Sviluppo e validazione di un network nazionale per la creazione del registro italiano delle malattie mitocondriali
- 2 Anni 2010/2012
 - 217.100€ Totale Fondi
 
Le “encefalomiopatie mitocondriali” e le “malattie mitocondriali” (MM) in generale sono un gruppo di patologie in cui si ha un difetto della catena respiratoria mitocondriale con ridotta produzione cellulare di energia e disfunzione di numerosi organi e apparati, in particolare del sistema nervosa centrale, del muscolo e del cuore. Malgrado gli straordinari progressi registrati negli ultimi anni nella comprensione dei meccanismi molecolari e biochimici delle MM, le scelte terapeutiche sono tuttora fortemente limitate e quasi sempre sintomatiche, in grado cioè di mitigare i sintomi ma di non risolvere i meccanismi di base in grado di scatenare la sintomatologia che caratterizzano queste malattie. A rendere ancora più difficile questo settore è che, come spesso capita per altre patologie rare, in genere i centri clinici e gli studi contano su pochi casi, il che costituisce un enorme impedimento nel progresso dell’assistenza medica e delle prospettive terapeutiche. Questo limite può essere superato creando registri di pazienti. Il nostro progetto si pone come obiettivo quello di creare un network di centri clinici con esperienza documentata nel settore di tali patologie che disegnerà e validerà un database clinico e laboratoristico in cui particolare attenzione verrà dedicata anche alla storia naturale della patologia. La realizzazione di un registro nazionale consentirà una migliore comprensione della storia naturale delle MM, e costituirà un punto di partenza per nuovi sviluppi atti a migliorare il management clinico, terapeutico ed assistenziale di tali malattie.
Pubblicazioni Scientifiche
- 2021-01-15 ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS 
Clinical features of mtDNA-related syndromes in adulthood
 - 2011-11-18 BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 
Novel large-range mitochondrial DNA deletions and fatal multisystemic disorder with prominent hepatopathy
 - 2015-03-13 BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 
Early onset cardiomyopathy associated with the mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) 3271T>C MELAS mutation
 - 2021-06-12 BMC MEDICAL GENOMICS 
Bi-allelic variants in MTMR5/SBF1 cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4B3 featuring mitochondrial dysfunction
 - 2011-07-12 BMC NEUROLOGY 
Clinical and molecular features of an infant patient affected by Leigh Disease associated to m.14459G > A mitochondrial DNA mutation: a case report
 - 2012-11-01 BRAIN 
Next-generation sequencing reveals DGUOK mutations in adult patients with mitochondrial DNA multiple deletions
 - 2016-03-01 BRAIN 
LYRM7 mutations cause a multifocal cavitating leukoencephalopathy with distinct MRI appearance
 - 2019-01-01 CASE REPORTS IN NEUROLOGICAL MEDICINE 
CPEO and Mitochondrial Myopathy in a Patient with DGUOK Compound Heterozygous Pathogenetic Variant and mtDNA Multiple Deletions
 - 2022-01-01 CEREBRAL CIRCULATION - COGNITION AND BEHAVIOR 
Cognitive aspects of MELAS and CARASAL
 - 2011-09-01 CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 
Targeting Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Neurodegeneration by Means of Coenzyme Q10 and its Analogues
 - 2014-01-01 CURRENT MOLECULAR MEDICINE 
Mitochondrial Diseases in Childhood
 - 2013-02-01 CURRENT NEUROVASCULAR RESEARCH 
Vascular Factors and Mitochondrial Dysfunction: a Central Role in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease
 - 2012-03-01 EXPERT OPINION ON PHARMACOTHERAPY 
Drugs and mitochondrial diseases: 40 queries and answers
 - 2021-04-01 FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 
Understanding the Multiple Role of Mitochondria in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders: Lesson From Genetics and Protein-Interaction Network
 - 2019-02-27 FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY 
Lipomatosis Incidence and Characteristics in an Italian Cohort of Mitochondrial Patients
 - 2021-08-01 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES 
Tackling Dysfunction of Mitochondrial Bioenergetics in the Brain
 - 2023-12-01 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES 
Red Flags in Primary Mitochondrial Diseases: What Should We Recognize?
