Valerio Matozzo

TL;DR: This review focuses on a brief description of xenoestrogens and their occurrence in aquatic environments, and on Vg induction in aquatic invertebrates in response to both experimental and environmental exposure to estrogenic compounds.

TL;DR: The resistance to air exposure of clams kept at 30 degrees C was shown to decrease significantly, LT(50) values fell from 6days in clam kept at 20 degrees C and 25 degrees C to 4days in those kept at30 degrees C, and SOD isoform expression exhibited different patterns in haemocyte lysate and cell-free haemolymph.

TL;DR: Tapes philippinarum is a bivalve mollusc of the Pacific Ocean, successfully imported for human consumption into the northern Adriatic Sea (Europe), and a morpho-functional characterisation of its haemocytes was carried out with the establishment of short-term cell cultures.

TL;DR: A relationship between heavy metal exposure and alterations in functional responses of hemocytes in T. philippinarum is suggested and the possibility of using it as sentinel organism in biomonitoring studies, even if used biomarkers will be further evaluated in field conditions is supported.

TL;DR: The results demonstrated that the experimental conditions significantly influenced the biochemical parameters of the bivalves, although the variation pattern varied depending on the species and tissues analysed.