Nadia Raffaelli

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Nadia Raffaelli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Geriatrics and Gerontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nadia Raffaelli has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Physiology and 29 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology. Recurrent topics in Nadia Raffaelli's work include Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (36 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (30 papers) and Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (29 papers). Nadia Raffaelli is often cited by papers focused on Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (36 papers), Biochemical and Molecular Research (30 papers) and Sirtuins and Resveratrol in Medicine (29 papers). Nadia Raffaelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Russia. Nadia Raffaelli's co-authors include Giulio Magni, Adolfo Amici, Silverio Ruggieri, Monica Emanuelli, Giuseppe Orsomando, Leonardo Sorci, Francesca Mazzola, Federica Zamporlini, Massimo Mozzon and Lucia Aquilanti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Nadia Raffaelli

97 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

De novo NAD+ synthesis enhances mitochondrial function and improves health

2018 322 citations Elena Katsyuba, Adrienne Mottis et al. Nature profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Nadia Raffaelli	2.0k	1.4k	1.1k	941	620	99	4.6k
Leonard Guarente	5.9k 2.9×	1.5k 1.1×	423 0.4×	527 0.6×	815 1.3×	45	9.0k
Laura Sturla	1.1k 0.6×	409 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	266 0.3×	257 0.4×	79	2.7k
R. Reid Townsend	3.9k 1.9×	327 0.2×	174 0.2×	446 0.5×	653 1.1×	69	6.0k
Zvulun Elazar	5.8k 2.9×	444 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	366 0.4×	7.0k 11.4×	81	11.7k
Rosa A. González‐Polo	2.1k 1.1×	159 0.1×	352 0.3×	193 0.2×	2.1k 3.4×	63	4.4k
Eugenia Morselli	3.4k 1.7×	491 0.4×	429 0.4×	749 0.8×	2.9k 4.6×	78	6.5k
Congcong He	3.1k 1.5×	373 0.3×	551 0.5×	183 0.2×	4.6k 7.4×	63	7.0k
Ruth Scherz‐Shouval	3.0k 1.5×	236 0.2×	350 0.3×	778 0.8×	2.6k 4.2×	36	5.8k
Didac Carmona‐Gutiérrez	3.2k 1.6×	243 0.2×	149 0.1×	112 0.1×	1.1k 1.8×	66	5.2k
Takahiro Shintani	3.1k 1.5×	198 0.1×	475 0.4×	259 0.3×	3.9k 6.2×	99	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nadia Raffaelli

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Amici, Adolfo, Paolo Moretti, Christoph Mueller‐Dieckmann, et al.. (2026). Sample purification and characterization of the α- and β-crustacyanin pigments from the American lobster for crystallographic and cryo-EM studies. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 82(2). 49–56.

Baldelli, Valerio, et al.. (2024). Fluoropyrimidines affect de novo pyrimidine synthesis impairing biofilm formation in Escherichia coli. Biofilm. 7. 100180–100180.

Sorci, Leonardo, et al.. (2024). Periplasmic binding proteins Bug69 and Bug27 from Bordetella pertussis are in vitro high‐affinity quinolinate binders with a potential role in NAD biosynthesis. FEBS Open Bio. 14(10). 1718–1730. 1 indexed citations

Giorgioni, Gianfabio, Alessandro Piergentili, Wilma Quaglia, et al.. (2023). Properly Substituted Benzimidazoles as a New Promising Class of Nicotinate Phosphoribosyltransferase (NAPRT) Modulators. Pharmaceuticals. 16(2). 189–189. 3 indexed citations

Gilley, Jonathan, Massimiliano Gasparrini, Lucia Cialabrini, et al.. (2022). The NAD+ precursor NMN activates dSarm to trigger axon degeneration in Drosophila. eLife. 11. 18 indexed citations

Ruschioni, Sara, Nino Loreto, Roberta Foligni, et al.. (2020). Addition of Olive Pomace to Feeding Substrate Affects Growth Performance and Nutritional Value of Mealworm (Tenebrio Molitor L.) Larvae. Foods. 9(3). 317–317. 74 indexed citations

Mozzon, Massimo, Roberta Foligni, Cinzia Mannozzi, et al.. (2020). Clotting Properties of Onopordum tauricum (Willd.) Aqueous Extract in Milk of Different Species. Foods. 9(6). 692–692. 16 indexed citations

Managò, Antonella, Valentina Audrito, Francesca Mazzola, et al.. (2019). Extracellular nicotinate phosphoribosyltransferase binds Toll like receptor 4 and mediates inflammation. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4116–4116. 55 indexed citations

Gaudino, Federica, Antonella Managò, Valentina Audrito, et al.. (2019). Subcellular Characterization of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Biosynthesis in Metastatic Melanoma by Using Organelle-Specific Biosensors. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 31(15). 1150–1165. 8 indexed citations

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Buonvicino, Daniela, Francesca Mazzola, Federica Zamporlini, et al.. (2018). Identification of the Nicotinamide Salvage Pathway as a New Toxification Route for Antimetabolites. Cell chemical biology. 25(4). 471–482.e7. 52 indexed citations

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Katsyuba, Elena, Adrienne Mottis, Francesca Franco, et al.. (2018). De novo NAD+ synthesis enhances mitochondrial function and improves health. Nature. 563(7731). 354–359. 322 indexed citations breakdown →

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Audrito, Valentina, Sara Serra, Davide Brusa, et al.. (2014). Extracellular nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) promotes M2 macrophage polarization in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Blood. 125(1). 111–123. 154 indexed citations

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Sorci, Leonardo, Lucia Cialabrini, Francesca Mazzola, et al.. (2014). Characterization of bacterial NMN deamidase as a Ser/Lys hydrolase expands diversity of serine amidohydrolases. FEBS Letters. 588(6). 1016–1023. 7 indexed citations

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Huang, Nian, Jessica De Ingeniis, Mikhail S. Gelfand, et al.. (2009). Structure and Function of an ADP-Ribose-Dependent Transcriptional Regulator of NAD Metabolism. Structure. 17(7). 939–951. 41 indexed citations

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Rodionov, Dmitry A., Jessica De Ingeniis, C. Mancini, et al.. (2008). Transcriptional regulation of NAD metabolism in bacteria: NrtR family of Nudix-related regulators. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(6). 2047–2059. 62 indexed citations

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Amici, Adolfo, Monica Emanuelli, Silverio Ruggieri, Nadia Raffaelli, & Giulio Magni. (2002). Kinetic Evidence for Covalent Phosphoryl-Enzyme Intermediate in Phosphotransferase Activity of Human Red Cell Pyrimidine Nucleotidases. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 354. 149–159. 7 indexed citations

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D’Angelo, I., et al.. (2000). Structure of nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase: a key enzyme in NAD+ biosynthesis. Structure. 8(9). 993–1004. 70 indexed citations

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Magni, Giulio, Adolfo Amici, Monica Emanuelli, Nadia Raffaelli, & Silverio Ruggieri. (1999). Enzymology of Nad ⁺ Synthesis. Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects. 73. 135–182. 210 indexed citations

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Emanuelli, Monica, Nadia Raffaelli, Adolfo Amici, et al.. (1995). The antitumor drug, 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitroso-urea, inactivates human nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase. Biochemical Pharmacology. 49(4). 575–579. 11 indexed citations

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Emanuelli, Monica, Paolo Natalini, Nadia Raffaelli, et al.. (1992). NAD biosynthesis in human placenta: Purification and characterization of homogeneous NMN adenylyltransferase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 298(1). 29–34. 37 indexed citations

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