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Isabella Ceccherini

Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Verified email at unige.it
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Hirschsprung disease, associated syndromes and genetics: a review

…, A Chakravarti, PKH Tam, I Ceccherini… - Journal of medical …, 2008 - jmg.bmj.com
Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, aganglionic megacolon) represents the main genetic cause
of functional intestinal obstruction with an incidence of 1/5000 live births. This developmental …

Extracellular DNA in soil and sediment: fate and ecological relevance

…, J Ascher, F Borgogni, MT Ceccherini… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2009 - Springer
The review discusses origin, state and function of extracellular DNA in soils and sediments.
Extracellular DNA can be released from prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and can be …

Viral vectors: a look back and ahead on gene transfer technology

L Vannucci, M Lai, F Chiuppesi, L Ceccherini-Nelli… - New …, 2013 - arpi.unipi.it
No matter what their origin, strain and family, viruses have evolved exquisite strategies to
reach and penetrate specific target cells where they hijack the cellular machinery to express …

Microbial diversity and soil functions

P Nannipieri, J Ascher, MT Ceccherini… - European journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Soil is a complex and dynamic biological system, and still in 2003 it is difficult to determine
the composition of microbial communities in soil. We are also limited in the determination of …

Abrupt increase in harvested forest area over Europe after 2015

G Ceccherini, G Duveiller, G Grassi, G Lemoine… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Forests provide a series of ecosystem services that are crucial to our society. In the European
Union (EU), forests account for approximately 38% of the total land surface 1 . These …

A mutation in the RET proto-oncogene associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B and sporadic medullary thyroid carcinoma

RMW Hofstra, RM Landsvater, I Ceccherini, RP Stulp… - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
MULTIPLE endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN 2) comprises three clinically distinct, dominantly
inherited cancer syndromes. MEN 2A patients develop medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) …

SOX10 mutations in patients with Waardenburg-Hirschsprung disease

…, E Legius, G Matthijs, J Amiel, S Lyonnet, I Ceccherini… - Nature …, 1998 - nature.com
Waardenburg syndrome (WS; deafness with pigmentary abnormalities) and Hirschsprung's
disease (HSCR; aganglionic megacolon) are congenital disorders caused by defective …

Point mutations affecting the tyrosine kinase domain of the RET proto-oncogene in Hirschsprung's disease

…, P Ronchetto, Y Luo, V Barone, M Seri, I Ceccherini… - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
HIRSCHSPRUNG'S disease is a genetic disorder of neural crest development affecting 1 in
5,000 births. It is characterized by the absence of intramural ganglion cells in the hindgut, …

[BOOK][B] Cellular automata

T Ceccherini-Silberstein, M Coornaert… - 2010 - Springer
In this chapter we introduce the notion of a cellular automaton. We fix a group and an arbitrary
set which will be called the alphabet. A configuration is defined as being a map from the …

Motion artifacts in functional near-infrared spectroscopy: a comparison of motion correction techniques applied to real cognitive data

S Brigadoi, L Ceccherini, S Cutini, F Scarpa… - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
Motion artifacts are a significant source of noise in many functional near-infrared spectroscopy
(fNIRS) experiments. Despite this, there is no well-established method for their removal. …