Selected publications
- Uliano-Silva et al. A hybrid-hierarchical genome assembly strategy to sequence the invasive golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei" (GIGA-D-17-00124R2) accepted for publication in GigaScience.
- Maria, V. L., Amorim, M. J., Bebianno, M. J., & Dondero, F. (2016). Transcriptomic effects of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Ibuprofen in the marine bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis Lam. Marine environmental research, 119, 31-39. ISSN 0141-1136
- Maier, D., Beníšek, M., Bláha, L., Dondero, F., Giesy, J. P., Köhler, H. R., ... & Triebskorn, R. (2017). Corrigendum to “Reduction of dioxin-like toxicity in effluents by additional wastewater treatment and related effects in fish”[Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 132 (2016) 47–58]. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 136, 189.
- Saggese, I., Sarà, G., & Dondero, F. (2016). Silver Nanoparticles Affect Functional Bioenergetic Traits in the Invasive Red Sea Mussel Brachidontes pharaonis. BioMed Research International, 2016.
- Antonio Calisi, Antonio; Annalisa Grimaldi, Annalisa; Alessandro Leomanni, Alessandro; Maria Giulia Lionetto, Maria Giulia; Francesco Dondero, Francesco; Trifone Schettino, Trifone Trifone. Multibiomarker response in the earthworm Eisenia fetida as tool for assessing multi-walled carbon nanotube ecotoxicity" . Ecotoxicology ISSN: 0963-9292 (Print) 1573-3017. 2016 .. May 2016, Vol 25, Issue 4, pp 677-687 ISSN: 0963-9292 (Print) 1573-3017
- Marcela Uliano-Silva, Juliana A. Américo, Rodrigo Brindeiro, Francesco Dondero, Francisco Prosdocimi and Mauro F. Rebelo. The Genetics of the Golden Mussel ( Limnoperna fortunei): Are Genes Related to Invasiveness? In Limnoperna Fortunei. The Ecology, Distribution and Control of a Swiftly Spreading Invasive Fouling Mussel. Editors: Boltovskoy, Demetrio (Ed.). Springer, New York, 2015, p67-76.
- Francesco Dondero and Antonio Calisi. Evaluation Of Pollution Effects In Marine Organisms: “Old” And “New Generation” Biomarkers”. In Coastal Ecosystems: Experiences and Recommendations for Environmental Monitoring Programs. M. Bastia (Ed). Nova publishing. New York. 2015
- Marcela Uliano-Silva, Francisco Prosdocimi, Juliana Alves Americo, Francesco Dondero, Rodrigo Brindeiro, Mauro de Freitas Rebelo. Gene Discovery Through Transcriptome Sequencing for the Invasive Mussel Limnoperna fortune. Plos One. 2014 Jul 21;9(7):e102973. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102973. eCollection 2014.
- Corsi I, Cherr GN, Lenihan HS, Labille J, Hassellov M, Canesi L, Dondero F, Frenzilli G, Hristozov D, Puntes V, Della Torre C, Pinsino A, Libralato G, Marcomini A, Sabbioni E, Matranga V. Common Strategies and Technologies for the Ecosafety Assessment and Design of Nanomaterials Entering the Marine Environment. ACS Nano. 2014 Sep 29.
- Savolainen K, Backman U, Brouwer D, Fadeel B, Fernandes T, Kuhlbusch T, Landsiedel R, Lynch I, Pylkkänen L, et al. Nanosafety in Europe 2015 – 2025. Towards Safe and Sustainable Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Innovations. Savolainen K, Backman U, Brouwer D, Fadeel B, Fernandes T, Kuhlbusch T, Landsiedel R, Lynch I, Pylkkänen L (Eds). Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki 2013. ISBN 978-952-261-310-3
- Americo JA, Dondero F, Moraes MO, Allodi S, de Freitas Rebelo M. Gene discovery in the tropical scallop Nodipecten nodosus: construction and sequencing of a normalized cDNA library. Mar Environ Res. 2013 91:34-40. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.03.008.
- de Freitas Rebelo M, Dondero F. What are we doing to prepare the next generation of ecotoxicologists? Mar Environ Res. 2013 Oct;91:1. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2013.09.017.
