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Andrea Malaspina
Researcher at Queen Mary University of London
Publications - 126
Citations - 7237
Andrea Malaspina is an academic researcher from Queen Mary University of London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 109 publications receiving 5333 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrea Malaspina include University College London & University of Bologna.
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Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Wouter van Rheenen,Aleksey Shatunov,Annelot M. Dekker,Russell L. McLaughlin,Frank P. Diekstra,Sara L. Pulit,Rick A.A. van der Spek,Urmo Võsa,Simone de Jong,Simone de Jong,Matthew R. Robinson,Jian Yang,Isabella Fogh,Isabella Fogh,Perry T.C. van Doormaal,Gijs H.P. Tazelaar,Max Koppers,Anna M. Blokhuis,William Sproviero,Ashley R. Jones,Kevin P. Kenna,Kristel R. van Eijk,Oliver Harschnitz,Raymond D. Schellevis,William J. Brands,Jelena Medic,Androniki Menelaou,Alice Vajda,Alice Vajda,Nicola Ticozzi,Kuang Lin,Boris Rogelj,Katarina Vrabec,Metka Ravnik-Glavač,Blaž Koritnik,Janez Zidar,Lea Leonardis,Leja Dolenc Grošelj,Stéphanie Millecamps,François Salachas,Vincent Meininger,Mamede de Carvalho,Susana Pinto,Jesus S. Mora,Ricardo Rojas-García,Meraida Polak,Siddharthan Chandran,Shuna Colville,Robert Swingler,Karen E. Morrison,Pamela J. Shaw,John Hardy,Richard W. Orrell,Alan M. Pittman,Katie Sidle,Pietro Fratta,Andrea Malaspina,Simon Topp,Susanne Petri,Susanne Abdulla,Carsten Drepper,Michael Sendtner,Thomas F. Meyer,Roel A. Ophoff,Roel A. Ophoff,Roel A. Ophoff,Kim A. Staats,Martina Wiedau-Pazos,Catherine Lomen-Hoerth,Vivianna M. Van Deerlin,John Q. Trojanowski,Lauren Elman,Leo McCluskey,A. Nazli Basak,Ceren Tunca,Hamid Hamzeiy,Yesim Parman,Thomas Meitinger,Peter Lichtner,Milena Radivojkov-Blagojevic,Christian R. Andres,Cindy Maurel,Gilbert Bensimon,Bernhard Landwehrmeyer,Alexis Brice,Christine Payan,Safaa Saker-Delye,Alexandra Durr,Nicholas W. Wood,Lukas Tittmann,Wolfgang Lieb,Andre Franke,Marcella Rietschel,Sven Cichon,Markus M. Nöthen,Philippe Amouyel,Christophe Tzourio,Jean-François Dartigues,André G. Uitterlinden,Fernando Rivadeneira,Karol Estrada,Albert Hofman,Albert Hofman,Charles Curtis,Charles Curtis,Hylke M. Blauw,Anneke J. van der Kooi,Marianne de Visser,An Goris,Markus Weber,Christopher Shaw,Bradley N. Smith,Orietta Pansarasa,Cristina Cereda,Roberto Del Bo,Giacomo P. Comi,Sandra D'Alfonso,Cinzia Bertolin,Gianni Sorarù,Letizia Mazzini,Viviana Pensato,Cinzia Gellera,Cinzia Tiloca,Antonia Ratti,Andrea Calvo,Cristina Moglia,Maura Brunetti,Simona Arcuti,Rosa Capozzo,Chiara Zecca,Christian Lunetta,Silvana Penco,Nilo Riva,Alessandro Padovani,Massimiliano Filosto,Bernard Muller,Robbert Jan Stuit,Ian P. Blair,Katharine Y. Zhang,Emily P. McCann,Jennifer A. Fifita,Garth A. Nicholson,Garth A. Nicholson,Dominic B. Rowe,Roger Pamphlett,Matthew C. Kiernan,Julian Grosskreutz,Otto W. Witte,Thomas M. Ringer,Tino Prell,Beatrice Stubendorff,Ingo Kurth,Christian A. Hübner,P. Nigel Leigh,Federico Casale,Adriano Chiò,Ettore Beghi,Elisabetta Pupillo,Rosanna Tortelli,Giancarlo Logroscino,John Powell,Albert C. Ludolph,Jochen H. Weishaupt,Wim Robberecht,Philip Van Damme,Lude Franke,Tune H. Pers,Robert H. Brown,Jonathan D. Glass,John Landers,Orla Hardiman,Orla Hardiman,Peter M. Andersen,Peter M. Andersen,Philippe Corcia,Patrick Vourc'h,Vincenzo Silani,Naomi R. Wray,Peter M. Visscher,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Michael A. van Es,R. Jeroen Pasterkamp,Cathryn M. Lewis,Gerome Breen,Gerome Breen,Ammar Al-Chalabi,Leonard H. van den Berg,Jan H. Veldink +187 more
TL;DR: Evidence of ALS being a complex genetic trait with a polygenic architecture is established and the SNP-based heritability is estimated at 8.5%, with a distinct and important role for low-frequency variants (frequency 1–10%).
