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Fabrizio Montecucco

Fabrizio Montecucco

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
19240
World Ranking
6597
National Ranking
156

Overview

Fabrizio Montecucco is affiliated with the University of Genoa in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant work in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, immunology, molecular biology, surgery, and epidemiology.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a breadth of topics related to cardiovascular health, inflammation, and immune responses. Notable papers include:

  • Endothelial dysfunction and immunothrombosis as key pathogenic mechanisms in COVID-19, 2021, Nature reviews. Immunology
  • Inflammation, Aging, and Cardiovascular Disease, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Management of Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Inflamm-ageing: the role of inflammation in age-dependent cardiovascular disease, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Statins and the COVID-19 main protease: in silico evidence on direct interaction, 2020, Archives of Medical Science

Their work often intersects topics such as atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases, as well as cardiovascular disease and adiposity. Additional research areas include cardiovascular function and risk factors, cancer lipids and metabolism, and inflammasome and immune disorders.

Frequent co-authors indicate collaboration with various researchers, including Federico Carbone, Luca Liberale, Stefano Ministrini, Giovanni G. Camici, and Aldo Bonaventura. These collaborations underline an interdisciplinary approach to cardiovascular and immunological research.

Publications by Montecucco have appeared in several venues, most notably the European Journal of Clinical Investigation, European Heart Journal, Internal and Emergency Medicine, Cardiovascular Research, and Atherosclerosis.

Best Publications

  • Endothelial dysfunction and immunothrombosis as key pathogenic mechanisms in COVID-19.

    Aldo Bonaventura;Aldo Bonaventura;Alessandra Vecchié;Lorenzo Dagna;Kimberly Martinod

  • HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS INHIBIT NEUTROPHIL APOPTOSIS: A MODEL FOR NEUTROPHIL PRESERVATION IN THE BONE MARROW NICHE

    Lizzia Raffaghello;Giordano Bianchi;Maria Bertolotto;Fabrizio Montecucco

  • Role of cytokines and chemokines in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    Vincent Braunersreuther;Giorgio Luciano Viviani;François Mach;Fabrizio Montecucco

  • Evidence for the gut microbiota short-chain fatty acids as key pathophysiological molecules improving diabetes.

    Alessandra Puddu;Roberta Sanguineti;Fabrizio Montecucco;Giorgio Luciano Viviani

  • Common inflammatory mediators orchestrate pathophysiological processes in rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis

    Fabrizio Montecucco;François Mach

  • Obesity phenotypes and their paradoxical association with cardiovascular diseases

    Alessandra Vecchié;Franco Dallegri;Federico Carbone;Aldo Bonaventura

  • Management of Acute and Recurrent Pericarditis: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

    Juan Guido Chiabrando;Aldo Bonaventura;Alessandra Vecchié;George F. Wohlford

  • Statins and the Covid-19 main protease: In silico evidence on direct interaction

    Željko Reiner;Mahdi Hatamipour;Maciej Banach;Maciej Banach;Matteo Pirro

  • Inflamm-ageing: the role of inflammation in age-dependent cardiovascular disease

    Luca Liberale;Luca Liberale;Fabrizio Montecucco;Jean Claude Tardif;Peter Libby

  • HIV increases markers of cardiovascular risk: results from a randomized, treatment interruption trial.

    Alexandra Calmy;Angèle Gayet-Ageron;Fabrizio Montecucco;Alain Nguyen

  • CB2 cannabinoid receptor activation is cardioprotective in a mouse model of ischemia/reperfusion

    Fabrizio Montecucco;Sébastien Lenglet;Vincent Braunersreuther;Fabienne Burger

  • Pathophysiological role of neutrophils in acute myocardial infarction.

    Federico Carbone;Alessio Nencioni;François Mach;Nicolas Vuilleumier

  • The inflammatory response as a target to reduce myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion injury

    Sabine Steffens;Fabrizio Montecucco;François Mach

  • Epicardial adipose tissue and cardiovascular diseases.

    Anna Maria Ansaldo;Fabrizio Montecucco;Amirhossein Sahebkar;Franco Dallegri

  • At the heart of the matter: the endocannabinoid system in cardiovascular function and dysfunction

    Fabrizio Montecucco;Vincenzo Di Marzo

  • CB2 cannabinoid receptor agonist JWH-015 modulates human monocyte migration through defined intracellular signaling pathways.

    Fabrizio Montecucco;Fabienne Burger;François Mach;Sabine Steffens

  • Role of NADPH oxidase isoforms NOX1, NOX2 and NOX4 in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury

    Vincent Braunersreuther;Fabrizio Montecucco;Fabrizio Montecucco;Mohammed Ashri;Graziano Pelli

  • Impact of different ectopic fat depots on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

    Daniele Ferrara;Fabrizio Montecucco;Franco Dallegri;Federico Carbone

  • Role of Renin-Angiotensin System in Inflammation, Immunity and Aging

    Luciano S.A. Capettini;Fabrizio Montecucco;Francois Mach;Nikos Stergiopulos

  • Update on Inflammatory Biomarkers and Treatments in Ischemic Stroke

    Aldo Bonaventura;Luca Liberale;Alessandra Vecchié;Matteo Casula

Frequent Co-Authors

François Mach
François Mach University of Geneva
Franco Dallegri
Franco Dallegri University of Genoa
Thomas F. Lüscher
Thomas F. Lüscher University of Zurich
Alessio Nencioni
Alessio Nencioni University of Genoa
Amirhossein Sahebkar
Amirhossein Sahebkar Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Robson A.S. Santos
Robson A.S. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Antonio Abbate
Antonio Abbate University of Virginia
Piero Portincasa
Piero Portincasa University of Bari Aldo Moro
Gérard Waeber
Gérard Waeber University of Lausanne
Peter Vollenweider
Peter Vollenweider University of Lausanne

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