Melania Capasso

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Melania Capasso is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melania Capasso has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Immunology and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Melania Capasso's work include Ion channel regulation and function (11 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (5 papers). Melania Capasso is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (11 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (7 papers) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research (5 papers). Melania Capasso collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Melania Capasso's co-authors include Frances R. Balkwill, Thorsten Hagemann, Martin J.S. Dyer, Thomas E. DeCoursey, Vladimir V. Cherny, Boris Musset, Deri Morgan, Anne Montfort, Lily Keane and Enrique Gabandé‐Rodríguez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Melania Capasso

32 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

The tumor microenvironment at a glance 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The tumor microenvironment at a glance
    2012 1.4k citations Frances R. Balkwill, Melania Capasso et al. Journal of Cell Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melania Capasso United Kingdom 21 1.2k 1.1k 1.1k 491 317 33 3.1k
Tiziana Annese Italy 30 1.7k 1.4× 548 0.5× 800 0.8× 772 1.6× 174 0.5× 99 3.2k
Frédéric Hollande Australia 37 1.9k 1.6× 678 0.6× 1.5k 1.4× 732 1.5× 133 0.4× 97 4.1k
Sumanta Goswami United States 25 1.7k 1.4× 812 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 604 1.2× 349 1.1× 46 3.7k
Lili Guo China 27 1.9k 1.5× 1.2k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 1.0k 2.1× 418 1.3× 129 4.3k
Chi Ma United States 34 2.1k 1.8× 1.3k 1.2× 1.0k 1.0× 675 1.4× 125 0.4× 110 4.4k
Kenneth D. Swanson United States 29 2.0k 1.6× 928 0.8× 562 0.5× 603 1.2× 247 0.8× 66 3.3k
Yingfei Wang United States 32 2.0k 1.7× 380 0.3× 674 0.6× 774 1.6× 173 0.5× 84 3.3k
Yunlong Yang China 30 1.5k 1.3× 618 0.6× 993 0.9× 922 1.9× 237 0.7× 62 3.2k
Ekrem Emrah Er United States 9 1.7k 1.4× 534 0.5× 791 0.8× 397 0.8× 155 0.5× 12 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melania Capasso

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melania Capasso

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Melania Capasso. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Melania Capasso based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Melania Capasso. Melania Capasso is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Offermann, Nina, et al.. (2023). Aging microglia. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 80(5). 126–126. 51 indexed citations
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Coe, David, Hongmei Fu, Fabrizia Bonacina, et al.. (2022). Loss of voltage-gated hydrogen channel 1 expression reveals heterogeneous metabolic adaptation to intracellular acidification by T cells. JCI Insight. 7(10). 13 indexed citations
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Delvecchio, Francesca Romana, Andrew Clear, Marina Roy-Luzarraga, et al.. (2021). Pancreatic Cancer Chemotherapy Is Potentiated by Induction of Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Mice. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 12(5). 1543–1565. 75 indexed citations
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Keane, Lily, Sean‐Patrick Riechers, Raphaël Zollinger, et al.. (2020). mTOR-dependent translation amplifies microglia priming in aging mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(1). 62 indexed citations
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Fu, Hongmei, Maryam Jangani, Guosu Wang, et al.. (2019). A Subset of CCL25-Induced Gut-Homing T Cells Affects Intestinal Immunity to Infection and Cancer. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 271–271. 20 indexed citations
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Barry, Sayka, Ezra Aksoy, Anna Vossenkämper, et al.. (2019). Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Interacting Protein Maintains Germinal Center B Cells through Suppression of BCL6 Degradation. Cell Reports. 27(5). 1461–1471.e4. 21 indexed citations
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Candido, Juliana, Jacqueline McDermott, Cristina Ghirelli, et al.. (2019). Discrepancies in the Tumor Microenvironment of Spontaneous and Orthotopic Murine Models of Pancreatic Cancer Uncover a New Immunostimulatory Phenotype for B Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 542–542. 57 indexed citations
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Gabandé‐Rodríguez, Enrique, Lily Keane, & Melania Capasso. (2019). Microglial phagocytosis in aging and Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 98(2). 284–298. 95 indexed citations
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Montfort, Anne, Oliver M.T. Pearce, Eleni Maniati, et al.. (2016). A Strong B-cell Response Is Part of the Immune Landscape in Human High-Grade Serous Ovarian Metastases. Clinical Cancer Research. 23(1). 250–262. 172 indexed citations
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Capasso, Melania, et al.. (2015). Metabolic Control of B Cells: More Questions than Answers. Frontiers in Immunology. 6. 80–80. 9 indexed citations
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Capasso, Melania. (2014). Regulation of immune responses by proton channels. Immunology. 143(2). 131–137. 23 indexed citations
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Capasso, Melania. (2013). Proton channels in non‐phagocytic cells of the immune system. PubMed. 2(2). 65–73. 4 indexed citations
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Morgan, Deri, Melania Capasso, Boris Musset, Vladimir V. Cherny, & Thomas E. DeCoursey. (2013). Two Isoforms of the Human Voltage Gated Proton Channel hHV1. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 276a–276a. 1 indexed citations
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Balkwill, Frances R., Anne Montfort, & Melania Capasso. (2012). B regulatory cells in cancer. Trends in Immunology. 34(4). 169–173. 99 indexed citations
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Balkwill, Frances R., Melania Capasso, & Thorsten Hagemann. (2012). The tumor microenvironment at a glance. Journal of Cell Science. 125(23). 5591–5596. 1399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Capasso, Melania, Tom Henley, Robert S. Boyd, et al.. (2010). HVCN1 modulates BCR signal strength via regulation of BCR-dependent generation of reactive oxygen species. Nature Immunology. 11(3). 265–272. 187 indexed citations
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Capasso, Melania, Thomas E. DeCoursey, & Martin J.S. Dyer. (2010). pH regulation and beyond: unanticipated functions for the voltage-gated proton channel, HVCN1. Trends in Cell Biology. 21(1). 20–28. 78 indexed citations
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Musset, Boris, Melania Capasso, Vladimir V. Cherny, et al.. (2009). Identification of Phosphorylation Sites that Activate Voltage Gated Proton Channels in Leukocytes. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 170a–171a.
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Musset, Boris, Melania Capasso, Vladimir V. Cherny, et al.. (2009). Identification of Thr29 as a Critical Phosphorylation Site That Activates the Human Proton Channel Hvcn1 in Leukocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(8). 5117–5121. 58 indexed citations
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Dyer, Martin J.S., Takashi Akasaka, Melania Capasso, et al.. (2009). Immunoglobulin heavy chain locus chromosomal translocations in B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia: rare clinical curios or potent genetic drivers?. Blood. 115(8). 1490–1499. 40 indexed citations

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