CURRENT INTERESTS
Role
of cell surface molecules in organogenesis (particularly
in ontogenesis of immune and nervous system and maturation of lymphocytes)
Mapping
of the interacting regions for all the new protein-protein
interactions identified in our laboratory.
Cell
surface proteins and processes involved in chronic
and degenerative diseases
Signalling
pathways affected in the genesis of AIDS and
degenerative neurological diseases (including
neurological alterations in AIDS )
New
therapeutic approaches for AIDS and for degenerative
neurological diseases
New
therapeutics approaches for asthma and inflammation based on drugs interacting
with A2B adenosine receptors
Development
of anticancer drugs