Epilepsies and Movement Disorders
1989 – Master Degree in Biological Sciences, summa cum laude, University of Naples Federico II
1997 – PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Pathology, University of Naples Federico II
Gabriella De Vita is Full Professor of Medical Genetics at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology of the School of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Naples Federico II. At the integrated care department (DAI) of Laboratory and Transfusion Medicine of the AOU Federico II she is responsible for a program of non-invasive prenatal screening. At CEINGE Advanced Biotechnology she is responsible for molecular diagnosis by NGS for the following pathologies: Epilepsies and epileptic encephalopathies; Parkinson's, parkinsonisms, dystonias and dementias; Ataxias and hereditary spastic paraparesis. She is also responsible for molecular diagnosis of Developmental Diseases.
Non-coding RNAs in the regulation of gene expression in cancer and development.
Study of the molecular basis of rare genetic diseases, with particular attention to epilepsies and movement disorders.
- Gaspar IL, Terrone G, Carleo G, Carotenuto L, Miceli F, De Vita G, Taglialatela M. Potassium current inactivation as a novel pathomechanism for KCNQ2 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Epilepsia. 2025 Jun;66(6):e98-e105. doi: 10.1111/epi.18427. Epub 2025 Apr 28.
- Esposito M, Migliaccio A, Credendino SC, Maturi R, Prevete N, De Vita G. KLHL14 is a tumor suppressor downregulated in undifferentiated thyroid cancer. Cell Death Discov. 2024 Jun 22;10(1):297. doi: 10.1038/s41420-024-02063-7.
- Cavaliere E, Gortan AJ, Passon N, Fabbro D, Marin D, Carecchio M, Baldan F, Credendino SC, Gallo R, Cogo P, Damante G, De Vita G. NKX2.1 run-on mutation associated to familial brain-lung-thyroid syndrome. Clin Genet. 2021 Jul;100(1):114-116. doi: 10.1111/cge.13961. Epub 2021 Mar 29.
- De Martino M, De Biase D, Forzati F, Credendino SC, Palma G, Barbieri A, Arra C, Paciello O, Gaudio E, Ponzoni M, De Vita G, Chieffi P, Fusco A, Esposito F. HMGA1-pseudogene7 transgenic mice develop B cell lymphomas. Sci Rep, 2020, 10(1), 7057
- Credendino SC, Bellone ML, Lewin N, Amendola E, Sanges R, Basu S, Sepe R, Decaussin-Petrucci M, Tinto N, Fusco A, De Felice M & De Vita G. A ceRNA circuitry involving the long noncoding RNA Klhl14-AS, Pax8 and Bcl2 drives thyroid carcinogenesis. Cancer Research, 2019, 79(22), 5746-5757.