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Original research articles

Reviews and Book chapters

Original research articles
16 Spiden SL, Bortolozzi M, Di Leva F, de Angelis MH, Fuchs H, Lim D, Ortolano S, Ingham NJ, Brini M, Carafoli E, Mammano F, Steel KP. (2008) The Novel Mouse Mutation Oblivion Inactivates the PMCA2 Pump and Causes Progressive Hearing Loss. PLoS Genet. Oct;4(10):e1000238. Epub 2008 Oct 31. PubMed
15 Fedrizzi L, Lim D, Carafoli E, Brini M. (2008) Interplay of the Ca2+-binding protein DREAM with presenilin in neuronal Ca2+ signaling. J Biol Chem. 283:27494-27503. Epub 2008 Jul 29. PubMed
14 Lim D, Fedrizzi L, Tartari M, Zuccato C, Cattaneo E, Brini M, Carafoli E. (2008) Calcium homeostasis and mitochondrial dysfunction in striatal neurons of huntington′s disease. J Biol Chem. 283:5780-5789. Epub 2007 Dec 21. PDF 540k
13 Brini M, Di Leva F, Domi T, Fedrizzi L, Lim D, Carafoli E. (2007) Plasma-membrane calcium pumps and hereditary deafness. Biochem Soc Trans. 35:913-918. PDF 600k
12 Ficarella R, Di Leva F, Bortolozzi M, Ortolano S, Donaudy F, Petrillo M, Melchionda S, Lelli A, Domi T, Fedrizzi L, Lim D, Shull GE, Gasparini P, Brini M, Mammano F, Carafoli E. (2007) A functional study of plasma-membrane calcium-pump isoform 2 mutants causing digenic deafness. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 104:1516-1521. PDF 1.5m
11 Nusco GA, Chun JT, Ercolano E, Lim D, Gragnaniello G, Kyozuka K, Santella L. (2006) Modulation of calcium signalling by the actin-binding protein cofilin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 348:109-114. PDF 1.5m
10 Moccia F, Nusco GA, Lim D, Kyozuka K, Santella L. (2006) NAADP and InsP3 play distinct roles at fertilization in starfish oocytes. Dev Biol. 294:24-38. PDF 870k
9 Moccia F, Lim D, Kyozuka K, Santella L. (2004). NAADP triggers the fertilization potential in starfish oocytes. Cell Calcium. 36, 515-524. PDF 350k
8 Lim, D., Ercolano, E., Kyozuka, K., Nusco, G.A., Moccia, F., Lange, K. and Santella, L. (2003). The M-phase promoting factor modulates the sensitivity of the Ca2+ stores to inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate via the actin cytoskeleton. J Biol Chem. 278, 42505-42514. PDF 810k
7 Moccia, F., Lim, D., Nusco, G.A., Ercolano, E. and Santella, L. (2003). NAADP activates a Ca2+ current which is dependent on F-actin cytoskeleton. FASEB J. 17, 1907-1909. PDF 881k
6 Moccia, F., Nusco, G.A., Lim, D., Ercolano, E., Gragnaniello, G., Brown, E.R. and Santella, L. (2003). Ca2+ signalling and membrane current activated by cADPr in starfish oocytes. Pflugers Arch. 446, 541-552. PDF 716k
5 Santella, L., Ercolano, E., Lim, D., Nusco, G.A. and Moccia, F. (2003) Activated M-phase-promoting factor (MPF) is exported from the nucleus of starfish oocytes to increase the sensitivity of the Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptors. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 31, 79-82. PDF 121k
4 Nusco, G.A., Lim, D., Sabala, P. and Santella L. (2002). Ca2+ response to cADPr during maturation and fertilization of starfish oocytes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 290, 1015-1021 PDF 930k
3 Sabala, P., Targos, B., Caravelli, A., Czajkowski, R., Lim, D., Gragnaniello, G., Santella, L. and Baranska, J. (2002). Role of the actin cytoskeleton in store-mediated calcium entry in glioma C6 cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 296, 484-491 PDF 297k
2 Lim, D., Lange, K. and Santella L. (2002). Activation of oocytes by latrunculin A. FASEB J. 16, 1050-1056 PDF 442k
1 Lim, D., Kyozuka, K., Gragnaniello, G., Carafoli, E. and Santella, L. (2001). NAADP+ initiates the Ca2+ response during fertilization of starfish oocytes. FASEB J. 15, 2257-2267 PDF 750k
Reviews and Book chapters
4 Fedrizzi L, Lim D, Carafoli E. (2008) Calcium and Signal Transduction. BaMBEd. 36, 175-180. PDF 408k
3 Di Leva F, Domi T, Fedrizzi L, Lim D, Carafoli E. (2008) The plasma membrane Ca(2+) ATPase of animal cells: Structure, function and regulation. Arch Biochem Biophys.. 476, 65-74. Epub 2008 Mar 4. PubMed
2 Santella L, Lim D, Moccia F. (2004). Calcium and fertilization: the beginning of life. Trends Biochem. Sci. 29, 400-408. PDF 1m
1 Santella, L., Nusco, G.A. and Lim, D. (2002). Calcium and calcium-linked second messengers are main acters in the maturation and fertilization of starfish oocytes. In "Cyclic ADP-ribose and NAADP. Structures, metabolism and function". Edt. by Lee HC. Kluwer Academic Publishers. This book on Amazon.com