Umberto Saffiotti

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Umberto Saffiotti is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Umberto Saffiotti has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cancer Research, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Umberto Saffiotti's work include Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (26 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (14 papers) and Head and Neck Cancer Studies (4 papers). Umberto Saffiotti is often cited by papers focused on Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (26 papers), Occupational and environmental lung diseases (14 papers) and Head and Neck Cancer Studies (4 papers). Umberto Saffiotti collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Spain. Umberto Saffiotti's co-authors include D. Carleton Gajdusek, Michael I. Lerman, Dmitry Goldgaber, O. Wesley McBride, Ruggero Montesano, Arthur R. Sellakumar, F Cefis, David G. Kaufman, Michael B. Sporn and Leonard H. Kolb and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Umberto Saffiotti

124 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Characterization and Chromosomal Localization of a cDNA Encoding Brain Amyloid of Alzheimer's Disease

1987 1.0k citations Umberto Saffiotti et al. profile →

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Umberto Saffiotti

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Umberto Saffiotti

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Alveolar type II cells at the crossroad of inflammation, fibrogenesis, and neoplasia. 1996 ·Europe PMC (PubMed Central) ·Umberto Saffiotti	13
2	Vanadium(IV)-mediated free radical generation and related 2′-deoxyguanosine hydroxylation and DNA damage 1996 ·Toxicology ·Xianglin Shi, (unknown), Yan Mao, Jianping Ye, