Toxicological

• Giani, F., Masto, R., Trovato, M. A., Franco, A., Pandini, G., Vigneri, R., (2021), Thyroid stem cells but not differentiated thyrocytes are sensitive to slightly increased concentrations of heavy metals, Frontiers in Endocrinology, 12, 383, 10.3389/fendo.2021.652675
• Giani, F., Pandini, G., Scalisi, N. M., Vigneri, P., Fazzari, C., Malandrino, P., Russo, M., Masucci, R., Belfiore, A., Pellegriti, G., Vigneri, R., (2019), Effect of low-dose tungsten on human thyroid stem/precursor cells and their progeny, Endocrine-Related Cancer, 26(8), 713-725, 10.1530/ERC-19-0176

Reviews/ Overviews

• Malandrino, P., Russo, M., Giani, F., Pellegriti, G., Vigneri, P., Belfiore, A., Rizzarelli, E., Vigneri, R., (2020), Increased thyroid cancer incidence in volcanic areas: a role of increased heavy metals in the environment?, International journal of molecular, 21(10), 3425, 10.3390/ijms21103425
• Vigneri, R., Malandrino, P., Giani, F., Russo, M., Vigneri, P., (2017), Heavy metals in the volcanic environment and thyroid cancer, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 457, 73-80, 10.1016/j.mce.2016.10.027

Epidemiological, clinical & surveillance

• Malandrino, P., Russo, M., Ronchi, A., Moretti, F., Giani, F., Vigneri, P., Masucci, R., Pellegriti, G., Belfiore, A., Vigneri, R., (2020), Concentration of metals and trace elements in the normal human and rat thyroid: comparison with muscle and adipose tissue and volcanic versus control areas, Thyroid, 30(2), 290-299, 10.1089/thy.2019.0244

Epidemiological, clinical & surveillance

• Russo, M., Malandrino, P., Moleti, M., D' Angelo, A., Tavarelli, M., Sapuppo, G., Giani, F., Richiusa, P., Squatrito, S, Vigneri, R., Pellegriti, G., (2017), Thyroid cancer in the pediatric age in Sicily: Influence of the volcanic environment, Anticancer Research, 37(3), 1515-1522