Giusy Daniela Albano
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Giusy Daniela
Albano
Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR Researcher Nutrheff Thematic Biological validation
Research Interest and expertise in the field of nutraceuticals
and functional food
Keywords: dietary antioxidant, Resveratrol, lung inflammation, asthma, COPD, allergy
Nutraceuticals and foods of interestResearch interest and expertise concerns the study of respiratory immunopathology and pharmacology studies on in vitro/ex vivo 3D experimental models. Furthermore, this activity concerned the study cigarette smoking and environmental pollutants effects. Recently, much interest has focused on nutraceuticals, or dietary antioxidant, as resveratrol (a natural polyphenol compound, common fruits and vegetables) which anti-inflammatory properties and exert pleiotropic effects on inflammatory cells. Red grape varieties, red wines, cabbage, curcumin, olive oil and its compounds, vitamins, probiotics Fields of application The focus of our activities is to study the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant biological activities of nutraceutical substances. The field of applications of our studies is associated with chronic inflammatory diseases of the respiratory and intestinal apparatus. We will use 3D in vitro/ ex vivo models of disease to identify new and alternative treatment to the conventional therapy using nutraceutical compounds. Facilities and equipments The facilities are: Molecular Biology laboratory, Sterile room, Dark room, Immunohystochemistry laboratory The equipments are: sterile laminar (or cytostatic) flow hood , 37˚C incubator, spectrophotometer, flow cytometer, optical microscope, fluorescence microscope, confocal microscope, microtome, cell culture incubators, invertoscope, paraffin embedding oven, Infrared Imaging System, Real Time PCR (qPCR) System, Freezer, Refrigerator |
