Publications


1.       F Zonta, M Levitt, Virus spread on a scale-free network reproduces the Gompertz growth observed in isolated COVID-19 outbreaks, Advances in Biological Regulation, 100915 (2022)

 

2.       D Buratto, Y Wan, X Shi, G Yang, F Zonta, In Silico Maturation of a Nanomolar Antibody against the Human CXCR2, Biomolecules 12 (9), 1285 (2022)

 

3.       H Yang, Z Xiong, F Zonta, Construction of a Deep Neural Network Energy Function for Protein Physics, Journal of chemical theory and computation 18 (9), 5649-5658 (2022)

 

4.       C Nardin, A Tettey-Matey, V Donati, D Marazziti, C Di Pietro, C Peres, M Raspa, F Zonta, G Yang, M Gorelik, S Singh, L Cardarelli, S S Sidhu, F Mammano, A Quantitative Assay for Ca2+ Uptake through Normal and Pathological Hemichannels, International journal of molecular sciences 23 (13), 7337 (2022)

 

5.       M Levitt, F Zonta, JPA Ioannidis, Comparison of pandemic excess mortality in 2020–2021 across different empirical calculations, Environmental Research 213, 113754 (2022)

 

6.       EE Barrera, S Pantano, F Zonta, A homogeneous dataset of polyglutamine and glutamine rich aggregating peptides simulations, Data in Brief 36, 107109(2021)

 

7.       D Buratto, A Saxena, Q Ji, G Yang, S Pantano, F Zonta, Rapid assessment of binding affinity of SARS-COV-2 spike protein to the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor and to neutralizing biomolecules based on computer simulations, Frontiers in immunology 12 (2021)

 

8.       B Calì, AHR Agnellini, C Cioccarelli, R Sanchez-Rodriguez, A Predonzani, G I Toffolo, A Viola, V Bronte, G Arrigoni, F Zonta, L A, C Mescoli, I Marigo, B Molon,  GM-CSF Nitration Is a New Driver of Myeloid Suppressor Cell Activity in Tumors, Frontiers in immunology 12 (2021)

 

9.       D Buratto, V Donati, F Zonta, F Mammano, Harnessing the Therapeutic Potential of Antibodies Targeting Connexin Hemichannels,  Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, 166047 (2021)

 

10.   EE Barrera, F Zonta, S Pantano, Dissecting the role of glutamine in seeding peptide aggregation Computational and structural biotechnology journal 19, 1595-1602 (2021)

 

11.   Y Kuang, V Zorzi, D Buratto, G Ziraldo, F Mazzarda, C Peres, C Nardin, AM Salvatore, F Chiani, F Scavizzi, M Raspa, M Qiang, Y Chu, X Shi, Y Li, L Liu, Y Shi, F Zonta, G Yang, RA Lerner, F Mammano, A potent antagonist antibody targeting connexin hemichannels alleviates Clouston syndrome symptoms in mutant mice, EBioMedicine, Volume 57, July 2020, Pages 102856. (2020)

 

12.   F Klein, D Caceres-Rojas, M Carrasco, JC Tapia, J Caballero, JH Alzate-Morales, S Pantano, Coarse-Grained parameters for divalent cations within the SIRAH force field, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 2020, 60, 8, 3935–3943 (2020)

 

13.   MG Herrera, MF Gómez Castro, E Prieto, EE Barrera, VI Dodero, S Pantano, F Chirdo, Structural conformation and selfassembly process of p3143 gliadin peptide in aqueous solution. Implications for celiac disease. The FEBS Journal. doi:10.1111/febs.15109  (2020)

 

14.   PG Garay, EE Barrera, S Pantano, Post-Translational Modifications at the Coarse-Grained Level with the SIRAH Force Field.  Journal of  Chemical Information and Modeling 60, 2, 964–973 (2020)

 

15.   EE Barrera, MR Machado, S Pantano, Fat SIRAH: Coarse-Grained Phospholipids To Explore Membrane–Protein Dynamics, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 15, 10, 5674–5688 (2019)

 

16.   BS Nielsen, F Zonta, T Farkas, T Litman, MS Nielsen, N MacAulay*. Structural determinants underlying permeant discrimination of the Cx43 hemichannel. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 294 (45), 16789-16803 (2019)

 

17.   Y Zhang#, X Sun#, Y Qian, H Yi, K Song, H Zhu, F Zonta, W Chen, Q Ji, S Miersch, SS Sidhu*, D Wu*. A potent anti-SpuE antibody allosterically inhibits type III secretion system and attenuates virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of molecular biology, Volume 431, Issue 24, 6 December, Pages 4882-4896 (2019)

 

18.   P Ma, H Xu, J Li, F Lu, F Ma, S Wang, H Xiong, W Wang, D Buratto, F Zonta, N Wang, K Liu, T Hua, Z Liu, G Yang #, RA Lerner #, FunctionalityIndependent DNA Encoding of Complex Natural Products. Angewandte Chemie 131:9355-9362 (2019)

 

19.   G Ziraldo*, D Buratto*, Y Kuang, L Xu, A Carrer, C Nardin, F Chiani, AM Salvatore, G Paludetti, RA Lerner, G Yang #, F Zonta #, F Mammano #, A Human-Derived Monoclonal Antibody Targeting Extracellular Connexin Domain Selectively Modulates Hemichannel Function. Front Physiol., 10:392 (2019)

 

20.   X Shi, Z Xiao, F Zonta, W Wang, Y Wan, Y Li, N Wang, Y Kuang, M Du, J Dong, J Wang, G Yang #, Somatic MIWI2 Hinders Direct Lineage Reprogramming From Fibroblast to Hepatocyte. Stem Cells. 37 (6), 803-812 doi: 10.1002/stem.2994. (2019)

 

21.   M Qiang, X Dong, Z Zha, X Zuo, X Song, L Zhao, C Yuan, C Huang, P Tao, Q Hu, W Li, W Hu, J Li, Y Nie, D Buratto, F Zonta, P Ma, Z Yu, L Liu, Y Zhang, B Yang, J Xie, T Xu, Z Qu, GYang #, RA Lerner#, Selection of an ASIC1a-blocking combinatorial antibody that protects cells from ischemic death. PNAS 115(32):E7469-E7477 (2018)