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Piero Marchetti

Piero Marchetti

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Medicine

D-Index
109
Citations
48985
World Ranking
5729
National Ranking
179

Overview

Piero Marchetti is affiliated with the University of Pisa in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work particularly focuses on Surgery, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Cancer Research. The main topics of their studies revolve around pancreatic function and diabetes, diabetes and associated disorders, diabetes management and research, renal transplantation outcomes and treatments, RNA modifications and cancer, diabetes treatment and management, and endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease.

Marchetti has published frequently in several reputable venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Diabetes
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Diabetologia
  • Annals of Oncology

Recent papers authored by or involving Piero Marchetti include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 Receptor Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme Type 2 (ACE2) Is Expressed in Human Pancreatic β-Cells and in the Human Pancreas Microvasculature, 2020, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • An integrated multi-omics approach identifies the landscape of interferon-α-mediated responses of human pancreatic beta cells, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A circular RNA generated from an intron of the insulin gene controls insulin secretion, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Persistent or Transient Human β Cell Dysfunction Induced by Metabolic Stress: Specific Signatures and Shared Gene Expression with Type 2 Diabetes, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome (Hirata Disease): A Comprehensive Review Fifty Years After Its First Description, 2020, Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity

Frequent collaborators in Marchetti's work include Lorella Marselli, Décio L. Eizirik, Mara Suleiman, Miriam Cnop, and Marta Tesi, reflecting a collaborative approach across multiple specialized researchers.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Mechanisms by which common variants in the TCF7L2 gene increase risk of type 2 diabetes

    Valeriya Lyssenko;Roberto Lupi;Piero Marchetti;Silvia Del Guerra

  • New-onset diabetes after transplantation: 2003 International consensus guidelines. Proceedings of an international expert panel meeting. Barcelona, Spain, 19 February 2003

    Jaime Davidson;Alan Wilkinson;Jacques Dantal;Francesco Dotta

  • Prolonged Exposure to Free Fatty Acids Has Cytostatic and Pro-Apoptotic Effects on Human Pancreatic Islets: Evidence that β-Cell Death Is Caspase Mediated, Partially Dependent on Ceramide Pathway, and Bcl-2 Regulated

    Roberto Lupi;Francesco Dotta;Lorella Marselli;Silvia Del Guerra

  • Common variant in MTNR1B associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes and impaired early insulin secretion.

    Valeriya Lyssenko;Cecilia L F Nagorny;Michael R Erdos;Nils Wierup

  • Results of an international, randomized trial comparing glucose metabolism disorders and outcome with cyclosporine versus tacrolimus.

    F. Vincenti;S. Friman;E. Scheuermann;L. Rostaing

  • Initiation and execution of lipotoxic ER stress in pancreatic beta-cells.

    Daniel A. Cunha;Paul Hekerman;Laurence Ladrière;Angie Bazarra-Castro

  • Coxsackie B4 virus infection of β cells and natural killer cell insulitis in recent-onset type 1 diabetic patients

    Francesco Dotta;Stefano Censini;Astrid G. S. van Halteren;Lorella Marselli

  • Functional and Molecular Defects of Pancreatic Islets in Human Type 2 Diabetes

    Silvia Del Guerra;Roberto Lupi;Lorella Marselli;Matilde Masini

  • Insulin independence after islet transplantation into type I diabetic patient

    David W Scharp;Paul E Lacy;Julio V Santiago;Christopher S McCullough

  • Epigenetic regulation of PPARGC1A in human type 2 diabetic islets and effect on insulin secretion

    Charlotte Ling;S Del Guerra;R Lupi;Tina Rönn

  • Evidence of β-Cell Dedifferentiation in Human Type 2 Diabetes

    Francesca Cinti;Ryotaro Bouchi;Ja Young Kim-Muller;Yoshiaki Ohmura

  • The endoplasmic reticulum in pancreatic beta cells of type 2 diabetes patients.

    Piero Marchetti;Marco Bugliani;R Lupi;Lorella Marselli

  • Beta Cell Hubs Dictate Pancreatic Islet Responses to Glucose

    Natalie R. Johnston;Ryan K. Mitchell;Elizabeth Haythorne;Maria Paiva Pessoa

  • The human pancreatic islet transcriptome: expression of candidate genes for type 1 diabetes and the impact of pro-inflammatory cytokines.

    Décio L. Eizirik;Michael Sammeth;Thomas Bouckenooghe;Guy Bottu

  • High Glucose Causes Apoptosis in Cultured Human Pancreatic Islets of Langerhans: A Potential Role for Regulation of Specific Bcl Family Genes Toward an Apoptotic Cell Death Program

    Massimo Federici;Marta Hribal;Lucia Perego;Marco Ranalli

  • DNA methylation profiling identifies epigenetic dysregulation in pancreatic islets from type 2 diabetic patients.

    Michael Volkmar;Sarah Dedeurwaerder;Daniel A Cunha;Matladi N Ndlovu

  • Pancreatic islets from type 2 diabetic patients have functional defects and increased apoptosis that are ameliorated by metformin.

    Piero Marchetti;Silvia Del Guerra;Lorella Marselli;Roberto Lupi

  • Functional and morphological alterations of mitochondria in pancreatic beta cells from type 2 diabetic patients

    M. Anello;R. Lupi;D. Spampinato;S. Piro

  • Proceedings from an international consensus meeting on posttransplantation diabetes mellitus: Recommendations and future directions

    A. Sharif;M. Hecking;A.P. de Vries;E. Porrini

Frequent Co-Authors

Decio L. Eizirik
Decio L. Eizirik Université Libre de Bruxelles
Miriam Cnop
Miriam Cnop Université Libre de Bruxelles
Stefano Del Prato
Stefano Del Prato University of Pisa
Guy A. Rutter
Guy A. Rutter Imperial College London
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Lorenzo Piemonti
Lorenzo Piemonti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

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