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Diego Franciotta

Diego Franciotta

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Immunology

D-Index
46
Citations
11225
World Ranking
4582
National Ranking
200

Overview

Diego Franciotta is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy and specializes in Medicine, with a focus on Neurology.

Their research spans several main and subfields including:

  • Neurology
  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
  • Rheumatology

Franciotta's work covers a range of topics within these fields, such as:

  • Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
  • Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
  • Cellular transport and secretion

Among the recent publications associated with Franciotta's research are:

  • "Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with SARS-CoV-2" (2020), published in the New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Cerebrospinal fluid findings in COVID-19: a multicenter study of 150 lumbar punctures in 127 patients" (2022), published in Journal of Neuroinflammation
  • "COVID-19 and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of Literature" (2020), published in Frontiers in Neurology
  • "Cell-based assays for the detection of MOG antibodies: a comparative study" (2020), published in Journal of Neurology
  • "Seizures and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibodies: Two paradigmatic cases and a review of the literature" (2020), published in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Franciotta frequently collaborates with several researchers, with notable co-authors including:

  • Matteo Gastaldi
  • Pietro Businaro
  • Silvia Scaranzin
  • Luana Benedetti
  • Stefano Masciocchi

Their publications often appear in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Neurology
  • Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation
  • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
  • Journal of Neurology

Best Publications

  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with SARS-CoV-2.

    Gianpaolo Toscano;Francesco Palmerini;Sabrina Ravaglia;Luigi Ruiz

  • MOG-IgG in NMO and related disorders: a multicenter study of 50 patients. Part 2: Epidemiology, clinical presentation, radiological and laboratory features, treatment responses, and long-term outcome

    Sven Jarius;Klemens Ruprecht;Ingo Kleiter;Nadja Borisow

  • Dysregulated Epstein-Barr virus infection in the multiple sclerosis brain

    Barbara Serafini;Barbara Rosicarelli;Diego Franciotta;Roberta Magliozzi

  • A consensus protocol for the standardization of cerebrospinal fluid collection and biobanking

    Charlotte Teunissen;Axel Petzold;Jeffrey L. Bennett;Frode S. Berven

  • MOG encephalomyelitis: International recommendations on diagnosis and antibody testing

    S. Jarius;F. Paul;F. Paul;O. Aktas;N. Asgari

  • MOG-IgG in NMO and related disorders: a multicenter study of 50 patients. Part 1: Frequency, syndrome specificity, influence of disease activity, long-term course, association with AQP4-IgG, and origin.

    Sven Jarius;Klemens Ruprecht;Ingo Kleiter;Nadja Borisow

  • Idiosyncratic adverse reactions to antiepileptic drugs.

    Gaetano Zaccara;Diego Franciotta;Emilio Perucca

  • Cerebrospinal fluid findings in aquaporin-4 antibody positive neuromyelitis optica: results from 211 lumbar punctures.

    S. Jarius;F. Paul;D. Franciotta;K. Ruprecht

  • Mechanisms of Disease: aquaporin-4 antibodies in neuromyelitis optica

    Sven Jarius;Friedemann Paul;Diego Franciotta;Patrick Waters

  • Conversion from clinically isolated syndrome to multiple sclerosis: A large multicentre study

    J. Kuhle;G. Disanto;R. Dobson;R. Adiutori

  • B cells and multiple sclerosis.

    Diego Franciotta;Marco Salvetti;Francesco Lolli;Barbara Serafini

  • Antibody to aquaporin 4 in the diagnosis of neuromyelitis optica.

    Friedemann Paul;Sven Jarius;Orhan Aktas;Orhan Aktas;Martin Bluthner

  • Intrathecal Delivery of IFN-γ Protects C57BL/6 Mice from Chronic-Progressive Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Increasing Apoptosis of Central Nervous System-Infiltrating Lymphocytes

    Roberto Furlan;Elena Brambilla;Francesca Ruffini;Pietro L. Poliani

  • MOG-IgG in NMO and related disorders: a multicenter study of 50 patients. Part 3: Brainstem involvement - frequency, presentation and outcome.

