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Ilaria Cavazzana

Ilaria Cavazzana

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Immunology

D-Index
47
Citations
8448
World Ranking
4527
National Ranking
193

Overview

Ilaria Cavazzana is affiliated with the University of Brescia in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as pathology and forensic medicine, rheumatology, epidemiology, immunology, and dermatology.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • "Tocilizumab for the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia with hyperinflammatory syndrome and acute respiratory failure: A single center study of 100 patients in Brescia, Italy" (2020, Autoimmunity Reviews)
  • "COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases in northern Italy: a single-centre observational and case-control study" (2020, The Lancet Rheumatology)
  • "Impaired immunogenicity to COVID-19 vaccines in autoimmune systemic diseases. High prevalence of non-response in different patients' subgroups" (2021, Journal of Autoimmunity)
  • "Systemic Sclerosis-Specific Antibodies: Novel and Classical Biomarkers" (2022, Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology)
  • "Predictive Features and Clinical Presentation of Interstitial Lung Disease in Inflammatory Myositis" (2020, Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology)

The key research topics covered by Cavazzana include:

  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases
  • Skin Diseases and Diabetes

Frequent publication venues reflect the core areas of research interest:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
  • Autoimmunity Reviews
  • Journal of Autoimmunity

Among frequent collaborators are:

  • Franco Franceschini
  • Micaela Fredi
  • Giovanni Zanframundo
  • Veronica Codullo
  • Florenzo Iannone

The overall scientific output and collaboration networks suggest an extensive engagement in autoimmune and rheumatic disease research, with a particular emphasis on conditions affecting systemic sclerosis, lupus, and related inflammatory myopathies. The work also intersects with infectious disease contexts, such as COVID-19, reflecting responsiveness to emerging clinical challenges.

Best Publications

  • Tocilizumab for the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia with hyperinflammatory syndrome and acute respiratory failure: A single center study of 100 patients in Brescia, Italy.

    Paola Toniati;Simone Piva;Marco Cattalini;Emirena Garrafa

  • Risk of congenital complete heart block in newborns of mothers with anti-Ro/SSA antibodies detected by counterimmunoelectrophoresis: A prospective study of 100 women

    Antonio Brucato;Micol Frassi;Franco Franceschini;Rolando Cimaz

  • Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist.

    S Beissert;I Cavazzana;F Mascia;P Meroni

  • Anti-Ro/SSA and La/SSB antibodies

    F. Franceschini;I. Cavazzana

  • Novel aspects of Sjögren’s syndrome in 2012

    Angela Tincani;Laura Andreoli;Ilaria Cavazzana;Andrea Doria

  • Influence of Antisynthetase Antibodies Specificities on Antisynthetase Syndrome Clinical Spectrum Time Course

    Lorenzo Cavagna;Ernesto Trallero-Araguás;Federica Meloni;Ilaria Cavazzana

  • Pregnancy outcome in 100 women with autoimmune diseases and anti-Ro/SSA antibodies: a prospective controlled study

    A Brucato;A Doria;M Frassi;G Castellino

  • Clinical Spectrum Time Course in Anti Jo-1 Positive Antisynthetase Syndrome: Results From an International Retrospective Multicenter Study.

    Lorenzo Cavagna;Laura Nuño;Carlo Alberto Scirè;Marcello Govoni

  • Health-related quality of life measured by the Short Form 36 (SF-36) in systemic sclerosis: correlations with indexes of disease activity and severity, disability, and depressive symptoms.

    Elisabetta Danieli;Paolo Airò;Lorenzo Bettoni;Massimo Cinquini

  • Testing for myositis specific autoantibodies: Comparison between line blot and immunoprecipitation assays in 57 myositis sera

    Ilaria Cavazzana;Micaela Fredi;Angela Ceribelli;Cristina Mordenti

  • Anti-MJ/NXP-2 autoantibody specificity in a cohort of adult Italian patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis

    Angela Ceribelli;Micaela Fredi;Mara Taraborelli;Ilaria Cavazzana

  • Clinical and serological associations of ribosomal P autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus: prospective evaluation in a large cohort of Italian patients.

    R Gerli;Laura Caponi;A Tincani;R Scorza

  • Malignancies in Patients with Anti-RNA Polymerase III Antibodies and Systemic Sclerosis: Analysis of the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Cohort and Possible Recommendations for Screening.

    Maria-Grazia Lazzaroni;Ilaria Cavazzana;Enrico Colombo;Rucsandra Dobrota

  • COVID-19 in patients with rheumatic diseases in northern Italy: a single-centre observational and case-control study.

    Micaela Fredi;Ilaria Cavazzana;Liala Moschetti;Laura Andreoli

  • Endothelium and the brain in CNS lupus

    P L Meroni;A Tincani;N Sepp;E Raschi

  • Impaired immunogenicity to COVID-19 vaccines in autoimmune systemic diseases. High prevalence of non-response in different patients' subgroups.

    Clodoveo Ferri;Francesco Ursini;Laura Gragnani;Vincenzo Raimondo

  • Malignancies in Italian Patients with Systemic Sclerosis Positive for Anti-RNA Polymerase III Antibodies

    Paolo Airo;Angela Ceribelli;Ilaria Cavazzana;Mara Taraborelli

  • Prevalence and clinical significance of anti-MDA5 antibodies in European patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis.

    Angela Ceribelli;Micaela Fredi;Mara Taraborelli;Ilaria Cavazzana

  • Systemic Sclerosis Therapy with Iloprost: A Prospective Observational Study of 30 Patients Treated for a Median of 3 Years

    L. Bettoni;A. Geri;P. Airò;E. Danieli

  • Anti-Ku antibodies in connective tissue diseases: clinical and serological evaluation of 14 patients.

    Franco Franceschini;Ilaria Cavazzana;Daniele Generali;Marzia Quinzanini

  • Complement activation in anti-phospholipid syndrome: A clue for an inflammatory process?

    Ilaria Cavazzana;Nebuloni Manuela;Cetin Irene;Acaia Barbara

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Franceschini
Franco Franceschini University of Brescia
Angela Tincani
Angela Tincani University of Brescia
Paolo Airò
Paolo Airò University of Brescia
Carlomaurizio Montecucco
Carlomaurizio Montecucco University of Pavia
Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria University of Padua
Minoru Satoh
Minoru Satoh RMIT University
Carlo Selmi
Carlo Selmi Humanitas University
Roberto Caporali
Roberto Caporali University of Milan
Pier Luigi Meroni
Pier Luigi Meroni Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Edward K. L. Chan
Edward K. L. Chan University of Florida

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