Dr. Sabrina Pricl
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Dr. Sabrina Pricl

Associate professor
University of Trieste, Italy

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Trieste, Italy

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Area of Interest:

Chemistry
100%
Pharmaceutical Sciences
62%
Chemical Engineering
90%
Biomacromolecules
75%
Nanotechnology
55%

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Selected Publications

  1. Loddo, R., V. Francesconi, E. Laurini, S. Boccardo and S. Aulic et al., 2018. 9-Aminoacridine-based agents impair the Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) replication targeting the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). Bioorg. Med. Chem., 26: 855-868.
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  2. Laurini, E., V. Martinelli, T. Lanzicher, L. Puzzi and D. Borin et al., 2018. Biomechanical defects and rescue of cardiomyocytes expressing pathologic nuclear lamins. Cardiovasc. Res., 114: 846-857.
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  3. Laurini, E., D. Marson, M. Fermeglia and S. Pricl, 2018. Multimodel approach for accurate determination of industry-driven properties for polymer nanocomposite materials. J. Comput. Sci., 26: 28-38.
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  4. Karimi, M., D. Marchisio, E. Laurini, M. Fermeglia and S. Pricl, 2018. Bridging the gap across scales: Coupling CFD and MD/GCMC in polyurethane foam simulation. Chem. Eng. Sci., 178: 39-47.
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  5. Carta, A., G. Sanna, I. Briguglio, S. Madeddu and G. Vitale et al., 2018. Quinoxaline derivatives as new inhibitors of coxsackievirus B5. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 145: 559-569.
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  6. Wunsch, B., A. Kokornaczyk, D. Schepmann, J. Yamaguchi and K. Itami et al., 2017. Thiazole-based sigma-1 receptor ligands: Diversity by late-stage C-H arylation of thiazoles, structure affinity and selectivity relationships and molecular interactions. ChemMedChem, 12: 1070-1080.
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  7. Weber, F., P. Brust, E. Laurini, S. Pricl and B. Wunsch, 2017. Fluorinated PET tracers for molecular imaging of σ1 receptors in the central nervous system. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 964: 31-48.
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  8. Vieira, V.M.P., V. Liljestrom, P. Posocco, E. Laurini, S. Pricl, M.A. Kostiainen and D.K. Smith, 2017. Emergence of highly-ordered hierarchical nanoscale aggregates on electrostatic binding of Self-Assembled Multivalent (SAMul) cationic micelles with polyanionic heparin. J. Mater. Chem. B, 5: 341-347.
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  9. Rodrigo, A.C., S.M. Bromfield, E. Laurini, P. Posocco, S. Pricl and D.K. Smith, 2017. Morphological control of self-assembled multivalent (SAMul) heparin binding in highly competitive media. Chem. Commun., 53: 6335-6338.
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  10. Rodrigo, A.C., E. Laurini, V.M. Vieira, S. Pricl and D.K. Smith, 2017. Effect of buffer at nanoscale molecular recognition interfaces-electrostatic binding of biological polyanions. Chem. Commun., 53: 11580-11583.
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  11. Perfetti, V., E. Laurini, S. Aulic, M. Fermeglia and R. Riboni et al., 2017. Molecular and functional characterization of a new 3′ end KIT juxtamembrane deletion in a duodenal GIST treated with neoadjuvant Imatinib. Oncotarget, 8: 56158-56167.
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  12. Pengo, P., M. Sologan, L. Pasquato, F. Guida and S. Pacor et al., 2017. Gold nanoparticles with patterned surface monolayers for nanomedicine: Current perspectives. Eur. Biophys. J., 46: 749-771.
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  13. Marson, D., E. Laurini, M. Fermeglia, D.K. Smith and S. Pricl, 2017. Mallard Blue binding to heparin, its SDS micelle-driven de-complexation and interaction with human serum albumin: A combined experimental/modeling investigation. Fluid Phase Equilibria, (In Press). 10.1016/j.fluid.2017.11.005.
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  14. Laurini, E., P. Posocco, M. Fermeglia and S. Pricl, 2017. Multiscale Molecular Modeling of Clay-Polymer Nanocomposites. In: Clay-Polymer Nanocomposites, Jlassi, K., M.M. Chehimi and S. Thomas (Eds.). Chapter 3, Elsevier, USA., ISBN: 978-0-323-46153-5, pp: 83-112.
