Immunology

Principal Investigator (PI)/Coordinator: Prof. Tiziana Musso

Team

• Prof. Tiziana Musso, Full Professor, Head of Research Team
• Dr. Sara Agata Caterina Scutera, Assistant Professor
• Dr. Sparti Rosaria, Research Fellow

PI contacts
Prof.ssa Tiziana Musso
E-mail: tiziana.musso@unito.it
Phone: +39 0116705643
Webex Room
Laboratorio di Immunologia, Sezione di Microbiologia, Via Santena 9, 10126 Torino

Research Activities
The research of the laboratory of Immunology mainly focuses on the study of immune response to infections. In detail the main topics are:

• study of dendritic cell and macrophage biology and effect of hypoxic microenvironment on cell differentiation and proangiogenic activity;
• role of dendritic cells on pathogen recognition, immune response and antimicrobial mechanisms;
• study of the pathogenic mechanisms of Bartonella henselae

The team also studies the antimicrobial activity of new compounds, in particular:

• molecules with rnase activity;
• new antimicrobial delivery systems to counteract multidrug resistant bacterial infections

Moreover the laboratory team collaborates with the Skin Bank of the AUO Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino (directed by Dott.ssa Castagnoli) to study pathological inflammatory conditions and in particular the processes involved in the wound healing.
The members of the laboratory are co-inventors of the Italian patent n. 102020000022984 (University of Turin) "COMPOSITION INCLUDING ALBUMIN NANOPARTICLES ENCAPSULATING AN ANTIBIOTIC"