Editorial Board

Giuseppe Murdaca, PhD

Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Interests: immunodeficiency; autoimmunity; neuro-endocrino-immunology; pharmacogenomics; vaccine and autoimmune diseases

Gaetano Isola, DDS, PhD

Department of General Surgery and Surgical-Medical Specialties, Unit of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Interests: periodontology; oral surgery; oral medicine; oral diseases; biomaterials; oral biomarkers

Samad Ahadian, PhD

Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), Los Angeles, CA, USA

Interests: Biomedical engineering; Bioengineering; Biomaterials; Tissue engineering; Lab on a chip

Ami Aronheim, PhD

Signal Transduction Laboratory, Weizmann Institute, Haifa, Israel

Interests: Signal transduction; Control of gene expression

Wilbert Aronow, MD

Department of Cardiology, Westchester Medical Center, NY, USA

Interests: Clinical cardiology, including cardiac catheterization; Coronary angioplasty and Stenting

Maciej Baginski, PhD

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biochemistry, Gdansk University of Technology (TUG), Gdansk, Poland

Interests: Molecular dynamics; Computational biophysics; Molecular simulation; Molecular modeling; Computational chemistry; Cholesterol; Molecular docking; Molecular Structure

Mário Adolfo Barbosa, PhD

ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Interests: Imunomoduladory biomaterials; Cell-biomaterial interactions; Extracellular matrix

Michela Battistelli, MD

Department of Biomolecular Sciences (DiSB), Urbino University Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy

Interests: cell death; oxidative stress; natural antioxidants; intercellular communication; electron microscope; microvesicles; autophagy; muscolar; joint pathology

Reina Bendayan, PhD

Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Interests: Drug transport across biological membranes; blood-tissues barriers; blood-brain barrier; HIV pharmacotherapy; HIV sanctuary sites; Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacodynamics; Folate transport

Giuseppe Biagini, MD

Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Interests: Pregnanolone; Tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone; Animals; Ghrelin Receptors; Acyltransferases; Eating; Epilepsy; Pilocarpine; Status Epilepticus

Yochai Birnbaum, MD

Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

Interests: Non-invasive cardiology; electrocardiology; echocardiography; electrocardiography; clinical cardiology and acute coronary syndrome

Federico Biscetti, MD

1) Cardiovascular Internal Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Catholic University School of Medicine, Roma, Italy 2) Laboratory of Vascular Biology and Genetics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy

Interests: Angiogenesis; Vascular diseases; Diabetes complications; Peripheral artery disease

Giulia Bivona, MD

Section of Clinical Biochemistry and Clincal Molecular Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo , Palermo , Italy

Interests: Vitamin D synthesis; Metabolisms and biological activities; Laboratory markers in cardiovascular disease; Neurology; Infectious diseases and sepsis; Interactions between immune and nervous systems; Neuron-to-glia communication

Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, MD

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of York, Toronto, ON, Canada

Interests: Biophysics; Systems biology; Public health; Biomathematics; Theoretical physics

Luis Cabero-Roura, PhD

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Interests: Gestational diabetes

Andrea Cavazzoni, PhD

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Interests: Cancer cell lines; Signaling pathway; Targeted therapy; Immunotherapy; Preclinical models

Giulio Ceolotto, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Metabolic Diseases, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Interests: Hypertension; Coronary artery disease; Atherosclerosis; Metabolic syndrome; MicroRNAs; Circulating microRNAs; Gene expression; Oxidative stress; Ischemia-reperfusion

William C. S. Cho, PhD

Queen Elizabeth Hosp, Hong Kong

Interests: Cancer biomarkers, non-coding RNA, liquid biopsy, proteomics

Mario Clerici, MD

1) IRCCS Fdn Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan, Italy 2) Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Interests: Immunology; Translational medicine; Pathogenesis of human diseases

Erich Cosmi, MD, PhD

Department of Woman and Child Health, University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy

Interests: Maternal fetal medicine; Obstetrics; Endometiosis

Maria Sofia Cotelli, PhD

Unit of Neurology, ASST Valcamonica, Esine, Italy

Interests: Neurodegenerative disorders; Electroencephalogram refertation and epilepsy; Stroke unit

Magdalena Czarnecka-Operacz, MD

Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Poznań, Poznań, Poland

Interests: Atopic dermatitis; Allergology and clinical immunology; Allergic skin diseases, Allergen immunotherapy

Janine Danks, PhD

School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Interests: Immunohistochemistry; Molecular pathology; Comparative endocrinology; Tumour biology

Mausumi Das, PhD

Department of Reproductive Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Interests: Gynaecology; Reproductive medicine; Fertility; Assisted conception

Dario de Biase, PhD

Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Interests: Solid tumors; Molecular markers; Next-generation sequencing; Thyroid tumors; Brain neoplasia

Alessandro Delitala, MD, PhD

Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari 07100, Italy

Interests: Thyroid disorders; Subclinical hypothyroidism; Subclinical hyperthyroidism; Cardiovascular disease; Pulse wave velocity

