Search Results - "Valentino, Maria Lucia"
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Epilepsy in MT‐ATP6 ‐ related mils/NARP: correlation of elettroclinical features with heteroplasmy
Published in Annals of clinical and translational neurology (01-03-2021)“…The study aims to characterize the epilepsy phenotype of maternally inherited Leigh's syndrome (MILS) and neuropathy, ataxia, retinitis pigmentosa (NARP) due…”
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OPA1-related auditory neuropathy: site of lesion and outcome of cochlear implantation
Published in Brain (London, England : 1878) (01-03-2015)“…Hearing impairment is the second most prevalent clinical feature after optic atrophy in dominant optic atrophy associated with mutations in the OPA1 gene. In…”
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Phenotypic heterogeneity of the 8344A>G mtDNA “MERRF” mutation
Published in Neurology (28-05-2013)“…OBJECTIVES:Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers (MERRF) is a rare mitochondrial syndrome, mostly caused by the 8344A>G mitochondrial DNA mutation. Most of…”
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The relevance of migraine in the clinical spectrum of mitochondrial disorders
Published in Scientific reports (10-03-2022)“…Recent scientific evidence suggests a link between migraine and brain energy metabolism. In fact, migraine is frequently observed in mitochondrial disorders…”
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Peculiar combinations of individually non-pathogenic missense mitochondrial DNA variants cause low penetrance Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
Published in PLoS genetics (14-02-2018)“…We here report on the existence of Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) associated with peculiar combinations of individually non-pathogenic missense…”
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A novel null homozygous mutation confirms CACNA2D2 as a gene mutated in epileptic encephalopathy
Published in PloS one (16-12-2013)“…Contribution to epileptic encephalopathy (EE) of mutations in CACNA2D2, encoding α2δ-2 subunit of Voltage Dependent Calcium Channels, is unclear. To date only…”
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Rapamycin rescues mitochondrial dysfunction in cells carrying the m.8344A > G mutation in the mitochondrial tRNALys
Published in Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) (03-08-2022)“…BackgroundMyoclonus, Epilepsy and Ragged-Red-Fibers (MERRF) is a mitochondrial encephalomyopathy due to heteroplasmic mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)…”
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Mammalian RNase H1 directs RNA primer formation for mtDNA replication initiation and is also necessary for mtDNA replication completion
Published in Nucleic acids research (26-08-2022)“…Abstract The in vivo role for RNase H1 in mammalian mitochondria has been much debated. Loss of RNase H1 is embryonic lethal and to further study its role in…”
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A coordinated multiorgan metabolic response contributes to human mitochondrial myopathy
Published in EMBO molecular medicine (10-07-2023)“…Mitochondrial diseases are a heterogeneous group of monogenic disorders that result from impaired oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). As neuromuscular tissues…”
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The m.3243A>G mitochondrial DNA mutation and related phenotypes. A matter of gender?
Published in Journal of neurology (01-03-2014)“…The m.3243A>G “MELAS” (mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) mutation is one of the most common point mutations of the…”
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The genetic puzzle of a SOD1-patient with ocular ptosis and a motor neuron disease: a case report
Published in Frontiers in genetics (13-12-2023)“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease with a complex genetic architecture, showing monogenic, oligogenic, and polygenic…”
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Clinical Expression of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Is Affected by the Mitochondrial DNA–Haplogroup Background
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-08-2007)“…Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is due primarily to one of three common point mutations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), but the incomplete penetrance…”
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Anti-cN1A Antibodies Are Associated with More Severe Dysphagia in Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis
Published in Cells (Basel, Switzerland) (10-05-2021)“…In recent years, an autoantibody directed against the 5′-citosolic nucleotidase1A (cN1A) was identified in the sera of sporadic inclusion body myositis (s-IBM)…”
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Rare primary mitochondrial DNA mutations and probable synergistic variants in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
Published in PloS one (03-08-2012)“…Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a maternally inherited blinding disorder, which in over 90% of cases is due to one of three primary mitochondrial…”
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Hearing Dysfunction in a Large Family Affected by Dominant Optic Atrophy (OPA8-Related DOA): A Human Model of Hidden Auditory Neuropathy
Published in Frontiers in neuroscience (28-05-2019)“…Hidden auditory neuropathy is characterized by reduced performances in challenging auditory tasks with the preservation of hearing thresholds, resulting from…”
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Homozygous NOTCH3 null mutation and impaired NOTCH3 signaling in recessive early‐onset arteriopathy and cavitating leukoencephalopathy
Published in EMBO molecular medicine (01-06-2015)“…Notch signaling is essential for vascular physiology. Neomorphic heterozygous mutations in NOTCH3, one of the four human NOTCH receptors, cause cerebral…”
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Author Correction: Calcium mishandling in absence of primary mitochondrial dysfunction drives cellular pathology in Wolfram Syndrome
Published in Scientific reports (23-06-2020)“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Haplogroup Effects and Recombination of Mitochondrial DNA: Novel Clues from the Analysis of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Pedigrees
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-04-2006)“…The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of 87 index cases with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) sequentially diagnosed in Italy, including an extremely large…”
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Association of Optic Disc Size with Development and Prognosis of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-04-2009)“…To study the optic nerve head (ONH) morphology of patients with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) in a large family from Brazil carrying the 11778/ND4…”
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Secondary post-geniculate involvement in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
Published in PloS one (27-11-2012)“…Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is characterized by retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration with the preferential involvement of those forming the…”
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