Simona Pisanti

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Simona Pisanti is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Pisanti has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Pharmacology, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Simona Pisanti's work include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (28 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (8 papers). Simona Pisanti is often cited by papers focused on Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (28 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (10 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (8 papers). Simona Pisanti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Sweden and United States. Simona Pisanti's co-authors include Maurizio Bifulco, Chiara Laezza, Patrizia Gazzerro, Anna Maria Malfitano, Elena Ciaglia, Maria Proto, Antonietta Santoro, Paola Picardi, Giuseppe Portella and Mario Abate and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Blood and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Simona Pisanti

76 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Cannabidiol: State of the art and new challenges for therapeutic applications

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Peers

Simona Pisanti

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Patrizia Gazzerro Italy

Chiara Laezza Italy

Anna Maria Malfitano Italy

Gary P. O’Neill Canada

Sophie Lotersztajn France

K. Leahy United States

Massimo Di Rosa Italy

Dale G. Deutsch United States

David F. Woodward United States

Kathleen M. Metters Canada

Patrizia Gazzerro Italy

Simona Pisanti

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382 ×0.7

Citations per year, relative to Simona Pisanti Simona Pisanti (= 1×) peers Patrizia Gazzerro

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simona Pisanti

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pisanti, Simona, Tiziana Esposito, Teresa Mencherini, et al.. (2024). Anticancer Activity and Mechanism of Action of Couroupita guianensis Bark Decoction in Gastric Adenocarcinoma Cancer Cell Line. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(17). 9183–9183. 2 indexed citations

Esposito, Tiziana, Simona Pisanti, Rosanna Martinelli, et al.. (2023). Couroupita guianensis bark decoction: From Amazonian medicine to the UHPLC-HRMS chemical profile and its role in inflammation processes and re-epithelialization. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 313. 116579–116579. 9 indexed citations

Pisanti, Simona, Erika Rimondi, E. Melloni, et al.. (2022). Prenylation Defects and Oxidative Stress Trigger the Main Consequences of Neuroinflammation Linked to Mevalonate Pathway Deregulation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(15). 9061–9061. 7 indexed citations

Bifulco, Maurizio, et al.. (2022). The nineteenth-century experience of the kingdom of the two Sicilies on mandatory vaccination: An Italian phenomenon?. Vaccine. 40(25). 3452–3454. 5 indexed citations

Pisanti, Simona, Joris Deelen, Anna Maria Gallina, et al.. (2020). Correlation of the two most frequent HLA haplotypes in the Italian population to the differential regional incidence of Covid-19. Journal of Translational Medicine. 18(1). 352–352. 74 indexed citations

Bifulco, Maurizio, Simona Pisanti, & Elena Ciaglia. (2017). The complex interplay among hepatocytes and immune cells at the crossroad between inflammation and cholesterol metabolism in hyperglycemia. Endocrine. 58(1). 21–23. 4 indexed citations

Ranieri, Roberta, Elena Ciaglia, Giuseppina Amodio, et al.. (2017). N6-isopentenyladenosine dual targeting of AMPK and Rab7 prenylation inhibits melanoma growth through the impairment of autophagic flux. Cell Death and Differentiation. 25(2). 353–367. 57 indexed citations

Laezza, Chiara, Angelo D’Alessandro, Luciano Di Croce, et al.. (2015). p53 regulates the mevalonate pathway in human glioblastoma multiforme. Cell Death and Disease. 6(10). e1909–e1909. 40 indexed citations

Malfitano, Anna Maria, Chiara Laezza, Giuseppe Saccomanni, et al.. (2013). Immune-Modulation and Properties of Absorption and Blood Brain Barrier Permeability of 1,8-Naphthyridine Derivatives. Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 8(5). 1077–1086. 13 indexed citations

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Bifulco, Maurizio & Simona Pisanti. (2013). “Adiponcosis”: A New Term to Name the Obesity and Cancer Link. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 98(12). 4664–4665. 13 indexed citations

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Laezza, Chiara, Alba D’Alessandro, Simona Paladino, et al.. (2012). Anandamide inhibits the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway in human breast cancer MDA MB 231 cells. European Journal of Cancer. 48(16). 3112–3122. 49 indexed citations

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Laezza, Chiara, Anna Maria Malfitano, Maria Proto, et al.. (2010). Inhibition of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase activity and of Ras farnesylation mediate antitumor effects of anandamide in human breast cancer cells. Endocrine Related Cancer. 17(2). 495–503. 33 indexed citations

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Malfitano, Anna Maria, Chiara Laezza, Simona Pisanti, Patrizia Gazzerro, & Maurizio Bifulco. (2007). Rimonabant (SR141716) exerts anti‐proliferative and immunomodulatory effects in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. British Journal of Pharmacology. 153(5). 1003–1010. 33 indexed citations

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Bifulco, Maurizio, Claudia Grimaldi, Patrizia Gazzerro, Simona Pisanti, & Antonietta Santoro. (2007). Rimonabant: Just an Antiobesity Drug? Current Evidence on Its Pleiotropic Effects. Molecular Pharmacology. 71(6). 1445–1456. 64 indexed citations

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Bifulco, Maurizio, Chiara Laezza, Simona Pisanti, & Patrizia Gazzerro. (2006). Cannabinoids and cancer: pros and cons of an antitumour strategy. British Journal of Pharmacology. 148(2). 123–135. 133 indexed citations

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Ligresti, Alessia, Aniello Schiano Moriello, Katarzyna Starowicz, et al.. (2006). Antitumor Activity of Plant Cannabinoids with Emphasis on the Effect of Cannabidiol on Human Breast Carcinoma. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 318(3). 1375–1387. 431 indexed citations

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Laezza, Chiara, Simona Pisanti, Elvira Crescenzi, & Maurizio Bifulco. (2006). Anandamide inhibits Cdk2 and activates Chk1 leading to cell cycle arrest in human breast cancer cells. FEBS Letters. 580(26). 6076–6082. 83 indexed citations

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Terrazzano, Giuseppe, Simona Pisanti, Séréna Grimaldi, et al.. (2004). Interaction Between Natural Killer and Dendritic Cells: the Role of CD40, CD80 and Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Molecules in Cytotoxicity Induction and Interferon‐γ Production. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 59(4). 356–362. 12 indexed citations

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Terrazzano, Giuseppe, Delia Zanzi, Ennio Carbone, et al.. (2002). Differential involvement of CD40, CD80, and major histocompatibility complex class I molecules in cytotoxicity induction and interferon-gamma production by human natural killer effectors.. CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Basilicata). 72(2). 305–11. 13 indexed citations

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Pisanti, Simona, et al.. (1985). Epidemiological study of oral health among the elderly of Baka, a Jerusalem neighborhood.. PubMed. 21(3). 270–5. 3 indexed citations

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