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Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene.
Aude Nicolas,Kevin P. Kenna,Alan E. Renton,Alan E. Renton,Nicola Ticozzi,Faraz Faghri,Faraz Faghri,Ruth Chia,Janice A. Dominov,Brendan J. Kenna,Mike A. Nalls,Pamela Keagle,Alberto M. Rivera,Wouter van Rheenen,Natalie A. Murphy,Joke J.F.A. van Vugt,Joshua T. Geiger,Rick A.A. van der Spek,Hannah A. Pliner,Shankaracharya,Bradley N. Smith,Giuseppe Marangi,Giuseppe Marangi,Simon Topp,Yevgeniya Abramzon,Yevgeniya Abramzon,Athina Soragia Gkazi,John D. Eicher,Aoife Kenna,Francesco Logullo,Isabella Simone,Giancarlo Logroscino,Fabrizio Salvi,Ilaria Bartolomei,Giuseppe Borghero,Maria Rita Murru,Emanuela Costantino,Carla Pani,Roberta Puddu,Carla Caredda,Valeria Piras,Stefania Tranquilli,Stefania Cuccu,Daniela Corongiu,Maurizio Melis,Antonio Milia,Francesco Marrosu,Maria Giovanna Marrosu,Gianluca Floris,Antonino Cannas,Margherita Capasso,Claudia Caponnetto,Gianluigi Mancardi,Paola Origone,Paola Mandich,Francesca Luisa Conforti,Sebastiano Cavallaro,Gabriele Mora,Kalliopi Marinou,Riccardo Sideri,Silvana Penco,Lorena Mosca,Christian Lunetta,Giuseppe Lauria Pinter,Massimo Corbo,Nilo Riva,Paola Carrera,Paolo Volanti,Jessica Mandrioli,Nicola Fini,Antonio Fasano,Lucio Tremolizzo,A Arosio,Carlo Ferrarese,Francesca Trojsi,Gioacchino Tedeschi,Maria Rosaria Monsurrò,Giovanni Piccirillo,Cinzia Femiano,Anna Ticca,Enzo Ortu,Vincenzo La Bella,Rossella Spataro,Tiziana Colletti,Mario Sabatelli,Marcella Zollino,Amelia Conte,Marco Luigetti,Serena Lattante,Marialuisa Santarelli,Antonio Petrucci,Maura Pugliatti,Angelo Pirisi,Leslie D. Parish,Patrizia Occhineri,Fabio Giannini,Stefania Battistini,Claudia Ricci,Michele Benigni,Tea B. Cau,Daniela Loi,Andrea Calvo,Cristina Moglia,Maura Brunetti,Marco Barberis,Gabriella Restagno,Federico Casale,Giuseppe Marrali,Giuseppe Fuda,Irene Ossola,Stefania Cammarosano,Antonio Canosa,Antonio Ilardi,Umberto Manera,Maurizio Grassano,Raffaella Tanel,Fabrizio Pisano,Letizia Mazzini,Sonia Messina,Isabella Laura Simone,Sandra D'Alfonso,Lucia Corrado,Luigi Ferrucci,Matthew B. Harms,David Goldstein,Neil A. Shneider,Stephen A. Goutman,Zachary Simmons,Timothy M. Miller,Siddharthan Chandran,Suvankar Pal,George Manousakis,Stanley H. Appel,Ericka Simpson,Leo H. Wang,Robert H. Baloh,Summer B. Gibson,Richard Bedlack,David Lacomis,Dhruv Sareen,Alexander Sherman,Lucie Bruijn,Michelle Penny,Cristiane de Araújo Martins Moreno,Sitharthan Kamalakaran,Andrew S. Allen,Stanley