Pedro Piccardo

8.8k citations

116 papers · 5.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 40

Co-authors: Bernardino Ghetti David A. Harris Roberto Chiesa Fabrizio Tagliavini Jean Manson Orso Bugiani Paul Brown Sabina Capellari
Topics: Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (77 papers)Neurological diseases and metabolism (48 papers)Trace Elements in Health (27 papers)
Cited by: Neurology Nutrition and Dietetics Molecular Biology
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences The Lancet Journal of Biological Chemistry
Partner nations: United States Italy United Kingdom

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Pedro Piccardo

113 papers receiving 5.6k citations

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Classification of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease based on molecular and phenotypic analysis of 300 subjects

1999 1.0k citations Piero Parchi, Sabina Capellari et al. Annals of Neurology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Lysine-Directed Post-translational Modifications of Tau Protein in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Tauopathies 2017 ·Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences ·(unknown),Pedro Piccardo,Andrew C. Gill	110
2	Distribution of Misfolded Prion Protein Seeding Activity Alone Does Not Predict Regions of Neurodegeneration 2016 ·PLoS Biology ·(unknown),(unknown),Marcelo A. Barria,Pedro Piccardo,Byron Caughey,V. Hugh Perry,Tom C. Freeman,Jean Manson	49
3	Variable protease-sensitive prionopathy; a unique prion variant with inefficient transmission properties 2014 ·Prion ·Abigail B. Diack,Diane Ritchie,Alexander Peden,Deborah Brown,Aileen Boyle,(unknown),David H. MacLennan,Paul S. Burgoyne,Pedro Piccardo,James W. Ironside,Jean Manson	1
4	Post‐translational changes to PrP alter transmissible spongiform encephalopathy strain properties 2013 ·The EMBO Journal ·Enrico Cancellotti,Sukhvir P. Mahal,Robert A. Somerville,Abigail B. Diack,Deborah Brown,Pedro Piccardo,Charles Weissmann,Jean Manson	51
5	14 Inherited Prion Diseases 2004 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Qingzhong Kong,Witold K. Surewicz,Robert B. Petersen,Wen‐Quan Zou,Shu G. Chen,Pierluigi Gambetti,Piero Parchi,Sabina Capellari,Lev G. Goldfarb,Pasquale Montagna,E Lugaresi,Pedro Piccardo,Bernardino Ghetti	10
6	Dementia with Lewy bodies in a Nigerian 2002 ·International Psychogeriatrics ·(unknown),E. E. U. Akang,Oye Gureje,Masaki Takao,Pedro Piccardo,Olusegun Baiyewu,Kathleen Hall,Bernardino Ghetti,Hugh C. Hendrie	2
7	Ectopic White Matter Neurons, a Developmental Abnormality That May Be Caused by thePSEN1S169L Mutation in a Case of Familial AD with Myoclonus and Seizures 2001 ·Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology ·Masaki Takao,Bernardino Ghetti,Jill R. Murrell,Frederick W. Unverzagt,Giorgio Giaccone,Fabrizio Tagliavini,Orso Bugiani,Pedro Piccardo,Christine M. Hulette,Barbara J. Crain,Martin R. Farlow,Albert Heyman	39
8	A 7-kDa Prion Protein (PrP) Fragment, an Integral Component of the PrP Region Required for Infectivity, Is the Major Amyloid Protein in Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Disease A117V 2001 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Fabrizio Tagliavini,Patricia Lievens,Christine Tranchant,(unknown),Michel Mohr,Giorgio Giaccone,Francesco Perini,Giacomina Rossi,Mario Salmona,Pedro Piccardo,Bernardino Ghetti,Ronald C. Beavis,Orso Bugiani,Blas Frangione,Frances Prelli	107
9	Prion Proteins with Different Conformations Accumulate in Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker Disease Caused by A117V and F198S Mutations 2001 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Pedro Piccardo,Juris J. Liepnieks,(unknown),Stephen R. Dlouhy,Martin R. Farlow,Katherine Young,David Nochlin,Thomas D. Bird,Randal R. Nixon,Melvyn J. Ball,Charles DeCarli,Orso Bugiani,Fabrizio Tagliavini,Merrill D. Benson,Bernardino Ghetti	68
