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  1. Anticholinergic Burden in Individuals with Down Syndrome: An Examination of Risk and Clinical Implications

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, July 2026, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  2. The Gut Microbiota–Sex–Immunity Axis in Non-Communicable Diseases

    Article • Life, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  3. Inflammasomes in Cardiovascular Diseases: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  4. Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Diseases: Exploring the Role of Microbiota and Immunity

    Article • Biomedicines, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  5. Advances in COVID-19 and Cancer Research

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  6. Gut–Kidney–Heart: A Novel Trilogy

    Article • Biomedicines, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  7. The role of SARS-COV-2 infection in promoting abnormal immune response and sepsis: A comparison between SARS-COV-2-related sepsis and sepsis from other causes

    Article • Infectious Medicine, September 2023, Tsinghua University Press

    Laura Franza

  8. Effect of COVID-19 Vaccination on the In-Hospital Prognosis of Patients Admitted during Delta and Omicron Waves in Italy

    Article • Vaccines, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  9. Current Evidence on Vaccinations in Pediatric and Adult Patients with Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases

    Article • Vaccines, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  10. Delirium in Head Trauma: Looking for a Culprit

    Article • Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials, November 2022, Bentham Science Publishers

    Laura Franza

  11. Risk Factors Associated with Post-Operative Complications in Multidisciplinary Treatment of Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  12. The Role of Gut Microbiota in Heart Failure: When Friends Become Enemies

    Article • Biomedicines, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  13. Use of POCUS in Chest Pain and Dyspnea in Emergency Department: What Role Could It Have?

    Article • Diagnostics, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  14. Gut Microbiota and Chronic Diseases and Conditions

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, June 2022, Bentham Science Publishers

    Laura Franza

  15. The Crosstalk between Gut Microbiota, Intestinal Immunological Niche and Visceral Adipose Tissue as a New Model for the Pathogenesis of Metabolic and Inflammatory Diseases: The Paradigm of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, June 2022, Bentham Science Publishers

    Laura Franza

  16. Recent Advances in Vaccine Technology and Design

    Article • Vaccines, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  17. Vaccines, Microbiota and Immunonutrition: Food for Thought

    Article • Vaccines, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  18. Liver Injury in Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19: Possible Role of Therapy

    Article • Vaccines, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  19. Asthma in patients admitted to emergency department for COVID-19: prevalence and risk of hospitalization

    Article • Internal and Emergency Medicine, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  20. Lung ultrasound predicts non-invasive ventilation outcome in COVID-19 acute respiratory failure: a pilot study

    Article • Minerva Anestesiologica, October 2021, Edizioni Minerva Medica

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  21. Characteristics of patients with cancer in European long-term care facilities

    Article • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Laura Franza

  22. Microbiota and Myopericarditis: The New Frontier in the Car-Diological Field to Prevent or Treat Inflammatory Cardiomyo-Pathies in COVID-19 Outbreak

    Article • Biomedicines, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  23. Risk of burnout and stress in physicians working in a COVID team: A longitudinal survey

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Practice, September 2021, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  24. Microbiota and Probiotics: The Role of Limosilactobacillus Reuteri in Diverticulitis

    Article • Medicina, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  25. Pollution, Inflammation, and Vaccines: A Complex Crosstalk

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  26. Interaction between Lipopolysaccharide and Gut Microbiota in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  27. Gut Microbiota and Acute Diverticulitis: Role of Probiotics in Management of This Delicate Pathophysiological Balance

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  28. Luteolin, inflammation and cancer: Special emphasis on gut microbiota

    Article • BioFactors, January 2021, Wiley

    Laura Franza

  29. Genomic Medicine and Advances in Vaccine Technology and Development in the Developing and Developed World

    Article • Vaccines, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  30. Angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin II receptor blockers and prognosis of hypertensive patients hospitalised with COVID‐19

    Article • Internal Medicine Journal, December 2020, Wiley

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  31. The Interplay between Immunosenescence and Microbiota in the Efficacy of Vaccines

    Article • Vaccines, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  32. COVID-19 and intestinal inflammation: Role of fecal calprotectin

    Article • Digestive and Liver Disease, November 2020, Elsevier

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  33. Physical performance measures and hospital outcomes among Italian older adults: results from the CRIME project

    Article • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Laura Franza

  34. Assessment of neurological manifestations in hospitalized patients with COVID‐19

    Article • European Journal of Neurology, August 2020, Wiley

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  35. Letter: prevalence and patterns of gastrointestinal symptoms in a large Western cohort of patients with COVID‐19

    Article • Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, August 2020, Wiley

    Laura Franza

  36. Interleukin-6 in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  37. Anticoagulant therapy in the treatment of splanchnic vein thrombosis associated to acute pancreatitis: a 3-year single-centre experience

    Article • Internal and Emergency Medicine, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Laura Franza

  38. Risk factors for bloodstream infections in gynecological cancer

    Article • International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, January 2020, BMJ

    Marcello Covino, Laura Franza

  39. Rationale for ozone-therapy as an adjuvant therapy in COVID-19: a narrative review

    Article • Medical Gas Research, January 2020, Medknow

    Laura Franza

  40. Precision editing of the gut microbiota ameliorates cancer immunotherapy.

    Article • Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents, November 2019, Asia Pacific Academy of Science Pte. Ltd.

    Laura Franza

  41. Early oral vs parenteral nutrition in acute pancreatitis: a retrospective analysis of clinical outcomes and hospital costs from a tertiary care referral center

    Article • Internal and Emergency Medicine, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Laura Franza

  42. Interrelationship between inflammatory cytokines (IL-1, IL-6, IL-33, IL-37) and acquired immunity.

    Article • Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents, October 2019, Asia Pacific Academy of Science Pte. Ltd.

    Laura Franza

  43. The Importance of Complying with Vaccination Protocols in Developed Countries: “Anti-Vax” Hysteria and the Spread of Severe Preventable Diseases

    Article • Current Medicinal Chemistry, February 2019, Bentham Science Publishers

    Laura Franza, Franco Pandolfi

  44. The Interplay between Immunity and Microbiota at Intestinal Immunological Niche: The Case of Cancer

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Laura Franza

  45. An update in breast cancer management for elderly patients

    Article • Translational Cancer Research, April 2018, AME Publishing Company

    Laura Franza

  46. Integrins: Integrating the Biology and Therapy of Cell–cell Interactions

    Article • Clinical Therapeutics, December 2017, Elsevier

    Laura Franza

  47. Immune Modulation by Vitamin D: Special Emphasis on Its Role in Prevention and Treatment of Cancer

    Article • Clinical Therapeutics, May 2017, Elsevier

    Laura Franza