Elena Brambilla

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Elena Brambilla is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Developmental Neuroscience and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena Brambilla has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 14 papers in Developmental Neuroscience and 13 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Elena Brambilla's work include Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (15 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (14 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers). Elena Brambilla is often cited by papers focused on Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies (15 papers), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (14 papers) and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers). Elena Brambilla collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Elena Brambilla's co-authors include Gianvito Martino, Gıancarlo Comı, Stefano Pluchino, Roberto Furlan, Alessandra Bergami, Giuliana Salani, Stefano Amadio, Ubaldo Del Carro, Angelo L. Vescovi and Angela Gritti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Elena Brambilla

60 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Injection of adult neurospheres induces recovery in a chronic model of multiple sclerosis

2003 838 citations Stefano Pluchino, Angelo Quattrini et al. profile →
Neurosphere-derived multipotent precursors promote neuroprotection by an immunomodulatory mechanism

2005 606 citations Stefano Pluchino, Lucia Zanotti et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elena Brambilla Italy	26	1.7k	1.3k	900	857	841	62	3.8k
Alessandra Bergami Italy	27	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	857 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	519 0.6×	46	4.0k
Patrick Küry Germany	34	916 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	717 0.8×	633 0.7×	277 0.3×	119	3.2k
Khalad Karram Germany	24	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	972 1.1×	1.3k 1.5×	384 0.5×	35	3.8k
Dimitrios Karussis Israel	36	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	708 0.8×	543 0.6×	1.7k 2.0×	105	5.0k
Giuliana Salani Italy	15	1.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	762 0.8×	662 0.8×	715 0.9×	26	2.6k
Ubaldo Del Carro Italy	31	937 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	604 0.7×	613 0.7×	81	3.9k
Stefano Amadio Italy	25	828 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	716 0.8×	504 0.6×	457 0.5×	46	3.0k
Pantelis Tsoulfas United States	38	1.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.6×	2.6k 2.9×	412 0.5×	512 0.6×	62	4.7k
Hans S. Keirstead United States	37	2.5k 1.4×	2.2k 1.7×	2.6k 2.9×	564 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	87	5.7k
Rashmi Bansal United States	45	2.8k 1.6×	3.0k 2.3×	1.5k 1.6×	788 0.9×	274 0.3×	95	5.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elena Brambilla

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Fagiani, Francesca, Edoardo Pedrini, Jing‐Ping Lin, et al.. (2025). Spatially-restricted inflammation-induced senescent-like glia in multiple sclerosis and patient-derived organoids. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8477–8477.

Fagiani, Francesca, Edoardo Pedrini, Stefano Taverna, et al.. (2024). A glia-enriched stem cell 3D model of the human brain mimics the glial-immune neurodegenerative phenotypes of multiple sclerosis. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(8). 101680–101680. 9 indexed citations

Brambilla, Elena, Giulia Costanzo, Andrea Ledda, et al.. (2024). COVID-19 Clinical Features and Outcome in Italian Patients Treated with Biological Drugs Targeting Type 2 Inflammation. Life. 14(3). 378–378. 3 indexed citations

Bianco, Lorenzo, Alessandro Arrigo, Alessio Antropoli, et al.. (2023). Association of Circulating Antiretinal Antibodies With Clinical Outcomes in Retinitis Pigmentosa. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 64(15). 13–13. 2 indexed citations

Milito, Cinzia, Francesco Cinetto, Andrea Palladino, et al.. (2022). Safety of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in Patients with Inborn Errors of Immunity: an Italian Multicentric Study. Journal of Clinical Immunology. 43(2). 299–307. 8 indexed citations

Rinaldo, Rocco Francesco, Michele Mondoni, Elena Maria Parazzini, et al.. (2021). Severity does not impact on exercise capacity in COVID-19 survivors. Respiratory Medicine. 187. 106577–106577. 24 indexed citations

