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Contact data

Associate Professor of Human Anatomy
Department of Human Morphology
Laboratory of Human Morphology “L. Cattaneo”
Via Monte Generoso 71, I- 21100 Varese, Italy.
Tel: +39.0332-217455
Fax: +39.0332-263324
E-mail: terenzio.congiu@uninsubria.it
 

Biography

 Terenzio Congiu was born on February 11, 1961 in Cagliari, Italy. In 1988 he graduated in Biology at the University of Cagliari.
In 1990 he collaborated with the Superior Institute of Health in Rome acquiring a deeper knowledge of molecular biology. Subsequently he worked for the Institute of Pathological Anatomy of the University of Cagliari, where he learned transmission electron microscopy with particular attention to X-rays dispersive spectroscopy techniques.
In 1991 he began a four year Ph.D. in Morphological Sciences at the Laboratory of Electron Microscopy of the Department of Cytomorphology of the University of Cagliari. During this period he completed his knowledge of cellular morphology studying High Resolution Scansion Electron Microscopy and collaborating to the development of new techniques for the three-dimensional visualization of extra and intracellular ultrastructure.
In 1998 he joined the Human Morphology Laboratory of the University of Insubria as a Researcher in Human Anatomy
Since 2002 he is Associate Professor of Human Anatomy at the University of Insubria
 

Qualifications and awards

 A full degree in Biology
- Affiliations to the Italian Anatomical Society
 

Research interests

 His research is mostly focused on Ultrastructural analysis of human and animal tissues using Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy.
Other specific interests are:
-1 Improvement of maceration techniques (alkali, osmium) in order to display the fine inner architecture of the cell and of the extracellular matrix.
-2 Study of microvascular patterns by corrosion-casting technique
-3 X-ray microanalysis
-4 Atomic force microscopy
 

Teaching experience and appointments

 Full courses of Human Anatomy and Histology for the degree in Physical Education.
Courses of Anatomy for the specialistic degree in Medicine and Surgery;
 

Representative  publications

-Faa G, Sciot R, Farci AMG, Callea F, Ambu R, Congiu T, van Eyken P, Cappai G, Marras A, Costa V, Desmet VJ.
Iron concentration and distribution in the newborn liver.
Liver, (Copenhagen, Denmark) 14: 193-199,1994

-Faa G, Ledda-Columbano GM, Ambu R, Congiu T, Coni P, Riva A , Columbano A.
An electron microscopic study of apoptosis by cycloheximide in rat liver.
Liver, (Copenhagen, Denmark) 14: 270-278, 1994.

-Muntoni F, Cattani G, Mateddu A, Rimoldi M, Congiu T, Faa G, Marrosu MG, Cianchetti C, Porcu M.
Familial cardiomyopathy, mental retardation and myopathy associated with desmin-type intermediate filaments.
Neuromuscular Disord.(Oxford,G.B.) 4: 233-241, 1994.

-Faa G, Ambu R, Congiu T, Parodo G, Pilleri G, Farci AMG, Vallebona E, Costa V, Riva A.
Scanning electron microscopy of chronic hepatitis C. An OsO4 maceration study on human biopsies.
J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol., 26: 415-423,1994.

-Testa-Riva F, Riva A, Congiu T, De Lisa A, Motta PM.
Human bulbourethral and urethral glands.
In: Ultrastructure of the male uregenital glands: prostate, seminal vesicle urethral and bulbourethral glands. Riva A, Testa-Riva F and Motta PM, Eds. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston U.S.A.), 163-176, 1994.

-Gioglio L, Congiu T, Quacci D, Prigioni L.
Morphological features of different regions in frog crista ampullaris (Rana esculenta).
Arch. Histol. Cytol.(Niigata, Japan), 58: 1-16, 1995.

-Riva A, Congiu T, Lantini MS, Puxeddu R, Testa-Riva F.
The intracellular structure of secretory and ductal epithelia of human major salivary glands. A scanning electron microscopic study.
Ital. J. Anat. Embryol. 100 supp1: 367-374, 1995.

-Bertossi M, Riva A, Congiu T, Virgintino D, Nico B, Roncali L.
A compared TEM/SEM investigation on the pericytic investment in developing microvasculature of the chick optic tectum.
J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol. 27: 349-358, 1995.

-Testa-Riva F, Congiu T, Lantini MS, Puxeddu R, Riva A.
The main excretory duct (Stensen's) of the human parotid gland: a transmission and scanning electron microscope study.
Arch. Histol. Cytol. (Niigata, Japan) 58: 435-448,1995.

-Riva A, Congiu T, Loffredo F,Testa-Riva F.
Further data on intracellular structure of human salivary glands: a SEM study.
Eur. J. Morphol. (Lisse, The Netherlands):34: 209-214, 1996.

