Research Interests

Dr. Leone has worked in the research field of acute coronary syndromes, with a particular interest in coronary thrombosis, particularly in relation to the genetic aspects of this, myocardial apoptosis and stem cells, resulting author and coauthor of several studies published in international scientific journals (see below ) and presented to the major national and international cardiology conferences. In particular, Antonio Maria Leone as the first author presented several oral presentations and posters at conferences of the American College of Cardiology (2002, 2003, 2005, 2009), the European Society of Cardiology (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010), Italian Society of Invasive Cardiology (2010), Euro PCR (2011) and CRT (2011). In December 2003 he won the third prize of the Young Researcher Award with a presentation entitled "Spontaneous mobilization of CD34 + bone marrow-derived stem cells after Acute Myocardial Infarction" at the annual Congress of the Italian Society of Cardiology. In 2004 it was again ranked among the top 10 competitors in this same award for the abstract entitled "Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor in the Acute Myocardial Infarction (The Rigenera Study)." He is currently focusing its scientific interest on the mechanisms of spontaneous mobilization of stem cells from bone marrow, the effect of circulating progenitor cells on post-infarction left ventricular function and the clinical use of growth factors in patients with acute myocardial infarction. In 2009 the European Heart Journal has published the expert review by Antonio Maria Leone et al. entitled “From bone marrow to the arterial wall: the ongoing tale of endothelial progenitor cells ".