Claudio Procaccini

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Claudio Procaccini is a scholar working on Immunology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Claudio Procaccini has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Immunology, 20 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 17 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Claudio Procaccini's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (18 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (18 papers) and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (14 papers). Claudio Procaccini is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (18 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (18 papers) and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (14 papers). Claudio Procaccini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Claudio Procaccini's co-authors include Giuseppe Matarese, Veronica De Rosa, Antonio La Cava, Mario Galgani, Fortunata Carbone, Gaetano Calı̀, Valentina Pucino, Luigi Formisano, Silvia Fontana and Emilio Jirillo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Claudio Procaccini

62 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

A Key Role of Leptin in the Control of Regulatory T Cell Proliferation

2007 522 citations Veronica De Rosa, Claudio Procaccini et al. Immunity profile →
Extracellular vesicles as human therapeutics: A scoping review of the literature

2024 56 citations Clorinda Fusco, Claudio Procaccini et al. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Claudio Procaccini Italy	37	1.9k	1.2k	1.1k	788	709	64	4.7k
Veronica De Rosa Italy	37	2.0k 1.1×	985 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	819 1.0×	840 1.2×	69	4.8k
Yutaka Takahashi Japan	40	590 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	575 0.8×	213	5.6k
Stuart Farrow United Kingdom	36	1.8k 1.0×	2.5k 2.0×	415 0.4×	1.2k 1.5×	962 1.4×	72	6.2k
Mario Galgani Italy	33	1.5k 0.8×	928 0.8×	493 0.5×	412 0.5×	287 0.4×	76	3.3k
Hans Carlsten Sweden	41	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	919 0.9×	883 1.1×	287 0.4×	146	6.1k
Lydia Lynch United States	39	3.0k 1.6×	1.0k 0.8×	1.8k 1.7×	1.4k 1.7×	199 0.3×	74	5.8k
Jaroslaw W. Zmijewski United States	40	1.6k 0.8×	2.1k 1.7×	790 0.7×	618 0.8×	157 0.2×	70	5.1k
Mathias Leblanc United States	27	704 0.4×	2.2k 1.8×	674 0.6×	1.8k 2.3×	1.1k 1.6×	45	5.3k
Harald Esterbauer Austria	41	841 0.5×	2.7k 2.2×	760 0.7×	1.6k 2.0×	229 0.3×	94	5.5k
Shin Takasawa Japan	48	827 0.4×	2.4k 2.0×	540 0.5×	952 1.2×	483 0.7×	173	8.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Claudio Procaccini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Claudio Procaccini

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Mele, Giuseppe, Clorinda Fusco, Kenneth J. Ruggiero, et al.. (2025). Obesity as a Risk Factor for Autoimmune Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Obesity. 34(1). 36–50.

Carbone, Fortunata, Alessandra Colamatteo, Claudia La Rocca, et al.. (2024). Cellular and molecular signaling towards T cell immunological self-tolerance. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(4). 107134–107134. 7 indexed citations

Fusco, Clorinda, Claudio Procaccini, Chiara Frigé, et al.. (2024). Extracellular vesicles as human therapeutics: A scoping review of the literature. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 13(5). e12433–e12433. 56 indexed citations breakdown →

Lepore, Maria Teresa, Sara Bruzzaniti, Claudia La Rocca, et al.. (2024). Deciphering the role of protein kinase A in the control of FoxP3 expression in regulatory T cells in health and autoimmunity. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 17571–17571. 2 indexed citations

Procaccini, Claudio, et al.. (2023). Caloric restriction for the immunometabolic control of human health. Cardiovascular Research. 119(18). 2787–2800. 16 indexed citations

Pacella, Ilenia, Claudio Procaccini, Chiara Focaccetti, et al.. (2018). Fatty acid metabolism complements glycolysis in the selective regulatory T cell expansion during tumor growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(28). E6546–E6555. 253 indexed citations

Franco, Antonietta, Daniela Sorriento, Jessica Gambardella, et al.. (2018). GRK2 moderates the acute mitochondrial damage to ionizing radiation exposure by promoting mitochondrial fission/fusion. Cell Death Discovery. 4(1). 25–25. 37 indexed citations

Iaffaldano, Laura, Carmela Nardelli, Valeria D’Argenio, et al.. (2017). Altered Bioenergetic Profile in Umbilical Cord and Amniotic Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Newborns of Obese Women. Stem Cells and Development. 27(3). 199–206. 20 indexed citations

Matassa, Danilo Swann, Maria Rosaria Amoroso, Haonan Lu, et al.. (2016). Oxidative metabolism drives inflammation-induced platinum resistance in human ovarian cancer. Cell Death and Differentiation. 23(9). 1542–1554. 143 indexed citations

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Procaccini, Claudio, Marianna Santopaolo, Deriggio Faicchia, et al.. (2016). Role of metabolism in neurodegenerative disorders. Metabolism. 65(9). 1376–1390. 183 indexed citations

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Procaccini, Claudio, Claudia La Rocca, Fortunata Carbone, et al.. (2016). Leptin as immune mediator: Interaction between neuroendocrine and immune system. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 66. 120–129. 92 indexed citations

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Rosa, Veronica De, Mario Galgani, Antonio Porcellini, et al.. (2015). Glycolysis controls the induction of human regulatory T cells by modulating the expression of FOXP3 exon 2 splicing variants. Nature Immunology. 16(11). 1174–1184. 304 indexed citations

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Procaccini, Claudio, Fortunata Carbone, Mario Galgani, et al.. (2011). Obesity and susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. Expert Review of Clinical Immunology. 7(3). 287–294. 59 indexed citations

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Procaccini, Claudio, Emilio Jirillo, & Giuseppe Matarese. (2011). Leptin as an immunomodulator. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 33(1). 35–45. 233 indexed citations

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Matarese, Giuseppe, Claudio Procaccini, Veronica De Rosa, Tamás L. Horváth, & Antonio La Cava. (2010). Regulatory T cells in obesity: the leptin connection. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 16(6). 247–256. 152 indexed citations

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Procaccini, Claudio, Mario Galgani, Veronica De Rosa, et al.. (2010). Leptin: The Prototypic Adipocytokine and its Role in NAFLD. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 16(17). 1902–1912. 48 indexed citations

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Fusco, Roberta, Mario Galgani, Claudio Procaccini, et al.. (2010). Cellular and molecular crosstalk between leptin receptor and estrogen receptor-α in breast cancer: molecular basis for a novel therapeutic setting. Endocrine Related Cancer. 17(2). 373–382. 73 indexed citations

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Fabbrocini, Gabriella, Annamaria Kisslinger, Nicoletta Vitale, et al.. (2010). Resveratrol regulates p66Shc activation in HaCaT cells. Experimental Dermatology. 19(10). 895–903. 20 indexed citations

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Carbone, Fortunata, Claudio Procaccini, Veronica De Rosa, et al.. (2010). Divergent immunomodulatory effects of recombinant and urinary-derived FSH, LH, and hCG on human CD4+ T cells. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 85(2). 172–179. 27 indexed citations

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Rosa, Veronica De, Claudio Procaccini, Gaetano Calı̀, et al.. (2007). A Key Role of Leptin in the Control of Regulatory T Cell Proliferation. Immunity. 26(2). 241–255. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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