-Faa G, Iannelli S, Congiu T, Mocci C, Ambu R, Parodo G, Sechi P, Loffredo F, and Riva A.
A 3D study of intra and extracellular structures of liver in beta-thalassemia intermedia: an OsO4 maceration analysis.
J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol. 29 : 73-78, 1997

-Faa G., Ambu R., Congiu T., Loffredo F., Parodo G. and Riva A.
Abnormal hepatic mitochondria in beta-thalassemia intermedia. A scanning electron microscopic study with the osmium maceration method.
In: Recent Advances in Microscopy of Cells, Tissues and Organs. PM Motta ed. Antonio Delfino editore. Roma 1997

-Petruzzo P., Cappai A., Congiu T., Riva A. and Brotzu G.
Pancreatic islet microcirculation: a scanning electron microscopy study of corrosion casts.
Transplantation Proceedings, 29, 2050-2051, 1997

-Riva A., Loffredo F., Segawa A., Congiu T. and Testa Riva F.
Human salivary gland parenchymal cells seen by SEM from the cytoplasmic side using a new osmium maceration method.
European Journal of Morphology, 36, supp. 35-40, 1998

-Ruggeri jr A., Strocchi R., Franchi M., Martini D., Raspanti M., Congiu T., Ruggeri A.
Peri-implant medullary cisternae at the interface of bone-smooth surface titanium endosseous implant.
Bull. Group. Int. Rech. Sci. Stomatol. Odontol. 41, 104-111,1999

-Raspanti M., Congiu T., Alessandrini A., Gobbi P., Ruggeri A.
Different patterns of collagen-proteoglycan interaction: a scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy study.
European Journal of Histochemistry 44(4), 335-343, 2000

-Valdatta L., Congiu T., Thione A., Buoro M., Faga A. and Dell'Orbo C.
Do superficial epigastric veins of rats have valves?
British Journal of Plastic Surgery 54, 1-3, 2000

-De Eguileor M., Grimaldi A., Tettamanti G., Ferrarese C., Congiu T., Protasoni M., Reguzzoni M., Valvassori R., Lanzavecchia A.
Ultrastructure and functional versatility of hirudinean botryoidal tissue.
Tissue and cell, 33 (4) 332-341, 2001.

-Raspanti M., Congiu T., Guizzardi S.
Tapping-mode atomic force microscopy in fluid of hydrated extracellular matrix.
Matrix Biology, 20, 601-604, 2001

-De Eguileor M., Grimaldi AL., Tettamanti G., Ferrarese C., Congiu T., Protasoni M., Perletti G., Valvassori R., Lanzavecchia A.
Hirudo medicinalis: a new model for testing activators and inhibitors of angiogenesis.
Angiogenesis, 4(4): 299-312, 2001

-Raspanti M., Congiu T., Guizzardi S.
Structural aspects of the extracellular matrix of tendon: an atomic force and scanning electron microscopy study.
Arch. Histol. Cytol. 65 (1), 37-43, 2002

-Reguzzoni M, Cosentino M, Rasini E, Marino F, Ferrari M, Bombelli R, Congiu T, Protasoni M, Quacci D, Lecchini S, Raspanti M, Frigo G.
Ultrastructural localization of tyrosine hydroxylase in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells: effect of stimulation with phytohaemagglutinin
Cell Tissue Res Dec;310(3):297-304, 2002

-(IT) T. Congiu, A. Manelli, M. Protasoni, S. Sangiorgi, Microscopical anatomy comments. Cortina Editore Torino, 2003.

-Protasoni M., de Eguileor M., Congiu T., Grimaldi A., Reguzzoni M.,
The extracellular matrix of the cuticle of Gordius panigettensis (Gordioidae, Nematomorpha): observations by TEM, SEM and AFM.
Tissue & Cell, 35,(4): 306-311. 2003

-Sangiorgi S, Manelli A, Congiu T, Bini A, Pilato G, Reguzzoni M, Raspanti M. Microvascularization of the human digit as studied by corrosion casting.
J Anat., 204(2):123-31, 2004

-Tettamanti G, Grimaldi A, Rinaldi L, Arnaboldi F, Congiu T, Valvassori R, de Eguileor M.
The multifunctional role of fibroblasts during wound healing in Hirudo medicinalis (Anellida, Hirudinea).
Biol Cell. 96(6):443-55, 2004

-Congiu T, Radice R, Raspanti M, Reguzzoni M. The 3D structure of the human urinary bladder mucosa: a scanning electron microscopy study.
J Submicrosc Cytol Pathol. 36(1):45-53, 2004

-De Eguileor M, Tettamanti G, Grimaldi A, Perletti G, Congiu T, Rinaldi L, Valvassori R. Hirudo medicinalis: avascular tissues for clear-cut angiogenesis studies?
Curr Pharm Des.10(16):1979-88,. Review. 2004

-Perletti G, Marras E, Dondi D, Osti D, Congiu T, Ferrarese R, de Eguileor M, Tashjian AH Jr. p21(Waf1/Cip1) and p53 are downstream effectors of protein kinase C delta in tumor suppression and differentiation in human colon cancer cells.
Int J Cancer. 1;113(1):42-53, 2005

-Tettamanti G, Grimaldi A, Congiu T, Perletti G, Raspanti M, Valvassori R, de Eguileor M. Collagen reorganization in leech wound healing.
Biol Cell. Jul;97(7):557-68, 2005
 

Clinical interests

Ultrastructure of hepatic pathologies .

 
 
   
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