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Brief Research Description

- Pathogenesis of Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA), a rare erythroid aplasia caused by mutations in ribosomal protein genes: investigation of the molecular and cellular alterations resulting from the genetic defect and search for new therapeutic approaches

- Mechanisms underpinning cancer predisposition in DBA and other inherited ribosomopathies, i.e. pathologies characterized by impaired ribosome biogenesis or function

- Interaction among microbiota, obesity and colon cancer: analysis of the role of gut bacteria in colon carcinogenesis

- Genetic factors that predispose to colorectal cancer

- Genetic factors that predispose to the development of pleural mesothelioma in patients exposed to asbestos.

Keywords

Diamond Blackfan Anemia, Colon Microbiota, Colon cancer, Mesothelioma, Inherited Cancer Syndromes

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ORCID 0000-0002-9344-3892