Maurizio Luisetti

Laboratorio di Biochimica e Genetica, Clinica di Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Italy

Maurizio Luisetti is Professor at the Postgraduate School of Respiratory Disease in the Department of Respiratory Diseases, University of Pavia, Italy. He heads the Center for Diagnosis of Inherited Alpha1-antitrypsin Deficiency at the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics of Respiratory Disease at San Matteo hospital in Pavia. He is also Coordinator at the Italian Registry for Alpha1-antitrypsin Deficiency.

His research focuses on alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency, COPD, sarcodosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, systemic sclerosis and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

He is currently a member of the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Respiratory Disorders > COPD & Allied Disorders (since 14 November 2005)

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  Inherited chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: new selective-sequencing workup for alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency identifies 2 previously unidentified null alleles.
  Recommended by Maurizio Luisetti with Ilaria Ferrarotti
  
• 3.0
  Protein expression patterns associated with progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in bronchoalveolar lavage of smokers.
  Recommended by Maurizio Luisetti
  
• 3.0
  Interaction of surfactant protein A with peroxiredoxin 6 regulates phospholipase A2 activity.
  Recommended by Maurizio Luisetti
  
• 3.2
  A novel peptide CXCR ligand derived from extracellular matrix degradation during airway inflammation.
  Recommended by Maurizio Luisetti, Christopher Brightling
  
• 6.0
  The SERPINE2 gene is associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  Recommended by Maurizio Luisetti
  
• 3.0
  Matrix metalloproteinase-9 promoter polymorphism associated with upper lung dominant emphysema.
  Recommended by Maurizio Luisetti