Topics Webinar | The Role of Transmembrane Mucins in Lung Diseases
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Topics Webinar
The Role of Transmembrane Mucins in Lung Diseases
Dear all, thank you for the participation to the webinar that allow to prompt our Topic “The role of transmembrane mucins in lung diseases” published in MDPI journals list: Cancers, Biology, IJERPH, current oncology and Diseases.
Recently, there has been growing interest in the investigation of the diagnostic and prognostic role of mucins in different lung diseases, including interstitial lung disease, lung cancer and COVID-19.
This has highlighted the role of transmembrane mucins in rheumatologic disorders associated with ILD and the need to identify patients with lung involvement because of the inexorably worsening condition of patients with concomitant interstitial lung involvement. Moreover, since the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 pandemic, the usefulness of mucins for monitoring disease severity has been suggested.
Today, I’m glad to introduce two colleagues of mine: Prof. Ornella Piazza from University of Salerno, whom major research area is the clinical use of biomarkers in acute respiratory distress syndrome and COVID-19 and Dr Laura Bergantini from University of Siena, whom main research area is the investigation of mucins as diagnostic and prognostic marker for ILD associated and non-associated with rheumatologic disorders.
Date: 28 April 2022
Time: 3:00pm CEST | 9:00am EDT | 9:00pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 820 1650 8128
Webinar Secretariat: topics.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Miriana d’Alessandro
Respiratory diseases Unit, Department of medical and surgical sciences & neurosciences, University of Siena, Italy;
Dr. Miriana d’Alessandro, is currently PhD student in Genetics, Oncology and Clinical Medicine (GenOMeC) at the laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, University of Siena
She received a Bachelor Degree in Laboratory Technician and Master of Science in Health Biology.
She published several manuscripts about biomarkers in different different diffuse lung diseases including connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases (ILD), idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs), pulmonary sarcoidosis and hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), Pulmonary Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis (PLCH) and lymphangioleyomyomatosis (LAM). Her main research interest has focused on molecular and cellular biology, immunoassays, cytofluorimetric analysis, characterization of extracellular vesicles in the fluids of patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD). The goal of research activity is the validation and study of novel biomarkers for predicting prognosis and response to therapy in patients affected by fibrotic and non-fibrotic ILD.
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On Thursday 28 April 2022, MDPI and Topics organized their first webinar entitled “The Role of Transmembrane Mucins in Lung Diseases”.
This Topics webinar fully overviewed the involvement of transmembrane mucins in acute respiratory distress syndrome, COVID-19 and interstitial lung disease patients. Mucins play a crucial role in different lung diseases and are mainly implicated in the process of cellular proliferation, growth, and apoptosis. This has highlighted the role of transmembrane mucins as biomarkers for the diagnosis, prognosis and response to treatment in combination with clinical parameters.
The introduction was held by the Chair of the webinar, Dr. Miriana d’Alessandro from the Department of medical and surgical sciences & neurosciences, from the University of Siena in Italy. Two talks followed: Prof. Dr. Ornella Piazza from the Department of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Salerno in Italy, spoke about the usefulness of Mucins in ARDS and COVID-19 Patients and their potential as disease severity markers. On the other hand, Dr. Laura Bergantini from the Department of medical and surgical sciences & neurosciences, from the University of Siena in Italy, gave a presentation entitled “Mucins as Diagnostic and Prognostic Marker of Interstitial Lung Diseases Patients”.
The presentations were followed by a Q&A and a discussion, moderated by the Chair. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Topics, be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
The Role of Transmembrane Mucins in Lung Diseases
Topic Editors: Dr. Miriana D’Alessandro, Dr. Edoardo Conticini, Dr. Elena Bargagli, Dr. Lucia Vietri, Dr. Laura Bergantini & Dr. Donato Lacedonia
Deadline for abstract submissions: 30 August 2022
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2022