Katia Cortese

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
79 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Katia Cortese is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Katia Cortese has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cell Biology and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Katia Cortese's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (13 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (5 papers). Katia Cortese is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (13 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (5 papers). Katia Cortese collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Katia Cortese's co-authors include Carlo Tacchetti, Laura Canesi, Maria Cristina Gagliani, Rita Fabbri, Caterina Ciacci, Thomas Vaccari, Teresa Balbi, Gabriella Gallo, Antonio Marcomini and Giulio Pojana and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Katia Cortese

72 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Trehalose induces autophagy via lysosomal-mediated TFEB activation in models of motoneuron degeneration

2018 319 citations P. Rusmini, Katia Cortese et al. Autophagy profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katia Cortese Italy	27	1.1k	469	343	338	267	79	2.5k
Yang Hoon Huh South Korea	26	1.2k 1.1×	484 1.0×	184 0.5×	283 0.8×	260 1.0×	97	2.7k
Susanne Grether‐Beck Germany	33	1.2k 1.0×	586 1.2×	309 0.9×	217 0.6×	56 0.2×	80	3.9k
Anna von Mikecz Germany	24	932 0.8×	220 0.5×	500 1.5×	117 0.3×	100 0.4×	57	2.1k
Yi Yang China	33	1.6k 1.4×	187 0.4×	136 0.4×	185 0.5×	537 2.0×	142	3.8k
Kwon‐Yul Ryu South Korea	23	1.5k 1.3×	307 0.7×	114 0.3×	578 1.7×	191 0.7×	55	2.7k
Rong Shao United States	15	2.3k 2.0×	346 0.7×	234 0.7×	291 0.9×	41 0.2×	29	3.2k
Tom R. Webb United Kingdom	25	952 0.8×	276 0.6×	878 2.6×	104 0.3×	127 0.5×	54	2.7k
Mason Mackey United States	23	2.0k 1.8×	375 0.8×	89 0.3×	383 1.1×	55 0.2×	38	3.2k
Laura Vergani Italy	32	884 0.8×	151 0.3×	60 0.2×	401 1.2×	169 0.6×	95	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katia Cortese

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cortese, Katia & Paola Falletta. (2025). Anatomy at the threshold: Teaching the human body in a hybrid age. Anatomical Sciences Education. 18(11). 1301–1309.

Ailuno, Giorgia, Sara Baldassari, Guendalina Zuccari, et al.. (2024). Development of Biotinylated Liposomes Encapsulating Metformin for Therapeutic Targeting of Inflammation-Based Diseases. Pharmaceutics. 16(2). 235–235. 4 indexed citations

Esposito, Alessandro, Katia Cortese, Silvia Giovedı̀, et al.. (2024). ATP6V1A is required for synaptic rearrangements and plasticity in murine hippocampal neurons. Acta Physiologica. 240(8). e14186–e14186. 4 indexed citations

Ciferri, Maria Chiara, Silvia Bruno, Cansu Görgün, et al.. (2024). Standardized Method to Functionalize Plasma-Extracellular Vesicles via Copper-Free Click Chemistry for Targeted Drug Delivery Strategies. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 7(2). 827–838. 14 indexed citations

Casarotto, Elena, Michela Relucenti, Maria Cristina Gagliani, et al.. (2024). A NSC‐34 cell line‐derived spheroid model: Potential and challenges for in vitro evaluation of neurodegeneration. Microscopy Research and Technique. 87(11). 2785–2800.

Checchetto, Vanessa, Michele Brischigliaro, Chiara Rampazzo, et al.. (2023). Drosophila Mpv17 forms an ion channel and regulates energy metabolism. iScience. 26(10). 107955–107955. 3 indexed citations

Tagliatti, Erica, Maria Cristina Gagliani, Paola Falletta, et al.. (2023). Neratinib is a TFEB and TFE3 activator that potentiates autophagy and unbalances energy metabolism in ERBB2+ breast cancer cells. Biochemical Pharmacology. 213. 115633–115633. 5 indexed citations

Cortese, Katia, Marco Ponassi, Aldo Profumo, et al.. (2023). Lipid Metabolism Reprogramming and Trastuzumab Resistance in Breast Cancer Cell Lines Overexpressing the ERBB2 Membrane Receptor. Membranes. 13(6). 540–540. 4 indexed citations

Coco, Simona, Alessandra Pulliero, Katia Cortese, et al.. (2023). Anticancer Activity of Measles–Mumps–Rubella MMR Vaccine Viruses against Glioblastoma. Cancers. 15(17). 4304–4304. 3 indexed citations

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Cascella, Roberta, Alessandra Bigi, Maria Cristina Gagliani, et al.. (2022). A quantitative biology approach correlates neuronal toxicity with the largest inclusions of TDP-43. Science Advances. 8(30). eabm6376–eabm6376. 16 indexed citations

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Casarotto, Elena, Daisy Sproviero, Maria Cristina Gagliani, et al.. (2022). Neurodegenerative Disease-Associated TDP-43 Fragments Are Extracellularly Secreted with CASA Complex Proteins. Cells. 11(3). 516–516. 17 indexed citations

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Cascella, Roberta, Martina Banchelli, Seyyed Abolghasem Ghadami, et al.. (2022). An in situ and in vitro investigation of cytoplasmic TDP-43 inclusions reveals the absence of a clear amyloid signature. Annals of Medicine. 55(1). 72–88. 4 indexed citations

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Akwa, Yvette, Chiara Di Malta, Elise Gondard, et al.. (2022). Stimulation of synaptic activity promotes TFEB-mediated clearance of pathological MAPT/Tau in cellular and mouse models of tauopathies. Autophagy. 19(2). 660–677. 16 indexed citations

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Görgün, Cansu, Daniele Reverberi, Maria Cristina Gagliani, et al.. (2021). Role of Extracellular Vesicles from Adipose Tissue- and Bone Marrow-Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Endothelial Proliferation and Chondrogenesis. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 10(12). 1680–1695. 37 indexed citations

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Ceresa, Davide, Antonella De Palma, Rossana Rossi, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive Profiling of Secretome Formulations from Fetal- and Perinatal Human Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(7). 3713–3713. 16 indexed citations

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Gagliani, Maria Cristina, Grazia Bellese, Cinzia Aiello, et al.. (2021). Imaging of Endocytic Trafficking and Extracellular Vesicles Released Under Neratinib Treatment in ERBB2⁺ Breast Cancer Cells. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 69(7). 461–473. 10 indexed citations

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Rusmini, P., Katia Cortese, V. Crippa, et al.. (2018). Trehalose induces autophagy via lysosomal-mediated TFEB activation in models of motoneuron degeneration. Autophagy. 15(4). 631–651. 319 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bagnato, Paola, Alessia Castagnino, Katia Cortese, et al.. (2017). Cooperative but distinct early co-signaling events originate from ERBB2 and ERBB1 receptors upon trastuzumab treatment in breast cancer cells. Oncotarget. 8(36). 60109–60122. 13 indexed citations

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Castagnola, Patrizio, et al.. (2016). Identification of an HSP90 modulated multi-step process for ERBB2 degradation in breast cancer cells. Oncotarget. 7(51). 85411–85429. 16 indexed citations

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Cortese, Katia, Mark T. Howes, Richard Lundmark, et al.. (2012). The HSP90 inhibitor geldanamycin perturbs endosomal structure and drives recycling ErbB2 and transferrin to modified MVBs/lysosomal compartments. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 24(2). 129–144. 41 indexed citations

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