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Fabio Marra is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a prominent focus on Hepatology. Their research portfolio encompasses interdisciplinary subfields, including Epidemiology, Surgery, Oncology, and Molecular Biology, reflecting a broad engagement with liver-related diseases and cancer mechanisms.

The scientist's principal research topics center on:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy

Marra has published numerous articles in several frequent venues, indicating ongoing contributions to key liver disease and hepatology discourse. The most common journals for their research publications include:

  • Digestive and Liver Disease
  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Liver International
  • JHEP Reports
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

Among the recent papers associated with this researcher are:

  • "NASH limits anti-tumour surveillance in immunotherapy-treated HCC," 2021, published in Nature
  • "Transcriptomic profiling across the nonalcoholic fatty liver disease spectrum reveals gene signatures for steatohepatitis and fibrosis," 2020, published in Science Translational Medicine
  • "Diagnostic accuracy of elastography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with NAFLD: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2021, published in Journal of Hepatology
  • "Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Liver Fibrosis Regression," 2021, published in Cells
  • "Refining the Baveno VI elastography criteria for the definition of compensated advanced chronic liver disease," 2020, published in Journal of Hepatology

Fabio Marra has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, with repeated joint publications indicating substantial professional relationships within their scientific network. These frequent co-authors include Claudia Campani, Mirella Pastore, Fabio Piscaglia, Giuseppe Cabibbo, and Stefano Gitto.

Best Publications

  • NASH limits anti-tumour surveillance in immunotherapy-treated HCC

    Dominik Pfister;Dominik Pfister;Nicolás Gonzalo Núñez;Roser Pinyol;Olivier Govaere

  • An alternatively spliced variant of CXCR3 mediates the inhibition of endothelial cell growth induced by IP-10, Mig, and I-TAC, and acts as functional receptor for platelet factor 4.

    Laura Lasagni;Michela Francalanci;Francesco Annunziato;Elena Lazzeri

  • Acute viral hepatitis increases liver stiffness values measured by transient elastography.

    Umberto Arena;Francesco Vizzutti;Giampaolo Corti;Silvia Ambu

  • Liver stiffness measurement predicts severe portal hypertension in patients with HCV-related cirrhosis.

    Francesco Vizzutti;Umberto Arena;Roberto G. Romanelli;Luigi Rega

  • Roles for Chemokines in Liver Disease

    Fabio Marra;Frank Tacke

  • Lipotoxicity and the gut-liver axis in NASH pathogenesis

    Fabio Marra;Gianluca Svegliati-Baroni

  • Differential effect of oleic and palmitic acid on lipid accumulation and apoptosis in cultured hepatocytes

    Matteo Ricchi;Maria Rosaria Odoardi;Lucia Carulli;Claudia Anzivino

  • Adipokines in liver diseases.

    Fabio Marra;Cristiana Bertolani

  • Cytokine receptors and signaling in hepatic stellate cells.

    Massimo Pinzani;Fabio Marra

  • Concomitant Activation of the JAK/STAT, PI3K/AKT, and ERK Signaling Is Involved in Leptin-Mediated Promotion of Invasion and Migration of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells

    Neeraj K. Saxena;Dipali Sharma;Xiaokun Ding;Songbai Lin

  • Increased risk of cardiovascular disease in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: causal effect or epiphenomenon?

    Giovanni Targher;F. Marra;G. Marchesini

  • Molecular basis and mechanisms of progression of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

    Fabio Marra;Amalia Gastaldelli;Gianluca Svegliati Baroni;Gianluca Tell

  • Ligands of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ modulate profibrogenic and proinflammatory actions in hepatic stellate cells

    Fabio Marra;Eva Efsen;Roberto G. Romanelli;Alessandra Caligiuri

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify three loci associated with primary biliary cirrhosis

    Xiangdong Liu;Pietro Invernizzi;Yue Lu;Roman Kosoy

  • Accuracy and reproducibility of transient elastography for the diagnosis of fibrosis in pediatric nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

    Valerio Nobili;Francesco Vizzutti;Umberto Arena;Juan G. Abraldes

  • Upregulation of proinflammatory and proangiogenic cytokines by leptin in human hepatic stellate cells.

    Sara Aleffi;Ilaria Petrai;Cristiana Bertolani;Maurizio Parola

  • Signal Transduction by the Chemokine Receptor CXCR3 ACTIVATION OF Ras/ERK, Src, AND PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE/Akt CONTROLS CELL MIGRATION AND PROLIFERATION IN HUMAN VASCULAR PERICYTES

    Andrea Bonacchi;Paola Romagnani;Roberto G. Romanelli;Eva Efsen

  • Increased expression of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 during active hepatic fibrogenesis: correlation with monocyte infiltration.

    F Marra;R DeFranco;C Grappone;S Milani

  • Signal transduction in hepatic stellate cells

    Massimo Pinzani;Fabio Marra;Vinicio Carloni

  • HNE interacts directly with JNK isoforms in human hepatic stellate cells.

    M Parola;G Robino;F Marra;M Pinzani

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Pinzani
Massimo Pinzani The Royal Free Hospital
Salvatore Petta
Salvatore Petta University of Palermo
Fabio Farinati
Fabio Farinati University of Padua
Antonio Gasbarrini
Antonio Gasbarrini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Antonio Craxì
Antonio Craxì University of Palermo
Jesper B. Andersen
Jesper B. Andersen University of Copenhagen
Paola Romagnani
Paola Romagnani University of Florence
Elisabetta Bugianesi
Elisabetta Bugianesi University of Turin
Marco Zoli
Marco Zoli University of Bologna
Francesco Annunziato
Francesco Annunziato University of Florence

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