Position
Associate Professor of Pharmacology (SSD BIO/14)
Contacts
Phone: +39 0498275096
e-mail: rocchina.colucci@unipd.it
Expertise
- Experimental models of intestinal inflammation
- Experimental models of neurodegeneration
- Experimental models for the evaluation in vivo and in vitro of intestinal neuromotor functions
- Experimental models for the in vivo evaluations of gastric secretive and motor functions
- Experimental models of gastric ulcer, FANS-induced enteropathy
- Measurement of Inflammatory mediators in tissues and blood
- Cell culture of gastric and intestinal tumoral cell lines
- Molecular biology techniques for DNA, RNA and proteins analysis
- Development and diagnostic application of pharmacogenetics for personalization of pharmacological treatments in diseases:
- Analysis of thiopurine methiltransferasi (TPMT) gene polymorphisms in patients treated with 6-mercaptopurine or azathioprine
- Analysis of beta-1 adrenergic receptor gene, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphisms in patients treated with beta-blockers therapy or with drugs active on renin-angiotensin system
- Pharmacogenetics of serotonin transporter gene (SERT) polymorphisms in patients with chronic functional pathologies in gastrointestinal tract
