Roberto Sala

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Roberto Sala is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberto Sala has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Biochemistry and 15 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Roberto Sala's work include Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (16 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (11 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (11 papers). Roberto Sala is often cited by papers focused on Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (16 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (11 papers) and Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (11 papers). Roberto Sala collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Roberto Sala's co-authors include Ovidio Bussolati, Gian C. Gazzola, Valeria Dall’Asta, Mara Lorenzi, Enrico Cagliero, Sumon Roy, Massimo Pagani, Sabrina Bonomini, Federico Lombardi and M Garimoldi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Roberto Sala

66 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Heart rate variability as an index of sympathovagal interaction after acute myocardial infarction

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roberto Sala Italy	28	994	765	574	425	354	68	2.9k
Shoji Kagami Japan	38	1.8k 1.9×	1.2k 1.6×	230 0.4×	360 0.8×	202 0.6×	206	5.9k
Karen Y. Stokes United States	34	988 1.0×	464 0.6×	232 0.4×	319 0.8×	184 0.5×	79	3.9k
Qingping Feng Canada	35	2.0k 2.1×	1.4k 1.9×	203 0.4×	278 0.7×	155 0.4×	140	4.6k
Tripathi B. Rajavashisth United States	25	1.4k 1.4×	473 0.6×	432 0.8×	195 0.5×	112 0.3×	38	4.5k
Kyosuke Takeshita Japan	35	1.7k 1.8×	981 1.3×	317 0.6×	231 0.5×	55 0.2×	141	4.4k
Matthias Baumann Germany	34	1.2k 1.2×	357 0.5×	595 1.0×	105 0.2×	47 0.1×	123	3.4k
Kenichiro Kitamura Japan	34	2.5k 2.5×	496 0.6×	363 0.6×	275 0.6×	112 0.3×	117	4.9k
Margarete Goppelt‐Struebe Germany	40	2.4k 2.4×	419 0.5×	354 0.6×	114 0.3×	435 1.2×	121	5.1k
Gang He China	39	1.9k 1.9×	810 1.1×	345 0.6×	111 0.3×	211 0.6×	139	4.7k
Gennady G. Yegutkin Finland	41	1.7k 1.7×	332 0.4×	663 1.2×	49 0.1×	314 0.9×	83	5.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberto Sala

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20 of 20 papers shown

Barilli, Amelia, et al.. (2024). IRF1 Mediates Growth Arrest and the Induction of a Secretory Phenotype in Alveolar Epithelial Cells in Response to Inflammatory Cytokines IFNγ/TNFα. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(6). 3463–3463. 6 indexed citations

Vescovi, Paolo, et al.. (2021). Photobiomodulation with a 645 nm Diode Laser of Saos-2 Cells and Platelet-Rich Plasma: The Potential for a New Mechanism of Action. Photobiomodulation Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. 39(2). 86–93. 3 indexed citations

Merolle, Lucia, Chiara Marraccini, Davide Schiroli, et al.. (2021). Apheresis Platelet Rich-Plasma for Regenerative Medicine: An In Vitro Study on Osteogenic Potential. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(16). 8764–8764. 15 indexed citations

Callegari, Sergio, Emilio Macchi, Stefania Croci, et al.. (2020). Clinicopathological Bird’s-Eye View of Left Atrial Myocardial Fibrosis in 121 Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 13(7). e007588–e007588. 11 indexed citations

Maximova, Natalia, Marilena Granzotto, Francesca Barbieri, et al.. (2019). Monocyte‐predominant engraftment, cytokine levels and early transplant‐related complications in pediatric hematopoietic stem cell recipients. Cancer Medicine. 8(3). 890–901. 3 indexed citations

Negri, Francesca, Cecilia Bozzetti, Giuseppe Pedrazzi, et al.. (2019). High levels of Notch intracellular cleaved domain are associated with stemness and reduced bevacizumab efficacy in patients with advanced colon cancer. Oncology Reports. 42(6). 2750–2758. 12 indexed citations

