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Alessandro Plebani

Alessandro Plebani

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Immunology

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83
Citations
29861
World Ranking
1425
National Ranking
55

Medicine

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Citations
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National Ranking
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Overview

Alessandro Plebani is affiliated with the University of Brescia in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on immunology and microbiology as well as medicine, with a significant number of publications in these fields. The subfields of study relevant to their work include immunology, genetics, epidemiology, infectious diseases, and hematology.

Their scientific output covers a range of topics central to immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders, immune cell function and interaction, T-cell and B-cell immunology, chronic lymphocytic leukemia research, cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research, platelet disorders and treatments, and NF-κB signaling pathways.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Clinical Immunology
  • Journal of Clinical Immunology
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Blood
  • Science Immunology

Among their recent papers are:

  • Coronavirus disease 2019 in patients with inborn errors of immunity: An international study, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • A possible role for B cells in COVID-19? Lesson from patients with agammaglobulinemia, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Characterization of the clinical and immunologic phenotype and management of 157 individuals with 56 distinct heterozygous NFKB1 mutations, 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • A randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial of the PI3Kδ inhibitor leniolisib for activated PI3Kδ syndrome, 2022, Blood
  • The Interplay between CD27dull and CD27bright B Cells Ensures the Flexibility, Stability, and Resilience of Human B Cell Memory, 2020, Cell Reports

Alessandro Plebani has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Vassilios Lougaris
  • Raffaele Badolato
  • Manuela Baronio
  • Caterina Cancrini
  • Claudio Pignata

Best Publications

  • Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) deficiency causes the autosomal recessive form of the Hyper-IgM syndrome (HIGM2).

    Patrick Revy;Taro Muto;Yves Levy;Frédéric Geissmann

  • Human blood IgM “memory” B cells are circulating splenic marginal zone B cells harboring a prediversified immunoglobulin repertoire

    Sandra Weller;Moritz C. Braun;Bruce K. Tan;Andreas Rosenwald

  • The EUROclass trial: defining subgroups in common variable immunodeficiency

    Claudia Wehr;Teemu Kivioja;Christian Schmitt;Berne Ferry

  • A Homozygous CARD9 Mutation in a Family with Susceptibility to Fungal Infections

    Erik-Oliver Glocker;Andre Hennigs;Mohammad Nabavi;Alejandro A. Schäffer

  • Intestinal Bacteria Trigger T Cell-Independent Immunoglobulin A2 Class Switching by Inducing Epithelial-Cell Secretion of the Cytokine APRIL

    Bing He;Weifeng Xu;Paul A. Santini;Alexandros D. Polydorides

  • B cell–helper neutrophils stimulate the diversification and production of immunoglobulin in the marginal zone of the spleen

    Irene Puga;Montserrat Cols;Carolina M. Barra;Bing-Yang He

  • Cernunnos, a novel nonhomologous end-joining factor, is mutated in human immunodeficiency with microcephaly.

    Dietke Buck;Laurent Malivert;Régina de Chasseval;Anne Barraud

  • Human immunoglobulin M memory B cells controlling Streptococcus pneumoniae infections are generated in the spleen.

    Stephanie Kruetzmann;M. Manuela Rosado;Holger Weber;Ulrich Germing

  • Long-Term Follow-Up and Outcome of a Large Cohort of Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency

    Isabella Quinti;Annarosa Soresina;Giuseppe Spadaro;Silvana Martino

  • Deleterious Mutations in LRBA Are Associated with a Syndrome of Immune Deficiency and Autoimmunity

    Gabriela Lopez-Herrera;Giacomo Tampella;Qiang Pan-Hammarström;Peer Herholz

  • Immunoglobulin D enhances immune surveillance by activating antimicrobial, proinflammatory and B cell–stimulating programs in basophils

    Kang Chen;Weifeng Xu;Melanie Wilson;Bing He

  • PROGNOSTIC FACTORS AND SURVIVAL IN CHILDREN WITH PERINATAL HIV-1 INFECTION

    P.A Tovo;C Gabiano;E Palomba;M de Martino

  • ICOS deficiency is associated with a severe reduction of CXCR5+CD4 germinal center Th cells.

    Lukas Bossaller;Jan Andreas Burger;Ruth Draeger;Bodo Grimbacher

  • Mutations of CD40 gene cause an autosomal recessive form of immunodeficiency with hyper IgM

    Simona Ferrari;Silvia Giliani;Antonella Insalaco;Abdulaziz Al-Ghonaium

  • Phenotype, penetrance, and treatment of 133 cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4–insufficient subjects

    Charlotte Schwab;Annemarie Gabrysch;Peter Olbrich;Virginia Patiño

  • Clinical features, long-term follow-up and outcome of a large cohort of patients with Chronic Granulomatous Disease: an Italian multicenter study.

    Baldassarre Martire;Roberto Rondelli;Annarosa Soresina;Claudio Pignata

  • The transmembrane activator TACI triggers immunoglobulin class switching by activating B cells through the adaptor MyD88

    Bing He;Raul Santamaria;Weifeng Xu;Montserrat Cols

  • X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to SAP/SH2D1A deficiency: a multicenter study on the manifestations, management, and outcome of the disease

    Claire Booth;Kimberly C. Gilmour;Paul Veys;Andrew R. Gennery

  • Mutations in STAT3 and diagnostic guidelines for hyper-IgE syndrome

    Cristina Woellner;E. Michael Gertz;Alejandro A. Schäffer;Macarena Lagos

  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 in patients with inborn errors of immunity: an international study.

    Isabelle Meyts;Giorgia Bucciol;Isabella Quinti;Bénédicte Neven

  • Clinical, Immunological, and Molecular Analysis in a Large Cohort of Patients with X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: An Italian Multicenter Study

    Alessandro Plebani;Annarosa Soresina;Roberto Rondelli;Giorgio M Amato

Frequent Co-Authors

Raffaele Badolato
Raffaele Badolato University of Brescia
Luigi D. Notarangelo
Luigi D. Notarangelo National Institutes of Health
Bodo Grimbacher
Bodo Grimbacher University of Freiburg
Isabella Quinti
Isabella Quinti Sapienza University of Rome
Silvia Giliani
Silvia Giliani University of Brescia
Lennart Hammarström
Lennart Hammarström Karolinska Institute
Paolo Rossi
Paolo Rossi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Ulrich Salzer
Ulrich Salzer University of Freiburg
Chiara Azzari
Chiara Azzari University of Florence
Asghar Aghamohammadi
Asghar Aghamohammadi Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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