Antonello Covacci

13.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
66 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Antonello Covacci is a scholar working on Surgery, Immunology and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Antonello Covacci has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Surgery, 33 papers in Immunology and 21 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Antonello Covacci's work include Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (38 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (29 papers) and Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases (21 papers). Antonello Covacci is often cited by papers focused on Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (38 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (29 papers) and Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases (21 papers). Antonello Covacci collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Antonello Covacci's co-authors include Rino Rappuoli, Stefano Censini, Markus Stein, Jean E. Crabtree, Z Xiang, John L. Telford, P Ghiara, Mark Borodovsky, Giuseppe Del Giudice and Julie Parsonnet and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Antonello Covacci

65 papers receiving 10.0k 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.

cag , a pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori, encodes type I-specific and disease-associated virulence factors

1996 1.6k citations Stefano Censini, Rino Rappuoli et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Helicobacter pylori Adhesin Binding Fucosylated Histo-Blood Group Antigens Revealed by Retagging

1998 931 citations Douglas E. Berg, Antonello Covacci et al. Science profile →
Helicobacter pylori Virulence and Genetic Geography

1999 878 citations Antonello Covacci, Rino Rappuoli et al. Science profile →
Disruption of the Epithelial Apical-Junctional Complex by Helicobacter pylori CagA

2003 605 citations Manuel R. Amieva, Roger Vogelmann et al. Science profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) subverts the apoptosis-stimulating protein of p53 (ASPP2) tumor suppressor pathway of the host 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Ludovico Buti, Eric Spooner, Annemarthe G. van der Veen, Rino Rappuoli, Antonello Covacci, Hidde L. Ploegh	190
2	Visualizing bacterial surfaces in real time 2009 ·Microbial Biotechnology ·Antonello Covacci, Rino Rappuoli	0
3	Streptococcus pneumoniaeContains 3rlrAPilus Variants That Are Clonally Related 2008 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Monica Moschioni, Claudio Donati, Alessandro Muzzi, Vega Masignani, Stefano Censini, William P. Hanage, Cynthia Bishop, Joice Neves Reis, Staffan Normark, Birgitta Henriques‐Normark, Antonello Covacci, Rino Rappuoli, Michèle A. Barocchi	86
4	Coxsackie B4 virus infection of β cells and natural killer cell insulitis in recent-onset type 1 diabetic patients 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Francesco Dotta, Stefano Censini, Astrid G. S. van Halteren, Lorella Marselli, Matilde Masini, Sabrina Dionisi, Franco Mosca, Ugo Boggi, Andrea Onetti Muda, Stefano Del Prato, John F. Elliott, Antonello Covacci, Rino Rappuoli, Bart O. Roep, Piero Marchetti	419
5	A pneumococcal pilus influences virulence and host inflammatory responses 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michèle A. Barocchi, (unknown), Xhavit Zogaj, Carolyn Hemsley, Barbara Albiger, (unknown), Sofia Dahlberg, Josefin Fernebro, Monica Moschioni, Vega Masignani, Kjell Hultenby, Anna Rita Taddei, Thomas Beiter, Florian Wartha, Anne von Euler, Antonello Covacci, David W. Holden, Staffan Normark, Rino Rappuoli, Birgitta Henriques‐Normark	350
6	Microbial genomes and vaccine design: refinements to the classical reverse vaccinology approach 2006 ·Current Opinion in Microbiology ·Marirosa Mora, Claudio Donati, Duccio Medini, Antonello Covacci, Rino Rappuoli	68
7	Streptococcus pneumoniae induces mast cell degranulation 2006 ·International Journal of Medical Microbiology ·Giovanna Barbuti, Monica Moschioni, Stefano Censini, Antonello Covacci, Carlomaurizio Montecucco, P. Montemurro	17
8	Helicobacter pylori CagA induces a transition from polarized to invasive phenotypes in MDCK cells 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Fábio Bagnoli, Ludovico Buti, Lucy S. Tompkins, Antonello Covacci, Manuel R. Amieva	206
9	Cloning, expression, purification, and characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae IgA1 protease 2005 ·Protein Expression and Purification ·(unknown), Maurilia Marcacci, Federica Dal Molin, Monica Moschioni, Stefano Censini, Antonello Covacci, Aldo Baritussio, Cesare Montecucco, Fiorella Tonello	15
10	LuxS Is Required for Persistent Pneumococcal Carriage and Expression of Virulence and Biosynthesis Genes 2004 ·Infection and Immunity ·Elizabeth A. Joyce, (unknown), Stefano Censini, Charles C. Kim, Antonello Covacci, Stanley Falkow	57
11	Disruption of the Epithelial Apical-Junctional Complex by Helicobacter pylori CagA breakdown → 2003 ·Science ·Manuel R. Amieva, Roger Vogelmann, Antonello Covacci, Lucy S. Tompkins, W. James Nelson, Stanley Falkow	605
12	A human short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase gene: structure, chromosomal localization, tissue expression and subcellular localization of its product 2002 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression ·Silvia Pellegrini, Stefano Censini, Silvia Guidotti, Paola Iacopetti, Mariano Rocchi, Marco E. Bianchi, Antonello Covacci, Franco Gabrielli	19
13	Helicobacter pylori Activates Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Cascades and Induces Expression of the Proto-oncogenes c-fos and c-jun 2000 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Tobias Meyer‐ter‐Vehn, Antonello Covacci, Manfred Kist, Heike L. Pahl	214
14	Helicobacter pylori pathogenicity 2000 ·European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology ·Antonello Covacci, (unknown), P. Sipponen	1
15	Tyrosine-Phosphorylated Bacterial Proteins 2000 ·The Journal of Experimental Medicine ·Antonello Covacci, Rino Rappuoli	147
16	Immune response to a recombinant fragment of the CagA protein of Helicobacter pylori in blood donors and patients with gastric cancer: relation to ABO(H) blood group phenotype, stage of the disease and tumor morphology 1999 ·Medical Microbiology and Immunology ·Kersti Klaamas, Oleg Kurtenkov, Antonello Covacci, (unknown), Torkel Wadström	9
17	Activation of Activator Protein 1 and Stress Response Kinases in Epithelial Cells Colonized by Helicobacter pylori Encoding the cag Pathogenicity Island 1999 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Michael Naumann, Silja Weßler, Cornelia Bartsch, Björn Wieland, Antonello Covacci, Rainer Haas, Thomas F. Meyer	140
18	CagA protein seropositivity in a random sample of adult population and gastric cancer patients in Estonia 1998 ·European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology ·Tamara Vorobjova, Ingrid Nilsson, (unknown), (unknown), Antonello Covacci, (unknown), Raivo Uibo	26
19	Helicobacter pylori: molecular evolution of a bacterial quasi-species 1998 ·Current Opinion in Microbiology ·Antonello Covacci, Rino Rappuoli	46
20	Did the inheritance of a pathogenicity island modify the virulence of Helicobacter pylori? 1997 ·Trends in Microbiology ·Antonello Covacci, Stanley Falkow, Douglas E. Berg, Rino Rappuoli	118

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