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Raffaele Marfella is affiliated with the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant work in several subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Molecular Biology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's recent publications include works such as "Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events" (2024) published in the New England Journal of Medicine. This paper has received notable attention within the scientific community with 713 citations.

Other frequently published venues for Marfella include the following:

  • Cardiovascular Diabetology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Biomedicines
  • Research Square

Key topics covered throughout Marfella's research are:

  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Diabetes and Associated Disorders
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity

Among frequent collaborators, Marfella has co-authored extensively with:

  • Celestino Sardu (122 collaborations)
  • Ferdinando Carlo Sasso (81 collaborations)
  • Giuseppe Paolisso (71 collaborations)
  • Luca Rinaldi (57 collaborations)
  • Alfredo Caturano (47 collaborations)

Sample recent papers authored or co-authored are:

  • "Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events" (2024), New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Hypertension, Thrombosis, Kidney Failure, and Diabetes: Is COVID-19 an Endothelial Disease? A Comprehensive Evaluation of Clinical and Basic Evidence" (2020), Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • "Outcomes in Patients With Hyperglycemia Affected by COVID-19: Can We Do More on Glycemic Control?" (2020), Diabetes Care
  • "Oxidative Stress in Type 2 Diabetes: Impacts from Pathogenesis to Lifestyle Modifications" (2023), Current Issues in Molecular Biology
  • "An Overview of the Cardiorenal Protective Mechanisms of SGLT2 Inhibitors" (2022), International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The overall research output of Raffaele Marfella addresses multiple intersecting areas of medicine, with particular emphasis on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, including diabetes and its complications. Their work also touches upon mechanisms related to COVID-19 and its systemic effects.

Best Publications

  • Effect of a mediterranean-style diet on endothelial dysfunction and markers of vascular inflammation in the metabolic syndrome: a randomized trial.

    Katherine Esposito;Raffaele Marfella;Miryam Ciotola;Carmen Di Palo

  • Inflammatory Cytokine Concentrations Are Acutely Increased by Hyperglycemia in Humans Role of Oxidative Stress

    Katherine Esposito;Francesco Nappo;Raffaele Marfella;Giovanni Giugliano

  • Effect of weight loss and lifestyle changes on vascular inflammatory markers in obese women: a randomized trial.

    Katherine Esposito;Alessandro Pontillo;Carmen Di Palo;Giovanni Giugliano

  • Reduction of Inflammatory Cytokine Concentrations and Improvement of Endothelial Functions in Obese Women After Weight Loss Over One Year

    Patrizia Ziccardi;Francesco Nappo;Giovanni Giugliano;Katherine Esposito

  • Effect of lifestyle changes on erectile dysfunction in obese men: a randomized controlled trial.

    Katherine Esposito;Francesco Giugliano;Carmen Di Palo;Giovanni Giugliano

  • Postprandial endothelial activation in healthy subjects and in type 2 diabetic patients: role of fat and carbohydrate meals.

    Francesco Nappo;Katherine Esposito;Michele Cioffi;Giovanni Giugliano

  • Regression of Carotid Atherosclerosis by Control of Postprandial Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Katherine Esposito;Dario Giugliano;Francesco Nappo;Raffaele Marfella

  • Vascular Effects of Acute Hyperglycemia in Humans Are Reversed by l-Arginine Evidence for Reduced Availability of Nitric Oxide During Hyperglycemia

    Dario Giugliano;Raffaele Marfella;Ludovico Coppola;Giovanni Verrazzo

  • Association of low interleukin-10 levels with the metabolic syndrome in obese women

    Katherine Esposito;Alessandro Pontillo;Francesco Giugliano;Giovanni Giugliano

  • Metabolic and Cardiovascular Effects of Carvedilol and Atenolol in Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Giugliano D;Acampora R;Marfella R;De Rosa N

  • Impairment of Endothelial Functions by Acute Hyperhomocysteinemia and Reversal by Antioxidant Vitamins

    Francesco Nappo;Nicoletta De Rosa;Raffaele Marfella;Domenico De Lucia

  • Outcomes in Patients With Hyperglycemia Affected by COVID-19: Can We Do More on Glycemic Control?

    Celestino Sardu;Nunzia D'Onofrio;Maria Luisa Balestrieri;Michelangela Barbieri

  • Reduction of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation by Blunting Daily Acute Glucose Fluctuations in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Role of dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibition

    Maria Rosaria Rizzo;Michelangela Barbieri;Raffaele Marfella;Giuseppe Paolisso

  • Acute Hyperglycemia Induces Nitrotyrosine Formation and Apoptosis in Perfused Heart From Rat

    Antonio Ceriello;Lisa Quagliaro;Michele D’Amico;Clara Di Filippo

  • Acute hyperglycemia induces an oxidative stress in healthy subjects.

    Raffaele Marfella;Lisa Quagliaro;Francesco Nappo;Antonio Ceriello

  • High Proportions of Erectile Dysfunction in Men With the Metabolic Syndrome

    Katherine Esposito;Francesco Giugliano;Emilia Martedì;Giovanni Feola

  • Circulating adhesion molecules in humans: role of hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia.

    Raffaele Marfella;Katherine Esposito;Riccardo Giunta;Giuseppe Coppola

  • Metformin Improves Glucose, Lipid Metabolism, and Reduces Blood Pressure in Hypertensive, Obese Women

    D Giugliano;N De Rosa;G Di Maro;R Marfella

  • Effects of Stress Hyperglycemia on Acute Myocardial Infarction: Role of inflammatory immune process in functional cardiac outcome

    Raffaele Marfella;Mario Siniscalchi;Katherine Esposito;Ausilia Sellitto

  • The effect of acute hyperglycaemia on QTc duration in healthy man.

    R. Marfella;F. Nappo;L. De Angelis;M. Siniscalchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Paolisso
Giuseppe Paolisso University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Dario Giugliano
Dario Giugliano University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Katherine Esposito
Katherine Esposito University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Claudio Napoli
Claudio Napoli University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Alfonso Baldi
Alfonso Baldi University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Salvatore Cuzzocrea
Salvatore Cuzzocrea University of Messina
Antonio Ceriello
Antonio Ceriello MultiMedica
Nazzareno Galiè
Nazzareno Galiè University of Bologna
Francesca Rossi
Francesca Rossi University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Gianpaolo Papaccio
Gianpaolo Papaccio University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

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