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Antonio Amoroso

Antonio Amoroso

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
17670
World Ranking
7355
National Ranking
185

Overview

Antonio Amoroso is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has contributed to research primarily within the fields of Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Nephrology, and Surgery.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects related to renal and immune system conditions, with emphasis on:

  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases

Recent notable publications by Antonio Amoroso include:

  • "The genetic architecture of membranous nephropathy and its potential to improve non-invasive diagnosis," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Genome-wide association analyses define pathogenic signaling pathways and prioritize drug targets for IgA nephropathy," 2023, Nature Genetics
  • "Butyrate as a bioactive human milk protective component against food allergy," 2020, Allergy
  • "HLA and AB0 Polymorphisms May Influence SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Severity," 2020, Transplantation
  • "Incidence and outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection on solid organ transplantation recipients: A nationwide population-based study," 2020, American Journal of Transplantation

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Silvia Deaglio, Tiziana Vaisitti, Licia Peruzzi, Valeria Bracciamà, and Monica Sorbini.

Antonio Amoroso's work has been published multiple times in journals including Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, HLA, and Transplantation. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation and bioRxiv are among the venues where they have appeared most often.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for IgA nephropathy

    Ali G Gharavi;Krzysztof Kiryluk;Murim Choi;Yifu Li

  • Discovery of new risk loci for IgA nephropathy implicates genes involved in immunity against intestinal pathogens

    Krzysztof Kiryluk;Yifu Li;Francesco Scolari;Simone Sanna-Cherchi

  • IgA nephropathy, the most common cause of glomerulonephritis, is linked to 6q22-23.

    Ali G. Gharavi;Ali G. Gharavi;Yan Yan;Francesco Scolari;F. Paolo Schena

  • Geographic Differences in Genetic Susceptibility to IgA Nephropathy: GWAS Replication Study and Geospatial Risk Analysis

    Krzysztof Kiryluk;Yifu Li;Simone Sanna-Cherchi;Simone Sanna-Cherchi;Mersedeh Rohanizadegan

  • The rediscovery of uromodulin (Tamm–Horsfall protein): from tubulointerstitial nephropathy to chronic kidney disease

    Luca Rampoldi;Francesco Scolari;Antonio Amoroso;GianMarco Ghiggeri

  • A significant sex--but not elective cesarean section--effect on mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus infection

    A. Amoroso;F. Asensi-Botet;A. Pereda;V. Balossini

  • Involvement of HLA class I alleles in natural killer (NK) cell-specific functions: expression of HLA-Cw3 confers selective protection from lysis by alloreactive NK clones displaying a defined specificity (specificity 2).

    E Ciccone;D Pende;O Viale;A Than

  • Multicenter Study on Hepatitis C Virus–Related Cryoglobulinemic Glomerulonephritis

    Dario Roccatello;Alessandro Fornasieri;Osvaldo Giachino;Daniela Rossi

  • Allelism of MCKD, FJHN and GCKD caused by impairment of uromodulin export dynamics

    Luca Rampoldi;Gianluca Caridi;Daniela Santon;Francesca Boaretto

  • Extensively hydrolyzed casein formula containing Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG reduces the occurrence of other allergic manifestations in children with cow's milk allergy: 3-year randomized controlled trial.

    Roberto Berni Canani;Margherita Di Costanzo;Giorgio Bedogni;Antonio Amoroso

  • Primary hyperoxaluria type 1: update and additional mutation analysis of the AGXT gene

    Emma L. Williams;Cecile Acquaviva;Antonio Amoroso;Francoise Chevalier

  • Neuropsychiatric lupus syndromes: relationship with antiphospholipid antibodies.

    Antonella Afeltra;Pierluigi Garzia;Anna Paola Mitterhofer;Marta Vadacca

  • A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the human beta-defensin 1 gene is associated with HIV-1 infection in Italian children.

    Laura Braida;Michele Boniotto;Alessandra Pontillo;Pier Angelo Tovo

  • Microsomal autoantibodies in chronic infection with the HBsAg associated delta (delta) agent.

    O Crivelli;C Lavarini;E Chiaberge;A Amoroso

  • Antimicrobial and immunoregulatory functions of lactoferrin and its potential therapeutic application.

    Domenico Caccavo;Nelly M. Pellegrino;Maria Altamura;Amelia Rigon

  • Genetic Heterogeneity in Italian Families with IgA Nephropathy: Suggestive Linkage for Two Novel IgA Nephropathy Loci

    Luigi Bisceglia;Giuseppina Cerullo;Paola Forabosco;Diletta Domenica Torres

  • Physical and functional independency of p70 and p58 natural killer (NK) cell receptors for HLA class I: their role in the definition of different groups of alloreactive NK cell clones

    M Vitale;S Sivori;D Pende;R Augugliaro

  • The genetic architecture of membranous nephropathy and its potential to improve non-invasive diagnosis

    Jingyuan Xie;Lili Liu;Nikol Mladkova;Yifu Li

  • Uromodulin storage diseases: Clinical aspects and mechanisms

    Francesco Scolari;Gianluca Caridi;Luca Rampoldi;Regina Tardanico

  • Human mesenchymal stem cell-derived microvesicles modulate T cell response to islet antigen glutamic acid decarboxylase in patients with type 1 diabetes

    Enrica Favaro;Andrea Carpanetto;Sara Lamorte;Alberto Fusco

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonella Afeltra
Antonella Afeltra Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
Sergio Crovella
Sergio Crovella Qatar University
Gian Marco Ghiggeri
Gian Marco Ghiggeri Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Silvia Deaglio
Silvia Deaglio University of Turin
Francesco Paolo Schena
Francesco Paolo Schena University of Bari Aldo Moro
Ali G. Gharavi
Ali G. Gharavi Columbia University
Giorgio Casari
Giorgio Casari Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Loreto Gesualdo
Loreto Gesualdo University of Bari Aldo Moro
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Mario Rizzetto
Mario Rizzetto University of Turin

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