CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL INFORMATION FIRST NAME SURNAME GABRIELLA TESTA

Curriculum Vitae

Personal information

First Name, Surname

Gabriella TESTA

Address

Department of Clinical and Biological Science,

San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital

Regione Gonzole, 10, 10043, Orbassano (Torino), Italy

Telephone

+39 011 6705444 Mobile: +39 328 9311189

E-mail address

[email protected]

Nationality

Italian

Place and Date of birth

Cerignola (Fg), 13/02/1984

Work experiences

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Occupation and position held

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To date (from 1/01/2013)

Research fellowship about the project “Mass spectrometric profile of cholesterol oxidation products in Alzheimer’s brain: oxysterol-induced neurodegeneration and disease progression”

Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, Laboratory of General Pathology, University of Turin, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano (To)

academic years: 2010/2011 - 2012/2013

Lecturer in Chemistry at Science of Medicine and Surgery

University of Torino, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano (To)

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academic years: 2011/2012 - 2012/2013

Lecturer in General Pathology at Sciences of motor and sport activities

University of Torino, Interfaculty University School of Motor Sciences, Leinì (To)

academic years: 2011/2012 - 2012/2013 – 2013/2014

Assistant lecturer in General Pathology and Physiopathology at the Arts in Nursing

University of Torino, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano (To)

academic years: 2011/2012 - 2012/2013 – 2013/2014

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Assistant lecturer in General Pathology and Physiopathology at the Arts in Nursing

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University of Torino, S. Croce e Carle Hospital, Cuneo (To)

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academic years: 2011/2012 - 2012/2013 - 2013/2014

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Assistant lecturer in General Pathology at Psychiatric Rehabilitation Technique

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University of Torino, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano (To)

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academic years: 2009/2010 - 2010/2011

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Teaching assistant in Practice Exercises of General Pathology and Pathophysiology at Science of Medicine and Surgery

University of Torino, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano (To)

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Education and training

November 2008

Research grant for the project “Oxidized cholesterol and atherosclerotic plaque evolution: molecular analysis and clinical monitoring by serum markers”

University of Torino, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano (To)

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14/02/2013

Qualification awarded

Education or training organisation’s name and locality

PhD in Experimental Medicine and Therapy - Pharmacology and Clinical and Experimental Therapy - XXIV cycle

Title of thesis: ”Lipid oxidation products in the pathogenesis of major chronic diseases”

Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences - University of Turin – S. Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano (To)

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Qualification awarded

Education or training organisation’s name and locality

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06/02/2008

Master of Science in Organic Industrial Chemistry and Biochemistry

Title of thesis: “New Hyaluronic acid based click-gels: synthesis and characterization”

Final mark: 110/110 cum laude

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Science - University ‘La Sapienza’ - Rome

13/12/2005

Qualification awarded

Bachelor degree in Industrial Chemistry

Title of thesis: “Photometric study of NO release from NO-donors”

Final mark: 110/110 cum laude

Education or training organisation’s name and locality

Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Science - University ‘La Sapienza’ - Rome

Additional information

Publications

Vurusaner B., Gamba P., Testa G., Gargiulo S., Biasi F., Zerbinati C., Iuliano L., Leonarduzzi G., Basaga H., Poli G. Survival signaling elicited by 27-hydroxycholesterol through the combined modulation of cellular redox state and ERK/Akt phosphorylation. Free Radic. Biol. Med., 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2014.07.026.

Testa G., Gamba P., Badilli U., Gargiulo S., Maina M., Guina T., Calfapietra S., Biasi F., Cavalli R., Poli G., Leonarduzzi G. Loading into nanoparticles improves quercetin’s efficacy in preventing neuroinflammation induced by oxysterols. PLoS One, 2014, 9(5):e96795. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096795.

