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Giancarlo Parenti is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their academic work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on subfields such as Physiology, Rheumatology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research encompasses a range of topics including Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research, Glycogen Storage Diseases and Myoclonus, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, and Folate and B Vitamins Research.

Among recent publications by Giancarlo Parenti are:

  • The rapidly evolving view of lysosomal storage diseases, 2021, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • Hyponatremia, IL-6, and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection: may all fit together?, 2020, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
  • Safety and efficacy of cipaglucosidase alfa plus miglustat versus alglucosidase alfa plus placebo in late-onset Pompe disease (PROPEL): an international, randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, phase 3 trial, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Pathogenesis of Mucopolysaccharidoses, an Update, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Galactosemia: Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, Newborn Screening, and Treatment, 2022, Biomolecules

Frequent co-authors in Parenti's work include Simona Fecarotta, Alessandro Rossi, Pietro Strisciuglio, Margherita Ruoppolo, and Antonietta Tarallo.

Common publication venues for their research include the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, The Italian Journal of Pediatrics, Nutrients, Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, and EMBO Molecular Medicine.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • A Gene Network Regulating Lysosomal Biogenesis and Function

    Marco Sardiello;Michela Palmieri;Alberto di Ronza;Diego Luis Medina

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Lysosomal Storage Diseases: From Pathophysiology to Therapy

    Giancarlo Parenti;Generoso Andria;Andrea Ballabio

  • The Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency Gene Encodes an Essential and Limiting Factor for the Activity of Sulfatases

    Maria Pia Cosma;Stefano Pepe;Ida Annunziata;Robert F Newbold

  • Transcription factor EB (TFEB) is a new therapeutic target for Pompe disease

    Carmine Spampanato;Erin Feeney;Lishu Li;Monica Cardone

  • Treating lysosomal storage diseases with pharmacological chaperones: from concept to clinics

    Giancarlo Parenti

  • A CLUSTER OF SULFATASE GENES ON XP22.3 : MUTATIONS IN CHONDRODYSPLASIA PUNCTATA (CDPX) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WARFARIN EMBRYOPATHY

    Brunella Franco;Germana Meroni;Giancarlo Parenti;Jacqueline Levilliers

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Wilson Disease Protein ATP7B Utilizes Lysosomal Exocytosis to Maintain Copper Homeostasis

    Elena V. Polishchuk;Mafalda Concilli;Simona Iacobacci;Giancarlo Chesi

  • Pharmacological Chaperone Therapy: Preclinical Development, Clinical Translation, and Prospects for the Treatment of Lysosomal Storage Disorders

    Giancarlo Parenti;Generoso Andria;Kenneth J Valenzano

  • Intracerebral gene therapy in children with mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB syndrome: an uncontrolled phase 1/2 clinical trial.

    Marc Tardieu;Michel Zérah;Marie-Lise Gougeon;Jérome Ausseil

  • Structure of human lysosomal acid α-glucosidase–a guide for the treatment of Pompe disease

    Véronique Roig-Zamboni;Beatrice Cobucci-Ponzano;Roberta Iacono;Maria Carmina Ferrara

  • The sulfatase gene family

    Giancarlo Parenti;Germana Meroni;Andrea Ballabio

  • The pharmacological chaperone N-butyldeoxynojirimycin enhances enzyme replacement therapy in Pompe disease fibroblasts.

    Caterina Porto;Monica Cardone;Federica Fontana;Barbara Rossi

  • The rapidly evolving view of lysosomal storage diseases

    Giancarlo Parenti;Diego L Medina;Andrea Ballabio

  • Isolation and characterization of a steroid sulfatase cDNA clone: genomic deletions in patients with X-chromosome-linked ichthyosis

    A Ballabio;G Parenti;R Carrozzo;G Sebastio

  • Mutation profile of the GAA gene in 40 Italian patients with late onset glycogen storage disease type II.

    A. L E Montalvo;B. Bembi;M. Donnarumma;M. Filocamo

  • Pharmacological Enhancement of Mutated α-Glucosidase Activity in Fibroblasts from Patients with Pompe Disease

    Giancarlo Parenti;Alfredo Zuppaldi;M Gabriela Pittis;M Rosaria Tuzzi

  • Lathosterolosis, a Novel Multiple-Malformation/Mental Retardation Syndrome Due to Deficiency of 3β-Hydroxysteroid-Δ5-Desaturase

    Nicola Brunetti-Pierri;Gaetano Corso;Massimiliano Rossi;Paola Ferrari

Frequent Co-Authors

Generoso Andria
Generoso Andria University of Naples Federico II
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine
Nicola Brunetti-Pierri
Nicola Brunetti-Pierri University of Naples Federico II
Francesco Salvatore
Francesco Salvatore University of Naples Federico II
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Rosario Pivonello
Rosario Pivonello University of Naples Federico II
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Annamaria Colao
Annamaria Colao University of Naples Federico II
Vincenzo Nigro
Vincenzo Nigro University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Maurizio Molinari
Maurizio Molinari Universita della Svizzera Italiana

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