Liver autoimmune disease

Dr Alessandro Granito is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences at the University of Bologna, affiliated with the IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, at the S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital in Bologna, Italy. Dr Granito's primary focus areas include autoimmune liver diseases such as Autoimmune Hepatitis, Primary Biliary Cholangitis, and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Additionally, he has made contributions to the study of Celiac disease, autoimmune enteropathy, Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) diagnosis and treatment, as well as HCV and HBV-related liver diseases.

Dr Alexander Miethke is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, PI of the U01 Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN), Medical Director of the Pediatric Liver Care Center, the Liver Transplant Program, and of the Center for Autoimmune Liver Disease (CALD) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC). Dr Miethke has developed an independent research program on the role of regulatory T cells in the pathogenesis of cholestatic liver diseases with funding from foundations and the NIDDK.

Dr Vincenzo Ronca, an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at Humanitas University and a liver consultant at Humanitas Research Hospital, focuses his clinical and research interests on autoimmune liver diseases, covering both clinical and translational aspects. His interest lies in hepatic immunotolerance, particularly in autoimmunity and liver transplant contexts. Dr Ronca's past experience as EMBO visiting fellow at Sagakuchi's lab in Osaka University and at the Liver Lab in the University of Birmingham has sharpened his immunology expertise.