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Alessandra Ferlini

Alessandra Ferlini

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64
Citations
13936
World Ranking
2800
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52

Overview

Alessandra Ferlini is affiliated with the University of Ferrara in Italy and has made contributions predominantly in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research encompasses various subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Neurology, and Physiology.

Their work spans multiple topics, with key areas of focus comprising:

  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • RNA Modifications and Cancer
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Among Alessandra Ferlini's recent publications are:

  • "Carpal tunnel syndrome in cardiac amyloidosis: implications for early diagnosis and prognostic role across the spectrum of aetiologies," 2020, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • "Recommendations for whole genome sequencing in diagnostics for rare diseases," 2022, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Comparative proteomic analyses of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy muscles: changes contributing to preserve muscle function in Becker muscular dystrophy patients," 2020, Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • "The Genetic Landscape of Dystrophin Mutations in Italy: A Nationwide Study," 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • "Newborn Screening by Genomic Sequencing: Opportunities and Challenges," 2022, International Journal of Neonatal Screening

The data also identifies several frequent co-authors in Alessandra Ferlini's research collaborations, including:

  • Francesca Gualandi
  • Rita Selvatici
  • F. Fortunato
  • Maria Sofia Falzarano
  • Marcella Neri

Publication venues where Alessandra Ferlini has contributed regularly include:

  • Neuromuscular Disorders
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Dystrophin and mutations: one gene, several proteins, multiple phenotypes

    Francesco Muntoni;Silvia Torelli;Alessandra Ferlini

  • Systemic Cardiac Amyloidoses Disease Profiles and Clinical Courses of the 3 Main Types

    Claudio Rapezzi;Giampaolo Merlini;Candida C. Quarta;Letizia Riva

  • Cryptic deletions are a common finding in “balanced” reciprocal and complex chromosome rearrangements: a study of 59 patients

    M De Gregori;R Ciccone;P Magini;T Pramparo

  • Disease profile and differential diagnosis of hereditary transthyretin-related amyloidosis with exclusively cardiac phenotype: an Italian perspective.

    Claudio Rapezzi;Candida Cristina Quarta;Laura Obici;Federico Perfetto

  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: From Diagnosis to Therapy

    Maria Sofia Falzarano;Chiara Scotton;Chiara Passarelli;Alessandra Ferlini

  • Usefulness and limitations of 99mTc-3,3-diphosphono-1,2-propanodicarboxylic acid scintigraphy in the aetiological diagnosis of amyloidotic cardiomyopathy

    Claudio Rapezzi;Candida Cristina Quarta;Pier Luigi Guidalotti;Simone Longhi

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy and prospective therapy with cyclosporins

    Alessia Angelin;Tania Tiepolo;Patrizia Sabatelli;Paolo Grumati

  • Dystrophin levels as low as 30% are sufficient to avoid muscular dystrophy in the human.

    Marcella Neri;Marcella Neri;Silvia Torelli;Sue Brown;Isabella Ugo

  • A comprehensive genomic approach for neuromuscular diseases gives a high diagnostic yield.

    Arunkanth Ankala;Cristina da Silva;Francesca Gualandi;Alessandra Ferlini

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Cognitive Function in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Phenotype-Genotype Correlation

    Marika Pane;Maria Elena Lombardo;Maria Elena Lombardo;Paolo Alfieri;Adele D'Amico

  • Dystrophin quantification and clinical correlations in Becker muscular dystrophy: implications for clinical trials

    Karen Anthony;Sebahattin Cirak;Silvia Torelli;Giorgio Tasca

  • Preclinical PK and PD Studies on 2′-O-Methyl-phosphorothioate RNA Antisense Oligonucleotides in the mdx Mouse Model

    Hans Heemskerk;Christa De Winter;Petra Van Kuik;Niki Heuvelmans

  • Clinical Outcomes in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Study of 5345 Patients from the TREAT-NMD DMD Global Database

    Zaïda Koeks;Catherine L. Bladen;David Salgado;Erik van Zwet

  • Autosomal recessive myosclerosis myopathy is a collagen VI disorder.

    Luciano Merlini;Elena Martoni;P Grumati;Patrizia Sabatelli

  • A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies a novel locus at 17q11.2 associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Isabella Fogh;Antonia Ratti;Cinzia Gellera;Kuang Lin

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome in cardiac amyloidosis: implications for early diagnosis and prognostic role across the spectrum of aetiologies

    Agnese Milandri;Andrea Farioli;Christian Gagliardi;Simone Longhi

  • Affinity proteomics within rare diseases: a BIO-NMD study for blood biomarkers of muscular dystrophies

    Burcu Ayoglu;Amina Chaouch;Hanns Lochmüller;Luisa Politano

  • Translation from a DMD exon 5 IRES results in a functional dystrophin isoform that attenuates dystrophinopathy in humans and mice

    Nicolas Wein;Adeline Vulin;Maria S. Falzarano;Christina Al Khalili Szigyarto

  • A novel Alu-like element rearranged in the dystrophin gene causes a splicing mutation in a family with X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy.

    Alessandra Ferlini;Nazzareno Galié;Luciano Merlini;Caroline Sewry;Caroline Sewry

  • Parental origin and germline mosaicism of deletions and duplications of the dystrophin gene: a European study

    Anthonie J. van Essen;Stephen Abbs;Montserrat Baiget;Egbert Bakker

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesca Gualandi
Francesca Gualandi University of Ferrara
Francesco Muntoni
Francesco Muntoni University College London
Luciano Merlini
Luciano Merlini University of Bologna
Patrizia Sabatelli
Patrizia Sabatelli National Research Council (CNR)
Paolo Bonaldo
Paolo Bonaldo University of Padua
Eugenio Mercuri
Eugenio Mercuri Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Volker Straub
Volker Straub Newcastle University
Annemieke Aartsma-Rus
Annemieke Aartsma-Rus Leiden University Medical Center
Claudio Rapezzi
Claudio Rapezzi University of Ferrara
Enrico Bertini
Enrico Bertini Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital

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