oxide photocaging platinum nanoparticles with anticancer potential

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  29. Replication-Competent Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Isolates Selected from Cells Transfected with a Bacterial Artificial Chromosome DNA Lacking Only the UL49 Gene Vary with Respect to the Defect in the UL41 Gene Encoding Host Shutoff RNase

    Article • Journal of Virology, August 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  30. Interaction of herpes simplex virus RNase with VP16 and VP22 is required for the accumulation of the protein but not for accumulation of mRNA

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2007, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  31. Phosphonated Carbocyclic 2‘-Oxa-3‘-azanucleosides as New Antiretroviral Agents

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, June 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino, Professor Antonio Rescifina

  32. Signaling Pathway Used by HSV-1 to Induce NF- B Activation: Possible Role of Herpes Virus Entry Receptor A

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  33. Role of Bcl-2 expression for productive herpes simplex virus 2 replication

    Article • Virology, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  34. Nanoparticles of cationic amphiphilic cyclodextrins entangling anionic porphyrins as carrier-sensitizer system in photodynamic cancer therapy

    Article • Biomaterials, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Luigi Monsù Scolaro, Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  35. Protective effect of the acyclic nucleoside phosphonate tenofovir toward human T-cell leukemia/lymphotropic virus type 1 infection of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro

    Article • Antiviral Research, December 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  36. Synthesis of Phosphonated Carbocyclic 2‘-Oxa-3‘-aza-nucleosides:  Novel Inhibitors of Reverse Transcriptase

    Article • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, March 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Antonio Rescifina, Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  37. Novel Heterotopic Colloids of Anionic Porphyrins Entangled in Cationic Amphiphilic Cyclodextrins: Spectroscopic Investigation and Intracellular Delivery

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, December 2003, Wiley

    Dr Luigi Monsù Scolaro, Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  38. Protection by Herpes Simplex Virus Glycoprotein D against Fas-mediated Apoptosis

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  39. Of the three tegument proteins that package mRNA in herpes simplex virions, one (VP22) transports the mRNA to uninfected cells for expression prior to viral infection

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2002, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  40. RNAs Extracted from Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Virions: Apparent Selectivity of Viral but Not Cellular RNAs Packaged in Virions

    Article • Journal of Virology, September 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  41. A Link between Apoptosis and Degree of Phosphorylation of High Mobility Group A1a Protein in Leukemic Cells

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2001, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  42. The Gamma-2-Herpesvirus Bovine Herpesvirus 4 Causes Apoptotic Infection in Permissive Cell Lines

    Article • Virology, November 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  43. Dynamics of proteins, IQENS study on D2O hydrate Crambin

    Article • Physica B Condensed Matter, March 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino

  44. Herpes simplex virus 2 causes apoptotic infection in monocytoid cells

    Article • Cell Death and Differentiation, October 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Maria Teresa Sciortino