Anna Maria Fratta Pasini

Curriculum

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MD, Board Certified Specialist in Gastroenterology and Endocrine Diseases. Assistant Professor in  Internal medicine. Current areas of interest: cardiovascular risk factors and in particular the role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis.

ADDRESS

Anna Maria Fratta Pasini, MD

Department of Medicine

Section of Internal Medicine D

Policlinico G.B. Rossi

Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10

37134 – Verona

Italy

 

Phone: (+39) 045-8124749

Fax: (+39) 045-8027496

E-mail: annamaria.frattapasini@univr.it

 

DATE AND PLACE O F BIRTH

25 July 1958, Verona (Italy)

 

CURRENT POSITION:

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

University of Verona Medical School, Verona, Italy

 

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

1983 M.D. (University of Verona)

1987 Board Certified Specialist in Gastroenterology (University of Verona)

1993 Board Certified Specialist in Endocrine Diseases (University of Verona)

 

POSITIONS

1983-89 Research Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Italy

1989-2006 Registrar, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Verona

2006-current Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Verona.

 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2006-current: Board member of the Verona University Medical School post-graduate Courses in: Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Geriatrics, Oncology, Haematology, Nephrology, Surgery

2006-current: Board member of the PhD course in Biomedical, Clinical and Experimental Sciences of the University of Verona.

 

TEACHING POSITIONS

Professor of Internal Medicine in the School of Nursing and in the School of Physiotherapy and in the Medical School of the University of Verona and in the Medical School post-graduate Courses in: Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Surgery, and in the PhD course in Biomedical, Clinical and Experimental Sciences of the University of Verona.

 

COLLABORATION WITH SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

Referee for:

Journal of Hypertension

Antioxidants & Redox Signalings

 

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER:

- Journal of Cardiology and Therapeutics

- Journal of Geriatric Cardiology

 

AFFILIATION:

Top Italian Scientists: (http://www.topitalianscientists.org)

 

MAIN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS:

- Professor Tatsuya Sawamura, Department of Bioscience, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan

- Professor Luigi Fontana, Department of Medicine, Washington University, School of Medicine, Saint Louis MO, USA

 

GRANTS FUNDED AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:

- Bando Fondazione Cariverona 201:5 Predictive and diagnostic biomarkers in human pathology: "Nrf2 gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells as a non-invasive biomarker of emphysematous evolution of COPD"

- 2011- 2017 Fondo Unico per la Ricerca (FUR) dell’Università di Verona

 

RECENT GRANTS FUNDED AS COLLABORATOR:

“Oxidative stress, ageing, and respiratory diseases. A multi-centre epidemiological and genetic study on the general adult and elderly population in Italy” (Ministero della Salute)

"A nanomedicine approach for treatment and diagnosis of inflammatory cascades in atherosclerosis and in multiorgan deficiency syndrome induced by extracorporeal circulation" (Fondazione Cariverona).

 

SCIENTIFIC BIBLIOMETRIC INDEX

Scopus h index 32; Citation index 2540 (Scopus), among which 1 paper with >300 citations (J Biol Chem 2000), 1 paper with >200 citations (J Biol Chem 2001) and 2 papers with >150 citations (Free Radic Biol Med 1997, Diabetologia 1995).

Google Scholar h index 39, citation index 4256.

 

CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST

- Physiopathology and therapy of atherosclerosis:

Oxidation of LDL and atherosclerosis

Factors determining the resistance of LDL to oxidation

Risk factors for atherosclerosis and resistance of LDL to oxidation

Oxidized LDL and free radical generation in endothelial cells

- Relationships among oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction and subclinical atherosclerosis

- Relationships among oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction and hypertension

- Effect of antioxidant therapy on oxidative stress in vivo

- Relationship between generation of free radicals in endothelial cells and nitric oxide availability

- Evaluation of oxidative stress in vivo

- Mechanisms of expansion of necrotic core in atherosclerotic plaques: possible role of oxidized phospholipids.

- Oxidative stress and gene expression of antioxidant signaling pathway Nrf2/ARE and of UPR in patients with diabetes mellitus, coronary and periphery artery disease and COPD.

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Projects

Title	Starting date
Studio CANTOS (Canakinumab anti-inflammatory thrombosis outcomes study)	1/2/12
Oxidative stress, ageing, and respiratory diseases. A multi-centre epidemiological and genetic study on the general adult and elderly population in Italypopulation	1/2/12
Oxidative Stress, Ageing, and Respitatory Diseases. A multi-cente epidemiological and genetic study on the general adult and elderly population in Italy.	12/1/11
A NANOMEDICINE APPROACH FOR TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF INFLAMMATORY CASCADES IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND IN MULTIORGAN DEFICIENCY SYNDROME INDUCED BY EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION	10/1/11
PROGETTO "ASCOLTA IL CUORE"	9/1/11
ARA PACIS: REGISTRO NAZIONALE DI PAZIENTI CON FIBRILLAZIONE ATRIALE PER LA VALUTAZIONE DELL'ARTERIOPATIA PERIFERICA. STUDIO PROSPETTICO MULTICENTRICO	3/1/11
Attività fisica personalizzata e strutturata com strumento per migliorare la performance fisica e la qualità di vita e per attenuare gli effetti dello stress ossidativo nella progressione di alcune malattie cronico degenerative, neurodegenerative, mentali e le loro complicanze	9/1/10
FOSFOLIPIDI OSSIDATI COME MARKER DI STRESS OSSIDATIVO SISTEMICO	5/1/09
Lo stress ossidativo induce aumento dello spessore intima-media carotideo ed espressione di LpPLA2 in linfomonociti circolanti di giovani fumatori	6/1/08
Efferocitosi difettiva ed instabilità della placca aterosclerotica	6/1/08
EFFETTO DEL CALO PONDERALE SULLA PRODUZIONE ADIPOCITARIA DI ADIPONECTINA E TNF-ALFA: POSSIBILE RUOLO DEL PPAR-GAMMA E DELL' NFkB.	1/30/06
DANNI CELLULARI PRECOCI DA FUMO DI SIGARETTA: EVIDENZE IN VITRO ED IN SOGGETTI SANI DI GIOVANE ETA	12/1/04
STRESS OSSIDATIVO, ESPRESSIONE GENICA ED ATEROSCLEROSI: RUOLO PROTETTIVO DEL NEBIVOLOLO	3/1/04
CORONAROPATIA SUBCLINICA E CARATTERISTICHE DELLE PLACCHE ATEROSCLEROTICHE IN PAZIENTI CON VASCULOPATIA CAROTIDEA	8/9/09

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Anna Maria Fratta Pasini

Office	Collegial Body
member	Faculty Board of PhD in Clinical and Experimental Biomedical Sciences - Department Medicine
	Council for the Degree Course in Physiotherapy - Medicine and Surgery
member	Collegio didattico del Corso di Laurea in Tecniche Ortopediche - Medicine and Surgery
	Collegio Didattico unificato di Fisioterapia e Scienze Riabilitative delle Professioni Sanitarie - Medicine and Surgery
associate prof.	Consiglio del Dipartimento di Medicina 2024/2027 - Department Medicine
member	Consiglio della Scuola di Specializzazione in Geriatria - Medicine and Surgery
member	Consiglio della Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina dello Sport e dell'esercizio fisico - Medicine and Surgery
member	Consiglio della Scuola di specializzazione in Medicina d'emergenza-urgenza - Medicine and Surgery
member	Consiglio della Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina Interna - Medicine and Surgery