Area of research
Physiology · Epidemiology
Research interest
Research interests include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, Diet and metabolism studies, and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.
Overcoming the barriers in the screening, diagnosis, and follow-up of patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).
Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity
Evaluating the influence of marine weather parameters uncertainties on the ship fuel consumption with Monte Carlo analysis
ITA-MASLD: A national observational study to characterize the profile of patients with MASLD in specialistic care in Italy
Italian guidelines for the management of adult individuals with overweight and obesity and metabolic comorbidities that are resistant to behavioral treatment.
Cardiometabolic HFpEF: NASH of the Heart
MASLD emerging from the fog of fatty liver
Obesity, the Adipose Organ and Cancer in Humans: Association or Causation?
Dihydrotestosterone, and Not Testosterone, Enhances the LPS-Induced Inflammatory Cytokine Gene Expression in Human Adipocytes.
Characterization of Human Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue and Validation of the Banking Procedure for Autologous Transplantation.
Insulin Stimulates IL-23 Expression in Human Adipocytes: A Possible Explanation for the Higher Prevalence of Psoriasis in Obesity.
Body Weight Reduction by Bariatric Surgery Reduces the Plasma Levels of the Novel Orexigenic Gut Hormone Insulin-like Peptide 5 in Patients with Severe Obesity.
The "Aging Effect" of BMI on Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A New Insight on Functional Evaluation in Obesity.
Soluble P2X7 Receptor Plasma Levels in Obese Subjects before and after Weight Loss via Bariatric Surgery.
Ferric Carboxymaltose in Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Iron Deficiency: A Real-Life Study.
Semi-Quantification of Myocardial Uptake of Bone-Seeking Agents in Suspected Cardiac Amyloidosis.
Chrono-Nutritional Patterns, Medical Comorbidities, and Psychological Status in Patients with Severe Obesity.
Definition and Diagnostic Criteria for Sarcopenic Obesity: ESPEN and EASO Consensus Statement
Definition and diagnostic criteria for sarcopenic obesity: ESPEN and EASO consensus statement
Adipogenic progenitors in different organs: Pathophysiological implications.
Effects of acute administration of trimethylamine N-oxide on endothelial function: a translational study
Nanoparticles and Radioisotopes: A Long Story in a Nutshell.
The Influence of Weight Loss in Postural Control in Women Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy.
Heparin in COVID-19 Patients Is Associated with Reduced In-Hospital Mortality: The Multicenter Italian CORIST Study
The mitochondrial protein Opa1 promotes adipocyte browning that is dependent on urea cycle metabolites
Effectiveness of In-Hospital Cholecalciferol Use on Clinical Outcomes in Comorbid COVID-19 Patients: A Hypothesis-Generating Study
Thrombin generation in patients with COVID-19 with and without thromboprophylaxis
Clinical factors associated with death in 3044 COVID-19 patients managed in internal medicine wards in Italy: results from the SIMI-COVID-19 study of the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI)
Pharmacotherapy of obesity: An update
Reduced muscle mass as predictor of intensive care unit hospitalization in COVID-19 patients