Gamba P., Guglielmotto M., Testa G., Monteleone D., Zerbinati C., Gargiulo S., Biasi F., Iuliano L., Giaccone G., Mauro A., Poli G., Tamagno E., Leonarduzzi G. Up-regulation of -amyloidogenesis in neuron-like human cells by both 24- and 27-hydroxycholesterol: protective effect of N-acetylcysteine. Aging Cell., 2014, in press. doi: 10.1111/acel.12206.

Testa G., Biasi F., Poli G., Chiarpotto E. Calorie restriction and dietary restriction mimetics: a strategy for improving healthy aging and longevity. Curr. Pharm. Des., 2013 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print]

Biasi F., Guina T., Maina M., Cabboi B., Deiana M., Tuberoso C.I., Calfapietra S., Chiarpotto E., Sottero B., Gamba P., Gargiulo S., Brunetto V., Testa G., Dessì M.A., Poli G., Leonarduzzi G. Phenolic compounds present in Sardinian wine extracts protect against the production of inflammatory cytokines induced by oxysterols in CaCo-2 human enterocyte-like cells. Biochem. Pharmacol., 2013, 86(1), 138-145.

Biasi F., Chiarpotto E., Sottero B., Maina M., Mascia C., Guina T., Gamba P., Gargiulo S., Testa G., Leonarduzzi G., Poli G. Evidence of cell damage induced by major components of a diet-compatible mixture of oxysterols in human colon cancer CaCo-2 cell line. Biochimie, 2013, 95(3), 632-640.

Gargiulo S., Gamba P., Testa G., Sottero B., Maina M., Guina T., Biasi F., Poli G., Leonarduzzi G. Molecular signaling involved in oxysterol-induced β1-integrin over-expression in human macrophages. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2012, 13, 14278-14293.

Testa G., Gamba P., Di Scipio F., Sprio A.E., Salamone P., Gargiulo S., Sottero B., Biasi F., Berta G.N., Poli G., Leonarduzzi G. Potentiation of amyloid-β peptide neurotoxicity in human dental-pulp neuron-like cells by the membrane lipid peroxidation product 4-hydroxynonenal. Free Radic. Biol. Med., 2012, 53(9), 1708-1717.

Gamba P., Testa G., Sottero B., Gargiulo S., Poli G., Leonarduzzi G. The link between altered cholesterol metabolism and Alzheimer’s disease. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 2012, 1259(1), 54-64.

Leonarduzzi G., Sottero B., Testa G., Biasi F., Poli G. New insights into redox-modulated cell signaling. Curr. Pharm. Des., 2011, 17(36), 3994-4006.

Castello L., Maina M., Testa G., Cavallini G., Biasi F., Donati A., Leonarduzzi G., Bergamini E., Poli G., Chiarpotto E. Alternate-day fasting reverses the age-associated hypertrophy phenotype in rat heart by influencing the ERK and PI3K signaling pathways. Mech. Ageing Dev., 2011, 132(6-7), 305-14.

Gamba P., Leonarduzzi G., Tamagno E., Guglielmotto M., Testa G., Sottero B., Gargiulo S., Biasi F., Mauro A., Viña J., Poli G. Interaction between 24-hydroxycholesterol, oxidative stress, and amyloid-β in amplifying neuronal damage in Alzheimer's disease: three partners in crime. Aging Cell., 2011, 10(3), 403-17.

Leonarduzzi G., Testa G., Sottero B., Gamba P., Poli G. Design and development of nanovehicle-based delivery systems for preventative and therapeutic supplementation with flavonoids. Curr. Med. Chem., 2010, 17(1), 74-95.

Testa G., Di Meo C., Nardecchia S., Capitani D., Mannina L., Lamanna R., Barbetta A., Dentini M., Influence of dialkyne structure on the properties of new click-gels based on hyaluronic acid. Int. J. Pharm., 2009, 378, 86-92.

Proceedings (national and international meetings)

Communications (national and international meetings)

Testa G., Gamba P., Tamagno E., Guglielmotto M., Gargiulo S., Sottero B., Leonarduzzi G., Poli G. (2012). Involvement of oxysterols in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. 1st Joint Meeting of Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics, September 12-15, Udine, Italy. Am. J. Pathol. 2012, 181(Suppl):S3, Abstract AGE11.