 - 2021-01-01 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 
Therapeutical Management and Drug Safety in Mitochondrial Diseases-Update 2020
 - 2021-03-01 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 
Mitochondrial Syndromes Revisited
 - 2021-05-01 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 
Movement Disorders in Children with a Mitochondrial Disease: A Cross-Sectional Survey from the Nationwide Italian Collaborative Network of Mitochondrial Diseases
 - 2011-05-01 JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE 
POLG1-Related and other "Mitochondrial Parkinsonisms": an Overview
 - 2014-09-01 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY 
The genetics of ataxia: through the labyrinth of the Minotaur, looking for Ariadne's thread
 - 2015-03-01 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY 
"Myo-cardiomyopathy" is commonly associated with the A8344G "MERRF" mutation
 - 2015-05-01 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY 
Redefining phenotypes associated with mitochondrial DNA single deletion
 - 2015-12-01 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY 
Redefining phenotypes associated with mitochondrial DNA single deletion (vol 262, pg 1301, 2015)
 - 2017-08-01 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY 
Revisiting mitochondrial ocular myopathies: a study from the Italian Network
 - 2019-04-01 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY 
Muscle pain in mitochondrial diseases: a picture from the Italian network
 - 2022-03-01 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY 
Adult-onset mitochondrial movement disorders: a national picture from the Italian Network
 - 2022-12-01 JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY 
Primary mitochondrial myopathy: 12-month follow-up results of an Italian cohort
 - 2023-01-01 JOURNAL OF NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES 
A Multisystem Mitochondrial Disease Caused by a Novel MT-TL1 mtDNA Variant: A Case Report
 - 2021-07-01 LANCET NEUROLOGY 
Mitochondrial disease in adults: recent advances and future promise
 - 2014-09-01 MITOCHONDRION 
Riboflavin responsive mitochondrial myopathy is a new phenotype of dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase deficiency. The chaperon-like effect of vitamin B2
 - 2021-05-01 MITOCHONDRION 
SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with primary mitochondrial diseases: Features and outcomes in Italy
 - 2012-11-01 MOLECULAR GENETICS AND METABOLISM 
EPI-743 reverses the progression of the pediatric mitochondrial disease-Genetically defined Leigh Syndrome
 - 2016-12-01 MOLECULAR GENETICS AND METABOLISM REPORTS 
Mitochondrial m.3243A>G mutation and carotid artery dissection
 - 2011-02-01 NEUROGENETICS 
Progressive cavitating leukoencephalopathy associated with respiratory chain complex I deficiency and a novel mutation in NDUFS1
 - 2012-11-01 NEUROGENETICS 
TMEM70: a mutational hot spot in nuclear ATP synthase deficiency with a pivotal role in complex V biogenesis
 - 2012-04-01 NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES 
Nerve and muscle involvement in mitochondrial disorders: an electrophysiological study
 - 2013-01-01 NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES 
Psychiatric involvement in adult patients with mitochondrial disease
 - 2021-01-01 NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES 
Catatonia as prominent feature of stroke-like episode in MELAS
 - 2013-05-01 NEUROLOGY 
Phenotypic heterogeneity of the 8344A>G mtDNA "MERRF" mutation
 - 2022-06-01 NEUROLOGY INTERNATIONAL 
Mitochondrial Ataxias: Molecular Classification and Clinical Heterogeneity
 - 2012-12-01 NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS 
Effects of aerobic training on exercise-related oxidative stress in mitochondrial myopathies
 - 2013-11-01 NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS 
An "inflammatory" mitochondrial myopathy. A case report
 - 2016-04-01 NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS 
"Mitochondrial neuropathies": A survey from the large cohort of the Italian Network
 - 2017-12-01 NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS 
International Workshop: Outcome measures and clinical trial readiness in primary mitochondrial myopathies in children and adults. Consensus recommendations. 16-18 November 2016, Rome, Italy
 - 2010-01-01 NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT 
Current and emerging treatment options in the management of Friedreich ataxia
 - 2021-10-09 ORPHANET JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES 
Clinical, imaging, biochemical and molecular features in Leigh syndrome: a study from the Italian network of mitochondrial diseases
 - 2011-01-01 PROGRESS IN NUTRITION 
Milk whey protein dietary supplementation as tool for modifying oxidative stress in neurological disorders