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Carlo Minetti

Carlo Minetti

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Medicine

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16814
World Ranking
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National Ranking
749

Overview

Carlo Minetti is affiliated with the University of Genoa in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The primary areas of study include genetics, molecular biology, and neurology, with additional contributions to physiology and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as epilepsy research and treatment, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, genomics and rare diseases, muscle physiology and disorders, neurogenetic and muscular disorders research, metabolism and genetic disorders, and glycogen storage diseases and myoclonus.

Recent publications include:

  • New Trends and Most Promising Therapeutic Strategies for Epilepsy Treatment, 2021, Frontiers in Neurology
  • Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Single-Center Cohort Study, 2021, Cancers
  • Epilepsy Course and Developmental Trajectories in STXBP1 -DEE, 2022, Neurology Genetics
  • Estimating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on services provided by Italian Neuromuscular Centers: an Italian Association of Myology survey of the acute phase., 2020, PubMed
  • Genotype-phenotype correlations in patients with de novo KCNQ2 pathogenic variants, 2020, Neurology Genetics

Carlo Minetti has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Pasquale Striano
  • Antonella Riva
  • Federico Zara
  • Marcello Scala
  • Michele Iacomino

Their work has been published in multiple journals with notable frequency in:

  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Neurology Genetics
  • The Italian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Carlo Minetti's research contributes to advancing knowledge in medicine and genetics through multidisciplinary approaches integrating clinical and molecular perspectives. Their focus on neurogenetic and neuromuscular disorders is reflected in the breadth of topics and collaborative efforts across institutions and specialties.

Best Publications

  • Mutations in the caveolin-3 gene cause autosomal dominant limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.

    Carlo Minetti;Federica Sotgia;Claudio Bruno;Claudio Bruno;Paolo Scartezzini

  • Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE): Clinical, biochemical, and genetic features of an autosomal recessive mitochondrial disorder

    Michio Hirano;G. Silvestri;D. M. Blake;A. Lombes

  • Hyperactivation of oxidative mitochondrial metabolism in epithelial cancer cells in situ: Visualizing the therapeutic effects of metformin in tumor tissue

    Diana Whitaker-Menezes;Ubaldo E. Martinez-Outschoorn;Neal Flomenberg;Ruth C. Birbe

  • STXBP1 encephalopathy A neurodevelopmental disorder including epilepsy

    Hannah Stamberger;Marina Nikanorova;Marjolein H. Willemsen;Patrizia Accorsi

  • Acute quadriplegic myopathy: a complication of treatment with steroids, nondepolarizing blocking agents, or both.

    Michio Hirano;B. R. Ott;E. C. Raps;C. Minetti

  • Caveolin-3 Directly Interacts with the C-terminal Tail of β-Dystroglycan IDENTIFICATION OF A CENTRAL WW-LIKE DOMAIN WITHIN CAVEOLIN FAMILY MEMBERS

    Federica Sotgia;Federica Sotgia;Jean Kyung Lee;Kallol Das;Mark Bedford

  • Gene expression profiling in the early phases of DMD: a constant molecular signature characterizes DMD muscle from early postnatal life throughout disease progression.

    Mario Pescatori;Aldobrando Broccolini;Carlo Minetti;Enrico Bertini

  • Molecular Genetics of the Caveolin Gene Family: Implications for Human Cancers, Diabetes, Alzheimer Disease, and Muscular Dystrophy

    Jeffrey A. Engelman;XiaoLan Zhang;Ferruccio Galbiati;Daniela Volonté

  • AMPA receptor GluA2 subunit defects are a cause of neurodevelopmental disorders

    Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Vincenzo Salpietro;Christine L Dixon;Hui Guo;Hui Guo;Oscar D Bello

  • Caveolinopathies: from the biology of caveolin-3 to human diseases.

    Elisabetta Gazzerro;Federica Sotgia;Claudio Bruno;Michael P Lisanti

  • Caveolinopathies: mutations in caveolin-3 cause four distinct autosomal dominant muscle diseases.

    Scott Eric Woodman;F. Sotgia;F. Galbiati;C. Minetti

  • Inter-society consensus document on treatment and prevention of bronchiolitis in newborns and infants.

    Eugenio Baraldi;Marcello Lanari;Paolo Manzoni;Giovanni A Rossi

  • Phenotypic heterogeneity of the 8344A>G mtDNA "MERRF" mutation

    Michelangelo Mancuso;Daniele Orsucci;Corrado Angelini;Enrico Bertini

  • Mutation in the CAV3 gene causes partial caveolin-3 deficiency and hyperCKemia.

    I. Carbone;C. Bruno;F. Sotgia;M. Bado

  • Congenital muscular dystrophies with defective glycosylation of dystroglycan A population study

    Eugenio Maria Mercuri;Salvatore Messina;Cristina Bruno;M Mora

  • Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of phenylbutyrate in spinal muscular atrophy

    E. Mercuri;E. Bertini;S. Messina;A. Solari

  • Dystrophinopathy in isolated cases of myopathy in females

    E P Hoffman;K Arahata;C Minetti;E Bonilla

  • Transgenic overexpression of caveolin-3 in skeletal muscle fibers induces a Duchenne-like muscular dystrophy phenotype

    Ferruccio Galbiati;Daniela Volonté;Jeffrey B. Chu;Maomi Li

  • International consensus on a proposed score system for muscle biopsy evaluation in patients with juvenile dermatomyositis: a tool for potential use in clinical trials.

    Lucy R. Wedderburn;Hemlata Varsani;Charles K. C. Li;Katy R. Newton

  • TBC1D24, an ARF6-Interacting Protein, Is Mutated in Familial Infantile Myoclonic Epilepsy

    Antonio Falace;Fabia Filipello;Veronica La Padula;Nicola Vanni

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Bruno
Claudio Bruno Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Federico Zara
Federico Zara University of Genoa
Pasquale Striano
Pasquale Striano University of Genoa
Federica Sotgia
Federica Sotgia University of Salford
Michael P. Lisanti
Michael P. Lisanti University of Salford
Filippo M. Santorelli
Filippo M. Santorelli Fondazione Stella Maris
Enrico Bertini
Enrico Bertini Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Vincenzo Nigro
Vincenzo Nigro University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Salvatore Striano
Salvatore Striano University of Naples Federico II
Giacomo P. Comi
Giacomo P. Comi University of Milan

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