Lucini, Daniela, Roberto Sala, Antonio Spataro, et al.. (2018). Can the use of a single integrated unitary autonomic index provide early clues for eventual eligibility for olympic games?. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 118(5). 919–926. 11 indexed citations

Pagani, Massimo, Roberto Sala, Mara Malacarne, & Daniela Lucini. (2018). Benchmarking Heart Rate Variability to Overcome Sex-Related Bias. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1065. 191–205. 8 indexed citations

Graiani, Gallia, Antonio Cacchioli, Carlo Galli, et al.. (2017). Stanozolol-soaked grafts enhance new bone formation in rat calvarial critical-size defects. Biomedical Materials. 12(4). 45016–45016. 5 indexed citations

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Graiani, Gallia, Francesca Ravanetti, Simone Lumetti, et al.. (2016). “Over-inlay” block graft and differential morphometry: a novel block graft model to study bone regeneration and host-to-graft interfaces in rats. Journal of Periodontal & Implant Science. 46(4). 220–220. 13 indexed citations

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Tobaldini, Eleonora, Elisa Maria Fiorelli, Maddalena Alessandra Wu, et al.. (2015). Primary PCI is associated with different cardiac autonomic patterns in relation to the site of myocardial infarction. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 26(10). 792–797. 4 indexed citations

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Delucchi, Francesca, Caterina Frati, Stefano Cavalli, et al.. (2012). Resveratrol Treatment Reduces Cardiac Progenitor Cell Dysfunction and Prevents Morpho-Functional Ventricular Remodeling in Type-1 Diabetic Rats. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39836–e39836. 62 indexed citations

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Bianchi, Massimiliano G., R. Franchi‐Gazzola, Manfredi Allegri, et al.. (2012). Valproic acid induces the glutamate transporter excitatory amino acid transporter-3 in human oligodendroglioma cells. Neuroscience. 227. 260–270. 16 indexed citations

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Visigalli, Rossana, Amelia Barilli, Ovidio Bussolati, et al.. (2007). Rapamycin stimulates arginine influx through CAT2 transporters in human endothelial cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1768(6). 1479–1487. 23 indexed citations

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Giuliani, Nicola, Francesca Morandi, Sara Tagliaferri, et al.. (2007). Production of Wnt Inhibitors by Myeloma Cells: Potential Effects on Canonical Wnt Pathway in the Bone Microenvironment. Cancer Research. 67(16). 7665–7674. 81 indexed citations

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Giuliani, Nicola, Simona Colla, Francesca Morandi, et al.. (2005). Myeloma cells block RUNX2/CBFA1 activity in human bone marrow osteoblast progenitors and inhibit osteoblast formation and differentiation. Blood. 106(7). 2472–2483. 248 indexed citations

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Franchi‐Gazzola, R., Francesca Gaccioli, Elena Bevilacqua, et al.. (2004). The synthesis of SNAT2 transporters is required for the hypertonic stimulation of system A transport activity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1667(2). 157–166. 34 indexed citations

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Bussolati, Ovidio, Valeria Dall’Asta, R. Franchi‐Gazzola, et al.. (2001). The role of system A for neutral amino acid transport in the regulation of cell volume. Molecular Membrane Biology. 18(1). 27–38. 33 indexed citations

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Dall’Asta, Valeria, Rita Gatti, Guido Orlandini, et al.. (1997). Membrane Potential Changes Visualized in Complete Growth Media through Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy of bis-Oxonol-Loaded Cells. Experimental Cell Research. 231(2). 260–267. 54 indexed citations

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Parolari, Alessandro, Roberto Sala, Carlo Antona, et al.. (1997). Hypertonicity Induces Injury to Cultured Human Endothelium: Attenuation by Glutamine. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 64(6). 1770–1775. 24 indexed citations

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