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Roberta Gualdani - Principal Investigator

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My research project involves looking for recurrent TRP ion channel mutations in patients suffering from severe chronic pain, in order to understand whether there is a genetic predisposition to the development of the pain conditions, and to develop personalized therapies to normalize the activity of the mutant channels. To this end, I combine the most advanced state-of-the-art techniques for the biophysical and pharmacological study of ion channels, including electrophysiology, fluorescence spectroscopy, biochemistry, structural modelling. I have also a wide experience in ion channel drug discovery and in the development of genetically modified mouse models for in vivo experiments.

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Publications

2022

A TRPM7 mutation linked to familial trigeminal neuralgia: Omega current and hyperexcitability of trigeminal ganglion neurons

PNAS

Gualdani R, Gailly P, Yuan JH, Yerna X, Di Stefano G, Truini A, Cruccu G, Dib-Hajj SD, Waxman SG.

119(38):e2119630119.

2022

Prdm12 modulates pain-related behavior by remodeling gene expression in mature nociceptors.

Pain

Latragna A, Sabaté San José A, Tsimpos P, Vermeiren S, Gualdani R, Chakrabarti S, Callejo G, Desiderio S, Shomroni O, Sitte M, Kricha S, Luypaert M, Vanhollebeke B, Laumet G, Salinas G, Smith ESJ, Ris L, Bellefroid EJ.

163(8):e927-e941.

2021

Overexpression of wild-type human amyloid precursor protein alters GABAergic transmission

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Sci Rep

Kreis A, Desloovere J, Suelves N, Pierrot N, Yerna X, Issa F, Schakman O, Gualdani R, de Clippele M, Tajeddine N, Kienlen-Campard P, Raedt R, Octave JN, Gailly P.

11(1):17600.

2021

Lubeluzole: from anti-ischemic drug to preclinical antidiarrheal studies

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Pharmacol Rep

Cavalluzzi MM, Budriesi R, De Salvia MA, Quintieri L, Piarulli M, Milani G, Gualdani R, Micucci M, Corazza I, Rosato A, Viale M, Caputo L, Franchini C, Lentini G.

73(1):172-184.

2021

Trigeminal Neuralgia TRPM8 Mutation: Enhanced Activation, Basal [Ca2+]i and Menthol Response

Neurol Genet

Gualdani R, Yuan JH, Effraim PR, Di Stefano G, Truini A, Cruccu G, Dib-Hajj SD, Gailly P, Waxman SG.

7(1):e550.

2020

Human ether-à-go-go-related potassium channel: exploring SAR to improve drug design

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Drug Discov Today

Cavalluzzi MM, Imbrici P, Gualdani R, Stefanachi A, Mangiatordi GF, Lentini G, Nicolotti O.

25(2):344-366.

2020

Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Controls the Expression of the Transcriptional Activator Neuronal PAS Domain Protein 4 (NPAS4) and Synaptic GABA Release

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eNeuro

Opsomer R, Contino S, Perrin F, Gualdani R, Tasiaux B, Doyen P, Vergouts M, Vrancx C, Doshina A, Pierrot N, Octave JN, Gailly P, Stanga S, Kienlen-Campard P.

7(3):ENEURO.0322-19.2020.

2020

How TRPC Channels Modulate Hippocampal Function

Int J Mol Sci

Gualdani R, Gailly P.

21(11):3915.

2020

Role of the TRPC1 Channel in Hippocampal Long-Term Depression and in Spatial Memory Extinction

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Int J Mol Sci

Tajeddine N, Tissir F, Gualdani R, Gailly P.

21(5):1712.

2020

Mechanical activation of TRPV4 channels controls albumin reabsorption by proximal tubule cells

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Sci Signal

Gualdani R, Seghers F, Yerna X, Schakman O, Tajeddine N, Achouri Y, Tissir F, Devuyst O, Gailly P.

3(653):eabc6967.

2019

Store-Operated Calcium Entry Contributes to Cisplatin-Induced Cell Death in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

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Cancers (Basel)

Gualdani R, de Clippele M, Ratbi I, Gailly P, Tajeddine N.

11(3):430.

2019

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) modulate hERG ion channel activity

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Nanotoxicology

Gualdani R, Guerrini A, Fantechi E, Tadini-Buoninsegni F, Moncelli MR, Sangregorio C.

13(9):1197-1209.

2018

Drug Interactions With the Ca2+-ATPase From Sarco(Endo)Plasmic Reticulum (SERCA)

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Front Mol Biosci

Tadini-Buoninsegni F, Smeazzetto S, Gualdani R, Moncelli MR.

5:36.

2018

Activation of TRPC1 Channel by Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor mGluR5 Modulates Synaptic Plasticity and Spatial Working Memory

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Front Cell Neurosci

Lepannetier S, Gualdani R, Tempesta S, Schakman O, Seghers F, Kreis A, Yerna X, Slimi A, de Clippele M, Tajeddine N, Voets T, Bon RS, Beech DJ, Tissir F, Gailly P.

12:318.

2018

Molecular Insights into hERG Potassium Channel Blockade by Lubeluzole

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Cell Physiol Biochem

Gualdani R, Cavalluzzi MM, Tadini-Buoninsegni F, Convertino M, Gailly P, Stary-Weinzinger A, Lentini G.

45(6):2233-2245.

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