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Francesca Mari

Francesca Mari

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13270
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National Ranking
69

Overview

Francesca Mari is affiliated with the University of Siena in Italy and has a significant body of research focused primarily on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly work intersects with several subfields, notably genetics, molecular biology, infectious diseases, oncology, and immunology.

The main topics of Francesca Mari's research include:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
  • Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer

Their frequent publications appear in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • Genes
  • Cancers
  • Clinical Genetics

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Francesca Mari are:

  • "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19," 2021, Nature
  • "ACE2 gene variants may underlie interindividual variability and susceptibility to COVID-19 in the Italian population," 2020, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Association of Toll-like receptor 7 variants with life-threatening COVID-19 disease in males: findings from a nested case-control study," 2021, eLife
  • "Consensus statement on standards and guidelines for the molecular diagnostics of Alport syndrome: refining the ACMG criteria," 2021, European Journal of Human Genetics
  • "Rare variants in Toll-like receptor 7 results in functional impairment and downregulation of cytokine-mediated signaling in COVID-19 patients," 2021, Genes and Immunity

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Francesca Mari include:

  • Alessandra Renieri
  • Margherita Baldassarri
  • Chiara Fallerini
  • Elisa Benetti
  • Francesca Fava

Best Publications

  • Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19.

    E. Pairo-Castineira;E. Pairo-Castineira;S. Clohisey;L. Klaric;A. D. Bretherick

  • Dyskeratosis congenita and cancer in mice deficient in ribosomal RNA modification

    Davide Ruggero;Silvia Grisendi;Francesco Piazza;Eduardo Rego;Eduardo Rego

  • FOXG1 Is Responsible for the Congenital Variant of Rett Syndrome

    Francesca Ariani;Giuseppe Hayek;Dalila Rondinella;Rosangela Artuso

  • CDKL5 belongs to the same molecular pathway of MeCP2 and it is responsible for the early-onset seizure variant of Rett syndrome

    Francesca Mari;Sara Azimonti;Ilaria Bertani;Fabrizio Bolognese

  • A mutation in the rett syndrome gene, MECP2, causes X-linked mental retardation and progressive spasticity in males.

    Ilaria Meloni;Mirella Bruttini;Ilaria Longo;Francesca Mari

  • CDKL5/STK9 is mutated in Rett syndrome variant with infantile spasms

    E Scala;Francesca Ariani;Francesca Mari;R Caselli

  • COL4A3/COL4A4 mutations: from familial hematuria to autosomal-dominant or recessive Alport syndrome.

    Ilaria Longo;Paola Porcedda;Francesca Mari;Daniela Giachino

  • ACE2 gene variants may underlie interindividual variability and susceptibility to COVID-19 in the Italian population.

    Elisa Benetti;Rossella Tita;Ottavia Spiga;Andrea Ciolfi

  • A comprehensive molecular study on Coffin-Siris and Nicolaides-Baraitser syndromes identifies a broad molecular and clinical spectrum converging on altered chromatin remodeling.

    Dagmar Wieczorek;Nina Bögershausen;Filippo Beleggia;Sabine Steiner-Haldenstätt

  • Association of Toll-like receptor 7 variants with life-threatening COVID-19 disease in males: findings from a nested case-control study.

    Chiara Fallerini;Sergio Daga;Stefania Mantovani;Elisa Benetti

  • Autosomal-dominant Alport syndrome: natural history of a disease due to COL4A3 or COL4A4 gene.

    Chiara Pescucci;Francesca Mari;Ilaria Longo;Paraskevi Vogiatzi

  • Phenotypic clustering of lamin A/C mutations in neuromuscular patients

    S. Benedetti;I. Menditto;M. Degano;C. Rodolico

  • Unbiased next generation sequencing analysis confirms the existence of autosomal dominant Alport syndrome in a relevant fraction of cases

    C. Fallerini;L. Dosa;R. Tita;D. Del Prete

  • Evidence of digenic inheritance in Alport syndrome

    Maria Antonietta Mencarelli;Laurence Heidet;Helen Storey;Michel van Geel

  • Rare variants in the genetic background modulate cognitive and developmental phenotypes in individuals carrying disease-associated variants.

    Lucilla Pizzo;Matthew Jensen;Andrew Polyak;Andrew Polyak;Jill A. Rosenfeld

  • Corpus callosum abnormalities, intellectual disability, speech impairment, and autism in patients with haploinsufficiency of ARID1B

    C. Halgren;S. Kjaergaard;M. Bak;C. Hansen

  • Mowat–Wilson syndrome: Facial phenotype changing with age: Study of 19 Italian patients and review of the literature

    L. Garavelli;M. Zollino;P. Cerruti Mainardi;F. Gurrieri

  • Real-time quantitative PCR as a routine method for screening large rearrangements in Rett syndrome: Report of one case of MECP2 deletion and one case of MECP2 duplication.

    Francesca Ariani;Francesca Mari;Chiara Pescucci;Ilaria Longo

  • Redox Imbalance and Morphological Changes in Skin Fibroblasts in Typical Rett Syndrome

    Cinzia Signorini;Silvia Leoncini;Claudio De Felice;Alessandra Pecorelli

  • Expert consensus guidelines for the genetic diagnosis of Alport syndrome.

    Judy Savige;Francesca Ariani;Francesca Mari;Mirella Bruttini

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandra Renieri
Alessandra Renieri University of Siena
Marco Seri
Marco Seri University of Bologna
Marco Gori
Marco Gori University of Siena
Marcella Zollino
Marcella Zollino Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Andrea M. Isidori
Andrea M. Isidori Sapienza University of Rome
Antonio Federico
Antonio Federico University of Siena
Corrado Romano
Corrado Romano I.R.C.C.S. Oasi Maria SS
Laurent Villard
Laurent Villard Aix-Marseille University
Mario U. Mondelli
Mario U. Mondelli University of Pavia
Bruno Dallapiccola
Bruno Dallapiccola Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital

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