Loretta Ferrera

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Loretta Ferrera is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Loretta Ferrera has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 11 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Loretta Ferrera's work include Ion channel regulation and function (21 papers), Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (12 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (11 papers). Loretta Ferrera is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (21 papers), Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances (12 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (11 papers). Loretta Ferrera collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United States. Loretta Ferrera's co-authors include Luis J. V. Galietta, Antonella Caputo, Olga Zegarra‐Moran, Roberto Ravazzolo, Elvira Sondo, Emanuela Caci, Nicoletta Pedemonte, Ulrich Pfeffer, Cristina Barsanti and Michael Pusch and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Loretta Ferrera

39 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

TMEM16A, A Membrane Protein Associated with Calcium-Dependent Chloride Channel Activity

2008 1.0k citations Antonella Caputo, Emanuela Caci et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Loretta Ferrera Italy	21	1.6k	594	543	451	379	40	2.2k
Elvira Sondo Italy	22	1.5k 0.9×	425 0.7×	993 1.8×	376 0.8×	396 1.0×	36	2.4k
Emanuela Caci Italy	25	1.5k 0.9×	431 0.7×	863 1.6×	379 0.8×	424 1.1×	32	2.4k
Fen Huang United States	9	1.0k 0.6×	421 0.7×	153 0.3×	311 0.7×	330 0.9×	9	1.5k
Biljana Jovov United States	22	1.6k 1.0×	201 0.3×	637 1.2×	116 0.3×	255 0.7×	36	2.4k
Marcelo A. Catalán United States	23	935 0.6×	292 0.5×	181 0.3×	167 0.4×	416 1.1×	45	1.4k
Yuemin Tian Germany	18	991 0.6×	321 0.5×	121 0.2×	206 0.5×	173 0.5×	30	1.3k
Agustı́n Garcı́a-Caballero Canada	18	835 0.5×	269 0.5×	214 0.4×	102 0.2×	309 0.8×	26	1.2k
Danuta H. Malinowska United States	26	988 0.6×	249 0.4×	176 0.3×	81 0.2×	198 0.5×	57	1.8k
Veronica Prpić United States	29	1.5k 1.0×	430 0.7×	158 0.3×	97 0.2×	501 1.3×	46	2.7k
Robert B. Wellner United States	20	701 0.4×	198 0.3×	142 0.3×	264 0.6×	353 0.9×	41	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Loretta Ferrera

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Mangoni, Maria Luisa, Maria Rosa Loffredo, Bruno Casciaro, Loretta Ferrera, & Floriana Cappiello. (2024). An Overview of Frog Skin-Derived Esc Peptides: Promising Multifunctional Weapons against Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Induced Pulmonary and Ocular Surface Infections. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(8). 4400–4400. 4 indexed citations

Volpedo, Greta, Loretta Ferrera, Federico Zara, et al.. (2024). Antisense oligonucleotides as a precision therapy for developmental and epileptic encephalopathies. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 30(11). e70050–e70050. 7 indexed citations

Ferrera, Loretta, Raffaella Barbieri, Cristiana Picco, et al.. (2021). TRPM2 Oxidation Activates Two Distinct Potassium Channels in Melanoma Cells through Intracellular Calcium Increase. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(16). 8359–8359. 32 indexed citations

Remigante, Alessia, Raffaella Barbieri, Loretta Ferrera, et al.. (2021). NS-11021 Modulates Cancer-Associated Processes Independently of BK Channels in Melanoma and Pancreatic Duct Adenocarcinoma Cell Lines. Cancers. 13(23). 6144–6144. 14 indexed citations

Pedemonte, Nicoletta, Fabio Bertozzi, Emanuela Caci, et al.. (2020). Discovery of a picomolar potency pharmacological corrector of the mutant CFTR chloride channel. Science Advances. 6(8). eaay9669–eaay9669. 40 indexed citations

Ferrera, Loretta, Debora Baroni, & Óscar Morán. (2019). Lumacaftor-rescued F508del-CFTR has a modified bicarbonate permeability. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis. 18(5). 602–605. 15 indexed citations

Sondo, Elvira, Federico Falchi, Emanuela Caci, et al.. (2018). Pharmacological Inhibition of the Ubiquitin Ligase RNF5 Rescues F508del-CFTR in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Epithelia. Cell chemical biology. 25(7). 891–905.e8. 50 indexed citations

Cappiello, Floriana, Antonio Di Grazia, Li-av Segev-Zarko, et al.. (2016). Esculentin-1a-Derived Peptides Promote Clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Internalized in Bronchial Cells of Cystic Fibrosis Patients and Lung Cell Migration: Biochemical Properties and a Plausible Mode of Action. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 60(12). 7252–7262. 50 indexed citations

Caci, Emanuela, Paolo Scudieri, Emma Di Carlo, et al.. (2015). Upregulation of TMEM16A Protein in Bronchial Epithelial Cells by Bacterial Pyocyanin. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0131775–e0131775. 31 indexed citations

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Grabellus, Florian, Loretta Ferrera, Luis J. V. Galietta, et al.. (2013). DOG1 Regulates Growth and IGFBP5 in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors. Cancer Research. 73(12). 3661–3670. 67 indexed citations

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Ferrera, Loretta, Paolo Scudieri, Elvira Sondo, et al.. (2011). A minimal isoform of the TMEM16A protein associated with chloride channel activity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1808(9). 2214–2223. 32 indexed citations

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Scudieri, Paolo, Elvira Sondo, Loretta Ferrera, & Luis J. V. Galietta. (2011). The anoctamin family: TMEM16A and TMEM16B as calcium‐activated chloride channels. Experimental Physiology. 97(2). 177–183. 48 indexed citations

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Ferrera, Loretta, Olga Zegarra‐Moran, & Luis J. V. Galietta. (2011). Ca²⁺‐Activated Cl⁻Channels. Comprehensive physiology. 1(4). 2155–2174. 20 indexed citations

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Ferrera, Loretta, Olga Zegarra‐Moran, & Luis J. V. Galietta. (2011). Ca ²⁺ ‐Activated Cl ⁻ Channels. Comprehensive physiology. 1(4). 2155–2174.

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Ferrera, Loretta, Antonella Caputo, Erica Bussani, et al.. (2009). Regulation of TMEM16A Chloride Channel Properties by Alternative Splicing. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(48). 33360–33368. 180 indexed citations

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Caputo, Antonella, Emanuela Caci, Loretta Ferrera, et al.. (2008). TMEM16A, A Membrane Protein Associated with Calcium-Dependent Chloride Channel Activity. Science. 322(5901). 590–594. 1023 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ferrera, Loretta, et al.. (2007). Characterization of a 7,8-Benzoflavone Double Effect on CFTR Cl- Channel Activity. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 220(1-3). 1–9. 3 indexed citations

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Marini, Valéria, Loretta Ferrera, Alessandra Dorcaratto, et al.. (2003). Identification of a novel KRIT1 mutation in an Italian family with cerebral cavernous malformation by the protein truncation test. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 212(1-2). 75–78. 15 indexed citations

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Accardi, Alessio, Loretta Ferrera, & Michael Pusch. (2001). Drastic reduction of the slow gate of human muscle chloride channel (ClC‐1) by mutation C277S. The Journal of Physiology. 534(3). 745–752. 42 indexed citations

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Pusch, Michael, Loretta Ferrera, & Thomas Friedrich. (2001). Two open states and rate‐limiting gating steps revealed by intracellular Na⁺ block of human KCNQ1 and KCNQ1/KCNE1 K⁺ channels. The Journal of Physiology. 533(1). 135–144. 22 indexed citations

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