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Last published 2024
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Giulia Baldini

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Researcher

Also affiliated: University of Trieste (1983–2012); Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (1988); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2006–2019); Schlumberger (Ireland) (2002); Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (1992–1997); Arkansas Department of Agriculture (2019); Columbia University (1994–2004)

Faculty Researcher

29 h-index 63 pubs 6,139 cited

  • Animals
  • Mice
  • Humans
  • Cell Membrane
  • Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 4
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Neurons
  • Membrane Proteins
  • rab3 GTP-Binding Proteins
  • Male
  • Cell Line
  • Mutation
  • Adipose Tissue
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • 3T3 Cells

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Biography and Research Information

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Giulia Baldini is a faculty member at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Her research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal function and cellular stress, with a particular emphasis on the melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R). Baldini's work investigates the localization and role of MC4R in hypothalamic neurons, contributing to our understanding of appetite regulation and energy balance. She also explores how cellular stress, such as that induced by palmitate treatment, affects neuronal health and function, and how pharmacological interventions like liraglutide may counteract these effects. Her research group also examines ER stress and mitochondrial homeostasis in the context of these cellular processes.

Baldini's scholarly output includes 65 publications with over 6,200 citations, reflecting a highly cited researcher designation. She has collaborated with researchers including Kevin D. Phelan at the University of Arkansas for Fayetteville, and Haven Griffin, Kevin D. Raney, and Randall R Rainwater at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Her recent work has explored the susceptibility of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells to microtubule depolymerization and has also touched upon tactile device design for human-robot interaction.

Metrics

  • h-index: 29
  • Publications: 63
  • Citations: 6,139

Selected Publications

  • MC4R Localizes at Excitatory Postsynaptic and Peri-Postsynaptic Sites of Hypothalamic Neurons in Primary Culture (2024)
    Cells 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Liraglutide Counteracts Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Palmitate-Treated Hypothalamic Neurons without Restoring Mitochondrial Homeostasis (2022)
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Primary acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells are susceptible to microtubule depolymerization in G1 and M phases through distinct cell death pathways (2022)
    Journal of Biological Chemistry 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Selective Survival of Sim1/MC4R Neurons in Diet-Induced Obesity (2020)
    iScience 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Delivery of phosphatidylethanolamine blunts stress in hepatoma cells exposed to elevated palmitate by targeting the endoplasmic reticulum (2020)
    Cell Death Discovery 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Elevation of the unfolded protein response increases RANKL expression (2020)
    FASEB BioAdvances 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The melanocortin pathway and control of appetite-progress and therapeutic implications (2019)
    Journal of Endocrinology 273 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Injury to hypothalamic Sim1 neurons is a common feature of obesity by exposure to high‐fat diet in male and female mice (2019)
    Journal of Neurochemistry 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Lipid Stress Alters Cell Distribution, Traffic, and Desensitization Properties of Melanocortin‐4 Receptor, a GPCR Involved in Appetite Control (2017)
    The FASEB Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Lipid stress inhibits endocytosis of melanocortin-4 receptor from modified clathrin-enriched sites and impairs receptor desensitization (2017)
    Journal of Biological Chemistry 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Indicators of responsiveness to immune checkpoint inhibitors (2017)
    Scientific Reports 83 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Temporal Selectivity of Melanocortin‐4 Receptor Agonist to Modulate Signaling by Increased Intracellular cAMP (2015)
    The FASEB Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Temporal cAMP Signaling Selectivity by Natural and Synthetic MC4R Agonists (2015)
    Molecular Endocrinology 29 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Does Super-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy Obsolete Previous Microscopic Approaches to Protein Co-localization? (2014)
    Methods in molecular biology 58 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • NT5E Mutations That Cause Human Disease Are Associated with Intracellular Mistrafficking of NT5E Protein (2014)
    PLoS ONE 20 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

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  • Super-Resolution Light Microscope at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences NIH
  • Mechanisms of Hormonal Release by Endocrine Cells NIH
  • Functions and Mechanisms of Helicases and G-Quadruplex Nucleic Acids NIH
  • Impact of hemodynamics on efferocytosis in endothelial cells NIH/Nat. Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
  • Lipid Stress and MC4R NIH
  • G-quadruplex DNA as a chemical signaling agent NIH
  • 120 kV FEI Electron Microscope and Supporting Sample Preparation Equipment for Biological Microscopy National Science Foundation
  • Melanocortin-4 Receptor Traffic and Signaling NIH

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