Pubblicazioni scientifiche

2022

Simoni A. (2022). – Movement of genetically modified insects for research purposes. In Safety, regulatory, and environmental issues related to international trade of insects (J. Mumford & M.M. Quinlan, eds). Rev Sci Tech. Off. Int. Epiz., 41 (1)

Damiani C, Cappelli A, Comandatore F, Montarsi F, Serrao A, Michelutti A, Bertola M, Mancini MV, Ricci I, Bandi C, Favia G. (2022). Wolbachia in Aedes koreicus: Rare Detections and Possible Implications.

Insects. 2022 Feb 21;13(2):216. doi: 10.3390/insects13020216.

2021

Hammond A, Pollegioni P, Persampieri T, North A, Minuz R, Trusso A, Bucci A, Kyrou K, Morianou I, Simoni A, Nolan T, Müller R, Crisanti A. (2021) Gene-drive suppression of mosquito populations in large cages as a bridge between lab and field.

Nat Commun. 2021 Jul 28;12(1):4589. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24790-6.

Annas, G.J., Beisel, C.L., Clement, K., Crisanti, A., Francis, S., Galardini, M., Galizi, R., Grünewald, J., Immobile, G., Khalil, A.S., Müller, R., Pattanayak, V., Petri, K., Paul, L., Pinello, L., Simoni, A., Taxiarchi, C., Joung, J.K., (2021). A Code of Ethics for Gene Drive Research. The CRISPR Journal 4, 19–24. https://doi.org/10.1089/crispr.2020.0096

Garrood, W.T., Kranjc, N., Petri, K., Kim, D.Y., Guo, J.A., Hammond, A.M., Morianou, I., Pattanayak, V., Joung, J.K., Crisanti, A., Simoni, A., (2021). Analysis of off-target effects in CRISPR-based gene drives in the human malaria mosquito. PNAS. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004838117

Pucci G, Ministrini S, Nulli Migliola E, Nunziangeli L, Battista F, D’Abbondanza M, Anastasio F, Crapa ME, Sanesi L, Carbone F, Lupattelli G, Vaudo G. (2021) Relationship between serum myostatin levels and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity in healthy young male adolescents: the MACISTE study. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2021 Apr 1;130(4):987-992. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00782.2020. Epub 2021 Feb 25.

2020

Evans SW, Beal J, Berger K, Bleijs DA, Cagnetti A, Ceroni F, Epstein GL, Garcia-Reyero N, Gillum DR, Harkess G, Hillson NJ, Hogervorst PAM, Jordan JL, Lacroix G, Moritz R, ÓhÉigeartaigh SS, Palmer MJ, van Passel MWJ. Embrace experimentation in biosecurity governance. Science. 2020 Apr 10;368(6487):138-140. doi: 10.1126/science.aba2932. PMID: 32273459. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32273459/)

Pollegioni P, North AR, Persampieri T, Bucci A, Minuz RL, Groneberg DA, Nolan T, Papathanos PA, Crisanti A, Müller R. (2020) Detecting the population dynamics of an autosomal sex ratio distorter transgene in malaria vector mosquitoes.

J Appl Ecol. 2020 Oct;57(10):2086-2096. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13702.

Poli G, Fabi C, Bellet MM, Costantini C, Nunziangeli L, Romani L, Brancorsini S. Epigenetic Mechanisms of Inflammasome Regulation. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Aug 11;21(16):5758. doi: 10.3390/ijms21165758. PMID: 32796686; PMCID: PMC7460952. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32796686/)

Graziosi, I., Aranda, C., Balestrino, F., Bellini, R., Núria, B., Mammadou, C., Crisanti A., A Litmus Test for Harmonized Mosquito Monitoring across Europe and Africa.”  BioRxiv, January,2020.01.30.927020.https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.30.92702.

Simoni A, Hammond AM, Beaghton AK, Galizi R, Taxiarchi C, Kyrou K, Meacci D, Gribble M, Morselli G, Burt A, Nolan T, Crisanti A. A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Nat Biotechnol. 2020 Sep;38(9):1054-1060. doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-0508-1. Epub 2020 May 11.

