Publications

Management of the major complications of cirrhosis: Beyond guidelines

Garcia-Pagan JC, Francoz C, Montagnese S, Senzolo M, Mookerjee RP Journal of Hepatology Along with a growing understanding of the pathophysiology of cirrhosis and its complications, new therapies and management strategies have emerged in recent years. Many of these advances have helped inform the current EASL clinical practice guidelines1 on the management of some of […]

Frontiers in Chronobiology: Endogenous Clocks at the Core of Signaling Pathways in Physiology

Costa R Frontiers in Physiology Chronobiology is a relatively young and fast evolving research field, which aims at understanding the origin, the mechanisms and the prerogatives of endogenous biological clocks. The Chronobiology section of Frontiers in Physiology provides an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of research covering all aspects of the field, including molecular clock […]

Italian association for the study of the liver position statement on SARS-CoV2 vaccination

Russo F P, Piano S, Bruno R, Burra P, Puoti M, Masarone M, Montagnese S, Ponziani F R, Petta S, Aghemo A, Italian Association for the Study of the Liver Digestive and Liver Disease The vaccination campaign against Sars-CoV-2 commenced in Italy at the end of December 2020. The first ones to receive the immunization […]

A pilot study of Golexanolone, a new GABA-A receptor modulating steroid antagonist, in patients with covert hepatic encephalopathy

Montagnese S, Lauridsen M, Vilstrup H, Zarantonello L, Lakner G, Fitilev S, Zupanets I, Kozlova I, Bunkova E, Tomasiewicz K, Berglund JE, Rorsman F, Hagström H, Kechagias S, Ocklind CE, Mauney J, Thunarf F, Mokhatarani M, Bäckström T, Doverskog M, Lins LE, Månsson M, Samuelson P, Nilsson D, Schalling M, Johansson M, Arlander E, Scharschmidt […]

Exploiting pyocyanin to treat mitochondrial disease due to respiratory complex III dysfunction

Peruzzo R, Corrà S, Costa R, Brischigliaro M, Varanita T, Biasutto L, Rampazzo C, Ghezzi D, Leanza L, Zoratti M, Zeviani M, De Pittà C, Viscomi C, Costa R, Szabò I Nat Commun. Mitochondrial diseases impair oxidative phosphorylation and ATP production, while effective treatment is still lacking. Defective complex III is associated with a highly variable […]