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Maurizio Recanatini

Maurizio Recanatini

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Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
10694
World Ranking
11665
National Ranking
376

Overview

Maurizio Recanatini is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, they have concentrated on subfields including Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Pharmacology, Infectious Diseases, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics such as Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Mental Health Research Topics, Schizophrenia research and treatment, Treatment of Major Depression, Microbial Applications in Construction Materials, and Enzyme Structure and Function.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Maurizio Recanatini include Luca Menestrina, Matteo Masetti, Andrea Cavalli, Chiara Cabrelle, and Federico Falchi.

Publication venues where Recanatini has appeared multiple times include:

  • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • QRB Discovery
  • Drug Safety

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Recanatini include:

  • Drug Research Meets Network Science: Where Are We?, 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Targeting the Protein Tunnels of the Urease Accessory Complex: A Theoretical Investigation, 2020, Molecules
  • Computational drug discovery under RNA times, 2022, QRB Discovery
  • Innovative Strategy toward Mutant CFTR Rescue in Cystic Fibrosis: Design and Synthesis of Thiadiazole Inhibitors of the E3 Ligase RNF5, 2023, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
  • Conduction and Gating Properties of the TRAAK Channel from Molecular Dynamics Simulations with Different Force Fields, 2020, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Best Publications

  • Multi-Target-Directed Ligands To Combat Neurodegenerative Diseases

    Andrea Cavalli;Maria Laura Bolognesi;Anna Minarini;Michela Rosini

  • Toward a pharmacophore for drugs inducing the long QT syndrome: insights from a CoMFA study of HERG K(+) channel blockers.

    Andrea Cavalli;Elisabetta Poluzzi;Fabrizio De Ponti;Maurizio Recanatini

  • 3-(4-{[Benzyl(methyl)amino]methyl}phenyl)-6,7-dimethoxy-2H-2-chromenone (AP2238) Inhibits Both Acetylcholinesterase and Acetylcholinesterase-Induced β-Amyloid Aggregation: A Dual Function Lead for Alzheimer's Disease Therapy§

    Lorna Piazzi;Angela Rampa;Alessandra Bisi;Silvia Gobbi

  • Multi-target-directed drug design strategy: from a dual binding site acetylcholinesterase inhibitor to a trifunctional compound against Alzheimer's disease.

    Maria Laura Bolognesi;Andrea Cavalli;Luca Valgimigli;Manuela Bartolini

  • Multi-target-directed coumarin derivatives: hAChE and BACE1 inhibitors as potential anti-Alzheimer compounds.

    Lorna Piazzi;Andrea Cavalli;Francesco Colizzi;Federica Belluti

  • A small molecule targeting the multifactorial nature of Alzheimer's disease.

    Andrea Cavalli;Maria Laura Bolognesi;Simona Capsoni;Vincenza Andrisano

  • SAR of 9-Amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridine-Based Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors: Synthesis, Enzyme Inhibitory Activity, QSAR, and Structure-Based CoMFA of Tacrine Analogues

    Maurizio Recanatini;Andrea Cavalli;Federica Belluti;Lorna Piazzi

  • Single-molecule pulling simulations can discern active from inactive enzyme inhibitors.

    Francesco Colizzi;Remo Perozzo;Leonardo Scapozza;Maurizio Recanatini

  • Galloflavin (CAS 568-80-9): a novel inhibitor of lactate dehydrogenase.

    Marcella Manerba;Marina Vettraino;Luigi Fiume;Giuseppina Di Stefano

  • Novel Class of Quinone-Bearing Polyamines as Multi-Target-Directed Ligands To Combat Alzheimer's Disease

    Maria Laura Bolognesi;Rita Banzi;Manuela Bartolini;Andrea Cavalli

  • Dynamic Docking: A Paradigm Shift in Computational Drug Discovery

    Dario Gioia;Martina Bertazzo;Martina Bertazzo;Maurizio Recanatini;Matteo Masetti

  • Phytoestrogens in Postmenopause: The State of the Art from a Chemical, Pharmacological and Regulatory Perspective

    Elisabetta Poluzzi;Carlo Piccinni;Emanuel Raschi;Angela Rampa

  • Determination of lipophilicity by means of reversed-phase thin-layer chromatography: I. Basic aspects and relationship between slope and intercept of TLC equations

    G.L. Biagi;A.M. Barbaro;A. Sapone;M. Recanatini

  • Protein conformational transitions: the closure mechanism of a kinase explored by atomistic simulations.

    Anna Berteotti;Andrea Cavalli;Davide Branduardi;Francesco Luigi Gervasio

  • Target-related applications of first principles quantum chemical methods in drug design.

    Andrea Cavalli;Paolo Carloni;Maurizio Recanatini

  • The role of fragment-based and computational methods in polypharmacology.

    Giovanni Bottegoni;Angelo D. Favia;Maurizio Recanatini;Andrea Cavalli;Andrea Cavalli

  • The role of the peripheral anionic site and cation-pi interactions in the ligand penetration of the human AChE gorge.

    Davide Branduardi;Francesco Luigi Gervasio;Andrea Cavalli;Maurizio Recanatini

  • Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for potential use in Alzheimer's disease: molecular modeling, synthesis and kinetic evaluation of 11H-indeno-[1,2-b]-quinolin-10-ylamine derivatives.

    Angela Rampa;Alessandra Bisi;Federica Belluti;Silvia Gobbi

  • Targeting Alzheimer's disease: Novel indanone hybrids bearing a pharmacophoric fragment of AP2238.

    Stefano Rizzo;Manuela Bartolini;Luisa Ceccarini;Lorna Piazzi

  • Three-dimensional model of the human aromatase enzyme and density functional parameterization of the iron-containing protoporphyrin IX for a molecular dynamics study of heme-cysteinato cytochromes.

    Angelo Danilo Favia;Andrea Cavalli;Matteo Masetti;Angelo Carotti

  • Cholinesterase inhibitors: xanthostigmine derivatives blocking the acetylcholinesterase-induced beta-amyloid aggregation.

    Federica Belluti;Angela Rampa;Lorna Piazzi;Alessandra Bisi

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Cavalli
Andrea Cavalli Italian Institute of Technology
Vincenza Andrisano
Vincenza Andrisano University of Bologna
Manuela Bartolini
Manuela Bartolini University of Bologna
Maria Laura Bolognesi
Maria Laura Bolognesi University of Bologna
Francesco Luigi Gervasio
Francesco Luigi Gervasio University College London
Pier Andrea Borea
Pier Andrea Borea University of Ferrara
Paolo Carloni
Paolo Carloni Forschungszentrum Jülich
Vanni Cavrini
Vanni Cavrini University of Bologna
Leonardo Scapozza
Leonardo Scapozza University of Geneva

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