Raffaella Melzi

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Raffaella Melzi is a scholar working on Surgery, Genetics and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Raffaella Melzi has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Surgery, 28 papers in Genetics and 11 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Raffaella Melzi's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (36 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (23 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (9 papers). Raffaella Melzi is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (36 papers), Diabetes and associated disorders (23 papers) and Diabetes Management and Research (9 papers). Raffaella Melzi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. Raffaella Melzi's co-authors include Lorenzo Piemonti, Alessia Mercalli, Rita Nano, Valeria Sordi, Ezio Bonifacio, Antonio Secchi, Paola Maffi, Federico Bertuzzi, Paola Allavena and Biagio Eugenio Leone and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Raffaella Melzi

43 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells express a restricted set of functionally active chemokine receptors capable of promoting migration to pancreatic islets

2005 481 citations Valeria Sordi, Maria Luisa Malosio et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Long-term outcomes of pancreatic islet transplantation alone in type 1 diabetes: a 20-year single-centre study in Italy 2025 ·The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology ·(unknown), Raffaella Melzi, Alessia Mercalli, Paola Magistretti, (unknown), Chiara Gremizzi, (unknown), Francesco De Cobelli, (unknown), Sabrina Costa, Antonio Secchi, Rossana Caldara, Paola Maffi, Rita Nano, Lorenzo Piemonti	3
2	Induction of immune education in type 1 diabetes through controlled allogeneic islet rejection at onset: a monocentric open-label pilot study 2025 ·EClinicalMedicine ·Lorenzo Piemonti, Andrea Mario Bolla, Amelia Caretto, Raffaella Melzi, Alessia Mercalli, Valeria Sordi, Paolo Monti, Paola Magistretti, Vito Lampasona, Ilaria Marzinotto, Paola Maffi, (unknown), (unknown), Erika Pedone, (unknown), Massimo Cardillo, Rossana Caldara, Emanuele Bosi	0
3	Islet Allotransplantation in the Bone Marrow of Patients With Type 1 Diabetes: A Pilot Randomized Trial 2018 ·Transplantation ·Paola Maffi, Rita Nano, Paolo Monti, Raffaella Melzi, Valeria Sordi, Alessia Mercalli, Silvia Pellegrini, Maurilio Ponzoni, Jacopo Peccatori, Carlo Messina, Angela Nocco, Massimo Cardillo, Marina Scavini, Paola Magistretti, Claudio Doglioni, Fabio Ciceri, (unknown), Bart O. Roep, Antonio Secchi, Lorenzo Piemonti	28
4	miR-204 is associated with an endocrine phenotype in human pancreatic islets but does not regulate the insulin mRNA through MAFA 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Ilaria Marzinotto, Silvia Pellegrini, Cristina Brigatti, Rita Nano, Raffaella Melzi, Alessia Mercalli, Daniela Liberati, Valeria Sordi, Maurizio Ferrari, Massimo Falconi, Claudio Doglioni, Philippe Ravassard, Lorenzo Piemonti, Vito Lampasona	14
5	Transplant Site Influences the Immune Response After Islet Transplantation 2016 ·Transplantation ·Elisa Cantarelli, Antonio Citro, Silvia Pellegrini, Alessia Mercalli, Raffaella Melzi, Erica Dugnani, Tatiana Jofra, Georgia Fousteri, Anna Mondino, Lorenzo Piemonti	25
6	Autologous Islet Transplantation in Patients Requiring Pancreatectomy: A Broader Spectrum of Indications Beyond Chronic Pancreatitis 2015 ·American Journal of Transplantation ·Gianpaolo Balzano, Paola Maffi, Rita Nano, Alessia Mercalli, Raffaella Melzi, Francesca Aleotti, Alessandro Zerbi, Francesco De Cobelli, Francesca Gavazzi, Paola Magistretti, Marina Scavini, Jacopo Peccatori, Antonio Secchi, Fabio Ciceri, Alessandro Del Maschio, Massimo Falconi, Lorenzo Piemonti	38
7	Human induced pluripotent stem cells differentiate into insulin-producing cells able to engraft in vivo 2015 ·Acta Diabetologica ·Silvia Pellegrini, Federica Ungaro, Alessia Mercalli, Raffaella Melzi, Guido Sebastiani, Francesco Dotta, Vania Broccoli, Lorenzo Piemonti, Valeria Sordi	30
8	Engraftment Versus Immunosuppression 2014 ·Transplantation ·Simona Marzorati, Raffaella Melzi, Antonio Citro, Elisa Cantarelli, Alessia Mercalli, Marina Scavini, Lorenzo Piemonti	14