- Boatti, L (Boatti, L.)1, Boria I, Marsano F, Dondero F, Viarengo A, Mignone, F (2012). Integrated analysis of ecotoxicological related high-throughput data . COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, ISSN: 1095-6433
- Boatti L, Boria I, Cancio I Wenne R, Lethonen K, Vassilenko E, Mignone F, Dondero F (2012). Development of high-resolution arrays in Mytilus spp. for eco-physiological applications and toxicogenomics. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, ISSN: 1095-6433
- Shaw JP, Dondero F, Moore MN, Negri A, Dagnino A, Readman JW, Lowe DR, Frickers PE, Beesley A, Thain JE, Viarengo A (2011). Integration of biochemical, histochemical and toxicogenomic indices for the assessment of health status of mussels from the Tamar Estuary, UK. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, vol. 72, p. 13-24, ISSN: 0141-1136, doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.05.003
- Canesi L, Negri A, Barmo C, Banni M, Gallo G, Viarengo A, Dondero F (2011). The Organophosphate Chlorpyrifos Interferes with the Responses to 17 beta-Estradiol in the Digestive Gland of the Marine Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. PLOS ONE, vol. 6, ISSN: 1932-6203, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019803
- Banni M, Negri A, Mignone F, Boussetta H, Viarengo A, Dondero F (2011). Gene Expression Rhythms in the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lam.) across an Annual Cycle. PLOS ONE, vol. 6, ISSN: 1932-6203, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018904
- Dondero F, Banni M, Negri A, Boatti L, Dagnino A, Viarengo A (2011). Interactions of a pesticide/heavy metal mixture in marine bivalves: A transcriptomic assessment. BMC GENOMICS, vol. 12, ISSN: 1471-2164, doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-195
- Banni M, Jebali J, Guerbej H, Dondero F, Boussetta H, Viarengo A (2011). Mixture Toxicity Assessment of Nickel and Chlorpyrifos in the Sea Bass Dicentrarchus labrax. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, vol. 60, p. 124-131, ISSN: 0090-4341, doi: 10.1007/s00244-010-9529-y
- DONDERO F, NEGRI A, BOATTI L, MARSANO F, MIGNONE F, VIARENGO A (2010). TRANSCRIPTOMIC AND PROTEOMIC EFFECTS OF A NEONICOTINOID INSECTICIDE MIXTURE IN THE MARINE MUSSEL MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS, LAM.. (2010). SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, ISSN: 0048-9697
- MARSANO F, BOATTI L, RANZATO E, CAVALETTO M, MAGNELLI V, DONDERO F, VIARENGO A (2010). Effects of Mercury on Dictyostelium discoideum: Proteomics Reveals the Molecular Mechanisms of Physiological Adaptation and Toxicity. JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH, ISSN: 1535-3907
- Caricato R, Lionetto MG, Dondero F, Viarengo A, Schettino T (2010). Carbonic anhydrase activity in Mytilus galloprovincialis digestive gland: Sensitivity to heavy metal exposure RID H-1356-2011. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C. TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY, vol. 152, p. 241-247, ISSN: 1532-0456, doi: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2010.04.011
- Attig H, Dagnino A, Negri A, Jebali J, Boussetta H, Viarengo A, Dondero F, Banni M (2010). Uptake and biochemical responses of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to sublethal nickel concentrations. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY, vol. 73, p. 1712-1719, ISSN: 0147-6513
- Boatti L, Dondero F, Viarengo, A, Mignone F (2010). Development of a web-based system for the collection, analysis and data mining of ecotoxicological related data: A starting project. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 157, ISSN: 1095-6433, doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.06.013
- Negri A, Dondero F, Dagnino A, Boatti L, Sforzini S, Capri F, Oliveri C, Viarengo A, Chessa LA (2010). Application of a biomarker-transcriptomics approach utilizing mussels in the evaluation of the water quality in a marine coastal area of Medio Campidano (Sardinia, Italy). COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 157, ISSN: 1095-6433, doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.06.072
- Canesi L, Barmo C, Fabbri R, Olivieri S, Gallo G, Boatti L, Dondero F, Viarengo A (2010). Effects of hexavalent chromium in Mytilus galloprovincialis. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, ISSN: 1095-6433
- Dagnino A, Sforzini S, Boatti L, Capri F, Oliveri C, Negri A, Dondero F, Viarengo A (2010). Sub-lethal effects of copper combined with temperature stress in the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 157, ISSN: 1095-6433
- Dondero F, Negri A, Boatti L, Marsano F, Bellone M, Viarengo A, Bloomfield G, Kay R, Ivens A, Sato D, Tomita M (2010). Systems biology assessment of binary mixture effects in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 157, ISSN: 1095-6433
- Rodriguez-Ruiz A, Marigomez I, Boatti L, Dondero F, Viarengo A (2010). The slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum as a test organism to measure soil pollution effects: From cellular biomarkers to parameters indicative of organism fitness. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 157, ISSN: 1095-6433
- BANNI M, NEGRI A, REBELO M, RAPALLO F, BOUSSETTA H, VIARENGO A, DONDERO F (2009). Expression analysis of the molluscan p53 protein family mRNA in mussels (Mytilus spp.) exposed to organic contaminants. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C. TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY, ISSN: 1532-0456
