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Girolamo Cirrincione

Girolamo Cirrincione

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Chemistry

D-Index
44
Citations
5571
World Ranking
17021
National Ranking
665

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Girolamo Cirrincione is affiliated with the University of Palermo in Italy and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, and Medicine.

Their subfields of study prominently include Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Microbiology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

Cirrincione's work covers several main research topics such as:

  • Synthesis and biological activity
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
  • Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms
  • Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research

They have a collaboration history with frequent co-authors including Patrizia Diana, Stella Cascioferro, Daniela Carbone, Barbara Parrino, and Camilla Pecoraro.

Scientific output is published regularly in journals such as:

  • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • European Heart Journal Supplements
  • ChemMedChem
  • Molecules
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Cirrincione include:

  • "Thiazoles, Their Benzofused Systems, and Thiazolidinone Derivatives: Versatile and Promising Tools to Combat Antibiotic Resistance" (2020), published in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "Therapeutic Strategies To Counteract Antibiotic Resistance in MRSA Biofilm-Associated Infections" (2020), published in ChemMedChem
  • "CHK1 inhibitor sensitizes resistant colorectal cancer stem cells to nortopsentin" (2021), published in iScience
  • "Imidazo[2,1-b] [1,3,4]thiadiazoles with antiproliferative activity against primary and gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic cancer cells" (2020), published in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • "1,2,4-Oxadiazole topsentin analogs as staphylococcal biofilm inhibitors targeting the bacterial transpeptidase sortase A" (2020), published in European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Girolamo Cirrincione holds membership in the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Thiazoles, Their Benzofused Systems, and Thiazolidinone Derivatives: Versatile and Promising Tools to Combat Antibiotic Resistance

    Stella Maria Cascioferro;Barbara Parrino;Daniela Carbone;Domenico Schillaci

  • Synthesis and antitumor activity of 2,5-bis(3'-indolyl)-furans and 3,5-bis(3'-indolyl)-isoxazoles, nortopsentin analogues.

    Patrizia Diana;Anna Carbone;Paola Barraja;Gerhard Kelter

  • Synthetic small molecules as anti-biofilm agents in the struggle against antibiotic resistance.

    Barbara Parrino;Domenico Schillaci;Ilaria Carnevale;Elisa Giovannetti;Elisa Giovannetti

  • 1,3,5-Triazines: A promising scaffold for anticancer drugs development

    Stella Cascioferro;Barbara Parrino;Virginia Spanò;Anna Carbone

  • An overview on the recent developments of 1,2,4-triazine derivatives as anticancer compounds

    Stella Cascioferro;Barbara Parrino;Virginia Spanò;Anna Carbone

  • 3,5-bis(3'-indolyl)pyrazoles, analogues of marine alkaloid nortopsentin: synthesis and antitumor properties.

    Patrizia Diana;Anna Carbone;Paola Barraja;Annamaria Martorana

  • Synthesis and antitumor properties of 2,5-bis(3'-indolyl)thiophenes: analogues of marine alkaloid nortopsentin.

    Patrizia Diana;Anna Carbone;Paola Barraja;Alessandra Montalbano

  • Isoindolo[2,1-a]quinoxaline derivatives, novel potent antitumor agents with dual inhibition of tubulin polymerization and topoisomerase I.

    Patrizia Diana;Annamaria Martorana;Paola Barraja;Alessandra Montalbano

  • Novel 1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine derivative nortopsentin analogues: synthesis and antitumor activity in peritoneal mesothelioma experimental models.

    Anna Carbone;Marzia Pennati;Barbara Parrino;Alessia Lopergolo

  • Polycondensed nitrogen heterocycles. Part 8. Pyrrolo[3,2-b]indole

    Enrico Aiello;Gaetano Dattolo;Girolamo Cirrincione

  • Nanostructured lipid carriers-containing anticancer compounds: preparation, characterization, and cytotoxicity studies.

    Maria Luisa Bondì;Emanuela Fabiola Craparo;Gaetano Giammona;Melchiorre Cervello

  • Synthesis, antitumor activity and CDK1 inhibiton of new thiazole nortopsentin analogues.

    Barbara Parrino;Alessandro Attanzio;Virginia Spano;Stella Maria Cascioferro

  • Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activity of 2,5-bis(3′-Indolyl)pyrroles, Analogues of the Marine Alkaloid Nortopsentin

    Anna Carbone;Barbara Parrino;Paola Barraja;Virginia Spanò

  • Pyrazolo[3,4-h]quinolines promising photosensitizing agents in the treatment of cancer.

    Virginia Spanò;Barbara Parrino;Anna Carbone;Alessandra Montalbano

  • Pyrrolo[2,3-d][1,2,3]triazoles as Potential Antineoplastic Agents

    A. Passannanti;P. Diana;P. Barraja;F. Mingoia

  • Metabolomics-assisted discovery of a new anticancer GLS-1 inhibitor chemotype from a nortopsentin-inspired library: From phenotype screening to target identification.

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  • Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of New Thiazole Nortopsentin Analogs

    Virginia Spanò;Alessandro Attanzio;Stella Cascioferro;Anna Carbone

  • Pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,2,4]triazines from 2-diazopyrroles: synthesis and antiproliferative activity.

    Patrizia Diana;Paola Barraja;Antonino Lauria;Alessandra Montalbano

  • Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of substituted 3[2-(1H-indol-3-yl)- 1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-b]pyridines, marine alkaloid nortopsentin analogues.

    A. Carbone;M. Pennati;P. Barraja;A. Montalbano

  • Derivatives of the new ring system indolo[1,2-c]benzo[1,2,3]triazine with potent antitumor and antimicrobial activity.

    G Cirrincione;A M Almerico;P Barraja;P Diana

  • Synthesis of a new class of pyrrolo[3,4-h]quinazolines with antimitotic activity

    Virginia Spanò;Alessandra Montalbano;Anna Carbone;Barbara Parrino

  • Synthesis and antitumor activity of 3-(2-phenyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)-1H-indoles and 3-(2-phenyl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl)-1H-7-azaindoles.

    Patrizia Diana;Anna Carbone;Paola Barraja;Alessandra Montalbano

Frequent Co-Authors

Paola Barraja
Paola Barraja University of Palermo
Francesco Dall'Acqua
Francesco Dall'Acqua University of Padua
Paola Brun
Paola Brun University of Padua
Nadia Zaffaroni
Nadia Zaffaroni University of Milan
Godefridus J. Peters
Godefridus J. Peters Gdańsk Medical University
Ignazio Castagliuolo
Ignazio Castagliuolo University of Padua
Giuseppe Basso
Giuseppe Basso University of Padua
Mauro Freccero
Mauro Freccero University of Pavia
Riccardo Alessandro
Riccardo Alessandro University of Palermo
Michael B. Hursthouse
Michael B. Hursthouse University of Southampton

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