BARBARA ZULLI

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXIX
email: barbara.zulli@uniroma1.it
building: CU027
room: 301

supervisor: prof. Eugenio Barone
advisor: prof. Eugenio Barone

Research: ROLE OF THE PROTEIN DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE-4 (DPP4) IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEURODEGENERATION IN DOWN SYNDROME

BARBARA ZULLI Email: barbara.zulli@uniroma1.it EDUCATION and TRAINING: - High School Diploma in Science (year 2015) - Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology (Department of Biology). (year 2020) University of Padua Thesis in PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY, titled "ANTITUMORAL DRUGS OF NEW GENERATION: TRASTUZUMAB DERUXTECAN" - Master's degree course in pharmaceutical biotechnology (Faculty of Pharmacy and Medicine) (year 2023) University of Rome "La Sapienza" Thesis title: "ROLE OF DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE-4 (DPP-4) PROTEIN IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEURODEGENERATION IN DOWN SYNDROME" Liceo Scientifico "Galileo Galilei" Lanciano CH - Fellowship for research activities (3 months, June-August 2023) University of Rome "La Sapienza" Project title: "UNRAVELING A NOVEL MECHANISM FAVORING BRAIN INSULIN RESISTANCE DEVELOPMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON ALZHEIMER DISEASE NEUROPATHOLOGY" - PhD in biochemistry (2023-in progress) Alessandro Rossi Fanelli Department of Biochemical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome Languages: ITALIAN (native) ENGLISH

Research products

11573/1768106 - 2026 - GDF-11, GDF-15, Jag-1, and leptin in neuronal-derived extracellular vesicles as aging-related biomarkers to identify individuals at risk of Alzheimer's dementia. A pilot study

Lanzillotta, Simona; Boccardi, Virginia; Zulli, Barbara; Napoli, Alessandro; Paolozzi, Gabriele; Angelini, Roberta; Ruzicka, Barbara; Fratini, Federica; Guazzarini, Anna Giulia; Scamosci, Michela; Bastiani, Patrizia; Alunno, Martina; Westman, Eric; Di Domenico, Fabio; Perluigi, Marzia; Tramutola, Antonella; Cecchetti, Roberta; Mazza, Tommaso; Butterfield, D Allan; Mecocci, Patrizia; Barone, Eugenio - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE ([Oxford] : Blackwell Science) pp. 1-18 - issn: 1095-953X - wos: WOS:001681369500001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-105030963487 (0)

11573/1742003 - 2026 - Metabolic breakdown: Linking insulin resistance and mitochondrial dysfunction to neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease

Lanzillotta, Simona; Rolfi, Lucrezia Romana; Zulli, Barbara; Barone, Eugenio - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH (Shenyang : Publishing House of Neural Regeneration Research.) pp. - - issn: 1673-5374 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-105030065971 (5)

11573/1747795 - 2025 - Insulin resistance: fueling oxidative stress and neurodegeneration

Chamorro, Laia Berridi; Zulli, Barbara; Barone, Eugenio - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)

paper: JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION (Wien : Springer) pp. - - issn: 1435-1463 - wos: WOS:001499159100001 (2) - scopus: 2-s2.0-105007239799 (1)