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Federico Da Settimo

Federico Da Settimo

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Chemistry

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42
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5797
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17594
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709

Overview

Federico Da Settimo is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these broad areas, their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Oncology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Physiology.

Their scientific contributions cover multiple research topics, such as:

  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Enzyme function and inhibition
  • Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling
  • Synthesis and biological activity
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms

Federico Da Settimo has frequently published in journals including:

  • Molecules (6 publications)
  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (4 publications)
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (3 publications)
  • Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry (3 publications)
  • European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2 publications)

Major recent papers authored or coauthored by Federico Da Settimo include:

  • "The Alpha Keto Amide Moiety as a Privileged Motif in Medicinal Chemistry: Current Insights and Emerging Opportunities", 2021, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "An update into the medicinal chemistry of translocator protein (TSPO) ligands", 2020, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Multiple Topoisomerase I (TopoI), Topoisomerase II (TopoII) and Tyrosyl-DNA Phosphodiesterase (TDP) inhibitors in the development of anticancer drugs", 2020, European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • "Two mixed valence diruthenium(ii,iii) isomeric complexes show different anticancer properties", 2021, Dalton Transactions
  • "Carbonic Anhydrase Activators for Neurodegeneration: An Overview", 2022, Molecules

Collaboration is an important element of their work, with frequent co-authors including Sabrina Taliani, Elisabetta Barresi, Emma Baglini, Silvia Salerno, and Claudia Martini.

Best Publications

  • Arylthioamides as H2S Donors: l-Cysteine-Activated Releasing Properties and Vascular Effects in Vitro and in Vivo

    Alma Martelli;Lara Testai;Valentina Citi;Alice Marino

  • 11C-ER176, a Radioligand for 18-kDa Translocator Protein, Has Adequate Sensitivity to Robustly Image All Three Affinity Genotypes in Human Brain.

    Masamichi Ikawa;Talakad G. Lohith;Stal Shrestha;Sanjay Telu

  • Pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one derivatives as a novel class of selective aldose reductase inhibitors exhibiting antioxidant activity.

    Concettina La Motta;Stefania Sartini;Laura Mugnaini;Francesca Simorini

  • Identification of 5-arylidene-4-thiazolidinone derivatives endowed with dual activity as aldose reductase inhibitors and antioxidant agents for the treatment of diabetic complications

    Rosaria Ottanà;Rosanna Maccari;Marco Giglio;Antonella Del Corso

  • Inhibition of Adenosine Deaminase Attenuates Inflammation in Experimental Colitis

    Luca Antonioli;Matteo Fornai;Rocchina Colucci;Narcisa Ghisu

  • Synthesis and evaluation of translocator 18 kDa protein (TSPO) positron emission tomography (PET) radioligands with low binding sensitivity to human single nucleotide polymorphism rs6971.

    Paolo Zanotti-Fregonara;Yi Zhang;Kimberly J. Jenko;Robert L. Gladding

  • Sampling protein motion and solvent effect during ligand binding

    Vittorio Limongelli;Luciana Marinelli;Sandro Cosconati;Concettina La Motta

  • Synthesis, in vitro antiproliferative activity and DNA-interaction of benzimidazoquinazoline derivatives as potential anti-tumor agents.

    Lisa Dalla Via;Ornella Gia;Sebastiano Marciani Magno;Antonio Da Settimo

  • The Alpha Keto Amide Moiety as a Privileged Motif in Medicinal Chemistry: Current Insights and Emerging Opportunities

    Marco Robello;Elisabetta Barresi;Emma Baglini;Silvia Salerno

  • Novel Pyrazolopyrimidine Derivatives as Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors with Antitumoral Activity in Vitro and in Vivo in Papillary Dedifferentiated Thyroid Cancer

    Alessandro Antonelli;Guido Bocci;Concettina La Motta;Silvia Martina Ferrari

  • Anxiolytic-like Effects of N,N-Dialkyl-2-phenylindol-3-ylglyoxylamides by Modulation of Translocator Protein Promoting Neurosteroid Biosynthesis

    Federico Da Settimo;Francesca Simorini;Sabrina Taliani;Concettina La Motta

  • N,N-Dialkyl-2-phenylindol-3-ylglyoxylamides. A New Class of Potent and Selective Ligands at the Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor

    Giampaolo Primofiore;Federico Da Settimo;Sabrina Taliani;Francesca Simorini

  • Indole amide derivatives : synthesis, structure-activity relationships and molecular modelling studies of a new series of histamine H1-receptor antagonists

    Sandra Battaglia;Enrico Boldrini;Federico Da Settimo;Giulio Dondio

  • Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of new classes of thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidinone and thieno[1,2,3]triazine as inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2).

    Enrico Perspicace;Valérie Jouan-Hureaux;Rino Ragno;Flavio Ballante

  • TSPO ligand residence time: a new parameter to predict compound neurosteroidogenic efficacy.

    Barbara Costa;Eleonora Da Pozzo;Chiara Giacomelli;Elisabetta Barresi

  • 3-Aryl[1,2,4]triazino[4,3-a]benzimidazol-4(10H)-ones: a new class of selective A1 adenosine receptor antagonists.

    Federico Da Settimo;Giampaolo Primofiore;Sabrina Taliani;Anna Maria Marini

  • Microglial pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory phenotypes are modulated by translocator protein activation

    Eleonora Da Pozzo;Chiara Tremolanti;Barbara Costa;Chiara Giacomelli

  • Synthesis, DNA binding and in vitro antiproliferative activity of purinoquinazoline, pyridopyrimidopurine and pyridopyrimidobenzimidazole derivatives as potential antitumor agents

    Antonio Da Settimo;Federico Da Settimo;Anna Maria Marini;Giampaolo Primofiore

  • Genetic analysis of dTSPO, an outer mitochondrial membrane protein, reveals its functions in apoptosis, longevity, and Aβ42‐induced neurodegeneration

    Ran Lin;Ran Lin;Alessia Angelin;Federico Da Settimo;Claudia Martini

  • Apoptosis Therapy in Cancer: The First Single-molecule Co-activating p53 and the Translocator Protein in Glioblastoma

    Simona Daniele;Sabrina Taliani;Eleonora Da Pozzo;Chiara Giacomelli

  • Derivatives of 4-Amino-6-hydroxy-2-mercaptopyrimidine as Novel, Potent, and Selective A3 Adenosine Receptor Antagonists

    Barbara Cosimelli;Giovanni Greco;Marina Ehlardo;Ettore Novellino

Frequent Co-Authors

Ettore Novellino
Ettore Novellino University of Naples Federico II
Claudia Martini
Claudia Martini University of Pisa
Antonio Lavecchia
Antonio Lavecchia University of Naples Federico II
Alessandro Antonelli
Alessandro Antonelli University of Pisa
Paolo Miccoli
Paolo Miccoli University of Pisa
Claudiu T. Supuran
Claudiu T. Supuran University of Florence
Romano Danesi
Romano Danesi University of Pisa
Victor W. Pike
Victor W. Pike National Institutes of Health
Robert B. Innis
Robert B. Innis National Institutes of Health
Sami S. Zoghbi
Sami S. Zoghbi National Institutes of Health

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