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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Pier Luigi Meroni is affiliated with the Istituto Auxologico Italiano in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in Rheumatology, Immunology, Hematology, Infectious Diseases, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies
  • Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Autoimmunity Reviews
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Autoimmunity

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Pier Luigi Meroni are:

  • "The 2023 ACR/EULAR Antiphospholipid Syndrome Classification Criteria," 2023, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • "2023 ACR/EULAR antiphospholipid syndrome classification criteria," 2023, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • "Complement activation in patients with COVID-19: A novel therapeutic target," 2020, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • "Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies in COVID-19 Are Different From Those Detectable in the Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome," 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Integrative Analysis Reveals a Molecular Stratification of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases," 2020, Arthritis & Rheumatology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Meroni include:

  • María Orietta Borghi
  • Maria Gerosa
  • Anǵela Tincani
  • Cecilia Beatrice Chighizola
  • Laura Andréoli

Best Publications

  • International consensus statement on an update of the classification criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome (APS).

    S. Miyakis;M. D. Lockshin;T. Atsumi;D. W. Branch

  • 2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Martin Aringer;Karen Costenbader;David Daikh;Ralph Brinks

  • Antiphospholipid syndrome: Clinical and immunologic manifestations and patterns of disease expression in a cohort of 1,000 patients

    Ricard Cervera;Jean Charles Piette;Josep Font;Munther A. Khamashta

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of antiphospholipid syndrome in adults

    Maria G Tektonidou;Laura Andreoli;Marteen Limper;Zahir Amoura

  • EULAR recommendations for women's health and the management of family planning, assisted reproduction, pregnancy and menopause in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and/or antiphospholipid syndrome

    L. Andreoli;G. K. Bertsias;N. Agmon-Levin;S. Brown

  • Morbidity and mortality in the antiphospholipid syndrome during a 10-year period: a multicentre prospective study of 1000 patients

    R. Cervera;M. A. Khamashta;Y. Shoenfeld;M. T. Camps

  • Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

    Yehuda Shoenfeld;Roberto Gerli;Andrea Doria;Eiji Matsuura

  • International recommendations for the assessment of autoantibodies to cellular antigens referred to as anti-nuclear antibodies

    Nancy Agmon-Levin;Nancy Agmon-Levin;Jan Damoiseaux;Cornelis Kallenberg;Ulrich Sack

  • Pathogenesis of antiphospholipid syndrome: understanding the antibodies

    Pier Luigi Meroni;M. Orietta Borghi;Elena Raschi;Francesco Tedesco

  • Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive drugs and reproduction.

    Monika Østensen;Munther Khamashta;Michael Lockshin;Ann Parke

  • ANA screening: an old test with new recommendations

    Pier Luigi Meroni;Peter H Schur

  • 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

  • Ixekizumab for the treatment of patients with active psoriatic arthritis and an inadequate response to tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: results from the 24-week randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled period of the SPIRIT-P2 phase 3 trial

    Peter Nash;Bruce Kirkham;Masato Okada;Proton Rahman

  • Role of the MyD88 transduction signaling pathway in endothelial activation by antiphospholipid antibodies

    Elena Raschi;Cinzia Testoni;Daniela Bosisio;Maria O. Borghi

  • Thrombus formation induced by antibodies to β2-glycoprotein I is complement-dependent and requires a priming factor

    Fabio Fischetti;Paolo Durigutto;Valentina Pellis;Alessandra Debeus

  • Cardiovascular disease in autoimmune rheumatic diseases

    Ivana Hollan;Pier Luigi Meroni;Joseph M. Ahearn;J.W. Cohen Tervaert

  • Antiphospholipid antibodies and the antiphospholipid syndrome: pathogenic mechanisms.

    Silvia S. Pierangeli;Pojen P. Chen;Elena Raschi;Silvia Scurati

  • Autoimmunity and thyroid function in patients with chronic active hepatitis treated with recombinant interferon alpha-2a.

    D. Preziati;L. La Rosa;G. Covini;R. Marcelli

  • Infectious origin of the antiphospholipid syndrome.

    Shoenfeld Y;Blank M;Cervera R;Font J

  • Differential Effects of Anti–β2-Glycoprotein I Antibodies on Endothelial Cells and on the Manifestations of Experimental Antiphospholipid Syndrome

    Jacob George;Miri Blank;Yair Levy;Pierluigi Meroni

  • Autoantibodies against nuclear pore complexes are associated with more active and severe liver disease in primary biliary cirrhosis.

    Pietro Invernizzi;Mauro Podda;Pier Maria Battezzati;Andrea Crosignani

  • Anti-52 kDa Ro, anti-60 kDa Ro, and anti-La antibody profiles in neonatal lupus.

    Patrick Gordon;Munther A Khamashta;Eric Rosenthal;John M Simpson

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela Tincani
Angela Tincani University of Brescia
Maria Orietta Borghi
Maria Orietta Borghi University of Milan
Wilma Barcellini
Wilma Barcellini Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Andrea Doria
Andrea Doria University of Padua
Yehuda Shoenfeld
Yehuda Shoenfeld Sheba Medical Center
Rolando Cimaz
Rolando Cimaz University of Milan
Ricard Cervera
Ricard Cervera University of Barcelona
Francesco Tedesco
Francesco Tedesco University of Trieste
Massimo Cugno
Massimo Cugno University of Milan
Guido Valesini
Guido Valesini Sapienza University of Rome

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