Systemic sclerosis · macrophage–fibroblast crosstalk · fibrosis · single-cell transcriptomics
I study how macrophages and fibroblasts interact to drive fibrosis in systemic sclerosis and related cardiovascular complications.
Gino works at the interface of experimental rheumatology, molecular biology and translational immunology, with a focus on macrophage–fibroblast interactions in systemic sclerosis and related cardiovascular complications.
His research interests include skin and myocardial fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular adaptation, cell–cell communication and single-cell / single-nuclei transcriptomic approaches.
Co-authored PubMed-indexed research on Fcγ receptor expression, macrophage phagocytosis and inflammatory mechanisms in systemic sclerosis-associated rheumatic diseases.
Research presented at ESC Congress 2025 in the session “From vascular remodelling to ventricular dysfunction: new insights into pulmonary hypertension”.
Awarded for the poster “Human right ventricular myocardial slices as a model of fibrotic remodelling”, Bern, January 2026.
A downloadable CV will be added after the latest PDF, conference list and publication details are reviewed.
Rheumatology (Oxford), 2025. PMID: 39672802 · DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae688