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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Division of Internal Medicine and Stroke Care, Department of Promoting Health, Maternal-Infant, Excellence and Internal and Specialized Medicine (ProMISE) “G. D’Alessandro”, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy
Interests: clinical and laboratory definition of malnutrition and sarcopenia in highly complex elderly patients referred to our internal medicine department; the role of muscular endocrine function and the cross-talk between muscle-heart-bone and other distant tissues in mediating the negative effects of sarcopenia and muscle wasting; prognostic value of malnutrition and sarcopenia in COPD and heart failure
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Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, School of Human Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Interests: tumor microenvironment; tumor biology; adrenal tumors; pheochromocytoma; paraganglioma; tumor markers; molecular oncology; tumor metastases

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Medical School, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Interests: clinical neurology; multiple sclerosis; neuroinflammatory disorders; cognition; fatigue; neurological imaging; cognitive impairment; clinical trials

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Department of Adaptive Neuro Psycho Physio Pathology and Neuro Psycho Physical Optimization, Rinaldi Fontani Institute, Florence, Italy
Interests: neurobiological modulation; neurostimulation; adaptive neuro psycho-pathophysiology; neuropsychological disorders; neurodegenerative disease; motor disorders; pain, regenerative medicine
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Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
Interests: brain; neuroscience; neurons; memory; neural plasticity; neurodegeneration; synaptic plasticity; synaptic transmission; synapses; Alzheimer's disease; neurobiology; neurodegenerative diseases; brain physiology; cellular neurophysiology; plasticity and metaplasticity; amyloid β-protein
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Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
Interests: familial hypercholesterolemia; diabetes mellitus; hypertension; prediabetes

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1. Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557, USA
2. RosVivo Therapeutics, Applied Research Facility, 1664 N. Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557, USA
Interests: therapeutic microRNAs; diabetes; gastrointestinal disorders; obesity; fatty liver disease
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Rossignol Medical Center, Irvine, CA, USA
Interests: autism spectrum disorders; cerebral palsy; neurological and developmental disorders; PANS/PANDAS; ADD/ADHD; pediatric special needs
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Associate Professor in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, 1st Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and “Sotiria” Chest Diseases Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece
Interests: molecular mechanisms of asthma; immunology of asthma; biologics for asthma therapy; COPD; COVID-19 in critically ill; immunology of sepsis
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Unit of Neurodegenerative Disease, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Interests: peripheral neuropathies; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; neuromuscular diseases

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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
Interests: exosomes; microRNAs; tumor progression; metastasis; cancer stem cells; prostate cancer; non-invasive biomarkers; kidney cancer; bladder cancer; diet

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Instituto de Investigaciones Oftalmológicas Ramón Castroviejo, Departamento Oftalmología y ORL, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Interests: retina ganglion cell; intraocular pressure; nerve fibers; retinal; optical coherence tomography; trabeculectomy; glaucoma; anterior eye chamber; ophthalmology
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Department of General Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Łódź, Pomorska 141\143, 90-236 Łódź, Poland
Interests: iliofemoral venous stenting; deep venous revascularization; vena cava perforation; mechanical thrombectomy; contrast imaging modalities; venous disease

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Comprehensive Cancer Center, Agostino Gemelli University Hospital Foundation, IRCCS, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Interests: colorectal cancer; pancreatic cancer; biliary tract cancer; clinical research; translational research
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1. Department of Basic and Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK
2. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Interests: Parkinson’s disease; non-motor symptoms; non-motor subtyping; movement disorders; research studies

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Department of Medical Translational Research, University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Interests: medical translational research; systems biomedicine; endocrinology; diabetes; diabetic complications; metabolic diseases; atherosclerosis; metabolism; lipid disorders; dyslipidemia; metabolic syndrome; cardiovascular remodeling in metabolic disorders; cardiac and vascular remodeling; translational experimental medicine; lipid research; molecular oncology; phenotypic characterisation of mouse models of metabolic diseases and atherosclerosis

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Institute for Clinical Science, Department of Psychiatry, Umeå University, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden
Interests: eating disorders; comorbidity; biology; biomarkers; treatment
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1. Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00179 Rome, Italy
2. Division of Neuropsychiatry, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Interests: dementia; neuropsychiatry; neuropsychology; neuroimaging; schizophrenia; mood disorders; genetics; neuroinflammation; movement disorders; neurodegeneration; childhood trauma
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1. Department of Molecular Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
2. Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Interests: colorectal cancer; ovarian cancer; prostaglandins; inflammation; epithelial-mesenchymal transition; cancer stem cells; circulating tumor cells

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Clinic for Pediatric Pneumology, Allergology and Neonatology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
Interests: human molecular genetics; genetic epidemiology; human genome; lung diseases genetics; mapping of genes and their functional variants; cystic fibrosis

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1. Department of Ophthalmology, Rigshospitalet, DK-2600 Glostrup, Denmark
2. Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark
Interests: age-related macular degeneration; central serous chorioretinopathy; retinal imaging; pachychoroid spectrum diseases; chorioretinal diseases; ophthalmology; eye; subretinal fluid; chorioretinopathy; diabetic retinopathy; neovascular AMD; polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy; Charles Bonnet syndrome
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Department of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Pediatrics, The Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
Interests: metabolic medicine; inherited metabolic diseases

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Laboratory of Centre for Preclinical Research, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Interests: rhinosinusitis; Graves’ ophthalmopathy; scuba-diving medicine; treatment; otolaryngology; tumor immunology; exosomes
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Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine/ Faculty of Medicine, Mie University, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
Interests: lung cancer; thoracic surgery; minimum invasive; segmentectomy; surgical oncology; mediastinal tumor; mesothelioma; AI; deep learning; 3D printing

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Department of Dermatology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: cell signaling pathways; apoptosis and carcinogenesis; dermatology; biomarkers; non-melanoma skin cancer; oxidative stress; inflammation in skin diseases
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1. Behavioral Neuropharmacology and Neuroimaging Laboratory on Addictions (BNNLA), Clinical Research Institute on Addictions, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
2. Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA
Interests: bariatric surgery; exercise; social environment
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Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Infanta Leonor, 28031 Madrid, Spain
Interests: HIV; COVID-19; hepatitis viral infections; NAFLD-MAFLD

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Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Larissa, Mezourlo, 41110 Larissa, Greece
Interests: childhood obesity; heart failure; cardiotoxicity; exercise; marathon running; cardiovascular physiology
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Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100070, China
Interests: stroke prevention, treatment and rehabilitation
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