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Pietro Formisano is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The main fields of study cover Medicine with 163 publications and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with 61 publications. Within these areas, their work further expands into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Cancer Research, and Physiology.

Their research topics include investigations into cardiovascular disease and adiposity, mechanisms of adipose tissue and metabolism, and the roles of adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases. Additional topics covered in their work are myasthenia gravis and thymoma, mesenchymal stem cell research, thyroid disorders and treatments, and aspects of cardiovascular, neuropeptides, and oxidative stress research.

Formisano has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed papers published in respected venues. Notable recent publications include:

  • Potential Mechanisms of Bisphenol A (BPA) Contributing to Human Disease, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment: A Role for Glucotoxicity and Dopaminergic Dysfunction, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Cardiac Arrhythmias: Focus on Atrial Fibrillation, 2022, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Cytokine signature and COVID-19 prediction models in the two waves of pandemics, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Inflammation and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly: The Role of Epicardial Adipose Tissue, 2022, Frontiers in Medicine

The venues where Formisano frequently publishes include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nutrients
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent co-authors with whom Formisano collaborates are:

  • Vittoria D'Esposito
  • Francesco Bèguinot
  • Serena Cabaro
  • Giuseppe Perruolo
  • Claudia Miele

Best Publications

  • Adipose Tissue Dysfunction as Determinant of Obesity-Associated Metabolic Complications

    Michele Longo;Federica Zatterale;Federica Zatterale;Jamal Naderi;Jamal Naderi;Luca Parrillo;Luca Parrillo

  • Potential Mechanisms of Bisphenol A (BPA) Contributing to Human Disease.

    Ilaria Cimmino;Francesca Fiory;Giuseppe Perruolo;Claudia Miele

  • Evidence that IRS-2 phosphorylation is required for insulin action in hepatocytes.

    Kristina I. Rother;Yumi Imai;Matilde Caruso;Francesco Beguinot

  • PED/PEA‐15 gene controls glucose transport and is overexpressed in type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Gerolama Condorelli;Giovanni Vigliotta;Carlo Iavarone;Matilde Caruso

  • PED/PEA-15: an anti-apoptotic molecule that regulates FAS/TNFR1-induced apoptosis.

    Gerolama Condorelli;Giovanni Vigliotta;Almerinda Cafieri;Alessandra Trencia

  • Low-Dose Bisphenol-A Impairs Adipogenesis and Generates Dysfunctional 3T3-L1 Adipocytes

    Fabiana Ariemma;Vittoria D’Esposito;Domenico Liguoro;Francesco Oriente

  • Human glycated albumin affects glucose metabolism in L6 skeletal muscle cells by impairing insulin-induced insulin receptor substrate (IRS) signaling through a protein kinase C alpha-mediated mechanism.

    Claudia Miele;Audrey Riboulet;Maria Alessandra Maitan;Francesco Oriente

  • Protein kinase B/Akt binds and phosphorylates PED/PEA-15, stabilizing its antiapoptotic action

    Alessandra Trencia;Anna Perfetti;Angela Cassese;Giovanni Vigliotta

  • Alginate-hyaluronan composite hydrogels accelerate wound healing process.

    O. Catanzano;V. D’Esposito;S. Acierno;M.R. Ambrosio

  • Adipocyte-released insulin-like growth factor-1 is regulated by glucose and fatty acids and controls breast cancer cell growth in vitro

    V. D’Esposito;F. Passaretti;F. Passaretti;A. Hammarstedt;D. Liguoro

  • Age-Related Impairment in Insulin Release The Essential Role of β2-Adrenergic Receptor

    Gaetano Santulli;Angela Lombardi;Angela Lombardi;Daniela Sorriento;Antonio Anastasio

  • Bisphenol-A plasma levels are related to inflammatory markers, visceral obesity and insulin-resistance: a cross-sectional study on adult male population

    Silvia Savastano;Giovanni Tarantino;Vittoria D’Esposito;Federica Passaretti

  • Adipose microenvironment promotes triple negative breast cancer cell invasiveness and dissemination by producing CCL5

    Vittoria D. D'Esposito;Domenico Liguoro;Maria Rosaria Ambrosio;Francesca Collina

  • Activation and mitochondrial translocation of protein kinase Cδ are necessary for insulin stimulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity in muscle and liver cells

    Matilde Caruso;Maria Alessandra Maitan;Giuseppe Bifulco;Claudia Miele

  • Bisphenol A environmental exposure and the detrimental effects on human metabolic health: is it necessary to revise the risk assessment in vulnerable population?

    R. Valentino;V. D’Esposito;F. Ariemma;I. Cimmino

  • Insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of recombinant pp120/HA4, an endogenous substrate of the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase.

    Sonia M. Najjar;Neuberet Philippe;Yoshifumi Suzuki;Gladys A. Ignacio

  • Bisphenol-A Impairs Insulin Action and Up-Regulates Inflammatory Pathways in Human Subcutaneous Adipocytes and 3T3-L1 Cells

    Rossella Valentino;Vittoria D’Esposito;Federica Passaretti;Antonietta Liotti

  • In Skeletal Muscle Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) Inhibit Insulin Action and Induce the Formation of Multimolecular Complexes Including the Receptor for AGEs

    Angela Cassese;Iolanda Esposito;Francesca Fiory;Alessia P.M. Barbagallo

  • Methylglyoxal-Glyoxalase 1 Balance: The Root of Vascular Damage

    Cecilia Nigro;Alessia Leone;Gregory Alexander Raciti;Michele Longo

  • The cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist rimonabant stimulates 2-deoxyglucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells by regulating the expression of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase.

    Iolanda Esposito;Maria Chiara Proto;Patrizia Gazzerro;Chiara Laezza

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerolama Condorelli
Gerolama Condorelli University of Naples Federico II
Alfredo Ciccodicola
Alfredo Ciccodicola National Research Council (CNR)
Annamaria Colao
Annamaria Colao University of Naples Federico II
Pietro Campiglia
Pietro Campiglia University of Salerno
Alberto Auricchio
Alberto Auricchio Telethon Institute Of Genetics And Medicine
Francesco Blasi
Francesco Blasi University of Milan
Gerardo Botti
Gerardo Botti Istituto Giannina Gaslini
Ulf Smith
Ulf Smith University of Gothenburg
Giuseppe Bifulco
Giuseppe Bifulco University of Salerno
Emmanuel Van Obberghen
Emmanuel Van Obberghen Université Côte d'Azur

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