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Domenico Girelli

Domenico Girelli

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Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
34037
World Ranking
12563
National Ranking
477

Overview

Domenico Girelli is affiliated with the University of Verona in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on hematology and related disciplines. Their research output comprises over 230 publications, addressing a range of topics from iron metabolism to infectious diseases and pulmonary medicine.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

The subfields within this domain where they have a significant presence include:

  • Hematology
  • Genetics
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology

Domenico Girelli's research concentrates on several key topics, such as:

  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Trace Elements in Health

They have been published in multiple scientific journals, frequently appearing in:

  • Internal and Emergency Medicine
  • Blood
  • Haematologica
  • Thrombosis Research
  • American Journal of Hematology

Some recent papers by Domenico Girelli include:

  • Hemochromatosis classification: update and recommendations by the BIOIRON Society, 2021, Blood
  • Iron metabolism in infections: Focus on COVID-19, 2021, Seminars in Hematology

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Fabiana Busti
  • Giacomo Marchi
  • Mauro Tettamanti
  • Alessandro Nobili
  • Antonello Pietrangelo

Best Publications

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Benjamin F Voight;Shaun Purcell;Kiran Musunuru

  • A common mutation in the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene affects genomic DNA methylation through an interaction with folate status

    Simonetta Friso;Sang-Woon Choi;Domenico Girelli;Joel B. Mason

  • Mutant antimicrobial peptide hepcidin is associated with severe juvenile hemochromatosis.

    Antonella Roetto;George Papanikolaou;Marianna Politou;Federica Alberti

  • Immunoassay for human serum hepcidin

    Tomas Ganz;Gordana Olbina;Domenico Girelli;Elizabeta Nemeth

  • Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction.

    Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Unnur S Bjornsdottir;Unnur S Bjornsdottir;Eva Halapi;Anna Helgadottir

  • Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease

    Jacy Crosby;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;David R. Crosslin

  • Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction

    Ron Do;Ron Do;Nathan O. Stitziel;Hong Hee Won;Hong Hee Won;Anders Berg Jørgensen

  • Identification of ADAMTS7 as a novel locus for coronary atherosclerosis and association of ABO with myocardial infarction in the presence of coronary atherosclerosis: two genome-wide association studies

    Muredach P Reilly;Mingyao Li;Jing He;Jane F Ferguson

  • Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease

    Nathan O. Stitziel;Kathleen E. Stirrups;Nicholas G. D. Masca;Jeanette Erdmann

  • Anti-oxidant status and lipid peroxidation in patients with essential hypertension.

    Carla Russo;Oliviero Olivieri;Domenico Girelli;Giovanni Faccini

  • Differential regulation of iron homeostasis during human macrophage polarized activation.

    Stefania Recalcati;Massimo Locati;Agnese Marini;Paolo Santambrogio

  • Distribution and Medical Impact of Loss-of-Function Variants in the Finnish Founder Population

    Elaine T. Lim;Peter Würtz;Peter Würtz;Peter Würtz;Aki S. Havulinna;Priit Palta;Priit Palta

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

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

  • Hepcidin in the diagnosis of iron disorders

    Domenico Girelli;Elizabeta Nemeth;Dorine W. Swinkels

  • Association of low-frequency and rare coding-sequence variants with blood lipids and coronary heart disease in 56,000 whites and blacks.

    Gina M. Peloso;Paul L. Auer;Joshua C. Bis;Arend Voorman

  • Air particulate matter and cardiovascular disease: a narrative review.

    Nicola Martinelli;Oliviero Olivieri;Domenico Girelli

  • FADS genotypes and desaturase activity estimated by the ratio of arachidonic acid to linoleic acid are associated with inflammation and coronary artery disease

    Nicola Martinelli;Domenico Girelli;Giovanni Malerba;Patrizia Guarini

  • Distribution and Medical Impact of Loss-of-Function Variants in the Finnish Founder Population

    Elaine T. Lim;Peter Wuertz;Aki S. Havulinna;Priit Palta

Frequent Co-Authors

Pier Franco Pignatti
Pier Franco Pignatti University of Verona
Francesco Bernardi
Francesco Bernardi University of Ferrara
Clara Camaschella
Clara Camaschella Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Giovanni Malerba
Giovanni Malerba University of Verona
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Muredach P. Reilly
Muredach P. Reilly Columbia University
Diego Ardissino
Diego Ardissino University of Parma
Ruth McPherson
Ruth McPherson University of Ottawa
Olle Melander
Olle Melander Lund University

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