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Education

• M.D. Institution: University La Sapienza, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy
• M.S. Institution: (Epidemiology) College of Graduate Health Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
• Postdoctoral: (Medical Retina Research) Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; (Pediatric Retinal and Optic Nerve Diseases) University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
• Residency: School of Ophthalmology, Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Rome, Italy

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• Ophthalmology - Alessandro Iannaccone

Research Interests

Presently, stronger emphasis in my research is on 1) inflammatory and autoimmune aspects of age related macular degeneration and panretinal retinopathies; 2) hereditary retinal diseases such as X-linked and dominant retinitis pigmentosa (RP), Leber's congenital amaurosis, Usher syndrome (RP with hearing loss) and Bardet-Biedl syndrome (RP with obesity, polydactyly, and other systemic manifestations); and 3) nutritional influences on macular function and macular pigment.

Recent Publications

• Cheung HW, Du J, Boehm JS, He F, Weir BA, Wang X, Butaney M, Sequist LV, Luo B, Engelman JA, Root DE, Meyerson M, Golub TR, Jänne PA, Hahn WC. Amplification of CRKL Induces Transformation and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor Resistance in Human Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers. Cancer Discov. 2011 Dec;1(7):608-25. Epub 2011 Oct 17. PubMed PMID: 22586683.
• Metukuri MR, Zhang P, Basantani MK, Chin C, Stamateris RE, Alonso LC, Takane KK, Gramignoli R, Strom SC, O'Doherty RM, Stewart AF, Vasavada RC, Garcia-Ocaña A, Scott DK. ChREBP Mediates Glucose-Stimulated Pancreatic β-Cell Proliferation. Diabetes. 2012 May 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22586588.
• Delmastro MM, Styche AJ, Trucco MM, Workman CJ, Vignali DA, Piganelli JD. Modulation of Redox Balance Leaves Murine Diabetogenic TH1 T Cells "LAG-3-ing" Behind. Diabetes. 2012 May 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22586584.
• Gepner AD, Ramamurthy R, Krueger DC, Korcarz CE, Binkley N, Stein JH. A prospective randomized controlled trial of the effects of vitamin d supplementation on cardiovascular disease risk. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e36617. Epub 2012 May 7. PubMed PMID: 22586483.
• Liu S, Yeh CT, Tang HM, Nettleton D, Schnable PS. Gene Mapping via Bulked Segregant RNA-Seq (BSR-Seq). PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e36406. Epub 2012 May 7. PubMed PMID: 22586469.
• Pattanaik B, Whitaker MJ, Montgomery BL. Light Quantity Affects the Regulation of Cell Shape in Fremyella diplosiphon. Front Microbiol. 2012;3:170. Epub 2012 May 7. PubMed PMID: 22586424.

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