Clinical Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (ISSN 2639-6807)
Editor
Biography
Francesco Maione graduated in Pharmacy in 2005 from the
University of Naples “Federico II” and trained in Pharmacology at the
Department of Experimental Pharmacology of the Faculty of Pharmacy.
During his PhD in Pharmacology (2005 to 2008) he studied the
role of N-formyl-peptides (fMLF and FTM) in different models of pain and
inflammation. In these studies Dr. Francesco Maione demonstrated that these
endogenous (fMLF) and syntetic peptides (FTM) have a remarkable in vivo
inflammatory and painful activity. Dr Maione directed his efforts on this
research path even further after beginning his post-doctoral training in the
laboratory of Prof. Mauro Perretti and Prof Fulvio D’acquisto, at William
Harvey Research Institute - Queen Mary University of London (2008-2010). During
this time he expanded, also, his knowledge on inflammation by focusing on
immune-mediated inflammatory diseases and investigated the role of Annexin-1
(ANX-1) and interleukin-17A (IL-17A) in different model of inflammation.
Since 2010, he joined Prof. Nicola Mascolo’s lab where he
re-activated his long-term interest in natural compound biology, starting an
unexplored path in the role of natural molecules in the inflammatory response
and cardiovascular system. In 2013 Dr Francesco Maione obtained the
Specialization in Clinical Pharmacy at University of Naples “Federico II”.
Research Interest
Pharmacology of natural compounds/products Cardiovascular pharmacology, immunopharmacology, interleukin-17A (IL-17A) biology, immunological control of inflammation.
