Federico Buonanno

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

1. Dysfunctional autophagy induced by the pro-apoptotic natural compound climacostol in tumour cells

   2018 · 65 citations

2. Biomonitoring of Lake Garda: Identification of ciliate species and symbiotic algae responsible for the “black-spot” bloom during the summer of 2004

   2008 · 56 citations

3. Natural products from aquatic eukaryotic microorganisms for cancer therapy: Perspectives on anti-tumour properties of ciliate bioactive molecules

   2016 · 48 citations

4. Chemical defence by means of extrusive cortical granules in the heterotrich ciliate Climacostomum virens

   2003 · 46 citations

5. Climacostol reduces tumour progression in a mouse model of melanoma via the p53-dependent intrinsic apoptotic programme

   2016 · 44 citations

6. The protozoan toxin climacostol inhibits growth and induces apoptosis of human tumor cell lines

   2008 · 41 citations

7. The Natural Compound Climacostol as a Prodrug Strategy Based on pH Activation for Efficient Delivery of Cytotoxic Small Agents

   2019 · 41 citations

8. Chemical Offense by Means of Toxicysts in the Freshwater Ciliate, Coleps hirtus

   2014 · 33 citations

9. Climacostol, a defense toxin of Climacostomum virens (protozoa, ciliata), and its congeners

   2004 · 31 citations

10. Antimicrobial activity of the protozoan toxin climacostol and its derivatives

    2012 · 28 citations

11. Chemical defence by mono-prenyl hydroquinone in a freshwater ciliate, Spirostomum ambiguum

    2011 · 25 citations

12. Defence function of pigmentocysts in the karyorelictid ciliate Loxodes striatus

    2005 · 24 citations

13. DNA binding and oxidative DNA damage induced by climacostol–copper(II) complexes: Implications for anticancer properties

    2013 · 23 citations

14. The Defensive Function of Trichocysts inParamecium tetraureliaAgainst Metazoan Predators Compared with the Chemical Defense of Two Species of Toxin-containing Ciliates

    2013 · 23 citations

15. The protozoan toxin climacostol and its derivatives: Cytotoxicity studies on 10 species of free-living ciliates

    2010 · 21 citations

16. Variations in the efficiency of ciliate extrusomal toxins against a common ciliate predator, the catenulid Stenostomum Sphagnetorum

    2005 · 21 citations

17. A Straightforward Diastereoselective Synthesis and Evaluation of Climacostol, A Natural Product with Anticancer Activities

    2010 · 19 citations

18. A re-description of the ciliate genus and type species, Balantidium entozoon

    2009 · 19 citations

19. The changes in the predatory behavior of the microturbellarian Stenostomum sphagnetorum on two species of toxin-secreting ciliates of the genus Spirostomum

    2011 · 18 citations

20. Metabolites from the Euryhaline Ciliate Pseudokeronopsis erythrina

    2016 · 15 citations

21. Bioactive molecules from protists: Perspectives in biotechnology

    2020 · 14 citations

22. Antipredator Behavior of the Freshwater MicroturbellarianStenostomum sphagnetorumAgainst the Predatory CiliateDileptus margaritifer

    2009 · 13 citations

23. Chemical Defense by Erythrolactones in the Euryhaline Ciliated Protist,Pseudokeronopsis erythrina

    2017 · 12 citations

24. Cell aging-induced methionine oxidation causes an autocrine to paracrine shift of the pheromone activity in the protozoan ciliate, Euplotes raikovi

    2011 · 9 citations

25. Bioactivity and Structural Properties of Novel Synthetic Analogues of the Protozoan Toxin Climacostol

    2019 · 9 citations

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