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Andrea Martinuzzi

Andrea Martinuzzi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
11507
World Ranking
12636
National Ranking
378

Overview

Andrea Martinuzzi is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on neurology and molecular aspects of biological processes.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader fields, the key subfields of study where Andrea Martinuzzi has contributed are:

  • Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research topics commonly investigated by Martinuzzi involve:

  • Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Hereditary Neurological Disorders
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus

Andrea Martinuzzi has authored or co-authored various influential papers, including:

  • 20 Years of ICF-International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Uses and Applications around the World, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Pathological mitophagy disrupts mitochondrial homeostasis in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Brain Structure and Degeneration Staging in Friedreich Ataxia: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Volumetrics from the ENIGMA-Ataxia Working Group, 2021, Annals of Neurology
  • Clinical practice guidelines for glycogen storage disease V & VII (McArdle disease and Tarui disease) from an international study group, 2021, Neuromuscular Disorders
  • Data from the European registry for patients with McArdle disease and other muscle glycogenoses (EUROMAC), 2020, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martinuzzi include:

  • Marinela Vavla
  • Gabriella Paparella
  • Filippo Arrigoni
  • Olimpia Musumeci
  • Cristina Stefan

The scientist's work has been published across several venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • Children
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Journal of Neurology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Andrea Martinuzzi has also contributed to book publications with Universidad de Burgos eBooks, including:

  • FORDYSVAR EBOOK: Best practices and technological resources for students with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs), 2022
  • FORDYSVAR: Book on specific learning difficulties in reading, 2022

Best Publications

  • MELAS mutation in mtDNA binding site for transcription termination factor causes defects in protein synthesis and in respiration but no change in levels of upstream and downstream mature transcripts.

    A. Chomyn;A. Martinuzzi;M. Yoneda;A. Daga

  • MELAS: Clinical features, biochemistry, and molecular genetics

    E. Ciafaloni;E. Ricci;S. Shanske;C. T. Moraes

  • Homotypic fusion of ER membranes requires the dynamin-like GTPase Atlastin

    Genny Orso;Diana Pendin;Song Liu;Jessica Tosetto

  • Applying the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to measure childhood disability

    Rune J. Simeonsson;Mathilde Leonardi;Don Lollar;Eva Björck-Åkesson

  • Complex I deficiency primes Bax-dependent neuronal apoptosis through mitochondrial oxidative damage

    Celine Perier;Kim Tieu;Christelle Guégan;Casper Caspersen

  • Rescue of a mitochondrial deficiency causing Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

    John Guy;Xiaoping Qi;Francesco Pallotti;Eric A. Schon

  • Marked replicative advantage of human mtDNA carrying a point mutation that causes the MELAS encephalomyopathy

    Makoto Yoneda;Anne Chomyn;Andrea Martinuzzi;Orest Hurko

  • Oestrogens ameliorate mitochondrial dysfunction in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy

    Carla Giordano;Monica Montopoli;Elena Perli;Maurizia Orlandi

  • Defective Oxidative Phosphorylation in Thyroid Oncocytic Carcinoma Is Associated with Pathogenic Mitochondrial DNA Mutations Affecting Complexes I and III

    Elena Bonora;Anna Maria Porcelli;Giuseppe Gasparre;Annalisa Biondi

  • Prevalence and correlates of mental disorders among adolescents in Italy: the PrISMA study

    Alessandra Frigerio;Paola Rucci;Paola Rucci;Robert Goodman;Massimo Ammaniti

  • Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) Pathogenic Mutations Induce Mitochondrial-dependent Apoptotic Death in Transmitochondrial Cells Incubated with Galactose Medium

    Anna Ghelli;Claudia Zanna;Anna Maria Porcelli;Anthony H.V. Schapira

  • Severe Impairment of Complex I-Driven Adenosine Triphosphate Synthesis in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Cybrids

    Alessandra Baracca;Giancarlo Solaini;Gianluca Sgarbi;Giorgio Lenaz

  • Mitochondrial DNA background modulates the assembly kinetics of OXPHOS complexes in a cellular model of mitochondrial disease.

    Rosa Pello;Miguel A. Martín;Valerio Carelli;Leo G. Nijtmans

  • A Stop-Codon Mutation in the Human mtDNA Cytochrome c Oxidase I Gene Disrupts the Functional Structure of Complex IV

    Claudio Bruno;Claudio Bruno;Andrea Martinuzzi;Yingying Tang;Antoni L. Andreu

  • Cells bearing mutations causing Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy are sensitized to Fas-Induced apoptosis.

    Steven R. Danielson;Alice Wong;Valerio Carelli;Andrea Martinuzzi

  • Mutations in the motor and stalk domains of KIF5A in spastic paraplegia type 10 and in axonal Charcot–Marie–Tooth type 2

    C Crimella;C Baschirotto;A Arnoldi;A Tonelli

  • Caspase-independent death of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy cybrids is driven by energetic failure and mediated by AIF and Endonuclease G.

    Claudia Zanna;Anna Maria Ghelli;Anna Maria Porcelli;A. Martinuzzi

  • Pharmacological and nutritional treatment for McArdle disease (Glycogen Storage Disease type V).

    Rosaline Quinlivan;Andrea Martinuzzi;Benedikt Schoser

  • De novo neuromuscular junction formation on human muscle fibres cultured in monolayer and innervated by foetal rat spinal cord: Ultrastructural and ultrastructural-cytochemical studies

    Valerie Askanas;Helen Kwan;Renate B. Alvarez;W. King Engel

  • Antioxidant defences in cybrids harboring mtDNA mutations associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

    Maura Floreani;Eleonora Napoli;Andrea Martinuzzi;Giorgia Pantano

Frequent Co-Authors

Valerio Carelli
Valerio Carelli University of Bologna
Matilde Leonardi
Matilde Leonardi Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Corrado Angelini
Corrado Angelini University of Padua
Nereo Bresolin
Nereo Bresolin University of Milan
Maria Teresa Bassi
Maria Teresa Bassi MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Claudio Bruno
Claudio Bruno Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Antonio Torroni
Antonio Torroni University of Pavia
Rosalba Carrozzo
Rosalba Carrozzo Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Alessandro Achilli
Alessandro Achilli University of Pavia
Giacomo P. Comi
Giacomo P. Comi University of Milan

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