Roberta Castriconi

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
68 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Roberta Castriconi is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta Castriconi has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Immunology, 25 papers in Oncology and 14 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Roberta Castriconi's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (57 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (28 papers) and Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (14 papers). Roberta Castriconi is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (57 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (28 papers) and Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments (14 papers). Roberta Castriconi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Roberta Castriconi's co-authors include Cristina Bottino, Alessandro Moretta, Lorenzo Moretta, Alessandra Dondero, Massimo Vitale, Claudia Cantoni, Emanuela Marcenaro, Daniela Pende, Roberto Biassoni and Francesca Bellora and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Roberta Castriconi

67 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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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.

Identification of PVR (CD155) and Nectin-2 (CD112) as Cell Surface Ligands for the Human DNAM-1 (CD226) Activating Molecule

2003 705 citations Cristina Bottino, Roberta Castriconi et al. profile →
NKp44, a Novel Triggering Surface Molecule Specifically Expressed by Activated Natural Killer Cells, Is Involved in Non–Major Histocompatibility Complex–restricted Tumor Cell Lysis

1998 590 citations Massimo Vitale, Cristina Bottino et al. profile →
Transforming growth factor β1 inhibits expression of NKp30 and NKG2D receptors: Consequences for the NK-mediated killing of dendritic cells

2003 574 citations Roberta Castriconi, Claudia Cantoni et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberta Castriconi Italy	39	5.4k	2.3k	743	525	472	68	6.4k
Fabio Morandi Italy	35	1.9k 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	733 1.0×	363 0.7×	571 1.2×	94	3.3k
Irma Airoldi Italy	33	1.8k 0.3×	1.4k 0.6×	786 1.1×	410 0.8×	279 0.6×	84	2.9k
Toshio Heike Japan	32	2.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	611 1.2×	105 0.2×	167	5.2k
Ulrike Koehl Germany	45	3.0k 0.6×	2.9k 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	1.1k 2.0×	182 0.4×	155	5.6k
Jacquelyn A. Hank United States	37	2.5k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.7×	215 0.4×	1.4k 2.9×	125	4.3k
Alessandra Dondero Italy	28	2.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	442 0.6×	172 0.3×	398 0.8×	42	2.8k
Conrad C. Bleul Germany	26	5.0k 0.9×	3.5k 1.5×	1.8k 2.4×	1.0k 2.0×	92 0.2×	39	8.0k
Raffaella Meazza Italy	32	2.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	572 0.8×	445 0.8×	103 0.2×	70	3.2k
Pascale André France	29	4.8k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	492 0.7×	732 1.4×	83 0.2×	78	5.5k
Joshua Brody United States	35	3.0k 0.6×	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	207 0.4×	96 0.2×	147	4.9k

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Morini, Martina, Chiara Vitale, Alessandra Dondero, et al.. (2025). Exosomes and immune modulation: implications for neuroblastoma immunotherapy. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1600062–1600062. 3 indexed citations

Cicchetti, A., Roberta Castriconi, P. Mangili, et al.. (2024). Training and temporally validating an NTCP model of acute toxicity after whole breast radiotherapy, including the impact of advanced delivery techniques. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 204. 110700–110700.

Bottino, Cristina, et al.. (2024). Natural killer cells and engagers: Powerful weapons against cancer. Immunological Reviews. 328(1). 412–421. 7 indexed citations

Bottino, Cristina, Chiara Vitale, Alessandra Dondero, & Roberta Castriconi. (2023). B7-H3 in Pediatric Tumors: Far beyond Neuroblastoma. Cancers. 15(13). 3279–3279. 17 indexed citations

Marzagalli, Monica, Chiara Vitale, Fabrizio Fontana, et al.. (2022). A multi-organ-on-chip to recapitulate the infiltration and the cytotoxic activity of circulating NK cells in 3D matrix-based tumor model. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 945149–945149. 41 indexed citations

Bottino, Cristina, Alessandra Dondero, & Roberta Castriconi. (2021). Inhibitory axes impacting on the activity and fate of Innate Lymphoid Cells. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 80. 100985–100985. 8 indexed citations

