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Adriano Chiò

Adriano Chiò

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Medicine

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Citations
53861
World Ranking
4899
National Ranking
152

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research, American Academy of Neurology

Overview

Adriano Chiò is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and focuses on research primarily within the field of Medicine, with a specialization in Neurology. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed substantially to topics including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Neurological diseases and metabolism, and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Andrea Calvo
  • Umberto Manera
  • Cristina Moglia
  • Antonio Canosa
  • Rosario Vasta

Adriano Chiò's research has been published in numerous venues, most notably:

  • Neurology
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Adriano Chiò are:

  • "ALS phenotype is influenced by age, sex, and genetics," 2020, Neurology
  • "Common and rare variant association analyses in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "Trial of Antisense Oligonucleotide Tofersen for SOD1 ALS," 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Emerging insights into the complex genetics and pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis," 2022, The Lancet Neurology
  • "Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: translating genetic discoveries into therapies," 2023, Nature Reviews Genetics

The scientist's contributions have been recognized with the Sheila Essey Award for ALS Research from the American Academy of Neurology in 2015.

Best Publications

  • A hexanucleotide repeat expansion in C9ORF72 is the cause of chromosome 9p21-linked ALS-FTD

    Alan E. Renton;Elisa Majounie;Adrian James Waite;Javier Simón-Sánchez;Javier Simón-Sánchez

  • State of play in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis genetics.

    Alan E Renton;Adriano Chiò;Bryan J Traynor

  • Exome Sequencing Reveals VCP Mutations as a Cause of Familial ALS

    Janel O. Johnson;Jessica Mandrioli;Michael Benatar;Yevgeniya Abramzon

  • Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study

    Elisa Majounie;Alan E. Renton;Kin Mok;Elise G. P. Dopper;Elise G. P. Dopper

  • EFNS guidelines on the Clinical Management of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (MALS) : revised report of an EFNS task force

    Peter M. Andersen;Sharon Abrahams;Gian D. Borasio;Mamede de Carvalho

  • Prognostic factors in ALS: A critical review

    Adriano Chiò;Giancarlo Logroscino;Orla Hardiman;Robert Swingler

  • Incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Europe

    Giancarlo Logroscino;Bryan J Traynor;Orla Hardiman;Adriano Chiò

  • Global Epidemiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: a Systematic Review of the Published Literature

    A. Chiò;G. Logroscino;B.J. Traynor;J. Collins

  • Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Wouter van Rheenen;Aleksey Shatunov;Annelot M. Dekker;Russell L. McLaughlin

  • Controversies and priorities in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Martin R Turner;Orla Hardiman;Michael Benatar;Benjamin R Brooks

  • Severely increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis among Italian professional football players

    Adriano Chiò;Gianmartino Benzi;Maurizia Dossena;Roberto Mutani

  • Phenotypic heterogeneity of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a population based study

    Adriano Chiò;Andrea Calvo;Cristina Moglia;Letizia Mazzini

  • Descriptive epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: new evidence and unsolved issues

    G. Logroscino;B. J. Traynor;O. Hardiman;A. Chio

  • Novel genes associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: diagnostic and clinical implications.

    Ruth Chia;Adriano Chiò;Bryan J Traynor

  • Mutations in the Matrin 3 gene cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Janel O Johnson;Erik P Pioro;Ashley Boehringer;Ruth Chia

  • Prognosis for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: development and validation of a personalised prediction model

    Henk Jan Westeneng;Thomas P.A. Debray;Anne E. Visser;Ruben P.A. van Eijk

  • Projected increase in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from 2015 to 2040.

    Karissa C. Arthur;Karissa C. Arthur;Andrea Calvo;T. Ryan Price;Joshua T. Geiger

  • Analysis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis as a multistep process: a population-based modelling study

    Ammar Al-Chalabi;Andrea Calvo;Adriano Chio;Shuna Colville

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: moving towards a new classification system

    Ammar Al-Chalabi;Orla Hardiman;Matthew C Kiernan;Adriano Chiò

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Calvo
Andrea Calvo University of Turin
Bryan J. Traynor
Bryan J. Traynor National Institutes of Health
Orla Hardiman
Orla Hardiman Trinity College Dublin
Ammar Al-Chalabi
Ammar Al-Chalabi King's College London
Ettore Beghi
Ettore Beghi Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Giancarlo Logroscino
Giancarlo Logroscino University of Bari Aldo Moro
Leonard H. van den Berg
Leonard H. van den Berg Utrecht University
Jan H. Veldink
Jan H. Veldink Utrecht University
Pamela J. Shaw
Pamela J. Shaw University of Sheffield

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