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Brunella Franco is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, contributing extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. With a substantial publication record, their research spans mainly Molecular Biology, Genetics, Surgery, Cancer Research, and Epidemiology.

The topics most frequently addressed by their work include Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, RNA modifications and cancer, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Studies, Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies, and Renal and related cancers.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by them feature the following papers:

  • "The Pervasive Role of the miR-181 Family in Development, Neurodegeneration, and Cancer," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Regulation of autophagosome biogenesis by OFD1-mediated selective autophagy," 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • "Dopamine, Alpha-Synuclein, and Mitochondrial Dysfunctions in Parkinsonian Eyes," 2020, Frontiers in Neuroscience
  • "A ZFYVE19 gene mutation associated with neonatal cholestasis and cilia dysfunction: case report with a novel pathogenic variant," 2021, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
  • "α-synuclein overexpression in the retina leads to vision impairment and degeneration of dopaminergic amacrine cells," 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequently appearing publication venues in their portfolio include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Genes
  • The EMBO Journal
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics
  • Frontiers in Neuroscience

Collaborative work with other researchers is notable, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Pietro Carotenuto
  • Alessia Indrieri
  • Anna Barbato
  • Manuela Morleo
  • Simona Brillante

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • A gene deleted in Kallmann's syndrome shares homology with neural cell adhesion and axonal path-finding molecules.

    Brunella Franco;Silvana Guioli;Antonella Pragliola;Antonella Pragliola;Barbara Incerti

  • Host response to EBV infection in X-linked lymphoproliferative disease results from mutations in an SH2-domain encoding gene

    Alison J. Coffey;Robert A. Brooksbank;Oliver Brandau;Toshitaka Oohashi

  • Mutations of SURF-1 in Leigh Disease Associated with Cytochrome c Oxidase Deficiency

    Valeria Tiranti;Konstanze Hoertnagel;Rosalba Carrozzo;Claudia Galimberti

  • Mutation analysis of the HLA-H gene in Italian hemochromatosis patients

    M Carella;L D'Ambrosio;A Totaro;A Grifa

  • Opitz G/BBB syndrome, a defect of midline development, is due to mutations in a new RING finger gene on Xp22

    Nandita A. Quaderi;Susann Schweiger;Karin Gaudenz;Brunella Franco

  • Autophagy promotes primary ciliogenesis by removing OFD1 from centriolar satellites

    Zaiming Tang;Mary Grace Lin;Timothy Richard Stowe;She Chen

  • Oral-facial-digital type I protein is required for primary cilia formation and left-right axis specification.

    Maria Immacolata Ferrante;Alessandro Zullo;Adriano Barra;Sabrina Bimonte

  • Identification of the gene for oral-facial-digital type I syndrome.

    Maria I. Ferrante;Sally A. Feather;Alessandro Bulfone;Victoria Wright

  • A CLUSTER OF SULFATASE GENES ON XP22.3 : MUTATIONS IN CHONDRODYSPLASIA PUNCTATA (CDPX) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WARFARIN EMBRYOPATHY

    Brunella Franco;Germana Meroni;Giancarlo Parenti;Jacqueline Levilliers

  • Functional implications of the spectrum of mutations found in 234 cases with X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS)

    J.T. Dendunnen;T. Kraayenbrink;T. Kraayenbrink;M. van Schooneveld;M. van Schooneveld;E. van de Vosse

  • Intragenic deletion of the KALIG-1 gene in Kallmann's syndrome.

    David Bick;Brunella Franco;Richard J. Sherins;Babette Heye

  • An organelle-specific protein landscape identifies novel diseases and molecular mechanisms

    Boldt K;van Reeuwijk J;Lu Q;Koutroumpas K

  • Activation of Autophagy, Observed in Liver Tissues From Patients With Wilson Disease and From ATP7B-Deficient Animals, Protects Hepatocytes From Copper-Induced Apoptosis

    Elena V. Polishchuk;Assunta Merolla;Josef Lichtmannegger;Alessia Romano

  • Oral-facial-digital syndromes: review and diagnostic guidelines.

    Fiorella Gurrieri;Brunella Franco;Helga Toriello;Giovanni Neri

  • Identification and characterization of a novel serine-threonine kinase gene from the Xp22 region.

    Eugenio Montini;Grazia Andolfi;Antonio Caruso;Georg Buchner

  • The oral-facial-digital syndrome gene C2CD3 encodes a positive regulator of centriole elongation

    Christel Thauvin-Robinet;Jaclyn S Lee;Estelle Lopez;Vicente Herranz-Pérez

  • Mutations in COX7B cause microphthalmia with linear skin lesions, an unconventional mitochondrial disease.

    Alessia Indrieri;Vanessa Alexandra van Rahden;Valeria Tiranti;Manuela Morleo

  • CDKL5/Stk9 kinase inactivation is associated with neuronal developmental disorders

    Clark Lin;Brunella Franco;Marsha Rich Rosner

  • Identification and characterization of AFG3L2, a novel paraplegin-related gene.

    Sandro Banfi;Maria Teresa Bassi;Grazia Andolfi;Anna Marchitiello

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine
Christel Thauvin-Robinet
Christel Thauvin-Robinet University of Burgundy
Laurence Faivre
Laurence Faivre University of Burgundy
Tania Attié-Bitach
Tania Attié-Bitach Université Paris Cité
Pragna Patel
Pragna Patel Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sandro Banfi
Sandro Banfi University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
James R. Lupski
James R. Lupski Baylor College of Medicine
Orsetta Zuffardi
Orsetta Zuffardi University of Pavia
Martijn A. Huynen
Martijn A. Huynen Radboud University Medical Center
Rachel H. Giles
Rachel H. Giles Utrecht University

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