Gamba P., Testa G., Gargiulo S., Sottero B., Di Scipio F., Sprio A.E., Salamone P., Berta G.N., Leonarduzzi G., Poli G. (2012). Interaction between 4-hydroxynonenal and amyloid-beta in amplifying neuronal damage. 1st Joint Meeting of Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics, September 12-15, Udine, Italy. Am. J. Pathol. 2012, 181(Suppl):S3, Abstract AGE12.

Gargiulo S., Gamba P., Sottero B., Testa G., Poli G., Leonarduzzi G. (2012). Role of oxysterols in the progression of atherosclerotic lesions. 1st Joint Meeting of Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics, September 12-15, Udine, Italy. Am. J. Pathol. 2012, 181(Suppl):S7, Abstract CVBM7.

Testa G., Gargiulo S., Gamba P., Sottero B., Poli G., Leonarduzzi G. (2012). Involvement of oxysterols in atherosclerotic plaque instability. 16^th Biennal Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research International, London, September 6-9, London. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 2012, 53, 1(Suppl):S134, Abstract 0347.

Gamba P., Testa G., Gargiulo S., Guglielmotto M., Leonarduzzi G., Poli G. (2012). Interaction between oxidized lipids and amyloid-beta in amplifying neuronal damage in Alzheimer’s disease. 16^th Biennal Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research International, September 6-9, London. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 2012, 53, 1(Suppl):S244, Abstract HNE.O.9.

Maina M., Testa G., Biasi F., Leonarduzzi G., Poli G., Chiarpotto E. (2012). Alternate-day fasting reverses the age-associated hypertrophy phenotype in rat heart by influencing the ERK and PI3K signaling pathways. 16^th Biennal Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research International, September 6-9, London. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 2012, 53, 1(Suppl):S78, Abstract 0300.

Vurusaner B., Gamba P., Testa G., Gargiulo S., Leonarduzzi G., Basaga H., Poli G. (2013). Oxysterols, ROS production and survival signaling. 1st Cell Death Research Congress, Izmir (Turkey), October 30 – November 3, 2013.

Di Scipio F., Sprio A.E., Salamone P., Gamba P., Testa G., Gargiulo S., Sottero B., Leonarduzzi G., Poli G., Berta G.N. (2013). Dental pulp stem cells: a new tool for studying neurodegenerative diseases. 36° Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Farmacologia “Il ruolo della ricerca farmacologica per la crescita e la salute in Italia”, Torino, October 23-26, 2013.

Testa G., Gamba P., Tamagno E., Guglielmotto M., Monteleone D., Leonarduzzi G., Poli G.(2013). Involvement of oxidized lipids in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. SIPMET/ASIP Young Scientists meeting “From general pathology to molecular and translational medicine”, Roma, October 23-24, 2013.

Leonarduzzi G., Gamba P., Testa G., Poli G. (2013). Interaction between lipid oxidation products and amyloid-β in amplifying neuronal damage in Alzheimer’s disease. Gordon Research Seminar “Oxidative Stress & Disease”, Les Diablerets (Switzerland), April 13-14, 2013.

Gamba P., Testa G., Sottero B., Gargiulo S., Di Scipio F., Sprio A.E., Salamone P., Berta G.N., Leonarduzzi G., Poli G. (2012). Amyloid-β peptide neurotoxicity is potentiated by 4-hydroxynonenal and 24-hydroxycholesterol. 2^nd ENOR Symposium on Oxysterols and Related Sterols in Chemistry, Biology & Medicine, Dijon (France), September 20-21, 2012.

Gargiulo S., Gamba P., Sottero B., Testa G., Poli G., Leonarduzzi G., (2012). Plaque oxysterols induce imbalanced up-regulation of MMP-9 in macrophagic cells contributing to plaque vulnerability. 2^nd ENOR Symposium on Oxysterols and Related Sterols in Chemistry, Biology & Medicine, Dijon (France), September 20-21, 2012.

