Andrea Frontini

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Andrea Frontini is a scholar working on Physiology, Epidemiology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrea Frontini has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Physiology, 21 papers in Epidemiology and 12 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Andrea Frontini's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (35 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (21 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (10 papers). Andrea Frontini is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (35 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (21 papers) and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (10 papers). Andrea Frontini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Andrea Frontini's co-authors include Saverio Cinti, Antonio Giordano, Maria Cristina Zingaretti, Alessandra Vitali, Paul Cohen, Bruce M. Spiegelman, Shingo Kajimura, Patrick Seale, Jennifer L. Estall and Jeff Ishibashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Andrea Frontini

59 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Prdm16 determines the thermogenic program of subcutaneous white adipose tissue in mice

2010 1.0k citations Patrick Seale, Jennifer L. Estall et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
The presence of UCP1 demonstrates that metabolically active adipose tissue in the neck of adult humans truly represents brown adipose tissue

2009 589 citations Maria Cristina Zingaretti, Alessandra Vitali et al. The FASEB Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrea Frontini Italy	35	4.6k	2.7k	1.4k	1.3k	853	59	6.1k
Maria Cristina Zingaretti Italy	17	5.3k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	22	6.2k
Rana K. Gupta United States	44	4.5k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	2.5k 2.0×	553 0.6×	72	7.5k
Cédric Moro France	46	3.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	524 0.6×	119	6.2k
Sherry Chin United States	11	4.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	916 0.6×	2.9k 2.3×	685 0.8×	12	5.8k
Mikael Heglind Sweden	12	2.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	771 0.5×	774 0.6×	675 0.8×	15	3.5k
Kristy L. Townsend United States	22	2.8k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	640 0.4×	798 0.6×	584 0.7×	51	3.4k
Yuko Kawai Japan	20	3.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	546 0.4×	1.1k 1.2×	68	4.4k
Kyle A. Rasbach United States	10	4.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	465 0.3×	2.0k 1.6×	982 1.2×	14	5.2k
Tore Bengtsson Sweden	30	2.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	611 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	526 0.6×	74	3.8k
Ingrid Wernstedt Asterholm Sweden	30	2.1k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	777 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	229 0.3×	64	4.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrea Frontini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrea Frontini

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20 of 20 papers shown

Campagna, Roberto, et al.. (2025). Novel Ti6Al4V Surface Treatment for Subperiosteal Dental Implants: Evaluation of Osteoblast-like Cell Proliferation and Osteogenic Response. Materials. 18(6). 1234–1234. 1 indexed citations

Scirè, Andrea, Cristina Minnelli, Andrea Frontini, et al.. (2024). Overexpression of Glyoxalase 2 in Human Breast Cancer Cells: Implications for Cell Proliferation and Doxorubicin Resistance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(20). 10888–10888. 2 indexed citations

Campagna, Roberto, Enrico Marchetti, Eleonora Salvolini, et al.. (2024). In Vitro Study of the Proliferation of MG63 Cells Cultured on Five Different Titanium Surfaces. Materials. 17(10). 2208–2208. 3 indexed citations

Fantone, Sonia, Giovanni Tossetta, Laura Cianfruglia, et al.. (2024). Mechanisms of action of mineral fibres in a placental syncytiotrophoblast model: An in vitro toxicology study. Chemico-Biological Interactions. 390. 110895–110895. 6 indexed citations

Zarantoniello, Matteo, Federico Conti, Andrea Frontini, et al.. (2023). Dietary Microplastic Administration during Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Development: A Comprehensive and Comparative Study between Larval and Juvenile Stages. Animals. 13(14). 2256–2256. 14 indexed citations

Visoná, Silvia Damiana, Silvana Capella, Paola Borrelli, et al.. (2021). Inorganic Fiber Lung Burden in Subjects with Occupational and/or Anthropogenic Environmental Asbestos Exposure in Broni (Pavia, Northern Italy): An SEM-EDS Study on Autoptic Samples. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(4). 2053–2053. 14 indexed citations

Larson, Erin B., Andrea Frontini, Saverio Cinti, et al.. (2019). Optogenetic‐induced sympathetic neuromodulation of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis. The FASEB Journal. 34(2). 2765–2773. 20 indexed citations

Jong, Jasper M. A. de, Wenfei Sun, Nuno D. Pires, et al.. (2019). Human brown adipose tissue is phenocopied by classical brown adipose tissue in physiologically humanized mice. Nature Metabolism. 1(8). 830–843. 92 indexed citations

Visoná, Silvia Damiana, Donatella Benati, Maria Cristina Monti, et al.. (2018). Diagnosis of sudden cardiac death due to early myocardial ischemia: An ultrastructural and immunohistochemical study. European Journal of Histochemistry. 62(2). 2866–2866. 11 indexed citations

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Pellegrinelli, Vanessa, Vivian Peirce, Laura Howard, et al.. (2018). Adipocyte-secreted BMP8b mediates adrenergic-induced remodeling of the neuro-vascular network in adipose tissue. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4974–4974. 108 indexed citations

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Giordano, Antonio, Andrea Frontini, & Saverio Cinti. (2016). Convertible visceral fat as a therapeutic target to curb obesity. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 15(6). 405–424. 186 indexed citations

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Frontini, Andrea, Alessandra Vitali, Jessica Perugini, et al.. (2013). White-to-brown transdifferentiation of omental adipocytes in patients affected by pheochromocytoma. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1831(5). 950–959. 172 indexed citations

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Poloni, Antonella, Giulia Maurizi, Federica Serrani, et al.. (2013). Molecular and functional characterization of human bone marrow adipocytes. Experimental Hematology. 41(6). 558–566.e2. 71 indexed citations

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Tran, Khanh‐Van, Olga Gealekman, Andrea Frontini, et al.. (2012). The Vascular Endothelium of the Adipose Tissue Gives Rise to Both White and Brown Fat Cells. Cell Metabolism. 15(2). 222–229. 292 indexed citations

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Jung, Kwang‐Mook, Jason R. Clapper, Jin Fu, et al.. (2012). 2-Arachidonoylglycerol Signaling in Forebrain Regulates Systemic Energy Metabolism. Cell Metabolism. 15(3). 299–310. 81 indexed citations

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Frontini, Andrea & Saverio Cinti. (2010). Distribution and Development of Brown Adipocytes in the Murine and Human Adipose Organ. Cell Metabolism. 11(4). 253–256. 353 indexed citations

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Seale, Patrick, Jennifer L. Estall, Shingo Kajimura, et al.. (2010). Prdm16 determines the thermogenic program of subcutaneous white adipose tissue in mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 121(1). 96–105. 1018 indexed citations breakdown →

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Betti, Michele, Patrizia Ambrogini, Andrea Minelli, et al.. (2010). Maternal dietary loads of α-tocopherol depress protein kinase C signaling and synaptic plasticity in rat postnatal developing hippocampus and promote permanent deficits in adult offspring. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 22(1). 60–70. 25 indexed citations

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Giordano, Antonio, Andrea Frontini, & Saverio Cinti. (2008). Adipose Organ Nerves Revealed by Immunohistochemistry#. Methods in molecular biology. 456. 83–95. 24 indexed citations

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Cantaluppi, A., et al.. (1977). Dialysis versus integrated programme of dialysis and transplantation.. PubMed. 14. 593–5. 2 indexed citations

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