• Natural histogel-based bio-scaffolds for sustaining angiogenesis in beige adipose tissue 

      Di Somma M., Schaafsma W., Grillo E., Vliora M., Dakou E., Corsini M., Ravelli C., Ronca R., Sakellariou P., Vanparijs J., Castro B., Mitola S. (2019)
      In the treatment of obesity and its related disorders, one of the measures adopted is weight reduction by controlling nutrition and increasing physical activity. A valid alternative to restore the physiological function ...
    • Role of VEGFs in metabolic disorders 

      di Somma M., Vliora M., Grillo E., Castro B., Dakou E., Schaafsma W., Vanparijs J., Corsini M., Ravelli C., Sakellariou E., Mitola S. (2020)
      Obesity and metabolic disorders are important public health problems. In this review, the role of vasculature network and VEGF in the adipose tissue maintenance and supplementation is discussed. Angiogenesis is a key process ...