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Cecilia Gelfi

Cecilia Gelfi

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Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
7796
World Ranking
11946
National Ranking
391

Overview

Cecilia Gelfi is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on muscle physiology and disorders. Their work integrates several interconnected topics such as muscle metabolism and nutrition, myeloproliferative neoplasms diagnosis and treatment, exercise and physiological responses, sphingolipid metabolism and signaling, ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, and lysosomal storage disorders research.

Their recent scientific publications reflect a focus on muscular diseases and biochemical pathways affecting muscle function. Notable papers include:

  • Comparative proteomic analyses of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy muscles: changes contributing to preserve muscle function in Becker muscular dystrophy patients (2020, Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle)
  • Severity of COVID-19 Patients Predicted by Serum Sphingolipids Signature (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Targeting HDAC8 to ameliorate skeletal muscle differentiation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (2021, Pharmacological Research)
  • Muscle Proteomic Profile before and after Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Late-Onset Pompe Disease (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • Space Omics and Tissue Response in Astronaut Skeletal Muscle after Short and Long Duration Missions (2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniele Capitanio
  • Enrica Torretta
  • Manuela Moriggi
  • Pietro Barbacini
  • Mario Clerici

Gelfi regularly publishes in several scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Antioxidants
  • Forensic Science International
  • Leukemia
  • Cells

Their fields of study center predominantly around medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Within these, they have contributed significantly to subfields such as molecular biology, physiology, genetics, cell biology, and rheumatology.

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

  • The free solution mobility of DNA.

    Nancy C. Stellwagen;Cecilia Gelfi;Pier Giorgio Righetti

  • The state of the art of dynamic coatings

    Pier Giorgio Righetti;Cecilia Gelfi;Barbara Verzola;Laura Castelletti

  • Protein adsorption to the bare silica wall in capillary electrophoresis quantitative study on the chemical composition of the background electrolyte for minimising the phenomenon.

    Barbara Verzola;Cecilia Gelfi;Pier Giorgio Righetti

  • New aspects of altitude adaptation in Tibetans: a proteomic approach

    Cecilia Gelfi;Sara De Palma;Marilena Ripamonti;Ivano Eberini

  • Human Proteinpedia enables sharing of human protein data.

    Suresh Mathivanan;Suresh Mathivanan;Mukhtar Ahmed;Natalie G Ahn;Hainard Alexandre

  • The Human Muscle Proteome in Aging

    Cecilia Gelfi;Agnese Vigano;Marilena Ripamonti;Alessandro Pontoglio

  • Polymerization kinetics of polyacrylamide gels I. Effect of different cross‐linkers

    Cecilia Gelfi;Pier Giorgio Righetti

  • Strong iron demand during hypoxia-induced erythropoiesis is associated with down-regulation of iron-related proteins and myoglobin in human skeletal muscle

    Paul Robach;Paul Robach;Gaetano Cairo;Cecilia Gelfi;Francesca Bernuzzi

  • Proteins modulation in human skeletal muscle in the early phase of adaptation to hypobaric hypoxia.

    Agnese Viganò;Agnese Viganò;Marilena Ripamonti;Sara De Palma;Sara De Palma;Daniele Capitanio;Daniele Capitanio

  • Double-Gradient DGGE for Optimized Detection of DNA Point Mutations

    L Cremonesi;S Firpo;M Ferrari;P G Righetti

  • Quantitative studies on the adsorption of proteins to the bare silica wall in capillary electrophoresis: II. Effects of adsorbed, neutral polymers on quenching the interaction

    Barbara Verzola;Cecilia Gelfi;Pier Giorgio Righetti

  • Polymerization kinetics of polyacrylamide gels II. Effect of temperature

    Cecilia Gelfi;Pier Giorgio Righetti

  • Parallel protein and transcript profiles of FSHD patient muscles correlate to the D4Z4 arrangement and reveal a common impairment of slow to fast fibre differentiation and a general deregulation of MyoD‐dependent genes

    Barbara Celegato;Daniele Capitanio;Mario Pescatori;Chiara Romualdi

  • Long term bed rest with and without vibration exercise countermeasures: Effects on human muscle protein dysregulation

    Manuela Moriggi;Michele Vasso;Chiara Fania;Daniele Capitanio

  • Surface modification based on Si‐O and Si‐C sublayers and a series of N‐substituted acrylamide top‐layers for capillary electrophoresis

    Cecilia Gelfi;Mario Curcio;Pier Giorgio Righetti;Roberto Sebastiano

  • Detection of point mutations by capillary electrophoresis in liquid polymers in temporal thermal gradients.

    Cecilia Gelfi;Pier Giorgio Righetti;Laura Cremonesi;Maurizio Ferrari

  • Recent progress in DNA analysis by capillary electrophoresis.

    Pier Giorgio Righetti;Cecilia Gelfi;Maria Rosa D'Acunto

  • Fluidified polyacrylamides as molecular sieves in capillary zone electrophoresis of DNA fragments

    Cecilia Gelfi;Antonia Orsi;Fiorella Leoncini;Pier Giorgio Righetti

  • Alterations of systemic and muscle iron metabolism in human subjects treated with low-dose recombinant erythropoietin.

    Paul Robach;Stefania Recalcati;Domenico Girelli;Cecilia Gelfi

  • Glucose starvation induces cell death in K-ras-transformed cells by interfering with the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway and activating the unfolded protein response.

    R Palorini;F P Cammarata;C Balestrieri;C Balestrieri;A Monestiroli

  • Electrophoresis gel media: the state of the art.

    Pier Giorgio Righetti;Cecilia Gelfi

  • Photopolymerization of polyacrylamide gels with methylene blue

    Tatyana Lyubimova;Silvia Caglio;Cecilia Gelfi;Pier Giorgio Righetti

  • Diversity of human skeletal muscle in health and disease: contribution of proteomics.

    Cecilia Gelfi;Michele Vasso;Paolo Cerretelli

  • Polymerization kinetics of polyacrylamide gels. III. Effect of catalysts

    Pier Giorgio Righetti;Cecilia Gelfi;Adriana Bianchi Bosisio

  • Immobilized pH gradients for isoelectric focusing. III: Preparative separations in highly diluted gels

    Pier Giorgio Righetti;Cecilia Gelfi

  • Preparative isoelectric focusing in immobilized pH gradients. II. A case report.

    Cecilia Gelfi;Pier Giorgio Righetti

Frequent Co-Authors

Pier Giorgio Righetti
Pier Giorgio Righetti Polytechnic University of Milan
Paolo Bonaldo
Paolo Bonaldo University of Padua
Maurizio Ferrari
Maurizio Ferrari National Research Council (CNR)
Robin Wait
Robin Wait Imperial College London
Elisabetta Gianazza
Elisabetta Gianazza University of Milan
Mario Clerici
Mario Clerici University of Milan
Francesco Muntoni
Francesco Muntoni University College London
Guido Tettamanti
Guido Tettamanti University of Milan
Gaetano Cairo
Gaetano Cairo University of Milan
Alessandra Ferlini
Alessandra Ferlini University of Ferrara

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