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79
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24856
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17486
National Ranking
707

Overview

Massimo Federici is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy and has made notable contributions in the field of medicine, with a focus on molecular biology, physiology, surgery, endocrinology, diabetes, metabolism, and epidemiology. Their research output includes 260 publications with particular attention to subfields such as molecular biology (42 publications), physiology (41), surgery (39), endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism (32), and epidemiology (31).

The scientist's research covers diverse topics, especially diet and metabolism studies, gut microbiota and health, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, diabetes treatment and management, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, peripheral artery disease management, and circadian rhythm and melatonin. These topics are represented by 50, 48, 32, 28, 24, 20, and 18 publications respectively.

Massimo Federici has published recent papers including:

  • 2023 ESC Guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes, 2023, European Heart Journal
  • Macrophage polarization and metabolism in atherosclerosis, 2023, Cell Death and Disease
  • Iron status influences non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in obesity through the gut microbiome, 2021, Microbiome
  • Microbiota-gut-brain axis: relationships among the vagus nerve, gut microbiota, obesity, and diabetes, 2023, Acta Diabetologica
  • Sodium-glucose co-transporter2 expression and inflammatory activity in diabetic atherosclerotic plaques: Effects of sodium-glucose co-transporter2 inhibitor treatment, 2021, Molecular Metabolism

Frequent co-authors in Massimo Federici's research include Rossella Menghini (32 publications), Susanna Longo (21), Nikolaus Marx (18), Marina Cardellini (18), and Stefano Rizza (18).

The scientist regularly publishes in several journals, with the most frequent venues being Acta Diabetologica (11 publications), Pharmacological Research (7), Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases (5), European Heart Journal (4), and Molecular Metabolism (4).

Federici has also contributed to scientific literature through books, particularly with Springer International Publishing, where two editions of "Gut Microbiome, Microbial Metabolites and Cardiometabolic Risk" were published in 2023 and 2024, receiving citations in each edition.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • 2019 ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD

    Francesco Cosentino;Peter J Grant;Victor Aboyans;Clifford J Bailey

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular phenomics and metagenomics of hepatic steatosis in non-diabetic obese women.

    Lesley Hoyles;José-Manuel Fernández-Real;Massimo Federici;Matteo Serino;Matteo Serino

  • Mandibuloacral Dysplasia Is Caused by a Mutation in LMNA-Encoding Lamin A/C

    Giuseppe Novelli;Antoine Muchir;Federica Sangiuolo;Anne Helbling-Leclerc

  • MicroRNA 217 Modulates Endothelial Cell Senescence via Silent Information Regulator 1

    Rossella Menghini;Viviana Casagrande;Marina Cardellini;Eugenio Martelli

  • Defects of the insulin receptor substrate (IRS) system in human metabolic disorders

    Giorgio Sesti;Massimo Federici;Marta L. Hribal;Davide Lauro

  • High Glucose Causes Apoptosis in Cultured Human Pancreatic Islets of Langerhans: A Potential Role for Regulation of Specific Bcl Family Genes Toward an Apoptotic Cell Death Program

    Massimo Federici;Marta Hribal;Lucia Perego;Marco Ranalli

  • Insulin-Dependent Activation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Is Impaired by O-Linked Glycosylation Modification of Signaling Proteins in Human Coronary Endothelial Cells

    Massimo Federici;Rossella Menghini;Alessandro Mauriello;Marta Letizia Hribal

  • Metabolically healthy versus metabolically unhealthy obesity.

    Carla Iacobini;Giuseppe Pugliese;Claudia Blasetti Fantauzzi;Massimo Federici

  • The inflammatory status score including IL-6, TNF-α, osteopontin, fractalkine, MCP-1 and adiponectin underlies whole-body insulin resistance and hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    G. Daniele;R. Guardado Mendoza;R. Guardado Mendoza;D. Winnier;T. V. Fiorentino;T. V. Fiorentino

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • 2019 ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD

    F Cosentino;P J Grant;V Aboyans;C J Bailey

  • A novel pharmacologic inhibitor of the NLRP3 inflammasome limits myocardial injury after ischemia-reperfusion in the mouse.

    Carlo Marchetti;Jeremy Chojnacki;Stefano Toldo;Eleonora Mezzaroma

  • Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are inversely associated with systemic inflammation in severe obese subjects

    Alfonso Bellia;Caterina Garcovich;Monica D’Adamo;Mauro Lombardo

  • Genetic deficiency of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase promotes gut microbiota-mediated metabolic health.

    Ludivine Laurans;Nicolas Venteclef;Yacine Haddad;Mouna Chajadine

  • Changes in blood microbiota profiles associated with liver fibrosis in obese patients: A pilot analysis.

    Benjamin Lelouvier;Florence Servant;Sandrine Païssé;Anne‐Claire Brunet

  • Insulin receptor substrate (IRS) transduction system: distinct and overlapping signaling potential

    Barbara Giovannone;Maria Lucia Scaldaferri;Massimo Federici;Ottavia Porzio

  • MiR-146a is modulated in human endothelial cell with aging

    Mariuca Vasa-Nicotera;Hailan Chen;Paola Tucci;Paola Tucci;Ai Li Yang

  • The Gly972-->Arg amino acid polymorphism in IRS-1 impairs insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells.

    Ottavia Porzio;Massimo Federici;Marta Letizia Hribal;Davide Lauro

Frequent Co-Authors

Giorgio Sesti
Giorgio Sesti Sapienza University of Rome
Nikolaus Marx
Nikolaus Marx RWTH Aachen University
Gerry Melino
Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata
José Manuel Fernández-Real
José Manuel Fernández-Real University of Girona
Bart Staels
Bart Staels University of Lille
Franco Folli
Franco Folli University of Milan
Wifredo Ricart
Wifredo Ricart Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Piero Marchetti
Piero Marchetti University of Pisa
Giovanni Monteleone
Giovanni Monteleone University of Rome Tor Vergata

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