Publications

Naphthalene diimide-naphthalimide dyads promote telomere damage by selectively targeting multimeric G-quadruplexes
Nucleic Acids Res., 2025, 53(7), gkaf301; 

On the interaction of anticancer G-quadruplex ligands with GalNAc-functionalized G-quadruplex-forming carriers for selective recognition and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
Bioorganic Chemistry, 2025, 157, 108299; 

Core-Extended Naphthalene Diimide Dyads as Light-Up Probes with Targeted Cytotoxicity Toward Tumor Cells
Biomolecules, 2025, 15(2), 311;

A novel chemical chaperone ameliorates osteoblast homeostasis and extracellular matrix in osteogenesis imperfecta
Life Sci., 2025, 36, 123320.

“Selective delivery of G-quadruplex ligand in glioma cell lines: the power of cyclic-RGD peptide”
Sci. Rep., 2024, 14(1), 30180;

“Vertically oriented low-dimensional perovskites for high-efficiency wide band gap perovskite solar cells”
Nat. Commun., 2024, 15(1), 9069;

“A Novel G-Quadruplex Structure within Apolipoprotein E Promoter: A New Promising Target in Cancer and Dementia Fight?”
ACS Omega, 2024, 9(45), 45203-45213;

“The Versatile NDI-base compounds: emerging anticancer and antimicrobial agents”
Med. Chem. Res., 2024, 33(11), 2030-2049;

“Effective lowering of α-synuclein expression by targeting G-quadruplex structures within the SNCA gene”
Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2024, 277, 134417;

“Structure-Activity Study on Substituted, Core-Extended, and Dyad Naphthalene Diimide G-Quadruplex Ligands Leading to Potent Antitrypanosomal Agents”
J. Med. Chem., 2024, 67(13), 10643-10654;

“Unraveling Bulk versus Surface Passivation Effects in Highly Efficient p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells Using Thiophene-based Cations”
Solar RRL, 2024, 8(9), 2300681;

“Easy and Accessible Synthesis of Cannabinoids from CBD”
J. Nat. Prod., 2024, 87(4), 869-875;

“Naphthalene Diimide-Tetraazacycloalkane Conjugates are G-Quadruplex-Based HIV-1 Inhibitors with a Dual Mode of Action”
ACS Inf. Dis., 2024, 10(2), 489-499;

“A fluorescent sensor to detect lead leakage from perovskite solar cells”
Mater. Adv., 2023, 4(11), 2410-2417;

“Conformational Behaviour of SARS-Cov-2 Spike Protein Variants: Evolutionary Jumps in Sequence Reverberate in Structural Dynamic Differences”
J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2023, 19(7), 2120-2134;

“cRGD-Functionalized Silk Fibroin Nanoparticles: A Strategy for Cancer Tretament with a Potent Unselective Naphthalene Diimide Derivative”
Cancers, 2023, 15(6), 1725;

“Selective light-up of dimeric G-quadruplex forming aptamers for efficient VEGF165 detection”
Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2023, 224, 344-357;

“Studying the Dynamics of a Complex G-Quadruplex System: Insights into the Comparison of MD and NMR Data”
J. Chem. Theory Comput., 2023, 18(7), 4515-4528;

“Photoactivatable V-Shaped Bifunctional Quinone Methide Precursors as a New Class of Selective G-quadruplex Alkylating Agents”
Chem. Eur. J., 2022, 28(35), e202200734;

“Lights on 2,5-diaryl tetrazoles: applications and limits of a versatile photoclick reaction”
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2022, 21(5), 879-898;

“Multimeric G-quadruplexes: A review on their biological roles and targeting”
Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2022, 204, 89-102;

“G-Quadruplex DNA as a Target in Pathogenic Bacteria: Efficacy of an Extended Naphthalene Diimide Ligand and Its Mode of Action”
J. Med. Chem., 2022, 65(6), 4752-4766;

“Thiosugar naphthalene diimide conjugates: G-quadruplex ligands with antiparasitic and anticancer activity”
Eur. J. Med. Chem., 2022, 232, 114183;

“The Quest for the Right Trade-Off for an Efficient Photoclick Monitoring Reaction”
ChemPhotoChem, 2022, 6(3), e202100204;

“Manipulating Color Emission in 2D Hybrid Perovskites by Fine Tuning Halide Segregation: A Transparent Green Emitter”
Adv. Mater., 2022, 34(1), 2105942;

“Effects of the combined treatment with a g-quadruplex-stabilizing ligand and photon beams on glioblastoma stem-like cells: A magnetic resonance study”
Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2021, 22(23): 12709;

“Selective Recognition of a Single HIV-1 G-Quadruplex by Ultrafast Small-Molecule Screening”
Anal. Chem., 2021, 93(46), 15243-15252;

“Synthesis, crystal structure and antibacterial studies of 2,4,6-trimethoxybenzaldehyde based dihydropyrimidine derivatives”
J. Mol. Struct., 2021, 1241, 130678;

“DNA binding mode analysis of a core-extended napththalene diimide as a conformation-sensitive fluorescent probe of g-quadruplex structures”
Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2021, 22(19), 10624;

“SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Mutations and Escape from Antibodies: A Computational Model of Epitope Loss in Variants of Concern”
J. Chem. Inf. Model., 2021, 61(9), 4687-4700;

“New perspectives in cancer drug development: computational advances with an eye to design”
RSC Med. Chem., 2021, 12(9), 1491-1502;

“The Binding Pocket at the Interface of Multimeric Telomere G-quadruplexes: Myth or Reality?”
Chem. Eur. J., 2021, 27(45), 11707-11720;

“Selective binding and reox-activity on parallel g-quadruplexes by pegylated napththalene diimide-copper complexes”
Molecules, 2021, 26(16), 5025;

“Synthesis, crystal structure and antibacterial studies of dihydropyrimidines and their regioselectively oxidized products”
RSC Advances, 2021, 11(11), 6312-6329;

“The MDM2 inducible promoter folds into four-tetrad and antiparallel G-quadruplexes targetable to fight malignant liposarcoma”
Nucleic Acids Res., 2021, 49(2), 847-863;

“On the binding of napththalene diimides to a human telomeric G-quadruplex multimer model”
Int. J. Biol. Macromol., 2021, 166, 1320-1334;

“On the interaction of anticancer trisubstituted napththalene diimide with G-quadruplexes of different topologies: A structural insight”
Nucleic Acids Res., 2020, 48(21), 12380-12393;

“Groundbreaking anticancer activity of highly diversified oxadiazole scaffolds”
Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2020, 21(22), 1-28;

“Selective targeting of mutually exclusive DNA G-quadruplexes: HIV-1 LTR as paradigmatic model”
Nucleic Acids Res., 2020, 48(9), 4627-4642;

“Trifunctionalized napththalene diimides and dimeric analogues as g-quadruplex-targeting anticancer agents selected by affinity chromatography”
Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2020, 21(6), 1964;

“An overview of quadruplex ligands: Their common features and chemotype diversity”
Ann. Rep. Med. Chem., 2020, 54, 163-196;