Publications by Cyntia De Piano

Elucidating the role of (p)ppGpp in mycobacterial persistence against antibiotics

John McKinney, Neeraj Dhar, Cyntia De Piano, Ekaterina Gelman, Ashima Bhaskar

2018

Amyloid-beta oligomerization is associated with the generation of a typical peptide fragment fingerprint

Davide Demurtas, Marc Moniatte, Adrian Schmid, Cyntia De Piano, Nikita Rudinskiy, Christophe Fuerer

Amyloid-beta (A beta) peptide oligomerization plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and A beta oligomers are collectively considered an appealing therapeutic target for the treatment of AD. However, the molecular mechanisms ...

Elsevier Science Inc2016

The Phosphate Specific Transport (Pst) System in Fast- and Slow-Growing Mycobacteria

Cyntia De Piano

Although mycobacteria are known to accumulate polyphosphate (PolyP), a linear polymer of orthophosphate, when subjected to stresses, the exact roles of this molecule are not yet clearly understood. We found that deletion of the pstA gene encoding for a tra ...

EPFL2013

Nanoparticle conjugation and pulmonary delivery enhance the protective efficacy of Ag85B and CpG against tuberculosis

John McKinney, Neeraj Dhar, Jeffrey Alan Hubbell, Eleonora Simeoni, Melody Swartz, Cyntia De Piano, Alexandre de Titta, Marie Ballester, Miriella Carmela Pasquier

Vaccines that drive robust T-cell immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are needed both for prophylactic and therapeutic purposes. We have recently developed a synthetic vaccine delivery platform with Pluronic-stabilized polypropylene sulfide n ...

2011

Luminescent Lanthanide Helicates Self-Assembled from Ditopic Ligands Bearing Phosphonic Acid or Phosphoester Units

Jean-Claude Bünzli, Anne-Sophie Chauvin, Steve Comby, Cyntia De Piano, Céline Rita Duhot, Matthias Baud

A series of hexadentate ditopic receptors incorporating benzimidazole moieties have been designed, which are fitted with phosphonic acid or phosphoethylester coordinating units. In addition, poly(oxyethylene) pendants have been introduced on the benzimidaz ...

2009