1 Title: Cardiovascular implications of miRNAs in COVID-19 Carmine Izzo* 1 , Valeria Visco* 1 , Jessica Gambardella 2,3 , Germano Junior Ferruzzi 1 , Antonella Rispoli 1 , Maria Rosaria Rusciano 1 , Anna Laura Toni 1 , Nicola Virtuoso 4 , Albino Carrizzo 1,5 , Paola Di Pietro 1 , Guido Iaccarino 2 , Carmine Vecchione 1,5 , Michele Ciccarelli 1 1 Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy. 2 Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, "Federico II" University, Naples, Italy. 3 Department of Medicine, Einstein-Sinai Diabetes Research Center, The Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism, Einstein Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY. 4 Cardiology Unit, University Hospital “San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona”, Salerno, Italy. 5 Vascular Physiopathology Unit, IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy. *Equally contributed ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Michele Ciccarelli, MD, PhD Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno Via Salvador Allende 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy mciccarelli@unisa.it; Phone: +39089965021 Running title: Cardiovascular miRNAs in COVID-19 Number of manuscript pages: 20 Number of figures: 1 Number of tables: 1 Total word of Manuscript: 3622 Total word of Abstract: 105 This article has not been copyedited and formatted. The final version may differ from this version. JPET Fast Forward. Published on July 2, 2022 as DOI: 10.1124/jpet.122.001210 at ASPET Journals on March 25, 2024 jpet.aspetjournals.org Downloaded from