Paolo Mené

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Paolo Mené is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Paolo Mené has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Nephrology, 41 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Paolo Mené's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (18 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (15 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (13 papers). Paolo Mené is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (18 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (15 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (13 papers). Paolo Mené collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Paolo Mené's co-authors include Michael J. Dünn, M. S. Simonson, Francesco Pugliese, George Dubyak, Giulio A. Cinotti, Mark Kester, Giorgio Punzo, John R. Sedor, Yuichi NAKAZATO and Giuseppe Pugliese and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Physiological Reviews and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Paolo Mené

126 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Endothelin stimulates phospholipase C, Na+/H+ exchange, c-fos expression, and mitogenesis in rat mesangial cells.

1989 497 citations Paolo Mené, George Dubyak et al. profile →
Physiology of the mesangial cell

1989 425 citations Paolo Mené et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paolo Mené Italy	30	1.3k	823	821	628	397	133	3.4k
Masao Kakoki United States	31	1.1k 0.8×	689 0.8×	619 0.8×	709 1.1×	358 0.9×	53	3.0k
Yanqing Zhu United States	34	1.7k 1.3×	580 0.7×	830 1.0×	664 1.1×	417 1.1×	74	4.1k
Balakuntalam S. Kasinath United States	40	2.4k 1.8×	628 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	358 0.6×	493 1.2×	125	4.8k
Andrea Hartner Germany	31	1.1k 0.8×	416 0.5×	530 0.6×	662 1.1×	275 0.7×	111	3.3k
Keiichi Hishikawa Japan	33	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	292 0.4×	756 1.2×	470 1.2×	68	4.1k
Zsuzsanna K. Zsengellér United States	39	1.8k 1.3×	786 1.0×	622 0.8×	498 0.8×	494 1.2×	96	5.6k
Pin‐Lan Li United States	44	2.9k 2.2×	1.1k 1.4×	604 0.7×	513 0.8×	558 1.4×	158	5.3k
Jean‐Loup Bascands France	35	1.9k 1.4×	313 0.4×	718 0.9×	576 0.9×	452 1.1×	155	4.7k
Takeshi Marumo Japan	30	1.5k 1.1×	872 1.1×	328 0.4×	565 0.9×	482 1.2×	59	3.7k
Friedrich Thaiss Germany	35	1.2k 0.9×	819 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	813 1.3×	577 1.5×	116	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Paolo Mené

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paolo Mené

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paolo Mené. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paolo Mené 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 Paolo Mené. Paolo Mené is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Battistelli, Cecilia, Alice Conigliaro, Sabrina Garbo, et al.. (2025). Long noncoding RNA H19 promotes the acquisition of a mesenchymal-like invasive phenotype in mesothelial primary cells through an HDAC1-mediated WT1/Sp1 switch. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 663–663.

Lai, Silvia, Lida Tartaglione, Francesca Tinti, et al.. (2025). Chronic kidney disease- mineral and bone disorder in autosomal dominant policystic kidney disease. Bone. 201. 117652–117652.

Carugo, Stefano, Fabio Vescini, Andrea Giusti, et al.. (2024). The essential role of combined calcium and vitamin D supplementation in the osteoporosis scenario in italy: Expert opinion paper. Archives of Osteoporosis. 19(1). 99–99. 2 indexed citations

Marchant, Vanessa, Lucía Tejedor-Santamaria, Sandra Rayego‐Mateos, et al.. (2023). BET Protein Inhibitor JQ1 Ameliorates Experimental Peritoneal Damage by Inhibition of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress. Antioxidants. 12(12). 2055–2055. 6 indexed citations

Gigante, Antonietta, Silverio Rotondi, Paolo Mené, et al.. (2023). Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury and Endothelial Dysfunction: The Role of Vascular and Biochemical Parameters. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 13(4). 701–701. 5 indexed citations

Lai, Silvia, Valeria Panebianco, Sandro Mazzaferro, et al.. (2023). Parasympathetic activity and total fibrotic kidney in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease patients: a pilot study. International Urology and Nephrology. 55(12). 3153–3158. 1 indexed citations

Garbo, Sabrina, Claudia Montaldo, Davide Mariotti, et al.. (2022). Restoration of WT1/miR-769-5p axis by HDAC1 inhibition promotes MMT reversal in mesenchymal-like mesothelial cells. Cell Death and Disease. 13(11). 965–965. 16 indexed citations

Casciaro, Bruno, Valeria de Turris, Giammarco Raponi, et al.. (2022). Exposure to b-LED Light While Exerting Antimicrobial Activity on Gram-Negative and -Positive Bacteria Promotes Transient EMT-like Changes and Growth Arrest in Keratinocytes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(3). 1896–1896. 4 indexed citations

Rossi, Lucía, Cecilia Battistelli, Valeria de Turris, et al.. (2018). HDAC1 inhibition by MS-275 in mesothelial cells limits cellular invasion and promotes MMT reversal. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8492–8492. 26 indexed citations

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Cozzolino, Mario, Piergiorgio Bolasco, Claudio Ronco, et al.. (2018). Clinical Management of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients in Italy: Results from the IRIDE Study. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 140(1). 39–47. 8 indexed citations

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Festuccia, Francescaromana, et al.. (2017). Hepatitis B vaccination in haemodialysis patients: an underestimated problem. Factors influencing immune responses in ten years of observation in an Italian haemodialysis centre and literature review.. PubMed. 29(1). 27–37. 15 indexed citations

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Morosetti, Massimo, et al.. (2017). [Best practices on peritoneal dialysis: the audit of Lazio Region].. PubMed. 34(1). 1 indexed citations

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Pescatori, Lorenzo, Stefano Festa, Francesco Panzuto, et al.. (2016). A Case of Pancreatic Small Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Associated With SIADH. Pancreas. 45(5). e20–e22. 2 indexed citations

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Mené, Paolo, Rosaria Polci, & Francescaromana Festuccia. (2003). Mechanisms of repair after kidney injury. Journal of Nephrology. 16(2). 186–195. 23 indexed citations

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Pricci, Flavia, Giuseppe Pugliese, Paolo Mené, et al.. (1996). Regulatory role of eicosanoids in extracellular matrix overproduction induced by long-term exposure to high glucose in cultured rat mesangial cells. Diabetologia. 39(9). 1055–1062. 11 indexed citations

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Mené, Paolo, Anna Teti, Francesco Pugliese, & Giulio A. Cinotti. (1994). Calcium release-activated calcium influx in cultured human mesangial cells. Kidney International. 46(1). 122–128. 46 indexed citations

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Mené, Paolo & Michael J. Dunn. (1990). Prostaglandins and rat glomerular mesangial cell proliferation. Kidney International. 37(5). 1256–1262. 43 indexed citations

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Mené, Paolo, Francesco Pugliese, Tullio Faraggiana, & Giulio A. Cinotti. (1990). Identification and characteristics of a Na+/Ca2+ exchanger in cultured human mesangial cells. Kidney International. 38(6). 1199–1205. 21 indexed citations

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Mené, Paolo, et al.. (1988). MODULATION OF MESANGIAL CELL PROLIFERATION BY PROSTAGLANDINS. Kidney International. 33(1). 276–276. 6 indexed citations

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Mené, Paolo, et al.. (1987). Modulation of cytosolic free calcium by serum and phorbol myristate acetate in cultured rat mesangial cells. Clinical research. 35(3). 636. 1 indexed citations

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