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Overview

Costantino Pitzalis is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Medicine, with particular attention to Rheumatology, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions

Pitzalis has published extensively in various scientific outlets. Some of the frequent venues where their work appears include:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • Nature Communications

Notable recent publications are:

  • Distinct synovial tissue macrophage subsets regulate inflammation and remission in rheumatoid arthritis, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Notch signalling drives synovial fibroblast identity and arthritis pathology, 2020, Nature
  • Deconstruction of rheumatoid arthritis synovium defines inflammatory subtypes, 2023, Nature
  • Rituximab versus tocilizumab in anti-TNF inadequate responder patients with rheumatoid arthritis (R4RA): 16-week outcomes of a stratified, biopsy-driven, multicentre, open-label, phase 4 randomised controlled trial, 2021, The Lancet
  • Rituximab versus tocilizumab in rheumatoid arthritis: synovial biopsy-based biomarker analysis of the phase 4 R4RA randomized trial, 2022, Nature Medicine

Frequent collaborators in Pitzalis's research include:

  • Myles Lewis
  • Felice Rivellese
  • Alessandra Nerviani
  • Stefano Bombardieri
  • Liliane Fossati-Jimack

Best Publications

  • Defining inflammatory cell states in rheumatoid arthritis joint synovial tissues by integrating single-cell transcriptomics and mass cytometry.

    Fan Zhang;Kevin Wei;Kamil Slowikowski;Chamith Y Fonseka

  • Lactate Regulates Metabolic and Pro-inflammatory Circuits in Control of T Cell Migration and Effector Functions.

    Robert Haas;Joanne Smith;Vidalba Rocher-Ros;Suchita Nadkarni

  • Ectopic lymphoid-like structures in infection, cancer and autoimmunity

    Costantino Pitzalis;Gareth Wyn Jones;Michele Bombardieri;Simon Arnett Jones

  • Distinct synovial tissue macrophage subsets regulate inflammation and remission in rheumatoid arthritis.

    Stefano Alivernini;Lucy MacDonald;Aziza Elmesmari;Samuel Finlay

  • Ectopic Lymphoid Structures Support Ongoing Production of Class-Switched Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Synovium

    Frances Humby;Michele Bombardieri;Antonio Manzo;Stephen Kelly

  • Mesenchymal multipotency of adult human periosteal cells demonstrated by single‐cell lineage analysis

    Cosimo De Bari;Francesco Dell'Accio;Johan Vanlauwe;Jeroen Eyckmans

  • Lactate Buildup at the Site of Chronic Inflammation Promotes Disease by Inducing CD4+ T Cell Metabolic Rewiring.

    Valentina Pucino;Valentina Pucino;Michelangelo Certo;Michelangelo Certo;Vinay Bulusu;Danilo Cucchi

  • A monoclonal antibody that detects a novel antigen on endothelial cells that is induced by tumor necrosis factor, IL-1, or lipopolysaccharide.

    S M Wellicome;M H Thornhill;C Pitzalis;D S Thomas

  • Molecular Portraits of Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Identify Clinical and Treatment Response Phenotypes

    Myles J. Lewis;Michael R. Barnes;Michael R. Barnes;Kevin Blighe;Katriona Goldmann

  • Deconstruction of rheumatoid arthritis synovium defines inflammatory subtypes

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  • Neutrophil-derived microvesicles enter cartilage and protect the joint in inflammatory arthritis.

    Sarah E. Headland;Hefin R. Jones;Lucy V. Norling;Andrew Kim

  • Synovial cellular and molecular signatures stratify clinical response to csDMARD therapy and predict radiographic progression in early rheumatoid arthritis patients

    Frances Humby;Myles Lewis;Nandhini Ramamoorthi;Jason A Hackney

  • The role of TNF‐α in the pathogenesis of inflammation and joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA): a study using a human RA/SCID mouse chimera

    H Matsuno;K Yudoh;R Katayama;F Nakazawa

  • Association of CXCL13 and CCL21 expression with the progressive organization of lymphoid-like structures in Sjögren's syndrome

    F Barone;M Bombardieri;A Manzo;Mark Blades

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Rituximab and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Treating Fatigue and Oral Dryness in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome.

    Simon J. Bowman;Colin C. Everett;John L. O'Dwyer;Paul Emery

  • Systematic microanatomical analysis of CXCL13 and CCL21 in situ production and progressive lymphoid organization in rheumatoid synovitis.

    Antonio Manzo;Samantha Paoletti;Maresa Carulli;Mark C Blades

  • Resolution of inflammation by interleukin-9-producing type 2 innate lymphoid cells

    Simon Rauber;Markus Luber;Stefanie Weber;Lisa Maul

  • Overexpression of interleukin-23, but not interleukin-17, as an immunologic signature of subclinical intestinal inflammation in ankylosing spondylitis

    Francesco Ciccia;Michele Bombardieri;Alfonso Principato;AnnaRita Giardina

  • Rituximab versus tocilizumab in anti-TNF inadequate responder patients with rheumatoid arthritis (R4RA): 16-week outcomes of a stratified, biopsy-driven, multicentre, open-label, phase 4 randomised controlled trial

    Frances Humby;Frances Humby;Patrick Durez;Patrick Durez;Maya H Buch;Maya H Buch;Myles J Lewis;Myles J Lewis

  • The preferential accumulation of helper-inducer T lymphocytes in inflammatory lesions: evidence for regulation by selective endothelial and homotypic adhesion.

    Costantino Pitzalis;Gabrielle Kingsley;Dorian Haskard;Gabriel Panayi

  • In vivo activated monocytes from the site of inflammation in humans specifically promote Th17 responses.

    Hayley G. Evans;Nicola J. Gullick;Stephen Kelly;Costantino Pitzalis

  • CXCL13, CCL21, and CXCL12 expression in salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome and MALT lymphoma: Association with reactive and malignant areas of lymphoid organization

    Francesca Barone;Michele Bombardieri;Manuela Maria Rosado;Peter Roger Morgan

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Bombardieri
Michele Bombardieri Queen Mary University of London
Gabriel S. Panayi
Gabriel S. Panayi King's College London
Paul Emery
Paul Emery University of Leeds
Christopher D. Buckley
Christopher D. Buckley University of Oxford
Mauro Perretti
Mauro Perretti Queen Mary University of London
Carlomaurizio Montecucco
Carlomaurizio Montecucco University of Pavia
Iain B. McInnes
Iain B. McInnes University of Glasgow
Peter C. Taylor
Peter C. Taylor University of Oxford
Neil McHugh
Neil McHugh University of Bath
Roberto Caporali
Roberto Caporali University of Milan

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