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Lorenzo Piemonti is affiliated with Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research encompasses surgery, genetics, infectious diseases, molecular biology, and endocrinology, with a notable focus on diabetes.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment

Their recent publications cover a variety of significant subjects and appear in multiple high-profile scientific journals. Key papers include:

  • "Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19," 2020, Science
  • "Neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in symptomatic COVID-19 is persistent and critical for survival," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Faecal microbiota transplantation halts progression of human new-onset type 1 diabetes in a randomised controlled trial," 2020, Gut
  • "IL-1β+ macrophages fuel pathogenic inflammation in pancreatic cancer," 2023, Nature
  • "Organoids: a systematic review of ethical issues," 2022, Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Piemonti frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • Vito Lampasona
  • Valeria Sordi
  • Rita Nano
  • Silvia Pellegrini
  • Antonio Citro

Their works have been published often in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Transplantation
  • Transplant International
  • Diabetes
  • Frontiers in Immunology

Best Publications

  • Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19.

    Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Paul Bastard;Lindsey B. Rosen;Qian Zhang;Eleftherios Michailidis

  • Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells express a restricted set of functionally active chemokine receptors capable of promoting migration to pancreatic islets

    Valeria Sordi;Maria Luisa Malosio;Maria Luisa Malosio;Federica Marchesi;Federica Marchesi;Alessia Mercalli;Alessia Mercalli

  • Vitamin D3 Affects Differentiation, Maturation, and Function of Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells

    Lorenzo Piemonti;Paolo Monti;Marina Sironi;Paolo Fraticelli

  • IL-10 prevents the differentiation of monocytes to dendritic cells but promotes their maturation to macrophages.

    Paola Allavena;Lorenzo Piemonti;Daniela Longoni;Sergio Bernasconi

  • Pancreatic Endocrine Tumors: Expression Profiling Evidences a Role for AKT-mTOR Pathway

    Edoardo Missiaglia;Irene Dalai;Stefano Barbi;Stefania Beghelli

  • Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs are present in ~ 4% of uninfected individuals over 70 years old and account for ~ 20% of COVID-19 deaths.

    Paul Bastard;Adrian Gervais;Adrian Gervais;Tom Le Voyer;Tom Le Voyer;Jérémie Rosain;Jérémie Rosain

  • Glucocorticoids Affect Human Dendritic Cell Differentiation and Maturation

    L Piemonti;P Monti;P Allavena;M Sironi

  • Pancreatic islet enhancer clusters enriched in type 2 diabetes risk-associated variants

    Lorenzo Pasquali;Kyle J Gaulton;Kyle J Gaulton;Kyle J Gaulton;Santiago A Rodríguez-Seguí;Loris Mularoni

  • Beta Cell Hubs Dictate Pancreatic Islet Responses to Glucose

    Natalie R. Johnston;Ryan K. Mitchell;Elizabeth Haythorne;Maria Paiva Pessoa

  • Cross-Linking of the Mannose Receptor on Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells Activates an Anti-Inflammatory Immunosuppressive Program

    Marcello Chieppa;Giancarlo Bianchi;Andrea Doni;Annalisa Del Prete

  • Increased intestinal permeability precedes clinical onset of type 1 diabetes.

    E. Bosi;L. Molteni;M. G. Radaelli;L. Folini

  • Human β Cell Transcriptome Analysis Uncovers lncRNAs That Are Tissue-Specific, Dynamically Regulated, and Abnormally Expressed in Type 2 Diabetes

    Ignasi Morán;İldem Akerman;Martijn van de Bunt;Martijn van de Bunt;Ruiyu Xie

  • Receptor expression and responsiveness of human dendritic cells to a defined set of CC and CXC chemokines.

    Silvano Sozzani;Walter Luini;Alessandro Borsatti;Nadia Polentarutti

  • Increased survival, proliferation, and migration in metastatic human pancreatic tumor cells expressing functional CXCR4.

    Federica Marchesi;Paolo Monti;Biagio Eugenio Leone;Alessandro Zerbi

  • Migration of dendritic cells in response to formyl peptides, C5a, and a distinct set of chemokines.

    S Sozzani;F Sallusto;W Luini;D Zhou

  • Prevalence, metabolic features, and prognosis of metabolically healthy obese Italian individuals: the Cremona Study.

    Giliola Calori;Guido Lattuada;Lorenzo Piemonti;Maria Paola Garancini

  • Neutralizing antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in symptomatic COVID-19 is persistent and critical for survival.

    Stefania Dispinseri;Massimiliano Secchi;Massimiliano Secchi;Maria Franca Pirillo;Monica Tolazzi

  • Human pancreatic islets produce and secrete MCP-1/CCL2: Relevance in human islet transplantation

    Lorenzo Piemonti;Biagio Eugenio Leone;Rita Nano;Alessandra Saccani

  • Expansion of Th17 Cells and Functional Defects in T Regulatory Cells Are Key Features of the Pancreatic Lymph Nodes in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

    Alessandra Ferraro;Carlo Socci;Angela Stabilini;Andrea Valle

  • Molecular mechanisms of perineural invasion, a forgotten pathway of dissemination and metastasis

    Federica Marchesi;Lorenzo Piemonti;Alberto Mantovani;Paola Allavena

Frequent Co-Authors

Paola Allavena
Paola Allavena Humanitas University
Claudio Doglioni
Claudio Doglioni Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Ezio Bonifacio
Ezio Bonifacio TU Dresden
Massimo Falconi
Massimo Falconi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Guy A. Rutter
Guy A. Rutter Imperial College London
Piero Marchetti
Piero Marchetti University of Pisa
Fabio Ciceri
Fabio Ciceri Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Thierry Berney
Thierry Berney University of Geneva
Michele Reni
Michele Reni Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Jorge Ferrer
Jorge Ferrer Imperial College London

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