Editors, Editorial Board and Reviewers
Editor-in-Chief
Monica Montopoli, PharmD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Padova, Italy.
Associate Investigator at VIMM-Veneto Institute Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy.
Visiting scientist at the Institute of Oncology Research in Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Areas of Expertise: Oncological pharmacology, Gender pharmacology, Phytotherapy and Integrative medicine
Managing Editor
Marco Infante, MD, PhD, FACN
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Clinical Cell Transplant Program (CCTP), Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), Miami, FL, USA; Diabetes Research Institute Federation (DRIF), Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Adjunct Professor of Endocrinology, UniCamillus, Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Rome, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 Diabetes, Autoimmunity, Clinical Endocrinology
Editorial Board Members
Veronica Cocetta, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Cancer, Cancer Metabolism, Metabolic Reprogramming, Chemotherapy Resistance, Platinum, Chemo Sensitization, Natural Compounds
Isabella Giacomini, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Italy; VIMM, Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padua, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Cancer, Cancer Metabolism, Metabolic Reprogramming, Chemotherapy Resistance, Cancer Immunology, Preclinical Studies, Combined Therapy
Mattia Tinazzi, PhD
Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Epithelium Models Characterization
Reza Abdi, MD
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Renal Division, Boston, MA, USA
Areas of Expertise: Transplant Immunology
Rodolfo Alejandro, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism and Director of the Clinical Cell Transplant Program (CCTP), Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Type 1 Diabetes, Islet Transplantation, Regenerative Medicine
Julie G. Allickson, PhD
Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon Director of Mayo Clinic’s Center for Regenerative Medicine and the Otto Bremer Trust Director, Biomanufacturing and Product Development, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
Areas of Expertise: Bone Marrow Transplant, Regenerative Medicine
Anthony Atala, MD
Professor and Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and the W. Boyce Professor and Chair of Urology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA; Department of Urology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Areas of Expertise: Bioengineering, Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine
Per-Olof Berggren, PhD
Professor and Head of Cell Biology and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Director of The Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Head of Cell Biology and Signal Transduction and the Mary Lou Held Visiting Scientist at the Diabetes Research Institute, and Adjunct Professor of Surgery at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; Visiting Professor, Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea; Visiting Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine/Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; Senior Research Investigator, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Imperial College, London, UK; Distinguished Professor, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Member of EMBO, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine (USA), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Class VII, and the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Areas of Expertise: Diabetes, Bioengineering, Islets of Langerhans, Organoids, Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine
Thierry Berney, MD, MSc, FEBS (Transplant Surgery)
Full Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Areas of Expertise: Pancreas, Islets of Langerhans, Intestine
Federico Bertuzzi, MD
Head of Diabetes Unit, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Endocrinology, Diabetes, Islets of Langerhans, Pancreas
Michela Bosetti PhD
Professor of Human Anatomy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Research Director of the Tissue Regeneration Lab, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine
Tiziana Brevini, MD
Full Professor of Anatomy and Embryology, Laboratory of Biomedical Embryology, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine
F. Charles Brunicardi, MD, FACS
Chair of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Dowling, Toledo, OH, USA; Senior Vice President and Dean of the College of Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Areas of Expertise: Pancreas and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Cancer, Molecular Biology
Arnold I. Caplan, PhD
Professor of Biology and Director, Skeletal Research Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Areas of Expertise: Regenerative Medicine, Progenitor and Stem Cell Therapies
Sylvia Daunert, PhD
Professor and Lucille P. Markey Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Nanotechnology, Nanocarrier-based targeted drug delivery, Cancer therapy
David Della Morte, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Neurology and Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Regenerative Neurology, Aging, Vascular and Metabolic Disease
Anil Dhawan, MD, FRCPCH
Director, NIHR/Welcome Trust and King’s College Hospital, Cell Therapy Unit, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric Hepatology, Hepatocyte Biology, Hepatocyte transplantation
Paolo De Coppi, MD
Professor of Paediatric Surgery, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Section, DBC Programme, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK
