G Macchia

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

G Macchia is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, G Macchia has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Immunology, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in G Macchia's work include Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (3 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (3 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (3 papers). G Macchia is often cited by papers focused on Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (3 papers), Galectins and Cancer Biology (3 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (3 papers). G Macchia collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Colombia and Czechia. G Macchia's co-authors include A. Massone, Daniela Burroni, Natale Figura, A Covacci, M Bugnoli, Roberto Petracca, Emanuele Papini, Stefano Censini, Z Xiang and John L. Telford and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

G Macchia

15 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular characterization of the 128-kDa immunodominant ... 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Molecular characterization of the 128-kDa immunodominant antigen of Helicobacter pylori associated with cytotoxicity and duodenal ulcer.
    1993 1.1k citations A Covacci, Stefano Censini et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G Macchia Italy 11 1.1k 973 284 274 151 15 1.6k
A. Massone Italy 9 1.1k 1.0× 835 0.9× 321 1.1× 221 0.8× 151 1.0× 13 1.4k
Erik Glocker Germany 15 519 0.5× 932 1.0× 250 0.9× 167 0.6× 237 1.6× 21 1.5k
Bernd Schmaußer Germany 16 607 0.6× 751 0.8× 148 0.5× 274 1.0× 187 1.2× 30 1.5k
Jennifer M. Noto United States 25 979 0.9× 505 0.5× 119 0.4× 547 2.0× 286 1.9× 42 1.6k
Yasuhiro Saito Japan 10 809 0.7× 515 0.5× 95 0.3× 323 1.2× 187 1.2× 26 1.2k
Dominique Velin Switzerland 20 485 0.4× 734 0.8× 77 0.3× 338 1.2× 130 0.9× 50 1.3k
Daniela Burroni Italy 19 3.1k 2.9× 2.3k 2.3× 1.1k 3.8× 420 1.5× 307 2.0× 27 3.5k
Rolf O. Ehrhardt United States 20 172 0.2× 1.1k 1.2× 22 0.1× 276 1.0× 179 1.2× 34 1.8k
Judith Lind Austria 11 334 0.3× 276 0.3× 81 0.3× 141 0.5× 41 0.3× 17 559
Iván Roa Chile 18 1.1k 1.1× 78 0.1× 131 0.5× 219 0.8× 639 4.2× 51 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by G Macchia

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Fields of papers citing papers by G Macchia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G Macchia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of G Macchia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of G Macchia 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 G Macchia. G Macchia is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Macchia, G, et al.. (2025). Respiratory syncytial virus fuses with plasma membrane to infect primary cultures of bronchial epithelial cells. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1498955–1498955. 1 indexed citations
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Aragona, Pasquale, Giuseppe Magazzù, G Macchia, et al.. (1999). Presence of antibodies against Helicobacter pylori and its heat-shock protein 60 in the serum of patients with Sjögren's syndrome.. PubMed. 26(6). 1306–11. 62 indexed citations
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Ruggiero, Paolo, Paola Bossù, G Macchia, et al.. (1997). Inhibitory activity of IL-1 receptor antagonist depends on the balance between binding capacity for IL-1 receptor type 1 and IL-1 receptor type II. The Journal of Immunology. 158(8). 3881–3887. 13 indexed citations
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Boraschi, Diana, Paola Bossù, Paolo Ruggiero, et al.. (1995). Mapping of receptor binding sites on IL-1 β by reconstruction of IL-1ra-like domains. The Journal of Immunology. 155(10). 4719–4725. 20 indexed citations
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Bossù, Paola, Paolo Ruggiero, G Macchia, et al.. (1995). Transfected type II interleukin-1 receptor impairs responsiveness of human keratinocytes to interleukin-1.. PubMed. 147(6). 1852–61. 44 indexed citations
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Figura, Natale, N. Giordano, Daniela Burroni, et al.. (1994). Sjogren's syndrome and Helicobacter pylori infection. 6(4). 321–322. 28 indexed citations
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Covacci, A, Stefano Censini, M Bugnoli, et al.. (1993). Molecular characterization of the 128-kDa immunodominant antigen of Helicobacter pylori associated with cytotoxicity and duodenal ulcer.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90(12). 5791–5795. 1074 indexed citations breakdown →
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Covacci, A, Stefano Censini, M Bugnoli, et al.. (1993). Molecular characterization H. pylori associated with cytotoxicity and duodenal ulcer. Use Siena air (University of Siena). 90. 5791–5795. 1 indexed citations
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Heguy, Adriana, Cosima T. Baldari, G Macchia, John L. Telford, & Marialuisa Melli. (1992). Amino acids conserved in interleukin-1 receptors (IL-1Rs) and the Drosophila toll protein are essential for IL-1R signal transduction.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(4). 2605–2609. 157 indexed citations
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Baldari, Cosima T., G Macchia, & John L. Telford. (1992). Interleukin-2 promoter activation in T-cells expressing activated Ha-ras.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(7). 4289–4291. 51 indexed citations
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Baldari, Cosima T., G Macchia, Adriana Heguy, Marialuisa Melli, & John L. Telford. (1991). Cyclosporin A blocks calcium-dependent pathways of gene activation.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 266(28). 19103–19108. 28 indexed citations
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Donati, Daniele, et al.. (1990). Induction of gene expression by IL-1 in NIH 3T3 cells. Possible requirement of protein kinase C activity and independence from arachidonic acid metabolism.. The Journal of Immunology. 145(12). 4115–4120. 10 indexed citations
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Macchia, G, Cosima T. Baldari, A. Massone, & John L. Telford. (1990). A role for protein kinase C activity in interleukin-1 (IL-1) induction of IL-2 gene expression but not in IL-1 signal transduction.. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 10(6). 2731–2737. 29 indexed citations
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Telford, John L., G Macchia, A. Massone, et al.. (1986). The murine interleukin 1β gene: structure and evolution. Nucleic Acids Research. 14(24). 9955–9963. 50 indexed citations

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