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Overview

Diego Vergani is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on hepatology. Their research encompasses the study of liver diseases, immunity, and the diagnosis and treatment of liver-related conditions.

The primary fields of study covered by Vergani's work include:

  • Medicine
  • Hepatology
  • Epidemiology
  • Surgery
  • Rheumatology
  • Pharmacology

Research topics addressed by Vergani extend to:

  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

Vergani has published in several reputable venues, contributing frequently to:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Journal of Autoimmunity
  • Digestive and Liver Disease
  • Hepatology
  • Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Autoimmmune hepatitis" (2021), published in Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • "Nomenclature, diagnosis and management of drug-induced autoimmune-like hepatitis (DI-ALH): An expert opinion meeting report" (2023), published in Journal of Hepatology
  • "Acute autoimmune-like hepatitis with atypical anti-mitochondrial antibody after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination: A novel clinical entity?" (2021), published in Journal of Autoimmunity
  • "Regulatory T cells in autoimmune hepatitis: an updated overview" (2021), published in Journal of Autoimmunity
  • "Autoimmune Hepatitis: Serum Autoantibodies in Clinical Practice" (2021), published in Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology

Frequent collaborators in Vergani's work include:

  • Giorgina Mieli-Vergani
  • Benedetta Terziroli Beretta-Piccoli
  • Andreas Cerny
  • Yoh Zen
  • Maria Serena Longhi

Best Publications

  • International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group Report: review of criteria for diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis

    F. Alvarez;P. A. Berg;F. B. Bianchi;L. Bianchi

  • Diagnosis and management of autoimmune hepatitis.

    Michael P. Manns;Albert J. Czaja;James D. Gorham;Edward L. Krawitt

  • The role of virus-specific CD8(+) cells in liver damage and viral control during persistent hepatitis B virus infection.

    Mala K. Maini;Carolina Boni;Chun Kyon Lee;Juan R. Larrubia

  • Autoimmune hepatitis in childhood : A 20-year experience

    G V Gregorio;B Portmann;F Reid;P T Donaldson

  • Autoimmune hepatitis/sclerosing cholangitis overlap syndrome in childhood: A 16-year prospective study

    Germana V. Gregorio;Bernard Portmann;John Karani;Phil Harrison

  • Hepatitis C virus antibodies in chronic active hepatitis: pathogenetic factor or false-positive result?

    I. G. McFarlane;H. M. Smith;P. J. Johnson;G. P. Bray

  • Incubation phase of acute hepatitis B in man: dynamic of cellular immune mechanisms

    George J.M. Webster;Stephanie Reignat;Mala K. Maini;Simon A. Whalley

  • INFLUENCE OF DELTA INFECTION ON SEVERITY OF HEPATITIS B

    Antonina Smedile;Giorgio Verme;Antonietta Cargnel;Pietro Dentico

  • Specificity of T lymphocyte cytotoxicity to autologous hepatocytes in chronic hepatitis B virus infection: Evidence that T cells are directed against HBV core antigen expressed on hepatocytes

    M Mondelli;G M Vergani;A Alberti;D Vergani

  • De-novo autoimmune hepatitis after liver transplantation

    Nanda Kerkar;Nedim Hadzic;Edward T Davies;Bernard Portmann

  • Autoimmune hepatitis

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  • Liver autoimmune serology: a consensus statement from the committee for autoimmune serology of the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group.

    Diego Vergani;Fernando Alvarez;Francesco B. Bianchi;Eduardo L.R. Cançado

  • Direct ex vivo analysis of hepatitis B virus-specific CD8+ T cells associated with the control of infection

    Mala K. Maini;Carolina Boni;Graham S. Ogg;Abigail S. King

  • Impairment of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T-cells in autoimmune liver disease

    Maria Serena Longhi;Yun Ma;Dimitrios P. Bogdanos;Paul Cheeseman

  • The importance of immune dysfunction in determining outcome in acute liver failure.

    Charalambos Gustav Antoniades;Philip A. Berry;Julia A. Wendon;Diego Vergani

  • Functional study of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells in health and autoimmune hepatitis.

    Maria Serena Longhi;Munther J. Hussain;Ragai R. Mitry;Sunil K. Arora

  • Autoimmune hepatitis – Update 2015

    Michael P. Manns;Ansgar W. Lohse;Diego Vergani

  • Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Autoimmune Liver Disease: ESPGHAN Hepatology Committee Position Statement.

    Giorgina Mieli-Vergani;Diego Vergani;Ulrich Baumann;Piotr Czubkowski

  • Antibodies to the surface of halothane-altered rabbit hepatocytes in patients with severe halothane-associated hepatitis.

    Diego Vergani;Giorgina Mieli-Vergani;Alfredo Alberti;James Neuberger

  • Regulatory T-cells in autoimmune diseases: challenges, controversies and--yet--unanswered questions.

    Charlotte R. Grant;Rodrigo Liberal;Rodrigo Liberal;Giorgina Mieli-Vergani;Giorgina Mieli-Vergani;Diego Vergani;Diego Vergani

  • Antibodies to conformational epitopes of soluble liver antigen define a severe form of autoimmune liver disease.

    Yun Ma;Manabu Okamoto;Mark G. Thomas;Dimitrios P. Bogdanos

  • The role of virus-specific CD8+cells in liver damage and viral control during persistent hepatitis B virus infection

    M K Maini;C Boni;K Lee;Larrubia

Frequent Co-Authors

Giorgina Mieli-Vergani
Giorgina Mieli-Vergani King's College London
Yun Ma
Yun Ma King's College London
Mark Peakman
Mark Peakman King's College London
Dimitrios P. Bogdanos
Dimitrios P. Bogdanos University Of Thessaly
Roger Williams
Roger Williams Foundation for Liver Research
Julia Wendon
Julia Wendon King's College London
Luigi Muratori
Luigi Muratori University of Bologna
Francesco B. Bianchi
Francesco B. Bianchi University of Bologna
Bernard Portmann
Bernard Portmann King's College London
Nigel Heaton
Nigel Heaton King's College London

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