Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences

Selected research products

Fiorito G, Di Gaetano C, Guarrera S, Rosa F, Feldman MW, Piazza A, Matullo G. (2015) The Italian genome reflects the history of Europe and the Mediterranean basin. European journal of human genetics : EJHG [DOI  PMID]

Matullo G, Guarrera S, Betti M, Fiorito G, Ferrante D, Voglino F, Cadby G, Di Gaetano C, Rosa F, Russo A, Hirvonen A, Casalone E, Tunesi S, Padoan M, Giordano M, Aspesi A, Casadio C, Ardissone F, Ruffini E, Betta PG, Libener R, Guaschino R, Piccolini E, Neri M, Musk AW, de Klerk NH, Hui J, Beilby J, James AL, Creaney J, Robinson BW, Mukherjee S, Palmer LJ, Mirabelli D, Ugolini D, Bonassi S, Magnani C, Dianzani I. (2015) Correction: genetic variants associated with increased risk of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a genome-wide association study. PloS one 10(6) e0130109 [DOI  PMID]

Pardini B, Bermejo JL, Naccarati A, Di Gaetano C, Rosa F, Legrand C, Novotny J, Vodicka P, Kumar R. (2014) Inherited variability in a master regulator polymorphism (rs4846126) associates with survival in 5-FU treated colorectal cancer patients. Mutation research 766-767 7-13 [DOI  PMID]

Vai S, Ghirotto S, Pilli E, Tassi F, Lari M, Rizzi E, Matas-Lalueza L, Ramirez O, Lalueza-Fox C, Achilli A, Olivieri A, Torroni A, Lancioni H, Giostra C, Bedini E, Pejrani Baricco L, Matullo G, Di Gaetano C, Piazza A, Veeramah K, Geary P, Caramelli D, Barbujani G. (2015) Genealogical relationships between early medieval and modern inhabitants of Piedmont. PloS one 10(1) e0116801 [DOI  PMID]

Pardini B, Rosa F, Naccarati A, Vymetalkova V, Ye Y, Wu X, Di Gaetano C, Buchler T, Novotny J, Matullo G, Vodicka P. (2015) Polymorphisms in microRNA genes as predictors of clinical outcomes in colorectal cancer patients. Carcinogenesis 36(1) 82-6 [DOI  PMID]

Campanella G, Polidoro S, Di Gaetano C, Fiorito G, Guarrera S, Krogh V, Palli D, Panico S, Sacerdote C, Tumino R, Elliott P, Matullo G, Chadeau-Hyam M, Vineis P. (2014) Epigenetic signatures of internal migration in Italy. International journal of epidemiology [DOI  PMID]

Tarallo S, Pardini B, Mancuso G, Rosa F, Di Gaetano C, Rosina F, Vineis P, Naccarati A. (2014) MicroRNA expression in relation to different dietary habits: a comparison in stool and plasma samples. Mutagenesis 29(5) 385-91 [DOI  PMID]

Vymetalkova V, Pardini B, Rosa F, Di Gaetano C, Novotny J, Levy M, Buchler T, Slyskova J, Vodickova L, Naccarati A, Vodicka P. (2014) Variations in mismatch repair genes and colorectal cancer risk and clinical outcome. Mutagenesis 29(4) 259-65 [DOI  PMID]

Di Gaetano C, Fiorito G, Ortu MF, Rosa F, Guarrera S, Pardini B, Cusi D, Frau F, Barlassina C, Troffa C, Argiolas G, Zaninello R, Fresu G, Glorioso N, Piazza A, Matullo G. (2014) Sardinians genetic background explained by runs of homozygosity and genomic regions under positive selection. PloS one 9(3) e91237 [DOI  PMID]

