L. Giordano

Antibodies to Coagulase of Staphylococcus aureus crossreact to Efb and reveal different binding of shared Fibrinogen Binding repeats

The paper characterizes monoclonal antibodies against Staphylococcus aureus coagulase that cross-react with Efb and distinguish two functionally different Fg-binding epitopes.

Extracellular release of mitochondrial DNA is triggered by cigarette smoke and is detected in COPD

This study shows that cigarette smoke triggers mitochondrial DNA release in COPD patients and animal models, linking it to inflammation and disease progression.

An automated, high throughput methodology optimized for quantitative cell-free mitochondrial and nuclear DNA isolation from plasma

The paper optimizes an automated high-throughput method for isolating cell-free mitochondrial and nuclear DNA from plasma, achieving 6-fold higher yields of mitochondrial DNA.