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Name:

Alessandro Valli

 

Nationality:

Italian

Institute:

Medical University of Vienna Medical Genetics, Obstetrics and Gynecology Währinger Gürtel 18-20 1090 Vienna Austria

http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/

Qualifications:

Guest researcher fellowship

  • Divisions of Renal Medicine and Baxter, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

PhD in Kidney metabolic biology and physiopathology (collaboration)

  • University of Medicine, Genoa, Italy.
  • Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

 M.Sc in Pharmacology (collaboration)

  • University of Pharmacy, Genoa, Italy.
  • University Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, France

 

Work being undertaken on behalf of KIDSTEM:

 

  • Nephrogenic differentiation of amniotic fluids cells

 

  • Role of the TSC/mTOR pathway for the differentiation of amniotic fluid cells

 

  • Amniotic fluid stem cells and embryonic body formation

 

Previous Experience:

Divisions of Renal Medicine and Baxter, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

  • Alteration of trans-methylation pathway metabolites (SAM and SAH) in relation to DNA methylation and morbidity in patients with chronic kidney diseases (CKD)
  • Investigation of the postprandial and hyperlipidemic status on AOPP levels in CKD patients and optimization of a new AOPP assay

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padua, Italy

  • Assessment of isotopic enrichments of phenylalanime, and leucine in organ and whole-body in CKD patients

Department of Internal Medicine Nephrology Division, University of Genoa, Italy

  • Study of the organ and whole-body steady state amino acid kinetics, homocysteine and IL-6 metabolism across tissues in CKD patients

Laboratory of Xenobiotic Kinetics, University Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, France

  • Investigation on the role of the Cytochrome P-450 3A4 and the influence of the P glycoprotein on the intestinal absorption of Midazolam and Digoxine

 

Interests:

Travelling, reading, movies, history, music, swimming, football, skiing.

 

References

G. Garibotto, A. Sofia, M. Balbi, V. Procopio, B. Villaggio, A. Tarroni, M. Di Martino, V. Cappelli, M. T. Gandolfo, A. Valli , D. Verzola

Kidney and splanchnic handling of Interleukin-6 in humans Cytokine

Valli A. , et al

Overestimation of advanced oxidation protein products in uremic plasma due to presence of triglycerides and other endogenous factors

G. Garibotto, A. Sofia, A. Valli , et al

Causes of hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with chronic kidney diseases

A. Sofia, V. Cappelli, A. Valli , G. Garibotto:

Metabolic acidosis in patients with chronic kidney diseases: why and when to treat it?