2019

Facchinelli, L., North, A.R., Collins, C.M., Menichelli, M., Persampieri, T., Bucci, A., Spaccapelo, R., Crisanti, A., Benedict, M.Q., 2019. Large-cage assessment of a transgenic sex-ratio distortion strain on populations of an African malaria vector. Parasit Vectors 12, 70. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3289-y

Ouedraogo, O, Nunziangeli, L, Bougouma, EC, Kabor, Y, Diarra, A, et al. (2019) Seroreactivity of Populations Living in Endemic Area of Burkina Faso to Plasmodium falciparum Alpha-Helical Coiled Coil Proteins Motifs by Protein Microarray. J Trop Dis 7: 320. doi: 10.35248/2329-891X.19.7.320

2018

Nocciolini C, Cucini C, Leo C, Francardi V, Dreassi E, Carapelli A. Assessing the Efficiency of Molecular Markers for the Species Identification of Gregarines Isolated from the Mealworm and Super Worm Midgut. Microorganisms. 2018 Nov 27;6(4):119. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms6040119. PMID: 30486465; PMCID: PMC6313518. ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6313518/)

2017

Papa F, Windbichler N, Waterhouse RM, Cagnetti A, D’Amato R, Persampieri T, Lawniczak MKN, Nolan T, Papathanos PA. Rapid evolution of female-biased genes among four species of Anopheles malaria mosquitoes. Genome Res. 2017 Sep;27(9):1536-1548. doi: 10.1101/gr.217216.116. Epub 2017 Jul 26. PMID: 28747381; PMCID: PMC5580713.(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28747381)

Hammond AM, Kyrou K, Bruttini M, North A, Galizi R, Karlsson X, Kranjc N, Carpi FM, D’Aurizio R, Crisanti A, Nolan T. The creation and selection of mutations resistant to a gene drive over multiple generations in the malaria mosquito. PLoS Genet. 2017 Oct 4;13(10):e1007039. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007039. PMID: 28976972; PMCID: PMC5648257. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28976972/)

2016

Valerio L, Matilda Collins C, Lees RS, Benedict MQ.
Benchmarking vector arthropod culture: an example using the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae).
Malar J. 2016 May 10;15(1):262.
doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1288-4. PMID: 27160438; PMCID: PMC4862070.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27160438/

2015

Dritsou V, Topalis P, Windbichler N, Simoni A, Hall A, Lawson D, Hinsley M, Hughes D, Napolioni V, Crucianelli F, Deligianni E, Gasperi G, Gomulski LM, Savini G, Manni M, Scolari F, Malacrida AR, Arcà B, Ribeiro JM, Lombardo F, Saccone G, Salvemini M, Moretti R, Aprea G, Calvitti M, Picciolini M, Papathanos PA, Spaccapelo R, Favia G, Crisanti A, Louis C.
A draft genome sequence of an invasive mosquito: an Italian Aedes albopictus.
Pathog Glob Health. 2015 Jul;109(5):207-20.
doi: 10.1179/2047773215Y.0000000031. Epub 2015 Sep 14. PMID: 26369436; PMCID: PMC4727573
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26369436/

Pericolini E, Gabrielli E, Amacker M, Kasper L, Roselletti E, Luciano E, Sabbatini S, Kaeser M, Moser C, Hube B, Vecchiarelli A, Cassone A.
Secretory Aspartyl Proteinases Cause Vaginitis and Can Mediate Vaginitis Caused by Candida albicans in Mice.
mBio. 2015 Jun 2;6(3):e00724.
doi: 10.1128/mBio.00724-15. PMID: 26037125; PMCID: PMC4453014.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26037125/

Lim TS, Chew V, Sieow JL, Goh S, Yeong JP, Soon AL, Ricciardi-Castagnoli P.
PD-1 expression on dendritic cells suppresses CD8+T cell function and antitumor immunity. Oncoimmunology.
2015 Aug 31;5(3):e1085146.
doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2015.1085146. PMID: 27141339; PMCID: PMC4839350
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27141339/

2014

Oliva CF, Damiens D, Benedict MQ.
Male reproductive biology of Aedes mosquitoes.
Acta Trop. 2014 Apr;132 Suppl:S12-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.11.021. Epub 2013 Dec 3. PMID: 24308996.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24308996/

Lees RS, Knols B, Bellini R, Benedict MQ, Bheecarry A, Bossin HC, Chadee DD, Charlwood J, Dabiré RK, Djogbenou L, Egyir-Yawson A, Gato R, Gouagna LC, Hassan MM, Khan SA, Koekemoer LL, Lemperiere G, Manoukis NC, Mozuraitis R, Pitts RJ, Simard F, Gilles JR.
Review: Improving our knowledge of male mosquito biology in relation to genetic control programmes.
Acta Trop. 2014 Apr;132 Suppl:S2-11.
doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.11.005. Epub 2013 Nov 16. PMID: 24252487.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24252487/

Borghi M, Renga G, Puccetti M, Oikonomou V, Palmieri M, Galosi C, Bartoli A, Romani L.
Antifungal Th Immunity: Growing up in Family.
Front Immunol. 2014 Oct 15; 5:506.
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00506. PMID: 25360137; PMCID: PMC4197763.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25360137/