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Diana Pendin

University of Padova
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[HTML][HTML] Mitofusin 2: from functions to disease

R Filadi, D Pendin, P Pizzo - Cell death & disease, 2018 - nature.com
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles whose functions are essential for cell viability.
Within the cell, the mitochondrial network is continuously remodeled through the balance …

[HTML][HTML] The elusive importance of being a mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter

D Pendin, E Greotti, T Pozzan - Cell calcium, 2014 - Elsevier
The molecular components of the mitochondrial Ca 2+ uptake machinery have been only
recently identified. In the last months, in addition to the pore forming subunit and of one …

Homotypic fusion of ER membranes requires the dynamin-like GTPase atlastin

G Orso, D Pendin, S Liu, J Tosetto, TJ Moss, JE Faust… - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
… The effective detergent to lipid ratio (R eff ) was determined by the equation R eff = (D
total - D water )/[lipid], in which D total is the total detergent concentration and D water is the …

Exploring cells with targeted biosensors

D Pendin, E Greotti, K Lefkimmiatis… - Journal of General …, 2017 - rupress.org
… environment in situ may significantly affect their K d and thus any quantitative analysis in living
… An accurate measurement of the sensor K d in situ is therefore essential if any quantitative …

[HTML][HTML] Rescue of astrocyte activity by the calcium sensor STIM1 restores long-term synaptic plasticity in female mice modelling Alzheimer's disease

…, A Chiavegato, M Sbrissa, D Pendin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Calcium dynamics in astrocytes represent a fundamental signal that through gliotransmitter
release regulates synaptic plasticity and behaviour. Here we present a longitudinal study in …

The effects of ER morphology on synaptic structure and function in Drosophila melanogaster

…, JF Faust, E Fan, D Pendin… - Journal of cell …, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
… (D) ER in S2 cells under live and fixed conditions. (D′) Magnification of boxed regions in
D. … (D′) Magnification of boxed regions in D. Chemical fixation was achieved by a 5 min …

[PDF][PDF] Manipulation of mitochondria dynamics reveals separate roles for form and function in mitochondria distribution

T Trevisan, D Pendin, A Montagna, S Bova, AM Ghelli… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
… (D) Control and RNAi lines were crossed to the ubiquitous driver tubulin-Gal4 and mitochondria
were isolated. Rate of ATP synthesis driven by malate and pyruvate was normalized to …

Optogenetic control of mitochondrial metabolism and Ca2+ signaling by mitochondria-targeted opsins

…, E Greotti, G Baranauskas, D Pendin… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
… (D) The bar graph reports the mean change of F/F max (±SEM; n = 16, 54, 37, and 23,
respectively) values for mitoChR2(SSFO) cells normalized to corresponding values for mitoChR2(…

[HTML][HTML] Familial Alzheimer's disease-linked presenilin mutants and intracellular Ca2+ handling: A single-organelle, FRET-based analysis

…, P Capitanio, A Wong, T Pozzan, P Pizzo, D Pendin - Cell Calcium, 2019 - Elsevier
… This is due to the higher K d of the probe used to monitor the [Ca 2+ ] within the ER, compared
to … (A–D) Representative traces of a typical experiment performed in fibroblasts from FAD …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic constriction and fission of endoplasmic reticulum membranes by reticulon

J Espadas, D Pendin, R Bocanegra, A Escalada… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
d average length of ER profiles measured on thin EM sections shown in (c), n > 100 ER
profiles. Statistical significance: unpaired two-tailed t test, ***p < 0.001. Error bars represent SEM…