Denisa Baci

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Denisa Baci is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Denisa Baci has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Denisa Baci's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers), Immune cells in cancer (6 papers) and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (5 papers). Denisa Baci is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers), Immune cells in cancer (6 papers) and Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism (5 papers). Denisa Baci collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Israel and France. Denisa Baci's co-authors include Lorenzo Mortara, Antonino Bruno, Douglas M. Noonan, Adriana Albini, Barbara Bassani, Matteo Gallazzi, Elisabetta Gini, Giampietro Farronato, Matteo Fanuli and Roberto Rizzi and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, PLoS ONE and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Denisa Baci

38 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Macrophage Polarization in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases: Killers or Builders?

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Denisa Baci Italy	22	691	639	370	358	309	40	2.0k
Wei Han China	21	903 1.3×	530 0.8×	293 0.8×	435 1.2×	197 0.6×	80	2.1k
Zhu Huang China	24	740 1.1×	679 1.1×	699 1.9×	316 0.9×	274 0.9×	86	2.1k
Qiong Jiang China	13	795 1.2×	868 1.4×	338 0.9×	156 0.4×	134 0.4×	31	2.1k
Siyoung Yang South Korea	26	1.0k 1.5×	581 0.9×	297 0.8×	151 0.4×	219 0.7×	70	2.7k
Zhen Huang China	27	1.2k 1.7×	671 1.1×	424 1.1×	351 1.0×	165 0.5×	73	2.5k
Kang Liu China	25	1.3k 1.9×	555 0.9×	331 0.9×	147 0.4×	229 0.7×	89	2.3k
Meng Cao China	21	947 1.4×	511 0.8×	349 0.9×	184 0.5×	113 0.4×	103	2.0k
Bin Shao China	27	878 1.3×	424 0.7×	369 1.0×	174 0.5×	111 0.4×	82	1.9k
Yi He China	25	707 1.0×	486 0.8×	187 0.5×	120 0.3×	234 0.8×	88	1.9k
Hao Peng China	30	1.2k 1.7×	264 0.4×	273 0.7×	234 0.7×	397 1.3×	126	2.7k

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Zaccagnini, Germana, Denisa Baci, Spyros Tastsoglou, et al.. (2025). miR-210 overexpression increases pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis. Non-coding RNA Research. 12. 20–33. 1 indexed citations

Gallo, Daniela, Eliana Piantanida, R Bombelli, et al.. (2025). Natural Killer Cells in Graves’ Disease: Increased Frequency but Impaired Degranulation Ability Compared to Healthy Controls. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(3). 977–977.

Albini, Adriana, Luisa Di Paola, Giampiero Mei, et al.. (2025). Inflammation and cancer cell survival: TRAF2 as a key player. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 292–292. 7 indexed citations

Gallo, Daniela, Denisa Baci, Nataša Kuštrimović, et al.. (2023). How Does Vitamin D Affect Immune Cells Crosstalk in Autoimmune Diseases?. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4689–4689. 32 indexed citations

Baci, Denisa, et al.. (2022). Host-Related Factors as Targetable Drivers of Immunotherapy Response in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 914890–914890. 7 indexed citations

Cardinali, Beatrice, Claudia Provenzano, Christine Voellenkle, et al.. (2021). Time-controlled and muscle-specific CRISPR/Cas9-mediated deletion of CTG-repeat expansion in the DMPK gene. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 27. 184–199. 13 indexed citations

Sansone, Clementina, Antonino Bruno, Denisa Baci, et al.. (2021). Natural Compounds of Marine Origin as Inducers of Immunogenic Cell Death (ICD): Potential Role for Cancer Interception and Therapy. Cells. 10(2). 231–231. 37 indexed citations

Baci, Denisa, et al.. (2021). In vitro angiogenesis inhibition with selective compounds targeting the key glycolytic enzyme PFKFB3. Pharmacological Research. 168. 105592–105592. 19 indexed citations

Gallazzi, Matteo, Denisa Baci, Lorenzo Mortara, et al.. (2021). Prostate Cancer Peripheral Blood NK Cells Show Enhanced CD9, CD49a, CXCR4, CXCL8, MMP-9 Production and Secrete Monocyte-Recruiting and Polarizing Factors. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 586126–586126. 55 indexed citations

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Baci, Denisa, et al.. (2020). Innate Immunity Effector Cells as Inflammatory Drivers of Cardiac Fibrosis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(19). 7165–7165. 47 indexed citations

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Baci, Denisa, Maila Chirivì, Valentina Pace, et al.. (2020). Extracellular Vesicles from Skeletal Muscle Cells Efficiently Promote Myogenesis in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Cells. 9(6). 1527–1527. 19 indexed citations

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Baci, Denisa, Annalisa Bosi, Matteo Gallazzi, et al.. (2020). The Ovarian Cancer Tumor Immune Microenvironment (TIME) as Target for Therapy: A Focus on Innate Immunity Cells as Therapeutic Effectors. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(9). 3125–3125. 93 indexed citations

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Bruno, Valentina, Giacomo Corrado, Denisa Baci, et al.. (2020). Endometrial Cancer Immune Escape Mechanisms: Let Us Learn From the Fetal–Maternal Interface. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 156–156. 30 indexed citations

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Bassani, Barbara, Denisa Baci, Matteo Gallazzi, et al.. (2019). Natural Killer Cells as Key Players of Tumor Progression and Angiogenesis: Old and Novel Tools to Divert Their Pro-Tumor Activities into Potent Anti-Tumor Effects. Cancers. 11(4). 461–461. 115 indexed citations

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Acquati, Francesco, Lorenzo Mortara, Denisa Baci, et al.. (2019). Innate Immune Response Regulation by the Human RNASET2 Tumor Suppressor Gene. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 2587–2587. 21 indexed citations

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Bruno, Antonino, Lorenzo Mortara, Denisa Baci, Douglas M. Noonan, & Adriana Albini. (2019). Myeloid Derived Suppressor Cells Interactions With Natural Killer Cells and Pro-angiogenic Activities: Roles in Tumor Progression. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 771–771. 157 indexed citations

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Baci, Denisa, Antonino Bruno, Barbara Bassani, et al.. (2018). Acetyl- l -carnitine is an anti-angiogenic agent targeting the VEGFR2 and CXCR4 pathways. Cancer Letters. 429. 100–116. 32 indexed citations

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Nuti, Elisa, Barbara Bassani, Caterina Camodeca, et al.. (2017). Synthesis and antiangiogenic activity study of new hop chalcone Xanthohumol analogues. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 138. 890–899. 28 indexed citations

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Bearzi, Claudia, Cesare Gargioli, Denisa Baci, et al.. (2014). PlGF–MMP9-engineered iPS cells supported on a PEG–fibrinogen hydrogel scaffold possess an enhanced capacity to repair damaged myocardium. Cell Death and Disease. 5(2). e1053–e1053. 48 indexed citations

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Rainero, Innocenzo, Elisa Rubino, Eugenia Rota, et al.. (2009). Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Genes Influence the Clinical Features of Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 27(6). 543–547. 13 indexed citations

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