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1) Three Rett patients with both MECP2 mutation and 15q11-13 rearrangements.

Longo I, Russo L, Meloni I, Ricci I, Ariani F, Pescucci C, Giordano CT, Canitano R, Hayek G, Zappella M, Neri G, Renieri A, Gurrieri F.

Eur J Hum Genet. 2004 Aug;12(8):682-5.

 

2) Autosomal-dominant Alport syndrome: natural history of a disease due to COL4A3 or COL4A4 gene.

Pescucci C, Mari F, Longo I, Vogiatzi P, Caselli R, Scala E, Abaterusso C, Gusmano R, Seri M, Miglietti N, Bresin E, Renieri A.

Kidney Int. 2004 May;65(5):1598-603.

 

3) Real-time quantitative PCR as a routine method for screening large rearrangements in Rett syndrome: Report of one case of MECP2 deletion and one case of MECP2 duplication.

Ariani F, Mari F, Pescucci C, Longo I, Bruttini M, Meloni I, Hayek G, Rocchi R, Zappella M, Renieri A.

Hum Mutat. 2004 Aug;24(2):172-7.

 

4) Thin glomerular basement membrane disease: clinical significance of a morphological diagnosis--a collaborative study of the Italian Renal Immunopathology Group.

Frascą GM, Onetti-Muda A, Mari F, Longo I, Scala E, Pescucci C, Roccatello D, Alpa M, Coppo R, Li Volti G, Feriozzi S, Bergesio F, Schena FP, Renieri A; Italian Renal Immunopathology Group.

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2005 Mar;20(3):545-51. Epub 2004 Dec 23.

 

5) CDKL5 belongs to the same molecular pathway of MeCP2 and it is responsible for the early-onset seizure variant of Rett syndrome.

Mari F, Azimonti S, Bertani I, Bolognese F, Colombo E, Caselli R, Scala E, Longo I, Grosso S, Pescucci C, Ariani F, Hayek G, Balestri P, Bergo A, Badaracco G, Zappella M, Broccoli V, Renieri A, Kilstrup-Nielsen C, Landsberger N.

Hum Mol Genet. 2005 Jul 15;14(14):1935-46. Epub 2005 May 25.

 

6) Autosomal recessive Alport syndrome: an in-depth clinical and molecular analysis of five families.

Longo I, Scala E, Mari F, Caselli R, Pescucci C, Mencarelli MA, Speciale C, Giani M, Bresin E, Caringella DA, Borochowitz ZU, Siriwardena K, Winship I, Renieri A, Meloni I.

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2006 Mar;21(3):665-71. Epub 2005 Dec 7.

 

7) Optineurin gene is not involved in the common high-tension form of primary open-angle glaucoma.

Ariani F, Longo I, Frezzotti P, Pescucci C, Mari F, Caporossi A, Frezzotti R, Renieri A.

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2006 Sep;244(9):1077-82. Epub 2006 Jan 27.

 

8) Italian Rett database and biobank.

Sampieri K, Meloni I, Scala E, Ariani F, Caselli R, Pescucci C, Longo I, Artuso R, Bruttini M, Mencarelli MA, Speciale C, Causarano V, Hayek G, Zappella M, Renieri A, Mari F.

Hum Mutat. 2007 Apr;28(4):329-35.

 

9) RSK2 enzymatic assay as a second level diagnostic tool in Coffin-Lowry syndrome.

Micheli V, Sestini S, Parri V, Fichera M, Romano C, Ariani F, Longo I, Mari F, Bruttini M, Renieri A, Meloni I.

Clin Chim Acta. 2007 Sep;384(1-2):35-40. Epub 2007 May 26.

 

10) MECP2 deletions and genotype-phenotype correlation in Rett syndrome.

Scala E, Longo I, Ottimo F, Speciale C, Sampieri K, Katzaki E, Artuso R, Mencarelli MA, D'Ambrogio T, Vonella G, Zappella M, Hayek G, Battaglia A, Mari F, Renieri A, Ariani F.

Am J Med Genet A. 2007 Dec 1;143A(23):2775-84.

 

11) Clinical and molecular characterization of Italian patients affected by Cohen syndrome.

Katzaki E, Pescucci C, Uliana V, Papa FT, Ariani F, Meloni I, Priolo M, Selicorni A, Milani D, Fischetto R, Celle ME, Grasso R, Dallapiccola B, Brancati F, Bordignon M, Tenconi R, Federico A, Mari F, Renieri A, Longo I.

J Hum Genet. 2007;52(12):1011-7. Epub 2007 Nov 8. Erratum in: J Hum Genet. 2008 Mar;53(3):285.

 

12) Delineation of the phenotype associated with 7q36.1q36.2 deletion: long QT syndrome, renal hypoplasia and mental retardation.

Caselli R, Mencarelli MA, Papa FT, Ariani F, Longo I, Meloni I, Vonella G, Acampa M, Auteri A, Vicari S, Orsi A, Hayek G, Renieri A, Mari F.

Am J Med Genet A. 2008 May 1;146A(9):1195-9.

 

13) FOXG1 is responsible for the congenital variant of Rett syndrome.

Ariani F, Hayek G, Rondinella D, Artuso R, Mencarelli MA, Spanhol-Rosseto A, Pollazzon M, Buoni S, Spiga O, Ricciardi S, Meloni I, Longo I, Mari F, Broccoli V, Zappella M, Renieri A.

Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Jul;83(1):89-93. Epub 2008 Jun 19.

 

14) A 3 Mb deletion in 14q12 causes severe mental retardation, mild facial dysmorphisms and Rett-like features.

Papa FT, Mencarelli MA, Caselli R, Katzaki E, Sampieri K, Meloni I, Ariani F, Longo I, Maggio A, Balestri P, Grosso S, Farnetani MA, Berardi R, Mari F, Renieri A.

Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Aug 1;146A(15):1994-8.

 

15) Private inherited microdeletion/microduplications: implications in clinical practice.

Mencarelli MA, Katzaki E, Papa FT, Sampieri K, Caselli R, Uliana V, Pollazzon M, Canitano R, Mostardini R, Grosso S, Longo I, Ariani F, Meloni I, Hayek J, Balestri P, Mari F, Renieri A.

Eur J Med Genet. 2008 Sep-Oct;51(5):409-16. Epub 2008 Jul 9.

 

16) Genomic differences between retinoma and retinoblastoma.

Sampieri K, Mencarelli MA, Epistolato MC, Toti P, Lazzi S, Bruttini M, De Francesco S, Longo I, Meloni I, Mari F, Acquaviva A, Hadjistilianou T, Renieri A, Ariani F.

Acta Oncol. 2008;47(8):1483-92.