Prof. Maria Pia Gallo
Professore/Professoressa associato/a
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi
- SSD: BIO/09 - fisiologia
- ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-0382-7607

Contatti
- 0116704671
- mariapia.gallo@unito.it
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi
Via Accademia Albertina 13
10123 Torino - https://fisica.campusnet.unito.it/persone/maria.gallo
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Presso
- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e Biologia dei Sistemi
- Corso di Laurea in Fisica
- Corso di Laurea in Scienze Biologiche (L-13)
- Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Fisica
- Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze degli Alimenti e della Nutrizione Umana
- Corso di Laurea Magistrale Interateneo in Fisica dei Sistemi Complessi
- Scienze delle Attività Motorie e Sportive L-22 - Torino
- Dottorato in Medicina e Terapia Sperimentale - PhD Programme in Experimental Medicine and Therapy
Curriculum vitae

Pubblicazioni
Tutti i miei prodotti della ricercaPubblicazioni selezionate
Scandiffio R, Geddo F, Cottone E, Querio G, Antoniotti S, Gallo MP, Maffei ME, Bovolin P. (2020) Protective Effects of (E)-beta-Caryophyllene (BCP) in Chronic Inflammation. Nutrients 12(11) [DOI PMID]
Micera M, Botto A, Geddo F, Antoniotti S, Bertea CM, Levi R, Gallo MP, Querio G. (2020) Squalene: More than a Step toward Sterols. Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) 9(8) [DOI PMID]
Geddo F, Scandiffio R, Antoniotti S, Cottone E, Querio G, Maffei ME, Bovolin P, Gallo MP. (2019) PipeNig
Querio G, Antoniotti S, Levi R, Gallo MP. (2019) Trimethylamine N-Oxide Does Not Impact Viability, ROS Production, and Mitochondrial Membrane Potential of Adult Rat Cardiomyocytes. International journal of molecular sciences 20(12) [DOI PMID]
Gallo MP, Femmino S, Antoniotti S, Querio G, Alloatti G, Levi R. (2018) Catestatin Induces Glucose Uptake and GLUT4 Trafficking in Adult Rat Cardiomyocytes. BioMed research international 2018 2086109 [DOI PMID]
Querio G, Antoniotti S, Foglietta F, Bertea CM, Canaparo R, Gallo MP, Levi R. (2018) Chamazulene Attenuates ROS Levels in Bovine Aortic Endothelial Cells Exposed to High Glucose Concentrations and Hydrogen Peroxide. Frontiers in physiology 9 246 [DOI PMID]
Gesmundo I, Miragoli M, Carullo P, Trovato L, Larcher V, Di Pasquale E, Brancaccio M, Mazzola M, Villanova T, Sorge M, Taliano M, Gallo MP, Alloatti G, Penna C, Hare JM, Ghigo E, Schally AV, Condorelli G, Granata R. (2017) Growth hormone-releasing hormone attenuates cardiac hypertrophy and improves heart function in pressure overload-induced heart failure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114(45) 12033-12038 [DOI PMID]
Penna C, Tullio F, Femmino S, Rocca C, Angelone T, Cerra MC, Gallo MP, Gesmundo I, Fanciulli A, Brizzi MF, Pagliaro P, Alloatti G, Granata R. (2017) Obestatin regulates cardiovascular function and promotes cardioprotection through the nitric oxide pathway. Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 21(12) 3670-3678 [DOI PMID]
Serpe L, Ellena S, Barbero N, Foglietta F, Prandini F, Gallo MP, Levi R, Barolo C, Canaparo R, Visentin S. (2016) Squaraines bearing halogenated moieties as anticancer photosensitizers: Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation. European journal of medicinal chemistry 113 187-97 [DOI PMID]
Bassino E, Fornero S, Gallo MP, Gallina C, Femmino S, Levi R, Tota B, Alloatti G. (2015) Catestatin exerts direct protective effects on rat cardiomyocytes undergoing ischemia/reperfusion by stimulating PI3K-Akt-GSK3beta pathway and preserving mitochondrial membrane potential. PloS one 10(3) e0119790 [DOI PMID]
Penna C, Granata R, Tocchetti CG, Gallo MP, Alloatti G, Pagliaro P. (2015) Endogenous Cardioprotective Agents: Role in Pre and Postconditioning. Current drug targets 16(8) 843-67 [DOI PMID]
Fornero S, Bassino E, Ramella R, Gallina C, Mahata SK, Tota B, Levi R, Alloatti G, Gallo MP. (2014) Obligatory role for endothelial heparan sulphate proteoglycans and caveolae internalization in catestatin-dependent eNOS activation. BioMed research international 2014 783623 [DOI PMID]
