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Zahir Amoura is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a substantial focus on Rheumatology. This specialization is supported by 132 publications in the subfield, alongside notable contributions in Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Physiology, and Genetics.

Their work covers a range of specific topics, including systemic lupus erythematosus research, histiocytic disorders and treatments, COVID-19 clinical research studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, T-cell and B-cell immunology, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies research, and the long-term effects of COVID-19. These topics represent key areas in contemporary clinical and immunological research.

Amoura's publication record includes articles in frequently targeted journals such as Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases and La Revue de Médecine Interne, with 41 and 30 publications respectively. Additional venues include Lara D. Veeken, Blood, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Amoura include:

  • IgA dominates the early neutralizing antibody response to SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Two-Year, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Belimumab in Lupus Nephritis, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 mimicking Kawasaki disease (Kawa-COVID-19): a multicentre cohort, 2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • The 2023 ACR/EULAR Antiphospholipid Syndrome Classification Criteria, 2023, Arthritis & Rheumatology
  • A nicotinic hypothesis for Covid-19 with preventive and therapeutic implications, 2020, Comptes Rendus Biologies

Frequently collaborating co-authors include Alexis Mathian, Julien Haroche, Fleur Cohen-Aubart, M. Pha, and Marc Pineton de Chambrun. These recurring partnerships indicate a consistent collaborative network spanning a range of related research topics.

Best Publications

  • Functional Delineation and Differentiation Dynamics of Human CD4+ T Cells Expressing the FoxP3 Transcription Factor

    Makoto Miyara;Yumiko Yoshioka;Akihiko Kitoh;Tomoko Shima

  • Tangier disease is caused by mutations in the gene encoding ATP-binding cassette transporter 1

    Rust S;Rosier M;Funke H;Real J

  • Joint European League Against Rheumatism and European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EULAR/ERA-EDTA) recommendations for the management of adult and paediatric lupus nephritis

    George K Bertsias;Maria Tektonidou;Zahir Amoura;Martin Aringer

  • EULAR recommendations for the management of antiphospholipid syndrome in adults

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

  • IgA dominates the early neutralizing antibody response to SARS-CoV-2.

    Delphine Sterlin;Delphine Sterlin;Alexis Mathian;Makoto Miyara;Audrey Mohr

  • Two-Year, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Belimumab in Lupus Nephritis

    Richard Furie;Brad H. Rovin;Frederic Houssiau;Ana Malvar

  • High prevalence of BRAF V600E mutations in Erdheim-Chester disease but not in other non-Langerhans cell histiocytoses

    Julien Haroche;Frédéric Charlotte;Laurent Arnaud;Andreas von Deimling

  • Dramatic efficacy of vemurafenib in both multisystemic and refractory Erdheim-Chester disease and Langerhans cell histiocytosis harboring the BRAF V600E mutation

    Julien Haroche;Fleur Cohen-Aubart;Jean-François Emile;Laurent Arnaud

  • 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

  • Global Natural Regulatory T Cell Depletion in Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Makoto Miyara;Zahir Amoura;Christophe Parizot;Cécile Badoual

  • Clinical features and prognostic factors of listeriosis: the MONALISA national prospective cohort study.

    Caroline Charlier;Élodie Perrodeau;Alexandre Leclercq;Alexandre Leclercq;Benoît Cazenave

  • Paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 mimicking Kawasaki disease (Kawa-COVID-19): a multicentre cohort.

    Marie Pouletty;Charlotte Borocco;Naim Ouldali;Marion Caseris

  • The immune paradox of sarcoidosis and regulatory T cells

    Makoto Miyara;Zahir Amoura;Christophe Parizot;Cécile Badoual

  • CNS involvement and treatment with interferon-α are independent prognostic factors in Erdheim-Chester disease : a multicenter survival analysis of 53 patients.

    Laurent Arnaud;Baptiste Hervier;Antoine Néel;Mohamed A. Hamidou

  • Diverse and Targetable Kinase Alterations Drive Histiocytic Neoplasms

    Eli L. Diamond;Benjamin H. Durham;Julien Haroche;Zhan Yao

  • Safety and efficacy of rituximab in systemic lupus erythematosus: Results from 136 patients from the French autoimmunity and rituximab registry

    Benjamin Terrier;Zahir Amoura;Philippe Ravaud;Eric Hachulla

  • Human FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in systemic autoimmune diseases

    Makoto Miyara;Guy Gorochov;Michael Ehrenstein;Lucile Musset

  • Safety of hydroxychloroquine in pregnant patients with connective tissue diseases: a study of one hundred thirty-three cases compared with a control group.

    Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau;Zahir Amoura;Pierre Duhaut;Du Le Thi Huong

  • Association of anti-β2 glycoprotein I antibodies with lupus-type circulating anticoagulant and thrombosis in systemic lupus erythematosus☆

    Jean-Paul Viard;Zahir Amoura;Jean-François Bach

  • Mortality in Behçet's disease

    D. Saadoun;B. Wechsler;K. Desseaux;D. Le Thi Huong

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Charles Piette
Jean-Charles Piette Sorbonne University
Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau
Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau Université Paris Cité
Patrice Cacoub
Patrice Cacoub Sorbonne University
Bertrand Wechsler
Bertrand Wechsler Sorbonne University
Jean-François Emile
Jean-François Emile Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
Eric Hachulla
Eric Hachulla University of Lille
Guy Gorochov
Guy Gorochov Sorbonne University
Frédéric Charlotte
Frédéric Charlotte Université Paris Cité
Luc Mouthon
Luc Mouthon Université Paris Cité
Jean Donadieu
Jean Donadieu University of Paris-Saclay

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