Antonella Nai

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Antonella Nai is a scholar working on Hematology, Genetics and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Antonella Nai has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Hematology, 39 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Antonella Nai's work include Iron Metabolism and Disorders (43 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (39 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (14 papers). Antonella Nai is often cited by papers focused on Iron Metabolism and Disorders (43 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (39 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (14 papers). Antonella Nai collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Antonella Nai's co-authors include Clara Camaschella, Laura Silvestri, Alessia Pagani, Jerry Kaplan, Ivana De Domenico, Maria Rosa Lidonnici, Giuliana Ferrari, Giacomo Mandelli, Marco Rausa and Domenico Girelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, PLoS ONE and Cell Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Antonella Nai

46 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

Iron metabolism and iron disorders revisited in the hepcidin era

2020 433 citations Clara Camaschella, Antonella Nai et al. Haematologica profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Antonella Nai Italy	22	2.0k	1.6k	812	368	315	47	2.5k
Alessia Pagani Italy	22	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	733 0.9×	415 1.1×	292 0.9×	58	2.4k
Yelena Ginzburg United States	22	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	463 0.6×	524 1.4×	388 1.2×	84	2.4k
Elena Corradini Italy	23	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	178 0.5×	353 1.1×	55	2.6k
Chia‐Yu Wang United States	23	1.3k 0.7×	853 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	161 0.4×	397 1.3×	36	2.2k
Cinzia Garuti Italy	22	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.9×	120 0.3×	222 0.7×	33	2.5k
Ahmad Hanif United States	7	815 0.4×	512 0.3×	440 0.5×	112 0.3×	200 0.6×	10	1.2k
Abas H. Laftah United Kingdom	12	738 0.4×	443 0.3×	520 0.6×	82 0.2×	493 1.6×	21	1.4k
Zoubida Karim France	31	578 0.3×	368 0.2×	451 0.6×	233 0.6×	1.3k 4.2×	70	2.3k
Therese L. Murphy Australia	13	942 0.5×	551 0.3×	811 1.0×	90 0.2×	190 0.6×	21	1.4k
A. Victor Hoffbrand United Kingdom	30	1.2k 0.6×	990 0.6×	147 0.2×	107 0.3×	666 2.1×	81	2.5k

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Pettinato, Mariateresa, Shuling Guo, Valeria Mannella, et al.. (2025). Targeting the Liver Serine Protease TMPRSS6 Ameliorates Steatosis and Attenuates Fibrosis in Experimental MASLD. Liver International. 45(7). e70163–e70163. 1 indexed citations

Silvestri, Laura, et al.. (2023). Managing the Dual Nature of Iron to Preserve Health. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 3995–3995. 22 indexed citations

Lidonnici, Maria Rosa, Mariam Aghajan, Mariateresa Pettinato, et al.. (2023). A single approach to targeting transferrin receptor 2 corrects iron and erythropoietic defects in murine models of anemia of inflammation and chronic kidney disease. Kidney International. 104(1). 61–73. 15 indexed citations

Pettinato, Mariateresa, Silvia Colucci, Andrea U. Steinbicker, et al.. (2023). FKBP12 inhibits hepcidin expression by modulating BMP receptors interaction and ligand responsiveness in hepatocytes. American Journal of Hematology. 98(8). 1223–1235. 7 indexed citations

Camaschella, Clara, Alessia Pagani, Laura Silvestri, & Antonella Nai. (2022). The mutual crosstalk between iron and erythropoiesis. International Journal of Hematology. 116(2). 182–191. 13 indexed citations

Lidonnici, Maria Rosa, Mariam Aghajan, Mariateresa Pettinato, et al.. (2021). Rebalancing Iron Homeostasis and Erythropoiesis through Tfr2 Inhibition for Correction of Anemia in CKD. Blood. 138(Supplement 1). 940–940. 2 indexed citations

Camaschella, Clara, Antonella Nai, & Laura Silvestri. (2020). Iron metabolism and iron disorders revisited in the hepcidin era. Haematologica. 105(2). 260–272. 433 indexed citations breakdown →

Nai, Antonella, Maria Rosa Lidonnici, Giorgia Federico, et al.. (2020). NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy in macrophages is crucial to sustain erythropoiesis in mice. Haematologica. 106(3). 795–805. 59 indexed citations

Silvestri, Laura, et al.. (2019). Hepcidin and the BMP-SMAD pathway: An unexpected liaison. Vitamins and hormones. 110. 71–99. 92 indexed citations

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Nai, Antonella, Mariateresa Pettinato, Alessia Pagani, et al.. (2017). Transient Reduction of Transferrin Saturation Contributes to Hepcidin Inhibition Independently of Erfe in Mice Treated with Erythropoietin. Blood. 130. 174–174. 1 indexed citations

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Nai, Antonella, Maria Rosa Lidonnici, Giorgia Federico, et al.. (2017). The Macrophage Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 4 Counteracts Iron-Deficiency Anemia. Blood. 130. 224–224. 1 indexed citations

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Rausa, Marco, Alessia Pagani, Antonella Nai, et al.. (2015). Bmp6 Expression in Murine Liver Non Parenchymal Cells: A Mechanism to Control their High Iron Exporter Activity and Protect Hepatocytes from Iron Overload?. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122696–e0122696. 57 indexed citations

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Pagani, Alessia, Antonella Nai, Marco Rausa, et al.. (2015). Regulation of cell surface transferrin receptor-2 by iron-dependent cleavage and release of a soluble form. Haematologica. 100(4). 458–465. 42 indexed citations

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Silvestri, Laura, Antonella Nai, Alessia Pagani, & Clara Camaschella. (2014). The extrahepatic role of TFR2 in iron homeostasis. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 5. 93–93. 34 indexed citations

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Nai, Antonella, Rosa Maria Pellegrino, Marco Rausa, et al.. (2014). The erythroid function of transferrin receptor 2 revealed by Tmprss6 inactivation in different models of transferrin receptor 2 knockout mice. Haematologica. 99(6). 1016–1021. 28 indexed citations

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Silvestri, Laura, Marco Rausa, Antonella Nai, Alessia Pagani, & Clara Camaschella. (2013). The Role Of Liver Endothelial Sinusoidal Cells In Iron-Mediated Bmp6 Regulation. Blood. 122(21). 177–177. 2 indexed citations

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Nai, Antonella, Alessia Pagani, Giacomo Mandelli, et al.. (2012). Deletion of TMPRSS6 attenuates the phenotype in a mouse model of β-thalassemia. Blood. 119(21). 5021–5029. 131 indexed citations

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Falco, Luigia De, Antonella Nai, Alessia Pagani, et al.. (2010). Novel TMPRSS6 mutations associated with iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA). Human Mutation. 31(5). E1390–E1405. 52 indexed citations

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Pagani, Alessia, Laura Silvestri, Antonella Nai, & Clara Camaschella. (2008). Hemojuvelin N-terminal mutants reach the plasma membrane but do not activate the hepcidin response. Haematologica. 93(10). 1466–1472. 21 indexed citations

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Eva, Carola, Paolo Mele, Devis Collura, et al.. (2007). Modulation of neuropeptide Y and Y₁ receptor expression in the amygdala by fluctuations in the brain content of neuroactive steroids during ethanol drinking discontinuation in Y₁R/LacZ transgenic mice. Journal of Neurochemistry. 104(4). 1043–1054. 14 indexed citations

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