Roberto Baccalà

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
53 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Roberto Baccalà is a scholar working on Immunology, Rheumatology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Baccalà has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Immunology, 15 papers in Rheumatology and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Roberto Baccalà's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (31 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (27 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (15 papers). Roberto Baccalà is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (31 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (27 papers) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research (15 papers). Roberto Baccalà collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Roberto Baccalà's co-authors include Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos, Dwight H. Kono, Bruce Beutler, Brian R. Lawson, Rosana González‐Quintial, Wolfgang Dummer, Kasper Hoebe, Norbert Wagner, Ralph A. Reisfeld and Andreas G. Niethammer and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Baccalà

52 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

TYPE I INTERFERONS (α/β) IN IMMUNITY AND AUTOIMMUNITY

2004 973 citations Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos, Roberto Baccalà et al. profile →
The multiple pathways to autoimmunity

2017 400 citations Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos, Dwight H. Kono et al. profile →
TLR-dependent and TLR-independent pathways of type I interferon induction in systemic autoimmunity

2007 379 citations Roberto Baccalà, Dwight H. Kono et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberto Baccalà United States	29	3.4k	1.1k	908	820	392	53	4.5k
Ian R. Rifkin United States	28	4.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	572 0.6×	980 1.2×	420 1.1×	61	5.4k
Jean‐François Gauchat Canada	39	3.4k 1.0×	421 0.4×	833 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	379 1.0×	95	5.4k
Joanna R. Groom Australia	34	5.5k 1.6×	829 0.8×	1.5k 1.7×	1.0k 1.2×	523 1.3×	63	7.5k
Michael J. Townsend United States	30	3.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	675 0.7×	771 0.9×	255 0.7×	53	4.6k
Annemieke M. H. Boots Netherlands	34	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	564 0.6×	822 1.0×	251 0.6×	100	3.9k
Joe Craft United States	47	6.3k 1.9×	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	852 2.2×	104	8.4k
Michael P. Cancro United States	55	6.5k 1.9×	1.1k 1.0×	665 0.7×	1.2k 1.5×	649 1.7×	143	8.4k
Patrizia Scapini Italy	33	3.5k 1.1×	344 0.3×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	396 1.0×	50	5.0k
Jeffrey H. Ruth United States	34	1.5k 0.4×	794 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	936 1.1×	236 0.6×	60	3.3k
Simon Fillatreau Germany	38	5.0k 1.5×	661 0.6×	735 0.8×	836 1.0×	503 1.3×	80	6.7k

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Rimann, Ivo, Rosana González‐Quintial, Roberto Baccalà, et al.. (2022). The solute carrier SLC15A4 is required for optimal trafficking of nucleic acid–sensing TLRs and ligands to endolysosomes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(14). e2200544119–e2200544119. 28 indexed citations

González‐Quintial, Rosana, Jessica Mayeux, Dwight H. Kono, et al.. (2019). Silica exposure and chronic virus infection synergistically promote lupus-like systemic autoimmunity in mice with low genetic predisposition. Clinical Immunology. 205. 75–82. 13 indexed citations

González‐Quintial, Rosana, Anthony H. Nguyen, Dwight H. Kono, et al.. (2018). Lupus acceleration by a MAVS-activating RNA virus requires endosomal TLR signaling and host genetic predisposition. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0203118–e0203118. 13 indexed citations

Lawson, Brian R., Rosana González‐Quintial, Theodoros Eleftheriadis, et al.. (2015). Interleukin-7 is required for CD4 + T cell activation and autoimmune neuroinflammation. Clinical Immunology. 161(2). 260–269. 28 indexed citations

Koh, Yi Ting, John C. Scatizzi, Brian R. Lawson, et al.. (2013). Role of Nucleic Acid–Sensing TLRs in Diverse Autoantibody Specificities and Anti-Nuclear Antibody–Producing B Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 190(10). 4982–4990. 38 indexed citations

