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Matilde Maiorino

Matilde Maiorino

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
23600
World Ranking
8964
National Ranking
248

Overview

Matilde Maiorino is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and conducts research primarily in the fields of nursing, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and medicine. Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including nutrition and dietetics, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, biochemistry, and cancer research.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of important biological and medical themes. Key topics of their work include:

  • Selenium in Biological Systems
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Publications by Matilde Maiorino have appeared in specialized venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Free Radical Biology and Medicine (4 publications)
  • Redox Biology (3 publications)
  • Antioxidants and Redox Signaling
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis: The role of GSH and GPx4," 2020, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • "A white paper on Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase (GPx4) forty years later," 2022, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • "Aerobic pyruvate metabolism sensitizes cells to ferroptosis primed by GSH depletion," 2021, Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • "A dual attack on the peroxide bond. The common principle of peroxidatic cysteine or selenocysteine residues," 2020, Redox Biology
  • "Production and purification of homogenous recombinant human selenoproteins reveals a unique codon skipping event in E. coli and GPX4-specific affinity to bromosulfophthalein," 2021, Redox Biology

Matilde Maiorino has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Fulvio Ursini
  • Giorgio Cozza
  • Giovanni Miotto
  • Antonella Roveri
  • Qing Cheng

Best Publications

  • The selenoenzyme phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase.

    Fulvio Ursini;Matilde Maiorino;Carlo Gregolin

  • Lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis: The role of GSH and GPx4.

    Fulvio Ursini;Matilde Maiorino

  • Dual Function of the Selenoprotein PHGPx During Sperm Maturation

    Fulvio Ursini;Sabina Heim;Michael Kiess;Matilde Maiorino

  • Diversity of glutathione peroxidases.

    F Ursini;M Maiorino;R Brigelius-Flohé;K D Aumann

  • Signaling Functions of Reactive Oxygen Species

    Henry Jay Forman;Matilde Maiorino;Fulvio Ursini

  • Purification from pig liver of a protein which protects liposomes and biomembranes from peroxidative degradation and exhibits glutathione peroxidase activity on phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxides.

    Fulvio Ursini;Matilde Maiorino;M. Valente;L. Ferri

  • Insight into the mechanism of ferroptosis inhibition by ferrostatin-1.

    Giovanni Miotto;Monica Rossetto;Maria Luisa Di Paolo;Laura Orian

  • Protective action of phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase against membrane-damaging lipid peroxidation. In situ reduction of phospholipid and cholesterol hydroperoxides.

    J P Thomas;M Maiorino;F Ursini;A W Girotti

  • Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase.

    Matilde Maiorino;Carlo Gregolin;Fulvio Ursini

  • GPx4, Lipid Peroxidation, and Cell Death: Discoveries, Rediscoveries, and Open Issues.

    Matilde Maiorino;Marcus Conrad;Fulvio Ursini

  • Catalytic mechanisms and specificities of glutathione peroxidases: Variations of a basic scheme

    Stefano Toppo;Leopold Flohé;Fulvio Ursini;Stefano Vanin

  • Effect of dietary monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids on the susceptibility of plasma low density lipoproteins to oxidative modification.

    A Bonanome;A Pagnan;S Biffanti;A Opportuno

  • Formation of alpha-tocopherol radical and recycling of alpha-tocopherol by ascorbate during peroxidation of phosphatidylcholine liposomes. An electron paramagnetic resonance study.

    Marina Scarpa;Adelio Rigo;Matilde Maiorino;Fulvio Ursini

  • Redox homeostasis: The Golden Mean of healthy living

    Fulvio Ursini;Matilde Maiorino;Henry Jay Forman

  • Male Fertility Is Linked to the Selenoprotein Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase

    Carlo Foresta;Leopold Flohé;Andrea Garolla;Antonella Roveri

  • Mitochondrial glutathione peroxidase 4 disruption causes male infertility

    Manuela Schneider;Heidi Förster;Auke Boersma;Alexander Seiler

  • The Nuclear Form of Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase Is a Protein Thiol Peroxidase Contributing to Sperm Chromatin Stability

    M. Conrad;S. G. Moreno;F. Sinowatz;F. Ursini

  • Phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase of rat testis. Gonadotropin dependence and immunocytochemical identification.

    A Roveri;A Casasco;M Maiorino;P Dalan

  • Probing the presumed catalytic triad of selenium-containing peroxidases by mutational analysis of phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase (PHGPx).

    Maiorino M;Aumann Kd;Brigelius-Flohé R;Doria D

  • Phospholipid-hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase : genomic DNA, cDNA, and deduced amino acid sequence

    R Brigelius-Flohé;K D Aumann;H Blöcker;G Gross

Frequent Co-Authors

Fulvio Ursini
Fulvio Ursini University of Padua
Leopold Flohé
Leopold Flohé University of Padua
Henry Jay Forman
Henry Jay Forman University of Southern California
Regina Brigelius-Flohé
Regina Brigelius-Flohé University of Potsdam
Marcus Conrad
Marcus Conrad Helmholtz Zentrum München
Carlo Foresta
Carlo Foresta University of Padua
Silvio C. E. Tosatto
Silvio C. E. Tosatto University of Padua
Mario Salmona
Mario Salmona Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Piero Maestrelli
Piero Maestrelli University of Padua
Edwin H. Beachey
Edwin H. Beachey University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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