  15. Laurini, E., D. Marson, M. Fermeglia and S. Pricl, 2017. 3D Homology Model of Sigma1 Receptor. In: Sigma Proteins: Evolution of the Concept of Sigma Receptors, Kim, F.J. and G.W. Pasternak (Eds.). Springer, Cham, Switzerland, ISBN: 978-3-319-65853-7, pp: 27-50.
  16. Hajer, Z., A. Claudia, L. Erik, K. Sara and F. Maurizio et al., 2017. Targeting Hsp27/eIF4E interaction with phenazine compound: A promising alternative for castration-resistant prostate cancer treatment. Oncotarget, 8: 77317-77329.
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  17. Genini, D., L. Brambilla, E. Laurini, J. Merulla and G. Civenni et al., 2017. Mitochondrial dysfunction induced by a SH2 domain-targeting STAT3 inhibitor leads to metabolic synthetic lethality in cancer cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 114: E4924-E4933.
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  18. Ferkl, P., M. Toulec, E. Laurini, S. Pricl and M. Fermeglia et al., 2017. Multi-scale modelling of heat transfer in polyurethane foams. Chem. Eng. Sci., 172: 323-334.
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  19. Colombo, C., A. Belfiore, N. Paielli, L. de Cecco and S. Canevari et al., 2017. β-Catenin in desmoid-type fibromatosis: Deep insights on the role of T41A and S45F mutations on protein structure and gene expression. Mol. Oncol., 11: 1495-1507.
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  20. Chiarappa, G., A. Piccolo, I. Colombo, D. Hasa and D. Voinovich et al., 2017. Exploring the shape influence on melting temperature, enthalpy and solubility of organic drug nanocrystals by a thermodynamic model. Cryst. Growth Des., 17: 4072-4083.
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  21. Briguglio, I., E. Laurini, M.A. Pirisi, S. Piras and P. Corona et al., 2017. Triazolopyridinyl-acrylonitrile derivatives as antimicrotubule agents: Synthesis, in vitro and in silico characterization of antiproliferative activity, inhibition of tubulin polymerization and binding thermodynamics. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 141: 460-472.
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  22. Albanyan, B., E. Laurini, P. Posocco, S. Pricl and D.K. Smith, 2017. Self-Assembled Multivalent (SAMul) polyanion binding-impact of hydrophobic modifications in the micellar core on dna and heparin binding at the peripheral cationic ligands. Chemistry-Eur. J., 23: 6391-6397.
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  23. Zampieri, D., L. Vio, M. Fermeglia, S. Pricl and B. Wunsch et al., 2016. Computer-assisted design, synthesis, binding and cytotoxicity assessments of new 1-(4-(aryl(methyl)amino)butyl)-heterocyclic sigma 1 ligands. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 121: 712-726.
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  24. Weber, F., S. Brune, F. Borgel, C. Lange and K. Korpis et al., 2016. Rigidity versus flexibility: Is this an issue in σ1 receptor ligand affinity and activity? J. Med. Chem., 59: 5505-5519.
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  25. Sologan, M., D. Marson, S. Polizzi, P. Pengo and S. Boccardo et al., 2016. Patchy and Janus nanoparticles by self-organization of mixtures of fluorinated and hydrogenated alkanethiolates on the surface of a gold core. ACS Nano, 10: 9316-9325.
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  26. Rui, M., D. Rossi, A. Marra, M. Paolillo and S. Schinelli et al., 2016. Synthesis and biological evaluation of new aryl-alkyl(alkenyl)-4-benzylpiperidines, novel Sigma Receptor (SR) modulators, as potential anticancer-agents. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 124: 649-665.
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  27. Posocco, P., Y.M. Hassan, I. Barandiaran, G. Kortaberria, S. Pricl and M. Fermeglia, 2016. Combined mesoscale/experimental study of selective placement of magnetic nanoparticles in diblock copolymer films via solvent vapor annealing. J. Phys. Chem. C, 120: 7403-7411.
