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Yehuda Shoenfeld

Yehuda Shoenfeld

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Immunology
Israel
2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Immunology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Immunology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Immunology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Immunology in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Yehuda Shoenfeld is affiliated with Sheba Medical Center in Israel and is recognized for contributions in the field of medicine, particularly within infectious diseases, immunology, rheumatology, neurology, and genetics. Their extensive publication record emphasizes studies in systemic lupus erythematosus, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, long-term effects of COVID-19, and immune system-related disorders.

Their research extensively covers subjects including:

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology

Yehuda Shoenfeld has published numerous papers, with recent examples including:

  • "Covid-19 and autoimmunity" (2020) in Autoimmunity Reviews
  • "Convalescent plasma in Covid-19: Possible mechanisms of action" (2020) in Autoimmunity Reviews
  • "The SARS-CoV-2 as an instrumental trigger of autoimmunity" (2021) in Autoimmunity Reviews
  • "Immune-Mediated Disease Flares or New-Onset Disease in 27 Subjects Following mRNA/DNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination" (2021) in Vaccines
  • "Molecular mimicry between SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein and mammalian proteomes: implications for the vaccine" (2020) in Immunologic Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Howard Amital, Gilad Halpert, Leonid P. Churilov, Naim Mahroum, and Анна Малкова. These collaborations indicate a wide network within the immunology and autoimmune diseases research communities.

The primary venues for publishing research encompass journals that focus on immunological and autoimmune topics, with major contributions appearing in:

  • Autoimmunity Reviews (39 publications)
  • Lupus (9 publications)
  • Frontiers in Immunology (6 publications)
  • Diagnostics (6 publications)
  • Immunologic Research (5 publications)

The research of Yehuda Shoenfeld involves a multidisciplinary approach bringing together infectious diseases, immunology, and rheumatology to address complex medical conditions, especially those relating to immune response and autoimmunity associated with viral infections such as SARS-CoV-2.

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

  • 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

  • Preliminary criteria for the classification of Sjögren's syndrome. Results of a prospective concerted action supported by the European Community.

    Claudio Vitali;Stefano Bombardieri;Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos;Genesio Balestrieri

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of antiphospholipid syndrome in adults

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

  • Effects of tobacco smoke on immunity, inflammation and autoimmunity

    Yoav Arnson;Yehuda Shoenfeld;Howard Amital;Howard Amital

  • Vitamin D effects on musculoskeletal health, immunity, autoimmunity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, fertility, pregnancy, dementia and mortality—A review of recent evidence☆

    Pawel Pludowski;Michael F. Holick;Stefan Pilz;Stefan Pilz;Carol L. Wagner

  • 'ASIA' - autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants.

    Yehuda Shoenfeld;Nancy Agmon-Levin

  • Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: international consensus statement on classification criteria and treatment guidelines

    R A Asherson;R Cervera;P G de Groot;D Erkan

  • Pathogenesis and natural history of osteonecrosis.

    Yehudith Assouline-Dayan;Christopher Chang;Christopher Chang;Adam Greenspan;Adam Greenspan;Yehuda Shoenfeld;Yehuda Shoenfeld

  • Vitamin D and autoimmunity: new aetiological and therapeutic considerations

    Yoav Arnson;Howard Amital;Yehuda Shoenfeld

  • 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

  • Obesity in autoimmune diseases: not a passive bystander.

    Mathilde Versini;Pierre-Yves Jeandel;Eric Rosenthal;Yehuda Shoenfeld;Yehuda Shoenfeld

  • Autoantibody Explosion in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: More Than 100 Different Antibodies Found in SLE Patients

    Yaniv Sherer;Alexander Gorstein;Marvin J. Fritzler;Yehuda Shoenfeld

  • Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases

    Yehuda Shoenfeld;Roberto Gerli;Andrea Doria;Eiji Matsuura

  • Vitamin D and musculoskeletal health, cardiovascular disease, autoimmunity and cancer: Recommendations for clinical practice.

    Jean Claude Souberbielle;Jean Jacques Body;Joan M. Lappe;Mario Plebani

  • EULAR recommendations for vaccination in adult patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases

    S van Assen;N Agmon-Levin;O Elkayam;R Cervera

  • Hydroxychloroquine: From Malaria to Autoimmunity

    Ilan Ben-Zvi;Shaye Kivity;Pnina Langevitz;Yehuda Shoenfeld

  • 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

  • Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive drugs and reproduction.

    Monika Østensen;Munther Khamashta;Michael Lockshin;Ann Parke

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of Sjögren's syndrome with topical and systemic therapies.

    Manuel Ramos-Casals;Pilar Brito-Zerón;Stefano Bombardieri;Hendrika Bootsma

  • Assessment of the European classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome in a series of clinically defined cases: results of a prospective multicentre study. The European Study Group on Diagnostic Criteria for Sjögren's Syndrome.

    C Vitali;S Bombardieri;H M Moutsopoulos;J Coll

Frequent Co-Authors

Miri Blank
Miri Blank Tel Aviv University
Howard Amital
Howard Amital Sheba Medical Center
Nancy Agmon-Levin
Nancy Agmon-Levin Sheba Medical Center
Boris Gilburd
Boris Gilburd Sheba Medical Center
Yaniv Sherer
Yaniv Sherer Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Gisele Zandman-Goddard
Gisele Zandman-Goddard Wolfson Medical Center
Pnina Langevitz
Pnina Langevitz Tel Aviv University
Carlo Perricone
Carlo Perricone University of Perugia
M. Eric Gershwin
M. Eric Gershwin University of California, Davis
Ricard Cervera
Ricard Cervera University of Barcelona

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