Alessandro Antonelli (Professor of Internal Medicine, MD) is Director of the Immuno-Endocrine Section of Internal Medicine, and Head of the Laboratory of Primary Human Cells, University of Pisa. His principal areas of expertise are autoimmune thyroid disorders, type 1 diabetes, systemic autoimmune disorders, chemokines and cytokines, HCV-associated thyroid disorders and thyroid cancer. His researches have been published in more than 370 articles on International journals (Impact Factor > 1600; HI=75). He serves as an editorial board member and is Referee and Reviewer of many scientific International journals.