Enzio  Ragg

Prof. Enzio Ragg


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Academic Career Length

45Years (1982-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 July 2000 in Journal of Molecular Biology
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FTFabrizio Tagliavini
Fabrizio Tagliavini
GFGianluigi Forloni
Gianluigi Forloni
LCLaura Colombo
Laura Colombo
GRGiacomina Rossi
Giacomina Rossi
LGLaura Girola
Laura Girola
MSMario Salmona
Mario Salmona

7 January 2011 in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
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Franca CastiglioneFranca Castiglione
Franca Castiglione
EREnzio Ragg
Enzio Ragg
Andrea MeleAndrea Mele
Andrea Mele
GAGiovanni Battista Appetecchi
Giovanni Battista Appetecchi
MMMaria Montanino
Maria Montanino
SPStefano Passerini
Stefano Passerini

30 January 2006 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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Andrea MeleAndrea Mele
Andrea Mele
GRGreta Romanò
Greta Romanò
MGMatteo Giannone
Matteo Giannone
EREnzio Ragg
Enzio Ragg
GFGiovanni Fronza
Giovanni Fronza
VMValentina Marcon
Valentina Marcon

1 November 2012 in Food Chemistry
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FBFrancesco Bonomi
Francesco Bonomi
MDMaria Grazia D’egidio
Maria Grazia D’egidio
SIStefania Iametti
Stefania Iametti
Mauro MarengoMauro Marengo
Mauro Marengo
Alessandra MartiAlessandra Marti
Alessandra Marti
EREnzio Ragg
Enzio Ragg

5 July 2010 in Chemistry – A European Journal
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GPGiovanni M. Pavan
Giovanni M. Pavan
PPPAOLA POSOCCO
PAOLA POSOCCO
ATAaron Tagliabue
Aaron Tagliabue
MMMarek Maly
Marek Maly
Anastasia MalekAnastasia Malek
Anastasia Malek
SPSabrina Pricl
Sabrina Pricl

25 December 2019 in Nutrients
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AVAlessandro Dalla Via
Alessandro Dalla Via
GGGiorgio Gargari
Giorgio Gargari
Valentina  TavernitiValentina Taverniti
Valentina Taverniti
GRGreta Rondini
Greta Rondini
IVIlaria Velardi
Ilaria Velardi
Simone GuglielmettiSimone Guglielmetti
Simone Guglielmetti
Gut microbiota metabolization of dietary choline may promote atherosclerosis through trimethylamine (TMA), which is rapidly absorbed and converted in the liver to proatherogenic trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO). The aim of this study was to verify whether TMAO urinary levels may be associated with the fecal relative abundance of specific bacterial taxa and the bacterial choline TMA-lyase gene cutC. The analysis of sequences available in GenBank grouped the cutC gene into two main clusters, cut-Dd and cut-Kp. A quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) protocol was developed to quantify cutC and was used with DNA isolated from three fecal samples collected weekly over the course of three consecutive weeks from 16 healthy adults. The same DNA was used for 16S rRNA gene profiling. Concomitantly, urine was used to quantify TMAO by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). All samples were positive for cutC and TMAO. Correlation analysis showed that the cut-Kp gene cluster was significantly associated with Enterobacteriaceae. Linear mixed models revealed that urinary TMAO levels may be predicted by fecal cut-Kp and by 23 operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Most of the OTUs significantly associated with TMAO were also significantly associated with cut-Kp, confirming the possible relationship between these two factors. In conclusion, this preliminary method-development study suggests the existence of a relationship between TMAO excreted in urine, specific fecal bacterial OTUs, and a cutC subgroup ascribable to the choline-TMA conversion enzymes of Enterobacteriaceae.