Mario Diaz, PhD

Labooraty of Membrane Physiology and Biophysics, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

Interests: Neurodegeneration; Membrane physiology; Membrane biophysics; Neurolipidomics; Neurochemistry; Neuroprotection; Estrogen signaling

Graziana Digiacomo, PhD

Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Interests: Cell Culture; Oncology; Molecular and Cell Biology; Signaling Pathways; Hepatocarcinoma; Lung Cancer; CDK4/6-Inhibitors; Macrophages; Angiogenesis; Cell Migration and Invasion; Target Therapy; Western Blot Analysis; Gene Expression

Giuseppe Fanciulli, MD

Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Interests: Neuroendocrine tumours; Medullary thyroid carcinoma; Pheochromocytoma; Carcinoid syndrome; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN)

Federico Ferrari, PhD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123 Brescia, Italy

Interests: gynecologic oncology; surgical management; minimally invasive procedures and clinical translational; female cancers

Marilena Formato, PhD

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy

Interests: Glycosaminoglycans; Lipoproteins; Diabetes; Proteoglycans; Atherosclerosis

Suthat Fucharoen, MD

Thalassemia Research Center, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Mahidol University, Salaya Campus, Thailand

Interests: Thalassemia and hemoglobinopathy; Genetic diseases; WGS and NGS; Molecular medicine in general

Ziv Gil, PhD

1) Laboratory for Applied Cancer Research,Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 2) Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus,

Interests: Tumor microenvironment; Head and neck cancer; Perineural invasion; Pancreas carcinoma

Elisa Giovannetti, MD

Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam (CCA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Interests: Molecular pharmacology; Anticancer drug resistance; Pancreatic cancer; Nucleoside analogs

Michael Henein, MD, PhD, MSc

Umea Heart Centre, Umea University, Sweden

Interests: Coronary calcification; Heart failure; Valvular heart disease

Christos Iavazzo, MD

Gynaecological Oncology Department - Metaxa Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece

Interests: robotics; laparoscopic surgery oncology

Gerrit Jansen, PhD

Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Interests: Drug resistance; Pharmacology; Innovative therapies

Aleksandar Jovanovic, PhD

Department of Basic and Clinical Sciences, University of Nicosia Medical School, Nicosia, Cyprus

Interests: Cardiovascular pharmacology; Cytoprotection and ageing

Taiho Kambe, PhD

Division of Integrated Life Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Interests: Zinc transporter; Molecular Cell Biology; Trace element

Kirill Kiselyov, PhD

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Interests: Cell physiology; Lysosomes; Oxidative stress; Metals; Mitochondria; Ion transport

Joanna Kopecka, PhD

Oncological Pharmacology Lab, Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Turin, Italy

Interests: Molecular pathways; Chemoresistance and immunoresistance of cancer cells

Gerhard Kostner, PhD

Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Interests: Biochemistry; Molecular Biology; Genetics; Physiology; Pathophysiology

Antonio Simone Laganà, MD, PhD

Unit of Gynecologic Oncology, ARNAS "Civico – Di Cristina – Benfratelli", Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (PROMISE), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

Interests: minimally invasive gynecology; laparoscopy; hysteroscopy; female infertility; endometriosis; reproductive immunology; gynecological endocrinology

Myeong Soo Lee, PhD

Clinical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Interests: Evidence based medicine; Complementary and integrative medicine; Clinical trialsL Reporting guideline; Clinical practice guideline

Thomas Leitha, PhD

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Interests: Clinical Molecular Imaging, Nuclear Medicine, Theranostic, Internal Medicine

Yoav D. Livney, PhD

Laboratory of Biopolymers for Food and Health, Department of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Interests: Biopolymers; Encapsulation; Bioactive delivery systems; Drugs; Nutraceuticals; Food; Proteins; Polysaccharides

Patricia Martínez Sánchez, MD, PhD

Torrecárdenas University Hospital, University of Almería, Hermandad de Donantes de sangre Street, PC 04009, Spain

Interests: Biomedicine; Neuroimaging; Stroke

Hiroshi Matsushita, MD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

Interests: Obstetrics; Gynecology

Jacques L. Michaud, MD

1) CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montreal, QC, Canada 2) Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

Interests: Neuro-developmental disorders; Intellectual disability; Autism; Epilepsy

Tamara Minko, PhD

Department of Pharmaceutics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Interests: Drug Delivery; Gene therapy; Nanotechnology; Cancer; Lung Diseases

Giovanni Monni, MD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecolog, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

Interests: Obstetrics; Gynecology

Gil G. Mor, MD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA

Interests: Reproductive immunology; cancer stem cells; inflammation

Gurudatta Naik, MPH

O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA

Interests: Oncology; Epidemiology

Georgios Nikolopoulos, PhD

Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Interests: HIV; Epidemiology; Meta-analysis; Public Health; Biostatistics

Uwe Nixdorff, MD

Medical Center Dusseldorf, European Prevent Center, Dusseldorf, Germany

Interests: Preventive cardiology; Cardiovascular imaging; Cardiovascular risk stratification; Genetics; Lifestyle

