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Giuseppe Passarino

Giuseppe Passarino

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Genetics

D-Index
64
Citations
17871
World Ranking
2772
National Ranking
48

Overview

Giuseppe Passarino is affiliated with the University of Calabria in Italy and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work specifically covers subfields including molecular biology, physiology, genetics, cancer research, and aging.

The main topics addressed in Giuseppe Passarino's research include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms
  • Frailty in older adults
  • Mitochondrial function and pathology
  • Diet, metabolism, and disease
  • Nutrition and health in aging

Giuseppe Passarino has published extensively in several journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Nutrients
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Mechanisms of Ageing and Development
  • Scientific Reports
  • Ageing Research Reviews

Recent papers affiliated to Giuseppe Passarino include:

  • "Whole-genome sequencing analysis of semi-supercentenarians," 2021, published in eLife
  • "Expression Patterns of Muscle-Specific miR-133b and miR-206 Correlate with Nutritional Status and Sarcopenia," 2020, published in Nutrients
  • "Alzheimer's disease as a viral disease: Revisiting the infectious hypothesis," 2023, published in Ageing Research Reviews
  • "Gut Microbiota as Important Mediator Between Diet and DNA Methylation and Histone Modifications in the Host," 2020, published in Nutrients
  • "Specific features of the oldest old from the Longevity Blue Zones in Ikaria and Sardinia," 2021, published in Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Giuseppe Passarino are:

  • Patrizia D'Aquila
  • Dina Bellizzi
  • Giuseppina Rose
  • Paolina Crocco
  • Alberto Montesanto

Best Publications

  • Y chromosome sequence variation and the history of human populations

    Underhill Pa;Shen P;Lin Aa;Jin L

  • The genetic legacy of Paleolithic Homo sapiens sapiens in extant Europeans: a Y chromosome perspective.

    Ornella Semino;Ornella Semino;Giuseppe Passarino;Giuseppe Passarino;Peter J. Oefner;Alice A. Lin

  • Low Protein Intake Is Associated with a Major Reduction in IGF-1, Cancer, and Overall Mortality in the 65 and Younger but Not Older Population

    Morgan E. Levine;Jorge A. Suarez;Sebastian Brandhorst;Priya Balasubramanian

  • The phylogeography of Y chromosome binary haplotypes and the origins of modern human populations

    P. A. Underhill;G. Passarino;A. A. Lin;P. Shen

  • Genetic evidence of an early exit of Homo sapiens sapiens from Africa through eastern Africa.

    Lluís Quintana-Murci;Lluís Quintana-Murci;Ornella Semino;Hans-J. Bandelt;Giuseppe Passarino;Giuseppe Passarino

  • Interventions to Slow Aging in Humans: Are We Ready?

    Valter D. Longo;Adam Antebi;Andrzej Bartke;Nir Barzilai

  • The role of selection in the evolution of human mitochondrial genomes.

    Toomas Kivisild;Peidong Shen;Dennis P. Wall;Bao Do

  • Mitochondrial DNA inherited variants are associated with successful aging and longevity in humans

    G. De Benedictis;G. Rose;G. Carrieri;M. De Luca

  • A novel VNTR enhancer within the SIRT3 gene, a human homologue of SIR2, is associated with survival at oldest ages.

    Dina Bellizzi;Giuseppina Rose;Paola Cavalcante;Giuseppina Covello

  • Variability of the SIRT3 gene, human Silent Information Regulator Sir2 homologue, and survivorship in the elderly

    Giuseppina Rose;Serena Dato;K. Altomare;Dina Bellizzi

  • Decreased epigenetic age of PBMCs from Italian semi-supercentenarians and their offspring.

    Steve Horvath;Chiara Pirazzini;Maria Giulia Bacalini;Davide Gentilini

  • Origins and Divergence of the Roma (Gypsies)

    David Gresham;Bharti Morar;Peter A. Underhill;Giuseppe Passarino

  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis of human longevity identifies a novel locus conferring survival beyond 90 years of age

    Joris Deelen;Marian Beekman;Hae-Won Uh;Linda Broer

  • The control region of mitochondrial DNA shows an unusual CpG and non-CpG methylation pattern.

    Dina Bellizzi;Patrizia D'Aquila;Teresa Scafone;Marco Giordano

  • Human Genetic Affinities for Y-Chromosome P49a,f/TaqI Haplotypes Show Strong Correspondence with Linguistics

    Estella S. Poloni;O. Semino;G. Passarino;G. Passarino;A S. Santachiara-Benerecetti

  • Genome-wide linkage analysis for human longevity: Genetics of Healthy Aging Study

    Marian Beekman;Hélène Blanché;Markus Perola;Anti Hervonen

  • Strikingly higher frequency in centenarians and twins of mtDNA mutation causing remodeling of replication origin in leukocytes

    Jin Zhang;Jordi Asin-Cayuela;Jennifer Fish;Yuichi Michikawa

  • Different genetic components in the Ethiopian population, identified by mtDNA and Y-chromosome polymorphisms

    Giuseppe Passarino;Giuseppe Passarino;Ornella Semino;Lluís Quintana-Murci;Laurent Excoffier

  • Y-chromosome and mtDNA polymorphisms in Iraq, a crossroad of the early human dispersal and of post-Neolithic migrations.

    N. Al-Zahery;O. Semino;G. Benuzzi;C. Magri

  • Human longevity: Genetics or Lifestyle? It takes two to tango

    Giuseppe Passarino;Francesco De Rango;Alberto Montesanto

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Franceschi
Claudio Franceschi University of Bologna
Ornella Semino
Ornella Semino University of Pavia
Daniela Monti
Daniela Monti University of Florence
Kaare Christensen
Kaare Christensen University of Southern Denmark
Peter A. Underhill
Peter A. Underhill Stanford University
Stefano Salvioli
Stefano Salvioli University of Bologna
Lene Christiansen
Lene Christiansen University of Southern Denmark
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza Stanford University
Peter J. Oefner
Peter J. Oefner University of Regensburg

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