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Francesca Antonella Aiello

Istituto Superiore di SanitàORCID 0000-0003-3013-4504Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Pietro PichierriiD· 2 shared Andrew J. Stanfield· 1 shared Apurva Tadimari PrabhakariD· 1 shared Austin Witt· 1 shared Aya H. Youssef· 1 shared Bailey J. Deppe· 1 shared Benedetta Perdichizzi· 1 shared Claire D. JamesiD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologymBioPeer-reviewedMar 30, 2026

HPV16 recruitment of SMARCAL1 to viral and host replication forks is required for the viral life cycle

Claire D. James, Aya H. Youssef, Jenny D Roe…·Iain M. Morgan

This paper shows that HPV16 requires SMARCAL1 to recruit to viral and host replication forks, which is essential for its life cycle and prevents DNA damage and genome integration.

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humanDNA methylation

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BiochemistryNaturePeer-reviewedApr 2, 2025

A double-ring of human RAD52 remodels replication forks restricting fork reversal

Masayoshi Honda, Mortezaali Razzaghi, Paras Gaur…·Pietro Pichierri

The paper shows human RAD52 forms a double-ring structure around stalled replication forks, remodeling them via DNA strand exchange to prevent reversal by SMARCAL1.

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