PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY

The lines of research include the study of:

  • Mechanisms of regulation of energetic and metabolic homeostasis.
  • Inflammation and insulin resistance.
  • Metabolic disorders and mitochondrial functionality.
  • The role of ROS in response to dietary intervention, physical training and exposure to low temperatures.
  • Functional responses to environmental changes.
  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms of brain plasticity.
  • Function of chaperone proteins and / or markers of inflammation in the brain cholesterol and the beta amyloid metabolism.
  • Epigenetics: methylation in the repair of DNA damage; epigenetics in immune tolerance and autoimmunity; chromatin plasticity, transcription and epigenetic modifications.

International collaborations: Inserm, Toulouse France; IRB Barcelona, Spain; Universidade federal Bahia, Brazil; University of Fribourg, Switzerland; Columbia University New York, USA; UCF College of Medicine Orlando FL, USA; University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Université de Lorraine, INRA, Vandoeuvre Cedex, France.

Partecipants

  • LIVERINI GIOVANNA (Full Professor)
  • AGNISOLA CLAUDIO (Associate Professor)
  • CRISPINO MARIANNA (Associate Professor)
  • IOSSA SUSANNA (Associate Professor)
  • LOMBARDI ASSUNTA (Associate Professor)
  • MOLLICA MARIA PINA (Associate Professor)
  • PORCELLINI ANTONIO (Associate Professor)
  • VENDITTI PAOLA (Associate Professor)
  • CIGLIANO LUISA (Researcher)
  • CRESCENZO RAFFAELLA (Researcher)
  • MAZZOLI ARIANNA (Researcher)
  • SANSONE GIOVANNI (Researcher)
  • ZUCHEGNA CANDIDA (Researcher)