10	Neuropathology of Gerstmann-Str�ussler-Scheinker disease 2000 ·Microscopy Research and Technique ·Orso Bugiani,Giorgio Giaccone,Pedro Piccardo,Michela Morbin,Fabrizio Tagliavini,Bernardino Ghetti	45
11	13 Inherited Prion Diseases 1999 ·Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive ·Pierluigi Gambetti,Robert B. Petersen,Piero Parchi,Shu G. Chen,Sabina Capellari,Lev G. Goldfarb,Ruth Gabizon,Pasquale Montagna,E Lugaresi,Pedro Piccardo,Bernardino Ghetti	3
12	Endogenous Proteolytic Cleavage of Normal and Disease-Associated Isoforms of the Human Prion Protein in Neural and Non-Neural Tissues 1998 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Adolfo Jiménez‐Huete,Patricia Lievens,Rubén Vidal,Pedro Piccardo,Bernardino Ghetti,Fabrizio Tagliavini,Blas Frangione,Frances Prelli	154
13	Microencapsulation and the Grafting of Genetically Transformed Cells as Therapeutic Strategies to Rescue Degenerating Neurons of the CNS 1995 ·Reviews in the Neurosciences ·Dušica Maysinger,Pedro Piccardo,A. Claudio Cuello	4
14	Ultrastructural Pathology of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I Encephalomyelopathy in a White Patient with Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma 1994 ·Ultrastructural Pathology ·Paweł P. Liberski,Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson,Richard Yanagihara,James W. Lee,Barnett S. Kramer,Pedro Piccardo,Carlos A. Mora,Clarence J. Gibbs,D. Carleton Gajdusek	2
15	Encapsulated genetically engineered fibroblasts: Release of nerve growth factor and effects in vivo on recovery of cholinergic markers after devascularizing cortical lesions 1994 ·Neurochemistry International ·Dušica Maysinger,Pedro Piccardo,Paolo Liberini,Ivan Jalšenjak,A. Claudio Cuello	27
16	Microencapsulation of genetically engineered fibroblasts secreting nerve growth factor 1993 ·Neurochemistry International ·Dušica Maysinger,Pedro Piccardo,Jelena Filipović‐Grčić,A. Claudio Cuello	21
17	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Report of 10 neuropathologically-verified cases in Argentina 1989 ·Medicina Clínica ·(unknown),Pedro Piccardo,R. Leiguarda,(unknown),A.F. Monti,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Carmen Vigo,(unknown)	1
18	HTLV-I-Like viral particles in spinal cord cells in jamaican tropical spastic paraparesis 1988 ·Annals of Neurology ·Paweł P. Liberski,Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson,(unknown),Pedro Piccardo,Clarence J. Gibbs,D. Carleton Gajdusek	31
19	Histochemical and X-ray microanalytical localization of aluminum in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism-dementia of Guam 1988 ·Acta Neuropathologica ·Pedro Piccardo,Richard Yanagihara,Ralph M. Garruto,C. J. Gibbs,D. Carleton Gajdusek	28
20	Intrathecal synthesis of IgG antibodies to HTLV-I supports an etiological role for HTLV-I in tropical spastic paraparesis 1988 ·Annals of Neurology ·Mauro Ceroni,Pedro Piccardo,Pamela Rodgers‐Johnson,Carlos A. Mora,David M. Asher,D. C. Gajdusek,Clarence J. Gibbs	53

About Pedro Piccardo

Pedro Piccardo is a scholar working on Neurology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Molecular Biology, having authored 116 papers that have together received 5.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (77 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (48 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (2.7k citations), Nutrition and Dietetics (1.5k citations) and Molecular Biology (4.4k citations). Pedro Piccardo has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Bernardino Ghetti, David A. Harris, Roberto Chiesa, Fabrizio Tagliavini, Jean Manson, Orso Bugiani, Paul Brown, Sabina Capellari, Pierluigi Gambetti and Rona Barron. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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