Since the first suspected case of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) on December 1st,
2019, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, a total of 40,235 confirmed cases and 909 deaths …

Over the last years, an intensive worldwide effort is speeding up the developments in the
establishment of a global surveillance network for combating pandemics of emergent and re-…

We have recently reported that MicroRNAs (miR)-221 and miR-222 were up-regulated in
human thyroid papillary carcinomas in comparison with the normal thyroid tissue. Bioinformatic …

We have read with interest the paper by Leung et al. [1] recently published in the European
Respiratory Journal, reporting a higher expression of the protein angiotensin-converting …

Introduction Italy became the second epicenter of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic after China, surpassing by far China’s death toll. The disease swept …

The expansion of adipose tissue (AT) in obesity is accompanied by the accumulation of
immune cells that contribute to a state of low‐grade, chronic inflammation and dysregulated …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Statins improve hepatic endothelial function and liver fibrosis in
experimental models of cirrhosis, thus they have been proposed as therapeutic options to …

Aims We investigated whether pre-existing diabetes, newly-diagnosed diabetes, and admission
hyperglycemia were associated with COVID-19 severity independently from confounders…

Objective The transcription factor Kruppel-like factor 2 (KLF2) modulates the expression of
multiple endothelial vasoprotective genes. In the absence of KLF2, the endothelial phenotype …

Pathophysiological alterations in the endothelial phenotype result in endothelial dysfunction.
Flow cessation, occurring during organ procurement for transplantation, triggers the …