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Marco Foiani

Marco Foiani

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
71
Citations
20439
World Ranking
1368
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Marco Foiani is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, Cancer Research, and Oncology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Nuclear Structure and Function
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Interferon and immune responses
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Marco Foiani has published papers in several notable venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Cell Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • Cancer Research
  • Nature
  • Nature Materials

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Foiani include:

  • "YAP/TAZ activity in stromal cells prevents ageing by controlling cGAS-STING", 2022, Nature
  • "ATR is essential for preservation of cell mechanics and nuclear integrity during interstitial migration", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Negative supercoil at gene boundaries modulates gene topology", 2020, Nature
  • "Berberine in the treatment of metabolism-related chronic diseases: A drug cloud (dCloud) effect to target multifactorial disorders", 2020, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • "Tissue fluidification promotes a cGAS-STING cytosolic DNA response in invasive breast cancer", 2022, Nature Materials

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Qingsen Li
  • Giulia Bastianello
  • Claudio Tripodo
  • Giorgio Scita
  • Ramveer Choudhary

Marco Foiani is recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2010 and has also been acknowledged as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Regulation of DNA repair throughout the cell cycle

    Dana Branzei;Marco Foiani

  • Fork Reversal and ssDNA Accumulation at Stalled Replication Forks Owing to Checkpoint Defects

    José M. Sogo;Massimo Lopes;Marco Foiani

  • The DNA replication checkpoint response stabilizes stalled replication forks

    Massimo Lopes;Cecilia Cotta-Ramusino;Achille Pellicioli;Giordano Liberi

  • Maintaining genome stability at the replication fork.

    Dana Branzei;Marco Foiani

  • DNA end resection, homologous recombination and DNA damage checkpoint activation require CDK1

    Grzegorz Ira;Achille Pellicioli;Alitukiriza Balijja;Xuan Wang;Xuan Wang

  • Multiple mechanisms control chromosome integrity after replication fork uncoupling and restart at irreparable UV lesions.

    Massimo Lopes;Marco Foiani;José M. Sogo

  • Srs2 and Sgs1-Top3 suppress crossovers during double-strand break repair in yeast.

    Grzegorz Ira;Anna Malkova;Giordano Liberi;Marco Foiani

  • Activation of Rad53 kinase in response to DNA damage and its effect in modulating phosphorylation of the lagging strand DNA polymerase

    Achille Pellicioli;Chiara Lucca;Giordano Liberi;Federica Marini;Federica Marini

  • HDACs link the DNA damage response, processing of double-strand breaks and autophagy

    Thomas Robert;Fabio Vanoli;Irene Chiolo;Ghadeer Shubassi

  • Recovery from checkpoint-mediated arrest after repair of a double-strand break requires Srs2 helicase

    Moreshwar B Vaze;Achille Pellicioli;Sang Eun Lee;Grzegorz Ira

  • Regulation of Saccharomyces Rad53 checkpoint kinase during adaptation from DNA damage-induced G2/M arrest.

    Achille Pellicioli;Sang Eun Lee;Chiara Lucca;Marco Foiani

  • Spk1/Rad53 is regulated by Mec1-dependent protein phosphorylation in DNA replication and damage checkpoint pathways.

    Zhaoxia Sun;David S. Fay;Federica Marini;Marco Foiani

  • Rad51-dependent DNA structures accumulate at damaged replication forks in sgs1 mutants defective in the yeast ortholog of BLM RecQ helicase.

    Giordano Liberi;Giulio Maffioletti;Chiara Lucca;Irene Chiolo

  • The B subunit of the DNA polymerase alpha-primase complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae executes an essential function at the initial stage of DNA replication.

    Marco Foiani;Federica Marini;Daniela Gamba;Giovanna Lucchini

  • G-quadruplex-induced instability during leading-strand replication

    Judith Lopes;Aurèle Piazza;Rodrigo Bermejo;Barry Kriegsman

  • Ubc9- and Mms21-Mediated Sumoylation Counteracts Recombinogenic Events at Damaged Replication Forks

    Dana Branzei;Julie Sollier;Giordano Liberi;Xiaolan Zhao

  • The DNA damage response during DNA replication.

    Dana Branzei;Marco Foiani

  • Exo1 Processes Stalled Replication Forks and Counteracts Fork Reversal in Checkpoint-Defective Cells

    Cecilia Cotta-Ramusino;Daniele Fachinetti;Chiara Lucca;Ylli Doksani

  • SUMOylation regulates Rad18-mediated template switch

    Dana Branzei;Fabio Vanoli;Marco Foiani

  • Senataxin Associates with Replication Forks to Protect Fork Integrity across RNA-Polymerase-II-Transcribed Genes

    Amaya Alzu;Rodrigo Bermejo;Martina Begnis;Chiara Lucca

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Plevani
Paolo Plevani University of Milan
Dana Branzei
Dana Branzei National Research Council (CNR)
Massimo Lopes
Massimo Lopes University of Zurich
Saverio Minucci
Saverio Minucci European Institute of Oncology
James E. Haber
James E. Haber Brandeis University
Giovanna Lucchini
Giovanna Lucchini University of Milan
Katsuhiko Shirahige
Katsuhiko Shirahige University of Tokyo
Maria Pia Longhese
Maria Pia Longhese University of Milano-Bicocca
Filippo de Braud
Filippo de Braud University of Milan
Andrés Aguilera
Andrés Aguilera University of Seville

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