Fabiana Falugi

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Fabiana Falugi is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fabiana Falugi has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Infectious Diseases, 12 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Fabiana Falugi's work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (14 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (12 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (8 papers). Fabiana Falugi is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (14 papers), Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (12 papers) and Biochemical and Structural Characterization (8 papers). Fabiana Falugi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Switzerland. Fabiana Falugi's co-authors include Guido Grandi, Roberto Petracca, G. Galli, Domenico Rosa, Sergio Abrignani, Michael Houghton, Susanna Campagnoli, Yasushi Uematsu, Amy J. Weiner and Piero Pileri and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Fabiana Falugi

25 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Binding of Hepatitis C Virus to CD81 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Binding of Hepatitis C Virus to CD81
    1998 1.6k citations G. Galli, Fabiana Falugi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fabiana Falugi Italy 20 1.5k 1.4k 988 950 791 25 3.5k
Roberto Petracca Italy 19 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 678 0.7× 293 0.3× 113 0.1× 33 3.9k
Heidi E. Drummer Australia 34 1.6k 1.1× 2.0k 1.4× 496 0.5× 556 0.6× 155 0.2× 99 3.3k
Antonella Folgori Italy 31 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 733 0.7× 414 0.4× 155 0.2× 55 2.6k
Eric J. Gowans Australia 36 1.8k 1.2× 2.1k 1.5× 794 0.8× 725 0.8× 172 0.2× 138 3.6k
Matti Sällberg Sweden 36 2.1k 1.4× 2.3k 1.7× 812 0.8× 844 0.9× 142 0.2× 162 4.3k
Margaret Chen Sweden 28 1.3k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 861 0.9× 549 0.6× 160 0.2× 96 4.0k
Sandra Nuti Italy 27 865 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 556 0.6× 325 0.3× 119 0.2× 54 3.2k
Hiroshi Yoshikura Japan 31 1.7k 1.1× 1.9k 1.3× 1.3k 1.3× 674 0.7× 95 0.1× 223 4.5k
Gary Van Nest United States 34 684 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 764 0.8× 569 0.6× 99 0.1× 48 3.9k
H. Van Heuverswyn Belgium 18 629 0.4× 963 0.7× 983 1.0× 278 0.3× 110 0.1× 34 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fabiana Falugi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fabiana Falugi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kim, Hwan Keun, Fabiana Falugi, Dominique Missiakas, & Olaf Schneewind. (2016). Peptidoglycan-linked protein A promotes T cell-dependent antibody expansion during Staphylococcus aureus infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(20). 5718–5723. 35 indexed citations
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Fiaschi, Luigi, Maria Scarselli, Clarissa Pozzi, et al.. (2016). Auto-Assembling Detoxified Staphylococcus aureus Alpha-Hemolysin Mimicking the Wild-Type Cytolytic Toxin. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 23(6). 442–450. 13 indexed citations
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Pauli, Noel T., Hwan Keun Kim, Fabiana Falugi, et al.. (2014). Staphylococcus aureus infection induces protein A–mediated immune evasion in humans. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 211(12). 2331–2339. 120 indexed citations
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Malito, E., Markus Schirle, Paola Lo Surdo, et al.. (2013). Mining the bacterial unknown proteome: identification and characterization of a novel family of highly conserved protective antigens in Staphylococcus aureus. Biochemical Journal. 455(3). 273–284. 22 indexed citations
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Malito, E., et al.. (2013). Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of SpyCEP, a candidate antigen for a vaccine againstStreptococcus pyogenes. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications. 69(10). 1103–1106. 9 indexed citations
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Falugi, Fabiana, Hwan Keun Kim, Dominique Missiakas, & Olaf Schneewind. (2013). Role of Protein A in the Evasion of Host Adaptive Immune Responses by Staphylococcus aureus. mBio. 4(5). e00575–13. 197 indexed citations
