Ialenti Armando

Biography

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION Degree in Pharmacy "summa cum laude"; PhD in Pharmaceutical Science (curriculum pharmacology). APPOINTMENT Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Experimental Pharmacology, University of Naples "Federico II" RESEARCH INTERESTS He published about 90 papers and review articles, mainly concerning the pharmacology of inflammation and the mode of action of glucocorticoids, and the role of nitric oxide and its mutual interaction with prostaglandins in inflammation. He has also focused on the role of transcription factors such as nuclear factor-kappaB and Heat Shock Factor in inflammatory processes as well as on molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying immunoinflammatory events in vascular pathologies such as restenosis and atherosclerosis. GRANTS AWARDED 2000 * - Law 41/84 (Campania Region), activation of NF-kB as potential pharmacological agents in the control of vascular damage ", 19.000,00 € 2007 * - Research agreement with ACRAF" Effect of Bindarit on balloon injury in rats ", 50.000,00 € 2007 * - Research contract with ACRAF "Effect of Binding on Neointimal Hyperplasia in Hyperlipidemic Mice", 50,000.00 € 2007 * - Ministry of University and Scientific Research, "Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Possible Therapeutic Goals in Vascular Damage", 71,628.00 € 2008 * - Research Agreement with ACRAF "Effect of Bindarit on neointimal formation after balloon angioplasty in porcine coronary arteries", 20,000.00 €. 2008 * - ACRAF research contract "Dissecting the effect of binding on human coronary artery smooth muscle cells", 30,000.00 € 2009 * - ACRAF research contract "

Research Interest

molecular biology