Fabio Penna

14.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Fabio Penna is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Fabio Penna has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 46 papers in Physiology and 14 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Fabio Penna's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (52 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (41 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (13 papers). Fabio Penna is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (52 papers), Nutrition and Health in Aging (41 papers) and Exercise and Physiological Responses (13 papers). Fabio Penna collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United States. Fabio Penna's co-authors include Paola Costelli, Domiziana Costamagna, Francesco M. Baccino, Gabriella Bonelli, Maurilio Sampaolesi, Alessandro Fanzani, Fabrizio Pin, Josep M. Argilés, Sı́lvia Busquets and Riccardo Ballarò and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Journal of Molecular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Fabio Penna

75 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Role of Inflammation in Muscle Homeostasis and Myogenesis

2015 430 citations Domiziana Costamagna, Paola Costelli et al. Mediators of Inflammation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fabio Penna Italy	39	2.6k	2.3k	518	484	416	75	3.9k
Vanina Romanello Italy	24	3.3k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	700 1.4×	452 0.9×	710 1.7×	29	4.4k
Rémi Mounier France	39	3.2k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	685 1.3×	1.2k 2.4×	674 1.6×	79	6.1k
Andrew R. Judge United States	32	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	357 0.7×	446 0.9×	217 0.5×	67	2.9k
Robert A. Frost United States	45	2.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 2.7×	885 1.8×	560 1.3×	90	4.8k
Daniel Taillandier France	36	2.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 2.6×	502 1.0×	492 1.2×	89	4.0k
Marcelo D. Gomes Brazil	17	2.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	870 1.7×	511 1.1×	312 0.8×	39	3.6k
Katherine J. Ladner United States	22	2.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	227 0.4×	276 0.6×	215 0.5×	33	3.7k
James G. Ryall Australia	34	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	794 1.5×	438 0.9×	246 0.6×	58	3.8k
Christopher Cardozo United States	39	3.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.4×	685 1.3×	396 0.8×	432 1.0×	153	5.0k
Angus G. Scrimgeour United States	23	2.2k 0.8×	990 0.4×	954 1.8×	495 1.0×	229 0.6×	38	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fabio Penna

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Penna, Fabio, et al.. (2024). Immunomodulation: A new approach to cancer cachexia, potentially suitable for aging. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 100. 101318–101318. 3 indexed citations

Penna, Fabio, et al.. (2024). Extracellular Vesicles and Exosomes in the Control of the Musculoskeletal Health. Current Osteoporosis Reports. 22(2). 257–265. 5 indexed citations

Beltrà, Marc, et al.. (2024). BNIP3 Downregulation Ameliorates Muscle Atrophy in Cancer Cachexia. Cancers. 16(24). 4133–4133. 2 indexed citations

Molfino, Alessio, Marc Beltrà, Maria Ida Amabile, et al.. (2023). Small non‐coding RNA profiling in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 14(6). 2692–2702. 11 indexed citations

Huot, Joshua R., et al.. (2022). Targeting Mitochondria and Oxidative Stress in Cancer- and Chemotherapy-Induced Muscle Wasting. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 38(4-6). 352–370. 12 indexed citations

Beltrà, Marc, Fabrizio Pin, Domiziana Costamagna, et al.. (2022). PGC-1α in the myofibers regulates the balance between myogenic and adipogenic progenitors affecting muscle regeneration. iScience. 25(11). 105480–105480. 6 indexed citations

Penna, Fabio, Riccardo Ballarò, Paula Martínez-Cristóbal, et al.. (2019). Autophagy Exacerbates Muscle Wasting in Cancer Cachexia and Impairs Mitochondrial Function. Journal of Molecular Biology. 431(15). 2674–2686. 81 indexed citations

Aversa, Zaira, Fabrizio Pin, Simone Lucia, et al.. (2016). Autophagy is induced in the skeletal muscle of cachectic cancer patients. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 30340–30340. 125 indexed citations

Costamagna, Domiziana, Paola Costelli, Maurilio Sampaolesi, & Fabio Penna. (2015). Role of Inflammation in Muscle Homeostasis and Myogenesis. Mediators of Inflammation. 2015(1). 805172–805172. 430 indexed citations breakdown →

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Toledo, Míriam, Fabio Penna, Sı́lvia Busquets, Francisco J. López‐Soriano, & Josep M. Argilés. (2014). Distinct Behaviour of Sorafenib in Experimental Cachexia-Inducing Tumours: The Role of STAT3. PLoS ONE. 9(12). e113931–e113931. 26 indexed citations

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Penna, Fabio, Domiziana Costamagna, Fabrizio Pin, et al.. (2013). Autophagic Degradation Contributes to Muscle Wasting in Cancer Cachexia. American Journal Of Pathology. 182(4). 1367–1378. 198 indexed citations

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Penna, Fabio, Sı́lvia Busquets, Míriam Toledo, et al.. (2013). Erythropoietin administration partially prevents adipose tissue loss in experimental cancer cachexia models. Journal of Lipid Research. 54(11). 3045–3051. 18 indexed citations

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Fanzani, Alessandro, Viviane M. Conraads, Fabio Penna, & Wim Martinet. (2012). Molecular and cellular mechanisms of skeletal muscle atrophy: an update. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 3(3). 163–179. 272 indexed citations

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Penna, Fabio, Valerio Giacomo Minero, Domiziana Costamagna, et al.. (2010). Anti-cytokine strategies for the treatment of cancer-related anorexia and cachexia. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 10(8). 1241–1250. 35 indexed citations

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Stoppani, Elena, Stefania Rossi, Elisabetta Meacci, et al.. (2010). Point mutated caveolin-3 form (P104L) impairs myoblast differentiation via Akt and p38 signalling reduction, leading to an immature cell signature. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1812(4). 468–479. 22 indexed citations

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Bonetto, Andrea, Fabio Penna, Patrizia Reffo, et al.. (2009). Deacetylase Inhibitors Modulate the Myostatin/Follistatin Axis without Improving Cachexia in Tumor-Bearing Mice. Current Cancer Drug Targets. 9(5). 608–616. 53 indexed citations

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Penna, Fabio, et al.. (2009). Cytotoxic Properties of Clofibrate and other Peroxisome Proliferators: Relevance to Cancer Progression. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 17(4). 309–320. 8 indexed citations

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Penna, Fabio, Andrea Bonetto, Maurizio Muscaritoli, et al.. (2009). Muscle atrophy in experimental cancer cachexia: Is the IGF‐1 signaling pathway involved?. International Journal of Cancer. 127(7). 1706–1717. 87 indexed citations

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Penna, Fabio, Patrizia Reffo, Giuliana Muzio, et al.. (2008). Mechanisms of clofibrate-induced apoptosis in Yoshida AH-130 hepatoma cells. Biochemical Pharmacology. 77(2). 169–176. 5 indexed citations

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Costelli, Paola, Vanessa Almendro, Patrizia Reffo, et al.. (2007). Modulations of the calcineurin/NF-AT pathway in skeletal muscle atrophy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1770(7). 1028–1036. 8 indexed citations

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