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Luigi Casella

Luigi Casella

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Chemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
11486
World Ranking
9810
National Ranking
291

Overview

Luigi Casella is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy and has a research profile focused primarily on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields, including cell biology, physiology, nutrition and dietetics, neurology, and materials chemistry.

Their academic output covers key topics such as:

  • Melanin and skin pigmentation
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Trace elements in health
  • Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments
  • Metal-catalyzed oxygenation mechanisms
  • Olfactory and sensory function studies
  • Electrochemical analysis and applications

Luigi Casella has contributed to research published in several venues, often appearing multiple times in:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Antioxidants
  • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Casella include:

  • Enrico Monzani (24 joint publications)
  • Fabio A. Zucca (12 joint publications)
  • Luigi Zecca (12 joint publications)
  • Simone Dell'Acqua (10 joint publications)
  • Andrea Capucciati (9 joint publications)

Recent notable papers authored by or coauthored with Casella include:

  • "Neuromelanins in brain aging and Parkinson's disease: synthesis, structure, neuroinflammatory, and neurodegenerative role," 2022, published in IUBMB Life
  • "Interaction of Neuromelanin with Xenobiotics and Consequences for Neurodegeneration; Promising Experimental Models," 2021, published in Antioxidants
  • "Metallotexaphyrins as MRI-Active Catalytic Antioxidants for Neurodegenerative Disease: A Study on Alzheimer's Disease," 2020, published in Chem
  • "The reactivity of copper complexes with neuronal peptides promoted by catecholamines and its impact on neurodegeneration," 2022, published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "DOPA pheomelanin is increased in nigral neuromelanin of Parkinson's disease," 2023, published in Progress in Neurobiology

Best Publications

  • Interactions of iron, dopamine and neuromelanin pathways in brain aging and Parkinson's disease.

    Fabio A. Zucca;Juan Segura-Aguilar;Emanuele Ferrari;Patricia Muñoz

  • Tyrosinase Models. Synthesis, Structure, Catechol Oxidase Activity, and Phenol Monooxygenase Activity of a Dinuclear Copper Complex Derived from a Triamino Pentabenzimidazole Ligand.

    Enrico Monzani;Luisa Quinti;Angelo Perotti;Luigi Casella

  • Metalloporphyrins Catalyzed Oxidations

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  • New melanic pigments in the human brain that accumulate in aging and block environmental toxic metals

    Luigi Zecca;Chiara Bellei;Patrizia Costi;Alberto Albertini

  • Neuromelanin can protect against iron-mediated oxidative damage in system modeling iron overload of brain aging and Parkinson’s disease

    Luigi Zecca;Luigi Casella;Alberto Albertini;Chiara Bellei

  • Dopamine, Oxidative Stress and Protein–Quinone Modifications in Parkinson's and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases

    Enrico Monzani;Stefania Nicolis;Simone Dell'Acqua;Andrea Capucciati

  • Inhibition of the catecholase activity of biomimetic dinuclear copper complexes by kojic acid.

    G Battaini;E Monzani;L Casella;L Santagostini

  • Enantioselective oxidations of sulfides catalyzed by chloroperoxidase.

    Stefano Colonna;N. Gaggero;A. Manfredi;L. Casella

  • Chloroperoxidase and hydrogen peroxide: An efficient system for enzymatic enantioselective sulfoxidations.

    Stefano Colonna;Stefano Colonna;Nicoletta Gaggero;Nicoletta Gaggero;Luigi Casella;Luigi Casella;Giacomo Carrea;Giacomo Carrea

  • Mechanistic, Structural, and Spectroscopic Studies on the Catecholase Activity of a Dinuclear Copper Complex by Dioxygen

    Enrico Monzani;Giuseppe Battaini;Angelo Perotti;Luigi Casella

  • Reversible dioxygen binding and phenol oxygenation in a tyrosinase model system.

    Laura Santagostini;Michele Gullotti;Enrico Monzani;Luigi Casella

  • Coordination modes of histidine. 2. Stereochemistry of the reaction between histidine derivatives and pyridoxal analogs conformational properties of zinc(II) complexes of histidine Schiff bases

    Luigi Casella;Michele Gullotti

  • Hydroxylation of phenolic compounds by a peroxodicopper(II) complex: further insight into the mechanism of tyrosinase.

    Sara Palavicini;Alessandro Granata;Enrico Monzani;Luigi Casella

  • Synthesis, stereochemistry, and oxygenation of cobalt(II)-pyridoxal model complexes. A new family of chiral dioxygen carriers

    Luigi Casella;Michele Gullotti

  • SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE, AND REACTIVITY OF MODEL COMPLEXES OF COPPER NITRITE REDUCTASE

    Luigi Casella;Oliviero Carugo;Michele Gullotti;Sergio Doldi

  • Functional Modeling of Tyrosinase. Mechanism of Phenol ortho-Hydroxylation by Dinuclear Copper Complexes

    Luigi Casella;Enrico Monzani;Michele Gullotti;Daniela Cavagnino

  • Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Halide and Nitrite Oxidation by Mammalian Heme Peroxidases

    Jürgen Arnhold;Enrico Monzani;Paul G. Furtmüller;Martina Zederbauer

  • Synthesis and reactivity of a family of copper monooxygenase model systems

    Luigi. Casella;Michele. Gullotti;Gianfranco. Pallanza;Luigi. Rigoni

  • Coordination modes of histidine. 10. Iron(III) tyrosinate models. Synthesis and spectroscopic and stereochemical studies of iron(III) complexes of N-salicylidene-L-amino acids

    L. Casella;M. Gullotti;A. Pintar;L. Messori

  • O2 Activation and Selective Phenolate ortho Hydroxylation by an Unsymmetric Dicopper μ-η1:η1-Peroxido Complex

    Isaac Garcia‐Bosch;Jonathan R. Frisch;Miquel Torrent‐Sucarrat

  • A tyrosinase model system. Phenol ortho-hydroxylation by a binuclear three-coordinate copper(I) complex and dioxygen

    Luigi Casella;Michele Gullotti;Roberto Radaelli;Patrizia Di Gennaro

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico Monzani
Enrico Monzani University of Pavia
Renato Ugo
Renato Ugo University of Milan
Piero Zanello
Piero Zanello University of Siena
Stefano Colonna
Stefano Colonna University of Milan
Luca De Gioia
Luca De Gioia University of Milano-Bicocca
Jonathan L. Sessler
Jonathan L. Sessler The University of Texas at Austin
Antal Rockenbauer
Antal Rockenbauer Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Luigi Bubacco
Luigi Bubacco University of Padua
Paul R. Raithby
Paul R. Raithby University of Bath
Michael B. Hursthouse
Michael B. Hursthouse University of Southampton

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