List of works by Alessandra F Perna

A bench to bedside view of uremic toxins

scientific article published on 20 February 2008

A longitudinal study of sleep disorders in early-stage chronic kidney disease.

scientific article published in September 2010

Altered folate receptor 2 expression in uraemic patients on haemodialysis: implications for folate resistance.

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Anemia and erythropoietin in space flights

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Atenolol vs enalapril in young hypertensive patients after successful repair of aortic coarctation

scientific article published on 20 August 2015

Candidate risk factors for cardiovascular disease in CKD.

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Chitosan Gel to Treat Pressure Ulcers: A Clinical Pilot Study.

scientific article published on 17 January 2018

Chronic parathyroid hormone excess in vivo increases resting levels of cytosolic calcium in brain synaptosomes: studies in the presence and absence of chronic renal failure

scientific article published on April 1, 1991

Conservative treatment of the uremic syndrome

scientific article published on July 2009

Creatinine clearance and hemoglobin concentration before and after heart transplantation

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Cytoskeletal behaviour in spectrin and in band 3 deficient spherocytic red cells: evidence for differentiated splenic conditioning role

scientific article published on 01 April 1996

D-amino acids in aging erythrocytes

scientific article published on 01 January 1998

D-aspartate content of erythrocyte membrane proteins is decreased in uremia: implications for the repair of damaged proteins.

scientific article published in January 1997

Do elevated homocysteine levels predict mortality in chronic kidney disease stages 3-4?

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Effects of plasma amino acid and hormone levels on renal hemodynamics in humans

scientific article published on 01 September 1988

Effects of verapamil on the abnormalities in fatty acid oxidation of myocardium.

scientific article published in September 1989

Enzymatic methyl esterification of erythrocyte membrane proteins is impaired in chronic renal failure. Evidence for high levels of the natural inhibitor S-adenosylhomocysteine.

scientific article published on June 1993

Epigenetics in hyperhomocysteinemic states. A special focus on uremia.

scientific article published on 30 December 2008

Erythropoietin as a volume-regulating hormone: an integrated view

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Evaluation of the 'putative' role of intraoperative intact parathyroid hormone assay during parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism. A retrospective study on 35 consecutive patients: intraoperative iPTH assay during parathyroidectomy.

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Folate treatment and unbalanced methylation and changes of allelic expression induced by hyperhomocysteinaemia in patients with uraemia.

scientific article published in May 2003

Gases as uremic toxins: is there something in the air?

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Gut-Derived Metabolites and Their Role in Immune Dysfunction in Chronic Kidney Disease

scientific article published on 11 April 2020

High prevalence of sleep disorders in hemodialyzed patients requiring parathyroidectomy

scientific article published in January 2008

Homocysteine and chronic kidney disease: an ongoing narrative

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

Homocysteine and chronic renal failure.

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Homocysteine and transmethylations in uremia.

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Homocysteine in uremia.

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Homocysteine metabolism in renal failure

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Homocysteine, a new crucial element in the pathogenesis of uremic cardiovascular complications.

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Hydrogen sulfide increases after a single hemodialysis session

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Hydrogen sulfide reduces cell adhesion and relevant inflammatory triggering by preventing ADAM17-dependent TNF-α activation

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Hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas with cardiovascular properties in uremia: how harmful is it?

scientific article published on 10 January 2011

Hydrogen sulfide, the third gaseous signaling molecule with cardiovascular properties, is decreased in hemodialysis patients.

scientific article published on September 2010

Hyperhomocysteinemia and cardiovascular disease in uremia: the newest evidence in epidemiology and mechanisms of action.

scientific article published in September 2004

Hyperhomocysteinemia and macromolecule modifications in uremic patients.

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Hyperhomocysteinemia and protein damage in chronic renal failure and kidney transplant pediatric patients--Italian initiative on uremic hyperhomocysteinemia (IIUH).

scientific article published in July 2003

Hyperhomocysteinemia in chronic renal failure

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Hyperuricemia and cardiovascular diseases: from phylogenesys to patogenetic mechanisms

scientific article published on January 2015

Impact of parathyroidectomy on cardiovascular outcomes and survival in chronic hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism. A retrospective study of 50 cases prior to the calcimimetics era.

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Impact of the uremic milieu on the osteogenic potential of mesenchymal stem cells

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Impaired activity of alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase of heart mitochondria in chronic renal failure: role of secondary hyperparathyroidism

scientific article published on 01 January 1991

In uremia, plasma levels of anti-protein C and anti-protein S antibodies are associated with thrombosis

scientific article published in September 2005

Increased membrane-protein methylation in hereditary spherocytosis. A marker of cytoskeletal disarray

scientific article published on 01 March 1995

Increased methyl esterification of altered aspartyl residues in erythrocyte membrane proteins in response to oxidative stress

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Increased plasma protein homocysteinylation in hemodialysis patients.

scientific article published in March 2006

Inhibition of phosphofructokinase activity in pancreatic islets in phosphate depletion.

scientific article published in January 1991

Is homocysteine toxic in uremia?

scientific article published in January 2008

L-Propionyl carnitine, homocysteine and S-adenosylhomocysteine in hemodialysis

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Long-term function of parathyroid subcutaneous autoimplantation after presumed total parathyroidectomy in the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism. A clinical retrospective study.

