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Italy
2023

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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2004 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences

Overview

Gianluigi Forloni is affiliated with the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Neuroscience, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work focuses on several subfields, notably Neurology, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Psychiatry and Mental Health. Major topics covered throughout their career include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding

Frequent publication venues for Gianluigi Forloni include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuroscience Applied
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Among recent scholarly papers, notable works include:

  • "Identifying the Common Genetic Basis of Antidepressant Response," 2021, Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
  • "Intranasal delivery of mesenchymal stem cell secretome repairs the brain of Alzheimer's mice," 2020, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "Peripheral inflammation exacerbates α-synuclein toxicity and neuropathology in Parkinson's models," 2020, Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology
  • "Alpha Synuclein: Neurodegeneration and Inflammation," 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Higher polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia may be suggestive of treatment non-response in major depressive disorder," 2020, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Gianluigi Forloni has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Diego Albani, Daniel Souery, Alessandro Serretti, Dan Rujescu, and Joseph Zohar.

In 2004, they were recognized as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Neurotoxicity of a prion protein fragment

    Gianluigi Forloni;Nadia Angeretti;Roberto Chiesa;Enrico Monzani

  • Synthetic amyloid-β oligomers impair long-term memory independently of cellular prion protein

    Claudia Balducci;Marten Beeg;Matteo Stravalaci;Antonio Bastone

  • Homocysteine, folate, and vitamin B-12 in mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer disease, and vascular dementia

    Pierluigi Quadri;Claudia Fragiacomo;Rita Pezzati;Enrica Zanda

  • Full length α-synuclein is present in cerebrospinal fluid from Parkinson's disease and normal subjects

    Roberta Borghi;Roberta Marchese;Alessandro Negro;Lucio Marinelli

  • Frontotemporal dementia and its subtypes: a genome-wide association study

    Raffaele Ferrari;Raffaele Ferrari;Dena G Hernandez;Dena G Hernandez;Michael A Nalls;Jonathan D Rohrer

  • Apoptosis mediated neurotoxicity induced by chronic application of β amyloid fragment 25–35

    Gianluigi Forloni;Roberto Chiesa;Simona Smiroldo;Laura Verga

  • Sporadic human prion diseases: molecular insights and diagnosis

    Gianfranco Puoti;Alberto Bizzi;Gianluigi Forloni;Jiri G Safar

  • Long-term acetyl-L-carnitine Treatment in Alzheimer's Disease

    A. Spagnoli;U. Lucca;G. Menasce;L. Bandera

  • Expression of amyloid precursor protein mRNAs in endothelial, neuronal and glial cells: modulation by interleukin-1.

    Gianluigi Forloni;Federica Demicheli;Sussana Giorgi;Caterina Bendotti

  • Anti-amyloidogenic activity of tetracyclines: studies in vitro

    Gianluigi Forloni;Laura Colombo;Laura Girola;Fabrizio Tagliavini

  • Synthetic peptides homologous to prion protein residues 106-147 form amyloid-like fibrils in vitro

    Fabrizio Tagliavini;Frances Prelli;Laura Verga;Giorgio Giaccone

  • The SIRT1 activator resveratrol protects SK-N-BE cells from oxidative stress and against toxicity caused by α-synuclein or amyloid-β (1-42) peptide

    Diego Albani;Letizia Polito;Sara Batelli;Stefania De Mauro

  • JNK Signalling: A Possible Target to Prevent Neurodegeneration

    Tiziana Borsello;Gianluigi Forloni

  • Reciprocal control of inflammatory cytokines, IL-1 and IL-6, and β-amyloid production in cultures

    Roberto Del Bo;Nadia Angeretti;Elisa Lucca;Maria Grazia De Simoni

  • TMEM106B regulates progranulin levels and the penetrance of FTLD in GRN mutation carriers

    N. Finch;M. M. Carrasquillo;M. Baker;N. J. Rutherford

  • Evaluation of Quinacrine Treatment for Prion Diseases

    A. Barret;F. Tagliavini;G. Forloni;C. Bate

  • Molecular Characteristics of a Protease-Resistant, Amyloidogenic and Neurotoxic Peptide Homologous to Residues 106-126 of the Prion Protein

    C. Selvaggini;L. De Gioia;L. Cantù;Elena Maria Ghibaudi

  • Tetracyclines affect prion infectivity

    Gianluigi Forloni;Selina Iussich;Tazeen Awan;Laura Colombo

  • Effectiveness of anthracycline against experimental prion disease in Syrian hamsters.

    F. Tagliavini;R. A. Mcarthur;B. Canciani;G. Giaccone

  • Conformational polymorphism of the amyloidogenic and neurotoxic peptide homologous to residues 106-126 of the prion protein.

    L De Gioia;C Selvaggini;E Ghibaudi;L Diomede

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Salmona
Mario Salmona Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Fabrizio Tagliavini
Fabrizio Tagliavini Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Claudia Balducci
Claudia Balducci Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Jill C. Richardson
Jill C. Richardson MSD (United Kingdom)
Giovanni B. Frisoni
Giovanni B. Frisoni University of Geneva
Claudio Babiloni
Claudio Babiloni Sapienza University of Rome
Elio Scarpini
Elio Scarpini University of Milan
Alessandro Serretti
Alessandro Serretti Kore University of Enna
Andrea Soricelli
Andrea Soricelli Parthenope University of Naples
Daniela Galimberti
Daniela Galimberti University of Milan

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