Theofilopoulos, Argyrios N., Dwight H. Kono, Bruce Beutler, & Roberto Baccalà. (2011). Intracellular Nucleic Acid Sensors and Autoimmunity. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 31(12). 867–886. 51 indexed citations

Kono, Dwight H., Brian R. Lawson, K. Michael Pollard, et al.. (2009). Endosomal TLR signaling is required for anti-nucleic acid and rheumatoid factor autoantibodies in lupus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(29). 12061–12066. 127 indexed citations

Baccalà, Roberto, Deborah A. Witherden, Rosana González‐Quintial, et al.. (2005). γδ T Cell Homeostasis Is Controlled by IL-7 and IL-15 Together with Subset-Specific Factors. The Journal of Immunology. 174(8). 4606–4612. 70 indexed citations

Baccalà, Roberto & Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos. (2004). The new paradigm of T-cell homeostatic proliferation-induced autoimmunity. Trends in Immunology. 26(1). 5–8. 95 indexed citations

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Prella, Maura, Roberto Baccalà, Jean‐Daniel Horisberger, et al.. (2001). Haemolytic onset of Wilson disease in a patient with homozygous truncation of ATP7B at Arg1319. British Journal of Haematology. 114(1). 230–232. 10 indexed citations

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Duchosal, Michel A., Marie‐Thérèse Armentero, Roberto Baccalà, et al.. (2000). Human adult tonsil xenotransplantation into SCID mice for studying human immune responses and B cell lymphomagenesis. Experimental Hematology. 28(2). 177–192. 7 indexed citations

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González‐Quintial, Rosana, Roberto Baccalà, Richard M. Pope, & Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos. (1996). Identification of clonally expanded T cells in rheumatoid arthritis using a sequence enrichment nuclease assay.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 97(5). 1335–1343. 39 indexed citations

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Theofilopoulos, Argyrios N., Roberto Baccalà, Rosana González‐Quintial, et al.. (1995). T‐Cell Repertoires in Health and Disease^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 756(1). 53–65. 4 indexed citations

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Manca, Fabrizio, Daniela Fenoglio, Maria Teresa Valle, et al.. (1995). Human T helper cells specific for HIV reverse transcriptase: possible role in intrastructural help for HIV envelope‐specific antibodies. European Journal of Immunology. 25(5). 1217–1223. 14 indexed citations

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Baccalà, Roberto, et al.. (1993). Bacterial superantigens mediate T cell deletions in the mouse severe combined immunodeficiency-human liver/thymus model.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 177(5). 1481–1485. 23 indexed citations

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Theofilopoulos, Argyrios N., Robert Balderas, Roberto Baccalà, & Dwight H. Kono. (1993). T‐Cell Receptor Genes in Autoimmunitya. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 681(1). 33–46. 13 indexed citations

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Vandekerckhove, Bart, et al.. (1992). Thymic selection of the human T cell receptor V beta repertoire in SCID-hu mice.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 176(6). 1619–1624. 52 indexed citations

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Baccalà, Roberto, Rosana González‐Quintial, & Argyrios N. Theofilopoulos. (1992). Lack of evidence for central T cell tolerance defectsin lupus mice and for Vβ-deleting endogenous superantigens in rats and humans. Research in Immunology. 143(3). 288–290. 4 indexed citations

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Baccalà, Roberto, et al.. (1991). Visualization of natural autoantibody polyreactivity by rotary metal-shadowing electron microscopy. Research in Immunology. 142(4). 299–312. 3 indexed citations

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González‐Quintial, Rosana, Roberto Baccalà, Pedro M. Alzari, et al.. (1990). Poly(Glu⁶⁰Ala³⁰Tyr¹⁰) (GAT)‐induced IgG monoclonal antibodies cross‐react with various self and non‐self antigens through the complementarity determining regions. Comparison with IgM monoclonal polyreactive natural antibodies. European Journal of Immunology. 20(11). 2383–2387. 17 indexed citations

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