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Salvatore Carbonetto

Salvatore Carbonetto

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
56
Citations
11507
World Ranking
4518
National Ranking
260

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
11607
World Ranking
13841
National Ranking
482

Overview

Salvatore Carbonetto is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and conducts research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work is focused on subfields including Molecular Biology and Immunology and Allergy.

The main topics addressed by Carbonetto's research include:

  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
  • Ion channel regulation and function

Carbonetto has published research in venues such as UNC Libraries. One recent paper is titled "Laminin and α-Dystroglycan Mediate Acetylcholine Receptor Aggregation via a MuSK-Independent Pathway", published in 2021 in UNC Libraries.

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Federica Montanaro
  • Stephen Gee
  • Christian Jacobson
  • Michael Lindenbaum
  • Stanley C. Froehner

Best Publications

  • Dystroglycan-alpha, a dystrophin-associated glycoprotein, is a functional agrin receptor.

    Stephen H. Gee;Federica Montanaro;Michael H. Lindenbaum;Salvatore Carbonetto

  • RNA Cargoes Associating with FMRP Reveal Deficits in Cellular Functioning in Fmr1 Null Mice

    Kevin Y. Miyashiro;Andrea Beckel-Mitchener;T.Patrick Purk;Kevin G. Becker

  • De novo mutations in the gene encoding the synaptic scaffolding protein SHANK3 in patients ascertained for schizophrenia

    Julie Gauthier;Nathalie Champagne;Ronald G. Lafrenière;Lan Xiong

  • Laminin-binding protein 120 from brain is closely related to the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein, dystroglycan, and binds with high affinity to the major heparin binding domain of laminin.

    S. H. Gee;R. W. Blacher;P. J. Douville;P. R. Provost

  • Matrix assembly, regulation, and survival functions of laminin and its receptors in embryonic stem cell differentiation

    Shaohua Li;David Harrison;Salvatore Carbonetto;Salvatore Carbonetto;Reinhard Fässler

  • Truncating mutations in NRXN2 and NRXN1 in autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia

    Julie Gauthier;Tabrez J. Siddiqui;Peng Huashan;Daisaku Yokomaku

  • Chimaeric mice deficient in dystroglycans develop muscular dystrophy and have disrupted myoneural synapses.

    Patrice D. Côté;Hakima Moukhles;Michael Lindenbaum;Salvatore Carbonetto

  • Degenerative and regenerative responses of injured neurons in the central nervous system of adult mammals

    A. J. Aguayo;M. Rasminsky;G. M. Bray;S. Carbonetto

  • Molecular cloning of the rat integrin alpha 1-subunit: a receptor for laminin and collagen.

    M J Ignatius;T H Large;M Houde;J W Tawil

  • A neuronal cell line (PC12) expresses two β1-class integrins—α1β1, and α3β1—that recognize different neurite outgrowth-promoting domains in laminin

    K.J. Tomaselli;D.E. Hall;L.A. Flier;K.R. Gehlsen

  • Nonequivalence of alpha-bungarotoxin receptors and acetylcholine receptors in chick sympathetic neurons

    S T Carbonetto;D M Fambrough;K J Muller

  • The extracellular matrix of the nervous system

    Salvatore Carbonetto

  • The Dystroglycan Complex Is Necessary for Stabilization of Acetylcholine Receptor Clusters at Neuromuscular Junctions and Formation of the Synaptic Basement Membrane

    Christian Jacobson;Patrice D. Côté;Susana G. Rossi;Richard L. Rotundo

  • Integrins in point contacts mediate cell spreading: factors that regulate integrin accumulation in point contacts vs. focal contacts.

    N Tawil;P Wilson;S Carbonetto

  • Mutations in the calcium-related gene IL1RAPL1 are associated with autism

    Amélie Piton;Jacques L. Michaud;Huashan Peng;Swaroop Aradhya

  • Transcriptional and Post-transcriptional Effects of Nerve Growth Factor on Expression of the Three Neurofilament Subunits in PC-12 Cells*

    M.H. Lindenbaum;S. Carbonetto;Frank Grosveld;David Flavell

  • Dystroglycan in the Cerebellum is a Laminin α2‐chain Binding Protein at the Glial‐Vascular Interface and is Expressed in Purkinje cells

    M. Tian;C. Jacobson;S. H. Gee;K. P. Campbell

  • The morphological and physiological properties of a regenerating synapse in the C.N.S. of the leech.

    Kenneth J. Muller;Salvatore Carbonetto

  • Identification of a cell-surface protein involved in PC12 cell-substratum adhesion and neurite outgrowth on laminin and collagen.

    David C. Turner;Leonard A. Flier;Salvatore Carbonetto

  • Stimulation of calcineurin signaling attenuates the dystrophic pathology in mdx mice

    Joe V. Chakkalakal;Mary-Ann Harrison;Salvatore Carbonetto;Eva Chin

  • The Role of Extracellular Matrix in Development: edited by Robert L. Trelestad, Alan R. Liss Inc., 1984. £58.00 (xvii + 643 pages) ISBN 0 8451 1503 0

    Salvatore Carbonetto

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter D. Yurchenco
Peter D. Yurchenco Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Louis F. Reichardt
Louis F. Reichardt University of California, San Francisco
Kevin P. Campbell
Kevin P. Campbell University of Iowa
Melitta Schachner
Melitta Schachner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kevin J. Tomaselli
Kevin J. Tomaselli Pfizer (United States)
Judith L. Rapoport
Judith L. Rapoport National Institutes of Health
Marie-Pierre Dubé
Marie-Pierre Dubé Montreal Heart Institute
Fadi F. Hamdan
Fadi F. Hamdan University of Montreal
Eric A. Stone
Eric A. Stone North Carolina State University
Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

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