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  28. Posocco, P., A. Perazzo, V. Preziosi, E. Laurini, S. Pricl and S. Guido, 2016. Interfacial tension of oil/water emulsions with mixed non-ionic surfactants: Comparison between experiments and molecular simulations. RSC Adv., 6: 4723-4729.
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  29. Posel, Z., P. Posocco, M. Lisal, M. Fermeglia and S. Pricl, 2016. Highly grafted polystyrene/polyvinylpyridine polymer gold nanoparticles in a good solvent: Effects of chain length and composition. Soft Matter, 12: 3600-3611.
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  30. Laurini, E., P. Posocco, M. Fermeglia and S. Pricl, 2016. MoDeNa Nanotools: An integrated multiscale simulation workflow to predict thermophysical properties of thermoplastic polyurethanes. J. Comput. Sci., 15: 24-33.
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  31. Laurini, E., D. Marson, P. Posocco, M. Fermeglia and S. Pricl, 2016. Structure and binding thermodynamics of viologen-phosphorous dendrimers to human serum albumin: A combined computational/experimental investigation. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 422: 18-31.
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  32. Hinman, S.S., C.J. Ruiz, Y. Cao, M.C. Ma and J. Tang et al., 2016. Mix and match: Coassembly of amphiphilic dendrimers and phospholipids creates robust, modular and controllable interfaces. ACS Applied Mater. Interfaces, 9: 1029-1035.
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  33. Fechner, L.E., B. Albanyan, V.M. Vieira, E. Laurini, P. Posocco, S. Pricl and D.K. Smith, 2016. Electrostatic binding of polyanions using Self-Assembled Multivalent (SAMul) ligand displays-structure-activity effects on DNA/heparin binding. Chem. Sci., 7: 4653-4659.
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  34. Estrada, M., C. Perez, E. Soriano, E. Laurini and M. Romano et al., 2016. New neurogenic lipoic-based hybrids as innovative Alzheimer's drugs with σ-1 agonism and β-secretase inhibition. Future Med. Chem., 8: 1191-1207.
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  35. Chen, C., P. Posocco, X. Liu, Q. Cheng and E. Laurini et al., 2016. Mastering dendrimer self-assembly for efficient siRNA delivery: From conceptual design to in vivo efficient gene silencing. Small, 12: 3667-3676.
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  36. Chan, C.W., E. Laurini, P. Posocco, S. Pricl and D.K. Smith, 2016. Chiral recognition at Self-Assembled Multivalent (SAMul) nanoscale interfaces-enantioselectivity in polyanion binding. Chem. Commun., 52: 10540-10543.
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  37. Carta, A., I. Briguglio, S. Piras, P. Corona and R. Ibba et al., 2016. A combined in silico/in vitro approach unveils common molecular requirements for efficient BVDV RdRp binding of linear aromatic N-polycyclic systems. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 117: 321-334.
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  38. Beiranvand, Z., F. Bani, A. Kakanejadifard, E. Laurini, M. Fermeglia, S. Pricl and M. Adeli, 2016. Anticancer drug delivery systems based on specific interactions between albumin and polyglycerol. RSC Adv., 6: 11266-11277.
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  39. Zampieri, D., E. Laurini, L. Vio, M. Fermeglia and S. Pricl et al., 2015. Improving selectivity preserving affinity: New piperidine-4-carboxamide derivatives as effective sigma-1-ligands. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 90: 797-808.
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  40. Wei, T., C. Chen, J. Liu, C. Liu and P. Posocco et al., 2015. Anticancer drug nanomicelles formed by self-assembling amphiphilic dendrimer to combat cancer drug resistance. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 112: 2978-2983.
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  41. Rossi, D., A. Marra, M. Rui, E. Laurini and M. Fermeglia et al., 2015. A step forward in the sigma enigma: A role for chirality in the sigma1 receptor-ligand interaction? MedChemComm, 6: 138-146.
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  42. Pricl, S., B. Cortelazzi, V. Dal Col, D. Marson and E. Laurini et al., 2015. Smoothened (SMO) receptor mutations dictate resistance to vismodegib in basal cell carcinoma. Mol. Oncol., 9: 389-397.
