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Antonio Cassone

Polo della genomica, genetica e biologia
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Effects of chloroquine on viral infections: an old drug against today's diseases

A Savarino, JR Boelaert, A Cassone… - The Lancet infectious …, 2003 - thelancet.com
Chloroquine is a 9-aminoquinoline known since 1934. Apart from its well-known antimalarial
effects, the drug has interesting biochemical properties that might be applied against some …

New insights into the antiviral effects of chloroquine

…, L Di Trani, I Donatelli, R Cauda, A Cassone - The Lancet infectious …, 2006 - thelancet.com
Newer agents may be useful when microbiological diagnosis is established (eg, voriconazole
for Aspergillus spp, posaconazole for zygomycetes), although further studies are required. …

A novel glyco-conjugate vaccine against fungal pathogens

…, P Costantino, R Rappuoli, A Cassone - The Journal of …, 2005 - rupress.org
To generate a vaccine to protect against a variety of human pathogenic fungi, we conjugated
laminarin (Lam), a well-characterized but poorly immunogenic β-glucan preparation from …

Evolutionary analysis of SARS-CoV-2: how mutation of Non-Structural Protein 6 (NSP6) could affect viral autophagy

…, S Pascarella, R Cauda, M Ciccozzi, A Cassone - Journal of Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
Background SARS-CoV-2 is a new coronavirus that has spread globally, infecting more
than 150000 people, and being declared pandemic by the WHO. We provide here bio-informatic…

The pH of the Host Niche Controls Gene Expression in and Virulence of Candida albicans

…, FA Mühlschlegel, A Cassone… - Infection and …, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
Little is known of the biological attributes conferring pathogenicity on the opportunistic fungal
pathogen Candida albicans. Infection by this pathogen, as for bacterial pathogens, may …

Whole-Genome Pyrosequencing of an Epidemic Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strain Belonging to the European Clone II Group

…, G De Bellis, P Visca, A Cassone… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
The whole-genome sequence of an epidemic, multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
strain (strain ACICU) belonging to the European clone II group and carrying the plasmid-…

Vulvovaginal Candida albicans infections: pathogenesis, immunity and vaccine prospects

A Cassone - BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Although a number of fungal species belonging to the genus C andida can cause acute
vulvovaginal infection ( VVC ), C andida albicans is by far the most prevalent etiological agent, …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo activity of terpinen-4-ol, the main bioactive component of Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel (tea tree) oil against azole-susceptible and-resistant human …

…, F De Bernardis, A Girolamo, A Cassone… - BMC infectious …, 2006 - Springer
Background Recent investigations on the antifungal properties of essential oil of Melaleuca
alternifolia Cheel (Tea Tree Oil, TTO) have been performed with reference to the treatment of …

SARS‐CoV‐2 B. 1.617 Indian variants: Are electrostatic potential changes responsible for a higher transmission rate?

…, S Angeletti, M Giovanetti, A Cassone - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Antonio Cassone and Massimo Ciccozzi proposed addressing the issue of this study, wrote
the initial draft of the manuscript, and contributed to writing the final version of the manuscript…

[HTML][HTML] Protection by anti-β-glucan antibodies is associated with restricted β-1, 3 glucan binding specificity and inhibition of fungal growth and adherence

…, A Stringaro, S Zamboni, T Feizi, A Cassone - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Anti-β-glucan antibodies elicited by a laminarin-conjugate vaccine confer cross-protection
to mice challenged with major fungal pathogens such as Candida albicans, Aspergillus …