Cellular and Clinical Toxicology
RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS
1 Francesco Rossi
2 Liberato Berrino
3 Amelia Filippelli
4 Michele D’Amico
5 Sabatino Maione
6 Walter Filippelli
7 Vito de Novellis
8 Bruno D’Agostino
9 Filomena Mazzeo
10 Clara Di Filippo
11 Ida Marabese
12 Enza Palazzo
13 Barbara Rinaldi
14 Annalisa Capuano
15 Adriana Palla
16 Amalia Avoglio
17 Pasquale Formato
18 Leopoldo Ferrante
19 Vincenzo Mosca
20 Elena Piegari
21 Nunzia Carusio
22 Antonella De Angelis
23 Dario Siniscalco
24 Maria Redenta Vitelli
25 Silvia Boccuti
26 Maria Donniacuo
27 Marialuisa Illiano
28 Mariapina Gallo
AFFILIATION
1 Dept. of Experimental Medicine – Section of Pharmacology “L. Donatelli” – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, The Second University of Naples
GROUP DATA
Address via Costantinopoli, 16 – 80138 Naples
Phone +39-0815667603
Fax +39-0815667503
E-mail francesco.rossi@unina2.it
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RESEARCH TOPICS
1 Genes involved in cellular death induced by antineoplastic drugs
2 Effects of the exposition to environmental pollutants in modulating bronchomotor tone
3 Role of metabotropic glutamate receptors in modulating neurotoxicity and neurodegenerative disorders
4 Mechanisms of septic shock
5 Monitoring of adverse drug reactions in clinical practice
6 Opiate withdrawal syndrome: experimental and clinical aspects.
7 Role of oxidative stress in aging
ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES
1 Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacosurveillance (Dir.: Prof. F. Rossi)
2 Clinical and Toxicological Pharmacology (Dir.: Prof. E. Lampa)
EDUCATION IN TOXICOLOGY
1 Master in Drug Addiction (Supervisor: Prof. F. Rossi)
2 Postgraduate Course in Toxicology and Drug Addiction (Supervisor: Prof. A. Filippelli)
COLLABORATIONS
1 C. Advenier, Faculté de Médicine- Paris Quest Université, Paris, France
2 R. Andriantsitohaina, UMR CNRS 7034, Facultè de Farmacie ULP – Universitè Luis Pasteur Strasbourg - France
3 P. Anversa, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
4 C. Bountra, Neuroscience Department "Pain Group", Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, Stevenage, UK
5 A. Giordano, Department of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia P A, USA
6 C.P.Page, Department of Pharmocology, King's College, Universty of London, UK
7 M. Perretti, the William Harvey Research Institute, Charterhouse Square, London UK
8 K. Rackè, Institut fur Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitàt Bonn D
9 T. Salt, Department of Visual Science Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK
10 D. Spina, Sackler Institute of Pulmonary Pharmacology, King's College, University of London, London UK
11 T .D. Warner, The William Harvey Research Institute, London UK
12 P.S. Whitton, Deparment of Pharmacology, University of London, UK
13 Regione Campania
14 Ministero della Salute
15 Agenzia Italiana del farmaco
16 Istituto Superiore di Sanità
17 Farmigea S.p.A. - Pisa
18 Istituto Lusofarmaco d'Italia S.p.A.- Milan
19 NicOx S.A.- Sophia-Antipolis - France
20 Ravizza S.p.A. - Milan
21 Yamanouchi Pharma S.p.A. - Milan
22 CONFAPI Caserta, CRISVICE service (Research Consortium for Development in the County of Caserta)
PUBLICATIONS
1 Marabese I, de Novellis V, Palazzo E, Mariani L, Siniscalco D, Rodella L, Rossi F, Maione S. (2005). Differential roles of mGlu8 receptors in the regulation of glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid release at periaqueductal grey level. Neuropharmacology.;49:157-66.
2 Di Filippo C, Cuzzocrea S, Marfella R, Fabbroni V, Scollo G, Berrino L, Giugliano D, Rossi F, D'Amico M. (2004). M40403 prevents myocardial injury induced by acute hyperglycaemia in perfused rat heart. Eur J Pharmacol. 497:65-74.
3 Di Filippo C, Filippelli A, Rinaldi B, Piegari E, Esposito F, Rossi F, D’Amico M (2003). Chronic peripheral ouobain treatment affects the brain endothelin system of rats. J Hypertens 21:747-53.
4 Stella L, De Novellis V, Vitelli MR, Capuano A, Mazzeo F, Berrino L, Rossi F, Filippelli A (2003). Interactive role of adenosine and dopamine in the opiate withdrawal syndrome. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch Pharmacol 368:113-118.
5 Vitelli MR, Filippelli A, Rinaldi B, Rossi S, Palazzo E, Rossi F, Berrino L (2002). Effects of docosahexaenoic acid on [Ca2+]i increase induced by doxorubicin in ventricular cardiomyocytes. Life Sci 71:1905-1916.
6 D'Agostino B, Advenier C, De Palma R, Gallelli L, Marrocco G, Abbate GF, Rossi F (2002). The involvement of sensory neuropeptides in airway hyper-responsiveness in rabbits sensitized and challenged to Parietaria judaica. Clin Exp All 32:472-479.
7 Maione S, Siniscalco D, Galderisi U, De Novellis V, Uliano R, Di Bernardo G, Berrino L, Cascino A, Rossi F (2001). Apoptotic genes expression in the lumbar dorsal horn in a model neurophatic pain in rat. Neuroreport 13:101-106.

  Ultimo aggiornamento: Dicembre 2005