Appel,Richard S. Bedlack,Braden E. Boone,Robert H. Brown,John P. Carulli,Alessandra Chesi,Wendy K. Chung,Elizabeth T. Cirulli,Gregory M. Cooper,Julien Couthouis,Aaron G. Day-Williams,Patrick A. Dion,Aaron D. Gitler,Jonathan D. Glass,Yujun Han,Timothy D. Harris,Sebastian D. Hayes,Angela Jones,Jonathan Keebler,Brian J. Krueger,Brittany N. Lasseigne,Shawn Levy,Yi-Fan Lu,Tom Maniatis,Diane McKenna-Yasek,Richard M. Myers,Slavé Petrovski,Stefan M. Pulst,Alya R. Raphael,John M. Ravits,Zhong Ren,Guy A. Rouleau,Peter C. Sapp,Katherine B. Sims,John F. Staropoli,Lindsay L. Waite,Quanli Wang,Jack R. Wimbish,Winnie Xin,Hemali Phatnani,Justin Y. Kwan,James R. Broach,Ximena Arcila-Londono,Edward B. Lee,Vivianna M. Van Deerlin,Ernest Fraenkel,Lyle W. Ostrow,Frank Baas,Noah Zaitlen,James D. Berry,Andrea Malaspina,Pietro Fratta,Gregory A. Cox,Leslie M. Thompson,Steve Finkbeiner,Efthimios Dardiotis,Eran Hornstein,Daniel MacGowan,Terry Heiman-Patterson,Molly G. Hammell,Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos,Joshua Dubnau,Avindra Nath,Rajeeva Musunuri,Uday S. Evani,Avinash Abhyankar,Michael C. Zody,Julia A. Kaye,Steven Finkbeiner,Stacia K. Wyman,Alexander LeNail,Leandro Lima,Jeffrey D. Rothstein,Clive N. Svendsen,Jenny Van Eyk,Nicholas J. Maragakis,Stephen J. Kolb,Merit Cudkowicz,Emily G. Baxi,Stacia Wyman,Alex LeNail,Jennifer E. Van Eyk,Michael Benatar,J. Paul Taylor,Gang Wu,Evadnie Rampersaud,Joanne Wuu,Rosa Rademakers,Stephan Züchner,Rebecca Schüle,Jacob L. McCauley,Sumaira Hussain,Anne Cooley,Marielle Wallace,Christine Clayman,Richard J. Barohn,Jeffrey Statland,John Ravits,Andrea Swenson,Carlayne E. Jackson,Jaya Trivedi,Shaida Khan,Jonathan L. Katz,Liberty Jenkins,Ted M. Burns,Kelly G. Gwathmey,James Caress,Corey T. McMillan,Lauren Elman,Erik P. Pioro,Jeannine M. Heckmann,Yuen T. So,David Walk,Samuel Maiser,Jinghui Zhang,Vincenzo Silani,C. Gellera,Antonia Ratti,Franco Taroni,Giuseppe Lauria,Federico Verde,Isabella Fogh,Cinzia Tiloca,Giacomo P. Comi,Gianni Sorarù,Cristina Cereda,Fabiola De Marchi,Stefania Corti,Mauro Ceroni,Gabriele Siciliano,Massimiliano Filosto,Maurizio Inghilleri,Silvia Peverelli,Claudia Colombrita,Barbara Poletti,Luca Maderna,Roberto Del Bo,Stella Gagliardi,Giorgia Querin,Cinzia Bertolin,Viviana Pensato,Barbara Castellotti,William Camu,Kevin Mouzat,Serge Lumbroso,Philippe Corcia,Vincent Meininger,Gérard Besson,Emmeline Lagrange,Pierre Clavelou,Nathalie Guy,Philippe Couratier,Patrick Vourc'h,Veronique Danel,Emilien Bernard,Gwendal