Publications by authors named "Iolanda Spasari"
Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorder with multi-systemic manifestations. The evidence that most subjects with WBS face gastrointestinal (GI) comorbidities, have prompted us to carry out a metaproteomic investigation of their gut microbiota (GM) profile compared to age-matched healthy subjects (CTRLs). Metaproteomic analysis was carried out on fecal samples collected from 41 individuals with WBS, and compared with samples from 45 CTRLs.
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- - Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) is a genetic disorder linked to a deletion on chromosome 7, causing various health issues like cardiovascular problems, growth issues, and gastrointestinal symptoms, largely influenced by the elastin gene.
- - This study conducted an exploratory analysis of gut microbiota in WBS patients, revealing significant dysbiosis with an increase in harmful bacteria and a decrease in beneficial ones compared to healthy controls.
- - The research implies that profiling gut microbiota could help manage WBS symptoms, suggesting that microbial treatments may enhance patient care and quality of life alongside traditional therapies.
Joubert syndrome (JS) is an autosomal recessive neurodevelopmental disorder, characterized by congenital cerebellar and brainstem defects, belonging to the group of disorders known as ciliopathies, which are caused by mutations in genes encoding proteins of the primary cilium and basal body. Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) from a patient carrying a homozygous missense mutation (c.2168G > A) in AHI1, the first gene to be associated with JS, were produced using a virus-free protocol.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJuvenile Onset Huntington's Disease (JOHD) is a rare variant of HD withage of onset ≤20 years, accounting for 3-10% of all HD patients. The rarity occurrence of JOHD cases, who severely progress towards mental and physical disability with atypical clinical manifestations compared to classical HD, are responsible of general lack of knowledge about this variant. We obtained a fully reprogrammed iPS cell line from fibroblasts of a JOHD patient carrying 65 CAG repeats and age at onset at age 15.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJoubert Syndrome (JS) is a rare autosomal recessive or X-linked condition characterized by a peculiar cerebellar malformation, known as the molar tooth sign (MTS), associated with other neurological phenotypes and multiorgan involvement. JS is a ciliopathy, a spectrum of disorders whose causative genes encode proteins involved in the primary cilium apparatus. In order to elucidate ciliopathy-associated molecular mechanisms, human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) were derived from a patient affected by JS carrying a homozygous missense mutation in the AHI1 gene (p.
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