Giuseppe Castaldo
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Biography
Giuseppe Castaldo is an MD and European Specialist in Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. Full Professor of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II. Recent studies: Cystic Fibrosis: gene analysis, search of new mutations, genotype-phenotype correlation, studies on genes modifier of phenotype; functional studies of novel mutations and drug effect on ex-vivo epithelial nasal cells; epigenetics of CF (methylation and microRNA). Analysis of specific mRNAs in blood from cancer patients. Molecular genetics of congenital diarrhea. Epigenetics of suicide.
Abstract
Abstract : Biological role of mannose binding lectin: From newborns to centenarians