Roberta Sommaggio

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Roberta Sommaggio is a scholar working on Oncology, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta Sommaggio has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Oncology, 19 papers in Immunology and 13 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Roberta Sommaggio's work include CAR-T cell therapy research (14 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (9 papers). Roberta Sommaggio is often cited by papers focused on CAR-T cell therapy research (14 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (12 papers) and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (9 papers). Roberta Sommaggio collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Spain and United States. Roberta Sommaggio's co-authors include Antonio Rosato, Giannino Del Sal, Silvano Piazza, Giovanni Sorrentino, Michelangelo Cordenonsi, Sirio Dupont, Miguel Mano, Valeria Specchia, Andrea Manfrin and Stefano Piccolo and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecular Cell, The Journal of Immunology and Nature Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Roberta Sommaggio

33 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Metabolic control of YAP and TAZ by the mevalonate pathway

2014 620 citations Giovanni Sorrentino, Valeria Specchia et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberta Sommaggio Italy	16	1.1k	619	523	389	274	34	1.8k
Jonathan A. Kelber United States	22	1.2k 1.1×	583 0.9×	599 1.1×	301 0.8×	165 0.6×	40	1.9k
François Lehembre Switzerland	17	1.8k 1.7×	1.1k 1.7×	391 0.7×	362 0.9×	252 0.9×	26	2.5k
John M. Lamar United States	21	1.2k 1.1×	649 1.0×	1.1k 2.1×	384 1.0×	206 0.8×	38	2.3k
Stefano Campaner Italy	26	1.8k 1.7×	750 1.2×	465 0.9×	269 0.7×	169 0.6×	47	2.3k
Remedios Castelló-Cros United States	12	1.2k 1.1×	614 1.0×	300 0.6×	1.1k 2.7×	157 0.6×	12	1.9k
Yoshimi Arima Japan	27	1.2k 1.1×	906 1.5×	297 0.6×	396 1.0×	239 0.9×	46	2.0k
Constadina Arvanitis United States	11	1.3k 1.2×	637 1.0×	241 0.5×	422 1.1×	144 0.5×	21	1.9k
Florian J. Sulzmaier United States	16	959 0.9×	492 0.8×	370 0.7×	312 0.8×	204 0.7×	25	1.7k
Li-Bing Song China	25	1.6k 1.5×	788 1.3×	372 0.7×	550 1.4×	159 0.6×	32	2.2k
Julie Staub United States	21	1.3k 1.2×	249 0.4×	575 1.1×	438 1.1×	104 0.4×	28	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Roberta Sommaggio

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberta Sommaggio

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Belmonte, Beatrice, Sheila Spada, Paola Allavena, et al.. (2025). Highlighting recent achievements to advance more effective cancer immunotherapy. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 44(1). 57–57. 1 indexed citations

Genova, Bruno Martorelli Di, Alessandro Sinigaglia, Luisa Barzon, et al.. (2025). On the adjuvanticity of hyaluronan: The case of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Journal of Controlled Release. 382. 113674–113674.

Sharma, Amit, Xiubao Ren, Antonio Rosato, et al.. (2024). Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells, successes and challenges: report on the first international conference dedicated to the clinical translation of this unique adoptive cell immunotherapy. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 73(2). 21–21. 7 indexed citations

Cappuzzello, Elisa, et al.. (2023). How can Cytokine-induced killer cells overcome CAR-T cell limits. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1229540–1229540. 15 indexed citations

Cappuzzello, Elisa, Andrea Visentin, Giuseppe Astori, et al.. (2021). Innovative therapeutic strategy for B-cell malignancies that combines obinutuzumab and cytokine-induced killer cells. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 9(7). e002475–e002475. 11 indexed citations

Sommaggio, Roberta, et al.. (2020). Cell-Based Assays for Modeling Xenogeneic Immune Responses. Methods in molecular biology. 2110. 99–113. 4 indexed citations

Turrini, Riccardo, Anna Merlo, Debora Martorelli, et al.. (2017). A BARF1-specific mAb as a new immunotherapeutic tool for the management of EBV-related tumors. OncoImmunology. 6(4). e1304338–e1304338. 11 indexed citations

Sommaggio, Roberta, et al.. (2016). Xenotransplantation of pig chondrocytes: therapeutic potential and barriers for cartilage repair. European Cells and Materials. 32. 24–39. 15 indexed citations

Sommaggio, Roberta, Carsten Kummerow, Robert B. Bentham, et al.. (2016). The mitochondrial calcium uniporter regulates breast cancer progression via HIF ‐1α. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 8(5). 569–585. 213 indexed citations

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Cappuzzello, Elisa, Anna Tosi, Paola Zanovello, Roberta Sommaggio, & Antonio Rosato. (2016). Retargeting cytokine-induced killer cell activity by CD16 engagement with clinical-grade antibodies. OncoImmunology. 5(8). e1199311–e1199311. 27 indexed citations

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Walerych, Dawid, Kamil Lisek, Roberta Sommaggio, et al.. (2016). Proteasome machinery is instrumental in a common gain-of-function program of the p53 missense mutants in cancer. Nature Cell Biology. 18(8). 897–909. 185 indexed citations

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Sommaggio, Roberta, et al.. (2015). Genetic engineering strategies to prevent the effects of antibody and complement on xenogeneic chondrocytes. European Cells and Materials. 30. 258–270. 6 indexed citations

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Minin, Giulio Di, Arianna Bellazzo, Marco Dal Ferro, et al.. (2014). Mutant p53 Reprograms TNF Signaling in Cancer Cells through Interaction with the Tumor Suppressor DAB2IP. Molecular Cell. 56(5). 617–629. 131 indexed citations

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Rustighi, Alessandra, Alessandro Zannini, Luca Tiberi, et al.. (2014). Prolyl‐isomerase Pin1 controls normal and cancer stem cells of the breast. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 6(5). 702–702. 1 indexed citations

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Sorrentino, Giovanni, Valeria Specchia, Michelangelo Cordenonsi, et al.. (2014). Metabolic control of YAP and TAZ by the mevalonate pathway. Nature Cell Biology. 16(4). 357–366. 620 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pegoraro, Silvia, Gloria Ros, Silvano Piazza, et al.. (2013). HMGA1 promotes metastatic processes in basal-like breast cancer regulating EMT and stemness. Oncotarget. 4(8). 1293–1308. 112 indexed citations

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Sommaggio, Roberta, et al.. (2013). Inhibition of complement component C5 protects porcine chondrocytes from xenogeneic rejection. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 21(12). 1958–1967. 11 indexed citations

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Rustighi, Alessandra, Alessandro Zannini, Luca Tiberi, et al.. (2013). Prolyl‐isomerase Pin1 controls normal and cancer stem cells of the breast. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 6(1). 99–119. 126 indexed citations

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Sommaggio, Roberta, Manuel de la Torre, Kjell Öberg, et al.. (2008). Midgut carcinoid patients display increased numbers of regulatory T cells in peripheral blood with infiltration into tumor tissue. Acta Oncologica. 48(3). 391–400. 34 indexed citations

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Giandomenico, Valeria, et al.. (2007). CD8+ T cells against multiple tumor-associated antigens in peripheral blood of midgut carcinoid patients. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy. 57(3). 399–409. 22 indexed citations

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