Alessandra Villa

1.7k total citations
37 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Alessandra Villa is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandra Villa has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Alessandra Villa's work include Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (21 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (12 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (9 papers). Alessandra Villa is often cited by papers focused on Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (21 papers), CAR-T cell therapy research (12 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (9 papers). Alessandra Villa collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and United States. Alessandra Villa's co-authors include Dario Neri, Manuela Kaspar, Eveline Trachsel, Christoph Roesli, Christoph Schliemann, Roberto Sommavilla, Christoph Rösli, Laura Borsi, Jascha‐N. Rybak and Sarah Wulhfard and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Alessandra Villa

37 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessandra Villa Switzerland 20 627 593 579 431 197 37 1.3k
Manuela Kaspar Switzerland 16 607 1.0× 782 1.3× 733 1.3× 629 1.5× 343 1.7× 17 1.6k
Eveline Trachsel Switzerland 23 623 1.0× 929 1.6× 716 1.2× 595 1.4× 288 1.5× 29 1.7k
Stefan Knackmuss Germany 23 534 0.9× 640 1.1× 660 1.1× 485 1.1× 180 0.9× 41 1.4k
Leonardo Giovannoni Switzerland 24 750 1.2× 1.1k 1.8× 939 1.6× 718 1.7× 364 1.8× 47 1.9k
Kalyani Penta United States 15 955 1.5× 341 0.6× 487 0.8× 271 0.6× 259 1.3× 21 1.6k
Ezogelin Oflazoglu United States 18 463 0.7× 727 1.2× 809 1.4× 703 1.6× 80 0.4× 23 1.7k
Kristine A. Gordon United States 14 471 0.8× 838 1.4× 1.1k 1.8× 435 1.0× 84 0.4× 18 1.8k
Dietmar Berndorff Germany 14 538 0.9× 548 0.9× 326 0.6× 97 0.2× 151 0.8× 18 1.0k
Chien‐Tsun Kuan United States 23 734 1.2× 468 0.8× 655 1.1× 442 1.0× 49 0.2× 37 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandra Villa

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All Works

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Pellegrino, Christian, Sheila Dakhel Plaza, Alessandra Villa, et al.. (2023). Generation of a novel fully human non-superagonistic anti-CD28 antibody with efficient and safe T-cell co-stimulation properties. mAbs. 15(1). 2220839–2220839. 4 indexed citations
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Plaza, Sheila Dakhel, Alessandra Villa, Emanuele Puca, et al.. (2023). Generation and in vivo characterization of a novel high-affinity human antibody targeting carcinoembryonic antigen. mAbs. 15(1). 2217964–2217964. 5 indexed citations
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Grün, Katja, Alessandra Villa, Mattia Matasci, et al.. (2021). Therapeutic Evaluation of Antibody-Based Targeted Delivery of Interleukin 9 in Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(7). 3460–3460. 9 indexed citations
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Mock, Jacqueline, et al.. (2021). A Novel Antibody–IL15 Fusion Protein Selectively Localizes to Tumors, Synergizes with TNF-based Immunocytokine, and Inhibits Metastasis. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 20(5). 859–871. 19 indexed citations
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Guarino, Salvatore, et al.. (2021). Inference of molecular structure for characterization and improvement of clinical grade immunocytokines. Journal of Structural Biology. 213(1). 107696–107696. 3 indexed citations
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Plaza, Sheila Dakhel, Christian Lizak, Mattia Matasci, et al.. (2021). An Attenuated Targeted-TNF Localizes to Tumors In Vivo and Regains Activity at the Site of Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(18). 10020–10020. 10 indexed citations
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Millul, Jacopo, Aureliano Zana, Sheila Dakhel Plaza, et al.. (2020). Immunotherapy with Immunocytokines and PD-1 Blockade Enhances the Anticancer Activity of Small Molecule-Drug Conjugates Targeting Carbonic Anhydrase IX. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 20(3). 512–522. 9 indexed citations
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Mulder, Monique P. C., Sibylle Bürger, Marco Gatti, et al.. (2020). Ubiquitin Phosphorylation at Thr12 Modulates the DNA Damage Response. Molecular Cell. 80(3). 423–436.e9. 48 indexed citations
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Villa, Alessandra, et al.. (2020). Novel human monoclonal antibodies specific to the alternatively spliced domain D of Tenascin C efficiently target tumors in vivo. mAbs. 12(1). 1836713–1836713. 14 indexed citations
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Mock, Jacqueline, et al.. (2020). An engineered 4-1BBL fusion protein with “activity on demand”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(50). 31780–31788. 20 indexed citations
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Luca, Roberto De, et al.. (2019). A Novel Fully-Human Potency-Matched Dual Cytokine-Antibody Fusion Protein Targets Carbonic Anhydrase IX in Renal Cell Carcinomas. Frontiers in Oncology. 9. 1228–1228. 13 indexed citations
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Villa, Alessandra, Mattia Matasci, Laura Gualandi, et al.. (2014). A Highly Functional Synthetic Phage Display Library Containing over 40 Billion Human Antibody Clones. PLoS ONE. 9(6). e100000–e100000. 40 indexed citations
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Schwager, Kathrin, et al.. (2011). A comparative immunofluorescence analysis of three clinical-stage antibodies in head and neck cancer. Head & Neck Oncology. 3(1). 25–25. 36 indexed citations
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Melkko, Samu, Luca Mannocci, Christoph E. Dumelin, et al.. (2010). Isolation of a Small‐Molecule Inhibitor of the Antiapoptotic Protein Bcl‐xL from a DNA‐Encoded Chemical Library. ChemMedChem. 5(4). 584–590. 41 indexed citations
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Rinderknecht, Matthias, Alessandra Villa, Kurt Ballmer‐Hofer, Dario Neri, & Michael Detmar. (2010). Phage-Derived Fully Human Monoclonal Antibody Fragments to Human Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-C Block Its Interaction with VEGF Receptor-2 and 3. PLoS ONE. 5(8). e11941–e11941. 42 indexed citations
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Sommavilla, Roberto, Nadine Pasche, Eveline Trachsel, et al.. (2010). Expression, engineering and characterization of the tumor-targeting heterodimeric immunocytokine F8-IL12. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 23(8). 653–661. 34 indexed citations
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Schliemann, Christoph, Alessandro Palumbo, Kathrin Zuberbühler, et al.. (2008). Complete eradication of human B-cell lymphoma xenografts using rituximab in combination with the immunocytokine L19-IL2. Blood. 113(10). 2275–2283. 115 indexed citations
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Villa, Alessandra, Eveline Trachsel, Manuela Kaspar, et al.. (2008). A high‐affinity human monoclonal antibody specific to the alternatively spliced EDA domain of fibronectin efficiently targets tumor neo‐vasculature in vivo. International Journal of Cancer. 122(11). 2405–2413. 195 indexed citations
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Roesli, Christoph, et al.. (2007). The Extra-domain A of Fibronectin Is a Vascular Marker of Solid Tumors and Metastases. Cancer Research. 67(22). 10948–10957. 171 indexed citations

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