Veterinary clinical genetics. Identification of the mutations
responsible of hereditary diseases of dogs and cats. Evaluation of
the prognostic relevance of acquired somatic mutations of canine
and feline neoplasia.
Identification, evaluation and validation of spontaneous animal
models of inflammatory, degenerative and neoplastic diseases.
Identification, evaluation and validation of diagnostic and
prognostic markers of inflammatory, infectious, degenerative and
neoplastic diseases of domestic animals.
Scientific reference person of the ongoing project "Study of the
somatic and germinal mutations of the Ataxia-Telangiectasia mutated
(ATM) gene in the boxer breed in relationships with the risk of
cancer as a spontaneous animal model of cancer predisposition in
humans". The project has been funded by "Fondazione del Monte di
Bologna e Ravenna. Preliminary results have been presented at: The
conference of the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG
2008) July 20-24, 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Turba ME,
Gentilini F, Forni M, Cinotti S (2008) Sequencing of full-length 5'
end of canine Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated cDNA and
characterization of the promoter region.
