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Carla Giordano is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy, with a primary focus in the field of medicine, specifically endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their scholarly output includes 137 publications, covering several interconnected subfields such as endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism (63 publications), genetics (10), physiology (10), surgery (9), and molecular biology (9).

Their work concentrates on topics related to adrenal hormones and disorders, hormonal regulation and hypertension, pituitary gland disorders and treatments, and adipose tissue and metabolism. Other significant areas include diabetes treatment and management, diabetes and associated disorders, and diet, metabolism, and disease.

Frequent publication venues for Carla Giordano include:

  • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (5 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (4 publications)
  • Diabetes Therapy (4 publications)
  • Endocrine Abstracts (4 publications)
  • Nutrients (3 publications)

They have collaborated extensively with various co-authors, among whom are:

  • Valentina Guarnotta (36 joint publications)
  • Giuseppe Pizzolanti (17 joint publications)
  • Laura Tomasello (12 joint publications)
  • Stefano Radellini (9 joint publications)
  • Giorgio Arnaldi (8 joint publications)

Selected recent papers illustrate the scope of their research:

  • "Impact of Chemical Endocrine Disruptors and Hormone Modulators on the Endocrine System," 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "COVID-19 infection and glucocorticoids: update from the Italian Society of Endocrinology Expert Opinion on steroid replacement in adrenal insufficiency," 2020, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
  • "Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1: an Italian survey on 158 patients," 2021, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
  • "Glucocorticoid excess and COVID-19 disease," 2020, Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
  • "Are diabetes and its medications risk factors for the development of COVID-19? Data from a population-based study in Sicily," 2020, Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Best Publications

  • Visceral Adiposity Index: A reliable indicator of visceral fat function associated with cardiometabolic risk

    Marco C. Amato;Carla Giordano;Massimo Galia;Angela Criscimanna

  • Potential Involvement of Fas and Its Ligand in the Pathogenesis of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

    Carla Giordano;Giorgio Stassi;Ruggero De Maria;Matilde Todaro

  • Visceral adiposity index: an indicator of adipose tissue dysfunction.

    Marco Calogero Amato;Carla Giordano

  • Nitric Oxide Primes Pancreatic β Cells for Fas-mediated Destruction in Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus

    Giorgio Stassi;Ruggero De Maria;Giuliana Trucco;William Rudert

  • Efficient mitochondrial biogenesis drives incomplete penetrance in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.

    Carla Giordano;Luisa Iommarini;Luca Giordano;Alessandra Maresca

  • Efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin in patients with inadequately controlled type 1 diabetes (DEPICT-1): 24 week results from a multicentre, double-blind, phase 3, randomised controlled trial

    Paresh Dandona;Chantal Mathieu;Moshe Phillip;Lars Hansen

  • Effects on the incidence of cardiovascular events of the addition of pioglitazone versus sulfonylureas in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with metformin (TOSCA.IT): a randomised, multicentre trial

    Olga Vaccaro;Maria Masulli;Antonio Nicolucci;Enzo Bonora

  • Cut-off points of the visceral adiposity index (VAI) identifying a visceral adipose dysfunction associated with cardiometabolic risk in a Caucasian Sicilian population.

    Marco C Amato;Carla Giordano;Maria Pitrone;Aldo Galluzzo

  • BRAF(V600E) mutation and the biology of papillary thyroid cancer.

    F Frasca;C Nucera;G Pellegriti;P Gangemi

  • No effect of oral insulin on residual beta-cell function in recent-onset Type I diabetes (the IMDIAB VII)

    P. Pozzilli;D. Pitocco;N. Visalli;M. G. Cavallo

  • Oestrogens ameliorate mitochondrial dysfunction in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy

    Carla Giordano;Monica Montopoli;Elena Perli;Maurizia Orlandi

  • Cardiac involvement in mitochondrial DNA disease: clinical spectrum, diagnosis, and management.

    Matthew G. D. Bates;John P. Bourke;Carla Giordano;Giulia d'Amati

  • Induction of Mitochondrial Biogenesis Is a Maladaptive Mechanism in Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathies

    Mariangela Sebastiani;Carla Giordano;Chiara Nediani;Claudia Travaglini

  • A homoplasmic mitochondrial transfer ribonucleic acid mutation as a cause of maternally inherited hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    Robert W Taylor;Carla Giordano;Mercy M Davidson;Giulia d’Amati

  • Papillary Thyroid Cancer Incidence in the Volcanic Area of Sicily

    Gabriella Pellegriti;Florent De Vathaire;Claudia Scollo;Marco Attard

  • Pathogenic expression of homoplasmic mtDNA mutations needs a complex nuclear-mitochondrial interaction.

    Valerio Carelli;Valerio Carelli;Carla Giordano;Carla Giordano;Giulia d'Amati

  • Visceral adiposity index is associated with significant fibrosis in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

    S. Petta;M. C. Amato;V. Di Marco;C. Cammà

  • Visceral adiposity index (VAI) is predictive of an altered adipokine profile in patients with type 2 diabetes.

    Marco C. Amato;Giuseppe Pizzolanti;Vittoria Torregrossa;Gabriella Misiano

  • Body composition assessment for the definition of cardiometabolic risk

    M. C. Amato;V. Guarnotta;C. Giordano

  • Insulin resistance and polycystic ovary syndrome.

    Aldo Galluzzo;Marco Calogero Amato;Carla Giordano

Frequent Co-Authors

Valerio Carelli
Valerio Carelli University of Bologna
Giorgio Stassi
Giorgio Stassi University of Palermo
Rosario Pivonello
Rosario Pivonello University of Naples Federico II
Robert W. Taylor
Robert W. Taylor Newcastle University
Annamaria Colao
Annamaria Colao University of Naples Federico II
Matilde Todaro
Matilde Todaro University of Palermo
Maria Lucia Valentino
Maria Lucia Valentino University of Bologna
Calogero Caruso
Calogero Caruso University of Palermo
Alfredo A. Sadun
Alfredo A. Sadun University of California, Los Angeles
Enzo Bonora
Enzo Bonora University of Verona

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