Granata R, Settanni F, Trovato L, Gallo D, Gesmundo I, Nano R, Gallo MP, Bergandi L, Volante M, Alloatti G, Piemonti L, Leprince J, Papotti M, Vaudry H, Ong H, Ghigo E. (2014) RFamide peptides 43RFa and 26RFa both promote survival of pancreatic beta-cells and human pancreatic islets but exert opposite effects on insulin secretion. Diabetes 63(7) 2380-93 [DOI PMID]
Gallina C, Brero A, Gallo MP, Levi R. (2012) Regulation of intracellular cardiomyocyte calcium stores by peptides: a new approach to cardiac protection. Current medicinal chemistry 19(34) 5782-92 [DOI PMID]
Fornero S, Bassino E, Gallo MP, Ramella R, Levi R, Alloatti G. (2012) Endothelium dependent cardiovascular effects of the Chromogranin A-derived peptides Vasostatin-1 and Catestatin. Current medicinal chemistry 19(24) 4059-67 [DOI PMID]
Gallina C, Dolgetta S, Alloatti G, Levi R, Gallo MP. (2012) Development of morphology and function of neonatal mouse ventricular myocytes cultured on a hyaluronan-based polymer scaffold. Journal of cellular biochemistry 113(3) 800-7 [DOI PMID]
Bassino E, Fornero S, Gallo MP, Ramella R, Mahata SK, Tota B, Levi R, Alloatti G. (2011) A novel catestatin-induced antiadrenergic mechanism triggered by the endothelial PI3K-eNOS pathway in the myocardium. Cardiovascular research 91(4) 617-24 [DOI PMID]
Ramella R, Gallo MP, Spatola T, Lupia E, Alloatti G. (2011) A novel role of thrombopoietin as a physiological modulator of coronary flow. Regulatory peptides 167(1) 5-8 [DOI PMID]
Penna C, Alloatti G, Gallo MP, Cerra MC, Levi R, Tullio F, Bassino E, Dolgetta S, Mahata SK, Tota B, Pagliaro P. (2010) Catestatin improves post-ischemic left ventricular function and decreases ischemia/reperfusion injury in heart. Cellular and molecular neurobiology 30(8) 1171-9 [DOI PMID]
Brero A, Ramella R, Fitou A, Dati C, Alloatti G, Gallo MP, Levi R. (2010) Neuregulin-1beta1 rapidly modulates nitric oxide synthesis and calcium handling in rat cardiomyocytes. Cardiovascular research 88(3) 443-52 [DOI PMID]
Ramella R, Boero O, Alloatti G, Angelone T, Levi R, Gallo MP. (2010) Vasostatin 1 activates eNOS in endothelial cells through a proteoglycan-dependent mechanism. Journal of cellular biochemistry 110(1) 70-9 [DOI PMID]
Granata R, Trovato L, Gallo MP, Destefanis S, Settanni F, Scarlatti F, Brero A, Ramella R, Volante M, Isgaard J, Levi R, Papotti M, Alloatti G, Ghigo E. (2009) Growth hormone-releasing hormone promotes survival of cardiac myocytes in vitro and protects against ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rat heart. Cardiovascular research 83(2) 303-12 [DOI PMID]
Gerasimou A, Ramella R, Brero A, Boero O, Sheiban I, Levi R, Gallo MP. (2009) Homing of annexin-labeled stem cells to apoptotic cells. Cellular & molecular biology letters 14(1) 100-12 [DOI PMID]
Cerra MC, Gallo MP, Angelone T, Quintieri AM, Pulera E, Filice E, Guerold B, Shooshtarizadeh P, Levi R, Ramella R, Brero A, Boero O, Metz-Boutigue MH, Tota B, Alloatti G. (2008) The homologous rat chromogranin A1-64 (rCGA1-64) modulates myocardial and coronary function in rat heart to counteract adrenergic stimulation indirectly via endothelium-derived nitric oxide. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 22(11) 3992-4004 [DOI PMID]
Gallo MP, Levi R, Ramella R, Brero A, Boero O, Tota B, Alloatti G. (2007) Endothelium-derived nitric oxide mediates the antiadrenergic effect of human vasostatin-1 in rat ventricular myocardium. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology 292(6) H2906-12 [DOI PMID]
Gallo MP, Ramella R, Alloatti G, Penna C, Pagliaro P, Marcantoni A, Bonafe F, Losano G, Levi R. (2007) Limited plasticity of mesenchymal stem cells cocultured with adult cardiomyocytes. Journal of cellular biochemistry 100(1) 86-99 [DOI PMID]
Marcantoni A, Levi RC, Gallo MP, Hirsch E, Alloatti G. (2006) Phosphoinositide 3-kinasegamma (PI3Kgamma) controls L-type calcium current (ICa,L) through its positive modulation of type-3 phosphodiesterase (PDE3). Journal of cellular physiology 206(2) 329-36 [DOI PMID]
