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Luciano Merlini

Luciano Merlini

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Genetics

D-Index
78
Citations
29533
World Ranking
1678
National Ranking
28

Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
31689
World Ranking
15925
National Ranking
624

Overview

Luciano Merlini is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their scientific contributions span several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant work also situated within medicine. The predominant subfields of study include molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cell biology, surgery, and genetics.

The research topics addressed by Merlini's publications concentrate on muscle physiology and disorders, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, cell adhesion molecules, cellular mechanics and interactions, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, RNA research and splicing, and nuclear structure and function.

Their recent publications cover diverse areas related to genetic and molecular underpinnings of muscular and connective tissue conditions. Significant papers include:

  • The Genetic Landscape of Dystrophin Mutations in Italy: A Nationwide Study (2020) in Frontiers in Genetics
  • The clinical, histologic, and genotypic spectrum of SEPN1-related myopathy (2020) in Neurology
  • Collagen VI in the Musculoskeletal System (2023) in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Tendon Extracellular Matrix Remodeling and Defective Cell Polarization in the Presence of Collagen VI Mutations (2020) in Cells
  • Next-generation sequencing application to investigate skeletal muscle channelopathies in a large cohort of Italian patients (2020) in Neuromuscular Disorders

Luciano Merlini frequently coauthors work with several researchers, notably Patrizia Sabatelli, Alberto Di Martino, Enrico Bertini, Cesare Faldini, and Francesca Gualandi.

Major publication venues where Merlini's research appears repeatedly include the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Genetics, Cells, and Neuromuscular Disorders. The International Journal of Molecular Sciences alone accounts for seven of their publications, indicating a consistent engagement with this outlet.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Mutations in the gene encoding lamin A/C cause autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

    Gisèle Bonne;M R Di Barletta;S Varnous;H M Bécane

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

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

  • Mutations in the O-Mannosyltransferase Gene POMT1 Give Rise to the Severe Neuronal Migration Disorder Walker-Warburg Syndrome

    Daniel Beltrán Valero De Bernabé;Sophie Currier;Alice Steinbrecher;Jacopo Celli

  • Mandibuloacral Dysplasia Is Caused by a Mutation in LMNA-Encoding Lamin A/C

    Giuseppe Novelli;Antoine Muchir;Federica Sangiuolo;Anne Helbling-Leclerc

  • Clinical and molecular genetic spectrum of autosomal dominant Emery‐Dreifuss muscular dystrophy due to mutations of the lamin A/C gene

    Bonne G;Mercuri E;Muchir A;Urtizberea A

  • Autophagy is defective in collagen VI muscular dystrophies, and its reactivation rescues myofiber degeneration

    Paolo Grumati;Luisa Coletto;Patrizia Sabatelli;Matilde Cescon

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis in myopathic mice with collagen VI deficiency

    William A Irwin;Natascha Bergamin;Patrizia Sabatelli;Carlo Reggiani

  • Different Mutations in the LMNA Gene Cause Autosomal Dominant and Autosomal Recessive Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

    Marina Raffaele di Barletta;Enzo Ricci;Giuliana Galluzzi;Pietro Tonali

  • Mutations in the human LARGE gene cause MDC1D, a novel form of congenital muscular dystrophy with severe mental retardation and abnormal glycosylation of α-dystroglycan

    Cheryl Longman;Martin Brockington;Silvia Torelli;Cecilia Jimenez-Mallebrera

  • POMT2 mutations cause alpha-dystroglycan hypoglycosylation and Walker-Warburg syndrome.

    J. van Reeuwijk;M. Janssen;C. van der Elzen;D. Beltran Valero de Bernabe

  • Heterozygous missense mutations in BSCL2 are associated with distal hereditary motor neuropathy and Silver syndrome

    Christian Windpassinger;Michaela Auer-Grumbach;Joy Irobi;Heema Patel

  • Mutations in SEPN1 cause congenital muscular dystrophy with spinal rigidity and restrictive respiratory syndrome.

    Behzad Moghadaszadeh;Nathalie Petit;Céline Jaillard;Martin Brockington

  • 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

  • Cyclosporin A corrects mitochondrial dysfunction and muscle apoptosis in patients with collagen VI myopathies

    Luciano Merlini;Alessia Angelin;Tania Tiepolo;Paola Braghetta

  • Primary adhalinopathy: a common cause of autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy of variable severity

    F. Piccolo;S.L. Roberds;M. Jeanpierre;F. Leturcq

  • Survival motor neuron gene transcript analysis in muscles from spinal muscular atrophy patients.

    M. Gennarelli;M. Lucarelli;F. Capon;A. Pizzuti

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy and prospective therapy with cyclosporins

    Alessia Angelin;Tania Tiepolo;Patrizia Sabatelli;Paolo Grumati

  • Clinical and imaging findings in six cases of congenital muscular dystrophy with rigid spine syndrome linked to chromosome 1p (RSMD1)

    Eugenio Mercuri;Beril Talim;Behzad Moghadaszadeh;Nathalie Petit

  • Dystrophin levels as low as 30% are sufficient to avoid muscular dystrophy in the human.

    Marcella Neri;Marcella Neri;Silvia Torelli;Sue Brown;Isabella Ugo

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrizia Sabatelli
Patrizia Sabatelli National Research Council (CNR)
Paolo Bonaldo
Paolo Bonaldo University of Padua
Francesca Gualandi
Francesca Gualandi University of Ferrara
Nadir M. Maraldi
Nadir M. Maraldi National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Francesco Muntoni
Francesco Muntoni University College London
Alessandra Ferlini
Alessandra Ferlini University of Ferrara
Paolo Bernardi
Paolo Bernardi University of Padua
Pascale Guicheney
Pascale Guicheney Sorbonne University
Enrico Bertini
Enrico Bertini Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Luba Kalaydjieva
Luba Kalaydjieva University of Western Australia

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