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1805
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Overview

Giamila Fantuzzi is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions across subfields such as Physiology, Oncology, Immunology, Neurology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work spans several main topics, which include:

  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Body Composition Measurement Techniques

Fantuzzi has published in a number of scientific journals, with frequent appearances in Frontiers in Immunology, Nutrients, Trials, PLoS ONE, and Wound Repair and Regeneration. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Study in Parkinson's disease of exercise phase 3 (SPARX3): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial," 2022, published in Trials
  • "Comparing the gut microbiome of obese, African American, older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment," 2023, published in PLoS ONE
  • "C-reactive protein as the biomarker of choice to monitor the effects of exercise on inflammation in Parkinson's disease," 2023, published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Activin A Modulates Inflammation in Acute Pancreatitis and Strongly Predicts Severe Disease Independent of Body Mass Index," 2020, published in Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology
  • "Building research in diet and cognition (BRIDGE): Baseline characteristics of older obese African American adults in a randomized controlled trial to examine the effect of the Mediterranean diet with and without weight loss on cognitive functioning," 2020, published in Preventive Medicine Reports

Frequent collaborators in Fantuzzi's research include Linda Schiffer, Marian Fitzgibbon, Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, Timothy J. Koh, and Andrew McLeod. The collaboration counts with these co-authors range from four to five publications each.

Best Publications

  • Adipose tissue, adipokines, and inflammation.

    Giamila Fantuzzi

  • Leptin in the regulation of immunity, inflammation, and hematopoiesis.

    Giamila Fantuzzi;Raffaella Faggioni

  • Targeted disruption of the glucocorticoid receptor gene blocks adrenergic chromaffin cell development and severely retards lung maturation

    T J Cole;J A Blendy;A P Monaghan;K Krieglstein

  • Interleukin-18 Binding Protein: A Novel Modulator of the Th1 Cytokine Response

    Daniela Novick;Soo Hyun Kim;Giamila Fantuzzi;Leonid L. Reznikov

  • Increasing Levels of Interleukin (IL)-1Ra and IL-6 During the First 2 Days of Hospitalization in Unstable Angina Are Associated With Increased Risk of In-Hospital Coronary Events

    Luigi M. Biasucci;Giovanna Liuzzo;Giamila Fantuzzi;Giuseppina Caligiuri

  • INTERLEUKIN-18 (IFNGAMMA -INDUCING FACTOR) INDUCES IL-8 AND IL-1BETA VIA TNFALPHA PRODUCTION FROM NON-CD14+ HUMAN BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS

    Adrian J. Puren;Giamila Fantuzzi;Yong Gu;Michael S S Su

  • Defective inflammatory response in interleukin 6-deficient mice.

    Elena Fattori;Manuela Cappelletti;Patrizia Costa;Carolina Sellitto

  • Interleukin-18 and interleukin-1β: Two cytokine substrates for ICE (caspase-1)

    Giamila Fantuzzi;Charles A. Dinarello

  • The antitumor histone deacetylase inhibitor suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid exhibits antiinflammatory properties via suppression of cytokines

    Flavio Leoni;Andrea Zaliani;Giorgio Bertolini;Giulia Porro

  • Impaired IL-18 processing protects caspase-1–deficient mice from ischemic acute renal failure

    Vyacheslav Y. Melnikov;Tevfik Ecder;Giamila Fantuzzi;Britta Siegmund

  • Adipose Tissue and Atherosclerosis. Exploring the Connection

    Giamila Fantuzzi;Theodore Mazzone

  • Adiponectin and inflammation: Consensus and controversy

    Giamila Fantuzzi

  • New insights into the biology of the acute phase response.

    Anthony F. Suffredini;Giamila Fantuzzi;Raffaele Badolato;Joost J. Oppenheim

  • Overview of interleukin-18: more than an interferon-gamma inducing factor.

    Charles A. Dinarello;Daniela Novick;Adrian J. Puren;Giamila Fantuzzi

  • IL-1β-converting enzyme (caspase-1) in intestinal inflammation

    Britta Siegmund;Hans Anton Lehr;Giamila Fantuzzi;Charles A. Dinarello

  • Leptin-deficient (ob/ob) mice are protected from T cell-mediated hepatotoxicity: Role of tumor necrosis factor α and IL-18

    Raffaella Faggioni;Jessica Jones-Carson;David A. Reed;Charles A. Dinarello

  • Structural requirements of six naturally occurring isoforms of the IL-18 binding protein to inhibit IL-18

    Soo Hyun Kim;Miriam Eisenstein;Leonid Reznikov;Giamila Fantuzzi

  • Gene expression, synthesis, and secretion of interleukin 18 and interleukin 1β are differentially regulated in human blood mononuclear cells and mouse spleen cells

    Adrian J. Puren;Giamila Fantuzzi;Charles A. Dinarello

  • IL-1β mediates leptin induction during inflammation

    Raffaella Faggioni;Giamila Fantuzzi;John Fuller;Charles A. Dinarello

  • IL-18 regulates IL-1β-dependent hepatic melanoma metastasis via vascular cell adhesion molecule-1

    Fernando Vidal-Vanaclocha;Giamila Fantuzzi;Lorea Mendoza;Angela M. Fuentes

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles A. Dinarello
Charles A. Dinarello University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Britta Siegmund
Britta Siegmund Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Pietro Ghezzi
Pietro Ghezzi Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Daniela Novick
Daniela Novick Weizmann Institute of Science
Menachem Rubinstein
Menachem Rubinstein Weizmann Institute of Science
Soo-Hyun Kim
Soo-Hyun Kim Konkuk University
Martin Zeitz
Martin Zeitz Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Marina Sironi
Marina Sironi Humanitas University
Edward D. Chan
Edward D. Chan National Jewish Health
Jos W. M. van der Meer
Jos W. M. van der Meer Radboud University Medical Center

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