Sara Pensa

1.7k total citations
18 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Sara Pensa is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Pensa has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Oncology and 7 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Sara Pensa's work include Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (7 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers) and Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (3 papers). Sara Pensa is often cited by papers focused on Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (7 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers) and Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (3 papers). Sara Pensa collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Sara Pensa's co-authors include Valeria Poli, Francesco Novelli, Gabriella Regis, Christine J. Watson, Lidia Avalle, Walid T. Khaled, Karsten Bach, Daniela Boselli, John C. Marioni and James Hadfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Sara Pensa

17 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara Pensa United Kingdom 13 563 544 260 215 98 18 1.1k
Sara Tomei Qatar 20 534 0.9× 521 1.0× 405 1.6× 251 1.2× 131 1.3× 59 1.2k
Emma Hickman United States 12 605 1.1× 805 1.5× 236 0.9× 162 0.8× 104 1.1× 15 1.3k
Luca Pellegrinet United Kingdom 9 615 1.1× 840 1.5× 269 1.0× 260 1.2× 97 1.0× 10 1.4k
Makiko Kawaguchi Japan 22 312 0.6× 559 1.0× 318 1.2× 195 0.9× 69 0.7× 72 1.3k
Keiichi I. Nakayama Japan 14 336 0.6× 745 1.4× 188 0.7× 145 0.7× 45 0.5× 22 1.2k
Edison Liu United States 15 352 0.6× 730 1.3× 157 0.6× 200 0.9× 101 1.0× 25 1.2k
Théo Z. Hirsch France 16 387 0.7× 378 0.7× 251 1.0× 160 0.7× 134 1.4× 28 985
Aleata A. Triplett United States 22 724 1.3× 728 1.3× 163 0.6× 207 1.0× 96 1.0× 34 1.4k
Norma Llansa United States 13 285 0.5× 534 1.0× 265 1.0× 262 1.2× 90 0.9× 15 1.1k
Rei Mizuno Japan 17 454 0.8× 509 0.9× 322 1.2× 303 1.4× 122 1.2× 46 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Pensa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Pensa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sara Pensa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sara Pensa 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 Pensa. Sara Pensa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Lazarus, Kyren A., Maria Francesca Santolla, Sara Pensa, et al.. (2025). CHD8 interacts with BCL11A to induce oncogenic transcription in triple negative breast cancer. The EMBO Journal. 44(12). 3448–3467.
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Pensa, Sara, Adi Steif, Daniel J. Kunz, et al.. (2024). A single-cell atlas enables mapping of homeostatic cellular shifts in the adult human breast. Nature Genetics. 56(4). 652–662. 30 indexed citations
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Twigger, Alecia‐Jane, et al.. (2022). Transcriptional changes in the mammary gland during lactation revealed by single cell sequencing of cells from human milk. Nature Communications. 13(1). 562–562. 54 indexed citations
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Hitchcock, Jessica R., Katherine Hughes, Sara Pensa, Bethan Lloyd‐Lewis, & Christine J. Watson. (2022). The immune environment of the mammary gland fluctuates during post-lactational regression and correlates with tumour growth rate. Development. 149(8). 7 indexed citations
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Bach, Karsten, Sara Pensa, Katarzyna Kania, et al.. (2021). Time-resolved single-cell analysis of Brca1 associated mammary tumourigenesis reveals aberrant differentiation of luminal progenitors. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1502–1502. 35 indexed citations
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Lazarus, Kyren A., Fazal Hadi, Karsten Bach, et al.. (2018). BCL11A interacts with SOX2 to control the expression of epigenetic regulators in lung squamous carcinoma. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3327–3327. 44 indexed citations
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Hume, Robert D., Sara Pensa, Elizabeth Brown, et al.. (2018). Tumour cell invasiveness and response to chemotherapeutics in adipocyte invested 3D engineered anisotropic collagen scaffolds. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12658–12658. 25 indexed citations
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Bach, Karsten, Sara Pensa, Marta Grzelak, et al.. (2017). Differentiation dynamics of mammary epithelial cells revealed by single-cell RNA sequencing. Nature Communications. 8(1). 2128–2128. 211 indexed citations
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Avalle, Lidia, Danny Incarnato, Aurora Savino, et al.. (2017). MicroRNAs-143 and -145 induce epithelial to mesenchymal transition and modulate the expression of junction proteins. Cell Death and Differentiation. 24(10). 1750–1760. 24 indexed citations
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Hughes, Katherine, et al.. (2016). Stat3 modulates chloride channel accessory protein expression in normal and neoplastic mammary tissue. Cell Death and Disease. 7(10). e2398–e2398. 12 indexed citations
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Lloyd‐Lewis, Bethan, Timothy J. Sargeant, Peter Kreuzaler, et al.. (2016). Analysis of the Involuting Mouse Mammary Gland: An In Vivo Model for Cell Death. Methods in molecular biology. 1501. 165–186. 5 indexed citations
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Pensa, Sara, Bethan Lloyd‐Lewis, Timothy J. Sargeant, et al.. (2014). Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 and the phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase regulatory subunits p55α and p50α regulate autophagy in vivo. FEBS Journal. 281(20). 4557–4567. 19 indexed citations
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Pensa, Sara, Marco Demaria, Lidia Avalle, et al.. (2012). From tissue invasion to glucose metabolism: the many aspects of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 pro-oncogenic activities. Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation. 10(1). 217–225. 1 indexed citations
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Staniszewska, Anna D., Sara Pensa, María M. Caffarel, et al.. (2012). Stat3 Is Required to Maintain the Full Differentiation Potential of Mammary Stem Cells and the Proliferative Potential of Mammary Luminal Progenitors. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52608–e52608. 19 indexed citations
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Avalle, Lidia, Sara Pensa, Gabriella Regis, Francesco Novelli, & Valeria Poli. (2012). STAT1 and STAT3 in tumorigenesis. PubMed. 1(2). 65–72. 211 indexed citations
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Barbieri, Isaia, Sara Pensa, Tania Pannellini, et al.. (2010). Constitutively Active Stat3 Enhances Neu-Mediated Migration and Metastasis in Mammary Tumors via Upregulation of Cten. Cancer Research. 70(6). 2558–2567. 124 indexed citations
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Pensa, Sara, Christine J. Watson, & Valeria Poli. (2009). Stat3 and the Inflammation/Acute Phase Response in Involution and Breast Cancer. Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. 14(2). 121–129. 66 indexed citations
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Regis, Gabriella, Sara Pensa, Daniela Boselli, Francesco Novelli, & Valeria Poli. (2008). Ups and downs: The STAT1:STAT3 seesaw of Interferon and gp130 receptor signalling. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 19(4). 351–359. 181 indexed citations

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