Prof. Maria Giuliana Vannucchi

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Embryology and Histology Research Unit

University of Florence, Italy

Associate Professor

Email: mariagiuliana.vannucchi@unifi.it

Qualifications

1993 Ph.D., University of Florence, Italy

1988 Neurology Specialist, University of Florence, Italy

1984 M.D., University of Florence, Italy

Publications

1. Vannucchi, M. G. (2022). Telocytes and macrophages in the gut: From morphology to function, do the two cell types interact with each other? Which helps which?. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(15), 8435.
2. Grifoni, L., Vanti, G., Vannucchi, M. G., Bergonzi, M. C., & Bilia, A. R. (2023). Development and evaluation of khellin-loaded microemulgel for dermatological applications. Planta medica, 89(08), 848-855.
3. Baccari, M. C., Vannucchi, M. G., & Idrizaj, E. (2022). Glucagon-like peptide-2 in the control of gastrointestinal motility: physiological implications. Current Protein and Peptide Science, 23(2), 61-69.
4. Traini, C., Nistri, S., Calosi, L., & Vannucchi, M. G. (2022). Chronic exposure to cigarette smoke affects the ileum and colon of guinea pigs differently. Relaxin (RLX-2, serelaxin) prevents most local damage. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12, 804623.
5. Idrizaj, E., Traini, C., Vannucchi, M. G., & Baccari, M. C. (2021). Nitric oxide: from gastric motility to gastric dysmotility. International journal of molecular sciences, 22(18), 9990.
6. Traini, C., Idrizaj, E., Garella, R., Faussone‐Pellegrini, M. S., Baccari, M. C., & Vannucchi, M. G. (2021). Otilonium Bromide treatment prevents nitrergic functional and morphological changes caused by chronic stress in the distal colon of a rat IBS model. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 25(14), 6988-7000.
7. Giovannini, M. G., Lana, D., Traini, C., & Vannucchi, M. G. (2021). The microbiota–gut–brain axis and Alzheimer disease. From dysbiosis to neurodegeneration: Focus on the central nervous system glial cells. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(11), 2358.
8. Nardini, P., Pini, A., Bessard, A., Duchalais, E., Niccolai, E., Neunlist, M., & Vannucchi, M. G. (2020). GLP-2 prevents neuronal and glial changes in the distal colon of mice chronically treated with cisplatin. International journal of molecular sciences, 21(22), 8875.
9. Ji, S., Traini, C., Mischopoulou, M., Gibbons, S. J., Ligresti, G., Faussone‐Pellegrini, M. S., ... & Cipriani, G. (2021). Muscularis macrophages establish cell‐to‐cell contacts with telocytes/PDGFRα‐positive cells and smooth muscle cells in the human and mouse gastrointestinal tract. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 33(3), e13993.
10. Vannucchi, M. G. (2020). The telocytes: ten years after their introduction in the scientific literature. An update on their morphology, distribution, and potential roles in the gut. International journal of molecular sciences, 21(12), 4478.
11. Amedei, A., Asadzadeh, F., Papi, F., Vannucchi, M. G., Ferrucci, V., Bermejo, I. A., ... & Nativi, C. (2020). A structurally simple vaccine candidate reduces progression and dissemination of triple-negative breast cancer. Iscience, 23(6).
12. Traini, C., Idrizaj, E., Garella, R., Squecco, R., Vannucchi, M. G., & Baccari, M. C. (2020). Glucagon-like peptide-2 interferes with the neurally-induced relaxant responses in the mouse gastric strips through VIP release. Neuropeptides, 81, 102031.
13. Traserra, S., Villarte, S., Traini, C., Palacin, S., Vergara, P., Vannucchi, M. G., & Jimenez, M. (2020). The asymmetric innervation of the circular and longitudinal muscle of the mouse colon differently modulates myogenic slow phasic contractions. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 32(4), e13778.
14. Traini, C., & Vannucchi, M. G. (2019). The Botulinum treatment of neurogenic detrusor overactivity: the double-face of the neurotoxin. Toxins, 11(11), 614.
15. Cretoiu, D., Vannucchi, M. G., Bei, Y., Manetti, M., Faussone-Pellegrini, M. S., Ibba-Manneschi, L., ... & Cretoiu, S. M. (2020). Telocytes: new connecting devices in the stromal space of organs. Innovations in cell research and therapy, 1-25.
16. Traini, C., Del Popolo, G., Faussone‐Pellegrini, M. S., Guasti, D., Catarinicchia, S., & Vannucchi, M. G. (2019). Nerve sprouting and neurogenic inflammation characterize the neurogenic detrusor overactive bladder of patients no longer responsive to drug therapies. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 23(6), 4076-4087.
17. Evangelista, S., Traini, C., & Vannucchi, M. G. (2018). Otilonium bromide: a drug with a complex mechanism of action. Current pharmaceutical design, 24(16), 1772-1779.
18. Vannucchi, M. G., & Traini, C. (2018). The telocytes/myofibroblasts 3-D network forms a stretch receptor in the human bladder mucosa. Is this structure involved in the detrusor overactive diseases?. Annals of Anatomy-Anatomischer Anzeiger, 218, 118-123.
19. Vannucchi, M. G., & Evangelista, S. (2018). Experimental models of irritable bowel syndrome and the role of the enteric neurotransmission. Journal of clinical medicine, 7(1), 4.
20. Garella, R., Idrizaj, E., Traini, C., Squecco, R., Vannucchi, M. G., & Baccari, M. C. (2017). Glucagon-like peptide-2 modulates the nitrergic neurotransmission in strips from the mouse gastric fundus. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 23(40), 7211.
21. Traini, C., Fausssone‐Pellegrini, M. S., Guasti, D., Del Popolo, G., Frizzi, J., Serni, S., & Vannucchi, M. G. (2018). Adaptive changes of telocytes in the urinary bladder of patients affected by neurogenic detrusor overactivity. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 22(1), 195-206.
22. Traini, C., Evangelista, S., Girod, V., Faussone‐Pellegrini, M. S., & Vannucchi, M. G. (2017). Repeated otilonium bromide administration prevents neurotransmitter changes in colon of rats underwent to wrap restraint stress. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 21(4), 735-745.
23. Traini, C., Evangelista, S., Girod, V., Faussone‐Pellegrini, M. S., & Vannucchi, M. G. (2016). Changes of excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters in the colon of rats underwent to the wrap partial restraint stress. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 28(8), 1172-1185.

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