Flavio Nervi

24.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Flavio Nervi is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Flavio Nervi has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Surgery, 44 papers in Oncology and 37 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Flavio Nervi's work include Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (42 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (32 papers). Flavio Nervi is often cited by papers focused on Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (42 papers), Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (37 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (32 papers). Flavio Nervi collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United States and Germany. Flavio Nervi's co-authors include Juan Francisco Miquel, Attilio Rigotti, Ludwig Amigo, Silvana Zanlungo, Natalia Ulloa, John M. Dietschy, Gerardo Aristi Urista, Ignacio I. Wistuba, Rolando Herrero and Eduardo Lazcano‐Ponce and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Flavio Nervi

107 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.

Epidemiology and Molecular Pathology of Gallbladder Cancer

2001 635 citations Juan Francisco Miquel, Flavio Nervi et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Flavio Nervi Chile	37	2.4k	1.5k	1.1k	900	848	108	4.0k
Juan Francisco Miquel Chile	30	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	858 0.8×	663 0.7×	730 0.9×	88	3.2k
Sum P. Lee United States	34	1.8k 0.8×	934 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	839 1.0×	90	4.2k
Jerome J. DeCosse United States	39	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	377 0.4×	665 0.8×	115	4.8k
Susumu Tazuma Japan	31	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	526 0.6×	173	4.1k
Frederick J. Suchy United States	48	3.6k 1.5×	3.4k 2.2×	620 0.6×	1.4k 1.6×	1.4k 1.6×	148	7.1k
Fokko M. Nagengast Netherlands	45	1.2k 0.5×	2.8k 1.8×	878 0.8×	529 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	153	6.1k
P Corréa United States	46	4.5k 1.9×	1.3k 0.8×	2.4k 2.2×	427 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	135	7.7k
P. L. M. Jansen Netherlands	34	898 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	365 0.3×	764 0.8×	1.0k 1.2×	79	3.8k
Soo Jung Park South Korea	34	1.1k 0.4×	868 0.6×	555 0.5×	764 0.8×	858 1.0×	201	3.6k
R. H. Dowling United Kingdom	46	2.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	1.0k 1.1×	648 0.8×	148	6.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Flavio Nervi

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Riquelme, Arnoldo, Nancy Solı́s, Margarita Pizarro, et al.. (2010). Hypoadiponectinemia and its Association with Liver Fibrosis in Morbidly Obese Patients. Obesity Surgery. 20(10). 1400–1407. 22 indexed citations

Castro, Juan Francisco, Ludwig Amigo, Juan Francisco Miquel, et al.. (2007). Increased activity of hepatic microsomal triglyceride transfer protein and bile acid synthesis in gallstone disease†. Hepatology. 45(5). 1261–1266. 29 indexed citations

Schirin-Sokhan, Ramin, Attilio Rigotti, Luís Villarroel, et al.. (2007). Genetic evidence that apolipoprotein E4 is not a relevant susceptibility factor for cholelithiasis in two high-risk populations. Journal of Lipid Research. 48(6). 1378–1385. 21 indexed citations

Amigo, Ludwig, et al.. (2006). Inactivation of Hepatic Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Protects Mice From Diet-Induced Gallstones. Gastroenterology. 131(6). 1870–1878. 10 indexed citations

Zanlungo, Silvana, Attilio Rigotti, & Flavio Nervi. (2004). Hepatic cholesterol transport from plasma into bile: implications for gallstone disease. Current Opinion in Lipidology. 15(3). 279–286. 36 indexed citations

Gälman, Cecilia, Juan Francisco Miquel, Rosa María Pérez, et al.. (2004). Bile acid synthesis is increased in chilean hispanics with gallstones and in gallstone high-risk Mapuche Indians. Gastroenterology. 126(3). 741–748. 44 indexed citations

Zanlungo, Silvana & Flavio Nervi. (2003). The ACAT2 gene encodes a gatekeeper of intestinal cholesterol absorption that regulates cholesterolemia and gallstone disease. Hepatology. 33(3). 760–761. 2 indexed citations

Storry, Jill R., Kim Hue‐Roye, Morris A. Blajchman, et al.. (2003). GUTI: a new antigen in the Cromer blood group system. Transfusion. 43(3). 340–344. 14 indexed citations

Pérez‐Ayuso, Rosa María, et al.. (2002). Historia natural de la colelitiasis: Incidencia de colecistectomía en un área urbana y una rural mapuche, en la última década. Revista médica de Chile. 130(7). 10 indexed citations

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Moraga, Mauricio, et al.. (2002). Composición genética de la población chilena: Distribución de polimorfismos de DNA mitocondrial en grupos originarios y en la población mixta de Santiago. Revista médica de Chile. 130(2). 125–31. 65 indexed citations

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Zanlungo, Silvana, Ludwig Amigo, Juan Francisco Miquel, et al.. (2000). Sterol carrier protein 2 gene transfer changes lipid metabolism and enterohepatic sterol circulation in mice. Gastroenterology. 119(6). 1708–1719. 39 indexed citations

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Amigo, Ludwig, et al.. (1993). Cholesterol crystallization‐promoting activity of aminopeptidase‐N isolated from the vesicular carrier of biliary lipids. FEBS Letters. 329(1-2). 84–88. 1 indexed citations

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Miquel, Juan Francisco, Attilio Rigotti, Eduardo Rojas, Enrique Brandan, & Flavio Nervi. (1992). Isolation and purification of human biliary vesicles with potent cholesterol-nucleation-promoting activity. Clinical Science. 82(2). 175–180. 20 indexed citations

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Rigotti, Attilio & Flavio Nervi. (1991). In search of abnormal enzyme activities of hepatic cholesterol metabolism in patients with cholesterol gallstone disease. Hepatology. 14(6). 1295–1297. 1 indexed citations

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Rollán, Antonio, et al.. (1989). [Acute pancreatitis and hypertriglyceridemia].. PubMed. 117(3). 315–21. 1 indexed citations

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Nervi, Flavio, Carmen Covarrubias, N Velasco, et al.. (1989). Influence of legume intake on biliary lipids and cholesterol saturation in young Chilean men. Identification of a dietary risk factor for cholesterol gallstone formation in a highly prevalent area.. PubMed. 96(3). 825–30. 61 indexed citations

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Nervi, Flavio, et al.. (1988). Regulation of biliary cholesterol secretion. Functional relationship between the canalicular and sinusoidal cholesterol secretory pathways in the rat.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 82(6). 1818–1825. 77 indexed citations

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Nervi, Flavio, et al.. (1985). Impaired lipid clearance in patients with previous acute pancreatitis.. Gut. 26(9). 888–891. 21 indexed citations

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Valdivieso, Viçente, et al.. (1979). Secretion of biliary lipids in young Chilean women with cholesterol gallstones.. Gut. 20(11). 997–1000. 23 indexed citations

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Nervi, Flavio, Alfonso González, & Viçente Valdivieso. (1974). Studies on cholesterol metabolism in the diabetic rat. Metabolism. 23(6). 495–503. 39 indexed citations

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