Francesca Sassi

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Francesca Sassi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Sassi has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Sassi's work include Bone Metabolism and Diseases (7 papers), Bone health and treatments (5 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (4 papers). Francesca Sassi is often cited by papers focused on Bone Metabolism and Diseases (7 papers), Bone health and treatments (5 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (4 papers). Francesca Sassi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and Belarus. Francesca Sassi's co-authors include Patrizia D’Amelio, Cristina Tamone, Patrizia Castellani, Enrica Balza, Laura Borsi, Barbara Carnemolla, Ilaria Buondonno, Luciano Zardi, Giancarlo Isaia and Dario Neri and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Sassi

26 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Vitamin D: Nutrient, Hormone, and Immunomodulator 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400 500
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. Vitamin D: Nutrient, Hormone, and Immunomodulator
    2018 539 citations Francesca Sassi, Cristina Tamone et al. Nutrients profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Sassi Italy 18 607 420 333 312 221 26 1.6k
Luca Semerano France 26 467 0.8× 402 1.0× 268 0.8× 853 2.7× 145 0.7× 78 2.3k
Géraldine Falgarone France 23 349 0.6× 366 0.9× 261 0.8× 630 2.0× 125 0.6× 54 2.0k
M Sata Japan 28 740 1.2× 275 0.7× 236 0.7× 308 1.0× 115 0.5× 124 2.8k
Nathalie Saidenberg-Kermanac’h France 14 281 0.5× 321 0.8× 159 0.5× 204 0.7× 118 0.5× 27 1.1k
Satoshi Shimizu Japan 19 507 0.8× 290 0.7× 208 0.6× 169 0.5× 91 0.4× 82 1.8k
Masayuki Saruta Japan 28 421 0.7× 154 0.4× 418 1.3× 515 1.7× 110 0.5× 154 2.3k
Tamsin M. Lindström United States 26 755 1.2× 93 0.2× 308 0.9× 841 2.7× 82 0.4× 31 3.0k
Misato Hashizume Japan 22 731 1.2× 150 0.4× 602 1.8× 832 2.7× 42 0.2× 39 2.7k
Αthanasia Mouzaki Greece 30 659 1.1× 449 1.1× 338 1.0× 932 3.0× 126 0.6× 128 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Francesca Sassi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Sassi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Francesca Sassi. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Francesca Sassi. The network helps show where Francesca Sassi may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Sassi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francesca Sassi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francesca Sassi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Francesca Sassi. Francesca Sassi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Buondonno, Ilaria, et al.. (2022). Musculoskeletal Diseases Role in the Frailty Syndrome: A Case–Control Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(19). 11897–11897. 7 indexed citations
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Buondonno, Ilaria, Francesca Sassi, Massimiliano Massaia, et al.. (2019). From mitochondria to healthy aging: The role of branched-chain amino acids treatment: MATeR a randomized study. Clinical Nutrition. 39(7). 2080–2091. 48 indexed citations
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Sassi, Francesca, Cristina Tamone, & Patrizia D’Amelio. (2018). Vitamin D: Nutrient, Hormone, and Immunomodulator. Nutrients. 10(11). 1656–1656. 539 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sassi, Francesca, Ilaria Buondonno, Marco Di Stefano, et al.. (2018). Type 2 diabetes affects bone cells precursors and bone turnover. BMC Endocrine Disorders. 18(1). 55–55. 47 indexed citations
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D’Amelio, Patrizia & Francesca Sassi. (2017). Gut Microbiota, Immune System, and Bone. Calcified Tissue International. 102(4). 415–425. 216 indexed citations
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Buondonno, Ilaria, Guido Rovera, Francesca Sassi, et al.. (2017). Vitamin D and immunomodulation in early rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0178463–e0178463. 43 indexed citations
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Yu, Mingcan, Patrizia D’Amelio, Abdul Malik Tyagi, et al.. (2017). Regulatory T cells are expanded by Teriparatide treatment in humans and mediate intermittent PTH ‐induced bone anabolism in mice. EMBO Reports. 19(1). 156–171. 50 indexed citations
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D’Amelio, Patrizia & Francesca Sassi. (2016). Osteoimmunology: from mice to humans. BoneKEy Reports. 5. 802–802. 32 indexed citations
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Marano, Francesca, Monica Argenziano, Roberta Cavalli, et al.. (2016). Targeting Taxanes to Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Cells by Nanobubbles and Extracorporeal Shock Waves. PLoS ONE. 11(12). e0168553–e0168553. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Jau‐Yi, Patrizia D’Amelio, Jerid W. Robinson, et al.. (2015). IL-17A Is Increased in Humans with Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Mediates PTH-Induced Bone Loss in Mice. Cell Metabolism. 22(5). 799–810. 77 indexed citations
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D’Amelio, Patrizia, Francesca Sassi, Ilaria Buondonno, et al.. (2015). Treatment with intermittent PTH increases Wnt10b production by T cells in osteoporotic patients. Osteoporosis International. 26(12). 2785–2791. 18 indexed citations
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D’Amelio, Patrizia, Francesca Sassi, Ilaria Buondonno, et al.. (2015). Effect of intermittent PTH treatment on plasma glucose in osteoporosis: A randomized trial. Bone. 76. 177–184. 17 indexed citations
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Sassi, Francesca, et al.. (2013). Gli scheletri della fossa comune di viale Sabotino a Milano: le vittime della peste manzoniana?. CNR Solar (Scientific Open-access Literature Archive and Repository) (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche). 6 indexed citations
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Sassi, Francesca, Enrica Balza, Laura Borsi, et al.. (2010). Alternative Splicing of the Angiogenesis Associated Extra-Domain B of Fibronectin Regulates the Accessibility of the B-C Loop of the Type III Repeat 8. PLoS ONE. 5(2). e9145–e9145. 18 indexed citations
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D’Amelio, Patrizia, Maria Angela Cristofaro, Lucia D’Amico, et al.. (2010). Iloprost modulates the immune response in systemic sclerosis. BMC Immunology. 11(1). 62–62. 15 indexed citations
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Pisoni, G., Patrizia D’Amelio, Francesca Sassi, et al.. (2010). Multinucleated giant cells with an osteoclast phenotype derived from caprine peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The Veterinary Journal. 189(3). 361–363. 4 indexed citations
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Balza, Enrica, Francesca Sassi, William L. Blalock, et al.. (2009). A novel human fibronectin cryptic sequence unmasked by the insertion of the angiogenesis‐associated extra type III domain B. International Journal of Cancer. 125(4). 751–758. 27 indexed citations
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Sassi, Francesca, William L. Blalock, Enrica Balza, et al.. (2009). Use of Uteroglobin for the Engineering of Polyvalent, Polyspecific Fusion Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(39). 26646–26654. 6 indexed citations
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Mortara, Lorenzo, Enrica Balza, Francesca Sassi, et al.. (2007). Therapy‐induced antitumor vaccination by targeting tumor necrosis factor‐α to tumor vessels in combination with melphalan. European Journal of Immunology. 37(12). 3381–3392. 39 indexed citations
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Borsi, Laura, Enrica Balza, Barbara Carnemolla, et al.. (2003). Selective targeted delivery of TNFα to tumor blood vessels. Blood. 102(13). 4384–4392. 204 indexed citations

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