Lorena Urbanelli

14.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Lorena Urbanelli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Lorena Urbanelli has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Physiology and 15 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Lorena Urbanelli's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (25 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (19 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (10 papers). Lorena Urbanelli is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (25 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (19 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (10 papers). Lorena Urbanelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and Germany. Lorena Urbanelli's co-authors include Carla Emiliani, Sandra Buratta, Krizia Sagini, Brunella Tancini, Federica Delo, Elisabetta Chiaradia, Alessandro Magini, Alice Polchi, Alessandro Brozzi and Roberto Maria Pellegrino and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Lorena Urbanelli

85 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Lysosomal Exocytosis, Exosome Release and Secretory Autophagy: The Autophagic- and Endo-Lysosomal Systems Go Extracellular

2020 304 citations Sandra Buratta, Brunella Tancini et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lorena Urbanelli Italy	27	1.7k	609	407	293	279	86	2.7k
Ali Bettaı̈eb France	39	2.2k 1.3×	339 0.6×	434 1.1×	185 0.6×	727 2.6×	132	4.0k
Wenjuan Wang China	38	1.9k 1.1×	778 1.3×	179 0.4×	277 0.9×	420 1.5×	154	3.5k
Brian L. Hood United States	38	2.7k 1.6×	576 0.9×	228 0.6×	365 1.2×	389 1.4×	105	4.4k
Shiyong Wu United States	30	2.2k 1.3×	989 1.6×	232 0.6×	305 1.0×	394 1.4×	106	3.6k
Xian Chen United States	40	3.1k 1.8×	386 0.6×	193 0.5×	386 1.3×	572 2.1×	127	4.7k
Pier Giorgio Petronini Italy	37	1.9k 1.1×	548 0.9×	251 0.6×	145 0.5×	311 1.1×	117	3.9k
Xinyuan Liu China	33	2.2k 1.3×	492 0.8×	180 0.4×	250 0.9×	535 1.9×	167	3.7k
Sander R. Piersma Netherlands	40	2.8k 1.6×	852 1.4×	226 0.6×	241 0.8×	270 1.0×	137	4.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lorena Urbanelli

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Calzoni, Eleonora, et al.. (2025). Multi-Omic Characterization of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition: Lipidomic and Metabolomic Profiles as Key Markers of TGF-β-Induced Transition in Huh7 Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Cells. 14(16). 1233–1233.

Buratta, Sandra, et al.. (2024). Hitting the target: cell signaling pathways modulation by extracellular vesicles. PubMed. 5(3). 627–52. 8 indexed citations

Calzoni, Eleonora, Krizia Sagini, Federica Delo, et al.. (2024). Evidence of Lysosomal β-Hexosaminidase Enzymatic Activity Associated with Extracellular Vesicles: Potential Applications for the Correction of Sandhoff Disease. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 15(6). 153–153. 3 indexed citations

Buratta, Sandra, Eleonora Calzoni, Danika Di Giacomo, et al.. (2024). LipidOne 2.0: A Web Tool for Discovering Biological Meanings Hidden in Lipidomic Data. Current Protocols. 4(9). e70009–e70009. 4 indexed citations

Buratta, Sandra, Elisabetta Chiaradia, Anna Maria Salzano, et al.. (2024). Characterization of Nanovesicles Isolated from Olive Vegetation Water. Foods. 13(6). 835–835. 7 indexed citations

Pellegrino, Roberto Maria, Sandra Buratta, Roberta La Starza, et al.. (2024). Metabolic Profiling as an Approach to Differentiate T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Cell Lines Belonging to the Same Genetic Subgroup. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(7). 3921–3921. 3 indexed citations

Calzoni, Eleonora, Alessio Cesaretti, Roberto Maria Pellegrino, et al.. (2024). Aloe Extracellular Vesicles as Carriers of Photoinducible Metabolites Exhibiting Cellular Phototoxicity. Cells. 13(22). 1845–1845. 6 indexed citations

Buratta, Sandra, Lorena Urbanelli, Roberto Maria Pellegrino, et al.. (2024). PhosphoLipidome Alteration Induced by Clostridioides difficile Toxin B in Enteric Glial Cells. Cells. 13(13). 1103–1103. 1 indexed citations

Calzoni, Eleonora, et al.. (2024). Plant-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Natural Nanocarriers for Biotechnological Drugs. Processes. 12(12). 2938–2938. 11 indexed citations

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Calzoni, Eleonora, Lorena Urbanelli, Serena Porcellati, et al.. (2024). Isolation of Extracellular Vesicles from Agri-Food Wastes: A Novel Perspective in the Valorization of Agri-Food Wastes and By-Products. Foods. 13(10). 1492–1492. 8 indexed citations

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Grosso, Ambra Del, Lorena Urbanelli, Sara Carpi, et al.. (2023). Untargeted Lipidomic Approach for Studying Different Nervous System Tissues of the Murine Model of Krabbe Disease. Biomolecules. 13(10). 1562–1562. 4 indexed citations

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Gorello, Paolo, Roberto Maria Pellegrino, Hovirag Lancioni, et al.. (2023). Comparison between Sickle Cell Disease Patients and Healthy Donors: Untargeted Lipidomic Study of Erythrocytes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2529–2529. 4 indexed citations

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Sagini, Krizia, Lorena Urbanelli, Sandra Buratta, Carla Emiliani, & Alicia Llorente. (2023). Lipid Biomarkers in Liquid Biopsies: Novel Opportunities for Cancer Diagnosis. Pharmaceutics. 15(2). 437–437. 15 indexed citations

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Chiaradia, Elisabetta, Brunella Tancini, Carla Emiliani, et al.. (2021). Extracellular Vesicles under Oxidative Stress Conditions: Biological Properties and Physiological Roles. Cells. 10(7). 1763–1763. 138 indexed citations

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Sagini, Krizia, Sandra Buratta, Federica Delo, et al.. (2021). Drug-Induced Lysosomal Impairment Is Associated with the Release of Extracellular Vesicles Carrying Autophagy Markers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(23). 12922–12922. 16 indexed citations

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Pellegrino, Roberto Maria, Matteo Giulietti, Sandra Buratta, et al.. (2021). LipidOne: user-friendly lipidomic data analysis tool for a deeper interpretation in a systems biology scenario. Bioinformatics. 38(6). 1767–1769. 13 indexed citations

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Tancini, Brunella, Sandra Buratta, Federica Delo, et al.. (2020). Lysosomal Exocytosis: The Extracellular Role of an Intracellular Organelle. Membranes. 10(12). 406–406. 96 indexed citations

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Tancini, Brunella, Lorena Urbanelli, Alessandro Magini, Alice Polchi, & Carla Emiliani. (2017). Extending lifespan through autophagy stimulation: a future perspective. 65(2). 110–123. 2 indexed citations

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Urbanelli, Lorena, Carla Emiliani, C Massini, et al.. (2006). Cathepsin D expression is decreased in Alzheimer's disease fibroblasts. Neurobiology of Aging. 29(1). 12–22. 53 indexed citations

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Monaci, Paolo, et al.. (1999). Random peptide libraries for target definition. 4(3). 129–142. 3 indexed citations

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