Riccardo Leinardi

Nearly free surface silanols are the critical molecular moieties that initiate the toxicity of silica particles

Cristina Pavan, Rosangela Santalucia, Riccardo Leinardi et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 119 citations · Full text

Revisiting the paradigm of silica pathogenicity with synthetic quartz crystals: the role of crystallinity and surface disorder

Francesco Turci, Cristina Pavan, Riccardo Leinardi et al. · Particle and Fibre Toxicology · 2015 · 108 citations · Full text

Molecular recognition between membrane epitopes and nearly free surface silanols explains silica membranolytic activity

Cristina Pavan, Matthew J. Sydor, Chiara Bellomo et al. · Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces · 2022 · 37 citations · Full text

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Cytotoxicity of fractured quartz on THP-1 human macrophages: role of the membranolytic activity of quartz and phagolysosome destabilization

Riccardo Leinardi, Cristina Pavan, Harita Yedavally et al. · Archives of Toxicology · 2020 · 30 citations · Full text

Dietary nanoparticles alter the composition and function of the gut microbiota in mice at dose levels relevant for human exposure

Laeticia Perez, Eleonora Scarcello, Saloua Ibouraadaten et al. · Food and Chemical Toxicology · 2021 · 30 citations · Full text