Massimo Costalonga

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Massimo Costalonga is a scholar working on Periodontics, Immunology and Oral Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Costalonga has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Periodontics, 15 papers in Immunology and 6 papers in Oral Surgery. Recurrent topics in Massimo Costalonga's work include Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (18 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (12 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers). Massimo Costalonga is often cited by papers focused on Oral microbiology and periodontitis research (18 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (12 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (5 papers). Massimo Costalonga collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Massimo Costalonga's co-authors include Mark C. Herzberg, Marc K. Jenkins, R. Lee Reinhardt, Peter D. Bittner‐Eddy, Stephen J. McSorley, Sarah Asch, Christopher Staley, Joerg Meyle, P. Patrick Cleary and Henrik Dommisch and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Costalonga

30 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

The oral microbiome and the immunobiology of periodontal disease and caries

2014 456 citations Massimo Costalonga, Mark C. Herzberg Immunology Letters profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Massimo Costalonga United States	18	580	333	317	173	148	33	1.3k
Anilei Hoare Chile	17	788 1.4×	149 0.4×	300 0.9×	220 1.3×	169 1.1×	31	1.3k
Kosuke Kataoka Japan	25	572 1.0×	503 1.5×	276 0.9×	283 1.6×	236 1.6×	49	1.6k
Pamela H. Braham United States	18	621 1.1×	263 0.8×	285 0.9×	302 1.7×	125 0.8×	21	1.1k
Sotirios Kalfas Sweden	27	968 1.7×	199 0.6×	438 1.4×	398 2.3×	178 1.2×	86	1.8k
Jonathon L. Baker United States	16	610 1.1×	115 0.3×	562 1.8×	213 1.2×	170 1.1×	34	1.4k
Amanda K. Dupuy United States	9	1.0k 1.7×	94 0.3×	428 1.4×	302 1.7×	321 2.2×	9	1.5k
Shan‐Ling Hung Taiwan	21	397 0.7×	191 0.6×	207 0.7×	260 1.5×	48 0.3×	50	1.4k
Alun C. Kirby United Kingdom	19	228 0.4×	662 2.0×	243 0.8×	217 1.3×	64 0.4×	31	1.3k
Claes Wickström Sweden	19	307 0.5×	133 0.4×	507 1.6×	86 0.5×	326 2.2×	35	1.2k
C.‐C. Tsai United States	15	657 1.1×	209 0.6×	243 0.8×	313 1.8×	121 0.8×	16	1.2k

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Costalonga, Massimo, et al.. (2025). Accuracy of Metabolomics in Peri‐Implant Crevicular Fluid for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Peri‐Implantitis. Journal of Periodontal Research. 60(8). 775–787.

Castroflorio, Tommaso, et al.. (2025). Proton‐Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Metabolomics of Gingival Crevicular Fluid During Orthodontic Tooth Movement With Aligners. Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research. 28(4). 670–679.

Bittner‐Eddy, Peter D., et al.. (2024). MHC-II presentation by oral Langerhans cells impacts intraepithelial Tc17 abundance and Candida albicans oral infection via CD4 T cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 1408255–1408255.

Chuang, Ling-Shiang, Xuesong He, Mario Aimetti, et al.. (2024). Unravelling the Oral–Gut Axis: Interconnection Between Periodontitis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Current Challenges, and Future Perspective. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 18(8). 1319–1341. 20 indexed citations

Costalonga, Massimo, et al.. (2023). Effect of scaling and root planing with and without minocycline HCl microspheres on periodontal pathogens and clinical outcomes: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Periodontology. 94(9). 1133–1145. 7 indexed citations

Ordinola‐Zapata, Ronald, et al.. (2023). The root canal microbiome diversity and function. A whole‐metagenome shotgun analysis. International Endodontic Journal. 57(7). 872–884. 18 indexed citations

Bittner‐Eddy, Peter D., et al.. (2023). Major Histocompatibility Complex II Expression on Oral Langerhans Cells Differentially Regulates Mucosal CD4 and CD8 T Cells. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 144(3). 573–584.e1. 4 indexed citations

Alovisi, Mario, Massimo Carossa, Narcisa Mandras, et al.. (2022). Disinfection and Biocompatibility of Titanium Surfaces Treated with Glycine Powder Airflow and Triple Antibiotic Mixture: An In Vitro Study. Materials. 15(14). 4850–4850. 22 indexed citations

Rashidi, Armin, Maryam Ebadi, Daniel J. Weisdorf, Massimo Costalonga, & Christopher Staley. (2021). No evidence for colonization of oral bacteria in the distal gut in healthy adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(42). 45 indexed citations

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Bittner‐Eddy, Peter D., et al.. (2020). Transient Expression of IL-17A in Foxp3 Fate-Tracked Cells in Porphyromonas gingivalis-Mediated Oral Dysbiosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 677–677. 15 indexed citations

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Bittner‐Eddy, Peter D., et al.. (2019). Cre-loxP Reporter Mouse Reveals Stochastic Activity of the Foxp3 Promoter. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 2228–2228. 19 indexed citations

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Koidou, Vasiliki P., Prokopios P. Argyris, Lei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Peptide coatings enhance keratinocyte attachment towards improving the peri-implant mucosal seal. Biomaterials Science. 6(7). 1936–1945. 43 indexed citations

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Bittner‐Eddy, Peter D., et al.. (2017). Discriminating between Interstitial and Circulating Leukocytes in Tissues of the Murine Oral Mucosa Avoiding Nasal-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Contamination. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1398–1398. 12 indexed citations

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Costalonga, Massimo & Mark C. Herzberg. (2014). The oral microbiome and the immunobiology of periodontal disease and caries. Immunology Letters. 162(2). 22–38. 456 indexed citations breakdown →

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Costalonga, Massimo, P. Patrick Cleary, Louise Arup Fischer, & Zhenjiang Zhao. (2008). Intranasal bacteria induce Th1 but not Treg or Th2. Mucosal Immunology. 2(1). 85–95. 27 indexed citations

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Costalonga, Massimo, et al.. (2008). Effects of Toll‐like receptor 4 on Porphyromonas gingivalis‐induced bone loss in mice. Journal of Periodontal Research. 44(4). 537–542. 19 indexed citations

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Costalonga, Massimo & Traci Zell. (2007). Lipopolysaccharide enhances in vivo interleukin‐2 production and proliferation by naive antigen‐specific CD4 T cells via a Toll‐like receptor 4‐dependent mechanism. Immunology. 122(1). 124–130. 15 indexed citations

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Nobbs, Angela H., et al.. (2007). Oral streptococci: commensals and opportunistic pathogens. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 411–462. 16 indexed citations

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Costalonga, Massimo, et al.. (2004). Primary induction of CD4 T cell responses in nasal associated lymphoid tissue during group A streptococcal infection. European Journal of Immunology. 34(10). 2843–2853. 42 indexed citations

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McSorley, Stephen J., Sarah Asch, Massimo Costalonga, R. Lee Reinhardt, & Marc K. Jenkins. (2002). Tracking Salmonella-Specific CD4 T Cells In Vivo Reveals a Local Mucosal Response to a Disseminated Infection. Immunity. 16(3). 365–377. 198 indexed citations

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