Barbara Bellei

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Barbara Bellei is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara Bellei has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Cell Biology, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Barbara Bellei's work include melanin and skin pigmentation (33 papers), Skin Protection and Aging (16 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (8 papers). Barbara Bellei is often cited by papers focused on melanin and skin pigmentation (33 papers), Skin Protection and Aging (16 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (8 papers). Barbara Bellei collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Malaysia and France. Barbara Bellei's co-authors include Mauro Picardo, Federica Papaccio, Silvia Caputo, Emilia Migliano, Enrica Flori, Daniela Kovacs, Angela Pitisci, Andrea D’Arino, Vittoria Maresca and Carlo Cota and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Barbara Bellei

61 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Focus on the Contribution of Oxidative Stress in Skin Aging

2022 197 citations Federica Papaccio, Silvia Caputo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbara Bellei Italy	26	974	709	642	274	254	65	1.9k
Muriel Cario France	27	907 0.9×	626 0.9×	575 0.9×	230 0.8×	349 1.4×	71	1.8k
Minao Furumura Japan	28	910 0.9×	534 0.8×	640 1.0×	462 1.7×	181 0.7×	71	2.1k
Yoko Funasaka Japan	23	903 0.9×	617 0.9×	618 1.0×	342 1.2×	235 0.9×	51	1.8k
Aie Xu China	22	944 1.0×	590 0.8×	356 0.6×	237 0.9×	412 1.6×	130	1.6k
Enrica Flori Italy	25	716 0.7×	683 1.0×	499 0.8×	313 1.1×	146 0.6×	45	1.5k
Akira Hachiya Japan	25	793 0.8×	741 1.0×	559 0.9×	228 0.8×	141 0.6×	56	1.7k
Viki B. Swope United States	27	1.5k 1.6×	1.0k 1.4×	590 0.9×	624 2.3×	278 1.1×	45	2.3k
Victoria M. Virador United States	19	1.0k 1.1×	448 0.6×	587 0.9×	539 2.0×	81 0.3×	27	1.9k
Roser Buscà France	25	1.8k 1.9×	550 0.8×	1.4k 2.2×	869 3.2×	351 1.4×	31	3.0k
Hans Törmä Sweden	28	792 0.8×	754 1.1×	1.3k 2.1×	53 0.2×	292 1.1×	95	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Barbara Bellei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barbara Bellei

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20 of 20 papers shown

Paganelli, Alessia, Federica Papaccio, Mauro Picardo, & Barbara Bellei. (2025). Metabolic anomalies in vitiligo: a new frontier for drug repurposing strategies. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 16. 1546836–1546836. 2 indexed citations

Sénéschal, Julien, Jung Min Bae, Khaled Ezzedine, et al.. (2025). Vitiligo. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 11(1). 85–85. 1 indexed citations

Bellei, Barbara, et al.. (2024). The Keratinocyte in the Picture Cutaneous Melanoma Microenvironment. Cancers. 16(5). 913–913. 7 indexed citations

Andreani, Marco, Feliciana Mariotti, Franco Locatelli, et al.. (2024). HLA alleles associated to susceptibility to gliptin‐associated bullous pemphigoid in Italian patients. HLA. 104(2). e15616–e15616. 2 indexed citations

Russo, Filomena, Feliciana Mariotti, Federica Papaccio, et al.. (2024). The possible and intriguing relationship between bullous pemphigoid and melanoma: speculations on significance and clinical relevance. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 4 indexed citations

Liguoro, Domenico, Andrea Sacconi, Mario Acunzo, et al.. (2024). The MITF/mir-579-3p regulatory axis dictates BRAF-mutated melanoma cell fate in response to MAPK inhibitors. Cell Death and Disease. 15(3). 208–208. 5 indexed citations

Cardinali, Giorgia, Daniela Kovacs, Barbara Bellei, et al.. (2023). The αMSH-Dependent PI3K Pathway Supports Energy Metabolism, via Glucose Uptake, in Melanoma Cells. Cells. 12(7). 1099–1099. 1 indexed citations

Annovazzi, Alessio, Federica Vinci, M Tedesco, et al.. (2023). Nonvisualized sentinel node on preoperative lymphoscintigraphy in primary cutaneous melanoma: an 11-year retrospective survey. Nuclear Medicine Communications. 44(5). 345–350.

Papaccio, Federica, Daniela Kovacs, Barbara Bellei, et al.. (2021). Profiling Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts in Melanoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(14). 7255–7255. 47 indexed citations

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Tedesco, M, Barbara Bellei, Valentina Garelli, et al.. (2020). Adipose tissue stromal vascular fraction and adipose tissue stromal vascular fraction plus platelet‐rich plasma grafting: New regenerative perspectives in genital lichen sclerosus. Dermatologic Therapy. 33(6). e14277–e14277. 17 indexed citations

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Bastonini, Emanuela, Barbara Bellei, Angela Filoni, et al.. (2018). Involvement of non‐melanocytic skin cells in vitiligo. Experimental Dermatology. 28(6). 667–673. 47 indexed citations

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Pisanu, Maria Elena, Marcello Maugeri‐Saccà, Luigi Fattore, et al.. (2018). Inhibition of Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 reverts BRAF and MEK inhibition-induced selection of cancer stem cells in BRAF-mutated melanoma. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 37(1). 318–318. 68 indexed citations

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Bellei, Barbara, Emilia Migliano, M Tedesco, et al.. (2018). Adipose tissue-derived extracellular fraction characterization: biological and clinical considerations in regenerative medicine. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 9(1). 207–207. 59 indexed citations

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Amato, Jussara, Elio Pizzo, Luigi Petraccone, et al.. (2013). PNA as a potential modulator of COL7A1 gene expression in dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: a physico-chemical study. Molecular BioSystems. 9(12). 3166–3174. 9 indexed citations

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Maresca, Vittoria, Enrica Flori, Emanuela Camera, et al.. (2012). Linking αMSH with PPARγ in B16‐F10 melanoma. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 26(1). 113–127. 27 indexed citations

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Flori, Enrica, Arianna Mastrofrancesco, Daniela Kovacs, et al.. (2011). 2,4,6‐Octatrienoic acid is a novel promoter of melanogenesis and antioxidant defence in normal human melanocytes via PPAR‐γ activation. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 24(4). 618–630. 46 indexed citations

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Maresca, Vittoria, Enrica Flori, Barbara Bellei, et al.. (2010). MC1R stimulation by α-MSH induces catalase and promotes its re-distribution to the cell periphery and dendrites. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 23(2). 263–275. 32 indexed citations

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Bellei, Barbara, Carlo Cota, A. Amantea, Luca Muscardin, & Mauro Picardo. (2006). Association of p53 Arg72Pro polymorphism andβ-catenin accumulation in mycosis fungoides. British Journal of Dermatology. 155(6). 1223–1229. 10 indexed citations

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Bellei, Barbara, et al.. (1999). Expression of Hepatitis C Virus cDNA in Human Hepatoma Cell Line Mediated by a Hybrid Baculovirus–HCV Vector. Virology. 255(2). 302–311. 41 indexed citations

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Fimia, Gian María, Vanesa Gottifredi, Barbara Bellei, et al.. (1998). The Activity of Differentiation Factors Induces Apoptosis in Polyomavirus Large T-Expressing Myoblasts. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 9(6). 1449–1463. 27 indexed citations

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