Editorial Board for section 'Mechanisms of Diseases'

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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

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1. Department of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC, Australia
2. Centre for Healthy Futures, Torrens University, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
Interests: striated muscle function; muscle physiology; cardiac physiology; human heart disease; cardiomyopathy; human biobank

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Department of Pathology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150081, China
Interests: cancer; cancer metastasis; cancer immunotherapy; cancer chemotherapy; chemoprevention

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Center of Neuroimmunology, Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Universitat de Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: neuroimmunology; neuroimmunological diseases; neuroradiology; advanced imaging in neuroimmunological diseases; cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis; multiple sclerosis; neuropsychological tests; cognition; grey matter; MRI; cervical cord; myelooptic neuropathy; MR fingerprinting; diffusion-weighted imaging; synthetic MRI in subarachnoid haemorrhage; oligoclonal IgM bands in the cerebrospinal fluid

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Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Interests: pregnancy; neonatology; high risk pregnancy; obstetrics; gynecology

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Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, China
Interests: tumor virus; Epstein-Barr virus; oncology; antiviral innate immunity; virus-host interaction

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Department of Clinical Medicine, Life Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
Interests: gynecologic oncology; ovarian cancer; cervical cancer; endometrial cancer; sonography; ultrasonography
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Allergy Unit, Second Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Urticaria Center of Reference and Excellence (UCARE), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University General Hospital “Attikon”, 10679 Athens, Greece
Interests: allergy; drug hypersensitivity; internet; risk factors; survey

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Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of Quality of Life, Università Telematica San Raffaele Roma, 00166 Rome, Italy
Interests: stem cells; epigenetic mechanisms; noncoding RNAs; cancer stem cells
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Department of Neurology and Stroke Unit, Torrecárdenas University Hospital, University of Almería, 04009 Almeria, Spain
Interests: neurology; cerebrovascular diseases; stroke; neuroimaging
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Division of Cardiology, Istituto Nazionale Tumori-IRCCS-Fondazione G. Pascale, 80131 Naples, Italy
Interests: Cardiovascular Diseases; Echocardiography; clinical and translational cardioncology; Cardiotoxicity
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Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, AORN San Pio “Gaetano Rummo Hospital”, Via R. Delcogliano, 82100 Benevento, Italy
Interests: biomechanics; musculoskeletal disorders; posture; sport biomechanics; sports injuries; rehabilitation; physical rehabilitation; muscle function; movement analysis; injury prevention

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Hematology Unit-Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Bari, Italy
Interests: microenvironment, imaging, quality of lyfe and survivorship in lymphoproliferative neoplasms
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Department of Psychology, Curry College, Milton, MA 02186, USA
Interests: Parkinson's disease; ADHD; Reward Deficiency Syndrome; empathy and rejection sensitivity dysphoria

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Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Interests: sarcopenia; psoas muscles; cachexia; nutritional and metabolic derangements; metabolic changes of adiposity in cancer; low muscle mass among cancer patients; nutritional status; obesity; hyperglycemia; cancer cachexia; muscularity

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Division of Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology, Policlinico Universitario “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy
Interests: cardiology; interventional cardiology; dyslipidemia; heart disease; valve disease; heart failure
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Department of Cardiology, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama 359, Japan
Interests: heart failure; cardiomyopathy; autoimmunity; microbitoa; biomarkers; genetic testing
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Department of Rheumatology, Kumamoto Sakurajyuji Hospital, Kumamoto 861-4173, Japan
Interests: clinical rheumatology; autoimmune rheumatic diseases; rheumatoid arthritis; adult onset Still's disease; Sjögren’s syndrome; monoclonal antibody; amyloid A amyloidosis

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Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Georgetwon University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
Interests: interventional oncology; interventional immunology; tumor microenvironment; tumor immune cells; tumor microenvironment manipulation
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Unit of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Department, University of Verona, P.le L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
Interests: otolaryngology; head & neck surgery; rhinoplasty; endoscopic ear surgery; free flaps; head & neck reconstructive surgery; laryngectomy; endoscopic nasal surgery
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Interests: psychiatry; neurophysiology; neuroimaging; schizophrenia; bipolar disorder

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Principal Investigator at Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA), Málaga, Spain
Interests: atherosclerosis; cardiovascular inflammation; immune response; nutrition

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Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Interests: cancer stem cells; metastasis; brain tumors; 3D models
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Department of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
Interests: medicine; cardiovascular diseases; HDL
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Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Interests: bioengineering; machine learning; carcinoid tumor; lung; breast-cancer; neuroendocrine carcinoma; nivolumab; pembrolizumab; immunotherapy; pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasms; automated analysis; genomics; genetics; whole-slide image

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1. Department of Cardiovascular and Pneumological Sciences, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, 00168 Rome, Italy
2. Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
Interests: cardiovascular translational research; acute coronary syndromes; cardiovascular pathophysiology; acute cardiac care; echocardiography

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Division of Subacute Care, IRCCS Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri, Milan, Italy
Interests: the management of rare diseases, in particular on hereditary angioedema due to C1 inhibitor deficiency; the study of autonomic nervous system in degenerative diseases

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School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Interests: oral lesions; precision medicine; oral medicine; oral and maxillofacial pathology; vascular biology
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Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Genoa, via Pastore 1, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Interests: lung cancer; microRNA; lung cancer microRNA in liquid biopsy
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 20, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
Interests: patientspecific musculo-sceletal biomechanics and biomechanics of NPH; surgical planning and simulation; patient specific devices and implants; surgical navigation and robotics; mechatronic instrumentation, systems and automation; ultrasound and shockwaves in medicine; ergonomics and safety in medicine, usability engineering in medicine
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