Gian Marco Ghiggeri

21.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
359 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Gian Marco Ghiggeri is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Gian Marco Ghiggeri has authored 359 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 173 papers in Nephrology, 136 papers in Molecular Biology and 54 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Gian Marco Ghiggeri's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (150 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (55 papers) and Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases (38 papers). Gian Marco Ghiggeri is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (150 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (55 papers) and Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases (38 papers). Gian Marco Ghiggeri collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Canada. Gian Marco Ghiggeri's co-authors include Giovanni Candiano, Maurizio Bruschi, Laura Santucci, Gianluca Caridi, Luca Musante, Francesco Scolari, Pier Giorgio Righetti, Paola Orecchia, Barbara Carnemolla and Luciano Zardi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Gian Marco Ghiggeri

349 papers receiving 11.8k 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.

Blue silver: A very sensitive colloidal Coomassie G‐250 staining for proteome analysis

2004 1.6k citations Giovanni Candiano, Maurizio Bruschi et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gian Marco Ghiggeri Italy	55	5.2k	5.0k	1.7k	1.7k	1.5k	359	12.0k
Moin A. Saleem United Kingdom	67	7.8k 1.5×	5.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	324	14.4k
Yashpal S. Kanwar United States	59	3.7k 0.7×	6.3k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	882 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	234	13.8k
Keith A. Hruska United States	68	5.3k 1.0×	7.1k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	643 0.4×	269	15.2k
Jochen Reiser United States	51	9.1k 1.8×	5.3k 1.1×	944 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	179	14.1k
David J. Nikolic‐Paterson Australia	70	6.0k 1.2×	5.9k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	4.7k 3.1×	244	17.6k
Gerhard A. Müller Germany	52	2.9k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	739 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	302	10.5k
Lambertus P. van den Heuvel Netherlands	54	1.8k 0.4×	4.3k 0.9×	741 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	257	10.3k
Jeremy Hughes United Kingdom	45	3.0k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.6×	2.3k 1.5×	112	8.8k
P Verroust France	55	2.1k 0.4×	3.5k 0.7×	738 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	163	8.5k
L.A.H. Monnens Netherlands	48	1.8k 0.3×	3.7k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	715 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	275	8.7k

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Caridi, Gianluca, Sonia Spinelli, Francesca Lugani, et al.. (2025). The Crosstalk Between NETs and the Complement Cascade: An Overview in Nephrological Autoimmune Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(6). 2789–2789. 2 indexed citations

Caridi, Gianluca, Alessandro Consolaro, Francesca Lugani, et al.. (2025). Case report: Single infusion of combined anti-CD20 and anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies in pediatric refractory lupus nephritis. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1525892–1525892. 3 indexed citations

Ariceta, Gema, Gian Marco Ghiggeri, Dieter Haffner, et al.. (2024). C3 glomerulopathy in children: a European longitudinal study evaluating outcome. Pediatric Nephrology. 40(4). 979–986. 1 indexed citations

Angeletti, Andrea, Sofia Bin, Alberto Magnasco, et al.. (2023). Efficacy of combined rituximab and daratumumab treatment in posttransplant recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. American Journal of Transplantation. 24(4). 688–692. 7 indexed citations

Bruschi, Maurizio, Giovanni Candiano, Andrea Petretto, et al.. (2023). #6225 MICROPLASTICS: FIRST EXTENDED PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS ON KIDNEY TUBULAR CELLS. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 38(Supplement_1). 3 indexed citations

Delbarba, Elisa, Domenico Santoro, Loreto Gesualdo, et al.. (2020). Rituximab vs. Cyclophosphamide in the Treatment of Membranous Nephropathy: The RI-CYCLO Trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 31(10S). B9–B9. 1 indexed citations

Chan, Eugene Yu-hin, Hazel Webb, E. Yu, et al.. (2019). Both the rituximab dose and maintenance immunosuppression in steroid-dependent/frequently-relapsing nephrotic syndrome have important effects on outcomes. Kidney International. 97(2). 393–401. 66 indexed citations

Ravani, Pietro, Alice Bonanni, & Gian Marco Ghiggeri. (2017). Randomised controlled trial comparing ofatumumab to rituximab in children with steroid-dependent and calcineurin inhibitor-dependent idiopathic nephrotic syndrome: study protocol. BMJ Open. 7(3). e013319–e013319. 22 indexed citations

Radice, Antonella, Federico Pieruzzi, Barbara Trezzi, et al.. (2017). Diagnostic specificity of autoantibodies to M-type phospholipase A2 receptor (PLA2R) in differentiating idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN) from secondary forms and other glomerular diseases. Journal of Nephrology. 31(2). 271–278. 55 indexed citations

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Ghiggeri, Gian Marco, Maddalena Gigante, & Armando Di Donato. (2013). Constitutional Nephrin Deficiency in Conditionally Immortalized Human Podocytes Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Supported byβ-Catenin/NF-kappa B Activation: A Consequence of Cell Junction Impairment?. International Journal of Nephrology. 2013. 1–15. 11 indexed citations

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Mattioli, Girolamo, et al.. (2012). Intraureteral Injection of NASHA/Dx Gel Under Direct Ureteroscopic Visualization for the Treatment of Primary High-Grade Vesicoureteral Reflux. Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques. 22(8). 844–847. 2 indexed citations

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Prunotto, Marco, Maria Luisa Carnevali, Giovanni Candiano, et al.. (2010). Autoimmunity in Membranous Nephropathy Targets Aldose Reductase and SOD2. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 21(3). 507–519. 166 indexed citations

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Musante, Luca, Giovanni Candiano, Andrea Petretto, et al.. (2007). Active Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Is Associated with Massive Oxidation of Plasma Albumin. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 18(3). 799–810. 65 indexed citations

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Izzi, Claudia, Pietro Ravani, Diletta Domenica Torres, et al.. (2006). IgA Nephropathy: The Presence of Familial Disease Does Not Confer an Increased Risk for Progression. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 47(5). 761–769. 22 indexed citations

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Caridi, Gianluca, Monica Dagnino, Andrea Rossi, et al.. (2006). Nephronophthisis type 1 deletion syndrome with neurological symptoms: Prevalence and significance of the association. Kidney International. 70(7). 1342–1347. 28 indexed citations

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Ghiggeri, Gian Marco, Filippo Aucella, Gianluca Caridi, et al.. (2006). Posttransplant Recurrence of Proteinuria in a Case of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Associated with WT1 Mutation. American Journal of Transplantation. 6(9). 2208–2211. 13 indexed citations

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Candiano, Giovanni, Luca Musante, Maurizio Bruschi, et al.. (2006). Repetitive Fragmentation Products of Albumin and α1-Antitrypsin in Glomerular Diseases Associated with Nephrotic Syndrome. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 17(11). 3139–3148. 111 indexed citations

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Gusmano, R, Gianna Mazzucco, Guido Monga, & Gian Marco Ghiggeri. (2004). Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Clinical, morphological and genetic features. Journal of Nephrology. 17(1). 139–157. 1 indexed citations

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Scolari, Francesco, Battista Fabio Viola, Gian Marco Ghiggeri, et al.. (2003). Towards the identification of (a) gene(s) for autosomal dominant medullary cystic kidney disease. Journal of Nephrology. 16(3). 321–328. 8 indexed citations

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Candiano, Giovanni, et al.. (1990). Analysis of albumin charge by direct immunofixation in ultrathin gels. Kidney International. 37(3). 1002–1005. 2 indexed citations

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