Publications
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Journal Publications
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DNA Methylation and Transcriptomic Profiles of Wilms Tumour Reveal New Deregulated Genes and Epigenetic Processes Relevant for Tumour Stratification and Management
International Journal of Cancer 2026
Authors: Abu Saadat, Francesco Cecere, Federica Rossetti, Laura Pignata, Emilia D’Angelo, Carlo Giaccari, Gaetano Verde, Paola Quarello, Franca Fagioli, Josep Roma, Manel Esteller, Enrique de Álava, Flavia Cerrato, Andrea Riccio and Angela Sparago
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Loss of maternal PADI6 disrupts DNA methylation and genomic imprinting maintenance in late preimplantation mouse embryos
Epigenetics & Chromatin 2026
Authors: Carlo Giaccari, Francesco Cecere, Angela Pagano, Emilia D’Angelo, Abu Saadat, Lucia Mele, Paolo Salerno, Giuseppe Merla, Flavia Cerrato and Andrea Riccio
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Hypomethylation of the MEG8:Int2-DMR in patients with pathogenic PLAG1 variants suggests new role of the chr14q32 imprinting cluster in Silver-Russell syndrome
Clinical Epigenetics 2025
Authors: Emilia D’Angelo, Laura Pignata, Francesco Cecere, Alessandro Vimercati, Maria Vittoria Cubellis, Abu Saadat, Carlo Giaccari, Nathalie Thibaud, Thomas Eggermann, José Ramón Fernández-Fructuoso, Silvia Russo, Irène Netchine, Flavia Cerrato, Andrea Riccio and Frédéric Brioude
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Highly variable genomic methylation in the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome associated with multi-locus imprinting disturbances
Clinical Epigenetics 2025
Authors: Francesco Cecere, Laura Pignata, Emilia D’Angelo, Carlo Giaccari, Abu Saadat, Angela Sparago, Claudia Angelini, Bruno Hay Mele, Alessandro Mussa, Giovanni Battista Ferrero, Gioacchino Scarano, Giulia Gori, Emilio Di Maria, Corrado Romano, Luigi Tarani, Carmelo Piscopo, Iris Scala, Jair Antonio Tenorio, Pablo Lapunzina, Flavia Cerrato, Andrea Riccio
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Identification of genetic and non-genetic modifiers of genomic imprinting through screening of imprinted DMR methylation in humans
Epigenetics & Chromatin 2025
Authors: Francesco Cecere, Raissa Relator, Michael Levy, Ankit Verma, Haley McConkey, Bruno Hay Mele, Laura Pignata, Carlo Giaccari, Emilia D’Angelo, Subham Saha, Abu Saadat, Angela Sparago, Claudia Angelini, Flavia Cerrato, Bekim Sadikovic and Andrea Riccio
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Novel Analgesics Targeting TRPV1 an Insight into the Mechanism
Global Journal of Medical and Clinical Case Reports 2025
Authors: Abu Saadat, P Vivek Vardhan, Mohanty Amresh, M. Suresh and Lata I Shukla
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Molecular and Clinical Features of Adrenocortical Tumors in Beckwith–Wiedemann Spectrum
MDPI Cancers
Authors: Diana Carli, Federico Rondot, Maria Luca, Anna Campello, Stefano Gabriele Vallero,Elisa Tirtei, Andrea Gazzin, Simona Cardaropoli, Francesca Montanari,Claudio Graziano,Paola Quarello, Abu Saadat, Angela Sparago, Giovanni Battista Ferrero, Franca Fagioli and Alessandro Mussa
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Co-Occurrence of Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome and Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
MDPI Cancers
Authors: Francesco Cecere, Laura Pignata, Bruno Hay Mele, Abu Saadat, Emilia D’Angelo, Orazio Palumbo, Pietro Palumbo, Massimo Carella, Gioacchino Scarano, Giovanni Battista Rossi, Claudia Angelini, Angela Sparago, Flavia Cerrato and Andrea Riccio
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Neurodegeneration and epigenetics: A review
Neurología 2021
Authors: Puja Ghosh and Abu Saadat (Equal Contribution)
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Preprints
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Molecular characterisation of an Italian cohort of Silver-Russell Syndrome patients by -omics approaches
Research Square (preprint) 2026
Authors: Flavia Cerrato, Emilia D’Angelo, Laura Pignata, Abu Saadat, Francesco Cecere, Aurora Esposito, Federica Rossetti, Carlo Giaccari, Angela Pagano, Carmelo Piscopo, Maria Piccione, Elena Andreucci, Angela Sparago and Andrea Riccio
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Conferences
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Novel epigenetic signature, molecular subtypes and insights into IGF2/H19 dysregulation in Wilms tumour
AGI 2025 Bari Italy
Authors: Abu Saadat, Francesco Cecere, Federica Rossetti, Laura Pignata, Bruno Hay Mele, Emilia D’Angelo, Carlo Giaccari,
Gaetano Verde, Paola Quarello, Franca Fagioli, Manel Esteller, Enrique De Álava, Flavia Cerrato, Andrea Riccio, Angela Sparago
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GIMP: A Comprehensive R Package for exploring Genomic Imprinting Methylation Patterns in Imprinting Disorders
BBCC 2024 Napoli Italy (First Prize for Poster Presentation)
Authors: Francesco Cecere*, Abu Saadat*, Andrea Riccio and Claudia Angelini (* Equal Contribution)
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Distinct profiles of epigenetic alterations are associated with Chr11p15.5 molecular defects in Wilms tumor
(Poster Presentation and flash talk)
Genomic Imprinting - ’From Biology to Disease’ 2023, Wellcome Genome Campus-Hinxton, UK
Authors: Saadat A, Cecere F, Pignata L, De Álava A, Roma J, Verde G, Cerrato F, Riccio A, Sparago A
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