Jose M. Padron, PhD

BioLab, Instituto Universitario de Bio-Orgánica Antonio González (IUBO-AG), Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain

Interests: Drug discovery; Molecular pharmacology; Anticancer drugs; Chemical databases

Carlo Palombo, MD

Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular Pathology, and Critical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Interests: Arterial structure and function; Ventricular-arterial coupling; Cardiovascular prevention; Heart failure; Ischemic heart disease

Marco Palumbo, MD, PhD

Department of General Surgey and Medical-Surgical Specialities, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Interests: Endocrinological; Gynaecological oncology

Nikolaos Papadopoulos, MD, PhD

Democritus University of Thrace Dragana, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Medical School, Alexandroupolis, 68132, Evros, Greece

Interests: Pediatrics; Pediatric rhinitis

Milica Pešić, PhD

Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic"-National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Interests: Cancer research; Cancer multidrug resistance; Translational research; Targeted therapeutics; Natural products

Paola Perego, PhD

Department of Applied Research and Technological Development, IRCCS Foundation National Cancer Institute of Milan, Milan, Italy

Interests: Molecular pharmacology; Anticancer agents; Anticancer drugs development, Drug targets identification; Drug resistance

Francesco Pollari, MD

Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum Nürnberg - Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany

Interests: Cardiac and Vascular Imaging; Artificial intelligence; Telemedicine

Venerando Rapisarda, MD

Occupational Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, "Policlinic-S. Marco" University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 87, 95123 Catania, Italy

Interests: Occupational medicine; Industrial toxicology; Environmental hygiene; Occupational oncogenesis; Vaccine preventable diseases; Biological risk

Chiara Riganti, MD

Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Interests: MDR; ABC transporter; Cholesterol; Immune system

Israel Ringel, PhD

School of Pharmacy, Institute for Drug Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

Interests: Mechanism of action of anti cancer drugs the affect the microtubule system; NMR

Emma Louise Robinson, PhD

School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA

Interests: Gene expression; Heart failure; Cardiology; Epigenetics; Transcriptomics; Molecular biology; Non-coding RNAs

Luca Roncati, MD

Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences with interest in Transplantation, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Interests: gynaecopathology; gynaecological oncology; molecular oncology; human papilloma virus; PAP smear; breast cancer; target therapy; precision oncology; endocrine disruptors; SIDS; COVID-19

Giulio Sancini, PhD

Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

Interests: neurophysiology; respiratory physiology; nanomedicine; nanotoxicology; environmental health

Antonio Scarano, PhD

Department of Innovative Technologies in Medicine and Dentistry, University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy

Interests: Oral Implantology; Biomaterials; Osseointegration; Oral diseases

Giuseppe Scibilia, MD

Division of Gynecological and Medical Oncology, Department of Maternal and Child, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy

Interests: General gynecology; Gynecological oncology; mininvasive surgery

Hassan Shora, MD

Department of Biochemistry &Molecular Biology, Port-Said University, Port Fouad City, Egypt

Interests: Diabetology; Medicine; Molecular medicine

Rob Siebers, MD

Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand

Interests: Asthma; Allergy; Indoor environment; Allergens; Endotoxin; Epidemiology

Tetsuro Tamaki, PhD

Muscle Physiology & Cell Biology Unit, Department of Human Structure and Function, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan

Interests: Stem cells in the skeletal muscle; Muscle regeneration; Hypertrophy; Sarcopenia; Nerve-muscle physiology; Stem cell therapy; Muscle physiology and cell biology; Exercise physiology.

Ioannis Theodorou, MD

Laboratoire d’Immunologie et Histocompatibilité, Pôle Biologie-Pathologie-Physiologie (B2P), Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France

Interests: Immunogenetics; Immune Response Modeling with probabilistic and topology based machine learning algorithms; Transplantation

Giuseppe Toffoli, MD

Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), IRCCS, Aviano, Italy

Interests: Nanomedicine; Pre-Clinical and Clinical Pharmacology; Molecular and Biochemical Mechanisms; Genomics of Anti-Cancer Drugs and technology transfer

Michail Varras, MD

Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, "Elena Venizelou" General Hospital, Athina, Greece

Interests: Gynaecological oncology; Minimal invasive gynaecological surgery; Reproductive medicine; Mocecular biology of placenta; Rare obstetrics and gynaecology Clinical cases

Israel Vlodavsky, PhD

Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Interests: Heparanase; Heparan sulfate; Extracellular matrix; Tumor microenvironment

Chunsen Wu, PhD

Research Unit for Gynaecology and Obstetrics, the department of clinical research, the university of southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Interests: Prenatal exposures to maternal diseases before and during pregnancy such as immunological disorders, infection, preeclampsia, diabetes, etc. and risk of long-term outcomes such as allergic diseases, neurological diseases among offspring

Paolo Zola, MD

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Interests: Transvaginal Ultrasound; Menopause; Contraceptive Methods; Breast Cancer