Immunotherapy: Open Access
Open Access

Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Italy

Biography

Lucia Malaguarnera graduated in medicine and surgery at University of Catania, Italy, and trained at the Thomas Jefferson Cancer Institute, Philadelphia, USA. Her postgraduate research was in pathology and oncology. Currently she is Professor of Clinical Pathology at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Catania, Italy. Her research interests include the molecular mechanisms involved in cancerogenesis and immuno-modulation in infectious diseases.

Publications

• Book Review   
  Exploring the Immunomodulatory Effects of Vitamin D3 in Sars-Cov2 Management
  Author(s): Michele Malaguarnera and Lucia Malaguarnera*
  
  Severe SARS-CoV2, the latest pandemic infectious diseases, is a serious threat to human health. SARS-CoV2 infection causes immune activation and systemic hyper-inflammation which can lead to respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ARDS victims are linked to sustained IL-6 and IL-1 increase. Macrophage activation associated with the “cytokine storm” promote the dysregulation of the innate immunity. So far without vaccines or specific therapy, all efforts to design drugs or clinical trials are deserving. Vitamin D and its receptor vitamin D receptor (VDR) exert an important role in infections for their remarkable impact on both innate and adaptive immune responses and on the suppression of inflammatory process. The protective effects of vitamin D supplementation have been proved by several observational studies and by meta-analysis of clinical trials for p.. View More»
  

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