Prof. univ. dr. Otilia Zărnescu

Domenii de interes: Ovogeneza și spermatogeneza la vertebrate și nevertebrate; efectul substanțelor toxice asupra celulelor și țesuturilor; regenerarea la vertebrate; caracterizarea in vivo și in vitro a biomaterialelor; caracterizarea histologică și imunohistochimică a xenogrefelor.

Cărți

Zărnescu O. 2012. Histologie animală generală. Editura Universității din București, 326 p. ISBN: 978-606-16-0141-7.  

Zărnescu O. 2003. Embriologie experimentală. Editura Universității din București, 271 p. ISBN: 973-575-810-5.

Zărnescu O. 2002. Biologia moleculară a dezvoltării. Partea a II-a. Editura Universității din București, 260 p. ISBN: 973-575-637-4.

Zărnescu O. 1999. Biologia moleculară a dezvoltării. Partea I. Editura Universității din București, 224 p. ISBN: 973-575-389-8.

Manolache V., Zărnescu O. 1993. Citologie - Histologie. Lucrări practice. Tipografia Universității din București, 173 p.

Articole publicate în reviste din străinătate (selectiv)

Zarnescu O., Stavri S., Moldovan L. 2013. Inhibition of caudal fin regeneration in Corydoras aeneus by lithium chloride. Micron vol. 46, 66-75. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968432812003022

Stavri S., Zarnescu O. 2013. The Expression of Alkaline Phosphatase, Osteopontin, Osteocalcin, and Chondroitin Sulfate during Pectoral Fin Regeneration in Carassius auratus gibelio: A Combined Histochemical and Immunohistochemical Study. Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 19, no. 1, 233-242.  http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8828932&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S1431927612013797

Zarnescu O., Moldovan L., Trif M., Moisei M., Gaspar A., Leau L. 2012. Porous scaffold made from collagen and liposomes coated with plant derived polysaccharide- in vivo study. MRS Online Proceedings Library, vol. 1376, imrc11-1376-s11-p08. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8517101

Zarnescu O., Moldovan L., Trif M., Moisei M., Craciunescu O. 2011. Light and electron microscopy characterization of a collagen–liposome-entrapped chondroitin sulfate composite as intra-articular drug delivery system. Journal of Controlled Release, vol. 152, Supplement 1, e113-e114. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168365911007735

Zarnescu O., Brehar F.M., Bleotu C., Gorgan R.M. 2011. Co-localization of PCNA, VCAM-1 and caspase-3 with nestin in xenografts derived from human anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma multiforme tumor spheres. Micron, vol. 42, no. 8, 793-800. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968432811000746

Craciunescu O., Tardei C., Moldovan L., Zarnescu O. 2011. Magnesium substitution effect on porous scaffolds for bone repairing. Central European Journal of Biology, vol. 6, no. 3, 301-313. http://www.springerlink.com/content/j224m56jv83n3858/

Zarnescu O., Craciunescu O., Moldovan L. 2010. Collagen-chondroitin sulphate-hydroxyapatite porous composites: a histochemical and electron microscopy approach. Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 16, 137-142. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7336788

Zarnescu O. 2009. Tracing the accumulation and effects of mercury uptake in the previtellogenic ovary of crucian carp, Carassius auratus gibelio by autometallography and caspase-3 immunohistochemistry. Histology & Histopathology, vol. 24, no.2, 141-148. http://www.hh.um.es/Abstracts/Vol_24/24_2/24_2_141.htm

Zarnescu O., Brehar FM., Chivu M., Ciurea V. 2008. Immunohistochemical localization of caspase-3, caspase-9 and Bax in U87 Glioblastoma Xenografts. Journal of Molecular Histology vol. 39, no. 6, 561-569. http://www.springerlink.com/content/4n165163845180h2/

Trif M., Moldovan L., Moisei M., Craciunescu O., Zarnescu O. 2008.  Liposomes entrapped chondroitin sulphate: Ultrastructural characterization and in vitro biocompatibility. Micron, 39, no. 7, 1042-1045. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968432808000164

Opriţa E.I, Moldovan L., Craciunescu O., Zarnescu O. 2008. In Vitro Behaviour of Osteoblast Cells Seeded into a COL/β-TCP Composite Scaffold. Central European Journal of Biology, vol. 3, no. 1, 31-37. http://www.springerlink.com/content/v0845w0745613406/

Zarnescu O. 2007. Immunohistochemical distribution of hyperacetylated histone H4 in testis of paddlefish Polyodon spathula: ultrastructural correlation with chromatin condensation. Cell Tissue Research, vol. 328, no. 2, 401-410. http://www.springerlink.com/content/xk4577j244610669/

Zarnescu O. 2007. Ultrastructure of the skin melanophores and iridophores in paddlefish, Polyodon spathula. Micron, vol. 38, no. 1, 81-84. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968432806000631

Opriţa E.I, Moldovan L., Crăciunescu O., Buzgariu W., Tardei C., Zarnescu O. 2006. A bioactive collagen-b tricalcium phosphate scaffold for tissue engineering. Central European Journal of Biology, vol. 1, no. 1, 61-72. http://www.springerlink.com/content/200381g606263046/

Zarnescu O., Zamfirescu G. 2006. Effects of lithium carbonate on rat seminiferous tubules: an ultrastructural study. International Journal of Andrology, vol. 29, no. 6, 576-582. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2605.2006.00697.x/abstract;jsessionid=0C82F19421EC3DDDC43411B599852D08.d01t02

Zarnescu O. 2005. Ultrastructural study of spermatozoa of the paddlefish, Polyodon spathula. Zygote, vol. 13, no. 3, 241-247. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=338397

Zarnescu O. 2004. Ultrastructural observations of previtellogenic ovarian follicle of dove. Zygote, vol. 12, no. 4, 285-292. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=280360

Fukumoto M., Zarnescu O. 2003. Acrosome differentiation and the acrosome reaction in ascidian spermatozoa: Ascidella aspersa and Ascidia mentula with some implications for tunicate phylogeny. Marine Biology, vol. 143, no. 6, 1151-1160. http://www.springerlink.com/content/dvf0xxa36rxp4lxp/

membru al departamentului:
Biochimie si Biologie moleculara.

departament din:
Facultatea de Biologie.