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Claudia F. Lucchinetti

Claudia F. Lucchinetti

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Citations
66718
World Ranking
5425
National Ranking
2922

Overview

Claudia F. Lucchinetti is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a specific emphasis on Neurology and related subfields including Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Immunology, Molecular Biology, and Oncology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of neurological disorders, particularly focusing on multiple sclerosis and various autoimmune and inflammatory conditions of the central nervous system. The main topics of research covered by Claudia F. Lucchinetti include:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment

Among recent significant papers featuring Claudia F. Lucchinetti are the following:

  • Neuropathology of COVID-19: a spectrum of vascular and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)-like pathology, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica
  • The pathology of central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating disease accompanying myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein autoantibody, 2020, Acta Neuropathologica
  • Steroid-sparing maintenance immunotherapy for MOG-IgG associated disorder, 2020, Neurology
  • Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Comparison of MRI Lesion Evolution in Different Central Nervous System Demyelinating Disorders, 2021, Neurology

Claudia F. Lucchinetti has published predominantly in the following scientific venues:

  • Neurology
  • Annals of Neurology
  • Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
  • Acta Neuropathologica
  • Journal of Neurology

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Eoin P. Flanagan
  • Sean J. Pittock
  • Yong Guo
  • W. Oliver Tobin

The body of work by Claudia F. Lucchinetti demonstrates a consistent focus on neurological diseases involving immune mechanisms, demyelination, and neurodegenerative processes. The research spans clinical, pathological, and imaging studies contributing to the understanding and treatment of disorders such as multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.

Best Publications

  • Heterogeneity of multiple sclerosis lesions: implications for the pathogenesis of demyelination.

    Claudia Lucchinetti;Wolfgang Brück;Joseph Parisi;Bernd Scheithauer

  • A serum autoantibody marker of neuromyelitis optica : distinction from multiple sclerosis

    Vanda A Lennon;Dean M Wingerchuk;Thomas J Kryzer;Sean J Pittock

  • Revised diagnostic criteria for neuromyelitis optica

    D. M. Wingerchuk;V. A. Lennon;S. J. Pittock;C. F. Lucchinetti

  • The spectrum of neuromyelitis optica

    Dean M Wingerchuk;Vanda A Lennon;Claudia F Lucchinetti;Sean J Pittock

  • Cortical demyelination and diffuse white matter injury in multiple sclerosis

    Alexandra Kutzelnigg;Claudia F. Lucchinetti;Christine Stadelmann;Wolfgang Brück

  • The relation between inflammation and neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis brains

    Josa M. Frischer;Stephan Bramow;Assunta Dal-Bianco;Claudia F. Lucchinetti

  • The immunopathology of multiple sclerosis: An overview

    Hans Lassmann;Wolfgang Brück;Claudia F. Lucchinetti

  • A role for humoral mechanisms in the pathogenesis of Devic’s neuromyelitis optica

    Claudia F. Lucchinetti;Raul N. Mandler;Dorian McGavern;Wolfgang Bruck

  • Inflammatory Cortical Demyelination in Early Multiple Sclerosis

    Claudia F. Lucchinetti;Bogdan F.G. Popescu;Reem F. Bunyan;Natalia M. Moll

  • Expression of specific chemokines and chemokine receptors in the central nervous system of multiple sclerosis patients

    Torben L. Sørensen;Marie Tani;Jakob Jensen;Virginia Pierce

  • A randomized trial of plasma exchange in acute central nervous system inflammatory demyelinating disease.

    Brian G. Weinshenker;Peter C. O'Brien;Tanya M. Petterson;John H. Noseworthy

  • Distinct Patterns of Multiple Sclerosis Pathology Indicates Heterogeneity in Pathogenesis

    Claudia F. Lucchinetti;Wolfgang Brück;Moses Rodriguez;Hans Lassmann

  • Remyelination is extensive in a subset of multiple sclerosis patients

    Peter Patrikios;Christine Stadelmann;Alexandra Kutzelnigg;Helmut Rauschka

  • Pattern-specific loss of aquaporin-4 immunoreactivity distinguishes neuromyelitis optica from multiple sclerosis

    Shanu F. Roemer;Joseph E. Parisi;Vanda A. Lennon;Eduardo E. Benarroch

  • Neuromyelitis optica brain lesions localized at sites of high aquaporin 4 expression.

    Sean J. Pittock;Brian G. Weinshenker;Claudia F. Lucchinetti;Dean M. Wingerchuk

  • Brain abnormalities in neuromyelitis optica.

    Sean J. Pittock;Vanda A. Lennon;Karl Krecke;Dean M. Wingerchuk

  • Heterogeneity of multiple sclerosis pathogenesis: implications for diagnosis and therapy.

    Hans Lassmann;Wolfgang Brück;Claudia Lucchinetti

  • Neuromyelitis optica and non organ-specific autoimmunity.

    Sean J. Pittock;Vanda A. Lennon;Jerome de Seze;Patrick Vermersch

  • Neuromyelitis optica IgG predicts relapse after longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis.

    Brian G. Weinshenker;Dean M. Wingerchuk;Sandra Vukusic;Linda Linbo

  • Paraneoplastic and oncologic profiles of patients seropositive for type 1 antineuronal nuclear autoantibodies

    Claudia F. Lucchinetti;David W. Kimmel;Vanda A. Lennon

Frequent Co-Authors

Sean J. Pittock
Sean J. Pittock Mayo Clinic
Vanda A. Lennon
Vanda A. Lennon Mayo Clinic
Hans Lassmann
Hans Lassmann Medical University of Vienna
Andrew McKeon
Andrew McKeon Mayo Clinic
Joseph E. Parisi
Joseph E. Parisi Mayo Clinic
Wolfgang Brück
Wolfgang Brück University of Göttingen
Moses Rodriguez
Moses Rodriguez Mayo Clinic
Richard M. Ransohoff
Richard M. Ransohoff Harvard University

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