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Vincenzo De Luca

Vincenzo De Luca

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
9985
World Ranking
14003
National Ranking
487

Overview

Vincenzo De Luca is affiliated with Brock University in Canada. Their research spans across medicine and psychology, with a notable focus on clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health. Their work also includes significant contributions in molecular biology, cognitive neuroscience, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist has published extensively on topics such as epigenetics and DNA methylation, schizophrenia research and treatment, suicide and self-harm studies, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Frequent publication venues for De Luca include:

  • Biological Psychiatry (11 publications)
  • Psychiatry Research (7 publications)
  • Schizophrenia Research (7 publications)
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin (5 publications)
  • Journal of Neural Transmission (5 publications)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Vincenzo De Luca include:

  • "Clozapine's multiple cellular mechanisms: What do we know after more than fifty years? A systematic review and critical assessment of translational mechanisms relevant for innovative strategies in treatment-resistant schizophrenia," 2022, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • "Epigenetics of Schizophrenia," 2021, Psychiatry Research
  • "Lower brain fatty acid amide hydrolase in treatment-seeking patients with alcohol use disorder: a positron emission tomography study with [C-11]CURB," 2020, Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Prediction of physical violence in schizophrenia with machine learning algorithms," 2020, Psychiatry Research
  • "Biological aging in schizophrenia and psychosis severity: DNA methylation analysis," 2020, Psychiatry Research

Vincenzo De Luca collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Philip Gerretsen
  • Gary Remington
  • Ariel Graff
  • Ariel Graff-Guerrero
  • Christopher Adanty

Best Publications

  • The Arabidopsis NPR1 Protein Is a Receptor for the Plant Defense Hormone Salicylic Acid

    Yue Wu;Di Zhang;Jee Yan Chu;Patrick Boyle

  • The cell and developmental biology of alkaloid biosynthesis

    Vincenzo De Luca;Benoit St Pierre

  • Multicellular Compartmentation of Catharanthus roseus Alkaloid Biosynthesis Predicts Intercellular Translocation of a Pathway Intermediate

    Benoit St-Pierre;Felipe A. Vazquez-Flota;Vincenzo De Luca

  • Mining the Biodiversity of Plants: A Revolution in the Making

    Vincenzo De Luca;Vonny Salim;Sayaka Masada Atsumi;Fang Yu

  • The Leaf Epidermome of Catharanthus roseus Reveals Its Biochemical Specialization

    Jun Murata;Jonathon Roepke;Heather Gordon;Vincenzo De Luca

  • Chapter Nine Evolution of acyltransferase genes: Origin and diversification fo the BAHD superfamily of acyltransferases involved in secondary metabolism

    Benoit St-Pierre;Vincenzo De Luca

  • Opium poppy and Madagascar periwinkle: model non‐model systems to investigate alkaloid biosynthesis in plants

    Peter J. Facchini;Vincenzo De Luca

  • Methyl jasmonate vapor increases the developmentally controlled synthesis of alkaloids in Catharanthus and Cinchona seedlings

    Rob J. Aerts;Daniel Gisi;Emidio De Carolis;Vincenzo De Luca

  • Transcriptome analysis based on next-generation sequencing of non-model plants producing specialized metabolites of biotechnological interest.

    Mei Xiao;Ye Zhang;Xue Chen;Eun-Jeong Lee

  • Completion of the seven-step pathway from tabersonine to the anticancer drug precursor vindoline and its assembly in yeast

    Yang Qu;Michael L. A. E. Easson;Jordan Froese;Razvan Simionescu

  • Vinca drug components accumulate exclusively in leaf exudates of Madagascar periwinkle

    Jonathan Roepke;Vonny Salim;Maggie Wu;Antje M. K. Thamm

  • Differential and tissue-specific expression of a gene family for tyrosine/dopa decarboxylase in opium poppy.

    P J Facchini;V De Luca

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of desacetoxyvindoline-4-hydroxylase, a 2-oxoglutarate dependent-dioxygenase involved in the biosynthesis of vindoline in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don

    Felipe Vazquez-Flota;Emidio De Carolis;Anne-Marie Alarco;Vincenzo De Luca

  • Light-induced cytochrome P450-dependent enzyme in indole alkaloid biosynthesis: tabersonine 16-hydroxylase.

    Gudrun Schröder;Elke Unterbusch;Melanie Kaltenbach;Jürgen Schmidt

  • ATP-binding cassette transporter controls leaf surface secretion of anticancer drug components in Catharanthus roseus

    Fang Yu;Vincenzo De Luca

  • Synthetic biosystems for the production of high-value plant metabolites

    Peter J. Facchini;Joerg Bohlmann;Patrick S. Covello;Vincenzo De Luca

  • The biosynthesis and regulation of biosynthesis of Concord grape fruit esters, including 'foxy' methylanthranilate.

    Jihong Wang;Vincenzo De Luca

  • SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF ENZYMES INVOLVED IN INDOLE ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS

    Vincenzo De Luca;Adrian J. Cutler

  • Bio-fermentation of modified flavonoids: an example of in vivo diversification of secondary metabolites.

    Michael G Willits;Ma{ "ıté Giovanni;Rogerio T N Prata;Catherine M Kramer

  • Developmental Regulation of Enzymes of Indole Alkaloid Biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus.

    Vincenzo De Luca;Jesus Alvarez Fernandez;Douglas Campbell;Wolfgang G. W. Kurz

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Facchini
Peter J. Facchini University of Calgary
Christoph Wilhelm Sensen
Christoph Wilhelm Sensen Graz University of Technology
Sarah E. O'Connor
Sarah E. O'Connor Max Planck Society
John T. Arnason
John T. Arnason University of Ottawa
Radhakrishnan Mahadevan
Radhakrishnan Mahadevan University of Toronto
Danièle Werck-Reichhart
Danièle Werck-Reichhart Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Philippe Jeandet
Philippe Jeandet University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Dieter Strack
Dieter Strack Leibniz Association
Christophe Clément
Christophe Clément University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Vincent Burlat
Vincent Burlat Paul Sabatier University

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