Biomonitoring of Lake Garda: Identification of ciliate species and symbiotic algae responsible for the “black-spot” bloom during the summer of 2004 S Pucciarelli, F Buonanno, G Pellegrini, S Pozzi, P Ballarini, C Miceli Environmental Research 107 (2), 194-200, 2008 | 58 | 2008 |
Chemical defence by means of extrusive cortical granules in the heterotrich ciliate Climacostomum virens A Miyake, F Buonanno, P Saltalamacchia, ME Masaki, H Iio European Journal of Protistology 39 (1), 25-36, 2003 | 57 | 2003 |
Natural products from aquatic eukaryotic microorganisms for cancer therapy: Perspectives on anti-tumour properties of ciliate bioactive molecules E Catalani, FP Serafini, S Zecchini, S Picchietti, AM Fausto, E Marcantoni, ... Pharmacological research 113, 409-420, 2016 | 56 | 2016 |
The protozoan toxin climacostol inhibits growth and induces apoptosis of human tumor cell lines F Buonanno, L Quassinti, M Bramucci, C Amantini, R Lucciarini, ... Chemico-biological interactions 176 (2-3), 151-164, 2008 | 51 | 2008 |
Climacostol reduces tumour progression in a mouse model of melanoma via the p53-dependent intrinsic apoptotic programme C Perrotta, F Buonanno, S Zecchini, A Giavazzi, F Proietti Serafini, ... Scientific reports 6 (1), 27281, 2016 | 48 | 2016 |
Chemical Offense by Means of Toxicysts in the Freshwater Ciliate, Coleps hirtus F Buonanno, A Anesi, G Guella, S Kumar, D Bharti, A La Terza, ... Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 61 (3), 293-304, 2014 | 37 | 2014 |
Antimicrobial activity of the protozoan toxin climacostol and its derivatives D Petrelli, F Buonanno, L Vitali, C Ortenzi Biologia 67 (3), 525-529, 2012 | 35 | 2012 |
Climacostol, a defense toxin of Climacostomum virens (protozoa, ciliata), and its congeners ME Masaki, S Hiro, Y Usuki, T Harumoto, MN Terazima, F Buonanno, ... Tetrahedron 60 (33), 7041-7048, 2004 | 35 | 2004 |
DNA binding and oxidative DNA damage induced by climacostol–copper (II) complexes: Implications for anticancer properties L Quassinti, F Ortenzi, E Marcantoni, M Ricciutelli, G Lupidi, C Ortenzi, ... Chemico-biological interactions 206 (1), 109-116, 2013 | 27 | 2013 |
Chemical defence by mono-prenyl hydroquinone in a freshwater ciliate, Spirostomum ambiguum F Buonanno, G Guella, C Strim, C Ortenzi Hydrobiologia 684, 97-107, 2012 | 27 | 2012 |
The defensive function of trichocysts in Paramecium tetraurelia against metazoan predators compared with the chemical defense of two species of toxin-containing ciliates F Buonanno, T Harumoto, C Ortenzi Zoological science 30 (4), 255-261, 2013 | 26 | 2013 |
A straightforward diastereoselective synthesis and evaluation of climacostol, a natural product with anticancer activities D Fiorini, S Giuli, E Marcantoni, L Quassinti, M Bramucci, C Amantini, ... Synthesis 2010 (09), 1550-1556, 2010 | 26 | 2010 |
Defence function of pigmentocysts in the karyorelictid ciliate Loxodes striatus F Buonanno, P Saltalamacchia, A Miyake European Journal of Protistology 41 (2), 151-158, 2005 | 26 | 2005 |
The protozoan toxin climacostol and its derivatives: Cytotoxicity studies on 10 species of free-living ciliates F Buonanno, C Ortenzi Biologia 65 (4), 675-680, 2010 | 25 | 2010 |
Dysfunctional autophagy induced by the pro-apoptotic natural compound climacostol in tumour cells S Zecchini, F Proietti Serafini, E Catalani, M Giovarelli, M Coazzoli, ... Cell death & disease 10 (1), 10, 2018 | 24 | 2018 |
A re-description of the ciliate genus and type species, Balantidium entozoon JN Grim, F Buonanno European Journal of Protistology 45 (3), 174-182, 2009 | 22 | 2009 |
Variations in the efficiency of ciliate extrusomal toxins against a common ciliate predator, the catenulid Stenostomum sphagnetorum F Buonanno Italian Journal of Zoology 72 (4), 293-295, 2005 | 22 | 2005 |
The changes in the predatory behavior of the microturbellarian Stenostomum sphagnetorum on two species of toxin-secreting ciliates of the genus Spirostomum F Buonanno Biologia 66 (4), 648-653, 2011 | 18 | 2011 |
The natural compound climacostol as a prodrug strategy based on pH activation for efficient delivery of cytotoxic small agents E Catalani, F Buonanno, G Lupidi, S Bongiorni, R Belardi, S Zecchini, ... Frontiers in Chemistry 7, 463, 2019 | 17 | 2019 |
Antipredator behavior of the freshwater microturbellarian Stenostomum sphagnetorum against the predatory ciliate Dileptus margaritifer F Buonanno Zoological science 26 (7), 443-447, 2009 | 15 | 2009 |