Caterina Mele

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Caterina Mele is a scholar working on Immunology, Hematology and Nephrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Caterina Mele has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Immunology, 17 papers in Hematology and 16 papers in Nephrology. Recurrent topics in Caterina Mele's work include Complement system in diseases (22 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (15 papers) and Blood groups and transfusion (11 papers). Caterina Mele is often cited by papers focused on Complement system in diseases (22 papers), Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (15 papers) and Blood groups and transfusion (11 papers). Caterina Mele collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Caterina Mele's co-authors include Giuseppe Remuzzi, Marina Noris, Elena Bresin, Linda Cassis, Sara Gamba, David Kavanagh, Ariela Benigni, Jessica Caprioli, Matteo Breno and Simona Brioschi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Blood and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Caterina Mele

31 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Genetics of HUS: the impact of MCP, CFH, and IF mutations on clinical presentation, response to treatment, and outcome

2006 531 citations Marina Noris, Caterina Mele et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Caterina Mele Italy	17	1.2k	905	473	276	270	32	1.7k
Sara Gastoldi Italy	15	962 0.8×	625 0.7×	410 0.9×	118 0.4×	195 0.7×	32	1.3k
Jennifer L. McRae Australia	18	598 0.5×	280 0.3×	183 0.4×	159 0.6×	67 0.2×	27	983
Visalam Chandrasekaran United States	11	1.1k 0.9×	458 0.5×	1.1k 2.3×	125 0.5×	570 2.1×	13	1.7k
Dorottya Csuka Hungary	23	727 0.6×	227 0.3×	492 1.0×	177 0.6×	977 3.6×	95	1.6k
Edward L. Amorosi United States	15	765 0.6×	385 0.4×	664 1.4×	132 0.5×	399 1.5×	27	1.6k
Hisakazu Nishimori Japan	14	525 0.4×	157 0.2×	326 0.7×	105 0.4×	161 0.6×	82	961
Hirohito Yamazaki Japan	21	692 0.6×	163 0.2×	1.0k 2.1×	79 0.3×	240 0.9×	95	1.4k
Julian R. Pratt United Kingdom	16	894 0.7×	327 0.4×	142 0.3×	209 0.8×	96 0.4×	23	1.5k
Nicole Schlagwein Netherlands	12	753 0.6×	398 0.4×	195 0.4×	170 0.6×	59 0.2×	23	1.1k
Beatrijs Oortwijn Netherlands	15	536 0.4×	553 0.6×	493 1.0×	154 0.6×	163 0.6×	17	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Caterina Mele

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Maritati, Federica, Valeria Corradetti, Claudia Bini, et al.. (2024). “Eculizumab First” in the Management of Posttransplant Thrombotic Microangiopathy. Kidney International Reports. 9(4). 982–993. 7 indexed citations

Aiello, Sistiana, Sara Gastoldi, Elena Bresin, et al.. (2024). Exuberant Endothelial C5b-9 Formation in Recurrent and De Novo Posttransplant Thrombotic Microangiopathy. Kidney International Reports. 9(11). 3318–3323.

Piras, Rossella, Elisabetta Valoti, Marta Alberti, et al.. (2023). CFH and CFHR structural variants in atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: Prevalence, genomic characterization and impact on outcome. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 1011580–1011580. 9 indexed citations

Valoti, Elisabetta, Rossella Piras, Caterina Mele, et al.. (2022). <b><i>Mycoplasma pneumoniae</i></b> Infection Associated with Anti-Factor H Autoantibodies in Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 146(6). 593–598. 2 indexed citations

Gastoldi, Sara, et al.. (2022). Case Report: Tackling Complement Hyperactivation With Eculizumab in Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Triggered by COVID-19. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 13. 842473–842473. 7 indexed citations

Piras, Rossella, Matteo Breno, Elisabetta Valoti, et al.. (2021). CFH and CFHR Copy Number Variations in C3 Glomerulopathy and Immune Complex-Mediated Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis. Frontiers in Genetics. 12. 670727–670727. 16 indexed citations

Manenti, Lucio, Giovanni Maria Rossi, Isabella Pisani, et al.. (2021). IgA nephropathy and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome: a case series and a literature review. Journal of Nephrology. 35(4). 1091–1100. 1 indexed citations

Longaretti, Lorena, Piera Trionfini, Valerio Brizi, et al.. (2021). Unravelling the Role of PAX2 Mutation in Human Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Biomedicines. 9(12). 1808–1808. 5 indexed citations

Piras, Rossella, Paraskevas Iatropoulos, Elena Bresin, et al.. (2020). Molecular Studies and an ex vivo Complement Assay on Endothelium Highlight the Genetic Complexity of Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: The Case of a Pedigree With a Null CD46 Variant. Frontiers in Medicine. 7. 579418–579418. 9 indexed citations

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Busutti, Marco, Francesca Diomedi‐Camassei, Roberta Donadelli, et al.. (2020). Efficacy of Eculizumab in Coexisting Complement C3 Glomerulopathy and Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Kidney International Reports. 6(2). 534–537. 10 indexed citations

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Valoti, Elisabetta, Marta Alberti, Matteo Breno, et al.. (2019). Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in an Infant with Primary Hyperoxaluria Type II: An Unreported Clinical Association. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 142(3). 264–270. 2 indexed citations

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Galbusera, Miriam, Marina Noris, Sara Gastoldi, et al.. (2019). An Ex Vivo Test of Complement Activation on Endothelium for Individualized Eculizumab Therapy in Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 74(1). 56–72. 65 indexed citations

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Valoti, Elisabetta, Marta Alberti, Paraskevas Iatropoulos, et al.. (2019). Rare Functional Variants in Complement Genes and Anti-FH Autoantibodies-Associated aHUS. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 853–853. 29 indexed citations

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Aiello, Sistiana, Lorena Longaretti, Silvia Faravelli, et al.. (2017). Extracellular vesicles derived from T regulatory cells suppress T cell proliferation and prolong allograft survival. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11518–11518. 100 indexed citations

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Perico, Luca, Marina Morigi, Cinzia Rota, et al.. (2017). Human mesenchymal stromal cells transplanted into mice stimulate renal tubular cells and enhance mitochondrial function. Nature Communications. 8(1). 983–983. 119 indexed citations

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Iatropoulos, Paraskevas, Marina Noris, Caterina Mele, et al.. (2016). Complement gene variants determine the risk of immunoglobulin-associated MPGN and C3 glomerulopathy and predict long-term renal outcome. Molecular Immunology. 71. 131–142. 115 indexed citations

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Noris, Marina, Elena Bresin, Caterina Mele, & Giuseppe Remuzzi. (2016). Genetic Atypical Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 14 indexed citations

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Noris, Marina, Caterina Mele, & Giuseppe Remuzzi. (2015). Podocyte dysfunction in atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 11(4). 245–252. 38 indexed citations

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Mele, Caterina, Mathieu Lemaire, Paraskevas Iatropoulos, et al.. (2015). Characterization of a New DGKE Intronic Mutation in Genetically Unsolved Cases of Familial Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 10(6). 1011–1019. 37 indexed citations

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Iatropoulos, Paraskevas, Erica Daina, Caterina Mele, et al.. (2012). Discordant phenotype in monozygotic twins with renal coloboma syndrome and a PAX2 mutation. Pediatric Nephrology. 27(10). 1989–1993. 19 indexed citations

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