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Laura Calabresi

Laura Calabresi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
12230
World Ranking
10369
National Ranking
297

Overview

Laura Calabresi is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy. Their research spans several domains within medicine and biochemistry, focusing primarily on lipid metabolism and cardiovascular health.

Their main fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with subfields comprising Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Genetics.

The primary topics addressed in their work are diverse but centered mainly on lipid-related health issues. These include:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Laura Calabresi has contributed several papers to the literature, notable among these are:

  • Efficacy and safety of lomitapide in homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: the pan-European retrospective observational study, 2021, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • Genetic, biochemical, and clinical features of LCAT deficiency: update for 2020, 2020, Current Opinion in Lipidology
  • Virtual genetic diagnosis for familial hypercholesterolemia powered by machine learning, 2020, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • Emerging role of HDL in brain cholesterol metabolism and neurodegenerative disorders, 2022, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
  • Lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase: symposium on 50 years of biomedical research from its discovery to latest findings, 2020, Journal of Lipid Research

Frequent co-authors working alongside Laura Calabresi include:

  • Chiara Pavanello
  • Alice Ossoli
  • Marta Turri
  • Arianna Strazzella
  • Fabrizio Veglia

Their research is often published in specialized journals, with recurring publication venues such as:

  • Atherosclerosis
  • Journal of Lipid Research
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Enzymatically Active Paraoxonase-1 Is Located at the External Membrane of Producing Cells and Released by a High Affinity, Saturable, Desorption Mechanism

    Sara Deakin;Ilia Leviev;Monica Gomaraschi;Laura Calabresi

  • Endothelial Protection by High-Density Lipoproteins. From Bench to Bedside

    Laura Calabresi;Monica Gomaraschi;Guido Franceschini

  • Structure of HDL : particle subclasses and molecular components

    Anatol Kontush;Mats Lindahl;Marie Lhomme;Laura Calabresi

  • Triglycerides Are Major Determinants of Cholesterol Esterification/Transfer and HDL Remodeling in Human Plasma

    Toru Murakami;Silvia Michelagnoli;Renato Longhi;Gemma Gianfranceschi

  • Role of LCAT in HDL remodeling: investigation of LCAT deficiency states.

    Bela F. Asztalos;Ernst J. Schaefer;Katalin V. Horvath;Shizuya Yamashita

  • Inhibition of VCAM-1 expression in endothelial cells by reconstituted high density lipoproteins.

    Laura Calabresi;Guido Franceschini;Cesare R. Sirtori;Anna De Palma

  • Intestinal specific LXR activation stimulates reverse cholesterol transport and protects from atherosclerosis.

    Giuseppe Lo Sasso;Stefania Murzilli;Lorena Salvatore;Ilenia D'Errico

  • High-Density Lipoproteins Protect Isolated Rat Hearts From Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Reducing Cardiac Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Content and Enhancing Prostaglandin Release

    Laura Calabresi;Giuseppe Rossoni;Monica Gomaraschi;Francesca Sisto

  • Omacor in familial combined hyperlipidemia: effects on lipids and low density lipoprotein subclasses.

    Laura Calabresi;Daniela Donati;Franco Pazzucconi;Cesare R. Sirtori

  • Gene dose of the ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E and disease progression in sporadic late-onset alzheimer's disease

    Giovanni B. Frisoni;Stefano Govoni;Cristina Geroldi;Angelo Bianchetti

  • The Molecular Basis of Lecithin:Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency Syndromes: A Comprehensive Study of Molecular and Biochemical Findings in 13 Unrelated Italian Families

    Laura Calabresi;Livia Pisciotta;Anna Costantin;Ilaria Frigerio

  • An omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrate increases plasma high-density lipoprotein 2 cholesterol and paraoxonase levels in patients with familial combined hyperlipidemia.

    Laura Calabresi;Barbara Villa;Monica Canavesi;Cesare R Sirtori

  • Structure, function and amyloidogenic propensity of apolipoprotein A-I

    Laura Obici;Guido Franceschini;Laura Calabresi;Sofia Giorgetti

  • Elevated Soluble Cellular Adhesion Molecules in Subjects With Low HDL-Cholesterol

    Laura Calabresi;Monica Gomaraschi;Barbara Villa;Laura Omoboni

  • Depletion of Pre-β-high Density Lipoprotein by Human Chymase Impairs ATP-binding Cassette Transporter A1- but Not Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I-mediated Lipid Efflux to High Density Lipoprotein

    Elda Favari;Miriam Lee;Laura Calabresi;Guido Franceschini

  • Apolipoprotein E ε4 Allele in Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia

    Giovanni B. Frisoni;Laura Calabresi;Cristina Geroldi;Angelo Bianchetti

  • Small Discoidal Pre-β1 HDL Particles Are Efficient Acceptors of Cell Cholesterol via ABCA1 and ABCG1

    Elda Favari;Laura Calabresi;Maria Pia Adorni;Wendy Jessup

  • Increased cholesterol efflux potential of sera from ApoA-IMilano carriers and transgenic mice

    Guido Franceschini;Laura Calabresi;Giulia Chiesa;Cinzia Parolini

  • Genetic lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency and cardiovascular disease

    Laura Calabresi;Sara Simonelli;Monica Gomaraschi;Guido Franceschini

  • Characterization of three kindreds with familial combined hypolipidemia caused by loss-of-function mutations of ANGPTL3.

    Livia Pisciotta;Elda Favari;Lucia Magnolo;Sara Simonelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Cesare R. Sirtori
Cesare R. Sirtori University of Milan
Fabrizio Veglia
Fabrizio Veglia University of Milan
Alessandro M. Vannucchi
Alessandro M. Vannucchi University of Florence
Elisabetta Gianazza
Elisabetta Gianazza University of Milan
Paola Guglielmelli
Paola Guglielmelli University of Florence
Alan T. Remaley
Alan T. Remaley National Institutes of Health
Loreto Gesualdo
Loreto Gesualdo University of Bari Aldo Moro
Petri T. Kovanen
Petri T. Kovanen Wihuri Research Institute
Giovanni B. Frisoni
Giovanni B. Frisoni University of Geneva
Stefano Govoni
Stefano Govoni University of Pavia

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