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Achille Iolascon is a researcher affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their work spans multiple fields, principally Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, they have contributed extensively to Genetics, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Hematology, and Neurology.

The scientist's research topics focus notably on Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, and Blood groups and transfusion. Additional areas of study include Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments, Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism, Blood properties and coagulation, and Iron Metabolism and Disorders.

Achille Iolascon has contributed to various publication venues, with frequent appearances in HemaSphere, Blood, American Journal of Hematology, Genes, and Haematologica. Their recent publications include:

  • Association of Toll-like receptor 7 variants with life-threatening COVID-19 disease in males: findings from a nested case-control study (2021, eLife)
  • Recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of methemoglobinemia (2021, American Journal of Hematology)
  • Failure of human rhombic lip differentiation underlies medulloblastoma formation (2022, Nature)
  • Congenital dyserythropoietic anemias (2020, Blood)
  • Stain-free identification of cell nuclei using tomographic phase microscopy in flow cytometry (2022, Nature Photonics)

Their frequent co-authors include Immacolata Andolfo, Roberta Russo, Mario Capasso, Barbara Eleni Rosato, and Vito Alessandro Lasorsa, indicating substantial collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

    E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

  • Subgroup-specific structural variation across 1,000 medulloblastoma genomes

    Paul A. Northcott;Paul A. Northcott;David J.H. Shih;John Peacock;Livia Garzia

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hereditary spherocytosis--2011 update.

    Paula H. B. Bolton-Maggs;Jacob C. Langer;Achille Iolascon;Paul Tittensor

  • Mutations in MYH9 result in the May-Hegglin anomaly, and Fechtner and Sebastian syndromes. The May-Heggllin/Fechtner Syndrome Consortium.

    Seri M;Cusano R;Gangarossa S;Caridi G

  • Tomographic flow cytometry by digital holography.

    Francesco Merola;Pasquale Memmolo;Lisa Miccio;Roberto Savoia

  • The human counterpart of zebrafish shiraz shows sideroblastic-like microcytic anemia and iron overload.

    Clara Camaschella;Alessandro Campanella;Luigia De Falco;Loredana Boschetto

  • MicroRNA-199b-5p impairs cancer stem cells through negative regulation of HES1 in medulloblastoma.

    Livia Garzia;Immacolata Andolfo;Emilio Cusanelli;Natascia Marino

  • Multiple clinical forms of dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis arise from mutations in PIEZO1

    Immacolata Andolfo;Seth L. Alper;Lucia De Franceschi;Carla Auriemma

  • Integrative genomics identifies LMO1 as a neuroblastoma oncogene

    Kai Wang;Kai Wang;Sharon J. Diskin;Haitao Zhang;Edward F. Attiyeh

  • Mutations affecting the secretory COPII coat component SEC23B cause congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type II.

    Klaus Schwarz;Klaus Schwarz;Achille Iolascon;Fatima Verissimo;Nikolaus S Trede;Nikolaus S Trede

  • MYH9-Related Disease: May-Hegglin Anomaly, Sebastian Syndrome, Fechtner Syndrome, and Epstein Syndrome Are not Distinct Entities but Represent a Variable Expression of a Single Illness

    Marco Seri;Alessandro Pecci;Filomena Di Bari;Roberto Cusano

  • Genetic predisposition to neuroblastoma mediated by a LMO1 super-enhancer polymorphism

    Derek A. Oldridge;Andrew C. Wood;Nina Weichert-Leahey;Ian Crimmins

  • Inherited thrombocytopenias: from genes to therapy

    Carlo L Balduini;Achille Iolascon;Anna Savoia

  • Common variation at 6q16 within HACE1 and LIN28B influences susceptibility to neuroblastoma

    Sharon J Diskin;Mario Capasso;Robert W Schnepp;Kristina A Cole;Kristina A Cole

  • ACE2 gene variants may underlie interindividual variability and susceptibility to COVID-19 in the Italian population.

    Elisa Benetti;Rossella Tita;Ottavia Spiga;Andrea Ciolfi

  • NCOA4 Deficiency Impairs Systemic Iron Homeostasis.

    Roberto Bellelli;Giorgia Federico;Alessandro Matte;David Colecchia

  • Position of nonmuscle myosin heavy chain IIA (NMMHC-IIA) mutations predicts the natural history of MYH9-related disease

    Alessandro Pecci;Emanuele Panza;Núria Pujol-Moix;Catherine Klersy

  • A Dominant Mutation in the Gene Encoding the Erythroid Transcription Factor KLF1 Causes a Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia

    Lionel Arnaud;Carole Saison;Virginie Helias;Nicole Lucien

  • Iron refractory iron deficiency anemia

    Luigia De Falco;Mayka Sanchez;Laura Silvestri;Caroline Kannengiesser

  • Genetic predisposition to neuroblastoma mediated by a LMO1 super-enhancer polymorphism

    Derek A. Oldridge;Andrew C. Wood;Nina Weichert-Leahey;Ian Crimmins

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo Brugnara
Carlo Brugnara Boston Children's Hospital
Maria Domenica Cappellini
Maria Domenica Cappellini University of Milan
Hakon Hakonarson
Hakon Hakonarson Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Seth L. Alper
Seth L. Alper Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Marcella Devoto
Marcella Devoto University of Pennsylvania
Anne Janin
Anne Janin Université Paris Cité
Paolo Gasparini
Paolo Gasparini University of Trieste
John M. Maris
John M. Maris Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Giuseppe Basso
Giuseppe Basso University of Padua
Leopoldo Zelante
Leopoldo Zelante Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza

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