Patrizia Agostinis

61.8k total citations · 10 hit papers
233 papers, 28.1k citations indexed

About

Patrizia Agostinis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrizia Agostinis has authored 233 papers receiving a total of 28.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Molecular Biology, 64 papers in Epidemiology and 54 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Patrizia Agostinis's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (63 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (43 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (42 papers). Patrizia Agostinis is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (63 papers), Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (43 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (42 papers). Patrizia Agostinis collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Italy. Patrizia Agostinis's co-authors include Abhishek D. Garg, Peter Vandenabeele, Dmitri V. Krysko, Olga Krysko, Agnieszka Kaczmarek, Tom Verfaillie, Jakub Gołąb, Peter de Witte, Dominika Nowis and Michael Dewaele and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Patrizia Agostinis

231 papers receiving 27.7k citations

Hit Papers

Photodynamic therapy of c... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2011 2012 2012 2012 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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.

  1. Photodynamic therapy of cancer: An update
    2011 4.3k citations Patrizia Agostinis, Kristian Berg et al. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians profile →
  2. Immunogenic cell death and DAMPs in cancer therapy
    2012 2.5k citations Abhishek D. Garg, Patrizia Agostinis et al. profile →
  3. PERK is required at the ER-mitochondrial contact sites to convey apoptosis after ROS-based ER stress
    2012 693 citations Tom Verfaillie, Noemí Rubio et al. profile →
  4. A novel pathway combining calreticulin exposure and ATP secretion in immunogenic cancer cell death
    2012 651 citations Abhishek D. Garg, Tom Verfaillie et al. profile →
  5. Molecular effectors of multiple cell death pathways initiated by photodynamic therapy
    2007 617 citations Patrizia Agostinis et al. profile →
  6. Caspase-mediated cleavage of Beclin-1 inactivates Beclin-1-induced autophagy and enhances apoptosis by promoting the release of proapoptotic factors from mitochondria
    2010 551 citations Wim Declercq, Patrizia Agostinis et al. Cell Death and Disease profile →
  7. Emerging role of damage-associated molecular patterns derived from mitochondria in inflammation
    2011 539 citations Patrizia Agostinis, Abhishek D. Garg et al. profile →
  8. Defining the role of the tumor vasculature in antitumor immunity and immunotherapy
    2018 473 citations Marco B.E. Schaaf, Abhishek D. Garg et al. Cell Death and Disease profile →
  9. Vaccination with Necroptotic Cancer Cells Induces Efficient Anti-tumor Immunity
    2016 364 citations Abhishek D. Garg, Patrizia Agostinis et al. profile →
  10. The lysosome as a master regulator of iron metabolism
    2021 156 citations Peter Vangheluwe, Patrizia Agostinis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrizia Agostinis Belgium 83 11.0k 8.5k 7.6k 6.7k 4.7k 233 28.1k
Oliver Kepp France 87 14.2k 1.3× 3.8k 0.4× 3.0k 0.4× 12.6k 1.9× 6.3k 1.3× 276 34.1k
Dmitri V. Krysko Belgium 53 6.6k 0.6× 3.5k 0.4× 3.6k 0.5× 5.3k 0.8× 1.6k 0.3× 124 15.1k
Peng Huang China 82 18.0k 1.6× 2.6k 0.3× 2.9k 0.4× 2.2k 0.3× 2.2k 0.5× 329 31.3k
Jian Wang China 79 14.5k 1.3× 2.0k 0.2× 3.5k 0.5× 4.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.5× 1.1k 28.6k
Donna B. Stolz United States 94 15.5k 1.4× 3.0k 0.3× 1.9k 0.2× 5.0k 0.7× 5.6k 1.2× 401 31.6k
Hiroshi Maeda Japan 62 14.4k 1.3× 15.8k 1.8× 3.3k 0.4× 2.0k 0.3× 559 0.1× 244 37.4k
Olivier Féron Belgium 73 12.1k 1.1× 3.4k 0.4× 2.0k 0.3× 2.0k 0.3× 813 0.2× 303 24.3k
Seppo Ylä‐Herttuala Finland 109 21.8k 2.0× 1.6k 0.2× 2.5k 0.3× 8.3k 1.2× 3.4k 0.7× 748 44.5k
Robert M. Hoffman United States 94 13.0k 1.2× 11.4k 1.3× 3.6k 0.5× 2.8k 0.4× 1.0k 0.2× 1.1k 38.1k
Arjan W. Griffioen Netherlands 76 10.1k 0.9× 2.2k 0.3× 1.8k 0.2× 4.7k 0.7× 608 0.1× 281 19.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrizia Agostinis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dehairs, Jonas, Frank Vanderhoydonc, Małgorzata Alicja Śliwińska, et al.. (2025). AMP-activated protein kinase-driven lipid droplet dynamics govern melanoma sensitivity to polyunsaturated fatty acid and iron-induced ferroptosis. Nature Communications. 16(1). 11252–11252.
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Vervliet, Tim, Karan Ahuja, Maria Livia Sassano, et al.. (2024). Disruption of MAM integrity in mutant FUS oligodendroglial progenitors from hiPSCs. Acta Neuropathologica. 147(1). 6–6. 8 indexed citations
