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Overview

Maurizio Molinari is affiliated with Universita della Svizzera Italiana in Switzerland. Their research contributions span the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. Within these areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Physiology, and Surgery.

The scientist's work addresses multiple topics mainly related to cellular processes and disease mechanisms. These topics include:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
  • Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Nuclear Structure and Function

Their recent publications demonstrate ongoing contributions to the understanding of intracellular mechanisms and protein handling. Selected papers include:

  • "ER-phagy: mechanisms, regulation, and diseases connected to the lysosomal clearance of the endoplasmic reticulum," 2022, published in Physiological Reviews
  • "ER-phagy responses in yeast, plants, and mammalian cells and their crosstalk with UPR and ERAD," 2021, published in Developmental Cell
  • "Identification of signal peptide features for substrate specificity in human Sec62/Sec63-dependent ER protein import," 2020, published in FEBS Journal
  • "N-glycan processing selects ERAD-resistant misfolded proteins for ER-to-lysosome-associated degradation," 2021, published in The EMBO Journal
  • "Thioredoxin-Related Transmembrane Proteins: TMX1 and Little Brothers TMX2, TMX3, TMX4 and TMX5," 2020, published in Cells

Maurizio Molinari frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Mikhail Rudinskiy, Tatiana Soldà, Ilaria Fregno, Carmela Galli, and Diego Morone.

The scientist's work has been published across a range of venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Autophagy
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Scientific Reports

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

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

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

  • Setting the standards: quality control in the secretory pathway.

    Lars Ellgaard;Maurizio Molinari;Ari Helenius

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

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

  • In and Out of the ER: Protein Folding, Quality Control, Degradation, and Related Human Diseases

    Daniel N. Hebert;Maurizio Molinari

  • Role of EDEM in the release of misfolded glycoproteins from the calnexin cycle.

    Maurizio Molinari;Verena Calanca;Carmela Galli;Paola Lucca

  • N-glycan structures: recognition and processing in the ER

    Markus Aebi;Riccardo Bernasconi;Simone Clerc;Maurizio Molinari

  • Calpain: a protease in search of a function?

    Ernesto Carafoli;Maurizio Molinari

  • Chaperone Selection During Glycoprotein Translocation into the Endoplasmic Reticulum

    Maurizio Molinari;Ari Helenius

  • Coronaviruses Hijack the LC3-I-Positive EDEMosomes, ER-Derived Vesicles Exporting Short-Lived ERAD Regulators, for Replication

    Fulvio Reggiori;Iryna Monastyrska;Monique H. Verheije;Tito Calì

  • Translocon component Sec62 acts in endoplasmic reticulum turnover during stress recovery

    Fiorenza Fumagalli;Fiorenza Fumagalli;Julia Noack;Timothy J. Bergmann;Timothy J. Bergmann;Eduardo Cebollero

  • Glycoproteins form mixed disulphides with oxidoreductases during folding in living cells

    Maurizio Molinari;Ari Helenius

  • Selective Inhibition of Ii-dependent Antigen Presentation by Helicobacter pylori Toxin VacA

    Maurizio Molinari;Mariolina Salio;Carmela Galli;Nathalie Norais

  • N-glycan processing in ER quality control.

    Lloyd W. Ruddock;Maurizio Molinari

  • N-glycan structure dictates extension of protein folding or onset of disposal.

    Maurizio Molinari

  • The glycan code of the endoplasmic reticulum: asparagine-linked carbohydrates as protein maturation and quality-control tags

    Daniel N. Hebert;Scott C. Garman;Maurizio Molinari

  • 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

  • Sequential assistance of molecular chaperones and transient formation of covalent complexes during protein degradation from the ER

    Maurizio Molinari;Carmela Galli;Verena Piccaluga;Michel Pieren

  • Contrasting functions of calreticulin and calnexin in glycoprotein folding and ER quality control.

    Maurizio Molinari;Klara Kristin Eriksson;Verena Calanca;Carmela Galli

  • N-linked sugar-regulated protein folding and quality control in the ER.

    Abla Tannous;Giorgia Brambilla Pisoni;Daniel N. Hebert;Maurizio Molinari;Maurizio Molinari

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Paganetti
Paolo Paganetti Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Fulvio Reggiori
Fulvio Reggiori University of Groningen
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Ari Helenius
Ari Helenius ETH Zurich
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Claudio Hetz
Claudio Hetz University of Chile
Cesare Montecucco
Cesare Montecucco University of Padua
Cornelis A. M. de Haan
Cornelis A. M. de Haan Utrecht University
Steven Finkbeiner
Steven Finkbeiner University of California, San Francisco

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