Education
- May 2015 Specialization in Rheumatology cum laude from the University of Pisa with a thesis on the role of major salivary glands ultrasonography in Sjogren’s 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 background
Current role – Researcher in Rheumatology (RDTA)
From Apr 2019 Clinical tutor for 3rd and 4th year Medical students and adjunct professor at Hunimed University, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
Grant and Awards
- November 2010 FIRMA prize for oral presentation with the work “The complex interplay between Sjogren’s Syndrome and Rheumatoid Artrhitis”
- November 2013: SIR prize for oral presentation with the work “Major salivary glands in the non invasive diagnosis of primary Sjogren’s syndrome: monocentric experience
Membership and leadership roles
- Member of the Italian Society of Rheumatology (SIR)
- From Nov 2020 to Nov 2022 – Member of the Young Commission of the Italian Society of Rheumatology
Dr. Luciano is a Rheumatologist with a strong background in clinical assistance of patients affected by Sjögren’s 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’s 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’s 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’s 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. Dose-Dependent Impairment of the Immune Response to the Moderna-1273 mRNA Vaccine by Mycophenolate Mofetil in Patients with Rheumatic and Autoimmune Liver Diseases. 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. Efficacy and safety of baricitinib in 446 patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a real-life multicentre study. 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. Advances in salivary glands ultrasonography in primary Sjögren’s syndrome. 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. Ultrasonography of major salivary glands: a highly specific tool for distinguishing primary Sjogren’s syndrome from undifferentiated connective tissue diseases. 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. Anti-SSA/SSB-negative Sjögren’s syndrome shows a lower prevalence of lymphoproliferative manifestations, and a lower risk of lymphoma evolution. Autoimmun Rev. 2015 Nov;14(11):1019-22. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2015.07.002. Epub 2015 Jul 8. PMID: 26162302
