2020
Epigenetic profiling of Italian patients identified methylation sites associated with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis
De Lillo A, Pathak GA, De Angelis F, Di Girolamo M, Luigetti M, Sabatelli M, Perfetto F, Frusconi S, Manfellotto D, Fuciarelli M, Polimanti R. Epigenetic profiling of Italian patients identified methylation sites associated with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis. Clinical Epigenetics 2020, 12: 176. PMID: 33203445, PMCID: PMC7672937, DOI: 10.1186/s13148-020-00967-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpigenome-wide association studiesMethylation sitesEpigenetic differencesSignificant epigenetic differencesProtein interaction networksSignificant methylation changesAmyloidogenic mutationsDisease-causing mutationsProtein interactorsEpigenetic regulationHigh phenotypic variabilityEpigenetic profilingMethylation changesInteraction networksGene regionBiological processesMolecular mechanismsAssociation studiesMolecular pathwaysCoding mutationsPhenotypic variabilityNovel insightsGenesFiber formationMutations
2013
In silico investigation of the ATP7B gene: insights from functional prediction of non-synonymous substitution to protein structure
Squitti R, Siotto M, Bucossi S, Polimanti R. In silico investigation of the ATP7B gene: insights from functional prediction of non-synonymous substitution to protein structure. BioMetals 2013, 27: 53-64. PMID: 24253677, DOI: 10.1007/s10534-013-9686-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-synonymous substitutionsDisease-causing mutationsWilson disease-causing mutationsDisease-causing variantsUnknown gene variantsGenetic variantsProtein X-ray structuresSequence-based approachesCopper-transporting ATPaseNovel genetic variantsAmino acid changesUncharacterized proteinsProtein functionNovel ATP7B mutationsProtein domainsFunctional predictionCopper homeostasisBioinformatics methodsAmino acidic changeATP7B geneProtein structureAcid changesATP7B proteinGenesX-ray structureFunctional variation of the transthyretin gene among human populations and its correlation with amyloidosis phenotypes
Polimanti R, Di Girolamo M, Manfellotto D, Fuciarelli M. Functional variation of the transthyretin gene among human populations and its correlation with amyloidosis phenotypes. Amyloid 2013, 20: 256-262. PMID: 24111657, DOI: 10.3109/13506129.2013.844689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman populationTTR-related amyloidosisCis-regulatory variantsGenetic variantsNon-coding variantsGenomes Project databaseAdditional genetic variantsDisease-causing mutationsGene functionTranscription factorsKb regionCardiac developmentSilico analysisFunctional variationTTR geneRegulatory functionsGenotype-phenotype correlationGenesFunctional impactDisease phenotypeNon-African individualsSignificant diversityMutationsPhenotypeTransthyretin gene