Luca Manetti was born in Gavorrano (GR) on 2 April 1963.
He graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Pisa in 1991 and specialised in Endocrinology at the same university in 1997.
He completed his training abroad at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, studying the clinical aspects of the main pituitary diseases (1999).
Since 2001 he has been a consultant physician in the Endocrinology II Unit of Pisa University Hospital.
Since 2002 he has taught as an adjunct professor at the Specialisation School in Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Pisa.
He is a member of the Italian Society of Endocrinology.
His main areas of clinical and scientific interest are pituitary pathophysiology, in particular Cushing's syndrome, hyperprolactinaemia and autoimmune aspects of the hypothalamus and pituitary.
His research is collected in numerous publications in national and international journals indexed in PubMed, National Library of Medicine, NIH.
Selected publications
Manetti L, Bogazzi F, Brogioni S, Grasso L, Lupi I, Genovesi M, Cecconi E, Gasperi M, Martino E. Submandibular salivary gland volume is increased in patients with acromegaly. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 57: 97-100, 2002.
Manetti L, Lupi I, Bogazzi F, Pellegrini G, Precisi A, Grasso L, Nencetti C, Gasperi M, Martino E. Prostate-specific antigen is increased in female patients with Cushing’s disease. J Endocrinol Invest 25: RC29-31, 2002.
Manetti L, Grasso L, Vignali C, Petruzzi P, Lupi I, Genovesi M, Morselli LL, Cetani F, Acerbi G, Martino E. Undetectable inferior petrosal sinus levels of PTH-related peptide (PTHrP) in patients with ACTH-dependent Cushing’s disease. J Endocrinol Invest 28:1-3, 2005.