Elena Cigola

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Elena Cigola is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena Cigola has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Elena Cigola's work include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (6 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (4 papers) and Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (2 papers). Elena Cigola is often cited by papers focused on Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (6 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (4 papers) and Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (2 papers). Elena Cigola collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Elena Cigola's co-authors include Piero Anversa, G Olivetti, Leonard G. Meggs, Federico Quaini, Jan Kajstura, Nicoletta Finato, Carlo Alberto Beltrami, Monica Rocco, C Puricelli and G A Feruglio and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Elena Cigola

15 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Structural basis of end-stage failure in ischemic cardiomyopathy in humans.

1994 454 citations Carlo Alberto Beltrami, Nicoletta Finato et al. Circulation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elena Cigola United States	13	1.1k	777	331	225	131	15	1.7k
Ryo Suzuki Japan	23	448 0.4×	544 0.7×	583 1.8×	93 0.4×	151 1.2×	143	1.7k
Syed Haq United States	12	894 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	225 0.7×	179 0.8×	29 0.2×	12	1.9k
Hideaki Akimoto Japan	16	699 0.7×	626 0.8×	108 0.3×	348 1.5×	248 1.9×	28	1.8k
Mitsushige Murata Japan	25	1.3k 1.2×	864 1.1×	302 0.9×	326 1.4×	188 1.4×	97	2.3k
Françoise Marotte France	23	812 0.8×	800 1.0×	315 1.0×	192 0.9×	55 0.4×	29	1.7k
Shinji Negoro Japan	14	948 0.9×	591 0.8×	354 1.1×	212 0.9×	406 3.1×	16	1.6k
Remus M. Berretta United States	24	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	471 1.4×	172 0.8×	42 0.3×	55	2.1k
Mohamed A. Gaballa United States	22	526 0.5×	499 0.6×	424 1.3×	97 0.4×	55 0.4×	54	1.4k
G Scicli United States	22	653 0.6×	415 0.5×	94 0.3×	122 0.5×	83 0.6×	32	1.4k
Daniel J. Lips Netherlands	17	470 0.4×	851 1.1×	453 1.4×	138 0.6×	31 0.2×	22	1.4k

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15 of 15 papers shown

Liu, Nian, Elena Cigola, Cristina Tinti, et al.. (1999). Unique Regulation of Immediate Early Gene and Tyrosine Hydroxylase Expression in the Odor-deprived Mouse Olfactory Bulb. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(5). 3042–3047. 43 indexed citations

Cigola, Elena, Bruce T. Volpe, Jong‐Wha Lee, Linda Franzen, & Harriet Baker. (1998). Tyrosine Hydroxylase Expression in Primary Cultures of Olfactory Bulb: Role of L-Type Calcium Channels. Journal of Neuroscience. 18(19). 7638–7649. 46 indexed citations

Beltrami, Carlo Alberto, Nicoletta Finato, Elena Cigola, et al.. (1997). Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA), DNA Synthesis and Mitosis in Myocytes Following Cardiac Transplantation in Man. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 29(10). 2789–2802. 22 indexed citations

Olivetti, G, Elena Cigola, Roberto Maestri, Costanza Lagrasta, & Federico Quaini. (1997). The Failing Heart.. PubMed. 1(2). 137–148. 2 indexed citations

Kajstura, Jan, Elena Cigola, Ashwani Malhotra, et al.. (1997). Angiotensin II Induces Apoptosis of Adult Ventricular MyocytesIn Vitro. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 29(3). 859–870. 327 indexed citations

Cigola, Elena, et al.. (1997). Angiotensin II Activates Programmed Myocyte Cell Deathin Vitro. Experimental Cell Research. 231(2). 363–371. 167 indexed citations

Anversa, P., Jan Kajstura, Wei Cheng, et al.. (1996). Insulin-like growth factor-1 and myocyte growth: the danger of a dogma Part II. Induced myocardial growth: pathologic hypertrophy. Cardiovascular Research. 32(3). 484–495. 21 indexed citations

Beltrami, Carlo Alberto, Nicoletta Finato, Monica Rocco, et al.. (1995). The cellular basis of dilated cardiomyopathy in humans. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 27(1). 291–305. 207 indexed citations

Olivetti, G, et al.. (1995). Cellular basis of ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction in rats.. PubMed. 6(2). 101–6. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Yu, Elena Cigola, Wen‐Hsing Cheng, et al.. (1995). Myocyte nuclear mitotic division and programmed myocyte cell death characterize the cardiac myopathy induced by rapid ventricular pacing in dogs.. PubMed. 73(6). 771–87. 165 indexed citations

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Olivetti, G, M Melissari, Tiziana Balbi, et al.. (1994). Myocyte cellular hypertrophy is responsible for ventricular remodelling in the hypertrophied heart of middle aged individuals in the absence of cardiac failure. Cardiovascular Research. 28(8). 1199–1208. 93 indexed citations

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Beltrami, Carlo Alberto, Nicoletta Finato, Monica Rocco, et al.. (1994). Structural basis of end-stage failure in ischemic cardiomyopathy in humans.. Circulation. 89(1). 151–163. 454 indexed citations breakdown →

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Quaini, Federico, Elena Cigola, Costanza Lagrasta, et al.. (1994). End-stage cardiac failure in humans is coupled with the induction of proliferating cell nuclear antigen and nuclear mitotic division in ventricular myocytes.. Circulation Research. 75(6). 1050–1063. 97 indexed citations

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Olivetti, G, Elena Cigola, Costanza Annamaria Lagrasta, et al.. (1993). Spirapril Prevents Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, Decreases Myocardial Damage and Promotes Angiogenesis in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 21(3). 362–370. 31 indexed citations

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Monopoli, Angela, Ennio Ongini, Elena Cigola, & G Olivetti. (1992). The Neutral Endopeptidase Inhibitor, SCH 34826, Reduces Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 20(3). 496–504. 25 indexed citations

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