Pubblicazioni

2017

Cappabianca,A. Colosimo, A. Sabatucci, E. Dainese, P. Di Biagio, R. Piscitelli, O. Sarra, D. Zei, A. Amato. A Clinical Update of the Hb Siirt [β27(B9)Ala→Gly; HBB: c.83C>G] Hemoglobin Variant. Hemoglobin. 2017 Jan;41(1):53-55.

2015

Amato, O. Sarra, D. Zei, B. Sidorini, D. Gianni, L. Masi, R. Piscitelli. Effetti in vivo del trattamento con antiossidanti in soggetti affetti da patologie croniche degenerative mediante lamisura dei sistemi enzimatici ossido-riduttivi eritrocitari. Piante medicinali 2015; 14(1)

2014

Giordano PC, Binda NBD, Amato A, Bakker E, Harteveld CL. Providing appropriate genetic information to healthy multi-ethnic carriers of hemoglobinopathy in The Netherlands. Thalassemia Reports 2014; volume 4:1822

Lucarelli G, Isgrò A, Sodani P, Marziali M, Gaziev J, Paciaroni K, Gallucci C, Cardarelli L, Ribersani M, Alfieri C, De Angelis G, Armiento D, Andreani M,Testi M, Amato A, Akinyanju OO, Wakama TT. Hematopoietic SCT for the Black African and non-Black African variants of sickle cell anemia. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2014 Nov;49(11):1376-81. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2014.167. Epub 2014 Jul 28.

Amato A. Comment to the article “prevention of β thalassemia in northern Israel – a cost-benefit analysis” by Koren et Al. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis. 2014 Mar 9;6(1):e2014021. doi: 10.4084/MJHID.2014.021. eCollection 2014.

Amato A, Cappabianca MP, Lerone M, Colosimo A, Grisanti P, Ponzini D, Di Biagio P, Perri M, Gianni D, Rinaldi S, Piscitelli R. Carrier screening for inherited haemoglobin disorders among secondary school students and young adults in Latium, Italy. J Community Genet (2014) 5:265–268. DOI 10.1007/s12687-013-0171-z.

Amato A, Grisanti P, Mastropietro F, Lerone M, Cappabianca MP, Ponzini D, Piscitelli R. Epidemiology and screening of sickle cell anemia in the Mediterranean area and in developing countries. Igiene e Sanità Pubblica 2014; 70: 41-52.

2013

Amato A, Cappabianca MP, Perri M, Zaghis I, Grisanti P, Ponzini D, Di Biagio P. Interpreting elevated fetal hemoglobin in pathology and health at the basic laboratory level: new and known γ-gene mutations associated with hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin. Int J Lab Hematol 2013 Apr 29; doi: 10.1111/ijlh. 12094

Amato A, Cappabianca MP, Lerone M, Colosimo A, Grisanti P, POnzini D, Di Biagio P, Perri M, Gianni D, Rinaldi S, Piscitelli R. Carrier screening for inherited haemoglobin disorders among secondary school students and young adults in Latium, Italy. J Community Genet 2013 Oct 27

PC Giordano, Kaufmann JO, Jans S, Amato A, Galanello R, Harteveld CL. Interpreting elevated fetal hemoglobin in pathology and health at the basic laboratory level: new and known γ-gene mutations associated with hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin. Hemoglobinopathiescreeningin een multi-etnische samenleving. Reproductieve geneeskunde, Gynaecologie en Obstetrie, Anno 2013. 442-450, April 2013.

2012

Amato A, Lerone M, Grisanti P, Gizzi L, Kaufmann JO, Giordano PC. Providing Appropriate Genetic Information to Healthy Carriers of Hemoglobinopathy can be a Welcome and Safe Initiative: the Latium Example. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers 16, 1 (2012).

