Sofia Avnet

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Sofia Avnet is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofia Avnet has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Oncology and 30 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Sofia Avnet's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (25 papers), Bone health and treatments (24 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (14 papers). Sofia Avnet is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (25 papers), Bone health and treatments (24 papers) and Bone Metabolism and Diseases (14 papers). Sofia Avnet collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Japan and United States. Sofia Avnet's co-authors include Nicola Baldini, Francesca Perut, Margherita Cortini, Manuela Salerno, Gemma Di Pompo, Silvia Lemma, Donatella Granchi, Nicoletta Zini, Tokuhiro Chano and Angelo De Milito and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Biomaterials and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Sofia Avnet

102 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Strawberry-Derived Exosome-Like Nanoparticles Prevent Oxidative Stress in Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

2021 234 citations Francesca Perut, Sofia Avnet et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sofia Avnet Italy	36	2.2k	1.1k	962	551	545	107	3.9k
Hao Liu China	37	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	854 0.9×	550 1.0×	319 0.6×	167	4.0k
Hua Guo China	38	2.4k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	816 0.8×	513 0.9×	436 0.8×	161	4.5k
Ke Xu China	38	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	792 0.8×	540 1.0×	307 0.6×	145	4.2k
Hong Li China	36	2.4k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	827 0.9×	391 0.7×	414 0.8×	159	4.4k
Chang Zou China	33	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	997 1.0×	451 0.8×	547 1.0×	120	3.9k
Zhuo Wang China	30	2.1k 0.9×	802 0.7×	563 0.6×	548 1.0×	267 0.5×	134	3.6k
Yingqi Hua China	33	1.8k 0.8×	776 0.7×	827 0.9×	589 1.1×	654 1.2×	104	3.7k
Hui Lin China	33	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	513 0.5×	884 1.6×	431 0.8×	141	3.9k
Xiaowei Qi China	33	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	835 0.9×	390 0.7×	425 0.8×	199	3.8k
Gayathri R. Devi United States	37	2.2k 1.0×	791 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	635 1.2×	323 0.6×	96	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sofia Avnet

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Pompo, Gemma Di, Thimios A. Mitsiadis, Pierfrancesco Pagella, et al.. (2025). Mesenchymal stroma drives axonogenesis and nerve-induced aggressiveness in osteosarcoma. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 44(1). 276–276.

Totaro, Massimo, et al.. (2025). From Spheroids to Tumor-on-a-Chip for Cancer Modeling and Therapeutic Testing. Micromachines. 16(12). 1343–1343.

Totaro, Massimo, et al.. (2025). A customizable micropatterned platform for osteosarcoma spheroid generation, imaging, and drug screening. Biomaterials Advances. 177. 214419–214419.

Avnet, Sofia, et al.. (2025). Antagonizing the S1P-S1P3 Axis as a Promising Anti-Angiogenic Strategy. Metabolites. 15(3). 178–178. 1 indexed citations

Totaro, Massimo, et al.. (2024). A Novel Microfluidic Platform for Personalized Anticancer Drug Screening Through Image Analysis. Micromachines. 15(12). 1521–1521. 2 indexed citations

Borciani, Giorgia, Sofia Avnet, Katia Rubini, et al.. (2023). Incorporation/Enrichment of 3D Bioprinted Constructs by Biomimetic Nanoparticles: Tuning Printability and Cell Behavior in Bone Models. Nanomaterials. 13(14). 2040–2040. 7 indexed citations

Pompo, Gemma Di, Elisa Boanini, Gabriela Graziani, et al.. (2023). Bone on-a-chip: a 3D dendritic network in a screening platform for osteocyte-targeted drugs. Biofabrication. 15(4). 45019–45019. 8 indexed citations

Giacomini, Isabella, Margherita Cortini, Nicola Baldini, et al.. (2023). Contribution of Mitochondrial Activity to Doxorubicin-Resistance in Osteosarcoma Cells. Cancers. 15(5). 1370–1370. 7 indexed citations

Pompo, Gemma Di, Anna Liguori, Sofia Avnet, et al.. (2022). Electrospun fibers coated with nanostructured biomimetic hydroxyapatite: A new platform for regeneration at the bone interfaces. Biomaterials Advances. 144. 213231–213231. 18 indexed citations

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Pompo, Gemma Di, Margherita Cortini, Roberto Palomba, et al.. (2021). Curcumin-Loaded Nanoparticles Impair the Pro-Tumor Activity of Acid-Stressed MSC in an In Vitro Model of Osteosarcoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(11). 5760–5760. 19 indexed citations

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Cortini, Margherita, Annamaria Massa, Sofia Avnet, Gloria Bonuccelli, & Nicola Baldini. (2016). Tumor-Activated Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Promote Osteosarcoma Stemness and Migratory Potential via IL-6 Secretion. PLoS ONE. 11(11). e0166500–e0166500. 82 indexed citations

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Lemma, Silvia, Martina Sboarina, Paolo E. Porporato, et al.. (2016). Energy metabolism in osteoclast formation and activity. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 79. 168–180. 167 indexed citations

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Ciapetti, G., Gemma Di Pompo, Sofia Avnet, et al.. (2016). Osteoclast differentiation from human blood precursors on biomimetic calcium-phosphate substrates. Acta Biomaterialia. 50. 102–113. 46 indexed citations

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Salerno, Manuela, Sofia Avnet, Gloria Bonuccelli, et al.. (2014). Impairment of Lysosomal Activity as a Therapeutic Modality Targeting Cancer Stem Cells of Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma Cell Line RD. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110340–e110340. 40 indexed citations

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Avnet, Sofia, Francesca Perut, Manuela Salerno, Laura Sciacca, & Nicola Baldini. (2012). Insulin receptor isoforms are differently expressed during human osteoblastogenesis. Differentiation. 83(5). 242–248. 26 indexed citations

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Columbaro, Marta, Elisabetta Mattioli, Nadir M. Maraldi, et al.. (2012). Oct-1 recruitment to the nuclear envelope in adult-onset autosomal dominant leukodystrophy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1832(3). 411–420. 21 indexed citations

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Avnet, Sofia, R Pallotta, Francesca Perut, et al.. (2011). Osteoblasts from a mandibuloacral dysplasia patient induce human blood precursors to differentiate into active osteoclasts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1812(7). 711–718. 27 indexed citations

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Cenni, E., Donatella Granchi, Sofia Avnet, et al.. (2008). Biocompatibility of poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles conjugated with alendronate. Biomaterials. 29(10). 1400–1411. 103 indexed citations

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Patanè, Salvatore, Sofia Avnet, Nadia Coltella, et al.. (2006). MET Overexpression Turns Human Primary Osteoblasts into Osteosarcomas. Cancer Research. 66(9). 4750–4757. 104 indexed citations

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Avnet, Sofia, Nicoletta Zini, Liliana Solimando, et al.. (2006). Effects of antisense mediated inhibition of cathepsin K on human osteoclasts obtained from peripheral blood. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 24(8). 1699–1708. 10 indexed citations

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