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Vanmechelen, Maxime, Paul M. Clément, Jean‐François Daisne, et al.. (2023). Cellular and molecular features related to exceptional therapy response and extreme long‐term survival in glioblastoma. Cancer Medicine. 12(10). 11107–11126. 8 indexed citations
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Sassano, Maria Livia, Alexander R. van Vliet, Sofie Van Eygen, et al.. (2023). PERK recruits E-Syt1 at ER–mitochondria contacts for mitochondrial lipid transport and respiration. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(3). 35 indexed citations
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Yang, Yihan, et al.. (2022). Immunogenic cell death and its therapeutic or prognostic potential in high-grade glioma. Genes and Immunity. 23(1). 1–11. 48 indexed citations
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Rufo, Nicole, Yihan Yang, Steven De Vleeschouwer, & Patrizia Agostinis. (2022). The “Yin and Yang” of Unfolded Protein Response in Cancer and Immunogenic Cell Death. Cells. 11(18). 2899–2899. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Xing, Ying Wang, Patrizia Agostinis, et al.. (2020). Is hydroxychloroquine beneficial for COVID-19 patients?. Cell Death and Disease. 11(7). 512–512. 78 indexed citations
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Veen, Sarah van, Jeffrey Zielich, Chris Van den Haute, et al.. (2020). ATP13A2-mediated endo-lysosomal polyamine export counters mitochondrial oxidative stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(49). 31198–31207. 74 indexed citations
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Spinazzi, Marco, Enrico Radaelli, Katrien Horré, et al.. (2018). PARL deficiency in mouse causes Complex III defects, coenzyme Q depletion, and Leigh-like syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(1). 277–286. 69 indexed citations
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Garg, Abhishek D. & Patrizia Agostinis. (2017). Cell death and immunity in cancer: From danger signals to mimicry of pathogen defense responses. Immunological Reviews. 280(1). 126–148. 341 indexed citations
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Martin, Shaun, Aleksandra M. Dudek-Perić, Abhishek D. Garg, et al.. (2017). An autophagy-driven pathway of ATP secretion supports the aggressive phenotype of BRAF V600E inhibitor-resistant metastatic melanoma cells. Autophagy. 13(9). 1512–1527. 75 indexed citations
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Verbaanderd, Ciska, Hannelore Maes, Marco B.E. Schaaf, et al.. (2017). Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO)—chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as anti-cancer agents. ecancermedicalscience. 11. 781–781. 203 indexed citations
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Dudek-Perić, Aleksandra M., Gabriela B. Ferreira, Angelika Muchowicz, et al.. (2015). Antitumor Immunity Triggered by Melphalan Is Potentiated by Melanoma Cell Surface–Associated Calreticulin. Cancer Research. 75(8). 1603–1614. 84 indexed citations
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Vanderhoydonc, Frank, Niamat Khan, Jonas Dehairs, et al.. (2015). Primary cilium suppression by SREBP1c involves distortion of vesicular trafficking by PLA2G3. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26(12). 2321–2332. 16 indexed citations
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Agostinis, Patrizia, et al.. (2014). Autophagy researchers. Autophagy. 10(9). 1483–1486. 1 indexed citations
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Verfaillie, Tom, Noemí Rubio, Abhishek D. Garg, et al.. (2012). PERK IS REQUIRED AT THE ER-TO-MITOCHONDRIA CONTACT SITES TO CONVEY APOPTOSIS FOLLOWING ROS-MEDIATED ER STRESS. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations
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Agostinis, Patrizia, Kristian Berg, Keith A. Cengel, et al.. (2011). Photodynamic therapy of cancer: An update. CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 61(4). 250–281. 4317 indexed citations breakdown →
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Laethem, An Van, Patrizia Agostinis, & Maria Garmyn. (2006). Human keratinocytes undergo mitochondrial apoptosis through the ask-1-p38MAPK cascade in UVB induced sunburn cell formation. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 126. 81–81. 1 indexed citations
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Agostinis, Patrizia, et al.. (2001). Acute response of human skin to solar radiation: regulation and function of the p53 protein. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 63(1-3). 78–83. 47 indexed citations
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Assefa, Zerihun, et al.. (1999). Signaling pathways in apoptosis induced by PDT with hypericin. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 69. 3 indexed citations

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