Lemasson,Hannu Laaksovirta,Liisa Myllykangas,Lilja Jansson,Miko Valori,John Ealing,Hisham Hamdalla,Sara Rollinson,Stuart Pickering-Brown,Richard W. Orrell,Katie C. L. Sidle,John Hardy,Andrew B. Singleton,Janel O. Johnson,Sampath Arepalli,Meraida Polak,Seneshaw Asress,Safa Al-Sarraj,Andrew T. King,Claire Troakes,Caroline Vance,Jacqueline de Belleroche,Anneloor L.M.A. ten Asbroek,José Luis Muñoz-Blanco,Dena G. Hernandez,Jinhui Ding,J. Raphael Gibbs,Sonja W. Scholz,Mary Kay Floeter,Roy H. Campbell,Francesco Landi,Robert Bowser,Daniel J. L. MacGowan,Janine Kirby,Erik P. Pioro,Roger Pamphlett,James Broach,Glenn S. Gerhard,Travis Dunckley,Christopher B. Brady,Christopher B. Brady,Neil W. Kowall,Juan C. Troncoso,Isabelle Le Ber,Terry Heiman-Patterson,Terry Heiman-Patterson,Freya Kamel,Ludo Van Den Bosch,Tim M. Strom,Thomas Meitinger,Aleksey Shatunov,Kristel R. van Eijk,Mamede de Carvalho,Maarten Kooyman,Bas Middelkoop,Matthieu Moisse,Russell L. McLaughlin,Michael A. van Es,Markus Weber,Kevin B. Boylan,Marka van Blitterswijk,Karen E. Morrison,A. Nazli Basak,Jesus S. Mora,Vivian E. Drory,Pamela J. Shaw,Martin R Turner,Kevin Talbot,Orla Hardiman,Kelly L. Williams,Jennifer A. Fifita,Garth A. Nicholson,Garth A. Nicholson,Ian P. Blair,Jesús Esteban-Pérez,Alberto García-Redondo,Ammar Al-Chalabi,Ahmad Al Kheifat,Peter M. Andersen,Adriano Chiò,Jonathan Cooper-Knock,Annelot M. Dekker,Vivian E. Drory,Alberto Garcia Redondo,Marc Gotkine,Winston Hide,Alfredo Iacoangeli,Jonathan Glass,K.P. Kenna,Matthew C. Kiernan,John E. Landers,Russell McLaughlin,Jonathan Mill,Miguel Mitne Neto,Mattieu Moisse,Jesus S. Mora Pardina,Karen E. Morrison,Stephen Newhouse,Susana Pinto,Sara L. Pulit,Wim Robberecht,Pamela Shaw,Chris Shaw,William Sproviero,Gijs H.P. Tazelaar,Philip Van Damme,Leonard H. van den Berg,Rick van der Spek,Kristel R van Eijk,Michael A van Es,Joke van Vugt,J. H. Veldink,Mayana Zatz,Denis C. Bauer,Natalie A. Twine,Ekaterina Rogaeva,Lorne Zinman,Johnathan Cooper-Knock,Alexis Brice,Stephen A. Goutman,Eva L. Feldman,Summer Gibson,Albert C. Ludolph,Peter M Andersen,Jochen H. Weishaupt,John Q. Trojanowski,Robert H. Brown,Leonard H. van den Berg,Jan H. Veldink,David J. Stone,Pentti J. Tienari,Christopher Shaw,Bryan J. Traynor,Bryan J. Traynor,John Landers +435 more
TL;DR: Interestingly, mutations predominantly in the N-terminal motor domain of KIF5A are causative for two neurodegenerative diseases: hereditary spastic paraplegia and Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2.
