Editorial introductions

Dr Manetti, PhD was born in Florence, Italy, and is Associate Professor of Human Anatomy at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence. He received the single-cycle master's degree in Biological Sciences with full marks and honors in 2003, and the PhD degree in Human Morphology and Morphogenesis in 2007 at the University of Florence. In 2006-2007 he was Visiting Scientist at the Department of Internal Medicine of the Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Germany. He was Postdoctoral Research Fellow from 2007 to 2017 and Assistant Professor from 2017 to 2021 at the University of Florence, where he currently teaches Human Anatomy to undergraduate students as Associate Professor. In 2018 he obtained the National Scientific Habilitation for Full Professor of Human Anatomy from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. Dr Manetti is author of numerous scientific publications in peer reviewed journals and proceedings of national and international congresses, and currently serves as reviewer and editorial board member for numerous peer reviewed journals. His main research interests are microscopic anatomy of human organs, morphological and functional aspects of stromal cells, endothelial cell biology and angiogenesis, cellular and molecular mechanisms of tissue fibrosis, and pathogenesis of autoimmune, chronic inflammatory and connective tissue diseases such as scleroderma.