Roberto Molinaro

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Roberto Molinaro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Molinaro has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Biomaterials and 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Roberto Molinaro's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (21 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (11 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (10 papers). Roberto Molinaro is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (21 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (11 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (10 papers). Roberto Molinaro collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Mexico. Roberto Molinaro's co-authors include Claudia Corbo, Ennio Tasciotti, Alessandro Parodi, Naama E. Toledano Furman, Francesco Salvatore, Jonathan O. Martinez, Michael Evangelopoulos, Omid C. Farokhzad, Francesca Taraballi and Donato Cosco and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Circulation and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Molinaro

48 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

The Impact of Nanoparticle Protein Corona on Cytotoxicity, Immunotoxicity and Target Drug Delivery

2015 523 citations Claudia Corbo, Roberto Molinaro et al. profile →
Biomimetic proteolipid vesicles for targeting inflamed tissues

2016 365 citations Roberto Molinaro, Claudia Corbo et al. profile →
Biomaterials and nanomedicine for bone regeneration: Progress and future prospects

2021 212 citations Roberto Molinaro, Donato Cosco et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberto Molinaro United States	29	1.6k	1.4k	1.4k	698	402	49	3.6k
Claudia Corbo Italy	31	1.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	498 0.7×	449 1.1×	60	3.7k
Michael Evangelopoulos United States	30	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	553 0.8×	357 0.9×	51	3.3k
Zongmin Zhao United States	33	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	732 1.0×	367 0.9×	71	4.3k
Ling Mei China	39	1.3k 0.8×	895 0.6×	897 0.7×	664 1.0×	528 1.3×	116	3.8k
Dunwan Zhu China	34	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	615 0.9×	536 1.3×	106	3.4k
Qinjie Wu China	37	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	470 0.7×	304 0.8×	92	4.2k
Chun Gwon Park South Korea	32	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	933 0.7×	804 1.2×	345 0.9×	126	3.9k
Yourong Duan China	38	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	393 0.6×	454 1.1×	130	3.8k
Hanze Hu United States	22	955 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	795 0.6×	426 0.6×	573 1.4×	32	2.7k
Yi-Nan Zhang Canada	20	984 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	486 0.7×	657 1.6×	34	3.3k

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Sausen, Grasiele, Yuan Liu, Yanbao Yu, et al.. (2025). A Protein Corona‐Based Diagnostic Tool for Eroded Atherosclerotic Plaques. Small. 21(31). e2503915–e2503915.

Lee, Gha Young, Andrew A. Li, Intae Moon, et al.. (2023). Protein Corona Sensor Array Nanosystem for Detection of Coronary Artery Disease. Small. 20(10). e2306168–e2306168. 2 indexed citations

Gagliardi, Agnese, Roberto Molinaro, Massimo Fresta, Andrea Duranti, & Donato Cosco. (2022). α-Acylamino-β-lactone N-Acylethanolamine-hydrolyzing Acid Amidase Inhibitors Encapsulated in PLGA Nanoparticles: Improvement of the Physical Stability and Protection of Human Cells from Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Oxidative Stress. Antioxidants. 11(4). 686–686. 10 indexed citations

Molinaro, Roberto, Mikyung Yu, Grasiele Sausen, et al.. (2021). Targeted delivery of protein arginine deiminase-4 inhibitors to limit arterial intimal NETosis and preserve endothelial integrity. Cardiovascular Research. 117(13). 2652–2663. 71 indexed citations

Voci, Silvia, Agnese Gagliardi, Roberto Molinaro, Massimo Fresta, & Donato Cosco. (2021). Recent Advances of Taxol-Loaded Biocompatible Nanocarriers Embedded in Natural Polymer-Based Hydrogels. Gels. 7(2). 33–33. 26 indexed citations

Vita, Alessandro De, Chiara Liverani, Roberto Molinaro, et al.. (2021). Lysyl oxidase engineered lipid nanovesicles for the treatment of triple negative breast cancer. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 5107–5107. 44 indexed citations

Boada, Christian, Assaf Zinger, Jonathan O. Martinez, et al.. (2021). LDL-Based Lipid Nanoparticle Derived for Blood Plasma Accumulates Preferentially in Atherosclerotic Plaque. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9. 794676–794676. 9 indexed citations

Boada, Christian, Assaf Zinger, Christopher Tsao, et al.. (2019). Rapamycin-Loaded Biomimetic Nanoparticles Reverse Vascular Inflammation. Circulation Research. 126(1). 25–37. 134 indexed citations

Palma, Ernesto, Nicola Costa, Roberto Molinaro, et al.. (2019). Improvement of the therapeutic treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases following rectal administration of mesalazine-loaded chitosan microparticles vs Asamax®. Carbohydrate Polymers. 212. 430–438. 32 indexed citations

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Sensi, Francesca, Edoardo D’Angelo, S. DaRonco, Roberto Molinaro, & Marco Agostini. (2018). Preclinical three‐dimensional colorectal cancer model: The next generation of in vitro drug efficacy evaluation. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 234(1). 181–191. 28 indexed citations

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Mare, Rosario, Donatella Paolino, Christian Celia, et al.. (2018). Post-insertion parameters of PEG-derivatives in phosphocholine-liposomes. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 552(1-2). 414–421. 36 indexed citations

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Martinez, Jonathan O., Roberto Molinaro, Kelly A. Hartman, et al.. (2018). Biomimetic nanoparticles with enhanced affinity towards activated endothelium as versatile tools for theranostic drug delivery. Theranostics. 8(4). 1131–1145. 100 indexed citations

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Yu, Mikyung, Roberto Molinaro, Frederick J. Schoen, et al.. (2018). Nanoparticles targeting extra domain B of fibronectin-specific to the atherosclerotic lesion types III, IV, and V-enhance plaque detection and cargo delivery. Theranostics. 8(21). 6008–6024. 20 indexed citations

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Parodi, Alessandro, Roberto Molinaro, Manuela Sushnitha, et al.. (2017). Bio-inspired engineering of cell- and virus-like nanoparticles for drug delivery. Biomaterials. 147. 155–168. 218 indexed citations

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Palomba, Roberto, Alessandro Parodi, Michael Evangelopoulos, et al.. (2016). Biomimetic carriers mimicking leukocyte plasma membrane to increase tumor vasculature permeability. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34422–34422. 99 indexed citations

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Wolfram, Joy, Krishna Suri, Yi Huang, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of anticancer activity of celastrol liposomes in prostate cancer cells. Journal of Microencapsulation. 31(5). 501–507. 66 indexed citations

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Molinaro, Roberto, Alessandro Parodi, Nima Taghipour, et al.. (2014). Abstract 4586: The Leukosome: A biomimetic liposome for the targeting of inflamed tumor vasculature. Cancer Research. 74(19_Supplement). 4586–4586. 1 indexed citations

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Molinaro, Roberto, Joy Wolfram, Cinzia Federico, et al.. (2013). Polyethylenimine and chitosan carriers for the delivery of RNA interference effectors. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 10(12). 1653–1668. 56 indexed citations

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Paolino, Donatella, Donato Cosco, Roberto Molinaro, Christian Celia, & Massimo Fresta. (2011). Supramolecular devices to improve the treatment of brain diseases. Drug Discovery Today. 16(7-8). 311–324. 47 indexed citations

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Celia, Christian, et al.. (2009). Regenerative properties of aloe vera juice on human keratinocyte cell culture.. FARMACIA. 57(5). 590–597. 10 indexed citations

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