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Alberto Malerba

Name: Dr Alberto Malerba
PhD
Post: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neuromuscular Disease (Wells)
Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Email: amalerba@rvc.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7468 5411
Address: Researchers
The Royal Veterinary College
Royal College Street
London NW1 0TU
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Selected Publications

Malerba A, Kang J, McClorey G, Saleh AF, Popplewell L, Gait MJ, Wood MJA, Dickson G. 2012.
DUAL MYOSTATIN AND DYSTROPHIN EXON SKIPPING BY MORPHOLINO NUCLEIC ACID OLIGOMERS CONJUGATED TO A CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE IS A PROMISING THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY FOR THE TREATMENT OF DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids. 2012 Dec 18;1:e62. doi: 10.1038/mtna.2012.54. PubMed ID 23250360


Malerba A, Boldrin L, Dickson G. 2011.
LONG-TERM SYSTEMIC ADMINISTRATION OF UNCONJUGATED MORPHOLINO OLIGOMERS FOR THERAPEUTIC EXPRESSION OF DYSTROPHIN BY EXON SKIPPING IN SKELETAL MUSCLE: IMPLICATIONS FOR CARDIAC MUSCLE INTEGRITY. Nucleic acid therapeutics. 21(4):293-298. PubMed ID 21851223


Koo TY, Malerba A, Athanasopoulos T, Trollet C, Boldrin L, Ferry A, Foster H, Popplewell L, Foster K, Dickson G. 2011.
DELIVERY OF AAV2/9-MICRODYSTROPHIN GENES INCORPORATING HELIX 1 OF THE COILED-COIL MOTIF IN THE C-TERMINAL DOMAIN OF DYSTROPHIN IMPROVES MUSCLE PATHOLOGY AND RESTORES THE LEVEL OF a1-SYNTROPHIN AND ß-DYSTROBREVIN IN SKELETAL MUSCLES OF MDX MICE. Human Gene Therapy, 22(11):1379-1388 PubMed ID 21453126


Kang JK*, Malerba A*, Popplewell L, Foster K, Dickson G. 2011.
ANTISENSE-INDUCED MYOSTATIN EXON SKIPPING LEADS TO MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY IN MICE FOLLOWING OCTA GUANIDINE MORPHOLINO OLIGOMER TREATMENT. Molecular Therapy 19:159-164. PubMed ID 20924365


Malerba A, Sharp PS, Graham IR, Arechavala-Gomeza V, Foster K, Muntoni F, Wells DJ, Dickson G. 2011.
CHRONIC SYSTEMIC THERAPY WITH LOW-DOSE MORPHOLINO OLIGOMERS AMELIORATES THE PATHOLOGY AND NORMALIZES LOCOMOTOR BEHAVIOR IN MDX MICE. Molecular Therapy. 19:345-354. PubMed ID 21102560


Malerba A, Pasut A, Frigo M, De Coppi P, Baroni MD, Vitiello L. 2010.
MACROPHAGE-SECRETED FACTORS ENHANCE THE IN VITRO EXPANSION OF DMD MUSCLE PRECURSOR CELLS WHILE PRESERVING THEIR MYOGENIC POTENTIAL. Neurological Research 32:55-62. PubMed ID 19108751


Rossi CA, Pozzobon M, Ditadi A, Archacka K, Gastaldello A, Sanna M, Franzin C, Malerba A, Milan G, Cananzi M, Schiaffino S, Campanella M, Vettor R, De Coppi P. 2010.
CLONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF RAT MUSCLE SATELLITE CELLS: PROLIFERATION, METABOLISM AND DIFFERENTIATION DEFINE AN INTRINSIC HETEROGENEITY. PLoS One 5:e8523. PubMed ID 20049087


Malerba A, Thorogood FC, Dickson G, Graham IR. 2009.
DOSING REGIMEN HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE EFFICIENCY OF MORPHOLINO OLIGOMER-INDUCED EXON SKIPPING IN MDX MICE. Human Gene Therapy 20:955-965. PubMed ID 19469709