Butti, Erica, Marco Bacigaluppi, Linda Chaabane, et al.. (2019). Neural Stem Cells of the Subventricular Zone Contribute to Neuroprotection of the Corpus Callosum after Cuprizone-Induced Demyelination. Journal of Neuroscience. 39(28). 5481–5492. 42 indexed citations

Feo, Donatella De, Arianna Merlini, Elena Brambilla, et al.. (2017). Neural precursor cell–secreted TGF-β2 redirects inflammatory monocyte-derived cells in CNS autoimmunity. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 127(11). 3937–3953. 42 indexed citations

Pluchino, Stefano, Lucia Zanotti, Elena Brambilla, et al.. (2009). Immune Regulatory Neural Stem/Precursor Cells Protect from Central Nervous System Autoimmunity by Restraining Dendritic Cell Function. PLoS ONE. 4(6). e5959–e5959. 107 indexed citations

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Bacigaluppi, Marco, Stefano Pluchino, Luca Peruzzotti‐Jametti, et al.. (2009). Delayed post-ischaemic neuroprotection following systemic neural stem cell transplantation involves multiple mechanisms. Brain. 132(8). 2239–2251. 278 indexed citations

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Pluchino, Stefano, Luca Muzio, Jaime Imitola, et al.. (2008). Persistent inflammation alters the function of the endogenous brain stem cell compartment. Brain. 131(10). 2564–2578. 178 indexed citations

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Butti, Erica, Alessandra Bergami, Alessandra Recchia, et al.. (2007). Absence of an intrathecal immune reaction to a helper-dependent adenoviral vector delivered into the cerebrospinal fluid of non-human primates. Gene Therapy. 15(3). 233–238. 11 indexed citations

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Furlan, Roberto, Alessandra Bergami, Daniela Cantarella, et al.. (2003). Activation of invariant NKT cells by αGalCer administration protects mice from MOG35–55‐induced EAE: critical roles for administration route and IFN‐γ. European Journal of Immunology. 33(7). 1830–1838. 112 indexed citations

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Furlan, Roberto, Elena Brambilla, Francesca Ruffini, et al.. (2001). Intrathecal Delivery of IFN-γ Protects C57BL/6 Mice from Chronic-Progressive Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Increasing Apoptosis of Central Nervous System-Infiltrating Lymphocytes. The Journal of Immunology. 167(3). 1821–1829. 152 indexed citations

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Devouassoux, Gilles, Christophe Pison, Christian Drouet, et al.. (2001). Early lung leukocyte infiltration, HLA and adhesion molecule expression predict chronic rejection. Transplant Immunology. 8(4). 229–236. 13 indexed citations

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Moiola, Lucia, Francesca Galbiati, Gianvito Martino, et al.. (1998). IL-12 is involved in the induction of experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis, an antibody- mediated disease. European Journal of Immunology. 28(8). 2487–2497. 91 indexed citations

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Martino, Gianvito, Massimo Filippi, Vittorio Martinelli, et al.. (1997). Interferon-gamma induced increases in intracellular calcium in T lymphocytes from patients with multiple sclerosis precede clinical exacerbations and detection of active lesions on MRI. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 63(3). 339–345. 5 indexed citations

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Urani, Chiara, Elena Brambilla, A. Santagostino, & Marina Camatini. (1994). 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) affects the actin cytoskeleton and calcium level of Swiss 3T3 mouse fibroblasts. Toxicology. 91(2). 117–126. 13 indexed citations

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Cappelletti, Graziella, Marina Camatini, Elena Brambilla, & R. Maci. (1991). N-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) induces cytoskeletal alterations on ‘Swiss 3T3’ mouse fibroblasts. Neuroscience Letters. 129(1). 149–152. 12 indexed citations

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Brambilla, C, Elena Brambilla, F. Carpentier, et al.. (1981). Pleural Immunocytoma with Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia. Respiration. 41(2). 139–144. 3 indexed citations

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