Matteo Massara

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 923 citations indexed

About

Matteo Massara is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matteo Massara has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 923 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Immunology, 11 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Matteo Massara's work include Chemokine receptors and signaling (8 papers), Immune cells in cancer (6 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers). Matteo Massara is often cited by papers focused on Chemokine receptors and signaling (8 papers), Immune cells in cancer (6 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (5 papers). Matteo Massara collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Matteo Massara's co-authors include Raffaella Bonecchi, Valeria Mollica Poeta, Arianna Capucetti, Ornella Bonavita, Massimo Locati, Alberto Mantovani, Matteo Simonelli, Pasquale Persico, Benedetta Savino and Marina Sironi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Matteo Massara

22 papers receiving 920 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.

Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors: New Targets for Cancer Immunotherapy

2019 436 citations Valeria Mollica Poeta, Matteo Massara et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matteo Massara Italy	13	511	489	227	110	98	23	923
Valeria Mollica Poeta Italy	6	391 0.8×	395 0.8×	243 1.1×	84 0.8×	78 0.8×	7	755
Arianna Capucetti Italy	4	441 0.9×	333 0.7×	193 0.9×	84 0.8×	49 0.5×	8	736
Jiawen Qian China	13	424 0.8×	305 0.6×	250 1.1×	89 0.8×	156 1.6×	32	814
Nivedita M. Ratnam United States	7	304 0.6×	280 0.6×	188 0.8×	90 0.8×	172 1.8×	8	714
Paul R. Gielen Netherlands	9	741 1.5×	501 1.0×	455 2.0×	89 0.8×	143 1.5×	11	1.2k
Anandi Sawant United States	15	476 0.9×	489 1.0×	317 1.4×	159 1.4×	60 0.6×	22	948
Selena Lorrey United States	9	320 0.6×	373 0.8×	230 1.0×	59 0.5×	159 1.6×	17	718
Davide Mangani United States	11	295 0.6×	247 0.5×	200 0.9×	60 0.5×	84 0.9×	19	625
Elio Schouppe Belgium	10	764 1.5×	413 0.8×	274 1.2×	56 0.5×	26 0.3×	12	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matteo Massara

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20 of 20 papers shown

Massara, Matteo, et al.. (2025). The local microenvironment suppresses the synergy between irradiation and anti-PD1 therapy in breast-to-brain metastasis. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115427–115427. 4 indexed citations

Massara, Matteo, Golnaz Morad, João Lourenço, et al.. (2025). The bacterial microbiome modulates the initiation of brain metastasis by impacting the gut-to-brain axis. iScience. 28(2). 111874–111874. 4 indexed citations

Poeta, Valeria Mollica, Marina Sironi, Arianna Capucetti, et al.. (2025). Selective expression and significance of ACKR2 in lung aerocytes. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 13(1). e009467–e009467. 1 indexed citations

Watson, Spencer S., Matteo Massara, Klara Soukup, et al.. (2025). Multi-cellular phenotypic dynamics during the progression of an immunocompetent breast cancer model. iScience. 28(11). 113808–113808.

Watson, Spencer S., Ziqi Kang, Nils Eling, et al.. (2024). Microenvironmental reorganization in brain tumors following radiotherapy and recurrence revealed by hyperplexed immunofluorescence imaging. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3226–3226. 25 indexed citations

Massara, Matteo, et al.. (2024). BRUGADA SYNDROME: NEWEST DATA ON RISK STRATIFICATION. European Heart Journal Supplements. 26(Supplement_2). ii71–ii72. 1 indexed citations

Massara, Matteo, et al.. (2024). Investigation of a fluorescent reporter microenvironment niche labeling strategy in experimental brain metastasis. iScience. 27(7). 110284–110284. 2 indexed citations

Bejarano, Leire, Annamaria Kauzlaric, João Lourenço, et al.. (2024). Interrogation of endothelial and mural cells in brain metastasis reveals key immune-regulatory mechanisms. Cancer Cell. 42(3). 378–395.e10. 32 indexed citations

Seglie, Daniele, et al.. (2023). Dark future for a black salamander: effects of climate change and conservation implications for an endemic alpine amphibian. Herpetological Journal. 34(1). 35–47. 1 indexed citations

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Riva, Federica, Maurilio Ponzoni, Domenico Supino, et al.. (2019). IL1R8 Deficiency Drives Autoimmunity-Associated Lymphoma Development. Cancer Immunology Research. 7(6). 874–885. 13 indexed citations

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Poeta, Valeria Mollica, Matteo Massara, Arianna Capucetti, & Raffaella Bonecchi. (2019). Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors: New Targets for Cancer Immunotherapy. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 379–379. 436 indexed citations breakdown →

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Massara, Matteo, Ornella Bonavita, Benedetta Savino, et al.. (2018). ACKR2 in hematopoietic precursors as a checkpoint of neutrophil release and anti-metastatic activity. Nature Communications. 9(1). 676–676. 70 indexed citations

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Bonavita, Ornella, Valeria Mollica Poeta, Matteo Massara, Alberto Mantovani, & Raffaella Bonecchi. (2018). Regulation of hematopoiesis by the chemokine system. Cytokine. 109. 76–80. 22 indexed citations

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Woodcock, Thomas, Tony Frugier, Bridgette D. Semple, et al.. (2017). The scavenging chemokine receptor ACKR2 has a significant impact on acute mortality rate and early lesion development after traumatic brain injury. PLoS ONE. 12(11). e0188305–e0188305. 30 indexed citations

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Bonavita, Ornella, et al.. (2017). ACKR2: An Atypical Chemokine Receptor Regulating Lymphatic Biology. Frontiers in Immunology. 7. 691–691. 26 indexed citations

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Trevisi, Erminio, Federica Riva, Joel Filipe, et al.. (2017). Innate immune responses to metabolic stress can be detected in rumen fluids. Research in Veterinary Science. 117. 65–73. 17 indexed citations

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Massara, Matteo, Pasquale Persico, Ornella Bonavita, et al.. (2017). Neutrophils in Gliomas. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1349–1349. 109 indexed citations

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Bonavita, Ornella, Matteo Massara, & Raffaella Bonecchi. (2016). Chemokine regulation of neutrophil function in tumors. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews. 30. 81–86. 29 indexed citations

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Massara, Matteo, Ornella Bonavita, Alberto Mantovani, Massimo Locati, & Raffaella Bonecchi. (2016). Atypical chemokine receptors in cancer: friends or foes?. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 99(6). 927–933. 66 indexed citations

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Bonavita, Ornella, Matteo Massara, Achille Anselmo, et al.. (2015). Flow Cytometry Detection of Chemokine Receptors for the Identification of Murine Monocyte and Neutrophil Subsets. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 570. 441–456. 1 indexed citations

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