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Long-term outcomes following "presumed" total parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism of chronic kidney disease.

scientific article published in November 2012

Low hydrogen sulphide and chronic kidney disease: a dangerous liaison.

scientific article published in February 2012

Low protein alimentation normalizes renal haemodynamic response to acute protein ingestion in type 1 diabetic children

scientific article published on 01 February 1989

Low protein diets are mainstay for management of chronic kidney disease

scientific article published on June 2011

Mariano Semmola (1831-1895): the effect of low protein diet in primary albuminuria.

scientific article published in May 2006

Mechanism of erythrocyte accumulation of methylation inhibitor S-adenosylhomocysteine in uremia

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Mechanism of organ dysfunction in phosphate depletion: a critical role for a rise in cytosolic calcium

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Membrane protein damage and methylation reactions in chronic renal failure

scientific article published on 01 August 1996

Metabolic consequences of folate-induced reduction of hyperhomocysteinemia in uremia

scientific article published on 01 December 1997

Metabolic consequences of hyperhomocysteinemia in uremia.

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Methionine-enriched diet decreases hippocampal antioxidant defences and impairs spontaneous behaviour and long-term potentiation in rats.

scientific article published on 8 July 2012

Multi-Omics Studies Unveil Extraciliary Functions of BBS10 and Show Metabolic Aberrations Underlying Renal Disease in Bardet–Biedl Syndrome

scientific article published in 2022

Nephrotic edema.

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Normal and pathologic concentrations of uremic toxins

scientific article published on 24 May 2012

Novel Applications of Lead Acetate and Flow Cytometry Methods for Detection of Sulfur-Containing Molecules.

scientific article published in February 2019

Occurrence of D-aspartic acid and N-methyl-D-aspartic acid in rat neuroendocrine tissues and their role in the modulation of luteinizing hormone and growth hormone release

scientific article published on 01 April 2000

On the mechanism of impaired insulin secretion in chronic renal failure

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Partial response to cinacalcet treatment in a patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism undergoing hemodialysis: a case report

scientific article published on 11 December 2012

Phosphate depletion impairs insulin secretion by pancreatic islets

scientific article published on January 1, 1991

Plasma homocysteine and its determinants in diabetic retinopathy

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Plasma protein aspartyl damage is increased in hemodialysis patients: studies on causes and consequences

scientific article published in October 2004

Plasma protein homocysteinylation in uremia

scientific article published on January 2007

Possible mechanisms of homocysteine toxicity.

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Reduction of the genomic damage level in haemodialysis patients by folic acid and vitamin B12 supplementation

scientific article published on 9 May 2008

Renal function in space: the link between osteoporosis, hypercalciuria, and aquaporins

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Retracted: Homocysteinylated Albumin Promotes Increased Monocyte-Endothelial Cell Adhesion and Up-Regulation of MCP1, Hsp60 and ADAM17

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Review on uraemic toxins III: recommendations for handling uraemic retention solutes in vitro towards a standardized approach for research on uraemia

scientific article published on 27 August 2007

Sevelamer worsens metabolic acidosis in hemodialysis patients

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Sleep disorders in kidney disease.

scientific article published on March 2010

Survival is not enough

scientific article published on January 2012

Survival is not enough--quality of life in CKD

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

The Giordano-Giovannetti diet

scientific article published on 23 December 2013

The Sulfur Metabolite Lanthionine: Evidence for a Role as a Novel Uremic Toxin.

scientific article published on 10 January 2017

The heart in uremia: role of hypertension, hypotension, and sleep apnea.

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The kidney in heart failure

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The nature of water: excerpts from Pythagoras, Xenophanes, Heraclitus and Parmenides.

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The role of the intestinal microbiota in uremic solute accumulation: a focus on sulfur compounds

scientific article published on 23 January 2019

Thrombosis of vascular access associated with factor V Leiden, antiphospholipid antibodies and antiheparin antibodies in a young woman on dialysis receiving warfarin following mitral valve replacement

scientific article published on 13 February 2006

Total parathyroidectomy without autotransplantation in the surgical treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism of chronic kidney disease

scientific article published on 22 March 2011

Toxic effects of hyperhomocysteinemia in chronic renal failure and in uremia: cardiovascular and metabolic consequences.

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Two Different Serum MiRNA Signatures Correlate with the Clinical Outcome and Histological Subtype in Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma Patients.

scientific article published on 11 August 2015

Uremic Toxin Lanthionine Interferes with the Transsulfuration Pathway, Angiogenetic Signaling and Increases Intracellular Calcium

scientific article published on 08 May 2019

Vasopressin, hypercalciuria and aquaporin--the key elements for impaired renal water handling in astronauts?

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Where philosophy meets clinical science

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Zebrafish, a Novel Model System to Study Uremic Toxins: The Case for the Sulfur Amino Acid Lanthionine.

scientific article published on 29 April 2018

[Cardiovascular risk factors, homocysteine and folates]

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

[Health care based on patients' needs]

scientific article published on 01 November 2008

[Survival is not enough: improving quality of life]

scientific article published on 01 November 2008