Luigi Messori

18.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
388 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Luigi Messori is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Luigi Messori has authored 388 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 236 papers in Oncology, 141 papers in Molecular Biology and 125 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Luigi Messori's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (224 papers), Trace Elements in Health (71 papers) and Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (56 papers). Luigi Messori is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (224 papers), Trace Elements in Health (71 papers) and Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications (56 papers). Luigi Messori collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and Switzerland. Luigi Messori's co-authors include Chiara Gabbiani, Angela Casini, Antonello Merlino, Enrico Mini, Tiziano Marzo, Pierluigi Orioli, G. Marcon, Maria Agostina Cinellu, Lara Massai and Enzo Alessio and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Luigi Messori

381 papers receiving 15.6k 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.

Thioredoxin reductase: A target for gold compounds acting as potential anticancer drugs

2009 514 citations Chiara Gabbiani, Angela Casini et al. profile →
NAMI-A and KP1019/1339, Two Iconic Ruthenium Anticancer Drug Candidates Face-to-Face: A Case Story in Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry

2019 293 citations Luigi Messori et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structural Insight Into a Human H Ferritin@Gold‐Monocarbene Adduct: Aurophilicity Revealed in a Biological Context 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), Andrea Giachetti, Annalisa Guerri, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicola G. A. Abrescia, Luigi Messori, Paola Turano, Antonio Rosato	0
2	Structural Insight Into a Human H Ferritin@Gold‐Monocarbene Adduct: Aurophilicity Revealed in a Biological Context 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie ·(unknown), Andrea Giachetti, Annalisa Guerri, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicola G. A. Abrescia, Luigi Messori, Paola Turano, Antonio Rosato	0
3	The impact of albumin conjugation on the cytotoxic properties of cisplatin, oxaliplatin and auranofin in cancer cells 2025 ·Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers ·(unknown), (unknown), Mirko Severi, Maria Letizia Trincavelli, Luigi Messori, Lara Massai, Tiziano Marzo, Chiara Giacomelli	0
4	Deciphering the role of neutral diruthenium complexes in protein binding 2024 ·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ·Giarita Ferraro, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Delia Picone, Lara Massai, (unknown), Ana B. Muñoz‐García, Luigi Messori, Santiago Herrero, Antonello Merlino	1
5	On the mechanism of action of arsenoplatins: arsenoplatin-1 binding to a B-DNA dodecamer 2024 ·Dalton Transactions ·Romualdo Troisi, (unknown), Giarita Ferraro, Filomena Sica, Lara Massai, (unknown), Damiano Cirri, Luigi Messori, Antonello Merlino	2
6	Picoplatin binding to proteins: X-ray structures and mass spectrometry data on the adducts with lysozyme and ribonuclease A 2024 ·Dalton Transactions ·Giarita Ferraro, (unknown), Lara Massai, Pavel Štarha, Luigi Messori, Antonello Merlino	3
7	Dirhodium tetraacetate binding to a B-DNA double helical dodecamer probed by X-ray crystallography and mass spectrometry 2023 ·Dalton Transactions ·(unknown), Romualdo Troisi, Giarita Ferraro, (unknown), Lara Massai, Luigi Messori, Filomena Sica, Antonello Merlino	7
8	Synthesis, chemical characterization, and biological evaluation of a novel auranofin derivative as an anticancer agent 2022 ·Dalton Transactions ·Damiano Cirri, Lara Massai, Chiara Giacomelli, Maria Letizia Trincavelli, Annalisa Guerri, Chiara Gabbiani, Luigi Messori, Alessandro Pratesi	14
9	Reactions of Arsenoplatin-1 with Protein Targets: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study 2022 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·Iogann Tolbatov, Damiano Cirri, (unknown), Tiziano Marzo, Cecilia Coletti, Alessandro Marrone, Luigi Messori, Nazzareno Re, Lara Massai	11
10	Alkyne Functionalization of a Photoactivated Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complex for Click-Enabled Serum Albumin Interaction Studies 2020 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alessandro Pratesi, Xue‐Quan Zhou, (unknown), Maxime A. Siegler, Luigi Messori, Sander I. van Kasteren, Sylvestre Bonnet	16
11	Conjugates of Gold Nanoparticles and Antitumor Gold(III) Complexes as a Tool for Their AFM and SERS Detection in Biological Tissue 2019 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Aleksandra M. Bondžić, Andreja Leskovac, Sandra Petrović, Dragana Vasić Anićijević, M. Luce, Lara Massai, Amanda Generosi, Barbara Paci, A. Cricenti, Luigi Messori, Vesna Vasić	6
12	Reaction with Proteins of a Five-Coordinate Platinum(II) Compound 2019 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Giarita Ferraro, Tiziano Marzo, Maria Elena Cucciolito, Francesco Ruffo, Luigi Messori, Antonello Merlino	7
13	A case of extensive protein platination: the reaction of lysozyme with a Pt(ii)–terpyridine complex 2018 ·Dalton Transactions ·Giarita Ferraro, Tiziano Marzo, (unknown), Agostino Cilibrizzi, Ramón Vilar, Luigi Messori, Antonello Merlino	23
14	Diruthenium Diacetate Catalysed Aerobic Oxidation of Hydroxylamines and Improved Chemoselectivity by Immobilisation to Lysozyme 2017 ·ChemCatChem ·(unknown), Tiziano Marzo, (unknown), (unknown), Francesca Cardona, Luigi Messori, Andrea Goti	10
15	Determinants for Tight and Selective Binding of a Medicinal Dicarbene Gold(I) Complex to a Telomeric DNA G‐Quadruplex: a Joint ESI MS and XRD Investigation 2016 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Carla Bazzicalupi, Marta Ferraroni, Francesco Papi, Lara Massai, Benoı̂t Bertrand, Luigi Messori, Paola Gratteri, Angela Casini	47
16	Proteomic analysis of the cytotoxic effects induced by the organogold( iii ) complex Aubipyc in cisplatin-resistant A2780 ovarian cancer cells: further evidence for the glycolytic pathway implication 2015 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Tania Gamberi, Francesca Magherini, Tania Fiaschi, Ida Landini, Lara Massai, (unknown), Laura Bianchi, Luca Bini, Chiara Gabbiani, Stefania Nobili, Enrico Mini, Luigi Messori, Alessandra Modesti	10
17	Interplay of crystallography, Raman microspectroscopy and electrospray mass spectrometry for studying the reaction between ruthenium complexes and proteins 2014 ·FEBS Journal ·Alessandro Vergara, Luigi Messori, Daniela Montesarchio, Luigi Paduano, Tiziano Marzo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Irene Russo Krauss, Marco Caterino, Antonello Merlino	1
18	Molecular Mechanisms and Proposed Targets for Selected Anticancer Gold Compounds 2011 ·Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry ·Angela Casini, Luigi Messori	168
19	2D-DIGE analysis of ovarian cancer cell responses to cytotoxic gold compounds 2011 ·Molecular BioSystems ·(unknown), Michele Puglia, Chiara Gabbiani, Ida Landini, Tania Gamberi, Dolores Fregona, Maria Agostina Cinellu, Stefania Nobili, Enrico Mini, Luca Bini, Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Alessandra Modesti, Luigi Messori	31
20	Structure and Cytotoxic Properties of Some Selected Gold(III) Complexes 1999 ·Hrčak Portal of scientific journals of Croatia (University Computing Centre) ·B Bruni, Annalisa Guerri, G. Marcon, Luigi Messori, (unknown)	4

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