Iolanda Spera

958 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 745 citations indexed

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Iolanda Spera is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Iolanda Spera has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 745 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Immunology and 2 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Iolanda Spera's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers), Immune cells in cancer (3 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (2 papers). Iolanda Spera is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers), Immune cells in cancer (3 papers) and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling (2 papers). Iolanda Spera collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Belgium. Iolanda Spera's co-authors include Alessandra Castegna, Maria Favia, Marcella Canton, Francisca C. Venegas, Ricardo Sánchez‐Rodríguez, Antonella Viola, Vittoria Infantino, Vito Iacobazzi, Ferdinando Palmieri and Luigi Palmieri and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, FEBS Letters and Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Iolanda Spera

11 papers receiving 739 citations

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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.

Reactive Oxygen Species in Macrophages: Sources and Targets

2021 276 citations Marcella Canton, Ricardo Sánchez‐Rodríguez et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Iolanda Spera Italy	10	417	191	98	86	71	11	745
Leah K. Billingham United States	9	417 1.0×	264 1.4×	45 0.5×	109 1.3×	26 0.4×	9	745
Claus Desler Denmark	19	820 2.0×	129 0.7×	191 1.9×	146 1.7×	93 1.3×	52	1.3k
Daniela Cosentino‐Gomes Brazil	13	349 0.8×	166 0.9×	171 1.7×	61 0.7×	22 0.3×	23	801
Casilda V. Mura United States	19	513 1.2×	145 0.8×	140 1.4×	40 0.5×	37 0.5×	35	1.1k
Xuan Zou China	17	680 1.6×	55 0.3×	73 0.7×	138 1.6×	39 0.5×	59	1.1k
Takami Sho China	9	451 1.1×	89 0.5×	79 0.8×	94 1.1×	38 0.5×	11	725
Hiromi Nochi Japan	20	724 1.7×	102 0.5×	229 2.3×	90 1.0×	38 0.5×	40	1.3k
Cunqi Ye China	16	846 2.0×	80 0.4×	214 2.2×	90 1.0×	93 1.3×	35	1.2k
Marie‐Chantal Farges France	19	287 0.7×	168 0.9×	245 2.5×	149 1.7×	24 0.3×	34	940

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iolanda Spera

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Butterfield, D. Allan, et al.. (2022). Metabolic Features of Brain Function with Relevance to Clinical Features of Alzheimer and Parkinson Diseases. Molecules. 27(3). 951–951. 16 indexed citations

Spera, Iolanda, Ricardo Sánchez‐Rodríguez, Maria Favia, et al.. (2021). The J2-Immortalized Murine Macrophage Cell Line Displays Phenotypical and Metabolic Features of Primary BMDMs in Their M1 and M2 Polarization State. Cancers. 13(21). 5478–5478. 9 indexed citations

Menga, Alessio, Maria Favia, Iolanda Spera, et al.. (2021). N ‐acetylaspartate release by glutaminolytic ovarian cancer cells sustains protumoral macrophages. EMBO Reports. 22(9). e51981–e51981. 34 indexed citations

Canton, Marcella, Ricardo Sánchez‐Rodríguez, Iolanda Spera, et al.. (2021). Reactive Oxygen Species in Macrophages: Sources and Targets. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 734229–734229. 276 indexed citations breakdown →

Spera, Iolanda, Roberta Menabò, Erika M. Palmieri, et al.. (2018). Monoamine oxidase-dependent histamine catabolism accounts for post-ischemic cardiac redox imbalance and injury. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1864(9). 3050–3059. 19 indexed citations

Palmieri, Erika M., Iolanda Spera, Alessio Menga, et al.. (2015). Acetylation of human mitochondrial citrate carrier modulates mitochondrial citrate/malate exchange activity to sustain NADPH production during macrophage activation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1847(8). 729–738. 84 indexed citations

Palmieri, Erika M., Iolanda Spera, Alessio Menga, et al.. (2014). Glutamine synthetase desensitizes differentiated adipocytes to proinflammatory stimuli by raising intracellular glutamine levels. FEBS Letters. 588(24). 4807–4814. 31 indexed citations

Canton, Marcella, Alessandra Castegna, Roberta Menabò, et al.. (2014). 31Metabolomic identification of substrates for monoamine oxidases in hearts subjected to oxidative stress. Cardiovascular Research. 103(suppl 1). S4.3–S4. 1 indexed citations

Castegna, Alessandra, Luigi Palmieri, Iolanda Spera, et al.. (2011). Oxidative stress and reduced glutamine synthetase activity in the absence of inflammation in the cortex of mice with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. Neuroscience. 185. 97–105. 58 indexed citations

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Castegna, Alessandra, Pasquale Scarcia, Gennaro Agrimi, et al.. (2010). Identification and Functional Characterization of a Novel Mitochondrial Carrier for Citrate and Oxoglutarate in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(23). 17359–17370. 108 indexed citations

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Infantino, Vittoria, Alessandra Castegna, Iolanda Spera, et al.. (2010). Impairment of methyl cycle affects mitochondrial methyl availability and glutathione level in Down's syndrome. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 102(3). 378–382. 109 indexed citations

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