Alberto Zani

842 total citations
26 papers, 326 citations indexed

About

Alberto Zani is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Zani has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 326 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Infectious Diseases, 8 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Alberto Zani's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (9 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (6 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (6 papers). Alberto Zani is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (9 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (6 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (6 papers). Alberto Zani collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Romania. Alberto Zani's co-authors include Arnaldo Caruso, Francesca Caccuri, Antonella Bugatti, Serena Messali, Federica Filippini, Simona Fiorentini, Paola Chiodelli, Stefania Marsico, Carlo Bonfanti and Marta Giovanetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Cell Reports.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Zani

23 papers receiving 325 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alberto Zani Italy 12 193 75 71 47 32 26 326
Christopher E. Yi United States 7 329 1.7× 67 0.9× 157 2.2× 50 1.1× 15 0.5× 10 489
Nicolas Vabret United States 9 88 0.5× 35 0.5× 167 2.4× 88 1.9× 26 0.8× 21 304
Lia R. Walker United States 6 101 0.5× 91 1.2× 93 1.3× 74 1.6× 76 2.4× 9 339
Joaquín López-Orozco Canada 11 159 0.8× 66 0.9× 223 3.1× 91 1.9× 15 0.5× 15 425
Michelle A. Loprieno United States 11 166 0.9× 95 1.3× 180 2.5× 67 1.4× 32 1.0× 15 426
Benjamin D. McElvany United States 8 195 1.0× 44 0.6× 47 0.7× 68 1.4× 11 0.3× 12 374
Tom Cremer Netherlands 5 121 0.6× 56 0.7× 361 5.1× 76 1.6× 22 0.7× 5 447
Altar M. Munis United Kingdom 8 101 0.5× 52 0.7× 122 1.7× 49 1.0× 32 1.0× 10 281
Susanne G. Schäd Germany 12 70 0.4× 52 0.7× 54 0.8× 41 0.9× 39 1.2× 16 347
Salvatore Di Giorgio Germany 4 190 1.0× 47 0.6× 300 4.2× 46 1.0× 17 0.5× 6 450

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alberto Zani

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All Works

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Bugatti, Antonella, Alberto Zani, Marta Giovanetti, et al.. (2025). Heparan sulfate proteoglycans remodel SARS-CoV-2 spike conformation to allow integrin interaction and infection of endothelial cells. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 15. 1552116–1552116. 1 indexed citations
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Zani, Alberto, Antonella Bugatti, Michele d’Angelo, et al.. (2025). A broad-spectrum anti-angiogenic tetrapeptide regresses diabetic retinopathy through β-arrestin-1 binding and prevention of Akt phosphorylation. Pharmacological Research. 222. 108042–108042.
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D’Ursi, Pasqualina, et al.. (2024). Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the B Cell Growth and Clonogenic Activity of HIV-1 Matrix Protein p17 Variants. Viruses. 16(7). 1048–1048. 1 indexed citations
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Zani, Alberto, et al.. (2024). Molecular mechanisms behind the generation of pro-oncogenic HIV-1 matrix protein p17 variants. Journal of General Virology. 105(4). 1 indexed citations
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Zani, Alberto, et al.. (2023). Detection of HIV-1 matrix protein p17 in sera of viremic and aviremic patients. Journal of Virological Methods. 324. 114858–114858.
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Zani, Alberto, Serena Messali, & Francesca Caccuri. (2023). Virucidal efficacy of a novel silver-based disinfectant against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5.. PubMed. 46(1). 60–64.
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Iaconis, Daniela, Francesca Caccuri, Candida Manelfi, et al.. (2023). DHFR Inhibitors Display a Pleiotropic Anti-Viral Activity against SARS-CoV-2: Insights into the Mechanisms of Action. Viruses. 15(5). 1128–1128. 2 indexed citations
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Bugatti, Antonella, Federica Filippini, Serena Messali, et al.. (2023). The D405N Mutation in the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 Inhibits Spike/Integrins Interaction and Viral Infection of Human Lung Microvascular Endothelial Cells. Viruses. 15(2). 332–332. 11 indexed citations
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Bugatti, Antonella, Federica Filippini, Alberto Zani, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Infects Human ACE2-Negative Endothelial Cells through an αvβ3 Integrin-Mediated Endocytosis Even in the Presence of Vaccine-Elicited Neutralizing Antibodies. Viruses. 14(4). 705–705. 31 indexed citations
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Miersch, Shane, Nitin Sharma, Reza Saberianfar, et al.. (2022). Ultrapotent and broad neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants by modular, tetravalent, bi-paratopic antibodies. Cell Reports. 39(9). 110905–110905. 7 indexed citations
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Caccuri, Francesca, Antonella Bugatti, Alberto Zani, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 Infection Remodels the Phenotype and Promotes Angiogenesis of Primary Human Lung Endothelial Cells. Microorganisms. 9(7). 1438–1438. 24 indexed citations
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Zani, Alberto, Francesca Caccuri, Serena Messali, Carlo Bonfanti, & Arnaldo Caruso. (2021). Serosurvey in BNT162b2 vaccine-elicited neutralizing antibodies against authentic B.1, B.1.1.7, B.1.351, B.1.525 and P.1 SARS-CoV-2 variants. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 10(1). 1241–1243. 28 indexed citations
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Caccuri, Francesca, Pasqualina D’Ursi, Antonella Bugatti, et al.. (2020). Evolution toward beta common chain receptor usage links the matrix proteins of HIV-1 and its ancestors to human erythropoietin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(2). 6 indexed citations
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Caselli, Elisabetta, Maria D’Accolti, Francesca Caccuri, et al.. (2020). The U94 Gene of Human Herpesvirus 6: A Narrative Review of Its Role and Potential Functions. Cells. 9(12). 2608–2608. 15 indexed citations
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Giagulli, Cinzia, Francesca Caccuri, Simone Zorzan, et al.. (2020). B-cell clonogenic activity of HIV-1 p17 variants is driven by PAR1-mediated EGF transactivation. Cancer Gene Therapy. 28(6). 649–666. 12 indexed citations
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Romano, Elio, Carlo Bisaglia, Aldo Calcante, et al.. (2020). Assessment of Comfort Variation among Different Types of Driving Agricultural Tractors: Traditional, Satellite-Assisted and Semi-Automatic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(23). 8836–8836. 9 indexed citations
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Caccuri, Francesca, Alberto Zani, Serena Messali, et al.. (2020). A persistently replicating SARS-CoV-2 variant derived from an asymptomatic individual. Journal of Translational Medicine. 18(1). 362–362. 36 indexed citations
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Caccuri, Francesca, Antonella Bugatti, Silvia Corbellini, et al.. (2019). The Synthetic Dipeptide Pidotimod Shows a Chemokine-Like Activity through CXC Chemokine Receptor 3 (CXCR3). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(21). 5287–5287. 9 indexed citations
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Cogliati, Massimo, Anna Prigitano, Maria Carmela Esposto, et al.. (2017). Epidemiological trends of cryptococcosis in Italy: Molecular typing and susceptibility pattern of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates collected during a 20-year period. Medical Mycology. 56(8). 963–971. 14 indexed citations
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Cogliati, Massimo, Alberto Zani, Volker Rickerts, et al.. (2016). Multilocus sequence typing analysis reveals that Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans is a recombinant population. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 87. 22–29. 24 indexed citations

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