Journal of Cellular Signaling

Vincenza Rita Lo Vasco

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Italy

Academic Editor

Biography

Vincenza Rita Lo Vasco received her MD with specialization in Medical Genetics from Padua Medical School and PhD from the University of Bologna. From 2004 to 2019 she worked as an Assistant Professor at University of Rome "Sapienza. Since 2020 she has been working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neuroscience Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. She is serving as an Editor for several reputed international journals such as Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction, Case Reports in Dentistry, PeerJ, Frontiers in Neuropathology, Frontiers in Neurophysiology, Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, etc. She is currently a member of Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology.

Research Interest

Characterization of gene expression and morphological characterization of PLC expression in cyto-types of human osteoblasts and osteosarcoma cells, in monocyte-macrophage line, in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) under different conditions (stimulation or inhibition with pharmacological molecules), in rat astrocytoma cells (C6) in different conditions, in human quiescent fibroblasts, in human endometrium and in endometriosis, in suicide brains, in organs of alcohol addicted patients, and in Alzheimer’s disease.

Analysis of the role of PLC eta2 (PLCH2 gene) in the deletion syndrome of the chromosomal region 1p36 and in human neuroblastomas.

Analysis and review of the role of PLCs in the development of the nervous system.

Analysis of the PLCB1 gene in patients affected with schizoaffective disorders.

Analysis of pro-inflammatory cytokines and related factors in fetal vascular lesions with morphological characterization of the intima/media thickening of the fetal aorta.

Analysis of the role of polymorphisms of the ACE and NPY genes in the human heart in order to evaluate their possible use in the prognosis of cardiovascular risk.

Characterization of neurotransmitters in cholesteatoma and of neurotransmitters and neurotrophins in human tonsils, of the inflammatory elements in the wall of endotracheal prostheses; of inflammatory elements in cartilage tissue diseases in ENT patients; of risk factors in dysphagia patients.