Current role – Researcher in Rheumatology (RDTA)
Education
- 2015: Specialization in Rheumatology cum laude from the University of Pisa with a thesis on the role of major salivary glands ultrasonography in Sjogren鈥檚 Syndrome
- 2009 – 2010: Research activity with scholarship funded by University of Pisa on the role of salivary proteomics in rheumatoid arthritis patients
- 2008: Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Pisa with a thesis on Salivary proteomics in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients
Academic Appointments
- 2019: Clinical tutor for 3rd and 4th year Medical students and adjunct professor at Hunimed University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
Membership and Affiliations
- Member of the Italian Society of Rheumatology (SIR)
- 2020 – 2022: Member of the Young Commission of the Italian Society of Rheumatology
Awards and Honors
- 2013: SIR prize for oral presentation with the work 鈥淢ajor salivary glands in the non invasive diagnosis of primary Sjogren鈥檚 syndrome: monocentric experience
- 2010: FIRMA prize for oral presentation with the work 鈥淭he complex interplay between Sjogren鈥檚 Syndrome and Rheumatoid Artrhitis鈥�
Dr. Luciano is a Rheumatologist with a strong background in clinical assistance of patients affected by Sj枚gren鈥檚 syndrome and chronic inflammatory arthritis; she developed specific skills in the use of ultrasonography for the evaluation of patients affected by chronic inflammatory arthritis and of capillaroscopy in patients referring Raynaud鈥檚 phenomenon and systemic sclerosis.
During her residency period, she partecipated in consensus meetings with the International Ultrasonography Study Group aimed to standardize the ultrasound evaluation of major salivary glands in Sjogren鈥檚 Syndrome.
Dr. Luciano actively participate to several clinical trials (from Phase II to Phase IV) for new biotechnological treatments and novel diagnostic tools in rheumatic diseases, mainly in inflammatory arthritis.
Main research fields
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis and Spondyloarthritis
- Sjogren鈥檚 Syndrome
- Ultrasound evaluation of joints and major salivary glands
- De Santis M, Motta F, Isailovic N, Clementi M, Criscuolo E, Clementi N, Tonutti A, Rodolfi S, Barone E, Colapietro F, Ceribelli A, Vecellio M, Luciano N, Guidelli G, Caprioli M, Rezk C, Canziani L, Azzolini E, Germagnoli L, Mancini N, Lleo A, Selmi C. . Vaccines (Basel). 2022 May 18;10(5):801. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10050801. PMID: 35632557; PMCID: PMC9144166.
- Guidelli GM, Viapiana O, Luciano N, De Santis M, Boffini N, Quartuccio L, Birra D, Conticini E, Chimenti MS, Bazzani C, Bruschi E, Riva M, Canziani LM, Bianchi G, Pozzi MR, Limonta M, Gorla R, Perricone R, Frediani B, Moscato P, De Vita S, Dagna L, Rossini M, Selmi C. . Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021 Jul-Aug;39(4):868-873. doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/pudtpo. Epub 2020 Dec 18. PMID: 33338001.
- Luciano N, Ferro F, Bombardieri S, Baldini C. . Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2018; 36 Suppl 114(5):159-164. Epub 2018 Oct 1. PMID: 30296991.
- Luciano N, Baldini C, Tarantini G, Ferro F, Sernissi F, Varanini V, Donati V, Martini D, Mosca M, Caramella D, Bombardieri S. . Rheumatology (Oxford). 2015 Dec;54(12):2198-204. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kev253. Epub 2015 Jul 23. PMID: 26206346.
- Quartuccio L, Baldini C, Bartoloni E, Priori R, Carubbi F, Corazza L, Alunno A, Colafrancesco S, Luciano N, Giacomelli R, Gerli R, Valesini G, Bombardieri S, De Vita S. . Autoimmun Rev. 2015 Nov;14(11):1019-22. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2015.07.002. Epub 2015 Jul 8. PMID: 26162302