Daniela Melillo

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Daniela Melillo is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniela Melillo has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Immunology, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Daniela Melillo's work include Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (8 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (5 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (4 papers). Daniela Melillo is often cited by papers focused on Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms (8 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (5 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (4 papers). Daniela Melillo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Daniela Melillo's co-authors include Paola Italiani, Diana Boraschi, Rita Marino, Maria Rosaria Pinto, Rosaria De Santis, John D. Lambris, Stefano Giacomelli, Gary W. Litman, Paola Migliorini and Ivana Zucchetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Daniela Melillo

21 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Guidelines for the Care and Welfare of Cephalopods in Research –A consensus based on an initiative by CephRes, FELASA and the Boyd Group

2015 248 citations Graziano Fiorito, Andrea Affuso et al. Laboratory Animals profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniela Melillo Italy	15	415	241	216	168	157	21	1.1k
Magda de Eguileor Italy	27	541 1.3×	183 0.8×	776 3.6×	87 0.5×	212 1.4×	118	2.3k
Annalisa Grimaldi Italy	29	561 1.4×	162 0.7×	847 3.9×	88 0.5×	132 0.8×	130	2.6k
Roberto Valvassori Italy	19	130 0.3×	104 0.4×	167 0.8×	56 0.3×	150 1.0×	60	818
A Pulsford United Kingdom	22	636 1.5×	154 0.6×	165 0.8×	146 0.9×	298 1.9×	46	1.3k
Arnaud Lacoste France	15	482 1.2×	59 0.2×	407 1.9×	538 3.2×	298 1.9×	19	1.4k
Shawichi Iwamuro Japan	24	597 1.4×	38 0.2×	697 3.2×	197 1.2×	95 0.6×	54	1.6k
Michio Morita United States	21	257 0.6×	266 1.1×	668 3.1×	328 2.0×	49 0.3×	46	1.2k
Magdalena Chadzińska Poland	26	1.2k 2.8×	123 0.5×	204 0.9×	45 0.3×	302 1.9×	91	2.0k
Valeria Maselli Italy	22	29 0.1×	170 0.7×	293 1.4×	94 0.6×	237 1.5×	48	1.0k
László Hiripi Hungary	25	104 0.3×	131 0.5×	912 4.2×	48 0.3×	138 0.9×	97	1.8k

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Marino, Rita, Daniela Melillo, Paola Italiani, & Diana Boraschi. (2023). Environmental stress and nanoplastics’ effects on Ciona robusta: regulation of immune/stress-related genes and induction of innate memory in pharynx and gut. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1176982–1176982. 8 indexed citations

Auguste, Manon, Daniela Melillo, Annunziata Corteggio, et al.. (2022). Methodological Approaches To Assess Innate Immunity and Innate Memory in Marine Invertebrates and Humans. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 842469–842469. 6 indexed citations

Valsesia, Andrea, Jérémie Parot, Jessica Ponti, et al.. (2021). Detection, counting and characterization of nanoplastics in marine bioindicators: a proof of principle study. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 1(1). 39 indexed citations

Aprile, Marianna, Daniela Melillo, Sophie Giorgetti‐Peraldi, et al.. (2021). TNFα Mediates Inflammation-Induced Effects on PPARG Splicing in Adipose Tissue and Mesenchymal Precursor Cells. Cells. 11(1). 42–42. 12 indexed citations

Italiani, Paola, Ettore Mosca, Giacomo Della Camera, et al.. (2020). Profiling the Course of Resolving vs. Persistent Inflammation in Human Monocytes: The Role of IL-1 Family Molecules. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 1426–1426. 19 indexed citations

Melillo, Daniela, Rita Marino, Giacomo Della Camera, Paola Italiani, & Diana Boraschi. (2019). Assessing Immunological Memory in the Solitary Ascidian Ciona robusta. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 1977–1977. 7 indexed citations

Italiani, Paola, Maria Laura Manca, Daniela Melillo, et al.. (2018). IL-1 family cytokines and soluble receptors in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 20(1). 27–27. 58 indexed citations

Melillo, Daniela, Rita Marino, Paola Italiani, & Diana Boraschi. (2018). Innate Immune Memory in Invertebrate Metazoans: A Critical Appraisal. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 1915–1915. 138 indexed citations

Italiani, Paola, Ilaria Puxeddu, Emanuele Scala, et al.. (2018). Circulating levels of IL-1 family cytokines and receptors in Alzheimer’s disease: new markers of disease progression?. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 15(1). 116 indexed citations

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Zucchetti, Ivana, Daniela Melillo, Yoshimi Shibata, et al.. (2017). Chitin protects gut epithelial barrier in a protochordate model of DSS-induced colitis. Biology Open. 7(1). 16 indexed citations

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Melillo, Daniela, Stefano Giacomelli, Luca Bargelloni, et al.. (2015). Evolution of the complement system C3 gene in Antarctic teleosts. Molecular Immunology. 66(2). 299–309. 9 indexed citations

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Fiorito, Graziano, Andrea Affuso, Jennifer Basil, et al.. (2015). Guidelines for the Care and Welfare of Cephalopods in Research –A consensus based on an initiative by CephRes, FELASA and the Boyd Group. Laboratory Animals. 49(2_suppl). 1–90. 248 indexed citations breakdown →

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Melillo, Daniela, Ivana Zucchetti, Larry J. Dishaw, et al.. (2014). Expression of Ciona intestinalis Variable Region-Containing Chitin-Binding Proteins during Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Their Role in Host-Microbe Interactions. PLoS ONE. 9(5). e94984–e94984. 20 indexed citations

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Dishaw, Larry J., Simon Lax, Brittany A. Leigh, et al.. (2014). The Gut of Geographically Disparate Ciona intestinalis Harbors a Core Microbiota. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e93386–e93386. 97 indexed citations

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Giacomelli, Stefano, Daniela Melillo, John D. Lambris, & Maria Rosaria Pinto. (2012). Immune competence of the Ciona intestinalis pharynx: Complement system-mediated activity. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 33(4). 946–952. 30 indexed citations

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Dishaw, Larry J., M. Gail Mueller, Daniela Melillo, et al.. (2012). A Basal Chordate Model for Studies of Gut Microbial Immune Interactions. Frontiers in Immunology. 3. 96–96. 30 indexed citations

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Dishaw, Larry J., Stefano Giacomelli, Daniela Melillo, et al.. (2011). A role for variable region-containing chitin-binding proteins (VCBPs) in host gut–bacteria interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(40). 16747–16752. 65 indexed citations

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Pinto, Maria Rosaria, Daniela Melillo, Stefano Giacomelli, Georgia Sfyroera, & John D. Lambris. (2007). Ancient Origin of the Complement System: Emerging Invertebrate Models. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 598. 372–388. 44 indexed citations

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Marino, Rita, Daniela Melillo, Miriam Di Filippo, et al.. (2007). Ammonium channel expression is essential for brain development and function in the larva of Ciona intestinalis. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 503(1). 135–147. 13 indexed citations

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Pinto, Maria Rosaria, Cinzia Maria Chinnici, Yuko Kimura, et al.. (2003). CiC3-1a-Mediated Chemotaxis in the Deuterostome Invertebrate Ciona intestinalis (Urochordata). The Journal of Immunology. 171(10). 5521–5528. 72 indexed citations

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