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Francesco De Luca

Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Hospitals Kansas City
Verified email at cmh.edu
Cited by 3797

Endocrine regulation of the growth plate

O Nilsson, R Marino, F De Luca, M Phillip… - Hormone research in …, 2005 - karger.com
Longitudinal bone growth occurs at the growth plate by endochondral ossification. Within the
growth plate, chondrocyte proliferation, hypertrophy, and cartilage matrix secretion result in …

The microbiome in autoimmune diseases

F De Luca, Y Shoenfeld - Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
F De Luca , F De Luca … [96] discovered that faecal samples from SS patients had an
approximately 50% reduction in the genus Faecalibacterium, which includes F. prausnitzii, one of the …

Short and tall stature: a new paradigm emerges

J Baron, L Sävendahl, F De Luca, A Dauber… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
In the past, the growth hormone (GH)–insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) axis was often
considered to be the main system that regulated childhood growth and, therefore, determined …

[HTML][HTML] Genome sequence of the metazoan plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita

…, PM Coutinho, C Dasilva, F De Luca, F Deau… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Plant-parasitic nematodes are major agricultural pests worldwide and novel approaches to
control them are sorely needed. We report the draft genome sequence of the root-knot …

Prevention of new sensitizations in asthmatic children monosensitized to house dust mite by specific immunotherapy. A six‐year follow‐up study.

GB Pajno, G Barberio, FR De Luca… - Clinical & …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Background Specific immunotherapy (SIT) is a recognized way of treating IgE‐mediated
respiratory diseases. The clinical outcome is usually better in allergic children than in adults. …

Effect of discontinuing vs continuing angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers on days alive and out of the hospital in patients …

…, VA Loures, RM Dionísio, TAB Furquim, FA De Luca… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance It is unknown whether angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) or
angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) have a positive, neutral, or negative effect on clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement of survival in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: retrospective analysis of 835 patients

…, M Scutifero, MR Cecio, V Torre, F De Luca… - Acta …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is the most common muscle disease in children.
Historically, DMD results in loss of ambulation between ages 7 and 13 years and death in the …

Italian cross-sectional growth charts for height, weight and BMI (6–20 y)

…, F Dammacco, F De Luca, F Chiarelli… - European journal of …, 2002 - nature.com
Objective To trace growth charts for height, weight and body mass index (BMI) that apply to
the whole Italian population. Different charts were drawn for central-north and south Italy …

Risk of hospitalization for heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes newly treated with DPP-4 inhibitors or other oral glucose-lowering medications: a retrospective …

…, G Farina, MG Tari, G Motola, F De Luca… - European heart …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Aims Oral glucose-lowering medications are associated with excess risk of heart failure (HF).
Given the absence of comparative data among drug classes, we performed a retrospective …

Keratin 19: a key role player in the invasion of human hepatocellular carcinomas

…, M Komuta, J Berkers, B Spee, C Janssen, F De Luca… - Gut, 2014 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Keratin (K)19, a biliary/hepatic progenitor cell (HPC) marker, is expressed in a
subset of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) with poor prognosis. The underlying mechanisms …