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  43. Piscitelli, F., G.G. Buonocore, M. Lavorgna, L. Verdolotti, S. Pricl, G. Gentile and L. Mascia, 2015. Peculiarities in the structure-properties relationship of epoxy-silica hybrids with highly organic siloxane domains. Polymer, 63: 222-229.
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  44. Morgan, A., I. Gandin, C. Belcaro, P. Palumbo and O. Palumbo et al., 2015. Target sequencing approach intended to discover new mutations in non-syndromic intellectual disability. Mutat. Res./Fundam. Mol. Mech. Mutagen., 781: 32-36.
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  45. Mehrabadi, F.S., O. Hirsch, R. Zeisig, P. Posocco and E. Laurini et al., 2015. Structure-activity relationship study of dendritic polyglycerolamines for efficient siRNA transfection. RSC Adv., 5: 78760-78770.
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  46. Marson, D., E. Laurini, P. Posocco, M. Fermeglia and S. Pricl, 2015. Cationic carbosilane dendrimers and oligonucleotide binding: An energetic affair. Nanoscale, 7: 3876-3887.
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  47. Chendo, C., G. Moreira, A. Tintaru, P. Posocco and E. Laurini et al., 2015. Anomerization of acrylated glucose during traveling wave ion mobility spectrometry. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 26: 1483-1493.
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  48. Briguglio, I., R. Loddo, E. Laurini, M. Fermeglia and S. Piras et al., 2015. Synthesis, cytotoxicity and antiviral evaluation of new series of imidazo[4,5-g]quinoline and pyrido[2,3-g]quinoxalinone derivatives. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 105: 63-79.
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  49. Brambilla, L., D. Genini, E. Laurini, J. Merulla and L. Perez et al., 2015. Hitting the right spot: Mechanism of action of OPB-31121, a novel and potent inhibitor of the Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 (STAT3). Mol. Oncol., 9: 1194-1206.
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  50. Zampieri, D., E. Laurini, L. Vio, S. Golob, M. Fermeglia, S. Pricl and M.G. Mamolo, 2014. Synthesis and receptor binding studies of some new arylcarboxamide derivatives as sigma-1 ligands. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 24: 1021-1025.
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  51. Weber, F., S. Brune, K. Korpis, P.J. Bednarski and E. Laurini et al., 2014. Synthesis, pharmacological evaluation and σ1 receptor interaction analysis of hydroxyethyl substituted piperazines. J. Med. Chem., 57: 2884-2894.
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  52. Wang, Y., X. Liu, E. Laurini, P. Posocco and F. Ziarelli et al., 2014. Mimicking the 2-oxoglutaric acid signalling function using molecular probes: Insights from structural and functional investigations. Org. Biomol. Chem., 12: 4723-4729.
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  53. Tintaru, A., C. Chendo, Q. Wang, S. Viel and G. Quelever et al., 2014. Conformational sensitivity of conjugated poly(ethylene oxide)-poly(amidoamine) molecules to cations adducted upon electrospray ionization-a mass spectrometry, ion mobility and molecular modeling study. Anal. Chim. Acta, 808: 163-174.
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  54. Posocco, P., S. Pricl and M. Fermeglia, 2014. Modelling and Simulation of Sol-Gel Nanocomposites. In: Sol-Gel Nanocomposites, Guglielmi, M., G. Kickelbick and A. Martucci (Eds.). Springer, New York, USA., ISBN: 978-1-4939-1209-4, pp: 21-49.
  55. Ottaviani, M.F., M. Cangiotti, A. Fattori, C. Coppola and P. Posocco et al., 2014. Copper(II) binding to flexible triethanolamine-core PAMAM dendrimers: A combined experimental/in silico approach. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16: 685-694.
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  56. Liu, X., J. Zhou, T. Yu, C. Chen and Q. Cheng et al., 2014. Adaptive amphiphilic dendrimer-based nanoassemblies as robust and versatile siRNA delivery systems. Angewandte Chemie Int. Edn., 53: 11822-11827.
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  57. Laurini, E., D. Harel, D. Marson, D. Schepmann, T.J. Schmidt, S. Pricl and B. Wunsch, 2014. Identification, pharmacological evaluation and binding mode analysis of novel chromene and chromane based σ1 receptor ligands. Eur. J. Med. Chem., 83: 526-533.