Alloatti G, Marcantoni A, Levi R, Gallo MP, Del Sorbo L, Patrucco E, Barberis L, Malan D, Azzolino O, Wymann M, Hirsch E, Montrucchio G. (2005) Phosphoinositide 3-kinase gamma controls autonomic regulation of the mouse heart through Gi-independent downregulation of cAMP level. FEBS letters 579(1) 133-40 [DOI PMID]
Malan D, Levi RC, Alloatti G, Marcantoni A, Bedendi I, Gallo MP. (2003) Cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP independent stimulation of ventricular calcium current by peroxynitrite donors in guinea pig myocytes. Journal of cellular physiology 197(2) 284-96 [DOI PMID]
Malan D, Gallo MP, Bedendi I, Biasin C, Levi RC, Alloatti G. (2003) Microtubules mobility affects the modulation of L-type I(Ca) by muscarinic and beta-adrenergic agonists in guinea-pig cardiac myocytes. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 35(2) 195-206 [DOI PMID]
Bedendi I, Gallo MP, Malan D, Levi RC, Alloatti G. (2001) Role of endothelial cells in modulation of contractility induced by hexarelin in rat ventricle. Life sciences 69(18) 2189-201 [DOI PMID]
Gallo MP, Malan D, Bedendi I, Biasin C, Alloatti G, Levi RC. (2001) Regulation of cardiac calcium current by NO and cGMP-modulating agents. Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology 441(5) 621-8 [DOI PMID]
Gallo MP, Ghigo D, Bosia A, Alloatti G, Costamagna C, Penna C, Levi RC. (1998) Modulation of guinea-pig cardiac L-type calcium current by nitric oxide synthase inhibitors. The Journal of physiology 506 ( Pt 3) 639-51 [DOI PMID]
Alloatti G, Penna C, Gallo MP, Levi RC, Bombardelli E, Appendino G. (1998) Differential effects of paclitaxel and derivatives on guinea pig isolated heart and papillary muscle. The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 284(2) 561-7 [PMID]
Alloatti G, Penna C, Levi RC, Gallo MP, Appendino G, Fenoglio I. (1996) Effects of yew alkaloids and related compounds on guinea-pig isolated perfused heart and papillary muscle. Life sciences 58(10) 845-54 [DOI PMID]
Alloatti G, Gallo MP, Penna C, Levi RC. (1995) Properties of cardiac cells from dystrophic mouse. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 27(8) 1775-9 [DOI PMID]
Levi RC, Alloatti G, Penna C, Gallo MP. (1994) Guanylate-cyclase-mediated inhibition of cardiac ICa by carbachol and sodium nitroprusside. Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology 426(5) 419-26 [DOI PMID]
Gallo MP, Alloatti G, Eva C, Oberto A, Levi RC. (1993) M1 muscarinic receptors increase calcium current and phosphoinositide turnover in guinea-pig ventricular cardiocytes. The Journal of physiology 471 41-60 [DOI PMID]
Insegnamenti
- Elementi di fisiologia (FIS0022)
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Fisica - FISIOLOGIA, ENDOCRINOLOGIA E NUTRIZIONE (INT0713)
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze degli Alimenti e della Nutrizione Umana - FISIOLOGIA GENERALE (corso A) (MFN0408)
Corso di Laurea in Scienze Biologiche (L-13) - FISIOLOGIA GENERALE (corso B) (MFN0408)
Corso di Laurea in Scienze Biologiche (L-13) - Fisiologia - Torino B (SUI0160)
Scienze delle Attività Motorie e Sportive L-22 - Torino
Temi di ricerca
FISIOLOGIA CARDIOVASCOLARE
- fisiologia delle cellule cardiache ed endoteliali, in particolare rispetto alla modulazione delle vie recettoriali che regolano la sintesi di monossido di azoto
RUOLO METABOLICO DI METABOLITI BIOATTIVI DI ORIGINE VEGETALE
Gruppi di ricerca
Progetti di ricerca
Attività in agenda
Organi
- 1. Consiglio di Corso di Studi
- 11. Commissione per l'Innovazione della Didattica
- 2. Giunta del Corso di Laurea
- 3. Commissione Monitoraggio e Riesame
- 5. Commissione Ammissione Studenti Stranieri e Riconoscimento Titoli di Studio
- 8. Comitato di Indirizzo e Consultazioni Parti Sociali
- Comunicazione docenti 2020-2021
- Consiglio di Corso di Laurea in Scienze delle Attività Motorie e Sportive L-22 a.a. 2020/21
- Consiglio di Corso di Laurea in Scienze delle Attività Motorie e Sportive L-22 a.a. 2021/22
- Consiglio di Corso di Laurea in Scienze delle Attività Motorie e Sportive L-22 a.a. 2022/23
Ricevimento studenti
Venerdì ore 12-13, preferibilmente su appuntamento