Pardini B, Rosa F, Barone E, Di Gaetano C, Slyskova J, Novotny J, Levy M, Garritano S, Vodickova L, Buchler T, Gemignani F, Landi S, Vodicka P, Naccarati A. (2013) Variation within 3'-UTRs of base excision repair genes and response to therapy in colorectal cancer patients: A potential modulation of microRNAs binding. Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 19(21) 6044-56 [DOI  PMID]

Matullo G, Di Gaetano C, Guarrera S. (2013) Next generation sequencing and rare genetic variants: from human population studies to medical genetics. Environmental and molecular mutagenesis 54(7) 518-32 [DOI  PMID]

Polidoro S, Broccoletti R, Campanella G, Di Gaetano C, Menegatti E, Scoletta M, Lerda E, Matullo G, Vineis P, Berardi D, Scully C, Arduino PG. (2013) Effects of bisphosphonate treatment on DNA methylation in osteonecrosis of the jaw. Mutation research 757(2) 104-13 [DOI  PMID]

Matullo G, Guarrera S, Betti M, Fiorito G, Ferrante D, Voglino F, Cadby G, Di Gaetano C, Rosa F, Russo A, Hirvonen A, Casalone E, Tunesi S, Padoan M, Giordano M, Aspesi A, Casadio C, Ardissone F, Ruffini E, Betta PG, Libener R, Guaschino R, Piccolini E, Neri M, Musk AW, de Klerk NH, Hui J, Beilby J, James AL, Creaney J, Robinson BW, Mukherjee S, Palmer LJ, Mirabelli D, Ugolini D, Bonassi S, Magnani C, Dianzani I. (2013) Genetic variants associated with increased risk of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a genome-wide association study. PloS one 8(4) e61253 [DOI  PMID]

Di Gaetano C, Matullo G, Piazza A, Ursino M, Gasparini M. (2013) A proximity-based method to identify genomic regions correlated with a continuously varying environmental variable. Evolutionary bioinformatics online 9 29-42 [DOI  PMID]

Russo A, Palumbo L, Fornengo C, Di Gaetano C, Ricceri F, Guarrera S, Critelli R, Anselmino M, Piazza A, Gaita F, Bergerone S, Matullo G. (2012) Telomere length variation in juvenile acute myocardial infarction. PloS one 7(11) e49206 [DOI  PMID]

Di Gaetano C, Voglino F, Guarrera S, Fiorito G, Rosa F, Di Blasio AM, Manzini P, Dianzani I, Betti M, Cusi D, Frau F, Barlassina C, Mirabelli D, Magnani C, Glorioso N, Bonassi S, Piazza A, Matullo G. (2012) An overview of the genetic structure within the Italian population from genome-wide data. PloS one 7(9) e43759 [DOI  PMID]

Di Gaetano C, Marozio L, Voglino F, Guarrera S, Tancredi A, Gibbone E, Benedetto C, Gasparini M, Piazza A, Matullo G. (2012) Role of the 12q24.12 locus in the onset of preeclampsia: an Italian case-control study. The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians 25(8) 1228-32 [DOI  PMID]

Di Gaetano C, Cerutti N, Crobu F, Robino C, Inturri S, Gino S, Guarrera S, Underhill PA, King RJ, Romano V, Cali F, Gasparini M, Matullo G, Salerno A, Torre C, Piazza A. (2009) Differential Greek and northern African migrations to Sicily are supported by genetic evidence from the Y chromosome. European journal of human genetics : EJHG 17(1) 91-9 [DOI  PMID]

Achilli A, Olivieri A, Pala M, Metspalu E, Fornarino S, Battaglia V, Accetturo M, Kutuev I, Khusnutdinova E, Pennarun E, Cerutti N, Di Gaetano C, Crobu F, Palli D, Matullo G, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Cavalli-Sforza LL, Semino O, Villems R, Bandelt HJ, Piazza A, Torroni A. (2007) Mitochondrial DNA variation of modern Tuscans supports the near eastern origin of Etruscans. American journal of human genetics 80(4) 759-68 [DOI  PMID]

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