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  58. Kala, S., A.S.C. Mak, X. Liu, P. Posocco, S. Pricl, L. Peng and A.S.T. Wong, 2014. Combination of dendrimer-nanovector-mediated small interfering RNA delivery to target Akt with the clinical anticancer drug paclitaxel for effective and potent anticancer activity in treating ovarian cancer. J. Med. Chem., 57: 2634-2642.
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  59. Gibbons, D.L., S. Pricl, P. Posocco, E. Laurini and M. Fermeglia et al., 2014. Molecular dynamics reveal BCR-ABL1 polymutants as a unique mechanism of resistance to PAN-BCR-ABL1 kinase inhibitor therapy. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 111: 3550-3555.
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  60. Brune, S., D. Schepmann, K.H. Klempnauer, D. Marson and V. Dal Col et al., 2014. The sigma enigma: In vitro/in silico site-directed mutagenesis studies unveil σ1 receptor ligand binding. Biochemistry, 53: 2993-3003.
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  61. Bromfield, S.M., P. Posocco, M. Fermeglia, J. Tolosa and A. Herreros-Lopez et al., 2014. Shape-persistent and adaptive multivalency: Rigid Transgeden (TGD) and flexible PAMAM dendrimers for heparin binding. Chem.-Eur. J., 20: 9666-9674.
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  62. Bromfield, S.M., P. Posocco, C.W. Chan, M. Calderon and S.E. Guimond et al., 2014. Nanoscale Self-Assembled Multivalent (SAMul) heparin binders in highly competitive, biologically relevant, aqueous media. Chem. Sci., 5: 1484-1492.
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  63. Barnard, A., P. Posocco, M. Fermeglia, A. Tschiche, M. Calderon, S. Pricl and D.K. Smith, 2014. Double-degradable responsive self-assembled multivalent arrays-temporary nanoscale recognition between dendrons and DNA. Org. Biomol. Chem., 12: 446-455.
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  64. Welsh, D.J., P. Posocco, S. Pricl and D.K. Smith, 2013. Self-assembled multivalent RGD-peptide arrays-morphological control and integrin binding. Org. Biomol. Chem., 11: 3177-3186.
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  65. Tintaru, A., S. Pricl, L. Denbigh, X. Liu, L. Peng and L. Charles, 2013. Conformational changes of small PAMAM dendrimers as a function of their charge state: A combined electrospray mass spectrometry, traveling-wave ion mobility and molecular modeling study. Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 354: 235-241.
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  66. Smith, D.K. and S. Pricl, 2013. From Multivalent Dendrons to Self-Asssembled Multivalent Dendrimers: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach. In: Dendrimers in Biomedical Applications, Klajnert, B., L. Peng and V. Cena (Eds.). Royal Society of Chemistry, UK., ISBN-13: 978-1849736114, pp: 179-199.
  67. Rossi, D., A. Pedrali, R. Gaggeri, A. Marra and L. Pignataro et al., 2013. Chemical, pharmacological and in vitro metabolic stability studies on enantiomerically pure RC-33 compounds: Promising neuroprotective agents acting as σ1 receptor agonists. ChemMedChem, 8: 1514-1527.
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  68. Rossi, D., A. Marra, P. Picconi, M. Serra and L. Catenacci et al., 2013. Identification of RC-33 as a potent and selective σ1 receptor agonist potentiating NGF-induced neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells. Part 2: g-Scale synthesis, physicochemical characterization and in vitro metabolic stability. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 21: 2577-2586.
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  69. Quelever, G., C. Bouillon, P. Moreno, A. Tintaru, L. Charles, S. Pricl and L. Peng, 2013. Poly(Aminoester) Dendrimers: Design, Synthesis and Characterization. In: Dendrimers in Biomedical Applications, Klajnert, B., L. Peng and V. Cena (Eds.). Royal Society of Chemistry, UK., ISBN-13: 978-1849736114, pp: 167-178.
  70. Posocco, P., X. Liu, E. Laurini, D. Marson and C. Chen et al., 2013. Impact of siRNA overhangs for dendrimer-mediated siRNA delivery and gene silencing. Mol. Pharmaceut., 10: 3262-3273.
