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Overview

Antonio Cao was a researcher affiliated with the University of Cagliari in Italy. Their academic work focused primarily on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist contributed to several specialized subfields, including:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Rheumatology

Research topics prominently addressed by Antonio Cao encompassed:

  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Nuclear Structure and Function
  • Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes

Antonio Cao published recently in the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, with one noted paper titled Two novel truncating variants of the AAAS gene causative of the triple A syndrome, published in 2020.

Their collaborative work frequently involved several coauthors, including:

  • Valeria Vezzoli
  • Paolo Duminuco
  • Gabriele Pogliaghi
  • M. Saccone
  • Biagio Cangiano

Their research contributions were mainly disseminated through the journal:

  • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Antonio Cao's work intersected diverse areas within biomedical sciences, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach connecting molecular genetics and clinical subjects related to connective tissue and eosinophilic disorders.

Best Publications

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Isolation of NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), a NF-E2-like basic leucine zipper transcriptional activator that binds to the tandem NF-E2/AP1 repeat of the beta-globin locus control region.

    P. Moi;K. Chan;I. Asunis;A. Cao

  • Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits.

    Angelo Scuteri;Serena Sanna;Wei-Min Chen;Manuela Uda

  • Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease

    Cristen J. Willer;Serena Sanna;Anne U. Jackson;Angelo Scuteri

  • The putative forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 is mutated in blepharophimosis/ptosis/epicanthus inversus syndrome.

    Crisponi L;Deiana M;Loi A;Chiappe F

  • Mutations in GPC3, a glypican gene, cause the Simpson-Golabi-Behmel overgrowth syndrome

    Giuseppe Pilia;Rhiannon M. Hughes-Benzie;Alex MacKenzie;Primo Baybayan

  • Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

    Inga Prokopenko;Claudia Langenberg;Jose C. Florez;Jose C. Florez;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Genome-wide association study shows BCL11A associated with persistent fetal hemoglobin and amelioration of the phenotype of β-thalassemia

    Manuela Uda;Renzo Galanello;Serena Sanna;Guillaume Lettre;Guillaume Lettre

  • DNA polymorphisms at the BCL11A, HBS1L-MYB, and β-globin loci associate with fetal hemoglobin levels and pain crises in sickle cell disease

    Guillaume Lettre;Vijay G. Sankaran;Marcos André C. Bezerra;Aderson S. Araújo

  • Heritability of Cardiovascular and Personality Traits in 6,148 Sardinians

    Giuseppe Pilia;Wei Min Chen;Angelo Scuteri;Marco Orrú

  • Mapping, Cloning and Genetic Characterization of the Region Containing the Wilson Disease Gene

    K Petrukhin;S G Fischer;M Pirastu;R E Tanzi

  • Foxl2 disruption causes mouse ovarian failure by pervasive blockage of follicle development

    Manuela Uda;Chris Ottolenghi;Laura Crisponi;Jose Elias Garcia

  • BRIEF REPORT - DELETION OF THE DYSTROPHIN MUSCLE-PROMOTER REGION ASSOCIATED WITH X-LINKED DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

    Francesco Muntoni;Milena Cau;Antonello Ganau;Rita Congiu

  • Common variants in the GDF5-UQCC region are associated with variation in human height

    Serena Sanna;Anne U. Jackson;Ramaiah Nagaraja;Cristen J. Willer

  • Loss of Wnt4 and Foxl2 leads to female-to-male sex reversal extending to germ cells

    Chris Ottolenghi;Emanuele Pelosi;Joseph Tran;Maria Colombino

  • The Δccr5 Mutation Conferring Protection Against HIV-1 in Caucasian Populations Has a Single and Recent Origin in Northeastern Europe

    Frédérick Libert;Pascale Cochaux;Gunhild Beckman;Michel Samson

  • Juxtaposed regions of extensive and minimal linkage disequilibrium in human Xq25 and Xq28.

    Patricia Taillon-Miller;Irma Bauer-Sardiña;Nancy L. Saccone;Jenna Putzel

  • A common mutation in Sardinian autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy patients

    M. C. Rosatelli;A. Meloni;M. Devoto;A. Cao

  • Deferoxamine-induced growth retardation in patients with thalassemia major

    Stefano De Virgillis;Mauro Congia;Fulvia Frau;Francesca Argiolu

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Renzo Galanello
Renzo Galanello University of Cagliari
Mario Pirastu
Mario Pirastu National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
David Schlessinger
David Schlessinger National Institutes of Health
Manuela Uda
Manuela Uda National Research Council (CNR)
Serena Sanna
Serena Sanna National Research Council (CNR)
Yuet Wai Kan
Yuet Wai Kan University of California, San Francisco
Gonçalo R. Abecasis
Gonçalo R. Abecasis University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Francesco Cucca
Francesco Cucca University of Sassari
Francesco Muntoni
Francesco Muntoni University College London
Alan R. Shuldiner
Alan R. Shuldiner University of Maryland, Baltimore

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