Publications
2025
Trevisani M., Berselli A., Alberini G., Centonze E., Vercellino S., Cartocci V., Millo E., Ciobanu D.Z., Braccia C., Armirotti A., Pisani F., Zara F., Castagnola V., Maragliano L., Benfenati F.
A claudin5-binding peptide enhances the permeability of the blood-brain barrier in vitro
Science advances, vol. 11, (no. 2)
2025
Trevisani M., Berselli A., Alberini G., Centonze E., Vercellino S., Cartocci V., Millo E., Zinovie Ciubanu D., Braccia C., Armirotti A., Pisani F., Zara F., Castagnola V., Maragliano L., Benfenati F.
A claudin5-binding peptide enhances the permeability of the blood-brain barrier in vitro
Science advances
Article in Press
Journal
2025
Ziraldo G., Cupini S., Sesti V., Delfino E., Lanzani G., Bertarelli C., Benfenati F., Di Marco S.
A membrane-targeted photoswitch restores physiological ON/OFF responses to light in the degenerate retina
Nature Communications, vol. 16, (no. 1)
2025
Berselli A., Alberini G., Cerioni L., Benfenati F., Maragliano L.
A multi-pore model of the blood–brain barrier tight junction strands recapitulates the permeability features of wild-type and mutant claudin-5
Protein Science, vol. 34, (no. 9)
2025
Cerullo M.S., Canevari C., Marte A., Bacq A., De Fusco A., Maletic M., Baulac S., Benfenati F.
DEPDC5 regulates the strength of excitatory synaptic transmission by interacting with ubiquitin-specific protease 46
Neurobiology of Disease, vol. 212
Article
Journal
2025
Parisi B., Esposito A., Castroflorio E., Bramini M., Pepe S., Marte A., Guarnieri F.C., Valtorta F., Baldelli P., Benfenati F., Fassio A., Giovedi S.
Erratum: Correction: Apache is a neuronal player in autophagy required for retrograde axonal transport of autophagosomes (Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS (2024) 81 1 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-024-05441-7.)
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, vol. 82, (no. 1)
2025
Galluzzi F., Francia S., Cupini S., DiFrancesco M.L., Ravasenga T., Jasnoor J., Attanasio M., Maya-Vetencourt J. F., Pertile G., Ventrella D., Bacci M. L., Di Marco S., Benfenati F., Colombo E.
Graphene oxide increases the phototransduction efficiency of copolymeric nanoimplants and rescues visual functions in rat and pig models of Retinitis pigmentosa
Nature
Article in Press
Journal
2025
Sesti V., Magni A., Moschetta M., Florindi C., Pfeffer M.E., DiFrancesco M.L., Guizzardi M., Folpini G., Sala L., Ritacca A.G., Campanelli B., Moretti P., Paterno G.M., Maragliano L., Tommasini M., Lodola F., Colombo E., Benfenati F., Bertarelli C., Lanzani G.
Membrane-targeted push-pull azobenzenes for the optical modulation of membrane potential
Light: Science and Applications, vol. 14, (no. 1)
2025
Servetti M., Caramia M., Parodi G., Loiacono F., Nano E., Biddau G., Ferrando L., Morinelli L., Valente P., Martinoia S., Escelsior A., Serafini G., Tamburro S., Baldassari S., Fassio A., Benfenati F., Corradi A., Sterlini B.
Optimization of Transcription Factor-Driven Neuronal Differentiation from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Disease Modelling and Drug Screening
Stem Cell Reviews and Reports
2025
Blanco-Formoso M., Galluzzi F., Vacca F., Gianiorio T., Piergentili I., Cook A.B., Welzen P.L.W., van Hest J.C.M., Di Marco S., Tantussi F., Benfenati F., Colombo E., De Angelis F.
Spiropyran-based glutamate nanovalve for neuronal stimulation
Materials Horizons
2025
Pepe S., Aprile D., Castroflorio E., Marte A., Giubbolini S., Hopestone S., Parsons A., Soares T., Benfenati F., Oliver P.L., Fassio A.
TBC1D24 interacts with the v-ATPase and regulates intraorganellar pH in neurons
iScience, vol. 28, (no. 1)
2024
Albini M., Almacellas-Barbanoj A., Krawczun-Rygmaczewska A., Ciano L., Benfenati F., Michetti C., Cesca F.
Alterations in KIDINS220/ARMS Expression Impact Sensory Processing and Social Behavior in Adult Mice
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol. 25, (no. 4)
2024
Parisi B., Esposito A., Castroflorio E., Bramini M., Pepe S., Marte A., Guarnieri F.C., Valtorta F., Baldelli P., Benfenati F., Fassio A., Giovedi S.
Apache is a neuronal player in autophagy required for retrograde axonal transport of autophagosomes
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, vol. 81, (no. 1)
Article
Journal
2024
Merolla A., Michetti C., Moschetta M., Vacca F., Ciano L., Emionite L., Astigiano S., Romei A., Horenkamp S., Berglund K., Gross R.E., Cesca F., Colombo E., Benfenati F.
A pH-sensitive closed-loop nanomachine to control hyperexcitability at the single neuron level
Nature Communications, vol. 15, (no. 1)
2024
Esposito A., Pepe S., Cerullo M.S., Cortese K., Semini H.T., Giovedi S., Guerrini R., Benfenati F., Falace A., Fassio A.
ATP6V1A is required for synaptic rearrangements and plasticity in murine hippocampal neurons
Acta Physiologica, vol. 240, (no. 8)