Pino A, Amato A, Alimonti A, Mattei D, Bocca B. Human biomonitoring for metals in Italian urban adolescents: data from Latium Region. Int J Hyg Environ Health 215, 185 (2012)

2011

Colosimo A, Gatta V, Guida V, Leodori E, Foglietta E, Rinaldi S, Cappabianca MP, Amato A, Stuppia L and Dallapiccola B. Application of MLPA assay to characteriza unsolved α-globin gene rearrangement. Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 2011; 2: 139-144.

Amato A, Lerone M, Grisanti P, Cappabianca MP, Ponzini D, Gianni D, Di Biagio P, Rinaldi S, D’Arcangeli N, Sidorini B, Piscitelli R. 35 anni di prevenzione delle talassemie nel Lazio. Analisi delle strategie di intervento e dei risultati di un programma che fa perno sulla prevenzione primaria. Igiene e Sanità Pubblica 2011; 67(1): 61-81.

2010

Roselli EA, Mezzadra R, Frittoli MC, Maruggi G, Biral E, Mavilio F, Mastropietro F, Amato A, Tonon G, Refaldi C, Cappellini MD, Andreani M, Lucarelli G, Roncarolo MG, Marktel S and Ferrari G. Correction of β-thalassemia major by gene transfer in haematopoietic progenitors of pediatric patients. EMBO Mol Med 2010; 2: 1-14.

Manconi B, De Rosa MC, Cappabianca MP, Olianas A, Alinovi CC, Mastropietro F, Ponzini D, Amato A and Pellegrini M. A new β-chain haemoglobin variant with increased oxygen affinity: Hb Roma [β 115 (g17) Ala→Val]. Biochimica and Biophysica Acta 2010; 1800(3): 327-335.

Amato A, Cappabianca MP, Colosimo A, Perri M, Grisanti P, Zaghis I, Ponzini D and Lerone M. Current Genetic Epidemiology of β-Thalassemias and Structural Hemoglobin Variants in the Lazio Region (Central Italy) Following Recent Migration Movements. Advances in Hematology 2010; 2010: 317542 (Epub 2010, Oct 5).

2009

Vannella L, Gianni D, Lahner E, Amato A, Grossi E, Delle Fave G and Annibale B. Pre-endoscopic screening for Helicobacter pylori and celiac disease in young anemic women. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15(22): 2748-2753.

Phylipsen M, Amato A, Cappabianca MP, Tragere-Synodinos J, Kanavakis E, Basak N, Galanello R, Tuveri T, Ivaldi G, Harteveld CL and Giordano PC. Two new β-thalassemia deletions compromising prenatal diagnosis in an Italian and a Turkish couple seeking prevention. Haematologica 2009; 94(9): 1289-1292.

Paleari R, Ivaldi G, Leone D, Amato A and Mosca A. Utilità clinica della misura dell’emoglobina fetale. Biochimica Clinica 2009; 33(6): 527-532.

Amato A and Giordano PC. Screening and Genetic Diagnosis of Hemoglobinopathies in Southern and Northern Europe: Two Examples. Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases 2009; 1(1).

Amato A, Grisanti P, Lerone M, Ponzini D, Di Biagio P, Cappabianca MP and Giordano PC. Prevention strategies for severe hemoglobinopathies in endemic and nonendemic immigration countries: the Latium example. Prenatal Diagnosis 2009; 29: 1171-1174.

2007

Amato A, Cappabianca MP, Ponzini D, Rinaldi S, Di Biagio P, Foglietta E, Grisanti P and Mastropietro F. Hemoglobin L’Aquila [β 106 (G8), (CTG→GTG), LEU→VAL]: a novel thalassemia hemoglobin variant. Hemoglobin 2007; 31(3): 375-378.

Pallotta R, Saponari A, Domizio S, Amato A, Lelli-Chiesa P and Turnpenny D. A case of multiple vertebral segmentation defects, unilateral renal agenesis, and an unusual ‘Cooley-like’ hand appearance. Clinical Dysmorphology 2007; 16(3): 157-161.

