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G. F. Del Prete

G. F. Del Prete

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Immunology

D-Index
64
Citations
16196
World Ranking
2918
National Ranking
111

Overview

G. F. Del Prete is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their research primarily centers on medicine, with a focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, emergency medicine, and biomedical engineering. Del Prete's scholarly work often addresses critical topics such as cardiac arrest and resuscitation, non-invasive vital sign monitoring, cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, and heart rate variability with autonomic control.

Del Prete has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • P450 Advanced Atrioventricular Block at Loop Recorder Monitoring in a Young Patient with Brugada Syndrome and Conduction Abnormalities: Cause of Syncope or Incidental Finding? (2023, European Heart Journal Supplements)
  • Role of Bispectral Index Monitoring in the Management of Comatose Patients After Resuscitation from Cardiac Arrest (2025, European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care)
  • Can Bispectral Index Monitoring Help in the Management of the Comatose Patient After Resuscitation From Cardiac Arrest? (2025, European Heart Journal Supplements)
  • Optimizing Care for Comatose Patients After Cardiac Arrest: The Role of Bispectral Index Monitoring (2025, European Heart Journal Supplements)

Their frequent co-authors include Y Caldarella, V Menegon, Davide Barbisan, Tommaso Sciarretta, and M Possamai. Collaboration with these colleagues appears consistent, with multiple joint publications across several research efforts.

Del Prete's work has been published predominantly in the European Heart Journal Supplements, which accounts for three of their recent publications, and the European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care, contributing one publication.

Their research spans a range of subfields related to cardiovascular and emergency care, integrating biomedical engineering techniques to improve patient monitoring and treatment outcomes in acute settings. Key areas of focus in their research topics are the evaluation and management of cardiac arrest survivors, the use of non-invasive technologies to monitor vital signs, and the role of bispectral index monitoring in comatose patients, which is a subject featured in multiple 2025 publications.

Best Publications

  • Human IL-10 is produced by both type 1 helper (Th1) and type 2 helper (Th2) T cell clones and inhibits their antigen-specific proliferation and cytokine production.

    G Del Prete;M De Carli;F Almerigogna;M G Giudizi

  • Purified protein derivative of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and excretory-secretory antigen(s) of Toxocara canis expand in vitro human T cells with stable and opposite (type 1 T helper or type 2 T helper) profile of cytokine production.

    G F Del Prete;M De Carli;C Mastromauro;R Biagiotti

  • IL-4 is an essential factor for the IgE synthesis induced in vitro by human T cell clones and their supernatants.

    G Del Prete;E Maggi;P Parronchi;I Chrétien

  • T helper 1 effector cells specific for Helicobacter pylori in the gastric antrum of patients with peptic ulcer disease.

    M M D'Elios;M Manghetti;M De Carli;F Costa

  • IL-4 and IFN (alpha and gamma) exert opposite regulatory effects on the development of cytolytic potential by Th1 or Th2 human T cell clones.

    P Parronchi;M De Carli;R Manetti;C Simonelli

  • Preferential expression of CD30 by human CD4+ T cells producing Th2-type cytokines.

    G Del Prete;M De Carli;F Almerigogna;C K Daniel

  • Different cytokine profiles of intraphepatic T cells in chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections

    A Bertoletti;MM D'Elios;C Boni;M De Carli

  • The neutrophil-activating protein of Helicobacter pylori promotes Th1 immune responses

    Amedeo Amedei;Andrea Cappon;Gaia Codolo;Anna Cabrelle

  • Accumulation of Th-2-like helper T cells in the conjunctiva of patients with vernal conjunctivitis.

    E Maggi;P Biswas;G Del Prete;P Parronchi

  • Allergen exposure induces the activation of allergen-specific Th2 cells in the airway mucosa of patients with allergic respiratory disorders

    Gianfranco F. Del Prete;Marco De Carli;Mario M. D'Elios;Piero Maestrelli

  • Human Th1 and Th2 lymphocytes: their role in the pathophysiology of atopy

    G. Del Prete

  • LONG-LASTING MEMORY T CELL RESPONSES FOLLOWING SELF-LIMITED ACUTE HEPATITIS B

    A Penna;M Artini;A Cavalli;M Levrero

  • Predominant T-helper 1 cytokine profile of hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid-specific T cells in acute self-limited hepatitis B

    A Penna;G Del Prete;A Cavalli;A Bertoletti

  • Molecular mimicry between Helicobacter pylori antigens and H+, K+-adenosine triphosphatase in human gastric autoimmunity

    Amedeo Amedei;Mathijs P. Bergman;Ben J. Appelmelk;Annalisa Azzurri

  • Different cytokine profile and antigen-specificity repertoire in Helicobacter pylori-specific T cell clones from the antrum of chronic gastritis patients with or without peptic ulcer.

    M M D'Elios;M Manghetti;F Almerigogna;A Amedei

  • The concept of type-1 and type-2 helper T cells and their cytokines in humans.

    G Del Prete

  • Helper activity for immunoglobulin synthesis of T helper type 1 (Th1) and Th2 human T cell clones: the help of Th1 clones is limited by their cytolytic capacity.

    G F Del Prete;M De Carli;M Ricci;S Romagnani

  • Neonatal bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination induces adult-like IFN-gamma production by CD4+ T lymphocytes.

    Johan Vekemans;Johan Vekemans;Amedeo Amedei;Martin O. Ota;Mario M. D'Elios

  • Human Th1 and Th2 cells: functional properties, mechanisms of regulation, and role in disease.

    G Del Prete;E Maggi;S Romagnani

  • Atopy, intestinal helminth infection and total serum IgE in rural and urban adult Gambian communities

    O. A. Nyan;G. E. L. Walraven;W. A. S. Banya;P. Milligan

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Romagnani
Sergio Romagnani University of Florence
Enrico Maggi
Enrico Maggi Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Mario Milco D'Elios
Mario Milco D'Elios University of Siena
Paola Parronchi
Paola Parronchi University of Florence
Aldo Pinchera
Aldo Pinchera University of Pisa
Amedeo Amedei
Amedeo Amedei University of Florence
Giovanni Pizzolo
Giovanni Pizzolo University of Verona
Roberto Manetti
Roberto Manetti University of Sassari
Marie-Pierre Piccinni
Marie-Pierre Piccinni University of Florence
Cosima T. Baldari
Cosima T. Baldari University of Siena

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