Oscar Francesconi

Dr. Oscar Francesconi

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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

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

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10 October 2006 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
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OFOscar Francesconi
Oscar Francesconi
Andrea IencoAndrea Ienco
Andrea Ienco
GMGloriano Moneti
Gloriano Moneti
CNCristina Nativi
Cristina Nativi
SRStefano Roelens
Stefano Roelens

16 March 2007 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Cristina Nativi
Martina CacciariniMartina Cacciarini
Martina Cacciarini
OFOscar Francesconi
Oscar Francesconi
AVAlberto Vacca
Alberto Vacca
GMGloriano Moneti
Gloriano Moneti
SRStefano Roelens
Stefano Roelens

19 April 2018 in Chemistry – A European Journal
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OFOscar Francesconi
Oscar Francesconi
MMMarco Martinucci
Marco Martinucci
LBLorenzo Badii
Lorenzo Badii
Cristina NativiCristina Nativi
Cristina Nativi
SRStefano Roelens
Stefano Roelens

18 June 2013 in Scientific Reports
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Cristina NativiCristina Nativi
Cristina Nativi
RGRoberta Gualdani
Roberta Gualdani
EDElisa Dragoni
Elisa Dragoni
Lorenzo Di Cesare MannelliLorenzo Di Cesare Mannelli
Lorenzo Di Cesare Mannelli
SSSilvia Sostegni
Silvia Sostegni
SRStefano Roelens
Stefano Roelens
Neuropathic pain (NeP) is generally considered an intractable problem, which becomes compelling in clinical practice when caused by highly effective chemotherapeutics, such as in the treatment of cancer with oxaliplatin (OXA) and related drugs. In the present work we describe a structurally new compound, ADM_09, which proved to effectively revert OXA-induced NeP in vivo in rats without eliciting the commonly observed negative side-effects. ADM_09 does not modify normal behavior in rats, does not show any toxicity toward astrocyte cell cultures, nor any significant cardiotoxicity. Patch-clamp recordings demonstrated that ADM_09 is an effective antagonist of the nociceptive sensor channel TRPA1, which persistently blocks mouse as well as human variants of TRPA1. A dual-binding mode of action has been proposed for ADM_09, in which a synergic combination of calcium-mediated binding of the carnosine residue and disulphide-bridge-forming of the lipoic acid residue accounts for the observed persistent blocking activity toward the TRPA1 channel.


10 October 2007 in Organic Letters
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CNCristina Nativi
Cristina Nativi
Martina CacciariniMartina Cacciarini
Martina Cacciarini
OFOscar Francesconi
Oscar Francesconi
GMGloriano Moneti
Gloriano Moneti
SRStefano Roelens
Stefano Roelens