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Piero Maestrelli

Piero Maestrelli

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Immunology

D-Index
67
Citations
18155
World Ranking
2655
National Ranking
105

Overview

Piero Maestrelli is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and focuses primarily on research within the field of Medicine, with particular emphasis on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Their work spans several intersecting disciplines including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Physiology, and Dermatology.

The scientist's research topics broadly cover occupational exposure and asthma, asthma and respiratory diseases, and respiratory and cough-related research. Additional areas of interest include contact dermatitis and allergies, indoor air quality and microbial exposure, air quality and health impacts, as well as epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Maestrelli has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Onset of effect and impact on health-related quality of life, exacerbation rate, lung function, and nasal polyposis symptoms for patients with severe eosinophilic asthma treated with benralizumab (ANDHI): a randomised, controlled, phase 3b trial (2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • Causes and Phenotypes of Work-Related Asthma (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • DNA Methylation-Based Age Prediction and Telomere Length Reveal an Accelerated Aging in Induced Sputum Cells Compared to Blood Leukocytes: A Pilot Study in COPD Patients (2021, Frontiers in Medicine)
  • Silicosis in finishing workers in quartz conglomerates processing (2020, La Medicina del lavoro)
  • Upper and Lower Respiratory Signs and Symptoms in Workers Occupationally Exposed to Flour Dust (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)

Their frequent co-authors include Paola Mason, Filippo Liviero, Gabriella Guarnieri, Manuela Campisi, and Sofia Pavanello. This collaboration network reflects an interdisciplinary approach often found in environmental and respiratory health research.

Maestrelli's work has been published multiple times in several specialized venues, including:

  • Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

The research output is characterized by a focus on the relationship between occupational exposures and respiratory conditions, incorporating aspects of molecular biology such as epigenetics and DNA methylation to understand disease mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • CD8+ T-Lymphocytes in Peripheral Airways of Smokers with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    M. Saetta;A. Di Stefano;G. Turato;F. M. Facchini

  • Cellular and Structural Bases of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Marina Saetta;Graziella Turato;Piero Maestrelli;Cristina E. Mapp

  • Severity of airflow limitation is associated with severity of airway inflammation in smokers

    A. Di Stefano;A. Capelli;M. Lusuardi;P. Balbo

  • Airway eosinophilia in chronic bronchitis during exacerbations.

    M. Saetta;A. Di Stefano;P. Maestrelli;G. Turato

  • CD8 + ve Cells in the Lungs of Smokers with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Marina Saetta;Simonetta Baraldo;Laura Corbino;Graziella Turato

  • Airways obstruction, chronic expectoration, and rapid decline of FEV1 in smokers are associated with increased levels of sputum neutrophils.

    Dan Stanescu;A. Sanna;C. Veriter;S. Kostianev

  • Activated T-Lymphocytes and Macrophages in Bronchial Mucosa of Subjects with Chronic Bronchitis

    M. Saetta;A. Di Stefano;P. Maestrelli;A. Ferraresso

  • Goblet cell hyperplasia and epithelial inflammation in peripheral airways of smokers with both symptoms of chronic bronchitis and chronic airflow limitation.

    Marina Saetta;Graziella Turato;Simonetta Baraldo;Annalisa Zanin

  • Rescue Use of Beclomethasone and Albuterol in a Single Inhaler for Mild Asthma

    Alberto Papi;Giorgio W. Canonica;Piero Maestrelli;Pierluigi Paggiaro

  • Allergen exposure induces the activation of allergen-specific Th2 cells in the airway mucosa of patients with allergic respiratory disorders

    Gianfranco F. Del Prete;Marco De Carli;Mario M. D'Elios;Piero Maestrelli

  • Epithelial damage and angiogenesis in the airways of children with asthma.

    Angelo Barbato;Graziella Turato;Simonetta Baraldo;Erica Bazzan

  • Inflammatory cells in the bronchial glands of smokers with chronic bronchitis

    Marina Saetta;Graziella Turato;Fabrizio M. Facchini;Laura Corbino

  • Comparison of leukocyte counts in sputum, bronchial biopsies, and bronchoalveolar lavage.

    P. Maestrelli;M. Saetta;A. Di Stefano;P. G. Calcagni

  • Airway inflammation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: relationship with lung function and radiologic emphysema.

    Graziella Turato;Renzo Zuin;Massimo Miniati;Simonetta Baraldo

  • Increased activation of p38 MAPK in COPD

    T Renda;Simonetta Baraldo;G Pelaia;Erica Bazzan

  • Upregulation of adhesion molecules in the bronchial mucosa of subjects with chronic obstructive bronchitis.

    A. Di Stefano;P. Maestrelli;A. Roggeri;G. Turato

  • Activated T-lymphocytes and eosinophils in the bronchial mucosa in isocyanate-induced asthma

    A. M. Bentley;P. Maestrelli;M. Saetta;Leonardo Fabbri

  • Airway Inflammation in Childhood Asthma

    Angelo Barbato;Graziella Turato;Simonetta Baraldo;Erica Bazzan

  • Mechanisms of occupational asthma.

    Piero Maestrelli;Piera Boschetto;Leonardo M. Fabbri;Cristina E. Mapp

  • Guidelines for the management of work-related asthma

    X. Baur;T. Sigsgaard;T.B. Aasen;P.S. Burge

  • Remodeling in response to infection and injury. Airway inflammation and hypersecretion of mucus in smoking subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    Piero Maestrelli;Marina Saetta;Cristina E. Mapp;Leonardo M. Fabbri

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonardo M. Fabbri
Leonardo M. Fabbri University of Ferrara
Marina Saetta
Marina Saetta University of Padua
Alberto Papi
Alberto Papi University of Ferrara
A. B. Kay
A. B. Kay Imperial College London
Olivier Vandenplas
Olivier Vandenplas Université Catholique de Louvain
Pierluigi Paggiaro
Pierluigi Paggiaro University of Pisa
Santiago Quirce
Santiago Quirce Hospital Universitario La Paz
Joaquín Sastre
Joaquín Sastre Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Susan M. Tarlo
Susan M. Tarlo University of Toronto
Paul Cullinan
Paul Cullinan Imperial College London

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