Malerba A, Vitiello L, Segat D, Dazzo E, Frigo M, Scambi I, De Coppi P, Boldrin L, Martelli L, Pasut A, Romualdi C, Bellomo RG, Vecchiet J, Baroni MD. 2009.
SELECTION OF MULTIPOTENT CELLS AND ENHANCED MUSCLE RECONSTRUCTION BY MYOGENIC MACROPHAGE-SECRETED FACTORS. Experimental Cell Research 315:915-927. PubMed ID 19371636


Boldrin L*, Malerba A*, Vitiello L, Cimetta E, Piccoli M, Messina C, Gamba PG, Elvassore N, De Coppi P. 2008.
EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF HUMAN SINGLE FIBER-DERIVED MUSCLE PRECURSOR CELLS VIA BIOCOMPATIBLE SCAFFOLD. Cell Transplantation 17:577-584. PubMed ID 18714677


Vitiello L, Bassi N, Campagnolo P, Zaccariotto E, Occhi G, Malerba A, Pigozzo S, Reggiani C, Ausoni S, Zaglia T, Gamba P, Baroni MD, Ditadi AP. 2008.
IN VIVO DELIVERY OF NAKED ANTISENSE OLIGOS IN AGED MDX MICE: ANALYSIS OF DYSTROPHIN RESTORATION IN SKELETAL AND CARDIAC MUSCLE. Neuromuscular Disorders 18:597-605. PubMed ID 18602263


Zani A, Eaton S, Leon FF, Malerba A, Hall NJ, De Coppi P, Smith VV, Pierro A. 2008.
CAPTOPRIL REDUCES THE SEVERITY OF BOWEL DAMAGE IN A NEONATAL RAT MODEL OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 43:308-314. PubMed ID 18280280


Boldrin L, Elvassore N, Malerba A, Flaibani M, Cimetta E, Piccoli M, Baroni MD, Gazzola MV, Messina C, Gamba P, Vitiello L, De Coppi P. 2007.
SATELLITE CELLS DELIVERED BY MICRO-PATTERNED SCAFFOLDS: A NEW STRATEGY FOR CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN MUSCLE DISEASES. Tissue Engineering 13:253-262. PubMed ID 17504060


Fascetti-Leon F*, Malerba A*, Boldrin L, Leone E, Betalli P, Pasut A, Zanon GF, Gamba PG, Vitiello L, De Coppi P. 2007.
MURINE MUSCLE PRECURSOR CELLS SURVIVED AND INTEGRATED IN A CRYOINJURED GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION. Journal of Surgical Research 143:253-259. PubMed ID 17583740

REVIEWS AND BOOK CHAPTERS


Koo TY, Popplewell L, Malerba A, Dickson G. 2012.
GENETIC THERAPY FOR DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: PRINCIPLES AND PROGRESS. Intech Openscience edition. 2012; ISBN: 978-953-51-0603-6.
 

Popplewell LJ, Malerba A, Dickson G. 2012.
OPTIMIZING ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDES USING PHOSPHORODIAMIDATE MORPHOLINO OLIGOMERS. Methods in Molecular Biology; 867:143-67. PubMed 22454060


Foster H, Koo TY, Malerba A, Jarmin S, Athanasopoulos T, Foster K, Dickson G. 2012.
MICRODYSTROPHIN AND MYOSTATIN GENE THERAPY FOR DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY USING ADENO-ASSOCIATED VECTORS. The CliniBook: Clinical gene transfer, EDK, Paris.


Popplewell L, Kang J, Malerba A, Foster K, Dickson G. 2012.
EXON SKIPPING THERAPY FOR DMD USING ANTISENSE OLIGOMERS TECHNOLOGY. The CliniBook: Clinical gene transfer, EDK, Paris.


Popplewell LJ, Graham IR, Malerba A, Dickson G. 2011.
BIOINFORMATIC AND FUNCTIONAL OPTIMIZATION OF ANTISENSE PHOSPHORODIAMIDATE MORPHOLINO OLIGOMERS (PMOS) FOR THERAPEUTIC MODULATION OF RNA SPLICING IN MUSCLE. Methods in Molecular Biology; 709:153-178. PubMed 21194027


Trollet C, Athanasopoulos T, Popplewell L, Malerba A, Dickson G. 2009.
GENE THERAPY FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY: CURRENT PROGRESS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS. Expert Opinion in Biological Therapy; 9:849-866. PubMed 19527108
 

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