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Overview

Giovanna Lombardi is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas in medicine and immunology, with a focus on immune cell function, transplantation, and cellular therapies.

The main fields of study for Lombardi include Medicine with 84 publications and Immunology and Microbiology with 63 publications. Their work further breaks down into subfields such as Immunology, Transplantation, Oncology, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

The research topics prominently addressed by Lombardi include:

  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Lombardi has contributed to various scientific publications, with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • European Journal of Immunology (9 publications)
  • Frontiers in Immunology (8 publications)
  • Transplantation (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (3 publications)
  • American Journal of Transplantation (2 publications)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Cristiano Scottà (19 collaborations)
  • Robert I. Lechler (14 collaborations)
  • Panicos Shangaris (10 collaborations)
  • Joanna Hester (8 collaborations)
  • Fadi Issa (8 collaborations)

Among Lombardi's recent papers are:

  • Regulatory cell therapy in kidney transplantation (The ONE Study): a harmonised design and analysis of seven non-randomised, single-arm, phase 1/2A trials, 2020, The Lancet
  • Autocrine vitamin D signaling switches off pro-inflammatory programs of TH1 cells, 2021, Nature Immunology
  • Immunological considerations and challenges for regenerative cellular therapies, 2021, Communications Biology
  • Feasibility, long-term safety, and immune monitoring of regulatory T cell therapy in living donor kidney transplant recipients, 2020, American Journal of Transplantation
  • Cellular uptake and in vivo distribution of mesenchymal-stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles are protein corona dependent, 2024, Nature Nanotechnology

Best Publications

  • The role of T helper 17 (Th17) and regulatory T cells (Treg) in human organ transplantation and autoimmune disease

    Ben Afzali;Giovanna Lombardi;Robert Lechler;Graham Lord

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Mübeccel Akdis

  • Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)

    Andrea Cossarizza;Hyun Dong Chang;Andreas Radbruch;Andreas Acs

  • Human CD4(+)CD25(+) cells: a naturally occurring population of regulatory T cells.

    Wan Fai Ng;Phillip J. Duggan;Frederique Ponchel;Giuseppe Matarese

  • Apoptosis in mesenchymal stromal cells induces in vivo recipient-mediated immunomodulation.

    Antonio Galleu;Yanira Riffo-Vasquez;Cristina Trento;Cara Lomas

  • Mesenchymal stem cells inhibit dendritic cell differentiation and function by preventing entry into the cell cycle.

    Rajesh Ramasamy;Henrietta Fazekasova;Eric W.-F. Lam;In s Soeiro

  • Past, Present, and Future of Regulatory T Cell Therapy in Transplantation and Autoimmunity.

    Marco Romano;Giorgia Fanelli;Caraugh Jane Albany;Giulio Giganti;Giulio Giganti

  • Anergic T cells as suppressor cells in vitro.

    Giovanna Lombardi;Sid Sidhu;Richard Batchelor;Robert Lechler

  • Muscle, Bone, and Fat Crosstalk: the Biological Role of Myokines, Osteokines, and Adipokines

    Ben Kirk;Jack Feehan;Giovanni Lombardi;Gustavo Duque

  • Metabolic markers in sports medicine.

    Giuseppe Banfi;Alessandra Colombini;Giovanni Lombardi;Anna Lubkowska

  • Spatial and Single-Cell Transcriptional Profiling Identifies Functionally Distinct Human Dermal Fibroblast Subpopulations

    Christina Philippeos;Stephanie B. Telerman;Bénédicte Oulès;Angela O. Pisco

  • Human Regulatory T Cells with Alloantigen Specificity Are More Potent Inhibitors of Alloimmune Skin Graft Damage than Polyclonal Regulatory T Cells

    Pervinder Sagoo;Niwa Ali;Garima Garg;Frank O. Nestle

  • Regulatory cell therapy in kidney transplantation (The ONE Study): a harmonised design and analysis of seven non-randomised, single-arm, phase 1/2A trials.

    Birgit Sawitzki;Paul N Harden;Petra Reinke;Aurélie Moreau

  • The molecular basis of alloreactivity.

    Robert I Lechler;Giovanna Lombardi;J Richard Batchelor;Nancy Reinsmoen

  • Antigen-specific T cell suppression by human CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells.

    Leonie S. Taams;Milica Vukmanovic-Stejic;Jay Smith;Padraic J. Dunne

  • Whole-body cryotherapy in athletes.

    Giuseppe Banfi;Giovanni Lombardi;Alessandra Colombini;Gianluca Melegati

  • Expression of a Chimeric Antigen Receptor Specific for Donor HLA Class I Enhances the Potency of Human Regulatory T Cells in Preventing Human Skin Transplant Rejection.

    Dominic A. Boardman;Christina Philippeos;Gilbert O. Fruhwirth;Mohammad A. A. Ibrahim

  • Resident CD141 (BDCA3)+ dendritic cells in human skin produce IL-10 and induce regulatory T cells that suppress skin inflammation

    Chung-Ching Chu;Niwa Ali;Panagiotis Karagiannis;Paola Di Meglio

  • CD4+CD25high Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

    Shahram Y. Kordasti;Wendy Ingram;Janet Hayden;David Darling

  • Conferring indirect allospecificity on CD4+CD25+ Tregs by TCR gene transfer favors transplantation tolerance in mice

    Julia Yuen-Shan Tsang;Yakup Tanriver;Shuiping Jiang;Shao-An Xue

  • Clinical Grade Manufacturing of Human Alloantigen-Reactive Regulatory T Cells for Use in Transplantation

    A L Putnam;Niloufar Safinia;A Medvec;M Laszkowska

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert I. Lechler
Robert I. Lechler King's College London
Graham M. Lord
Graham M. Lord University of Manchester
Federica M. Marelli-Berg
Federica M. Marelli-Berg Queen Mary University of London
Andrew J. T. George
Andrew J. T. George Imperial College London
Graham R. Foster
Graham R. Foster Queen Mary University of London
Jeremy D. Sanderson
Jeremy D. Sanderson Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Mark Peakman
Mark Peakman King's College London
Fiona M. Watt
Fiona M. Watt King's College London
Thomas T. MacDonald
Thomas T. MacDonald University of Southampton
Frank O. Nestle
Frank O. Nestle Deerfield (United States)

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