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Donatella Taramelli

Donatella Taramelli

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
9550
World Ranking
14594
National Ranking
445

Overview

Donatella Taramelli is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and has contributed extensively to research primarily in medicine. Their work spans several specialized areas including public health, environmental and occupational health, infectious diseases, organic chemistry, molecular biology, and computational theory and mathematics.

The scientist has produced numerous publications with a focus on topics such as malaria research and control, leishmaniasis studies, computational drug discovery methods, synthesis and biological activity, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, and research on Trypanosoma species and their implications.

Recent papers by Donatella Taramelli include:

  • Total Synthesis of the Natural Chalcone Lophirone E, Synthetic Studies toward Benzofuran and Indole-Based Analogues, and Investigation of Anti-Leishmanial Activity (2022, Molecules)
  • Design, Synthesis and In Vitro Investigation of Novel Basic Celastrol Carboxamides as Bio-Inspired Leishmanicidal Agents Endowed with Inhibitory Activity against Leishmania Hsp90 (2021, Biomolecules)
  • Leishmania infantum infection reduces the amyloid β42-stimulated NLRP3 inflammasome activation (2020, Brain Behavior and Immunity)
  • Safety of Artemisinin Derivatives in the First Trimester of Pregnancy: A Controversial Story (2020, Molecules)
  • Development of Potent 3-Br-isoxazoline-Based Antimalarial and Antileishmanial Compounds (2021, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters)

Their frequent co-authors have included Nicoletta Basilico, Silvia Parapini, Sarah D'Alessandro, Federica Perego, and Maria Dolci. These collaborations reflect ongoing partnerships across various research projects.

Donatella Taramelli has contributed to several key venues in scientific literature. These include:

  • Molecules
  • Biomolecules
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
  • Pathogens

In terms of research domains, Taramelli's main field is medicine, with notable involvement in subfields such as public health and environmental health, infectious diseases, organic chemistry, molecular biology, and computational approaches.

Best Publications

  • Open Source Drug Discovery with the Malaria Box Compound Collection for Neglected Diseases and Beyond.

    Wesley C. Van Voorhis;John H. Adams;Roberto Adelfio;Roberto Adelfio;Vida Ahyong

  • Structure-activity relationships in 4-aminoquinoline antiplasmodials. The role of the group at the 7-position

    Catherine H Kaschula;Timothy J Egan;Roger Hunter;Nicoletta Basilico

  • Synthesis of N1-arylidene-N2-quinolyl- and N2-acrydinylhydrazones as potent antimalarial agents active against CQ-resistant P. falciparum strains.

    Sandra Gemma;Gagan Kukreja;Caterina Fattorusso;Marco Persico

  • HaCaT Cells as a Reliable In Vitro Differentiation Model to Dissect the Inflammatory/Repair Response of Human Keratinocytes

    Irma Colombo;Enrico Sangiovanni;Roberta Maggio;Carlo Mattozzi

  • Inhibition of VCAM-1 expression in endothelial cells by reconstituted high density lipoproteins.

    Laura Calabresi;Guido Franceschini;Cesare R. Sirtori;Anna De Palma

  • Insights into the mechanism of action of ferroquine. Relationship between physicochemical properties and antiplasmodial activity.

    Christophe Biot;Donatella Taramelli;Isabelle Forfar-Bares;Lucien A. Maciejewski

  • Internalization of Aspergillus fumigatus conidia by epithelial and endothelial cells.

    S Paris;E Boisvieux-Ulrich;B Crestani;O Houcine

  • Nitric Oxide–Mediated Induction of Ferritin Synthesis in J774 Macrophages by Inflammatory Cytokines: Role of Selective Iron Regulatory Protein-2 Downregulation

    Stefania Recalcati;Donatella Taramelli;Dario Conte;Gaetano Cairo

  • A microtitre-based method for measuring the haem polymerization inhibitory activity (HPIA) of antimalarial drugs.

    Nicoletta Basilico;Elisabetta Pagani;Diego Monti;Piero Olliaro

  • 4-Alkyl- and 4-phenylcoumarins from Mesua ferrea as promising multidrug resistant antibacterials

    Luisella Verotta;Erminio Lovaglio;Giovanni Vidari;Paola Vita Finzi

  • Standardization of the Physicochemical Parameters to Assess in Vitro the β-Hematin Inhibitory Activity of Antimalarial Drugs

    Silvia Parapini;Nicoletta Basilico;Erica Pasini;Timothy J Egan

  • The Fe2+-mediated decomposition, PfATP6 binding, and antimalarial activities of artemisone and other artemisinins: the unlikelihood of C-centered radicals as bioactive intermediates.

    Richard K. Haynes;Wing Chi Chan;Chung-Man Lung;Anne-Catrin Uhlemann

  • Classes I and II HLA and melanoma-associated antigen expression and modulation on melanoma cells isolated from primary and metastatic lesions.

    Donatella Taramelli;Giuseppe Fossati;Arabella Mazzocchi;Domenico Delia

  • Antiplasmodial activity of Punica granatum L. fruit rind

    Mario Dell’Agli;Germana V. Galli;Yolanda Corbett;Donatella Taramelli

  • Ellagitannins of the fruit rind of pomegranate (Punica granatum) antagonize in vitro the host inflammatory response mechanisms involved in the onset of malaria

    Mario Dell'Agli;Germana V Galli;Michela Bulgari;Nicoletta Basilico

  • Accelerated senescence of human erythrocytes cultured with Plasmodium falciparum

    Fausta Omodeo-Salè;Anna Motti;Nicoletta Basilico;Silvia Parapini

  • Primary but not metastatic human melanomas expressing DR antigens stimulate autologous lymphocytes

    Giuseppe Fossati;Donatella Taramelli;Andrea Balsari;Gordana Bogdanovich

  • A Plasmodium falciparum screening assay for anti-gametocyte drugs based on parasite lactate dehydrogenase detection

    Sarah D'Alessandro;Francesco Silvestrini;Koen Dechering;Yolanda Corbett

  • Synthesis of Some Cryptolepine Analogues, Assessment of Their Antimalarial and Cytotoxic Activities, and Consideration of Their Antimalarial Mode of Action

    Onyeka Onyeibor;Simon L. Croft;Hilary I. Dodson;Mohammad Feiz-Haddad

  • PATHOGENESIS OF MALARIA IN TISSUES AND BLOOD

    Beatrice Autino;Yolanda Corbett;Francesco Castelli;Donatella Taramelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Piero Olliaro
Piero Olliaro University of Oxford
Giuseppe Campiani
Giuseppe Campiani University of Siena
Sandra Gemma
Sandra Gemma University of Siena
Ernesto Fattorusso
Ernesto Fattorusso University of Naples Federico II
Luigi Varesio
Luigi Varesio MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Ettore Novellino
Ettore Novellino University of Naples Federico II
Vanessa Yardley
Vanessa Yardley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Pasquale Ferrante
Pasquale Ferrante University of Milan
Giorgio Parmiani
Giorgio Parmiani University of Siena
Marina Saresella
Marina Saresella MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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