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Overview

Diana Baralle is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research spans a broad spectrum within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with contributions also relevant to medicine, focusing on molecular biology, genetics, neurology, infectious diseases, and cell biology.

The main topics they investigate include:

  • Genomics and rare diseases
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders
  • RNA research and splicing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • CRISPR and genetic engineering

Their recent publications reflect active engagement with molecular genetics and clinical diagnostic standards. Key papers include:

  • "Revised diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type 1 and Legius syndrome: an international consensus recommendation" (2021) published in Genetics in Medicine
  • "Updated diagnostic criteria and nomenclature for neurofibromatosis type 2 and schwannomatosis: An international consensus recommendation" (2022) published in Genetics in Medicine
  • "Recommendations for clinical interpretation of variants found in non-coding regions of the genome" (2022) published in Genome Medicine
  • "A novel ACE2 isoform is expressed in human respiratory epithelia and is upregulated in response to interferons and RNA respiratory virus infection" (2021) published in Nature Genetics
  • "Opposite Modulation of RAC1 by Mutations in TRIO Is Associated with Distinct, Domain-Specific Neurodevelopmental Disorders" (2020) published in The American Journal of Human Genetics

Baralle frequently publishes in several scientific venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genetics in Medicine
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics
  • Genome Medicine
  • Human Molecular Genetics

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their scientific activity. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jenny Lord
  • Htoo A. Wai
  • Andrew G. L. Douglas
  • Anne O'Donnell-Luria
  • Heidi L. Rehm

Best Publications

  • Recurrent Rearrangements of Chromosome 1q21.1 and Variable Pediatric Phenotypes

    Heather C Mefford;Andrew J Sharp;Carl Baker;Andy Itsara

  • A centrosomal mechanism involving CDK5RAP2 and CENPJ controls brain size.

    Jacquelyn Bond;Emma Roberts;Kelly Springell;Sophia Lizarraga

  • Splicing in action: assessing disease causing sequence changes

    D Baralle;M Baralle

  • Evidence for 28 genetic disorders discovered by combining healthcare and research data

    J Kaplanis;K E Samocha;L Wiel;Z Zhang

  • Revised diagnostic criteria for neurofibromatosis type 1 and Legius syndrome: an international consensus recommendation.

    E Legius;L Messiaen;P Wolkenstein;P Pancza

  • An absence of cutaneous neurofibromas associated with a 3-bp inframe deletion in Exon 17 of the NF1 gene (c.2970-2972 delAAT): evidence of a clinically significant NF1 genotype-phenotype correlation

    M. Upadhyaya;S. M. Huson;M. Davies;N. Thomas

  • Mutations in the DNA methyltransferase gene DNMT3A cause an overgrowth syndrome with intellectual disability.

    Katrina Tatton-Brown;Sheila Seal;Elise Ruark;Jenny Harmer

  • Mutations in DDX3X are a common cause of unexplained intellectual disability with gender-specific effects on wnt signaling

    Lot Snijders Blok;Erik Madsen;Jane Juusola;Christian Gilissen

  • Histone Lysine Methylases and Demethylases in the Landscape of Human Developmental Disorders

    Víctor Faundes;Víctor Faundes;William G. Newman;Laura Bernardini;Natalie Canham

  • Mutations of VMD2 Splicing Regulators Cause Nanophthalmos and Autosomal Dominant Vitreoretinochoroidopathy (ADVIRC)

    Jill Yardley;Bart P Leroy;Niki Hart-Holden;Bart A Lafaut

  • Prediction of single-nucleotide substitutions that result in exon skipping: identification of a splicing silencer in BRCA1 exon 6.

    Michela Raponi;Jana Kralovicova;Ellen Copson;Petr Divina

  • A novel ACE2 isoform is expressed in human respiratory epithelia and is upregulated in response to interferons and RNA respiratory virus infection.

    Cornelia Blume;Cornelia Blume;Claire L. Jackson;Claire L. Jackson;Cosma Mirella Spalluto;Jelmer Legebeke

  • Missed threads. The impact of pre-mRNA splicing defects on clinical practice.

    Diana Baralle;Anneke Lucassen;Emanuele Buratti

  • Blood RNA analysis can increase clinical diagnostic rate and resolve variants of uncertain significance

    Htoo A Wai;Jenny Lord;Matthew Lyon;Adam Gunning

  • Linkage analysis of idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) and marker loci on chromosome 6p in families of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: no evidence for an epilepsy locus in the HLA region.

    W P Whitehouse;M Rees;D Curtis;A Sundqvist

  • RNA splicing in human disease and in the clinic.

    Diana Baralle;Emanuele Buratti

  • Comprehensive annotation of splice junctions supports pervasive alternative splicing at the BRCA1 locus: a report from the ENIGMA consortium

    Mara Colombo;Marinus J. Blok;Phillip Whiley;Phillip Whiley;Marta Santamarina

  • King-Denborough syndrome with and without mutations in the skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor (RYR1) gene.

    James J. Dowling;Suzanne Lillis;Kimberley Amburgey;Haiyan Zhou

  • Identification of a mutation that perturbs NF1 agene splicing using genomic DNA samples and a minigene assay

    M Baralle;D Baralle;L De Conti;C Mattocks

  • hnRNP H binding at the 5′ splice site correlates with the pathological effect of two intronic mutations in the NF-1 and TSHβ genes

    Emanuele Buratti;Marco Baralle;Laura De Conti;Diana Baralle

Frequent Co-Authors

Emanuele Buratti
Emanuele Buratti International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Jill Clayton-Smith
Jill Clayton-Smith University of Manchester
Charles ffrench-Constant
Charles ffrench-Constant University of Edinburgh
I. Karen Temple
I. Karen Temple University of Southampton
Han G. Brunner
Han G. Brunner Radboud University
Meena Upadhyaya
Meena Upadhyaya Cardiff University
Conxi Lázaro
Conxi Lázaro Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge
Graeme C.M. Black
Graeme C.M. Black University of Manchester
Fan Xia
Fan Xia Baylor College of Medicine
Miguel de la Hoya
Miguel de la Hoya Hospital Clínico San Carlos

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