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Marina Mora is affiliated with the Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta in Italy, where their research primarily addresses molecular and genetic aspects of muscle physiology and related disorders. Their work spans multiple areas including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist has contributed extensively to studies on muscle physiology and disorders, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, genomics and rare diseases, RNA modifications and cancer, RNA research and splicing, lysosomal storage disorders research, and glycogen storage diseases and myoclonus. These topics reflect a broad focus on molecular mechanisms underlying muscle function and pathology.

Marina Mora's recent publications include:

  • Comparative proteomic analyses of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy muscles: changes contributing to preserve muscle function in Becker muscular dystrophy patients, 2020, Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • The Genetic Landscape of Dystrophin Mutations in Italy: A Nationwide Study, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics
  • Multiomic elucidation of a coding 99-mer repeat-expansion skeletal muscle disease, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica
  • Targeting HDAC8 to ameliorate skeletal muscle differentiation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 2021, Pharmacological Research
  • Muscle Proteomic Profile before and after Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Late-Onset Pompe Disease, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The publication venues where Marina Mora frequently publishes include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
  • Acta Neuropathologica

Frequent coauthors in their research projects are:

  • Alessandra Ferlini
  • Sara Gibertini
  • Lorenzo Maggi
  • Daniele Capitanio
  • Cecilia Gelfi

Their scientific contributions are clustered heavily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, indicating a focus on understanding cellular and genetic mechanisms at a detailed molecular level. Subfields of specialization include molecular biology, genetics, physiology, cell biology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Primary LAMP-2 deficiency causes X-linked vacuolar cardiomyopathy and myopathy (Danon disease)

    Ichizo Nishino;Jin Fu;Kurenai Tanji;Takeshi Yamada

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

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

  • Skeletal myogenic potential of human and mouse neural stem cells.

    Rossella Galli;Ugo Borello;Angela Gritti;M. Giulia Minasi

  • 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

  • Expression of transforming growth factor-beta 1 in dystrophic patient muscles correlates with fibrosis. Pathogenetic role of a fibrogenic cytokine.

    P Bernasconi;E Torchiana;P Confalonieri;R Brugnoni

  • Transplantation of genetically corrected human iPSC-derived progenitors in mice with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

    Francesco Saverio Tedesco;Francesco Saverio Tedesco;Mattia F. M. Gerli;Laura Perani;Sara Benedetti

  • Clinicopathological features of genetically confirmed Danon disease

    K. Sugie;A. Yamamoto;K. Murayama;S. J. Oh

  • Severe X-linked mitochondrial encephalomyopathy associated with a mutation in apoptosis-inducing factor.

    Daniele Ghezzi;Irina Sevrioukova;Federica Invernizzi;Costanza Lamperti

  • Clinical, molecular, and protein correlations in a large sample of genetically diagnosed Italian limb girdle muscular dystrophy patients.

    Michela Guglieri;Francesca Magri;Maria Grazia D'Angelo;Alessandro Prelle

  • Exome Sequencing and Functional Validation in Zebrafish Identify GTDC2 Mutations as a Cause of Walker-Warburg Syndrome

    M. Chiara Manzini;Dimira E. Tambunan;Dimira E. Tambunan;R. Sean Hill;R. Sean Hill;Tim W. Yu;Tim W. Yu

  • The "Bystander Effect": Association of U-87 Cell Death With Ganciclovir-Mediated Apoptosis of Nearby Cells and Lack of Effect in Athymic Mice

    Bruno M. Colombo;Sara Benedetti;Sergio Ottolenghi;Marina Mora

  • Analysis of T cell receptor repertoire of muscle-infiltrating T lymphocytes in polymyositis. Restricted V alpha/beta rearrangements may indicate antigen-driven selection.

    R Mantegazza;F Andreetta;P Bernasconi;F Baggi

  • Dystrophic phenotype of canine X-linked muscular dystrophy is mitigated by adenovirus-mediated utrophin gene transfer.

    M Cerletti;T Negri;F Cozzi;R Colpo

  • Disruption of heart sarcoglycan complex and severe cardiomyopathy caused by β sarcoglycan mutations

    R Barresi;C Di Blasi;T Negri;R Brugnoni

  • Heart-Specific Localization of Emerin: New Insights Into Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

    Luca Cartegni;Marina Raffaele di Barletta;Rita Barresi;Stefano Squarzoni

  • Muscle inflammation and MHC class I up-regulation in muscular dystrophy with lack of dysferlin: an immunopathological study

    Paolo Confalonieri;Laura Oliva;Francesca Andreetta;Rossella Lorenzoni

  • Synaptic vesicle abnormality in familial infantile myasthenia

    Marina Mora;Edward H. Lambert;Andrew G. Engel

  • Yunis-Varón Syndrome Is Caused by Mutations in FIG4, Encoding a Phosphoinositide Phosphatase

    Philippe M. Campeau;Guy M. Lenk;James T. Lu;Yangjin Bae

  • Remodeling of the chromatin structure of the facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) locus and upregulation of FSHD-related gene 1 (FRG1) expression during human myogenic differentiation

    Beatrice Bodega;Gabriella Di Capua Ramirez;Florian Grasser;Stefania Cheli

Frequent Co-Authors

Renato Mantegazza
Renato Mantegazza Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Giacomo P. Comi
Giacomo P. Comi University of Milan
Eugenio Mercuri
Eugenio Mercuri Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Claudio Bruno
Claudio Bruno Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Enrico Bertini
Enrico Bertini Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Vincenzo Nigro
Vincenzo Nigro University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Filippo M. Santorelli
Filippo M. Santorelli Fondazione Stella Maris
Carlo Minetti
Carlo Minetti University of Genoa
Corrado Angelini
Corrado Angelini University of Padua
Massimo Zeviani
Massimo Zeviani University of Padua

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