Sara Merlo

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Sara Merlo is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Merlo has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Physiology, 19 papers in Neurology and 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sara Merlo's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers). Sara Merlo is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers). Sara Merlo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Japan and United States. Sara Merlo's co-authors include Maria Angela Sortino, Simona Federica Spampinato, Grazia Ilaria Caruso, Rocco De Pasquale, Pier Luigi Canonico, Filippo Caraci, Agata Copani, Ferdinando Nicoletti, Filippo Drago and Takashi Kanda and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

Sara Merlo

46 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Treatment of Impaired Wound Healing in Diabetes: Look... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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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.

  1. The Treatment of Impaired Wound Healing in Diabetes: Looking among Old Drugs
    2020 302 citations Simona Federica Spampinato, Grazia Ilaria Caruso et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara Merlo Italy 25 572 401 362 269 228 47 1.7k
Simona Federica Spampinato Italy 25 497 0.9× 540 1.3× 529 1.5× 307 1.1× 218 1.0× 41 1.9k
Jenq‐Lin Yang Taiwan 28 520 0.9× 1.0k 2.6× 373 1.0× 370 1.4× 27 0.1× 53 2.3k
Hella S. Brönneke Germany 17 1.1k 1.9× 1.5k 3.8× 119 0.3× 149 0.6× 103 0.5× 22 3.4k
Dong‐Hee Choi South Korea 27 311 0.5× 531 1.3× 387 1.1× 248 0.9× 49 0.2× 97 2.0k
Siresha Bathina United States 9 263 0.5× 335 0.8× 141 0.4× 342 1.3× 38 0.2× 20 1.3k
Maria Giuliana Vannucchi Italy 31 747 1.3× 846 2.1× 464 1.3× 619 2.3× 35 0.2× 93 3.1k
Soraya L. Vallés Spain 30 543 0.9× 908 2.3× 695 1.9× 517 1.9× 31 0.1× 57 2.9k
Inmaculada Tasset Spain 25 607 1.1× 932 2.3× 277 0.8× 439 1.6× 42 0.2× 50 2.6k
Santosh K. Mishra United States 20 922 1.6× 535 1.3× 113 0.3× 597 2.2× 88 0.4× 46 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Merlo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Merlo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Merlo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sara Merlo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sara Merlo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sara Merlo. Sara Merlo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Merlo, Sara, Lara Costa, Santina Chiechio, et al.. (2023). Increased Heat Pain Tolerance but Hyperalgesia to Tonic Inflammatory Pain in the CRND8 Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 96(1). 77–91. 2 indexed citations
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D’Amico, Fabio, et al.. (2022). Inverse correlation between the expression of AMPK/SIRT1 and NAMPT in psoriatic skin: A pilot study. Advances in Medical Sciences. 67(2). 262–268. 7 indexed citations
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Spampinato, Simona Federica, et al.. (2021). Decreased Astrocytic CCL2 Accounts for BAF-312 Effect on PBMCs Transendothelial Migration Through a Blood Brain Barrier in Vitro Model. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 17(3-4). 427–436. 11 indexed citations
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Merlo, Sara, Simona Federica Spampinato, Grazia Ilaria Caruso, & Maria Angela Sortino. (2020). The Ambiguous Role of Microglia in Aβ Toxicity: Chances for Therapeutic Intervention. Current Neuropharmacology. 18(5). 446–455. 27 indexed citations
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Spampinato, Simona Federica, Sara Merlo, Evelina Fagone, et al.. (2020). Reciprocal Interplay Between Astrocytes and CD4+ Cells Affects Blood-Brain Barrier and Neuronal Function in Response to β Amyloid. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 13. 120–120. 16 indexed citations
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Contino, Annalinda, Giuseppe Maccarrone, Carmela Parenti, et al.. (2019). Preclinical evidence of enhanced analgesic activity of duloxetine complexed with succinyl-β-cyclodextrin: A comparative study with cyclodextrin complexes. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 566. 391–399. 5 indexed citations
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Caruso, Giuseppe, et al.. (2019). β-amyloid and Oxidative Stress: Perspectives in Drug Development. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 25(45). 4771–4781. 33 indexed citations
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Merlo, Sara, et al.. (2018). The contribution of microglia to early synaptic compensatory responses that precede β-amyloid-induced neuronal death. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7297–7297. 24 indexed citations
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Zammataro, Magda, Sara Merlo, Massimo Barresi, et al.. (2017). Chronic Treatment with Fluoxetine Induces Sex-Dependent Analgesic Effects and Modulates HDAC2 and mGlu2 Expression in Female Mice. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 8. 743–743. 19 indexed citations
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Spampinato, Simona Federica, Sara Merlo, Ferdinando Nicoletti, & Maria Angela Sortino. (2012). A main role for metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 in the neuroprotective effect of estrogen. 4(2). 61–67.
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Merlo, Sara, et al.. (2010). Modulation of C6 Glioma Cell Proliferation by Ureido-Calix[8]arenes. Pharmacology. 86(3). 182–188. 14 indexed citations
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Chisari, Mariangela, Sara Merlo, Maria Angela Sortino, & Salvatore Salomone. (2009). Long-term incubation with β-amyloid peptides impairs endothelium-dependent vasodilatation in isolated rat basilar artery. Pharmacological Research. 61(2). 157–161. 24 indexed citations
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Caraci, Filippo, Maria Laura Giuffrida, Sara Merlo, et al.. (2008). Enhanced expression of ERα in astrocytes modifies the response of cortical neurons to β-amyloid toxicity. Neurobiology of Disease. 33(3). 415–421. 21 indexed citations
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Merlo, Sara, Giuseppina Frasca, Pier Luigi Canonico, & Maria Angela Sortino. (2008). Differential involvement of estrogen receptorα and estrogen receptorβ in the healing promoting effect of estrogen in human keratinocytes. Journal of Endocrinology. 200(2). 189–197. 46 indexed citations
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Consoli, Grazia M. L., et al.. (2008). Inhibition of rat glioma cell migration and proliferation by a calix[8]arene scaffold exposing multiple GlcNAc and ureido functionalities. Journal of Neurochemistry. 107(4). 1047–1055. 24 indexed citations
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Frasca, Giuseppina, et al.. (2007). Integrins mediate β‐amyloid‐induced cell‐cycle activation and neuronal death. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 86(2). 350–355. 32 indexed citations
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Merlo, Sara, Marco Calafiore, Carlo Vancheri, et al.. (2006). Astrocyte-like cells as a main target for estrogen action during neuronal differentiation. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 34(4). 562–570. 9 indexed citations

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