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Orsetta Zuffardi

Orsetta Zuffardi

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Genetics

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87
Citations
26772
World Ranking
1213
National Ranking
14

Medicine

D-Index
87
Citations
27027
World Ranking
13675
National Ranking
521

Overview

Orsetta Zuffardi is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy. Their research broadly spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. The scientist's work delves into specialized subfields including Genetics, Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Plant Science, and Oncology.

Their scholarly output extensively covers key topics such as Genomic Variations and Chromosomal Abnormalities, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Congenital Heart Defects Research, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, RNA Modifications and Cancer, and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Genes, European Journal of Medical Genetics, Nature Communications, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Frequent coauthors in Zuffardi's research include Livia Garavelli, Stefano Giuseppe Caraffi, Edoardo Errichiello, Sabrina Giglio, and María Clara Bonaglia.

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Orsetta Zuffardi illustrate a broad research scope and include:

  • NRF1 association with AUTS2-Polycomb mediates specific gene activation in the brain (2021, Molecular Cell)
  • Integration of Hi-C with short and long-read genome sequencing reveals the structure of germline rearranged genomes (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Combinatorial effects on gene expression at the Lbx1/Fgf8 locus resolve split-hand/foot malformation type 3 (2023, Nature Communications)
  • Chiari 1 malformation and exome sequencing in 51 trios: the emerging role of rare missense variants in chromatin-remodeling genes (2020, Human Genetics)
  • Expanding the phenotype of Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome: Craniovertebral junction anomalies (2020, American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A)

Best Publications

  • Localization of factors controlling spermatogenesis in the nonfluorescent portion of the human Y chromosome long arm.

    L. Tiepolo;L. Tiepolo;Orsetta Zuffardi

  • Human bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells do not undergo transformation after long-term in vitro culture and do not exhibit telomere maintenance mechanisms.

    Maria Ester Bernardo;Nadia Zaffaroni;Francesca Novara;Angela Maria Cometa

  • Formation of new chromatin domains determines pathogenicity of genomic duplications

    Martin Franke;Martin Franke;Daniel M. Ibrahim;Guillaume Andrey;Wibke Schwarzer

  • A recurrent 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome associated with mental retardation and seizures.

    Andrew J Sharp;Heather C Mefford;Kelly Li;Carl Baker

  • Phosphorylation switches specific for the cardiac isoform of myosin binding protein-C: a modulator of cardiac contraction?

    M. Gautel;O. Zuffardi;A. Freiburg;S. Labeit

  • Constitutive Activation of PKA Catalytic Subunit in Adrenal Cushing's Syndrome

    Felix Beuschlein;Martin Fassnacht;Guillaume Assié;Davide Calebiro

  • Olfactory Receptor–Gene Clusters, Genomic-Inversion Polymorphisms, and Common Chromosome Rearrangements

    Sabrina Giglio;Karl W. Broman;Naomichi Matsumoto;Vladimiro Calvari

  • Disruption of the ProSAP2 Gene in a t(12;22)(q24.1;q13.3) Is Associated with the 22q13.3 Deletion Syndrome

    Maria Clara Bonaglia;Roberto Giorda;Renato Borgatti;Giorgio Felisari

  • Optimization of in vitro expansion of human multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells for cell‐therapy approaches: Further insights in the search for a fetal calf serum substitute

    Me Bernardo;Ma Avanzini;C Perotti;Am Cometa

  • A Human Homologue of the Drosophila melanogaster diaphanous Gene Is Disrupted in a Patient with Premature Ovarian Failure: Evidence for Conserved Function in Oogenesis and Implications for Human Sterility

    Silvia Bione;Cinzia Sala;Chiara Manzini;Giulia Arrigo

  • Cryptic deletions are a common finding in “balanced” reciprocal and complex chromosome rearrangements: a study of 59 patients

    M De Gregori;R Ciccone;P Magini;T Pramparo

  • Multiple clinical forms of dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis arise from mutations in PIEZO1

    Immacolata Andolfo;Seth L. Alper;Lucia De Franceschi;Carla Auriemma

  • The "cat eye syndrome": dicentric small marker chromosome probably derived from a no.22 (tetrasomy 22pter to q11) associated with a characteristic phenotype. Report of 11 patients and delineation of the clinical picture.

    A. Schinzel;W. Schmid;M. Fraccaro;L. Tiepolo

  • Heterozygous missense mutations in SMARCA2 cause Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome

    Jeroen K.J. Van Houdt;Beata Anna Nowakowska;Sérgio B. Sousa;Sérgio B. Sousa;Barbera D.C. Van Schaik

  • Clinical and molecular delineation of the 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome

    D. A. Koolen;A. J. Sharp;A. J. Sharp;J. A. Hurst;H. V. Firth

  • Mutations in SOX9, the gene responsible for Campomelic dysplasia and autosomal sex reversal.

    C Kwok;P A Weller;S Guioli;J W Foster

  • Identification of a recurrent breakpoint within the SHANK3 gene in the 22q13.3 deletion syndrome

    Maria Clara Bonaglia;Roberto Giorda;Elisa Mani;Giuseppe Aceti

  • The 11q;22q translocation: A European collaborative analysis of 43 cases

    M. Fraccaro;J. Lindsten;C. E. Ford;L. Iselius

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

    Daniele Ghezzi;Irina Sevrioukova;Federica Invernizzi;Costanza Lamperti

  • A dosage sensitive locus at chromosome XP21 is involved in male to female sex reversal

    B. Bardoni;E. Zanaria;S. Guioli;G. Floridia

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Giorda
Roberto Giorda MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Mariano Rocchi
Mariano Rocchi University of Bari Aldo Moro
Renzo Guerrini
Renzo Guerrini University of Florence
Bernardo Dalla Bernardina
Bernardo Dalla Bernardina University of Verona
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine
Corrado Romano
Corrado Romano I.R.C.C.S. Oasi Maria SS
Thomas Liehr
Thomas Liehr Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Rita Maccario
Rita Maccario University of Pavia
Marco Paulli
Marco Paulli University of Pavia
Marco Zecca
Marco Zecca University of Pavia

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