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Franco Taroni

Franco Taroni

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Genetics

D-Index
65
Citations
12746
World Ranking
2718
National Ranking
47

Overview

Franco Taroni is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, Genetics, and Immunology as subfields of study.

The main topics in Taroni's research include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hereditary Neurological Disorders, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Neurological diseases and metabolism, RNA regulation and disease, RNA Research and Splicing, and Metabolism and Genetic Disorders.

They have published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following publication venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Brain
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • Neurology

Recent papers by Franco Taroni include:

  • Biallelic mutations in SORD cause a common and potentially treatable hereditary neuropathy with implications for diabetes (2020, Nature Genetics)
  • Natural history of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A: a large international multicentre study (2020, Brain)
  • Pathogenic Huntingtin Repeat Expansions in Patients with Frontotemporal Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (2020, Neuron)
  • Frataxin gene editing rescues Friedreich's ataxia pathology in dorsal root ganglia organoid-derived sensory neurons (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Clinico-Genetic, Imaging and Molecular Delineation of COQ8A-Ataxia: A Multicenter Study of 59 Patients (2020, Annals of Neurology)

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Stefania Magri
  • Davide Pareyson
  • Daniela Di Bella
  • Cinzia Gellera
  • Chiara Pisciotta

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

  • Mutations in the Profilin 1 Gene Cause Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    Chi Hong Wu;Claudia Fallini;Nicola Ticozzi;Pamela J. Keagle

  • Exome-wide rare variant analysis identifies TUBA4A mutations associated with familial ALS.

    B N Smith;N Ticozzi;C Fallini;A S Gkazi

  • The Friedreich's Ataxia Mutation Confers Cellular Sensitivity to Oxidant Stress Which Is Rescued by Chelators of Iron and Calcium and Inhibitors of Apoptosis

    Alice Wong;Joy Yang;Patrizia Cavadini;Cinzia Gellera

  • Mutations in the mitochondrial protease gene AFG3L2 cause dominant hereditary ataxia SCA28

    Daniela Di Bella;Federico Lazzaro;Alfredo Brusco;Massimo Plumari

  • NEK1 variants confer susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Kevin P Kenna;Perry T C van Doormaal;Annelot M Dekker;Nicola Ticozzi

  • The C9ORF72 expansion mutation is a common cause of ALS+/-FTD in Europe and has a single founder.

    Bradley N. Smith;Stephen Newhouse;Aleksey Shatunov;Caroline Vance

  • High frequency of TARDBP gene mutations in Italian patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

    Lucia Corrado;A. Ratti;C. Gellera;E. Buratti

  • Identification of a common mutation in the carnitine palmitoyltransferase II gene in familial recurrent myoglobinuria patients.

    Franco Taroni;Elisabetta Verderio;Federica Dworzak;Patrick J. Willems

  • Alpha-lipoic acid prevents mitochondrial damage and neurotoxicity in experimental chemotherapy neuropathy

    Giorgia Melli;Michela Taiana;Francesca Camozzi;Daniela Triolo

  • Molecular genetics of hereditary spinocerebellar ataxia: mutation analysis of spinocerebellar ataxia genes and CAG/CTG repeat expansion detection in 225 Italian families.

    Alfredo Brusco;Cinzia Gellera;Claudia Cagnoli;Alessandro Saluto

  • cDNA cloning, sequence analysis, and chromosomal localization of the gene for human carnitine palmitoyltransferase.

    Gaetano Finocchiaro;Franco Taroni;Mariano Rocchi;Antonio Liras Martin

  • Overlapping phenotypes in complex spastic paraplegias SPG11, SPG15, SPG35 and SPG48

    Viviana Pensato;Barbara Castellotti;Cinzia Gellera;Davide Pareyson

  • Analysis of FUS gene mutation in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis within an Italian cohort

    N. Ticozzi;V. Silani;A. L. LeClerc;P. Keagle

  • Molecular characterization of inherited carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency.

    Franco Taroni;Elisabetta Verderio;Stefania Fiorucci;Patrizia Cavadini

  • Deferiprone in Friedreich Ataxia: A 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial

    Massimo Pandolfo;Javier Arpa;Martin B. Delatycki;Kim Hanh Le Quan Sang

  • SCA28, a novel form of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia on chromosome 18p11.22-q11.2

    Claudia Cagnoli;Caterina Mariotti;Franco Taroni;Marco Seri

  • A majority of Huntington's disease patients may be treatable by individualized allele-specific RNA interference

    Maria Stella Lombardi;Leonie Jaspers;Christine Spronkmans;Cinzia Gellera

  • Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1

    Stefano Di Donato;Caterina Mariotti;Franco Taroni

  • Genome-Wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene

    Aude Nicolas;Kevin P. Kenna;Alan E. Renton;Nicola Ticozzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Cinzia Gellera
Cinzia Gellera Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Giuseppe Lauria
Giuseppe Lauria University of Milan
Gaetano Finocchiaro
Gaetano Finocchiaro Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Giacomo P. Comi
Giacomo P. Comi University of Milan
John Landers
John Landers University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Stefania Corti
Stefania Corti University of Milan
Karen E. Morrison
Karen E. Morrison University of Southampton
Rebecca Schüle
Rebecca Schüle University of Tübingen
Sandra D'Alfonso
Sandra D'Alfonso University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Christopher Shaw
Christopher Shaw King's College London

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