Developed skills and lines of research

Gianluigi Zaza is currently an Associate Professor in the Nephrology section of the Department of Medicine of the University of Verona. He graduated in Medicine from the University of Bari in 2000 and specialized in Nephrology in 2005 from the same university. Dr. Zaza has been involved in the clinical and pharmacological management of kidney transplant patients. He has contributed to various research projects in pharmacogenomics in collaboration with many research institutes in the United States, with European universities and with the Department of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Foggia, Nephrology division, as well as with the Institute of Studies on Intelligent Systems for Automation (CNR-ISSIA) of Bari. For cystic fibrosis, he has carried out a project to improve the efficacy of immunosuppressive drugs in CF lung transplantation.

Projects funded by FFC Ricerca as Principal Investigator or as Research Manager

FFC#28/2014
In vitro study of potential pro-fibrotic effect of Everolimus in different human airway cell lines. Searching for new biomarkers to optimize MTOR-inhibitor immunosuppressive treatment of cystic fibrosis patients undergoing lung transplantation

Publications from FFC Research projects

Granata S, Santoro G, Masola V, et al., In Vitro Identification of New Transcriptomic and miRNomic Profiles Associated with Pulmonary Fibrosis Induced by High Doses Everolimus: Looking for New Pathogenetic Markers and Therapeutic Targets. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Apr 20;19(4). pii: E1250. doi: 10.3390/ijms19041250.