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Diagnostic Value of Cerebrospinal Fluid Neurofilament Light Protein in Neurology: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Claire Bridel,van Wieringen Wn,Henrik Zetterberg,Betty M. Tijms,Charlotte E. Teunissen,José C. Álvarez-Cermeño,Ulf Andreasson,Markus Axelsson,David Bäckström,Ales Bartos,Maria Bjerke,Kaj Blennow,Kaj Blennow,A. Boxer,Lena Brundin,Joachim Burman,Tove Christensen,Lenka Fialová,Lars Forsgren,Jette L. Frederiksen,Magnus Gisslén,Elizabeth Gray,Martin Gunnarsson,Sara Hall,Oskar Hansson,Megan K. Herbert,Joel Jakobsson,Jessen-Krut J,Shorena Janelidze,Gudmundur Johannsson,Gudmundur Johannsson,Michael Jonsson,Ludwig Kappos,Mohsen Khademi,Mohsen Khademi,Michael Khalil,Jens Kuhle,Mikael Landén,Leinonen,Giancarlo Logroscino,Lu Ch,Jan Lycke,Nadia K. Magdalinou,Andrea Malaspina,Niklas Mattsson,Lieke H.H. Meeter,Mehta,Signe Modvig,Tomas Olsson,Tomas Olsson,Ross W. Paterson,Pérez-Santiago J,Fredrik Piehl,Fredrik Piehl,Pijnenburg Yal,Pyykkö Ot,Ragnarsson O,Julio C. Rojas,Romme Christensen J,Sandberg L,Carole Scherling,Jonathan M. Schott,Finn Sellebjerg,Isabella Laura Simone,Tobias Skillbäck,Stilund M,Peter Sundström,Anders Svenningsson,Rosanna Tortelli,Carla Tortorella,Alessandro Trentini,Troiano M,Martin R Turner,van Swieten Jc,Mattias Vågberg,Marcel M. Verbeek,Luisa M. Villar,Pieter Jelle Visser,Pieter Jelle Visser,Anders Wallin,Weiss A,Carsten Wikkelsö,Edward J. Wild +82 more
TL;DR: The cNfL increased with age in HC and a majority of neurological conditions, although the association was strongest in HC, and has potential to assist the differentiation of FTD from AD and PD from atypical parkinsonian syndromes.
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Mutations in the Matrin 3 gene cause familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Janel O. Johnson,Erik P. Pioro,Ashley Boehringer,Ruth Chia,Howard Feit,Alan E. Renton,Hannah A. Pliner,Yevgeniya Abramzon,Giuseppe Marangi,Brett J. Winborn,J. Raphael Gibbs,Mike A. Nalls,Sarah Morgan,Maryam Shoai,John Hardy,Alan M. Pittman,Richard W. Orrell,Andrea Malaspina,Katie C. L. Sidle,Pietro Fratta,Matthew B. Harms,Robert H. Baloh,Alan Pestronk,Conrad C. Weihl,Ekaterina Rogaeva,Lorne Zinman,Vivian E. Drory,Giuseppe Borghero,Gabriele Mora,Andrea Calvo,Jeffrey D. Rothstein,Italsgen,Carsten Drepper,Michael Sendtner,Andrew B. Singleton,J. Paul Taylor,Mark R. Cookson,Gabriella Restagno,Mario Sabatelli,Robert Bowser,Adriano Chiò,Bryan J. Traynor +41 more
TL;DR: Exome sequencing data provide more evidence supporting the role of aberrant RNA processing in motor neuron degeneration in ALS kindreds and observed MATR3 pathology in ALS-affected spinal cords with and withoutMATR3 mutations.
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Neurofilament light chain: A prognostic biomarker in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Ching-Hua Lu,Corrie Macdonald-Wallis,Elizabeth Gray,Neil Pearce,Axel Petzold,Niklas Norgren,Gavin Giovannoni,Pietro Fratta,Katie Sidle,Mark Fish,Richard W. Orrell,Robin S. Howard,Kevin Talbot,Linda Greensmith,Jens Kuhle,Martin R Turner,Andrea Malaspina +16 more
TL;DR: This report provides Class III evidence that the NfL electrochemiluminescence immunoassay accurately distinguishes patients with sporadic ALS from healthy controls and offers potential for N fL as a pharmacodynamic biomarker in future therapeutic trials.