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Overview

Luciano Saso is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy and has a significant body of research primarily within the intersecting domains of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

Their recent scientific publications include:

  • An Overview of Nrf2 Signaling Pathway and Its Role in Inflammation, 2020, published in Molecules
  • PFAS Molecules: A Major Concern for the Human Health and the Environment, 2022, published in Toxics
  • Kaempferol as a Dietary Anti-Inflammatory Agent: Current Therapeutic Standing, 2020, published in Molecules
  • Mechanistic Insight into Oxidative Stress-Triggered Signaling Pathways and Type 2 Diabetes, 2022, published in Molecules
  • Natural Sources, Pharmacokinetics, Biological Activities and Health Benefits of Hydroxycinnamic Acids and Their Metabolites, 2020, published in Nutrients

The scientist's main fields of study encompass:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broad areas, specific subfields of study include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Oncology
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

The key research topics that Luciano Saso explores are:

  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Free Radicals and Antioxidants
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms
  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Saso frequently publishes in a range of scientific journals, with some of the most common venues being:

  • Molecules
  • Antioxidants
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Biomedicines
  • Pharmaceuticals

Their published works also include contributions to books, such as a recent title from 2023: Redox-Signaling in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biomarkers, Targets, and Therapies, released by Frontiers Media.

Frequent collaborators with Luciano Saso include:

  • Brigitta Buttari
  • Sarmistha Saha
  • Emiliano Panieri
  • Haroon Khan
  • Silvia Chichiarelli

Best Publications

  • Oxidative Stress: A Key Modulator in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

    Anju Singh;Ritushree Kukreti;Luciano Saso;Shrikant Kukreti

  • An Overview of Nrf2 Signaling Pathway and Its Role in Inflammation

    Sarmistha Saha;Brigitta Buttari;Emiliano Panieri;Elisabetta Profumo

  • Evaluation of the antioxidant activity of flavonoids by “ferric reducing antioxidant power” assay and cyclic voltammetry

    Omidreza Firuzi;Antonio Lacanna;Rita Petrucci;Giancarlo Marrosu

  • Antioxidant Therapy: Current Status and Future Prospects

    O. Firuzi;R. Miri;M. Tavakkoli;L. Saso

  • Coumarins as antioxidants.

    I. Kostova;S. Bhatia;P. Grigorov;S. Balkansky

  • In vitro analysis of iron chelating activity of flavonoids.

    Přemysl Mladěnka;Kateřina Macáková;Tomáš Filipský;Libuše Zatloukalová

  • Proteinopathy, oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction: cross talk in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

    Gargi Ganguly;Sasanka Chakrabarti;Uttara Chatterjee;Luciano Saso

  • Kaempferol as a Dietary Anti-Inflammatory Agent: Current Therapeutic Standing.

    Waqas Alam;Haroon Khan;Muhammad Ajmal Shah;Omar Cauli

  • Modulation of neurotrophic signaling pathways by polyphenols

    Fatemeh Moosavi;Razieh Hosseini;Luciano Saso;Omidreza Firuzi

  • Potential Applications of NRF2 Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy.

    Emiliano Panieri;Luciano Saso

  • Two New Male Contraceptives Exert Their Effects by Depleting Germ Cells Prematurely from the Testis

    C. Yan Cheng;Bruno Silvestrini;Josephine Grima;Meng-yun Mo

  • Natural Sources, Pharmacokinetics, Biological Activities and Health Benefits of Hydroxycinnamic Acids and Their Metabolites.

    Matej Sova;Luciano Saso

  • Antimicrobial and anti-lipase activity of quercetin and its C2-C16 3-O-acyl-esters.

    Maria Teresa Gatto;Serena Falcocchio;Eleonora Grippa;Gabriela Mazzanti

  • Isoprostanes and Neuroprostanes as Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Neurodegenerative Diseases

    Elżbieta Miller;Agnieszka Morel;Luciano Saso;Joanna Saluk

  • Controversy about pharmacological modulation of Nrf2 for cancer therapy

    Lidija Milkovic;Neven Zarkovic;Luciano Saso

  • HGF/MET pathway aberrations as diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive biomarkers in human cancers.

    Fatemeh Moosavi;Elisa Giovannetti;Luciano Saso;Omidreza Firuzi

  • Alkyl esters of hydroxycinnamic acids with improved antioxidant activity and lipophilicity protect PC12 cells against oxidative stress

    Jorge Garrido;Alexandra Gaspar;E. Manuela Garrido;E. Manuela Garrido;Ramin Miri

  • Detection of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Technique

    Sibel Suzen;Hande Gurer-Orhan;Luciano Saso

  • Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants in Neurological Diseases: Is There Still Hope?

    Andreia Neves Carvalho;Omidreza Firuzi;Maria Joao Gama;Jack van Horssen

  • Melatonin redox activity. Its potential clinical applications in neurodegenerative disorders.

    Elzbieta Miller;Agnieszka Morel;Luciano Saso;Joanna Saluk

Frequent Co-Authors

Virinder S. Parmar
Virinder S. Parmar City University of New York
Ramin Miri
Ramin Miri Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Fernanda Borges
Fernanda Borges University of Porto
C. Yan Cheng
C. Yan Cheng Population Council
Valeria Riccieri
Valeria Riccieri Sapienza University of Rome
Aldo Badiani
Aldo Badiani Sapienza University of Rome
Giovanni Laviola
Giovanni Laviola Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Grzegorz Węgrzyn
Grzegorz Węgrzyn University of Gdańsk
Marc Bracke
Marc Bracke Ghent University
Ali Akbar Moosavi-Movahedi
Ali Akbar Moosavi-Movahedi University of Tehran

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