- Dondero F, Boatti L, Marsano F, Banni M, Magnelli V, Dagnino A, Viarengo A (2009). Nuovi sviluppi nell'applicazione dei bioassays nella vautazione del rischio ambientale: dalla "Systems toxicology" allo studio degli effetti degli inquinanti a livello di organismo e popolazione. In: Atti XVIII Convegno Gadio 2008. Un mondo che cambia: successioni ecologiche, invasioni biologiche ed alterazioni antropiche. STUDI TRENTINI DI SCIENZE NATURALI, vol. 86, ISSN: 2035-7699
- Bauer M, Dondero F, Olivieri C, Viarengo A, Rudzok S (2009). Comparative transcriptomic responses to acute nickel and chlorpyrifos exposure in human HepG2. TOXICOLOGY LETTERS, vol. 189, ISSN: 0378-4274, doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.06.275
- Boatti L, Marsano F, Negri A, Dondero F, Viarengo A (2009). Environmental proteomics in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. PART A, MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 154, ISSN: 1095-6433, doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.05.049
- MINICOZZI P, RAPALLO F, SCALAS E, DONDERO F (2008). Accuracy and Robustness of Clustering Algorithms for Small-Size Applications in Bioinformatics. PHYSICA. A, ISSN: 0378-4371
- JONES OAH, DONDERO F, VIARENGO A, GRIFFIN JL (2008). Metabolic profiling of Mytilus galloprovincialis and its potential applications for pollution assessment. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, vol. 369, p. 169-179, ISSN: 0171-8630
- BUICO A, C. CASSINO, DONDERO F, L. VERGANI, D. OSELLA (2008). Radical scavenging abilities of fish MT-A and mussel MT-10 metallothionein isoforms: an ESR Study. JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY, ISSN: 0162-0134
- SFORZINI S, DAGNINO A, TORRIELLI S, DONDERO F, FENOGLIO S, NEGRI A, BOATTI L, VIARENGO A (2008). Use of highly sensitive sublethal stress responses in the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum for an assessment of freshwater quality. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, ISSN: 0048-9697
- DAGNINO A, S. SFORZINI, DONDERO F, S. FENOGLIO, E. BONA, J. JENSEN, A. VIARENGO. A (2008). A "Weight of Evidence" approach for the integration of environmental "TRIAD" data assessing ecological risk and biological vulnerability. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT, vol. 4, p. 314-326, ISSN: 1551-3793
- Dondero, Francesco, Jones, Dondero F, Oliver AH, Banni M, Boatti L, Minicozzi P, Negri A, Griffin JL, Viarengo A (2008). Molecular effects of Ni and clorpyrifos in the digestive gland tissue of Mytilus galloprovincialis: A systems biology approach. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, vol. 66, ISSN: 0141-1136
- VERGANI L, LANZA C, BORGHI C, SCARABELLI L, PANFOLI I, BURLANDO B, DONDERO F, VIARENGO A, GALLO G (2007). Effects of growth hormone and cadmium on the transcription regulation of two metallothionein isoforms. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, ISSN: 0303-7207
- BANNI M, DONDERO F, JEBALI J, GUERBEJ H, BOUSSETTA H, VIARENGO A (2007). Assessment of heavy metal contamination using real-time PCR analysis of mussel metallothionein mt10 and mt20 expression: a validation along the Tunisian coast. BIOMARKERS, vol. 12, p. 369-383, ISSN: 1354-750X
- VERGANI L, GRATTAROLA M, GRASSELLI E, DONDERO F, VIARENGO A (2007). Molecular characterization and function analysis of MT-10 and MT-20 metallothionein isoforms from Mytilus galloprovincialis. ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS, ISSN: 0003-9861
- VIARENGO A, DONDERO F, PAMPANIN DM, FABBRI R, POGGI E, MALIZIA M, BOLOGNESI C, PERRONE E, GOLLO E, COSSA GP (2007). A Biomonitoring Study Assessing the Residual Biological Effects of Pollution Caused by the HAVEN Wreck on Marine Organisms in the Ligurian Sea (Italy). ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY, ISSN: 0090-4341
- DONDERO F, JONSSON H, REBELO M, PESCE G, BERTI E, PONS G, VIARENGO A (2006). Cellular responses to environmental contaminants in amoebic cells of the slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C. TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY, ISSN: 1532-0456
- DONDERO F, PIACENTINI L, MARSANO F, REBELO M, VERGANI L, VENIER P, VIARENGO A (2006). Gene transcription profiling in pollutant exposed mussels (Mytilus spp.) using a new low-density oligonucleotide microarray. GENE, ISSN: 0378-1119
- VENIER P, DE PITTA C, PALLAVICINI A, MARSANO F, VAROTTO L, ROMUALDI C, DONDERO F, VIARENGO A, LANFRANCHI G (2006). Development of mussel mRNA profiling: Can gene expression trends reveal coastal water pollution?. MUTATION RESEARCH, ISSN: 0027-5107
- DONDERO F, DAGNINO A, JONSSON H, CAPRI F, GASTALDI L, VIARENGO A (2006). Assessing the occurrence of a stress syndrome in mussels (Mytilus edulis) using a combined biomarker/gene expression approach. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, ISSN: 0166-445X
- Grattarola M, Carloni M, Dondero F, Viarengo A, Vergani L (2006). Expression, purification and preliminary characterization of mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) metallothionein MT20. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS, vol. 33, p. 265-272, ISSN: 0301-4851
- Viarengo A, Dondero F (2006). Molecular ecotoxicology: From the understanding of toxicity mechanism to the application in biomonitoring programmes . TOXICOLOGY LETTERS, ISSN: 0378-4274
- Vergani L, Lanza C, Borghi C, Dondero F, Fabbri R, Gallo G, Viarengo A (2006). Effects of oxidative stress induced by copper and hydrogen peroxide exposure in mussels. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, vol. 62, ISSN: 0141-1136