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Ph.D. students

Centro di Ricerca Interdisciplinare Health Science

Agnese Sgalippa

Bio

I am a biologist graduated (cum laude) in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Pisa in 2023. After graduation, I was awarded a one-year research scholarship at the Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology of the National Research Council (CNR) in Pisa. I am currently a PhD student in Translational Medicine at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. My research is conducted at the Institute of Clinical Physiology of CNR, Pisa.

Ricerca

My project research focuses on the role of non-coding RNAs, particularly microRNAs and long non-coding RNAs, in diabetic kidney disease and its cardiovascular complications. I investigate their expression patterns and molecular mechanisms using highly sensitive and specific techniques, including Real-Time PCR and Droplet Digital PCR. My work involves both ex vivo approaches (patient-derived liquid biopsies) and in vitro systems (organoids), with the aim of developing disease models to support translational research.

Pubblicazioni

  1. Tomassi E, Gabriele M, Sgalippa A, Gul MR, Tas O, Oztop MH, Pucci L. Antioxidant, Antidiabetic, Anti-Obesity, and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Tomato-Based Functional Snack Bars Enriched with Pea and RuBisCO Proteins. Foods. 2025; 14:3340. doi: 10.3390/foods14193340.
  2. Cabiati M, Vozzi F, Persiani E, Piacenti M, Rossi A, Sgalippa A, Cecchettini A, Solarino G, Zucchelli G, Mazzocchetti L, Notarstefano P, Guiducci L, Morales MA, Del Ry S. Optimizing C-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Receptor Expression Analysis with Droplet Digital™ PCR: Advancing Biomarker Discovery for Brugada Syndrome? Biomolecules. 2025; 15:792. doi: 10.3390/biom15060792.
  3. Cabiati M, Biondi F, Ghelardoni S, Casieri V, Lionetti V, Sgalippa A, Del Ry S, Madonna R. Ambrisentan Retains Its Pro-Autophagic Activity on Human Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells Exposed to Hypoxia in an In Vitro Model Mimicking Diabetes. J Cell Mol Med. 2025; 29:e70528. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.70528.
  4. Persiani E, Cecchettini A, Amato S, Ceccherini E, Gisone I, Sgalippa A, Ippolito C, Castelvetro V, Lomonaco T, Vozzi F. Virgin and photo-degraded microplastics induce the activation of human vascular smooth muscle cells. Sci Rep. 2025; 15:4263. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-89006-z.
  5. Cabiati M, Vozzi F, Ceccherini E, Guiducci L, Persiani E, Gisone I, Sgalippa A, Cecchettini A, Del Ry S. Exploring Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 and -4 mRNA Expression and Their Receptor Assessment in a Dynamic In Vitro Model of Vascular Calcification. Cells. 2024; 13:2091. doi: 10.3390/cells13242091.
  6. Cabiati M, Sgalippa A, Federico G, Del Ry S. C-type natriuretic peptide in childhood obesity. Peptides. 2021; 145:170639. doi: 10.1016/j.peptides.2021.170639.