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Applicazioni potenziali dell’analisi di varianti geniche nella valutazione del rischio di Malattia Renale Cronica

2021

Analysis of early strains of the norovirus pandemic variant GII.4 Sydney 2012 identifies mutations in adaptive sites of the capsid protein.

2014

AbstractGlobal surveillance for norovirus identified in 2012 the emergence of a novel pandemic GII.4 variant, termed Sydney 2012. In Italy, the novel pandemic variant was identified as early as November 2011 but became predominant only in the winter season 2012–2013. Upon sequencing and comparison with strains of global origin, the early Sydney 2012 strains were found to differ from those spreading in 2012–2013 in the capsid (ORF2) putative epitopes B, C and D, segregating into a distinct phylogenetic clade. At least three residues (333, 340 and 393, in epitopes B, C and D, respectively) of the VP1 varied among Sydney 2012 strains of different clades. These findings suggest that the spread …

Epidemiological dynamics of norovirus GII.4 variant New Orleans 2009.

2015

Norovirus (NoV) is one of the major causes of diarrhoeal disease with epidemic, outbreak and sporadic patterns in humans of all ages worldwide. NoVs of genotype GII.4 cause nearly 80–90 % of all NoV infections in humans. Periodically, some GII.4 strains become predominant, generating major pandemic variants. Retrospective analysis of the GII.4 NoV strains detected in Italy between 2007 and 2013 indicated that the pandemic variant New Orleans 2009 emerged in Italy in the late 2009, became predominant in 2010–2011 and continued to circulate in a sporadic fashion until April 2013. Upon phylogenetic analysis based on the small diagnostic regions A and C, the late New Orleans 2009 NoVs circulati…

Sorveglianza delle gastroenteriti da Norovirus in Italia: comparsa e diffusione della nuova variante GII.4 Sydney 2012

2013

In the 2012-2013 winter season, global surveillance for norovirus circulation evidenced the onset of a new norovirus GII.4 variant, termed Sydney 2012. In Italy, ISGEV hospital-based surveillance revealed that this variant already circulated at low frequency in the winter season 2011-2012 and emerged definitively only in the late 2012. This lag-time pattern mirrors the findings reported elsewhere and suggests that the novel variant circulated at low prevalence before spreading globally.

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL AMINO ACID VARIANTS IN APOB IN FAMILIAL HYPOBETALIPOPROTEINEMIA

2013

Introduction. Familial Hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL) is a codominant disorder characterized by reduced levels of LDL and apolipoprotein B (apoB) in plasma. In approximately 50% of FHBL cases is due to mutations in APOB gene resulting in truncated apoBs of various size. Only a few missense mutations have been reported so far as the cause of FHBL. In vitro studies have shown that these mutations induce retention of the mutant apoB in the endoplasmic reticulum and impair the secretion of apoB-containing lipoproteins. We identi ed two novel amino acid variants (Thr26-27del and Tyr102Cys) located in the N-terminal 1000 amino acids of mature apoB in two hypocholesterolemic blood donors. Methods.…

Identification and molecular characterization of a novel mutation in MSH2 gene in a lynch syndrome family

2017

Background and aim of the work: The Lynch Syndrome (LS) is associated with germline mutations in one of the MisMatch Repair (MMR) genes, including MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, MLH3 and MSH3. The molecular characterization of mutations in these MMR genes facilitates the pre-symptomatic diagnosis of subjects at risk to develop a colon cancer or a cancer LS-related. Methods: DHPLC and direct sequencing were performed for the mutation detection analysis. Results: In this study, we identified a novel frame shift mutation, the named is c.170delT in MSH2 gene that determined a premature stop codon and consequently, the formation of a truncated protein (p. Val56Glyfs*7). This is a novel mutation, as it …

Varianti anatomiche dell’albero coronarico visualizzate mediante angiografia coronarica con TC a 64 strati

2006

Copy number variations in the etiology of autism spectrum disorders

2013

Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders, characterized by qualitative impairment in social interaction and communication and restricted, repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests and activities. They have a multifactorial etiology, but today different studies are showing the central role of genetics. Different genetic alterations were detected: chromosomal abnormalities, mutations, trinucleotide repeats and copy number variations (CNVs). Several studies identified many CNVs associated with ASDs and possible candidate genes, whose loss or gain could have a key role in the etiopathogenesis of these disorders. In particular, t…

Sindrome di di Crigler-Najjar tipo 2: due nuove mutazioni missense nel gene UGT1A1.

2009

La sindrome di Crigler-Najjar (CNS) è una malattia molto rara (prevalenza 1/1.000.000 nati) a trasmissione autosomica recessiva, caratterizzata da un incremento cronico e grave di bilirubina sierica indiretta (non coniugata), dovuta alla parziale (tipo 2) o completa (tipo 1) assenza funzionale dell’enzima epatico glucoronosil transferasi UGT1. La malattia si manifesta in età neonatale con un ittero precoce e intenso, dovuto alla presenza di bilirubina non coniugata e l'esame fisico è nella norma; in epoca di sviluppo gli effetti clinici della CNS tipo 1 sono letali in quanto l’eccesso di bilirubina porta inevitabilmente ad una encefalopatia essendo tale pigmento fortemente liposolubile. Le …

Type and counter-type from specific chromosomal regions

2013

Several studies have shown the importance of segmental deletions/duplications in the field of chromosome pathologies. Non allelic homologous recombination, NAHR, between chromosomes or sister chromatids, mediated by segmental duplications, is the foundation of frequent mechanisms for structural chromosome mutations such as micro-deletions, micro-duplications, translocations, inversions, and marker chromosomes. We analyzed three distinct genomic regions (22q11.2, 17p11.2, 16p11.2) and we discussed how the same chromosome region can be affected by deletion or by reciprocal duplication, respectively responsible for a syndrome or for a reciprocal counter-syndrome, with different phenotypic mani…