De Rosa MC, Carelli Alinovi C, Schininà ME, Clementi ME, Amato A, Cappabianca MP, Pezzotti M and Giardina B. Hb Santa Clara (β 97 His→Asn), a human haemoglobin variant: Functional characterization and structure modelling. Biochimica and Biophysica Acta 2007; 1774: 1299-1306.

2006

Amato A, Cappabianca MP, Ponzini D, Di Biagio P, Colosimo A, Guida V, Mastropietro F, Foglietta E, Grisanti P, Rinaldi S, Dallapiccola B and Bianco I. Detection of a rare β-globin nonsense mutation [codon 59 (AAG→TAG)] in an Italian family. Hemoglobin 2006; 30(3): 405-407.

Guida V, Cappabianca MP, Colosimo A, Rafanelli F, Amato A and Dallapiccola B. Influence of Gγ -158 C→T and β (AT)x(T)y globin gene polymorphisms on HbF levels in Italian β-thalassemia carriers and wild-type subjects. Haematologica 2006; 91(9):1275-1276.

2005

Bianco Silvestroni I, Amato A, Lerone M and Ponzini D. Trent’anni di prevenzione nel Lazio. Sapere 2005, pag 44.

2004

Guida V, Colosimo A, Fiorito M, Foglietta E, Bianco I, Ivaldi G, Fichera M and Dallapiccola B. Denaturing HPLC- Based Assay for Molecular Screening on Nondeletional Mutations Causing α-Thalassemias. Clin. Chemistry 2004; 50(7): 1242-1245.

2003

Cappabianca MP, Foglietta E, Grisanti P, Mastropietro F, Russo L, Amato A, Felicetti L and Bianco I. Differential Segregation of β+ IVS-I 110 (G→A), Aγ -117 (G→A), and Gγ -158 (C→T) Mutations in Members of an Albanian Family. Hemoglobin 2003; 27(4): 267-274.

Foglietta E, Bianco I, Maggio A and Giambona A. Rapid Detection of Six Common Mediterranean and Three Non- Mediterranean α-Thalassemia Point Mutations by Riverse Dot Blot Analysis. Am. J. Hematol. 2003; 74: 1-5.

2002

MastropietroF,ModianoG,CappabiancaMP,FogliettaE,D’AseroC,MezzabottaM,PonziniD,MaffeiL,AmatoA, Lerone M, Grisanti P, Di Biagio P, Rinaldi S and Bianco I. Factors regulating Hb F synthesis in thalassemia diseases. BMC Blood Disorders 2002; 2: 2.

Maffei L, Foglietta E, Cappabianca MP, Lerone M, Mastropietro F and Bianco I. The prevention of thalassemia major: emerging problems. Haematologica 2002; 87: (12) ELT 44.

Cianciulli P, Sorrentino F, Maffei L, Amadori S, Cappabianca MP, Foglietta E, Carnevali E and Pasquali-Ronchetti I. Cardiovascular involvement in thalassaemic patients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like skin lesions: a long-term follow-up study. Eur. J. Clin. Invest. 2002; 32(9): 640-642.

Maffi D, Pasquino MT, Caprari P, Caforio MP, Cianciulli P, Sorrentino F, Cappabianca MP and Salvati AM. Identification of G6PD Mediterranean mutation by amplification refractory mutation system. Clin. Chim. Acta 2002; 321(1-2): 43-47.

Colosimo A, Guida V, De Luca A, Cappabianca MP, Bianco I, Palka G and Dallapiccola B. Reliability of DHPLC in Mutational Screening of β-Globin (HBB) Alleles. Hum. Mut. 2002; 19: 287-295.

2001

Modiano D, Luoni G, Sirima BS, Lanfrancotti A, Petrarca V, Cruciani F, Simpore J, Ciminelli BM, Foglietta E, Grisanti P, Bianco I, Modiano G and Coluzzi M. The lower susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum malaria of Fulani of Burkina Faso (West Africa) is associated with low frequencies of classic malaria-resistance genes. Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg. 2001; 95: 149-152.