S Del Guerra

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

S Del Guerra is a scholar working on Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, S Del Guerra has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Surgery, 38 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in S Del Guerra's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (61 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (23 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (21 papers). S Del Guerra is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (61 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (23 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (21 papers). S Del Guerra collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Sweden. S Del Guerra's co-authors include Piero Marchetti, R Lupi, Stefano Del Prato, Ugo Boggi, Lorella Marselli, Marco Bugliani, Franco Mosca, Matilde Masini, Leif Groop and Charlotte Ling and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nano Letters and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

S Del Guerra

74 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Mechanisms by which common variants in the TCF7L2 gene increase risk of type 2 diabetes

2007 586 citations R Lupi, Piero Marchetti et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S Del Guerra Italy	32	2.9k	2.3k	1.9k	1.4k	805	77	5.0k
Matilde Masini Italy	34	3.1k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	723 0.9×	78	5.3k
Fabrizio Barbetti Italy	33	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	284 0.4×	108	4.1k
René Santer Germany	36	949 0.3×	2.3k 1.0×	924 0.5×	850 0.6×	969 1.2×	145	5.1k
Roger F.L. James United Kingdom	33	2.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	245 0.3×	110	4.1k
Miguel Pocovı́ Spain	40	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	984 0.5×	286 0.2×	1.4k 1.7×	167	4.4k
Walter J. McConathy United States	40	2.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	208 0.1×	298 0.4×	105	4.9k
Valéry Gmyr France	31	1.9k 0.6×	864 0.4×	1.3k 0.7×	908 0.6×	312 0.4×	81	2.9k
Keiichi Kodama United States	19	698 0.2×	721 0.3×	978 0.5×	522 0.4×	595 0.7×	31	2.9k
Massimo Pietropaolo United States	33	2.8k 1.0×	731 0.3×	2.7k 1.4×	3.4k 2.4×	258 0.3×	101	5.2k
B. Vandewalle France	32	1.2k 0.4×	910 0.4×	733 0.4×	918 0.7×	264 0.3×	89	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S Del Guerra

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Porta, Raffaele La, Antonio Vitiello, Davide Sisti, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of Screening Program for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) At AST Pesaro-Urbino: First Year Results. Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences. 6(1). 107–116.

Pesce, Luca, Valentina De Lorenzi, Gianmarco Ferri, et al.. (2022). Single-cell imaging of α and β cell metabolic response to glucose in living human Langerhans islets. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1232–1232. 10 indexed citations

Quirós, Rodolfo, Ana C. Bardossy, Jeannete Zurita, et al.. (2021). Antimicrobial stewardship programs in adult intensive care units in Latin America: Implementation, assessments, and impact on outcomes. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 43(2). 181–190. 18 indexed citations

Paola, Rosa Di, Nunzia Caporarello, Antonella Marucci, et al.. (2011). ENPP1 Affects Insulin Action and Secretion: Evidences from In Vitro Studies. PLoS ONE. 6(5). e19462–e19462. 36 indexed citations

Marchetti, Piero, R Lupi, S Del Guerra, et al.. (2010). The β-Cell in Human Type 2 Diabetes. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 654. 501–514. 53 indexed citations

Lupi, R, S Del Guerra, V. D’Aleo, et al.. (2010). The direct effects of GLP-1 and GIP, alone or in combination, on human pancreatic islets. Regulatory Peptides. 165(2-3). 129–132. 29 indexed citations

Guerra, S Del, et al.. (2009). The direct effects of DPP-4 inhibition on isolated human islets include protection from glucotoxicity. Diabetologia. 1 indexed citations

D’Aleo, V., S Del Guerra, Manuela Martano, et al.. (2009). The non-peptidyl low molecular weight radical scavenger IAC protects human pancreatic islets from lipotoxicity. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 309(1-2). 63–66. 24 indexed citations

Ling, Charlotte, Leif Groop, S Del Guerra, & R Lupi. (2009). Calpain-10 Expression Is Elevated in Pancreatic Islets from Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. PLoS ONE. 4(8). e6558–e6558. 21 indexed citations

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Ling, Charlotte, S Del Guerra, R Lupi, et al.. (2008). Epigenetic regulation of PPARGC1A in human type 2 diabetic islets and effect on insulin secretion. Diabetologia. 51(4). 615–622. 366 indexed citations

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Lupi, R, R Mancarella, S Del Guerra, et al.. (2006). The direct effects of exendin-4 on human non-diabetic and type 2 diabetic islets. Diabetologia. 49. 303–304. 1 indexed citations

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Lupi, R, S Del Guerra, Marco Bugliani, et al.. (2006). The direct effects of the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, zofenoprilat and enalaprilat, on isolated human pancreatic islets. European Journal of Endocrinology. 154(2). 355–361. 73 indexed citations

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Grupillo, Maria, S Del Guerra, Matilde Masini, et al.. (2005). Gliclazide protects isolated human islets from apoptosis induced by intermittent high glucose: the role of oxidative stress. Diabetologia. 48. 1 indexed citations

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Guerra, S Del, R Lupi, Lorella Marselli, et al.. (2005). Functional and Molecular Defects of Pancreatic Islets in Human Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes. 54(3). 727–735. 366 indexed citations

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Prato, Stefano Del, R Lupi, Marco Bugliani, et al.. (2004). Glucotoxicity in human pancreatic islets is mediated by oxidative stress: evidence for limited defense capacity. Diabetologia. 47. 1 indexed citations

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Bugliani, Marco, R Lupi, S Del Guerra, et al.. (2004). An alternative and simple method to consistently prepare viable isolated human islets for clinical transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings. 36(3). 605–606. 5 indexed citations

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Marchetti, Piero, S Del Guerra, R Lupi, et al.. (2002). Function and survival of islets prepared from the pancreas of Type 2 diabetic patients. Diabetologia.

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Lupi, R, S Del Guerra, Vanna Fierabracci, et al.. (2001). Lipotoxicity in human pancreatic islets and the effects of metformin. Diabetes. 44. 1 indexed citations

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Piro, Salvatore, R Lupi, Francesco Dotta, et al.. (2001). BOVINE ISLETS ARE LESS SUSCEPTIBLE THAN HUMAN ISLETS TO DAMAGE BY HUMAN CYTOKINES1. Transplantation. 71(1). 21–26. 21 indexed citations

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Marchetti, Piero, R Lupi, R Giannarelli, et al.. (1998). Pancreatic Glucagon Damages Isolated Human Islet Function. Transplantation Proceedings. 30(2). 397–397. 2 indexed citations

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