Fabrizio Vacca

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Fabrizio Vacca is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fabrizio Vacca has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Fabrizio Vacca's work include Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (8 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (4 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (4 papers). Fabrizio Vacca is often cited by papers focused on Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (8 papers), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (4 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (4 papers). Fabrizio Vacca collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and Australia. Fabrizio Vacca's co-authors include Jean Grüenberg, Cameron C. Scott, Cinzia Volonté, Susanna Amadio, Giorgio Bernardi, Nadia D’Ambrosi, Fabio Cavaliere, Giuseppe Sancesario, Anna Bagnato and Raffaele Tecce and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Fabrizio Vacca

19 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Endosome maturation, transport and functions

2014 419 citations Cameron C. Scott, Fabrizio Vacca et al. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fabrizio Vacca Italy	17	573	413	238	232	210	19	1.4k
Françoise Levavasseur France	15	533 0.9×	162 0.4×	297 1.2×	181 0.8×	411 2.0×	21	1.3k
Ingeborg van der Ploeg Sweden	25	578 1.0×	463 1.1×	84 0.4×	59 0.3×	434 2.1×	59	1.7k
Esther Aguilar Spain	22	755 1.3×	139 0.3×	173 0.7×	259 1.1×	810 3.9×	49	4.2k
Cristina Agresti Italy	18	438 0.8×	185 0.4×	492 2.1×	47 0.2×	251 1.2×	31	1.3k
W F Pralong Switzerland	26	1.3k 2.3×	228 0.6×	82 0.3×	245 1.1×	653 3.1×	38	2.3k
Sarah E. Lutz United States	19	914 1.6×	69 0.2×	824 3.5×	145 0.6×	346 1.6×	30	1.9k
Adil Aziz Khan India	14	936 1.6×	104 0.3×	52 0.2×	565 2.4×	239 1.1×	52	1.6k
Joanna K. Sandilos United States	8	1.1k 1.8×	243 0.6×	81 0.3×	50 0.2×	91 0.4×	8	1.5k
Iok-Hou Pang United States	21	1.5k 2.7×	89 0.2×	132 0.6×	397 1.7×	265 1.3×	40	2.4k
Zhongzhen Nie United States	29	1.6k 2.8×	361 0.9×	49 0.2×	1.1k 4.7×	241 1.1×	45	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fabrizio Vacca

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19 of 19 papers shown

Vacca, Fabrizio, Binnaz Yalcin, & Muhammad Ansar. (2024). Exploring the pathological mechanisms underlying Cohen syndrome. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 18. 1431400–1431400. 4 indexed citations

Vacca, Fabrizio, Stefania Vossio, Vincent Mercier, et al.. (2019). Cyclodextrin triggers MCOLN1-dependent endo-lysosome secretion in Niemann-Pick type C cells. Journal of Lipid Research. 60(4). 832–843. 30 indexed citations

Moreau, Dimitri, Fabrizio Vacca, Stefania Vossio, et al.. (2019). Drug‐induced increase in lysobisphosphatidic acid reduces the cholesterol overload in Niemann–Pick type C cells and mice. EMBO Reports. 20(7). e47055–e47055. 33 indexed citations

Scott, Cameron C., Stefania Vossio, Fabrizio Vacca, et al.. (2015). Wnt directs the endosomal flux of LDL ‐derived cholesterol and lipid droplet homeostasis. EMBO Reports. 16(6). 741–752. 38 indexed citations

Scott, Cameron C., Fabrizio Vacca, & Jean Grüenberg. (2014). Endosome maturation, transport and functions. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 31. 2–10. 419 indexed citations breakdown →

Chamoun, Zeina, Fabrizio Vacca, Robert G. Parton, & Jean Grüenberg. (2013). PNPLA3/adiponutrin functions in lipid droplet formation. Biology of the Cell. 105(5). 219–233. 74 indexed citations

Vacca, Fabrizio, Nadia D’Ambrosi, Susanna Amadio, et al.. (2010). N-Glycans mutations rule oligomeric assembly and functional expression of P2X3 receptor for extracellular ATP. Glycobiology. 21(5). 634–643. 13 indexed citations

Vacca, Fabrizio, Michela Giustizieri, Maria Teresa Ciotti, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, & Cinzia Volonté. (2009). Rapid constitutive and ligand‐activated endocytic trafficking of P2X₃ receptor. Journal of Neurochemistry. 109(4). 1031–1041. 32 indexed citations

Amadio, Susanna, Fabrizio Vacca, Alessandro Martorana, Giuseppe Sancesario, & Cinzia Volonté. (2007). P2Y1receptor switches to neurons from glia in juvenile versus neonatal rat cerebellar cortex. BMC Developmental Biology. 7(1). 77–77. 16 indexed citations

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D’Ambrosi, Nadia, Fabrizio Vacca, Susanna Amadio, et al.. (2006). The P2Y4 receptor forms homo-oligomeric complexes in several CNS and PNS neuronal cells. Purinergic Signalling. 2(4). 575–582. 21 indexed citations

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Vacca, Fabrizio, Susanna Amadio, Giuseppe Sancesario, Giorgio Bernardi, & Cinzia Volonté. (2004). P2X₃ receptor localizes into lipid rafts in neuronal cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 76(5). 653–661. 55 indexed citations

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D’Ambrosi, Nadia, et al.. (2004). Pathways of survival induced by NGF and extracellular ATP after growth factor deprivation. Progress in brain research. 146. 93–100. 24 indexed citations

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Fusco, Francesca R., Alessandro Martorana, Carmela Giampà, et al.. (2004). Cellular localization of TRPC3 channel in rat brain: preferential distribution to oligodendrocytes. Neuroscience Letters. 365(2). 137–142. 34 indexed citations

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Volonté, Cinzia, Susanna Amadio, Fabio Cavaliere, et al.. (2003). Extracellular ATP and Neurodegeneration. PubMed. 2(6). 403–412. 138 indexed citations

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Cavaliere, Fabio, Fulvio Florenzano, Susanna Amadio, et al.. (2003). Up-regulation of p2x2, p2x4 receptor and ischemic cell death: prevention by p2 antagonists. Neuroscience. 120(1). 85–98. 144 indexed citations

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Limatola, Cristina, A. Giovannelli, Laura Maggi, et al.. (2000). SDF‐1α‐mediated modulation of synaptic transmission in rat cerebellum. European Journal of Neuroscience. 12(7). 2497–2504. 105 indexed citations

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Limatola, Cristina, Maria Teresa Ciotti, Delio Mercanti, et al.. (2000). The chemokine growth-related gene product β protects rat cerebellar granule cells from apoptotic cell death through α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate receptors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97(11). 6197–6201. 56 indexed citations

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Vacca, Fabrizio, Anna Bagnato, Kevin Catt, & Raffaele Tecce. (2000). Transactivation of the epidermal growth factor receptor in endothelin-1-induced mitogenic signaling in human ovarian carcinoma cells.. PubMed. 60(18). 5310–7. 111 indexed citations

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Limatola, Cristina, Anna Maria Mileo, A. Giovannelli, et al.. (1999). The Growth-related Gene Product β Induces Sphingomyelin Hydrolysis and Activation of c-Jun N-terminal Kinase in Rat Cerebellar Granule Neurones. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(51). 36537–36543. 22 indexed citations

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