Cardiovascular disease and renal disease are inexorably linked. The morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease are significantly increased in patients with renal failure, on dialysis and after renal transplantation. Patients with end-stage renal disease have a substantially elevated cardiovascular mortality rate, with the risk being 10–20 times higher than observed in an ageand sex-mat...

Dept. of Biology, Oncology and Genetics, Univ. Genova, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genova Italy Advanced Biotechnologies Center, Largo R. Benzi 10, 16132 Genova Italy Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. Pisa, Corso Italia 40, 56125 Pisa Italy National Institute for the Physics of Matter, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova Italy Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Univ. Genova, Via Dodecaneso 35, ...

1Allergy Related Disease Unit, G d’Annunzio University Foundation, Chieti, Italy 2Department of Medicine and Science of Ageing, Section of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Occupational Medicine, G d’Annunzio University, Chieti, Italy 3Allergy Unit, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy 4Allergy/Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, ICP Hospital, Milan, Italy 5Biostatistical Laboratory, Department of Biomedic...

1 Neurophysiopathology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, Sleep and Epilepsy Medicine Centre, Tor Vergata University and Hospital, Rome, Italy 2 IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy 3 Neurology, Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University and Hospital, Rome, Italy 4 Clinica Neurologica Ospedale S. Eugenio, Rome, Italy 5 IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy *Correspondence: a_romig...

1 Biocompatibility, Technological Innovations and Advanced Therapies Laboratory (BITTA), Rizzoli RIT Department, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy 2 NaBi Laboratory, Rizzoli RIT Department, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy 3 ISTEC-CNR, Faenza, Italy 4 ISMN-CNR, Bologna, Italy 5 School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, United Kingdom 6 DBINEM...

1 Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 2 Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, 3 National Research Council, Institute of Neuroscience, Milan, Italy, 4 Stem Cells and Neurogenesis Unit, Division of Neuroscience, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, 5 Department of Pharmacy and Centro D’Ateneo “E. Piaggio”, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

From the Division of Medical Oncology at S. Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, Italy (GF), the Division of Medical Oncology at Treviglio Hospital, Treviglio, Italy (MM, SB), the Department of Medical Oncology at University “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy (SD), Fondazione S. Maugeri, Pavia, Italy (CM), and the Division of Medical Oncology at the European Institute of Oncology, Milano, Italy (GC). E-mail...

Vito Di Gesù University of Palermo, Italy Sankar Kumar Pal Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Alfredo Petrosino University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Scientific Program Committee: Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India Jim Bezdek University of West Florida, Pensacola, USA Isabelle Bloch ENST-CNRS, Paris, France Piero Bonissone GE CRD, Schenectady, USA ...

Anna Beltrame,* Maurizio Ruscio,† Barbara Cruciatti,‡ Angela Londero,* Vito Di Piazza,§ Roberto Copetti,§ Valentino Moretti,† Paolo Rossi,¶ Gian Luigi Gigli,¶ Luigia Scudeller,* and Pierluigi Viale* *University of Udine, Udine, Italy; †Hospital of San Daniele, San Daniele, Italy; ‡Hospital of Pordenone, Pordenone, Italy; §San Antonio Abate Hospital, Tolmezzo, Italy; and ¶Hospital of Udine, Udin...

1Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy 2Department of Chemistry, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy 3Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy 4Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy 5Department of Surgery, Microsurgery and Medical Sciences, De...