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Antonietta franco

Antonietta franco

Assistant Professor
Humanitas University
LiveDNA ID: 39.46944
9 Publications
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Employment

Professional Appointments
Assistant Professor
Humanitas University
Jan 2024 — Present | Milan, Italy

Education

Academic Background
  • Ph.D. University of Naples Federico II, Italy Clinical Pathophysiology | Completed: 2016

Publications (9)

Selected Scholarly Contributions
Author response: A human mitofusin 2 mutation can cause mitophagic cardiomyopathy
Antonietta Franco, Jiajia Li, Daniel P Kelly, Ray E Hershberger, Ali J Marian, Renate M Lewis, Moshi Song, Xiawei Dang, Alina D Schmidt, Mary E Mathyer, John R Edwards, Cristina de Guzman Strong, Gerald W Dorn
Peer Review
10.7554/elife.84235.sa2
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2023
A human mitofusin 2 mutation can cause mitophagic cardiomyopathy
Antonietta Franco, Jiajia Li, Daniel P Kelly, Ray E Hershberger, Ali J Marian, Renate M Lewis, Moshi Song, Xiawei Dang, Alina D Schmidt, Mary E Mathyer, John R Edwards, Cristina de Guzman Strong, Gerald W Dorn
eLife | Journal Article
10.7554/elife.84235
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2023
Piperine Derivatives Enhance Fusion and Axonal Transport of Mitochondria by Activating Mitofusins
Lihong Zhang, Xiawei Dang, Antonietta Franco, Haiyang Zhao, Gerald W. Dorn
Chemistry | Journal Article
10.3390/chemistry4030047
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2022
Mitochondria Clumping vs. Mitochondria Fusion in CMT2A Diseases
Antonietta Franco, Caroline E. Walton, Xiawei Dang
Life | Journal Article
10.3390/life12122110
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2022
Pharmacological Inhibition of GRK2 Improves Cardiac Metabolism and Function in Experimental Heart Failure
Michele Ciccarelli, Daniela Sorriento, Antonella Fiordelisi, Jessica Gambardella, Antonietta Franco, Carmine del Giudice, Marina Sala, Maria Gaia Monti, Alessia Bertamino, Pietro Campiglia, Marco Oliveti, Paolo Poggio, Giovanna Trinchese, Gina Cavaliere, Ersilia Cipolletta, Maria Pina Mollica, Domenico Bonaduce, Bruno Trimarco, Guido Iaccarino*
ESC Heart Failure | Journal Article
10.1002/ehf2.12706
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2020
The tethering function of mitofusin2 controls osteoclast differentiation by modulating the Ca2+–NFATc1 axis
Anna Ballard, Rong Zeng, Allahdad Zarei, Christine Shao, Linda Cox, Hui Yan, Antonietta Franco, Gerald W. Dorn, Roberta Faccio, Deborah J. Veis
Journal of Biological Chemistry | Journal Article
10.1074/jbc.ra119.012023
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2020
Author response: Burst mitofusin activation reverses neuromuscular dysfunction in murine CMT2A
Antonietta Franco, Xiawei Dang, Emily K Walton, Joshua N Ho, Barbara Zablocka, Cindy Ly, Timothy M Miller, Robert H Baloh, Michael E Shy, Andrew S Yoo, Gerald W Dorn
Peer Review
10.7554/elife.61119.sa2
Crossref
2020
Burst mitofusin activation reverses neuromuscular dysfunction in murine CMT2A
Antonietta Franco, Xiawei Dang, Emily K Walton, Joshua N Ho, Barbara Zablocka, Cindy Ly, Timothy M Miller, Robert H Baloh, Michael E Shy, Andrew S Yoo, Gerald W Dorn
eLife | Journal Article
10.7554/elife.61119
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2020
MFN2 agonists reverse mitochondrial defects in preclinical models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A
Agostinho G. Rocha, Antonietta Franco, Andrzej M. Krezel, Jeanne M. Rumsey, Justin M. Alberti, William C. Knight, Nikolaos Biris, Emmanouil Zacharioudakis, James W. Janetka, Robert H. Baloh, Richard N. Kitsis, Daria Mochly-Rosen, R. Reid Townsend, Evripidis Gavathiotis, Gerald W. Dorn
Science | Journal Article
10.1126/science.aao1785
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2018