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Chiarot, Emiliano, Giovanna Tuscano, Fabiana Falugi, et al.. (2013). Targeted Amino Acid Substitutions Impair Streptolysin O Toxicity and Group A Streptococcus Virulence. mBio. 4(1). e00387–12. 45 indexed citations
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Mishra, Ravi P.N., Paolo Mariotti, Luigi Fiaschi, et al.. (2012). Staphylococcus aureus FhuD2 Is Involved in the Early Phase of Staphylococcal Dissemination and Generates Protective Immunity in Mice. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 206(7). 1041–1049. 45 indexed citations
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Galeotti, Cesira L., Alfredo Pezzicoli, Renzo Nogarotto, et al.. (2011). Surface Interactome in Streptococcus pyogenes. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 11(4). M111.015206–M111.015206. 10 indexed citations
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Zingaretti, Chiara, Fabiana Falugi, Vincenzo Nardi‐Dei, et al.. (2010). Streptococcus pyogenes SpyCEP: a chemokine‐inactivating protease with unique structural and biochemical features. The FASEB Journal. 24(8). 2839–2848. 38 indexed citations
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Bombaci, Mauro, Renata Grifantini, Marirosa Mora, et al.. (2009). Protein Array Profiling of Tic Patient Sera Reveals a Broad Range and Enhanced Immune Response against Group A Streptococcus Antigens. PLoS ONE. 4(7). e6332–e6332. 48 indexed citations
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Edwards, Andrew M., Andrea G. O. Manetti, Fabiana Falugi, et al.. (2008). Scavenger receptor gp340 aggregates group A streptococci by binding pili. Molecular Microbiology. 68(6). 1378–1394. 46 indexed citations
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Falugi, Fabiana, Chiara Zingaretti, Vittoria Pinto, et al.. (2008). Sequence Variation in Group AStreptococcusPili and Association of Pilus Backbone Types with Lancefield T Serotypes. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 198(12). 1834–1841. 96 indexed citations
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Sumby, Paul, Shizhen Zhang, Adeline R. Whitney, et al.. (2008). A Chemokine-Degrading Extracellular Protease Made by Group AStreptococcusAlters Pathogenesis by Enhancing Evasion of the Innate Immune Response. Infection and Immunity. 76(3). 978–985. 77 indexed citations
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Manetti, Andrea G. O., Chiara Zingaretti, Fabiana Falugi, et al.. (2007). Streptococcus pyogenes pili promote pharyngeal cell adhesion and biofilm formation. Molecular Microbiology. 64(4). 968–983. 193 indexed citations
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Mora, Marirosa, Giuliano Bensi, Sabrina Capo, et al.. (2005). Group A Streptococcus produce pilus-like structures containing protective antigens and Lancefield T antigens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(43). 15641–15646. 286 indexed citations
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Kitadokoro, Kengo, Marco Ponassi, G. Galli, et al.. (2002). Subunit Association and Conformational Flexibility in the Head Subdomain of Human CD81 Large Extracellular Loop. Biological Chemistry. 383(9). 1447–52. 46 indexed citations
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Falugi, Fabiana, Maria Scarselli, Oretta Finco, et al.. (2002). Genomic Approach for Analysis of Surface Proteins inChlamydia pneumoniae. Infection and Immunity. 70(1). 368–379. 163 indexed citations
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Kitadokoro, Kengo, G. Galli, Roberto Petracca, et al.. (2001). Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies on the large extracellular domain of human CD81, a tetraspanin receptor for hepatitis C virus. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(1). 156–158. 17 indexed citations
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Falugi, Fabiana, Roberto Petracca, Massimo A. Mariani, et al.. (2001). Rationally designed strings of promiscuous CD4+ T cell epitopes provide help toHaemophilus influenzae type b oligosaccharide: a model for new conjugate vaccines. European Journal of Immunology. 31(12). 3816–3824. 42 indexed citations

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