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  71. Posocco, P., S. Pricl and M. Fermegliam, 2013. Multiscale Modeling Approach for Polymeric Nanocomposites. In: Modeling and Prediction of Polymer Nanocomposite Properties, Mittal, V. (Ed.). Chapter 5, John Wiley & Sons, USA., ISBN-13: 9783527331505, pp: 95-127.
  72. Posocco, P., E. Laurini, V. Dal Col, D. Marson and L. Peng et al., 2013. Multiscale Modeling of Dendrimers and Dendrons for Drug and Nucleic Acid Delivery. In: Dendrimers in Biomedical Applications, Klajnert, B., L. Peng and V. Cena (Eds.). Royal Society of Chemistry, UK., ISBN-13: 978-1849736114, pp: 148-166.
  73. Posel, Z., P. Posocco, M. Fermeglia, M. Lisal and S. Pricl, 2013. Modeling hierarchically structured nanoparticle/diblock copolymer systems. Soft Matter, 9: 2936-2946.
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  74. Liu, X., Y. Wang, E. Laurini, P. Posocco and H. Chen et al., 2013. Structural requirements of 2-oxoglutaric acid analogues to mimic its signaling function. Org. Lett., 15: 4662-4665.
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  75. Liu, X., P. Posocco, C. Liu, T. Yu and Q. Wang et al., 2013. Poly(Amidoamine) (Pamam) Dendrimers as Non-Viral Vectors for the Delivery of RNA Therapeutics. In: Dendrimers in Biomedical Applications, Klajnert, B., L. Peng and V. Cena (Eds.). Royal Society of Chemistry, UK., ISBN-13: 978-1849736114, pp: 73-83.
  76. Laurini, E., V. Da Col, B. Wunsch and S. Pricl, 2013. Analysis of the molecular interactions of the potent analgesic S1RA with the σ1 receptor. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 23: 2868-2871.
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  77. Laurini, E., P. Posocco, M. Fermeglia, D.L. Gibbons, A. Quintas-Cardama and S. Pricl, 2013. Through the open door: Preferential binding of dasatinib to the active form of BCR-ABL unveiled by in silico experiments. Mol. Oncol., 7: 968-975.
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  78. Fermeglia, M., P. Posocco and S. Pricl, 2013. Nano tools for macro problems: Multiscale molecular modeling of nanostructured polymer systems. Compos. Interfaces, 20: 379-394.
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  79. Conca, E., C. Miranda, V.D. Col, E. Fumagalli and G. Pelosi et al., 2013. Are two better than one? A novel double‐mutant KIT in GIST that responds to Imatinib. Mol. Oncol., 7: 756-762.
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  80. Brune, S., S. Pricl and B. Wunsch, 2013. Structure of the σ1 receptor and its ligand binding site: Mini perspective. J. Med. Chem., 56: 9809-9819.
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  81. Bromfield, S.M., P. Posocco, M. Fermeglia, S. Pricl, J. Rodriguez-Lopez and D.K. Smith, 2013. A simple new competition assay for heparin binding in serum applied to multivalent PAMAM dendrimers. Chem. Commun., 49: 4830-4832.
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  82. Bromfield, S.M., A. Barnard, P. Posocco, M. Fermeglia, S. Pricl and D.K. Smith, 2013. Mallard blue: A high-affinity selective heparin sensor that operates in highly competitive media. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 135: 2911-2914.
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  83. Bozzi, F., E. Conca, E. Laurini, P. Posocco and A.L. Sardo et al., 2013. In vitro and in silico studies of MDM2/MDMX isoforms predict Nutlin-3A sensitivity in well/de-differentiated liposarcomas. Lab. Invest., 93: 1232-1240.
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  84. Amadio, M., A. Pascale, S. Govoni, E. Laurini and S. Pricl et al., 2013. Identification of peptides with ELAV-like mRNA-stabilizing effect: An integrated in vitro/in silico approach. Chem. Biol. Drug Des., 81: 707-714.
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  85. Xia, Y., S. Viel, Y. Wang, F. Ziarelli and E. Laurini et al., 2012. Rationalizing the F⋯S interaction discovered within a tetrafluorophenylazido-containing bola-phospholipid. Chem. Commun., 48: 4284-4286.
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