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Massimo Stefani

Massimo Stefani

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Biology and Biochemistry

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67
Citations
20970
World Ranking
8086
National Ranking
209

Overview

Massimo Stefani is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and specializes in research spanning Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work encompasses several subfields including Physiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Neurology, and Organic Chemistry.

The main topics in Stefani's research cover a range of areas related to neurodegenerative diseases, antioxidant activities, and phytochemicals. These include:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
  • Advanced Glycation End Products research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Sesame and Sesamin Research

Stefani has published multiple papers over recent years. Notable publications include:

  • Healthy Effects of Plant Polyphenols: Molecular Mechanisms, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Olive Polyphenols: Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Properties, 2021, Antioxidants
  • Healthspan Maintenance and Prevention of Parkinson's-like Phenotypes with Hydroxytyrosol and Oleuropein Aglycone in C. elegans, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • EVOO Polyphenols Relieve Synergistically Autophagy Dysregulation in a Cellular Model of Alzheimer's Disease, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Autophagy-related proteins: Potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of aging-related diseases, 2023, Ageing Research Reviews

Publication venues associated frequently with Stefani's work include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Antioxidants
  • Ageing Research Reviews
  • ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Stefani's research collaborations involve several co-authors with repeated joint publications. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Monica Bucciantini
  • Manuela Leri
  • Maria Scuto
  • Vittorio Calabrese
  • Pamela Nardiello

Best Publications

  • Inherent toxicity of aggregates implies a common mechanism for protein misfolding diseases.

    Monica Bucciantini;Elisa Giannoni;Fabrizio Chiti;Fabrizio Chiti;Fabiana Baroni

  • Protein aggregation and aggregate toxicity: new insights into protein folding, misfolding diseases and biological evolution

    Massimo Stefani;Christopher M. Dobson

  • Designing conditions for in vitro formation of amyloid protofilaments and fibrils

    Fabrizio Chiti;Paul Webster;Niccolò Taddei;Anne Clark

  • Rationalization of the effects of mutations on peptide and protein aggregation rates.

    Fabrizio Chiti;Massimo Stefani;Niccolò Taddei;Giampietro Ramponi

  • A causative link between the structure of aberrant protein oligomers and their toxicity

    Silvia Campioni;Benedetta Mannini;Mariagioia Zampagni;Anna Pensalfini;Anna Pensalfini

  • Protein misfolding and aggregation: new examples in medicine and biology of the dark side of the protein world.

    Massimo Stefani

  • Kinetic partitioning of protein folding and aggregation.

    Fabrizio Chiti;Niccolò Taddei;Fabiana Baroni;Cristina Capanni

  • Prefibrillar amyloid protein aggregates share common features of cytotoxicity.

    Monica Bucciantini;Giulia Calloni;Fabrizio Chiti;Lucia Formigli

  • Mutational analysis of acylphosphatase suggests the importance of topology and contact order in protein folding.

    Fabrizio Chiti;Niccolò Taddei;Paul M. White;Monica Bucciantini

  • Studies of the aggregation of mutant proteins in vitro provide insights into the genetics of amyloid diseases

    Fabrizio Chiti;Martino Calamai;Niccolò Taddei;Massimo Stefani

  • Healthy Effects of Plant Polyphenols: Molecular Mechanisms

    Manuela Leri;Maria Scuto;Maria Laura Ontario;Vittorio Calabrese

  • Prefibrillar amyloid aggregates could be generic toxins in higher organisms

    Serena Baglioni;Fiorella Casamenti;Monica Bucciantini;Leila M. Luheshi

  • Nutraceutical Properties of Olive Oil Polyphenols. An Itinerary from Cultured Cells through Animal Models to Humans.

    Stefania Rigacci;Massimo Stefani

  • The crystal structure of a low-molecular-weight phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase

    Xiao-Dong Su;Niccolo' Taddei;Massimo Stefani;Giampietro Ramponi

  • Biochemical and biophysical features of both oligomer/fibril and cell membrane in amyloid cytotoxicity.

    Massimo Stefani

  • Protein folding and aggregation into amyloid: the interference by natural phenolic compounds.

    Massimo Stefani;Stefania Rigacci

  • The polyphenol oleuropein aglycone protects TgCRND8 mice against Aß plaque pathology.

    Cristina Grossi;Stefania Rigacci;Stefano Ambrosini;Teresa Ed Dami

  • Structural features and cytotoxicity of amyloid oligomers: Implications in Alzheimer's disease and other diseases with amyloid deposits

    Massimo Stefani

  • Cholesterol in Alzheimer’s Disease: Unresolved Questions

    Massimo Stefani;Gianfranco Liguri

  • Solution conditions can promote formation of either amyloid protofilaments or mature fibrils from the HypF N-terminal domain

    Fabrizio Chiti;Monica Bucciantini;Cristina Capanni;Niccolò Taddei

Frequent Co-Authors

Giampietro Ramponi
Giampietro Ramponi University of Florence
Fabrizio Chiti
Fabrizio Chiti University of Florence
Niccolò Taddei
Niccolò Taddei University of Florence
Christopher M. Dobson
Christopher M. Dobson University of Cambridge
Fiorella Casamenti
Fiorella Casamenti University of Florence
Vittorio Bellotti
Vittorio Bellotti University College London
Lucia Formigli
Lucia Formigli University of Florence
Martino Bolognesi
Martino Bolognesi University of Milan
Alberto Diaspro
Alberto Diaspro Italian Institute of Technology
Ronald Melki
Ronald Melki Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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