Michela Perego

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Michela Perego is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michela Perego has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Michela Perego's work include Immune cells in cancer (9 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (4 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (4 papers). Michela Perego is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (9 papers), Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (4 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (4 papers). Michela Perego collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and China. Michela Perego's co-authors include Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, Filippo Veglia, Chiara Castelli, Licia Rivoltini, Giorgio Parmiani, Francesca Rini, Chiara Casati, Annamaria De Filippo, Frédéric Triebel and Filiberto Belli and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Medicine and Nature Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Michela Perego

20 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Myeloid-derived suppresso... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2025 400 800 1.2k
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  1. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells coming of age
    2018 1.3k citations Filippo Veglia, Michela Perego et al. Nature Immunology profile →
  2. Functional Reprogramming of Neutrophils within the Brain Tumor Microenvironment by Hypoxia-Driven Histone Lactylation
    2025 23 citations Alessio Ugolini, Alessandra De Leo et al. Cancer Discovery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michela Perego United States 12 1.5k 909 590 245 223 21 2.3k
Diletta Di Mitri Italy 17 2.2k 1.4× 996 1.1× 724 1.2× 254 1.0× 228 1.0× 24 3.3k
Sophie E. Acton United Kingdom 16 1.8k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 623 1.1× 207 0.8× 181 0.8× 26 3.0k
Afshin Derakhshani Iran 26 655 0.4× 812 0.9× 764 1.3× 424 1.7× 223 1.0× 70 2.0k
Breanna M. Allen United States 8 624 0.4× 702 0.8× 660 1.1× 237 1.0× 236 1.1× 10 1.8k
Cinzia Fionda Italy 28 1.8k 1.2× 914 1.0× 805 1.4× 260 1.1× 74 0.3× 62 2.7k
Yuzhu Hou China 21 1.1k 0.7× 663 0.7× 689 1.2× 231 0.9× 239 1.1× 42 2.0k
Robert Yuan United States 8 794 0.5× 1.0k 1.1× 666 1.1× 219 0.9× 376 1.7× 10 1.9k
Sangeeta Goswami United States 19 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 801 1.4× 314 1.3× 626 2.8× 57 2.7k
Catharina Hagerling Sweden 15 939 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 807 1.4× 444 1.8× 357 1.6× 27 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Michela Perego

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michela Perego

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michela Perego

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Perego, Michela, Ekta Agarwal, Irene Bertolini, et al.. (2025). Parkin activates innate immunity and promotes antitumor immune responses. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 135(2).
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Ugolini, Alessio, Alessandra De Leo, Xiaoqing Yu, et al.. (2025). Functional Reprogramming of Neutrophils within the Brain Tumor Microenvironment by Hypoxia-Driven Histone Lactylation. Cancer Discovery. 15(6). 1270–1296. 23 indexed citations breakdown →
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Perego, Michela, Khaled M. Elokely, Magid Abou‐Gharbia, et al.. (2025). Parkin Induces Ubiquitination and Large Extracellular Vesicle Release of HMGB1 to Activate Antitumor Immunity. Cancer Research. 85(24). 5033–5048. 1 indexed citations
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Perego, Michela, Ekta Agarwal, Irene Bertolini, et al.. (2024). Parkin activates innate immunity and promotes antitumor immune responses. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 134(22). 4 indexed citations
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Bertolini, Irene, Michela Perego, Yulia Nefedova, et al.. (2023). Intercellular hif1α reprograms mammary progenitors and myeloid immune evasion to drive high-risk breast lesions. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(8). 8 indexed citations
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Bertolini, Irene, Michela Perego, Jagadish C. Ghosh, Andrew V. Kossenkov, & Dario C. Altieri. (2022). NFκB activation by hypoxic small extracellular vesicles drives oncogenic reprogramming in a breast cancer microenvironment. Oncogene. 41(17). 2520–2525. 11 indexed citations
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Fu, Shuyu, Hui Deng, Irene Bertolini, et al.. (2022). Syntaphilin Regulates Neutrophil Migration in Cancer. Cancer Immunology Research. 11(3). 278–289. 8 indexed citations
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Kossenkov, Andrew V., Faiyaz Notta, Gun-Ho Jang, et al.. (2022). Mitochondrial fitness and cancer risk. PLoS ONE. 17(10). e0273520–e0273520. 9 indexed citations
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Perego, Michela, Shuyu Fu, Yingjiao Cao, et al.. (2022). Mechanisms regulating transitory suppressive activity of neutrophils in newborns: PMNs-MDSCs in newborns. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 112(5). 955–968. 2 indexed citations
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Perego, Michela, Vladimir A. Tyurin, Yulia Y. Tyurina, et al.. (2020). Reactivation of dormant tumor cells by modified lipids derived from stress-activated neutrophils. Science Translational Medicine. 12(572). 146 indexed citations
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Liu, Yufeng, Michela Perego, Qiang Xiao, et al.. (2019). Lactoferrin-induced myeloid-derived suppressor cell therapy attenuates pathologic inflammatory conditions in newborn mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(10). 4261–4275. 62 indexed citations
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Veglia, Filippo, Michela Perego, & Dmitry I. Gabrilovich. (2018). Myeloid-derived suppressor cells coming of age. Nature Immunology. 19(2). 108–119. 1307 indexed citations breakdown →
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He, Yumei, Xing Li, Michela Perego, et al.. (2018). Transitory presence of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in neonates is critical for control of inflammation. Nature Medicine. 24(2). 224–231. 157 indexed citations
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Tuccitto, Alessandra, et al.. (2017). Melanoma Stem Cell Sphere Formation Assay. BIO-PROTOCOL. 7(8). e2233–e2233. 6 indexed citations
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Perego, Michela, Sydney M. Shaffer, André C. Müller, et al.. (2017). A slow-cycling subpopulation of melanoma cells with highly invasive properties. Oncogene. 37(3). 302–312. 61 indexed citations
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Tuccitto, Alessandra, Marcella Tazzari, Francesca Rini, et al.. (2016). Immunomodulatory Factors Control the Fate of Melanoma Tumor Initiating Cells. Stem Cells. 34(10). 2449–2460. 18 indexed citations
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Shannan, Batool, Quan Chen, Andrea Watters, et al.. (2016). Enhancing the evaluation of PI3K inhibitors through 3D melanoma models. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 29(3). 317–328. 6 indexed citations
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Shannan, Batool, Michela Perego, Rajasekharan Somasundaram, & Meenhard Herlyn. (2015). Heterogeneity in Melanoma. Cancer treatment and research. 167. 1–15. 58 indexed citations
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Camisaschi, Chiara, Chiara Casati, Francesca Rini, et al.. (2010). LAG-3 Expression Defines a Subset of CD4+CD25highFoxp3+ Regulatory T Cells That Are Expanded at Tumor Sites. The Journal of Immunology. 184(11). 6545–6551. 271 indexed citations
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Perego, Michela, Monica Tortoreto, Gabrina Tragni, et al.. (2010). Heterogeneous Phenotype of Human Melanoma Cells with In Vitro and In Vivo Features of Tumor-Initiating Cells. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 130(7). 1877–1886. 65 indexed citations

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