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Salvatore Passarella

Salvatore Passarella

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
9207
World Ranking
16253
National Ranking
508

Overview

Salvatore Passarella is affiliated with the University of Molise in Italy and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, epidemiology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and cell biology.

The scientist's publications explore topics such as mitochondrial function and pathology, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, diet, metabolism and disease, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, metabolism and genetic disorders, and biochemical acid research studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Salvatore Passarella include:

  • Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Mitochondria as Players and Targets of Therapies?, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Mitochondrial Transport in Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis: Achievements and Perspectives, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Aerobic Glycolysis: A DeOxymoron of (Neuro)Biology, 2022, Metabolites
  • Kv7.4 channels regulate potassium permeability in neuronal mitochondria, 2022, Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Mitochondrial Transport and Metabolic Integration: Revisiting the Role of Metabolite Trafficking in Cellular Bioenergetics, 2025, Preprints.org

Frequent co-authors in Salvatore Passarella's research include:

  • Piero Portincasa
  • Avital Schurr
  • Agostino Di Ciaula
  • Harshitha Shanmugam
  • Marica Noviello

They have published repeatedly in venues such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Metabolites, Biochemical Pharmacology, Preprints.org, and Academia Biology. The International Journal of Molecular Sciences is a notable publication venue where multiple works have appeared.

Best Publications

  • Increase of proton electrochemical potential and ATP synthesis in rat liver mitochondria irradiated in vitro by helium‐neon laser

    S. Passarella;E. Casamassima;S. Molinari;D. Pastore

  • Production of Reactive Oxygen Species, Alteration of Cytosolic Ascorbate Peroxidase, and Impairment of Mitochondrial Metabolism Are Early Events in Heat Shock-Induced Programmed Cell Death in Tobacco Bright-Yellow 2 Cells

    Rosa Anna Vacca;Maria Concetta de Pinto;Daniela Valenti;Salvatore Passarella

  • Glutamate neurotoxicity, oxidative stress and mitochondria.

    Anna Atlante;Pietro Calissano;Antonella Bobba;Sergio Giannattasio

  • Cytochrome c is released from mitochondria in a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-dependent fashion and can operate as a ROS scavenger and as a respiratory substrate in cerebellar neurons undergoing excitotoxic death

    Anna Atlante;Pietro Calissano;Antonella Bobba;Amalia Azzariti

  • Absorption of monochromatic and narrow band radiation in the visible and near IR by both mitochondrial and non-mitochondrial photoacceptors results in photobiomodulation.

    Salvatore Passarella;Tiina Karu

  • Specific helium-neon laser sensitivity of the purified cytochrome c oxidase.

    D Pastore;M Greco;S Passarella

  • Cytochrome c is released in a reactive oxygen species-dependent manner and is degraded via caspase-like proteases in tobacco Bright-Yellow 2 cells en route to heat shock-induced cell death.

    Rosa Anna Vacca;Daniela Valenti;Antonella Bobba;Riccardo Sandro Merafina

  • Increase in the ADP/ATP exchange in rat liver mitochondria irradiated in vitro by helium-neon laser

    Salvatore Passarella;Angela Ostuni;Anna Atlante;Ernesto Quagliariello

  • Mitochondria and l-lactate metabolism

    Salvatore Passarella;Lidia de Bari;Daniela Valenti;Roberto Pizzuto

  • The Existence of the K+ Channel in Plant Mitochondria

    Donato Pastore;Maria Carmela Stoppelli;Natale Di Fonzo;Salvatore Passarella

  • Acid stress adaptation protects Saccharomyces cerevisiae from acetic acid-induced programmed cell death

    Sergio Giannattasio;Nicoletta Guaragnella;Manuela Corte-Real;Salvatore Passarella

  • Riboflavin uptake and FAD synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria: Involvement of the Flx1p carrier in FAD export

    Valeria Bafunno;Teresa Anna Giancaspero;Carmen Brizio;Daniela Bufano

  • The role of mitochondrial transport in energy metabolism

    Salvatore Passarella;Anna Atlante;Daniela Valenti;Lidia de Bari

  • The riboflavin/FAD cycle in rat liver mitochondria

    Maria Barile;Carmen Brizio;Daniela Valenti;Caterina De Virgilio

  • Effects of fatty acids, nucleotides and reactive oxygen species on durum wheat mitochondria.

    Donato Pastore;Alessandra Fratianni;Sergio Di Pede;Salvatore Passarella

  • He-Ne laser irradiation of isolated mitochondria.

    Passarella S

  • 3′-Azido-3′-deoxythymidine uptake into isolated rat liver mitochondria and impairment of ADP/ATP translocator☆

    Maria Barile;Daniela Valenti;Salvatore Passarella;Salvatore Passarella;Emesto Quagliariello

  • Alternative oxidase in durum wheat mitochondria. Activation by pyruvate, hydroxypyruvate and glyoxylate and physiological role.

    Donato Pastore;Daniela Trono;Maura Nicoletta Laus;Natale Di Fonzo

  • INCREASE IN H+/E- RATIO OF THE CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE REACTION IN MITOCHONDRIA IRRADIATED WITH HELIUM-NEON LASER

    Donato Pastore;M. Greco;V. A. Petragallo;S. Passarella

  • A peptide containing residues 26-44 of tau protein impairs mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation acting at the level of the adenine nucleotide translocator.

    A. Atlante;G. Amadoro;A. Bobba;L. de Bari

Frequent Co-Authors

Cecilia Saccone
Cecilia Saccone University of Bari Aldo Moro
Ferdinando Palmieri
Ferdinando Palmieri University of Bari Aldo Moro
Laura De Gara
Laura De Gara Università Campus Bio-Medico
Adele Meluzzi
Adele Meluzzi University of Bologna
Emilio Jirillo
Emilio Jirillo University of Bari Aldo Moro
Donato Chiatante
Donato Chiatante University of Insubria
Gabriella D'Arcangelo
Gabriella D'Arcangelo Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Gábor Bánhegyi
Gábor Bánhegyi Semmelweis University
Avital Schurr
Avital Schurr University of Louisville
Lucia R. Languino
Lucia R. Languino Thomas Jefferson University

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