Antonella Marangoni
Antonella Marangoni was born in Bologna on September 21st, 1969. Married since 1991, she has two sons. She graduated summa cum laude in Biological Science at the Alma Mater Studiorum, the University of Bologna, in 1993. She received her specialization Degree in Microbiology and Virology from the University of Bologna in 1997, presenting a thesis on “Surface proteins and pathogenicity of Borrelia anserina” (Grade 70/70 cum laude).She received her PhD degree in Microbiology from the University of Genoa in 2002, discussing a thesis on the immunity against spirochetal infections. She currently holds a position as Assistant Professor of Microbiology, in the School of Medicine at the University of Bologna.Her research work mainly refers to spirochetes and chlamydiae. She has studied the interaction between Kupffer cells and spirochetes, with both in vivo and in vitro models. The ability of several cathelicidins to kill, in vitro, borreliae, leptospirae and Treponema pallidum has been investigated and a newly identified antigen (TprI) belonging to the Tprs family has been cloned and expressed. She has demonstrated that surface proteins in Borrelia anserina, belonging to vmp family, are the principal pathogenicity determinants in experimental infections in chicks. She has studied the interaction between Kupffer cells and Chlamydia pneumoniae, in a mouse experimental infection model.She has studied the epidemiology of the main bacterial sexually transmitted diseases in Italy and the role of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in inducing a dyslipidemic effect in a mouse experimental model.Her interests are also focused on laboratory diagnosis of several infections: in particular, infections due to spirochetes, sexually transmitted diseases and maternal-foetal infections.She was selected as a reviewer for many Journals, including Clinical Microbiology Infection, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Plos One, Clinical and Vaccine Immunology and Journal of Medical Microbiology.
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