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Overview

Ana Lleo is affiliated with Humanitas University in Italy and has contributed extensively to medical research, focusing primarily on hepatology and related fields. Their work spans various subfields including epidemiology, surgery, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main areas of scientific interest for this researcher include:

  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
  • Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis

Ana Lleo's publication record includes papers in notable scientific journals, with recent contributions including:

  • Genomewide Association Study of Severe Covid-19 with Respiratory Failure, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Cholangiocarcinoma landscape in Europe: Diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic insights from the ENSCCA Registry, 2022, Journal of Hepatology
  • Primary biliary cholangitis, 2020, The Lancet
  • An international genome-wide meta-analysis of primary biliary cholangitis: Novel risk loci and candidate drugs, 2021, Journal of Hepatology
  • Macrophage morphology correlates with single-cell diversity and prognosis in colorectal liver metastasis, 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Their research has been published frequently in several venues, with the most common including:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Digestive and Liver Disease
  • Liver International
  • JHEP Reports

Throughout their career, Ana Lleo has collaborated repeatedly with several co-authors, including:

  • Alessio Aghemo
  • Francesca Colapietro
  • Guido Torzilli
  • Luca Di Tommaso
  • Marco Carbone

Their body of work is classified mainly under the broad field of Medicine, encompassing 531 publications, with a significant focus on Hepatology.

Best Publications

  • Genomewide Association Study of Severe Covid-19 with Respiratory Failure.

    David Ellinghaus;Frauke Degenhardt;Luis Bujanda;Maria Buti

  • Levels of alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin are surrogate end points of outcomes of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis: An international follow-up study

    Willem J. Lammers;Henk R. van Buuren;Gideon M. Hirschfield;Harry L.A. Janssen

  • Genome-wide meta-analyses identify three loci associated with primary biliary cirrhosis

    Xiangdong Liu;Pietro Invernizzi;Yue Lu;Roman Kosoy

  • Development and Validation of a Scoring System to Predict Outcomes of Patients With Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Receiving Ursodeoxycholic Acid Therapy

    Willem J. Lammers;Gideon M. Hirschfield;Christophe Corpechot;Frederik Nevens

  • The X chromosome and immune associated genes

    Ilaria Bianchi;Ana Lleo;M. Eric Gershwin;Pietro Invernizzi

  • International genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new primary biliary cirrhosis risk loci and targetable pathogenic pathways

    Heather J. Cordell;Younghun Han;George F. Mells;Yafang Li

  • Definition of human autoimmunity--autoantibodies versus autoimmune disease.

    Ana Lleo;Pietro Invernizzi;Pietro Invernizzi;Bin Gao;Mauro Podda

  • Primary biliary cirrhosis is associated with altered hepatic microRNA expression.

    Kerstien A Padgett;Ruth Y Lan;Patrick C Leung;Ana Lleo

  • Is autoimmunity a matter of sex

    Ana Lleo;Pier Maria Battezzati;Carlo Selmi;Carlo Selmi;M. Eric Gershwin

  • Biliary apotopes and anti-mitochondrial antibodies activate innate immune responses in primary biliary cirrhosis

    Ana Lleo;Christopher Bowlus;Guo Xiang Yang;Pietro Invernizzi

  • Apotopes and the biliary specificity of primary biliary cirrhosis

    Ana Lleo;Ana Lleo;Carlo Selmi;Carlo Selmi;Pietro Invernizzi;Mauro Podda

  • Stratification of hepatocellular carcinoma risk in primary biliary cirrhosis: A multicentre international study

    Palak J. Trivedi;Willem J. Lammers;Henk R. Van Buuren;Albert Parés

  • Immunochip analyses identify a novel risk locus for primary biliary cirrhosis at 13q14, multiple independent associations at four established risk loci and epistasis between 1p31 and 7q32 risk variants

    Brian D. Juran;Gideon M. Hirschfield;Pietro Invernizzi;Elizabeth J. Atkinson

  • Geoepidemiology, gender and autoimmune disease.

    Luca Moroni;Ilaria Bianchi;Ana Lleo

  • Primary biliary cholangitis

    Ana Lleo;Giu Qiang Wang;Merrill Eric Gershwin;Gideon M. Hirschfield

  • Interpreting serological tests in diagnosing autoimmune liver diseases.

    Pietro Invernizzi;Ana Lleo;Mauro Podda

  • Immunoglobulin M levels inversely correlate with CD40 ligand promoter methylation in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

    Ana Lleo;Jieyue Liao;Jieyue Liao;Pietro Invernizzi;Ming Zhao;Ming Zhao

  • The consequences of apoptosis in autoimmunity.

    Ana Lleo;Carlo Selmi;Carlo Selmi;Pietro Invernizzi;Pietro Invernizzi;Mauro Podda

  • PBC Screen An IgG/IgA dual isotype ELISA detecting multiple mitochondrial and nuclear autoantibodies specific for primary biliary cirrhosis

    Haiying Liu;Gary L. Norman;Zakera Shums;Howard J. Worman

  • The immunological potential of galectin-1 and -3.

    Amy Dhirapong;Ana Lleo;Patrick S Leung;M. Eric Gershwin

Frequent Co-Authors

Pietro Invernizzi
Pietro Invernizzi University of Milano-Bicocca
M. Eric Gershwin
M. Eric Gershwin University of California, Davis
Gideon M. Hirschfield
Gideon M. Hirschfield University Health Network
Carlo Selmi
Carlo Selmi Humanitas University
Keith D. Lindor
Keith D. Lindor Arizona State University
Bettina E. Hansen
Bettina E. Hansen University Health Network
Albert Parés
Albert Parés University of Barcelona
Massimo Colombo
Massimo Colombo Humanitas University
Kris V. Kowdley
Kris V. Kowdley Washington State University

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