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Giorgio Casari is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and biochemical genetics, with a strong focus on infectious diseases and immunology.

The scientist has contributed to several key publications related to COVID-19 and genetics, including:

  • Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19, 2020, Science
  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~20% of COVID-19 deaths, 2021, Science Immunology
  • X-linked recessive TLR7 deficiency in ~1% of men under 60 years old with life-threatening COVID-19, 2021, Science Immunology
  • Human genetic and immunological determinants of critical COVID-19 pneumonia, 2022, Nature
  • A Global Effort to Define the Human Genetics of Protective Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Infection, 2020, Cell

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Alessandro Aiuti
  • Paul Bastard
  • Filomeen Haerynck
  • Andrés A. Arias
  • Petter Brodin

Giorgio Casari has published extensively in several prominent venues such as:

  • The Journal of Experimental Medicine
  • European Journal of Human Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Genetics in Medicine

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their specialized subfields encompass:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Immunology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Giorgio Casari's research covers a variety of topics, prominently featuring:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19.

    Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Lindsey B. Rosen;Qian Zhang;Eleftherios Michailidis

  • Paracellin-1, a Renal Tight Junction Protein Required for Paracellular Mg2+ Resorption

    David B. Simon;Yin Lu;Yin Lu;Keith A. Choate;Keith A. Choate;Heino Velazquez

  • 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

  • Haploinsufficiency of ATP1A2 encoding the Na+/K+ pump alpha2 subunit associated with familial hemiplegic migraine type 2.

    Maurizio De Fusco;Roberto Marconi;Laura Silvestri;Luigia Atorino

  • Spastic Paraplegia and OXPHOS Impairment Caused by Mutations in Paraplegin, a Nuclear-Encoded Mitochondrial Metalloprotease

    Giorgio Casari;Maurizio De Fusco;Sonia Ciarmatori;Massimo Zeviani

  • The nicotinic receptor β2 subunit is mutant in nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy

    De Fusco M;Becchetti A;Patrignani A;Annesi G

  • Mitochondrial import and enzymatic activity of PINK1 mutants associated to recessive parkinsonism

    Laura Silvestri;Viviana Caputo;Emanuele Bellacchio;Luigia Atorino

  • De novo mutations in ATP1A3 cause alternating hemiplegia of childhood

    Erin L Heinzen;Kathryn J Swoboda;Yuki Hitomi;Fiorella Gurrieri

  • X-linked recessive TLR7 deficiency in ~1% of men under 60 years old with life-threatening COVID-19.

    Takaki Asano;Bertrand Boisson;Bertrand Boisson;Bertrand Boisson;Fanny Onodi;Daniela Matuozzo;Daniela Matuozzo

  • Two point mutations within the adducin genes are involved in blood pressure variation

    G Bianchi;G Tripodi;G Casari;S Salardi

  • In search of antisense.

    Giovanni Lavorgna;Dvir Dahary;Ben Lehner;Rotem Sorek

  • Axonal degeneration in paraplegin-deficient mice is associated with abnormal mitochondria and impairment of axonal transport

    Fatima Ferreirinha;Angelo Quattrini;Marinella Pirozzi;Valentina Valsecchi

  • Autosomal dominant restless legs syndrome maps on chromosome 14q.

    Maria Teresa Bonati;Luigi Ferini-Strambi;Paolo Aridon;Alessandro Oldani

  • Mutations of mitochondrial DNA polymerase γA are a frequent cause of autosomal dominant or recessive progressive external ophthalmoplegia

    Eleonora Lamantea;Valeria Tiranti;Andreina Bordoni;Antonio Toscano

  • Loss of m-AAA protease in mitochondria causes complex I deficiency and increased sensitivity to oxidative stress in hereditary spastic paraplegia

    Luigia Atorino;Laura Silvestri;Mirko Koppen;Laura Cassina

  • The Parkinson-associated protein PINK1 interacts with Beclin1 and promotes autophagy.

    S Michiorri;S Michiorri;V Gelmetti;E Giarda;F Lombardi

  • Increased Sensitivity of the Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor α2 Subunit Causes Familial Epilepsy with Nocturnal Wandering and Ictal Fear

    Paolo Aridon;Carla Marini;Chiara Di Resta;Elisa Brilli

  • Allelism of MCKD, FJHN and GCKD caused by impairment of uromodulin export dynamics

    Luca Rampoldi;Gianluca Caridi;Daniela Santon;Francesca Boaretto

  • Human tenascin: primary structure, pre-mRNA splicing patterns and localization of the epitopes recognized by two monoclonal antibodies

    Annalisa Siri;Barbara Carnemolla;Marco Saginati;Alessandra Leprini

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine
Renzo Guerrini
Renzo Guerrini University of Florence
Antonio Amoroso
Antonio Amoroso University of Turin
Gian Marco Ghiggeri
Gian Marco Ghiggeri Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Pasquale Striano
Pasquale Striano University of Genoa
Federico Zara
Federico Zara University of Genoa
Daniele Cusi
Daniele Cusi University of Milan
Francisco E. Baralle
Francisco E. Baralle International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Angelo Quattrini
Angelo Quattrini Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Ingrid E. Scheffer
Ingrid E. Scheffer University of Melbourne

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