Claudio Ortenzi

University of Macerata — Italy

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Protist diversity and phylogeny(73), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(32), Marine and coastal ecosystems(12), Insect Pheromone Research and Control(11), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research(10)

Publications141 total

Mucus Secretion as a Defensive Mechanism in the Freshwater Flatworm Stenostomum sphagnetorum Against the Ciliate Predator Coleps hirtus
Biology·2025Open Access
Chemical modification for improving drug-like molecular properties of climacostol, a natural resorcinolic lipid
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry·2025Open Access
Chemical Modification for Improving Drug-Like Molecular Properties of Climacostol, a Natural Resorcinolic Lipid
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
Protists in science communication
European Journal of Protistology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Exposure to the Natural Compound Climacostol Induces Cell Damage and Oxidative Stress in the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster
Toxics·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Free living ciliated protists from the chemoautotrophic cave ecosystem of Frasassi (Italy)
Subterranean Biology·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Chemical Defence by Sterols in the Freshwater Ciliate Stentor polymorphus
Biology·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Preliminary Data Related to the Effect of Climacostol Produced by the Freshwater Ciliate Climacostomum virens on Human Adenovirus
Viruses·2020· 3 citedOpen Access
Distinguishing Activities in the Photodynamic Arsenals of the Pigmented Ciliates <i>Blepharisma sinuosum</i> Sawaya, 1940 and <i>Blepharisma japonicum</i> Suzuki, 1954 (Ciliophora: Heterotrichea)
Photochemistry and Photobiology·2020· 4 cited
Natural Function and Structural Modification of Climacostol, a Ciliate Secondary Metabolite
Microorganisms·2020· 8 citedOpen Access
An Experience on Environmental Education Based on Respect-Reduce-Reuse-Recycle in a Village Primary School in the Marche Region, in Italy
2020· 2 citedOpen Access
The Natural Compound Climacostol as a Prodrug Strategy Based on pH Activation for Efficient Delivery of Cytotoxic Small Agents
Frontiers in Chemistry·2019· 41 citedOpen Access
Predator-Prey Interactions in Ciliated Protists
IntechOpen eBooks·2019· 7 citedOpen Access
Bioactivity and Structural Properties of Novel Synthetic Analogues of the Protozoan Toxin Climacostol
Toxins·2019· 9 citedOpen Access
p53 system at the molecular crossroad regulating apoptosis/autophagy balance: natural bioactive compounds as small molecule killing tumours and dual targeting prodrug strategy
U-PAD Unimc - Open Digital Publications (University of Macerata)·2019Open Access
Protists as Model Organisms for Biology Teaching
U-PAD Unimc - Open Digital Publications (University of Macerata)·2019
Structural Modification of the Protozoan Toxin Climacostol for Biotechnological Applications
U-PAD Unimc - Open Digital Publications (University of Macerata)·2019
Dysfunctional autophagy induced by the pro-apoptotic natural compound climacostol in tumour cells
Cell Death and Disease·2018· 71 citedOpen Access
Chemical Defense by Erythrolactones in the Euryhaline Ciliated Protist,<i>Pseudokeronopsis erythrina</i>
ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE·2017· 12 cited
Blepharismins used for chemical defense in two ciliate species of the genus <i>Blepharisma, B. stoltei</i> and <i>B. undulans</i> (Ciliophora: Heterotrichida)
The European Zoological Journal·2017· 8 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Federico Buonanno(26), Pierangelo Luporini(23), Enrico Marcantoni(9), Claudio Alimenti(9), Adriana Vallesi(8), Elisabetta Catalani(7), Davide Cervia(7), Simona Picchietti(6), Anna Maria Fausto(6), Kurt Wüthrich(6), Graziano Guella(6), Cristiana Perrotta(5), Massimo Bramucci(5), Silvia Zecchini(4), Francesca Proietti Serafini(4), Peter Luginbühl(4), Luana Quassinti(4), Cristina Miceli(4), Andrea Anesi(4), Emilio Clementi(3)