Chiara Azzari

Research interests

Publications

• Epidemiology and prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections in children in Italy

  ˜The œItalian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics · 2021 · 10.1186/s13052-021-01148-8

• Increased incidence of precocious and accelerated puberty in females during and after the Italian lockdown for the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

  ˜The œItalian Journal of Pediatrics/Italian journal of pediatrics · 2020 · 10.1186/s13052-020-00931-3

• PAX1 is essential for development and function of the human thymus

  Science Immunology · 2020 · 10.1126/sciimmunol.aax1036

• Long-term follow-up of 168 patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia reveals increased morbidity and mortality

  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2020 · 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.03.001

• Sperm selection with density gradient centrifugation and swim up: effect on DNA fragmentation in viable spermatozoa

  Scientific Reports · 2019 · 10.1038/s41598-019-43981-2

• Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in 2 patients with underlying IFN-γ receptor deficiency

  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2015 · 10.1016/j.jaci.2014.11.030

• Investigation on the Origin of Sperm DNA Fragmentation: Role of Apoptosis, Immaturity and Oxidative Stress

  Molecular Medicine · 2015 · 10.2119/molmed.2014.00158

• Broad-spectrum antibodies against self-antigens and cytokines in RAG deficiency

  Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2015 · 10.1172/jci80477

• Clinical Features and Follow-Up in Patients with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome

  The Journal of Pediatrics · 2014 · 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.01.056

• Intergenerational and intrafamilial phenotypic variability in 22q11.2 Deletion syndrome subjects

  BMC Medical Genetics · 2014 · 10.1186/1471-2350-15-1

• Neonatal screening for severe combined immunodeficiency caused by an adenosine deaminase defect: A reliable and inexpensive method using tandem mass spectrometry

  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2011 · 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.03.040

• Community‐Acquired Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Children: Diagnosis and Serotyping by Real‐Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Using Blood Samples

  Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2010 · 10.1086/656579

• Realtime PCR Is More Sensitive than Multiplex PCR for Diagnosis and Serotyping in Children with Culture Negative Pneumococcal Invasive Disease

  PLoS ONE · 2010 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0009282

• Acetaminophen,viaits reactive metaboliteN-acetyl-p-benzo-quinoneimine and transient receptor potential ankyrin-1 stimulation, causes neurogenic inflammation in the airways and other tissues in rodents

  The FASEB Journal · 2010 · 10.1096/fj.10-162438

• Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Improves the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children

  The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal · 2009 · 10.1097/inf.0b013e31819abf6b

• Clinical and molecular profile of a new series of patients with immune dysregulation, polyendocrinopathy, enteropathy, X-linked syndrome: Inconsistent correlation between forkhead box protein 3 expression and disease severity

  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2008 · 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.09.027

• Molecular detection methods and serotyping performed directly on clinical samples improve diagnostic sensitivity and reveal increased incidence of invasive disease by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Italian children

  Journal of Medical Microbiology · 2008 · 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000935-0

• Clinical features, long-term follow-up and outcome of a large cohort of patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease: An Italian multicenter study

  Clinical Immunology · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clim.2007.09.008

• ERβ is a potent inhibitor of cell proliferation in the HCT8 human colon cancer cell line through regulation of cell cycle components

  Endocrine Related Cancer · 2005 · 10.1677/erc.1.00861

• Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Childhood: Clinical Patterns and Evolution in 224 White Children

  Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2003 · 10.1086/345908

• Clinical features and progression of perinatally acquired hepatitis C virus infection

  Journal of Medical Virology · 2003 · 10.1002/jmv.10405

• Clinical, Immunological, and Molecular Analysis in a Large Cohort of Patients with X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: An Italian Multicenter Study

  Clinical Immunology · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1006/clim.2002.5241

• Maternal Drug Use Is a Preeminent Risk Factor for Mother‐to‐Child Hepatitis C Virus Transmission: Results from a Multicenter Study of 1372 Mother‐Infant Pairs

  The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2002 · 10.1086/339013

• Mother to child transmission of hepatitis C virus: prospective study of risk factors and timing of infection in children born to women seronegative for HIV-1

  BMJ · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.317.7156.437

• Hepatitis C virus infection and related liver disease in children of mothers with antibodies to the virus

  The Journal of Pediatrics · 1997 · 10.1016/s0022-3476(97)70289-0

Current projects

No projects listed.