Milena Dimori

Researcher

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-09

faculty

10 h-index 29 pubs 348 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Milena Dimori's research focuses on developing and utilizing animal models, primarily mice and swine, to investigate human genetic disorders, with a particular emphasis on osteogenesis imperfecta and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Her work examines the intricate relationship between skeletal defects and respiratory function, exploring how alterations in collagen type I impact lung development and physiological processes. Dimori's publications detail the creation of new mouse models to dissect specific genetic contributions to these conditions, such as the role of COL5A1 haploinsufficiency in classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and the effects of Rab33b missense mutations on bone resorption and protein glycosylation in Smith-McCort dysplasia. She also investigates the cellular mechanisms underlying bone mass regulation, including the role of autophagy in bone density. Dimori collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Roy Morello, Melda Onal, Charles A. O’Brien, and Jeff D. Thostenson, with whom she has co-authored multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 10
  • Publications: 29
  • Citations: 348

Selected Publications

  • Dissecting primary versus secondary effects of osteogenesis imperfecta on abnormal lung development and function (2026)
  • A new <i>Col1a1</i> conditional knock-in mouse model to study osteogenesis imperfecta (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • A Rab33b missense mouse model for Smith-McCort dysplasia shows bone resorption defects and altered protein glycosylation (2023)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Distinct type I collagen alterations cause intrinsic lung and respiratory defects of variable severity in mouse models of osteogenesis imperfecta (2022)
    12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Haploinsufficiency of <i>Col5a1</i> causes intrinsic lung and respiratory changes in a mouse model of classical Ehlers‐Danlos syndrome (2022)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Loss of chaperone-mediated autophagy is associated with low vertebral cancellous bone mass (2022)
    12 citations DOI OpenAlex

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