Elisabetta Profumo

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Elisabetta Profumo is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Elisabetta Profumo has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Immunology, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Elisabetta Profumo's work include Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (29 papers), Parasitic infections in humans and animals (23 papers) and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (21 papers). Elisabetta Profumo is often cited by papers focused on Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (29 papers), Parasitic infections in humans and animals (23 papers) and Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics (21 papers). Elisabetta Profumo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Türkiye and India. Elisabetta Profumo's co-authors include Brigitta Buttari, Luciano Saso, Rachele Riganò, Sarmistha Saha, Emiliano Panieri, Elena Ortona, Antonella Teggi, Paola Margutti, S Ioppolo and Alessandra Siracusano and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Elisabetta Profumo

97 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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An Overview of Nrf2 Signaling Pathway and Its Role in Inflammation

2020 986 citations Sarmistha Saha, Brigitta Buttari et al. Molecules profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elisabetta Profumo Italy	38	1.3k	1.3k	954	926	782	99	4.3k
Brigitta Buttari Italy	34	937 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	646 0.7×	708 0.8×	779 1.0×	96	4.0k
Lucia Malaguarnera Italy	39	628 0.5×	1.9k 1.5×	218 0.2×	290 0.3×	945 1.2×	100	4.8k
Vanessa Pinho Brazil	40	220 0.2×	1.7k 1.3×	217 0.2×	393 0.4×	1.9k 2.4×	107	4.8k
Saul Teichberg United States	32	415 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	108 0.1×	388 0.4×	347 0.4×	135	3.8k
Alejandro Zentella‐Dehesa Mexico	32	392 0.3×	3.3k 2.6×	102 0.1×	499 0.5×	1.6k 2.1×	140	6.7k
Wallace K. MacNaughton Canada	44	205 0.2×	2.1k 1.6×	167 0.2×	1.3k 1.4×	681 0.9×	131	6.2k
Janoš Terzić Croatia	29	491 0.4×	3.1k 2.4×	109 0.1×	906 1.0×	1.7k 2.1×	73	7.1k
Peter Natesan Pushparaj Saudi Arabia	32	267 0.2×	1.3k 1.0×	95 0.1×	431 0.5×	639 0.8×	140	4.0k
Hui Dong China	42	324 0.2×	2.3k 1.8×	93 0.1×	1.0k 1.1×	405 0.5×	225	5.6k
Bernardo S. Franklin Germany	27	220 0.2×	3.4k 2.7×	143 0.1×	403 0.4×	1.6k 2.0×	42	5.5k

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Buttari, Brigitta, Antonella Tramutola, Ana I. Rojo, et al.. (2025). Proteostasis Decline and Redox Imbalance in Age-Related Diseases: The Therapeutic Potential of NRF2. Biomolecules. 15(1). 113–113. 10 indexed citations

Donfrancesco, Chiara, Brigitta Buttari, Sabina Sieri, et al.. (2024). Nutrition, Physical Activity and Smoking Habit in the Italian General Adult Population: CUORE Project Health Examination Survey 2018–2019. Healthcare. 12(4). 475–475. 6 indexed citations

Roglans, Núria, Marta Alegret, Elisabetta Profumo, et al.. (2024). Sex Differences Affect the NRF2 Signaling Pathway in the Early Phase of Liver Steatosis: A High-Fat-Diet-Fed Rat Model Supplemented with Liquid Fructose. Cells. 13(15). 1247–1247. 4 indexed citations

Maccari, Stefania, Elisabetta Profumo, Luciano Saso, Giuseppe Marano, & Brigitta Buttari. (2024). Propranolol Promotes Monocyte-to-Macrophage Differentiation and Enhances Macrophage Anti-Inflammatory and Antioxidant Activities by NRF2 Activation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(7). 3683–3683. 5 indexed citations

Asaro, R.J., Elisabetta Profumo, Brigitta Buttari, & Pedro Cabrales. (2023). The Double-Edged Sword of Erythrocytes in Health and Disease via Their Adhesiveness. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(12). 10382–10382. 1 indexed citations