Areas of Expertise: Bioengineering, Biomaterials, Cellular Reprogramming, Expansion and Differentiation, Regenerative Medicine
Dalton Dietrich, PhD
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neurology, Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology, and Scientific Director of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Cell Therapy, Neuroplasticity, Neuroprotection, Neuroregeneration, Traumatic Brain Injury
Juan Dominguez-Bendala, MSc, PhD
Research Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Stem Cell & Pancreatic Regeneration Laboratory, Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Bioengineering, Islets of Langerhans, Stem Cell Therapies-Regenerative Medicine
Massimo Dominici, MD
Full Professor of Medical Oncology and Director, Laboratory of Cellular Therapy, Program of Cell Therapy and Immuno-Oncology, Division of Oncology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children and Adults, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Regenerative Medicine, Immuno-Oncology, Cell Therapy
Christopher H. Evans, PhD
John and Posy Krehbiel Professor of Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
Areas of Expertise: Orthopedic Surgery, Cell Therapy
Vincent Falanga, MD, FACP
Emeritus Professor of Dermatology and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Cutaneous Wound Healing, Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Areas of Expertise: Wound Healing, Cell Therapy
Fulvio Gandolfi, PhD
Full Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Biomedical Embryology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – Production, Landscape, Agroenergy and Center for Stem Cell Research, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Animal anatomy and genetics, Animal morphology and physiology, Veterinary Medicine
Marta Garcia-Contreras, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Areas of Expertise: Exosomes, Exosome Therapeutics
Antonio Gasbarrini, MD
Full Professor of Internal Medicine and Head, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Clinical Gastroenterology, Gut Microbiota, Liver Transplantation
Nady Golestaneh, PhD, MSc
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, & Biochemistry and Director of Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA; Immediate Past President, Georgetown Women In Medicine (GWIM), Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
Areas of Expertise: Ophthalmology, Aging, Age-related macular degeneration, Regenerative Medicine in Ophthalmology
Kenneth W. Goodman, PhD, FACMI, FACE
Professor of Medicine, Founder and Director, Institute for Bioethics and Health Policy, Department of Medicine; Co-director, University Ethics Programs, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Bioethics, Public Health
Fabio Grassi, MD, PhD
Full Professor of Biology, Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Mucosal Immunology Group Leader, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, University of Italian Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Areas of Expertise: Molecular Biology, T-cell biology, Adaptive Immunity, Immunology
Bernhard J. Hering, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Translational Medicine, Executive Director of the Schulze Diabetes Institute, and Director of Islet Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Areas of Expertise: Diabetes, Immune Tolerance, Islets of Langerhans
Johnny Huard, PhD
Distinguished Chair in Orthopaedic Research, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston Medical School, Houston, TX, USA; Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and Director, Center for Regenerative Sports Medicine, Steadman Philippon Research Institute (SPRI), Vail, CO, USA
Areas of Expertise: Gene therapy, Tissue engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Regenerative Sports Medicine
Jeffrey A. Hubbell, PhD
Eugene Bell Professor in Tissue Engineering and Deputy Dean for Development, Pritzker School for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, IL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Immunotherapy, Immune Response, Autoimmune Diseases, Growth Factor Variants
Suzanne T. Ildstad, MD
Jewish Hospital Distinguished Professor of Transplantation Research, Director of the Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, and Professor in the Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
Areas of Expertise: Cell therapy, Immunology, Transplantation
Aisha Khan, MBA
Executive Director of Laboratory Operations, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) Cell Processing Facility, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Research and Development in Medicine, Regulatory Research, Regulatory Science
Robert Langer, PhD
Institute Professor and Professor, Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Areas of Expertise: Nanoparticles, drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, biocompatible materials, polymers
Giacomo Lanzoni, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), Cell Transplant Center, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Stem Cell Therapies, Islets of Langerhans, Regenerative Medicine
Elina Linetsky, PhD
Research Assistant Professor and Director of cGMP Advanced Cell and Biologic Products Manufacturing Facility, Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), Cell Transplant Center, Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Cell Therapies, Type 1 Diabetes
Wei Liu, MD, PhD
Professor of Plastic Surgery and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
Areas of Expertise: Regenerative Medicine, Plastic Surgery
Cinzia Marchese, PhD
Full Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Chief of the Lab of Cellular Biotechnology, and Director of the Unit of Regenerative Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Regenerative Medicine
James F. Markmann, MD, PhD
