Ongoing research

Gerontology

Selected publications:

Dani SU, Pittella JE, Boehme A, Hori A, Schneider B. 1997. Progressive formation of neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles is exponentially related to age and neuronal size – A morphometric study of three geographically distinct series of aging people. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 8:217-27.

Dani SU, Hori A, Walter GF (eds.) Principles of Neural Aging. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1997.

Nishimura I, Uetsuki T, Dani SU, Ohsawa Y, Saito I, Okamura H, Uchiyama Y, Yoshikawa K. 1998. Degeneration in vivo of rat hippocampal neurons by wild-type Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein overexpressed by adenovirus-mediated gene transfer. Journal of Neuroscience 18:2387-98.

Chronic arsenic intoxication

Selected publications:

Dani SU. 2010. Arsenic for the fool: an exponential connection. Science of the Total Environment 408:1842-6.

Dani SU. 2013. Osteoresorptive arsenic intoxication. Bone 53:541-5.

Dani SU, Walter GF. 2018. Chronic arsenic intoxication diagnostic score (CAsIDS). Journal of Applied Toxicology 38:122-144.

Dani SU. 2019. A curious association of chronic homeopathic arsenic ingestion with nonspecific symptoms in a Swiss teenager. Swiss Medical Weekly 149:w20071. https://smw.ch/en/article/doi/smw.2019.20071/

Dani SU, Malavolta CRG, Santos MJ, Serrano Neves PM, Terrier L. 2019. Geocide, ecocide and genocidal type outcomes from large scale open pit mountaintop gold mining in the outskirts of Paracatu, Brazil. Environmental Justice, Vol. 12, No. 3. Published Online: 13 Jun 2019, https://doi.org/10.1089/env.2018.0039, https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/env.2018.0039

Cancer research

Selected publications:

Dani MA, Dani SU, Lima SP, Martinez A, Rossi BM, Soares F, Zago MA, Simpson AJ. 2004. Less DeltamtDNA4977 than normal in various types of tumors suggests that cancer cells are essentially free of this mutation. Genetics and Molecular Research 3:395-409.

Baumann M, Dani SU, Dietrich D, Hochstrasser A, Klingbiel D, Mark MT, Riesen WF, Ruhstaller T, Templeton AJ, Thürlimann B. 2018. Vitamin D levels in Swiss breast cancer survivors. Swiss Medical Weekly 148:w14576.

Genetics and Environmental Research

Selected publications:

Schuckar H, Dani SU. 1995. Cerradowälder Brasiliens: Von Vernichtung bedroht? Forst und Holz (Goettingen) 13:413-414.

Dani SU, Dani MA, Freire IL, Gouvea SP, Knackfuss FB, Lima FP, Mercadante MEZ, Monteiro E, Paggiaro SMG, Razook AG, and Yehia HC. 2010. Survival of the thriftiest: restricted nurture reveals the thrifty nature of a growth gene in Bos indicus. Genetics and Molecular Research 9:1032-1044.

Pairomics

Selected publications:

Dani SU, März W, Neves PM, Walter GF. 2013. Pairomics, the omics way to mate choice. Journal of Human Genetics 58:643–656.