    Sven Jarius;Ingo Kleiter;Klemens Ruprecht;Nasrin Asgari

  • A consensus protocol for the standardisation of cerebrospinal fluid collection and biobanking

    Charlotte E. Teunissen;Axel Petzold;Jeffrey L. Bennett;Frode S. Berven

  • Standardized method for the detection of antibodies to aquaporin-4 based on a highly sensitive immunofluorescence assay employing recombinant target antigen

    S. Jarius;C. Probst;K. Borowski;D. Franciotta

  • Elevated alpha-tumor necrosis factor levels in spinal fluid from HIV-1-infected patients with central nervous system involvement.

    L. M. E. Grimaldi;G. V. Martino;D. M. Franciotta;R. Brustia

  • NMO-IgG in the diagnosis of neuromyelitis optica

    S. Jarius;D. Franciotta;R. Bergamaschi;H. Wright

  • Serum and CSF levels of MCP-1 and IP-10 in multiple sclerosis patients with acute and stable disease and undergoing immunomodulatory therapies.

    Diego Franciotta;Gianvito Martino;Elisabetta Zardini;Roberto Furlan

  • Reactive astrocytes and Wnt/β-catenin signaling link nigrostriatal injury to repair in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine model of Parkinson's disease

    Francesca L'Episcopo;Cataldo Tirolo;Nuccio Testa;Salvatore Caniglia

  • Similar low frequency of anti-MOG IgG and IgM in MS patients and healthy subjects

    V. Lampasona;D. Franciotta;R. Furlan;S. Zanaboni

  • Frequency and prognostic impact of antibodies to aquaporin-4 in patients with optic neuritis

    Sven Jarius;Sven Jarius;Jette Frederikson;Patrick Waters;Friedemann Paul

  • Frequency and syndrome specificity of antibodies to aquaporin-4 in neurological patients with rheumatic disorders

    Sven Jarius;Christian Jacobi;Jerome De Seze;Helene Zephir

  • Postinfectious inflammatory disorders Subgroups based on prospective follow-up

    E. Marchioni;S. Ravaglia;G. Piccolo;M. Furione

  • Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders in patients with myasthenia gravis: ten new aquaporin-4 antibody positive cases and a review of the literature.

    S Jarius;F Paul;F Paul;D Franciotta;J de Seze

  • Antibodies to neurofascin, contactin-1, and contactin-associated protein 1 in CIDP: Clinical relevance of IgG isotype

    A. Cortese;R. Lombardi;C. Briani;I. Callegari

  • Increased blood-cerebrospinal fluid transfer of albumin in advanced Parkinson’s disease

    Valerio Pisani;Alessandro Stefani;Mariangela Pierantozzi;Silvia Natoli

  • Rituximab in patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: a report of 13 cases and review of the literature

    Luana Benedetti;Chiara Briani;Diego Franciotta;Raffaella Fazio

  • The MRZ reaction as a highly specific marker of multiple sclerosis: re-evaluation and structured review of the literature.

    Sven Jarius;P. Eichhorn;D. Franciotta;H. F. Petereit

  • MOG-Enzephalomyelitis: Internationale Empfehlungen zu Diagnose und Antikörpertestung [MOG encephalomyelitis: international recommendations on diagnosis and antibody testing]

    S. Jarius;F. Paul;O. Aktas;N. Asgari

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianvito Martino
Gianvito Martino Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Roberto Furlan
Roberto Furlan San Raffaele Hospital
Friedemann Paul
Friedemann Paul Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Brigitte Wildemann
Brigitte Wildemann University Hospital Heidelberg
Angela Vincent
Angela Vincent University of Oxford
Klemens Ruprecht
Klemens Ruprecht Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Hayrettin Tumani
Hayrettin Tumani University of Ulm
Gavin Giovannoni
Gavin Giovannoni Queen Mary University of London
Manuel Comabella
Manuel Comabella Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca

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