Participation in national and regional

projects

Awards

Testa G., Gamba P., Tamagno E., Guglielmotto M., Gargiulo S., Sottero B., Leonarduzzi G., Poli G. (2012). Interaction between 24-hydroxycholesterol and amyloid-β in amplifying neuronal damage in Alzheimer disease. Oxidant and antioxidants in biology. Oxygen Club of California World Congress 2012, Alba (Cuneo), June 20-23, 2012.

Gamba P., Testa G., Guglielmotto M., Tamagno E., Gargiulo S., Sottero B., Poli G., Leonarduzzi G. (2011). Interazione tra ossisteroli e β-amiloide nella malattia di Alzheimer. Nuovi orientamenti della patologia molecolare - Riunione scientifica della Scuola Dianzani, Sassari, November 18-19, 2011.

Leonarduzzi G., Gamba P., Testa G., Tamagno E., Guglielmotto M., Gargiulo S., Sottero B., Poli G. (2011). Interaction between 24-hydroxycholesterol and amyloid-β in amplifying neuronal damage in Alzheimer’s disease. Second International Conference on Enviromental Stressors in Biology and Medicine, Siena, October 5-7, 2011.

Leonarduzzi G., Gamba P., Testa G., Tamagno E., Guglielmotto M., Gargiulo S., Sottero B., Poli G. (2011). Implication of oxysterols in the neuronal damage of Alzheimer’s disease. 1st ENOR Symposium on Oxysterols and Related Sterols in Chemistry, Biology & Medicine, Roma, September 22-24, 2011.

Leonarduzzi G., Gamba P., Testa G., Gargiulo S., Maina M., Biasi F., Poli G. (2011). Cholesterol oxidation in the pathogenesis of human major chronic disease. SFRR- Europe 2011 Meeting, Instanbul (Turkey), September 7-10, 2011.

Leonarduzzi G., Biasi F., Gamba P., Gargiulo S., Mascia C., Testa G., Maina M., Poli G. (2011). Cholesterol oxidation products in the pathogenesis of human major chronic disease. International Symposium on Free Radical Research: Contribution to Medicine, Kyoto (Japan), January 20-22, 2011.

Testa G., Gamba P., Guglielmotto M., Tamagno E., Sottero B., Gargiulo S., Leonarduzzi G., Poli G. (2010). L’interazione tra 24-idrossicolesterolo e β-amiloide amplifica il danno neuronale nella malattia di Alzheimer. Aspetti molecolari del danno cellulare e tissutale - Riunione scientifica della Scuola Dianzani, Genova, December 3-4, 2010.

Maina M., Castello L., Testa G., Cavallini G., Biasi F., Leonarduzzi G., Donati A., Bergamini E., Poli G., Chiarpotto E. (2010). Il digiuno a giorni alterni modifica il fenotipo ipertrofico del miocardio nel ratto anziano agendo sulle vie di segnale ERK e PI3K. Aspetti molecolari del danno cellulare e tissutale - Riunione scientifica della Scuola Dianzani, Genova, December 3-4, 2010.

Maina M., Castello L., Testa G., Cavallini G., Bergamini E., Poli G., Chiarpotto E. (2010). Alternate-day fasting protects the rat heart against the age-related inflammation and fibrosis. Lipid oxidation, human diseases and aging, Torino, June 16-18, 2010.

PRIN 2008: “Association between hepatocarcinogenesis and hypercholesterolemia: role of signaling pathways that regulate cholesterol homeostasis and inflammatory response”.

PRIN 2009: “Reactive oxygen species, cholesterol oxidation products and Azheimer's disease”.

RICERCA FINALIZZATA SANITARIA 2009: “Effect of cholesterol oxidation products on survival and death signals in the progression of neurodegenerative diseases.”

September 2008: “Vittorio Crescenzi” Grant from Fidia Farmaceutici S.p.A. for the best recent graduate in Chemistry at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Science of University ‘La Sapienza’, Rome.