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Carla Fiorentini
PeerJ Editor & Author
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Computational Biology
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Geriatrics
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Carla Fiorentini

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

CARLA FIORENTINI is presently Director of Preclinical Research at the Association for Research of Integrative Oncology Therapies (ARTOI). She was Director of “Natural Substances, Traditional Medicine” Section at the Dept. of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, and Coordinator of a Research Group at the Italian Center for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Roma. Academic Degree in Biology and Specialty in Microbiology, University of Roma. Post-doctoral training at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Her current research is focused on unravelling the role of bacterial protein toxins in cancer and on the use the bacterial toxin CNF1 as a potential novel therapeutic for central nervous system disorders. She is co-inventor in five different patents on CNF1 activity on the central nervous system. As co-author of numerous book chapters and articles in leading journals, she is renowned in the field of bacterial protein toxins.

Cell Biology Microbiology Molecular Biology Neuroscience Translational Medicine

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Work details

Director of Preclinical Research Section

Association for Research on Integrative Oncological Therapies (ARTOI)
January 2019
Preclinical Research
Her current research is focused on unravelling the role of bacterial protein toxins in cancer

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 3

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July 2, 2019
Mitochondrial unfolded protein response gene CLPP changes mitochondrial dynamics and affects mitochondrial function
GuiJun Wu, Qing Xiong, XiaoJun Wei, Ye Wang, XueMei Hu, GuangZhen He, LinJie Liu, QianHui Lai, Zhe Dai, Dhakal Anushesh, Yancheng Xu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7209 PubMed 31304066
June 12, 2019
Analysis of microbiota in elderly patients with Acute Cerebral Infarction
Lin Huang, Teng Wang, Qian Wu, Xin Dong, Feifei Shen, Dong Liu, Xiaoxuan Qin, Lanyun Yan, Qi Wan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6928 PubMed 31223522
March 31, 2016
Aging and serum MCP-1 are associated with gut microbiome composition in a murine model
Melissa N. Conley, Carmen P. Wong, Kyle M. Duyck, Norman Hord, Emily Ho, Thomas J. Sharpton
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1854 PubMed 27069796