Anna Villa

17.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
260 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Anna Villa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Villa has authored 260 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Molecular Biology, 100 papers in Immunology and 67 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Anna Villa's work include Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (56 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (53 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (46 papers). Anna Villa is often cited by papers focused on Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (56 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (53 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (46 papers). Anna Villa collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Anna Villa's co-authors include Luigi D. Notarangelo, Paolo Vezzoni, Cristina Sobacchi, Annalisa Frattini, Silvia Giliani, Paolo Macchi, Maria Grazia Sacco, Alberto G. Ugazio, Veronica Marrella and Fraser P. Coxon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Anna Villa

251 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Mutations of Jak-3 gene in patients with autosomal severe combined immune deficiency (SCID)

1995 674 citations Anna Villa, Maria Grazia Sacco et al. profile →
Defects in TCIRG1 subunit of the vacuolar proton pump are responsible for a subset of human autosomal recessive osteopetrosis

2000 503 citations Cristina Sobacchi, Luigi D. Notarangelo et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Anna Villa	4.4k	3.8k	2.4k	2.1k	775	260	9.8k
Ashley R. Dunn	3.6k 0.8×	4.9k 1.3×	2.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	556 0.7×	101	10.0k
Alfred L.M. Bothwell	4.0k 0.9×	4.8k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	456 0.6×	191	9.5k
Mark I. Greene	5.7k 1.3×	5.8k 1.5×	3.5k 1.4×	999 0.5×	649 0.8×	247	13.1k
Alister C. Ward	3.1k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	638 0.8×	201	8.4k
Tomas Mustelin	10.2k 2.3×	7.7k 2.0×	2.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.1×	543 0.7×	231	17.3k
Kenneth I. Weinberg	3.9k 0.9×	4.1k 1.1×	2.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	180	10.8k
Robert G. Hawley	5.6k 1.3×	2.5k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	616 0.8×	240	10.3k
Michael Bachmann	3.9k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	4.0k 1.7×	1.2k 0.6×	363 0.5×	315	10.2k
Martin Zenke	8.8k 2.0×	3.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	459 0.6×	249	14.3k
Yutaka Kawakami	6.0k 1.4×	9.0k 2.3×	5.5k 2.3×	1.2k 0.6×	878 1.1×	263	15.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Anna Villa

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna Villa

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Villa, Anna, Jorge Di Paola, Diletta Ami, et al.. (2025). Anomalous Water Fluorescence Induced by Solutes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 16(27). 6935–6945.

Capo, Valentina, et al.. (2024). Pneumocystis murina lesions in lungs of experimentally infected Cd40l^–/– mice. Veterinary Pathology. 61(6). 988–997.

Villa, Anna, et al.. (2023). Social investment, labour market participation and public debt sustainability: An empirical analysis of European countries. Social Policy and Administration. 57(7). 999–1013. 1 indexed citations

Asperti, Claudia, Daniele Canarutto, Simona Porcellini, et al.. (2023). Scalable GMP-compliant gene correction of CD4+ T cells with IDLV template functionally validated in vitro and in vivo. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 30. 546–557. 3 indexed citations

Canarutto, Daniele, Claudia Asperti, Valentina Vavassori, et al.. (2023). Unbiased assessment of genome integrity and purging of adverse outcomes at the target locus upon editing of CD4 ⁺ T‐cells for the treatment of Hyper IgM1. The EMBO Journal. 42(23). e114188–e114188. 5 indexed citations

Italiani, Paola, Marianna Paulis, Anna Chiara De Luca, et al.. (2023). EFSA Pilot Project on NAMs for the hazard assessment of nanofibers. Lot 2: ‘Exploring the use of gut‐on‐a‐chip models for risk assessments of nanofibers’. EFSA Supporting Publications. 20(11). 4 indexed citations

Villa, Anna, Silvia Maria Doglia, Luca De Gioia, Antonino Natalello, & Luca Bertini. (2022). Fluorescence of KCl Aqueous Solution: A Possible Spectroscopic Signature of Nucleation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 126(13). 2564–2572. 5 indexed citations

Villa, Anna, Marta Manzoni, Pasquale Melchioretto, et al.. (2021). Insights into Cadmium-Induced Carcinogenesis through an In Vitro Study Using C3H10T1/2Cl8 Cells: The Multifaceted Role of Mitochondria. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(19). 10837–10837. 3 indexed citations

Villa, Anna, Silvia Maria Doglia, Luca De Gioia, Luca Bertini, & Antonino Natalello. (2019). Anomalous Intrinsic Fluorescence of HCl and NaOH Aqueous Solutions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(22). 7230–7236. 13 indexed citations

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Lucia, S. P., Ciro Menale, Sharon Muggeo, et al.. (2019). Chromosome Transplantation: Correction of the Chronic Granulomatous Disease Defect in Mouse Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells. 37(7). 876–887. 5 indexed citations

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Schiroli, Giulia, Samuele Ferrari, Anthony Conway, et al.. (2017). Preclinical modeling highlights the therapeutic potential of hematopoietic stem cell gene editing for correction of SCID-X1. Science Translational Medicine. 9(411). 159 indexed citations

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Faggioli, Francesca, Eleonora Palagano, Luca Di Tommaso, et al.. (2017). B lymphocytes limit senescence‐driven fibrosis resolution and favor hepatocarcinogenesis in mouse liver injury. Hepatology. 67(5). 1970–1985. 75 indexed citations

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Rigoni, Rosita, Elena Fontana, Simone Guglielmetti, et al.. (2016). Intestinal microbiota sustains inflammation and autoimmunity induced by hypomorphic RAG defects. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 213(3). 355–375. 47 indexed citations

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Sobacchi, Cristina, Anna Villa, Ansgar Schulz, & Uwe Kornak. (2016). CLCN7-Related Osteopetrosis. 11 indexed citations

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Villa, Anna, et al.. (2010). Crossing Sights: migrant youth in two Italian cities. Italian journal of sociology of education. 2(1). 2 indexed citations

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Cavadini, Patrizia, William Vermi, Fabio Facchetti, et al.. (2005). AIRE deficiency in thymus of 2 patients with Omenn syndrome. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(3). 728–732. 116 indexed citations

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Villa, Anna, Cristina Sobacchi, & Paolo Vezzoni. (2001). Recombination activating gene and its defects. Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 1(6). 491–495. 7 indexed citations

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Accomazzo, Maria Rosa, G. Enrico Rovati, T. Viganò, et al.. (2001). Leukotriene D4-Induced Activation of Smooth-Muscle Cells From Human Bronchi is Partly Ca2 +-Independent. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 163(1). 266–272. 33 indexed citations

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Benderra, Zineb, et al.. (2000). Regulation of cellular glutathione modulates nuclear accumulation of daunorubicin in human MCF7 cells overexpressing multidrug resistance associated protein. European Journal of Cancer. 36(3). 428–434. 49 indexed citations

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Sacco, Maria Grazia, Laura Gribaldo, Ottavia Barbieri, et al.. (1998). Establishment and characterization of a new mammary adenocarcinoma cell line derived from MMTV neu transgenic mice. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 47(2). 171–180. 25 indexed citations

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