Sorice, Maurizio, Elisabetta Profumo, Antonella Capozzi, et al.. (2023). Oxidative Stress as a Regulatory Checkpoint in the Production of Antiphospholipid Autoantibodies: The Protective Role of NRF2 Pathway. Biomolecules. 13(8). 1221–1221. 6 indexed citations

Gall‐Trošelj, Koraljka, Morana Jaganjac, Tanja Matijević Glavan, et al.. (2022). Oxidative Stress and Cancer Heterogeneity Orchestrate NRF2 Roles Relevant for Therapy Response. Molecules. 27(5). 1468–1468. 23 indexed citations

Süzen, Síbel, Paolo Tucci, Elisabetta Profumo, Brigitta Buttari, & Luciano Saso. (2022). A Pivotal Role of Nrf2 in Neurodegenerative Disorders: A New Way for Therapeutic Strategies. Pharmaceuticals. 15(6). 692–692. 51 indexed citations

Rodrigo, Ramón, et al.. (2022). Antioxidant Cardioprotection against Reperfusion Injury: Potential Therapeutic Roles of Resveratrol and Quercetin. Molecules. 27(8). 2564–2564. 33 indexed citations

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Süntar, İpek, Sümeyra Çetinkaya, Emiliano Panieri, et al.. (2021). Regulatory Role of Nrf2 Signaling Pathway in Wound Healing Process. Molecules. 26(9). 2424–2424. 58 indexed citations

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Buttari, Brigitta, Elisabetta Profumo, Patrizia Caprari, et al.. (2020). Phenotypical and functional abnormalities of circulating neutrophils in patients with β-thalassemia. Annals of Hematology. 99(10). 2265–2277. 9 indexed citations

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Profumo, Elisabetta, Brigitta Buttari, Daniela D’Arcangelo, et al.. (2016). The Nutraceutical Dehydrozingerone and Its Dimer Counteract Inflammation‐ and Oxidative Stress‐Induced Dysfunction of In Vitro Cultured Human Endothelial Cells: A Novel Perspective for the Prevention and Therapy of Atherosclerosis. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2016(1). 1246485–1246485. 23 indexed citations

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Buttari, Brigitta, Elisabetta Profumo, Rita Businaro, et al.. (2013). Oxidized Haemoglobin–Driven Endothelial Dysfunction and Immune Cell Activation: Novel Therapeutic Targets for Atherosclerosis. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 20(37). 4806–4814. 16 indexed citations

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Buttari, Brigitta, Linda Petrone, Donatella Pietraforte, et al.. (2011). Redox imbalance of red blood cells impacts T lymphocyte homeostasis: implication in carotid atherosclerosis. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 106(12). 1117–1126.. 17 indexed citations

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Profumo, Elisabetta, Brigitta Buttari, & Rachele Riganò. (2009). Oxidized haemoglobin as antigenic target of cell-mediated immune reactions in patients with carotid atherosclerosis. Autoimmunity Reviews. 8(7). 558–562. 10 indexed citations

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Buttari, Brigitta, Elisabetta Profumo, Rosanna Mancinelli, et al.. (2008). Chronic and Acute Alcohol Exposure Prevents Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells from Differentiating and Maturing. International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology. 21(4). 929–939. 11 indexed citations

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Riganò, Rachele, Elisabetta Profumo, Brigitta Buttari, et al.. (2007). Heat Shock Proteins and Autoimmunity in Patients with Carotid Atherosclerosis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1107(1). 1–10. 37 indexed citations

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Profumo, Elisabetta, Claudia Esposito, Brigitta Buttari, et al.. (2006). Intracellular expression of cytokines in peripheral blood from patients with atherosclerosis before and after carotid endarterectomy. Atherosclerosis. 191(2). 340–347. 20 indexed citations

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Margutti, Paola, Maurizio Sorice, Fabrizio Conti, et al.. (2005). Screening of an endothelial cDNA library identifies the C-terminal region of Nedd5 as a novel autoantigen in systemic lupus erythematosus with psychiatric manifestations. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 7(4). R896–903. 39 indexed citations

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Ortona, Elena, Paola Margutti, Federica Delunardo, et al.. (2003). Molecular and immunological characterization of the C‐terminal region of a new Echinococcus granulosus Heat Shock Protein 70. Parasite Immunology. 25(3). 119–126. 49 indexed citations

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