Roberto Bottinelli

15.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Roberto Bottinelli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Bottinelli has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 31 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Roberto Bottinelli's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (88 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (47 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (30 papers). Roberto Bottinelli is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (88 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (47 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (30 papers). Roberto Bottinelli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Roberto Bottinelli's co-authors include Carlo Reggiani, Maria Antonietta Pellegrino, Monica Canepari, Giuseppe D’Antona, Stefano Schiaffino, Lorenza Brocca, Ger J.M. Stienen, Yvan Torrente, Marco Sandri and Giulio Cossu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Bottinelli

135 papers receiving 11.0k 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.

Mesoangioblast stem cells ameliorate muscle function in dystrophic dogs

2006 556 citations Maurilio Sampaolesi, Giuseppe D’Antona et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Roberto Bottinelli	7.1k	2.5k	2.5k	2.3k	1.7k	137	11.2k
Carlo Reggiani	10.2k 1.4×	3.8k 1.5×	4.1k 1.7×	2.7k 1.2×	2.8k 1.6×	249	16.1k
Gary C. Sieck	5.8k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	3.3k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	498	16.3k
John A. Faulkner	7.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	3.3k 1.3×	3.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.1×	226	14.0k
Gillian Butler‐Browne	11.0k 1.6×	2.4k 0.9×	3.7k 1.5×	1.2k 0.5×	2.8k 1.6×	292	15.7k
James G. Tidball	8.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.4×	3.1k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	136	12.7k
Michael H. Brooke	5.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	100	8.6k
Sue C. Bodine	9.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.4×	4.2k 1.7×	1.5k 0.7×	3.4k 2.0×	125	13.1k
Susan V. Brooks	4.9k 0.7×	941 0.4×	2.8k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	141	10.0k
Robert S. Staron	4.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	2.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	2.6k 1.5×	109	9.9k
Hannu Kalimo	5.5k 0.8×	796 0.3×	2.4k 1.0×	785 0.3×	1.5k 0.9×	312	15.4k

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Grillo, Piergiorgio, Roberto De Icco, Roberto Bottinelli, et al.. (2025). Physical exercise modulates plasma irisin levels in endurance athletes: Implications for Parkinson's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 215. 107065–107065.

Rasica, Letizia, Alessandra Ferri, Giovanni Baldassarre, et al.. (2025). BEETter AGING: Short-Term Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Enhances Muscle Contractile Properties in Older But Not in Young Adults. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 57(8). 1721–1731. 1 indexed citations

Murgia, Marta, Jörn Rittweger, Carlo Reggiani, et al.. (2024). Spaceflight on the ISS changed the skeletal muscle proteome of two astronauts. npj Microgravity. 10(1). 60–60. 8 indexed citations

Brocca, Lorenza, Darren T. Hwee, Fady I. Malik, et al.. (2024). Tirasemtiv enhances submaximal muscle tension in an Acta1:p.Asp286Gly mouse model of nemaline myopathy. The Journal of General Physiology. 156(4). 1 indexed citations

Turner, Daniel C., Lorenza Brocca, Maria Antonietta Pellegrino, et al.. (2024). Human skeletal muscle possesses an epigenetic memory of high-intensity interval training. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 328(1). C258–C272. 8 indexed citations

Sarto, Fabio, Martino V. Franchi, Jamie S. McPhee, et al.. (2024). Neuromuscular impairment at different stages of human sarcopenia. Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle. 15(5). 1797–1810. 16 indexed citations

Brocca, Lorenza, et al.. (2023). Structural and functional impairments of skeletal muscle in patients with postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Journal of Applied Physiology. 135(4). 902–917. 32 indexed citations

Majerczak, Joanna, Jerzy A. Żołądź, Tomasz Skórka, et al.. (2019). Voluntary physical activity counteracts Chronic Heart Failure progression affecting both cardiac function and skeletal muscle in the transgenic Tgαq*44 mouse model. Physiological Reports. 7(13). e14161–e14161. 9 indexed citations

Rittweger, Jörn, Kirsten Albracht, Martin Flück, et al.. (2018). Sarcolab pilot study into skeletal muscle’s adaptation to long-term spaceflight. npj Microgravity. 4(1). 18–18. 61 indexed citations

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Berg, Marloes van den, Pleuni E. Hooijman, Albertus Beishuizen, et al.. (2017). Diaphragm Atrophy and Weakness in the Absence of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in the Critically Ill. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 196(12). 1544–1558. 56 indexed citations

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Brocca, Lorenza, L. Toniolo, Carlo Reggiani, et al.. (2016). FoxO‐dependent atrogenes vary among catabolic conditions and play a key role in muscle atrophy induced by hindlimb suspension. The Journal of Physiology. 595(4). 1143–1158. 74 indexed citations

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Canepari, Monica, Manuela Maffei, Emanuela Longa, et al.. (2010). Novel Approach Applied to IVMA to Study the Modulation of the Actomyosin Interaction by MgATP In Fast Skeletal Muscle. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 145a–145a. 1 indexed citations

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Benchaouir, Rachid, Mirella Meregalli, Andrea Farini, et al.. (2007). Restoration of Human Dystrophin Following Transplantation of Exon-Skipping-Engineered DMD Patient Stem Cells into Dystrophic Mice. Cell stem cell. 1(6). 646–657. 160 indexed citations

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Bottinelli, Roberto & Carlo Reggiani. (2006). Skeletal muscle plasticity in health and disease : from genes to whole muscle. Springer eBooks. 23 indexed citations

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Capitanio, Marco, Monica Canepari, Vincenzo Lombardi, et al.. (2005). Two independent mechanical events in the interaction cycle of skeletal muscle myosin with actin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(1). 87–92. 127 indexed citations

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Torrente, Yvan, M. Belicchi, Maurilio Sampaolesi, et al.. (2004). Human circulating AC133+ stem cells restore dystrophin expression and ameliorate function in dystrophic skeletal muscle. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(2). 182–195. 42 indexed citations

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Reggiani, Carlo, Roberto Bottinelli, & Ger J.M. Stienen. (2000). Sarcomeric isoforms: fine tuning of a molecular motor. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 15. 26–33. 40 indexed citations

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Bottinelli, Roberto & Carlo Reggiani. (2000). Human skeletal muscle fibres: molecular and functional diversity. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 73(2-4). 195–262. 444 indexed citations

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Bottinelli, Roberto, Romeo Betto, & Carlo Reggiani. (1993). Maximum shortening velocity and myosin heavy chain and alkali light chain isoform composition of skinned fast fibres from rat skeletal muscles. The Journal of Physiology. 473. 2 indexed citations

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Poggesi, Corrado, et al.. (1983). Relaxation in atrial and ventricular myocardium: activation decay and different load sensitivity. Basic Research in Cardiology. 78(3). 256–265. 8 indexed citations

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