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Overview

Vincenzo Di Marzo is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and conducts research primarily in the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields including Pharmacology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects, focusing heavily on cannabis and cannabinoid research, diet and metabolism studies, and the interactions between diet, metabolism, and disease. Specific topics include:

  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Vincenzo Di Marzo showcase a focus on the endocannabinoid system and its interaction with metabolic and neurological processes. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Goods and Bads of the Endocannabinoid System as a Therapeutic Target: Lessons Learned after 30 Years" (2023, Pharmacological Reviews)
  • "The diet rapidly and differentially affects the gut microbiota and host lipid mediators in a healthy population" (2023, Microbiome)
  • "Obesity Affects the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and the Regulation Thereof by Endocannabinoids and Related Mediators" (2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • "The endocannabinoidome as a substrate for noneuphoric phytocannabinoid action and gut microbiome dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders" (2020, Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience)
  • "Dietary fatty acid intake and gut microbiota determine circulating endocannabinoidome signaling beyond the effect of body fat" (2020, Scientific Reports)

Vincenzo Di Marzo has frequently published in several scientific journals, with a notable number of publications in:

  • Cells
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Scientific Reports

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, often working alongside:

  • Fabiana Piscitelli
  • Nicolas Flamand
  • Cristoforo Silvestri
  • Fabio Arturo Iannotti
  • Alain Veilleux

Best Publications

  • Vanilloid receptors on sensory nerves mediate the vasodilator action of anandamide

    Peter M. Zygmunt;Jesper Petersson;David A. Andersson;Huai Hu Chuang

  • The endogenous cannabinoid system controls extinction of aversive memories

    Giovanni Marsicano;Carsten T. Wotjak;Shahnaz C. Azad;Shahnaz C. Azad;Tiziana Bisogno

  • Leptin-regulated endocannabinoids are involved in maintaining food intake

    Vincenzo Di Marzo;Sravan K. Goparaju;Lei Wang;Lei Wang;Jie Liu;Jie Liu

  • International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. LXXIX. Cannabinoid Receptors and Their Ligands: Beyond CB1 and CB2

    Roger Guy Pertwee;A. C. Howlett;M. E. Abood;S. P. H. Alexander

  • Identification and Functional Characterization of Brainstem Cannabinoid CB2 Receptors

    Marja D. Van Sickle;Marnie Duncan;Philip J. Kingsley;Abdeslam Mouihate

  • CB1 cannabinoid receptors and on-demand defense against excitotoxicity.

    Giovanni Marsicano;Sharon Goodenough;Sharon Goodenough;Krisztina Monory;Heike Hermann

  • The endocannabinoid system and its therapeutic exploitation

    Vincenzo Di Marzo;Maurizio Bifulco;Luciano De Petrocellis

  • Molecular targets for cannabidiol and its synthetic analogues: effect on vanilloid VR1 receptors and on the cellular uptake and enzymatic hydrolysis of anandamide.

    Tiziana Bisogno;Lumír Hanuš;Luciano De Petrocellis;Susanna Tchilibon

  • Cloning of the first sn1-DAG lipases points to the spatial and temporal regulation of endocannabinoid signaling in the brain

    Tiziana Bisogno;Fiona Howell;Gareth Williams;Alberto Minassi

  • An endogenous capsaicin-like substance with high potency at recombinant and native vanilloid VR1 receptors

    Susan M. Huang;Tiziana Bisogno;Marcello Trevisani;Abdulmonem Al-Hayani

  • Cannabidiol: pharmacology and potential therapeutic role in epilepsy and other neuropsychiatric disorders.

    Orrin Devinsky;Maria Roberta Cilio;Helen Cross;Javier Fernandez-Ruiz

  • Effects of cannabinoids and cannabinoid-enriched Cannabis extracts on TRP channels and endocannabinoid metabolic enzymes

    Luciano De Petrocellis;Alessia Ligresti;Aniello Schiano Moriello;Marco Allarà

  • Endocannabinoid control of food intake and energy balance

    Vincenzo Di Marzo;Isabel Matias

  • Non-psychotropic plant cannabinoids: new therapeutic opportunities from an ancient herb

    Angelo A. Izzo;Francesca Borrelli;Raffaele Capasso;Vincenzo Di Marzo

  • Targeting the endocannabinoid system: to enhance or reduce?

    Vincenzo Di Marzo

  • Endocannabinoids: endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligands with neuromodulatory action.

    Vincenzo Di Marzo;Dominique Melck;Tiziana Bisogno;Luciano De Petrocellis

  • Endocannabinoid levels in rat limbic forebrain and hypothalamus in relation to fasting, feeding and satiation: stimulation of eating by 2-arachidonoyl glycerol

    Tim C Kirkham;Claire M Williams;Filomena Fezza;Vincenzo Di Marzo

  • Cannabinoids and the expanded endocannabinoid system in neurological disorders.

    Luigia Cristino;Tiziana Bisogno;Vincenzo Di Marzo

  • Regulation, function, and dysregulation of endocannabinoids in models of adipose and beta-pancreatic cells and in obesity and hyperglycemia.

    Isabel Matias;Marie-Paule Gonthier;Pierangelo Orlando;Vassilis Martiadis

  • An entourage effect: inactive endogenous fatty acid glycerol esters enhance 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol cannabinoid activity.

    Shimon Ben-Shabat;Ester Fride;Tzviel Sheskin;Tsippy Tamiri

Frequent Co-Authors

Tiziana Bisogno
Tiziana Bisogno National Research Council (CNR)
Stefania Petrosino
Stefania Petrosino National Research Council (CNR)
Sabatino Maione
Sabatino Maione University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Luigia Cristino
Luigia Cristino National Research Council (CNR)
Angelo A. Izzo
Angelo A. Izzo University of Naples Federico II
Livio Luongo
Livio Luongo University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Giovanni Appendino
Giovanni Appendino University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Raphael Mechoulam
Raphael Mechoulam Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Maurizio Bifulco
Maurizio Bifulco University of Naples Federico II
Enza Palazzo
Enza Palazzo University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

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