9	Isolation, Characterization and Potential Role in Beta Cell-Endothelium Cross-Talk of Extracellular Vesicles Released from Human Pancreatic Islets 2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Federico Figliolini, Vincenzo Cantaluppi, Michela De Lena, Silvia Beltramo, Renato Romagnoli, Mauro Salizzoni, Raffaella Melzi, Rita Nano, Lorenzo Piemonti, Ciro Tetta, Luigi Biancone, Giovanni Camussi	87
10	Calcineurin Inhibitor-Free Immunosuppressive Regimen in Type 1 Diabetes Patients Receiving Islet Transplantation 2014 ·Transplantation ·Paola Maffi, Thierry Berney, Rita Nano, Nadja Niclauß, Domenico Bosco, Raffaella Melzi, Alessia Mercalli, Paola Magistretti, Francesco De Cobelli, Manuela Battaglia, Marina Scavini, Sandrine Demuylder-Mischler, Antonio Secchi, Lorenzo Piemonti	15
11	Murine animal models for preclinical islet transplantation 2013 ·Islets ·Elisa Cantarelli, Antonio Citro, Simona Marzorati, Raffaella Melzi, Marina Scavini, Lorenzo Piemonti	34
12	Gene Signatures Associated with Mouse Postnatal Hindbrain Neural Stem Cells and Medulloblastoma Cancer Stem Cells Identify Novel Molecular Mediators and Predict Human Medulloblastoma Molecular Classification 2012 ·Cancer Discovery ·(unknown), Mauro Pala, Manuela Cominelli, Barbara Cipelletti, Ketty Leto, Laura Croci, Valeria Barili, Federico Brandalise, Raffaella Melzi, Alessandra Di Gregorio, Lucia Sergi Sergi, Letterio S. Politi, Lorenzo Piemonti, Alessandro Bulfone, Paola Rossi, Ferdinando Rossi, G. Giacomo Consalez, Pietro Luigi Poliani, Rossella Galli	17
13	Risks and Benefits of Transplantation in the Cure of Type 1 Diabetes: Whole Pancreas Versus Islet Transplantation. A Single Center Study 2011 ·The Review of Diabetic Studies ·Paola Maffi, Marina Scavini, Carlo Socci, Lorenzo Piemonti, Rossana Caldara, Chiara Gremizzi, Raffaella Melzi, Rita Nano, Elena Orsenigo, Massimo Venturini, C. Staudacher, Alessandro Del Maschio, Antonio Secchi	43
14	Co-Graft of Allogeneic Immune Regulatory Neural Stem Cells (NPC) and Pancreatic Islets Mediates Tolerance, while Inducing NPC-Derived Tumors in Mice 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·Raffaella Melzi, Barbara Antonioli, Alessia Mercalli, Manuela Battaglia, Andrea Valle, Stefano Pluchino, Rossella Galli, Valeria Sordi, Emanuele Bosi, Gianvito Martino, Ezio Bonifacio, Claudio Doglioni, Lorenzo Piemonti	20
15	Improving the Procedure for Detection of Intrahepatic Transplanted Islets by Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2009 ·American Journal of Transplantation ·Maria Luisa Malosio, Antonio Esposito, A Poletti, Sabina Chiaretti, Lorenzo Piemonti, Raffaella Melzi, Rita Nano, Fabio Tedoldi, Tamara Canu, Paolo Santambrogio, Cristina Brigatti, Francesco De Cobelli, (unknown), Antonio Secchi	20
16	Islet isolation for allotransplantation: variables associated with successful islet yield and graft function 2005 ·Diabetologia ·Rita Nano, Barbara Clissi, Raffaella Melzi, Giorgio Maria Calori, Paola Maffi, Barbara Antonioli, Simona Marzorati, Luca Aldrighetti, Massimo Freschi, Tadeusz Grochowiecki, C. Socci, Antonio Secchi, Valerio Di Carlo, Ezio Bonifacio, Federico Bertuzzi	136
17	In vitro modulation of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 release in human pancreatic islets 2004 ·Transplantation Proceedings ·Simona Marzorati, Raffaella Melzi, Rita Nano, Barbara Antonioli, Valerio Di Carlo, Lorenzo Piemonti, Federico Bertuzzi	7
18	Donor and Isolation Variables Associated with Human Islet Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Release 2004 ·Transplantation ·Raffaella Melzi, Lorenzo Piemonti, Rita Nano, Barbara Clissi, Giliola Calori, Barbara Antonioli, Simona Marzorati, Gianluca Perseghin, Valerio Di Carlo, Federico Bertuzzi	13
19	Islet allotransplantation in type 1 diabetic patients. 2003 ·PubMed ·Federico Bertuzzi, Paola Maffi, Rita Nano, Luca Aldrighetti, Barbara Clissi, Raffaella Melzi, Barbara Antonioli, Simona Marzorati, Alberto M. Davalli, Antonio Secchi, Valerio Di Carlo	4
20	Effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide and amylin on human osteoblast-like cells proliferation 2000 ·European Journal of Pharmacology ·Isabella Villa, Raffaella Melzi, Francesca Pagani, F. Ravasi, Alessandro Rubinacci, F. Guidobono	51

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