F
Francesco Blasi
Researcher at University of Milan
Publications - 993
Citations - 49150
Francesco Blasi is an academic researcher from University of Milan. The author has contributed to research in topics: Urokinase receptor & Pneumonia. The author has an hindex of 108, co-authored 918 publications receiving 43534 citations. Previous affiliations of Francesco Blasi include International Institute of Minnesota & Finsen Laboratory.
Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
uPAR: a versatile signalling orchestrator
Francesco Blasi,Peter Carmeliet +1 more
TL;DR: The urokinase receptor uPAR was originally thought to assist the directional invasion of migrating cells, but it is now becoming increasingly evident that this proteinase receptor elicits a plethora of cellular responses that include cellular adhesion, differentiation, proliferation and migration in a non-proteolytic fashion.
Journal ArticleDOI
Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections ‐ Full version
Mark Woodhead,Francesco Blasi,Santiago Ewig,Javier Garau,G. Huchon,Margareta Ieven,Åke Örtqvist,Tom Schaberg,Antoni Torres,G. H. M. van der Heijden,Robert C. Read,Th J M Verheij +11 more
TL;DR: This document is an update of Guidelines published in 2005 and now includes scientific publications through to May 2010 that provides evidence-based recommendations for the most common management questions occurring in routine clinical practice in the management of adult patients with LRTI.
Journal ArticleDOI
European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis
Eva Polverino,Pieter Goeminne,Melissa J. McDonnell,Melissa J. McDonnell,Stefano Aliberti,Sara E. Marshall,Michael R. Loebinger,Marlene Murris,Rafael Cantón,Antoni Torres,Katerina Dimakou,Anthony De Soyza,Anthony De Soyza,Adam T. Hill,Charles S. Haworth,Montserrat Vendrell,Felix C. Ringshausen,Dragan Subotic,Robert Wilson,Jordi Vilaró,Björn Ställberg,Tobias Welte,Gernot Rohde,Francesco Blasi,Stuart Elborn,Stuart Elborn,Marta Almagro,Alan Timothy,Thomas Ruddy,Thomy Tonia,David Rigau,James D. Chalmers +31 more
TL;DR: The ERS guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis describe the appropriate investigation and treatment strategies determined by a systematic review of the literature, using the GRADE approach to define the quality of the evidence and the level of recommendations.
Journal ArticleDOI
Towards tuberculosis elimination: an action framework for low-incidence countries
Knut Lönnroth,Giovanni Battista Migliori,Ibrahim Abubakar,Lia D'Ambrosio,Gerard De Vries,Roland Diel,Paul Douglas,Dennis Falzon,Marc Andre Gaudreau,Delia Goletti,Edilberto R. González Ochoa,Philip A. LoBue,Alberto Matteelli,Howard Njoo,Ivan Solovic,Alistair Story,Tamara Tayeb,Marieke J. van der Werf,Diana Weil,Jean-Pierre Zellweger,Mohamed Abdel Aziz,Mohamed R.M. Al Lawati,Stefano Aliberti,Wouter Arrazola de Oñate,Draurio Barreira,Vineet Bhatia,Francesco Blasi,Amy Bloom,Judith Bruchfeld,Francesco Castelli,Rosella Centis,Daniel Chemtob,Daniela Maria Cirillo,Alberto Colorado,Andrei Dadu,Ulf R Dahle,Laura De Paoli,Hannah Monica Yesudian Dias,Raquel Duarte,Lanfranco Fattorini,Mina Gaga,Haileyesus Getahun,Philippe Glaziou,Lasha Goguadze,Mirtha del Granado,Walter Haas,Asko Järvinen,Geun Yong Kwon,Davide Mosca,Payam Nahid,Nobuyuki Nishikiori,I. Noguer,Joan O'Donnell,Analita Pace-Asciak,Maria Grazia Pompa,Gilda Popescu,Carlos Robalo Cordeiro,Karin Rønning,Morten Ruhwald,Jean-Paul Sculier,Aleksandar Simunovic,Alison Smith-Palmer,Giovanni Sotgiu,Giorgia Sulis,Carlos A. Torres-Duque,Kazunori Umeki,Mukund Uplekar,Catharina Van Weezenbeek,Tuula Vasankari,Robert J. Vitillo,Constantia Voniatis,Maryse Wanlin,Mario C. Raviglione +72 more
TL;DR: An action framework for countries with low tuberculosis (TB) incidence sets out priority interventions required for these countries to progress first towards “pre-elimination” and eventually the elimination of TB as a public health problem.
Journal ArticleDOI
Hydrocortisone infusion for severe community-acquired pneumonia: a preliminary randomized study.
Marco Confalonieri,Rosario Urbino,Alfredo Potena,Marco Piattella,Piercarlo Parigi,Giacomo Puccio,Rossana Della Porta,Carbone Giorgio,Francesco Blasi,Reba Umberger,G. Umberto Meduri +10 more
TL;DR: It is hypothesize that hydrocortisone infusion in severe community-acquired pneumonia attenuates systemic inflammation and leads to earlier resolution of pneumonia and a reduction in sepsis-related complications.