Marrella, Alessandra, Alessandra Dondero, Maurizio Aiello, et al.. (2019). Cell-Laden Hydrogel as a Clinical-Relevant 3D Model for Analyzing Neuroblastoma Growth, Immunophenotype, and Susceptibility to Therapies. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 1876–1876. 40 indexed citations

Cantoni, Claudia, Leticía Huergo-Zapico, Monica Parodi, et al.. (2016). NK Cells, Tumor Cell Transition, and Tumor Progression in Solid Malignancies: New Hints for NK-Based Immunotherapy?. Journal of Immunology Research. 2016. 1–13. 70 indexed citations

Dondero, Alessandra, Fabio Pastorino, Mariella Della Chiesa, et al.. (2015). PD-L1 expression in metastatic neuroblastoma as an additional mechanism for limiting immune surveillance. OncoImmunology. 5(1). e1064578–e1064578. 96 indexed citations

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Daga, Antonio, Cristina Bottino, Roberta Castriconi, Rosaria Gangemi, & Silvano Ferrini. (2011). New Perspectives in Glioma Immunotherapy. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 17(23). 2439–2467. 21 indexed citations

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Castriconi, Roberta, Antonio Daga, Alessandra Dondero, et al.. (2009). NK Cells Recognize and Kill Human Glioblastoma Cells with Stem Cell-Like Properties. The Journal of Immunology. 182(6). 3530–3539. 274 indexed citations

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Gregorio, Andrea, Maria Valeria Corrias, Roberta Castriconi, et al.. (2008). Small round blue cell tumours: diagnostic and prognostic usefulness of the expression of B7‐H3 surface molecule. Histopathology. 53(1). 73–80. 82 indexed citations

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Bottino, Cristina, Roberta Castriconi, Lorenzo Moretta, & Alessandro Moretta. (2005). Cellular ligands of activating NK receptors. Trends in Immunology. 26(4). 221–226. 200 indexed citations

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André, Pascale, Roberta Castriconi, Marion Espéli, et al.. (2004). Comparative analysis of human NK cell activation induced by NKG2D and natural cytotoxicity receptors. European Journal of Immunology. 34(4). 961–971. 128 indexed citations

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Pende, Daniela, Cristina Bottino, Roberta Castriconi, et al.. (2004). PVR (CD155) and Nectin-2 (CD112) as ligands of the human DNAM-1 (CD226) activating receptor: involvement in tumor cell lysis. Molecular Immunology. 42(4). 463–469. 117 indexed citations

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Castriconi, Roberta, Claudia Cantoni, Mariella Della Chiesa, et al.. (2003). TGFβ1 inhibits the surface expression of the NKp30 and NKG2D triggering NK receptors: consequences for the NK-mediated killing of dendritic cells. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology. 42–42. 1 indexed citations

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Marcenaro, Emanuela, Raffaella Augugliaro, Michela Falco, et al.. (2003). CD59 is physically and functionally associated with natural cytotoxicity receptors and activates human NK cell‐mediated cytotoxicity. European Journal of Immunology. 33(12). 3367–3376. 75 indexed citations

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Vitale, Massimo, Michela Falco, Roberta Castriconi, et al.. (2001). Identification of NKp80, a novel triggering molecule expressed by human NK cells. European Journal of Immunology. 31(1). 233–242. 170 indexed citations

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Bottino, Cristina, Raffaella Augugliaro, Roberta Castriconi, et al.. (2000). Analysis of the molecular mechanism involved in 2B4-mediated NK cell activation: evidence that human 2B4 is physically and functionally associated with the linker for activation of T cells. European Journal of Immunology. 30(12). 3718–3722. 73 indexed citations

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Sivori, Simona, Silvia Parolini, Emanuela Marcenaro, et al.. (2000). Involvement of natural cytotoxicity receptors in human natural killer cell-mediated lysis of neuroblastoma and glioblastoma cell lines. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 107(2). 220–225. 102 indexed citations

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