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Overview

Michelle Petri is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a substantial contribution to the subfields of Rheumatology, Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Genetics.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments

Michelle Petri has published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Lupus Science & Medicine
  • Arthritis Care & Research
  • Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Selected recent papers include:

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of systemic lupus erythematosus: 2023 update (2023), published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • 2023 ACR/EULAR antiphospholipid syndrome classification criteria (2023), published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • The 2023 ACR/EULAR Antiphospholipid Syndrome Classification Criteria (2023), published in Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • 2021 DORIS definition of remission in SLE: final recommendations from an international task force (2021), published in Lupus Science & Medicine
  • Xist ribonucleoproteins promote female sex-biased autoimmunity (2024), published in Cell

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Petri include:

  • Daniel Goldman
  • Paul R. Fortin
  • Kenneth Kalunian
  • Jill P. Buyon
  • Ann E. Clarke

Best Publications

  • Derivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Michelle Petri;Ana Maria Orbai;Graciela S. Alarcõn;Caroline Gordon

  • The development and initial validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology damage index for systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Dafna Gladman;Ellen Ginzler;Charles Goldsmith;Paul Fortin

  • Human polymorphism at microRNAs and microRNA target sites.

    Liuqing Yang;Chunru Lin;Chunyu Jin;Joy C. Yang

  • The American College of Rheumatology nomenclature and case definitions for neuropsychiatric lupus syndromes

    Matthew H. Liang;Michael Corzillius;Sang Cheol Bae;Robert A. Lew

  • A phase III, randomized, placebo-controlled study of belimumab, a monoclonal antibody that inhibits B lymphocyte stimulator, in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Richard Furie;Michelle Petri;Omid Zamani;Ricard Cervera

  • Mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus.

    S. Bernatsky;J. F. Boivin;L. Joseph;S. Manzi

  • Mycophenolate mofetil or intravenous cyclophosphamide for lupus nephritis

    Ellen M. Ginzler;Mary Anne Dooley;Cynthia Aranow;Mimi Y. Kim

  • Combined oral contraceptives in women with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Michelle Petri;Mimi Y. Kim;Kenneth C. Kalunian;Jennifer Grossman

  • Mycophenolate Mofetil versus Cyclophosphamide for Induction Treatment of Lupus Nephritis

    Gerald B. Appel;Gabriel Contreras;Mary Anne Dooley;Ellen M. Ginzler

  • Association of systemic lupus erythematosus with C8orf13-BLK and ITGAM-ITGAX.

    Geoffrey Hom;Robert R. Graham;Barmak Modrek;Kimberly E. Taylor

  • Distinct Effector B Cells Induced by Unregulated Toll-like Receptor 7 Contribute to Pathogenic Responses in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Scott A. Jenks;Kevin S. Cashman;Esther Zumaquero;Urko M. Marigorta

  • A large-scale replication study identifies TNIP1, PRDM1, JAZF1, UHRF1BP1 and IL10 as risk loci for systemic lupus erythematosus

    Vesela Gateva;Johanna K. Sandling;Geoff Hom;Kimberly E. Taylor

  • Risk factors for coronary artery disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Michelle Petri;Susanne Perez-Gutthann;Denise Spence;Marc C. Hochberg

  • Genetic association of the R620W polymorphism of protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPN22 with human SLE.

    Chieko Kyogoku;Carl D. Langefeld;Ward A. Ortmann;Annette Lee

  • The reliability of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Dafna D. Gladman;Murray B. Urowitz;Charles H. Goldsmith;Paul Fortin

  • A common haplotype of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) regulates splicing and expression and is associated with increased risk of systemic lupus erythematosus.

    Robert R. Graham;Robert R. Graham;Sergey V. Kozyrev;Emily C. Baechler;M. V.Prasad Linga Reddy

  • The effect of combined estrogen and progesterone hormone replacement therapy on disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus: A randomized trial

    Jill P. Buyon;Michelle A. Petri;Mimi Y. Kim;Kenneth C. Kalunian

  • Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive drugs and reproduction.

    Monika Østensen;Munther Khamashta;Michael Lockshin;Ann Parke

  • Hydroxychloroquine in lupus pregnancy.

    Megan E. B. Clowse;Laurence Magder;Frank Witter;Michelle Petri

  • Efficacy and safety of epratuzumab in patients with moderate/severe active systemic lupus erythematosus: results from EMBLEM, a phase IIb, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre study.

    Daniel J Wallace;Kenneth Kalunian;Michelle A Petri;Vibeke Strand

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman Northwestern University
Graciela S. Alarcón
Graciela S. Alarcón University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joan T. Merrill
Joan T. Merrill Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Daniel J. Wallace
Daniel J. Wallace Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Laurence S. Magder
Laurence S. Magder University of Maryland, Baltimore
John B. Harley
John B. Harley United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Sang-Cheol Bae
Sang-Cheol Bae Hanyang University
Susan Manzi
Susan Manzi Allegheny Health Network
Caroline Gordon
Caroline Gordon University of Birmingham
Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme
Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme University of Granada

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