Chief of the Division of Transplant Surgery and Director of Clinical Operations at the Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Claude E. Welch Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Areas of Expertise: Islets of Langerhans, Diabetes, Immune Tolerance, Regenerative Medicine
Philip O’Connell, MBBS, BSc(Med), PhD, FRACP, FAHMS
Clinical Professor of Medicine and Executive Director of the Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Areas of Expertise: Kidney Transplantation, Islets of Langerhans, Transplant Immunology
Klearchos K. Papas, MD
Professor of Surgery and Director, Institute for Cellular Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Areas of Expertise: Regenerative Medicine, Islets of Langerhans
Bruno Péault, PhD
Professor, Orthopedic Hospital Research Center and David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA/Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Chair of Vascular Regeneration, BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Areas of Expertise: Stem cells, Regenerative Medicine, Regenerative Orthopaedics, Cell culture
Lorenzo Piemonti, MD
Professor of Endocrinology and Director, Diabetes Research Institute (SR-DRI) and Human Islet Transplantation Program; Head, Beta Cell Biology Unit, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Bioengineering, Islets of Langerhans, Organoids, Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine
Marta Pokrywczyńska, PhD, DSc
Chair of Urology and Andrology, Department of Regenerative Medicine, Cell and Tissue Bank, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
Areas of Expertise: Cell culture, Stem Cell Biology, Tissue Engineering
Paul Robbins, MD
Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, Institute on the Biology of Ageing and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, MN, USA
Areas of Expertise: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biophysics
Barry Sears, PhD
President of the Inflammation Research Foundation, Peabody, MA, USA
Areas of Expertise: Regenerative Nutrition
A.M. James Shapiro, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery, Medicine and Surgical Oncology, and Director of the Clinical Islet and Living Donor Liver Transplant Programs, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Areas of Expertise: Bioengineering, Islets of Langerhans, Regenerative Medicine
Bernard Siegel, MD
Founder and Chair, World Stem Cell Summit; Executive Director, Genetics Policy Institute (GPI), Palm Beach, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Regenerative Medicine, Stem cell therapy
Cherie Stabler, PhD
Professor, J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Bioengineering, Islets of Langerhans, Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine
Riccardo Tamburrini, MD, PhD
General Surgery Resident, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
Areas of Expertise: Bioengineering, Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine
Jianming Tan, MD
Professor, Shanghai Jiatong University and Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
Areas of Expertise: Regenerative Medicine, Stem cell therapy
Alice A. Tomei, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and Immunology, and Director of the Islet Immunoengineering Laboratory, Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Bioengineering, Islets of Langerhans, Biomaterials, Nanoencapsulation, Regenerative Medicine
Aruna V. Vanikar, MD, FICPath, PhD
Litt. I/C Vice Chancellor, Gujarat University of Transplantation Sciences (GUTS), and Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, Lab Medicine, Transfusion Services and Immunohematology; Professor, Department of Stem Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, G.R. Doshi and K.M. Mehta Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) and Dr. H.L. Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (ITS), Civil Hospital Campus, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, India
Areas of Expertise: Transplantation, Transplantation Pathology
Carlo Ventura, MD, PhD
Full Professor of Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Bologna; Director of the National Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Stem Cell Engineering of the National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems (NIBB) – Eldor Lab, at the Innovation Accelerators of CNR, Bologna, Italy
Areas of Expertise: Molecular Biology, Stem Cell Engineering, Regenerative Medicine
Rodrigo Vianna, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery and Director, Miami Transplant Institute, Department of Surgery, Liver and Gastrointestinal Transplantation, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Transplant Surgery, Liver Transplantation
Matthias von Herrath, MD
Vice President and Head, NovoNordisk Type 1 Diabetes R&D Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Director, Center for Type 1 Diabetes Research, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla, CA, USA
Areas of Expertise: Type 1 Diabetes, Autoimmunity
Collin J. Weber, MD
Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; Voluntary Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Surgery, Cancer Surgery, Regenerative Medicine
Michael D. West, PhD
Founder, AgeX Therapeutics, Alameda, CA, USA
Areas of Expertise: Cell Technology, Aging, Molecular Biology
Piotr Witkowski, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery and Director, Pancreatic and Islet Transplant Program, Transplantation Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Type 1 Diabetes, Islets of Langerhans
Xiumin Xu, MD
Researcher, Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), Cell Transplant Centre, Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Areas of Expertise: Pancreatic islet isolation, Pancreatic islet transplantation, Transplantation
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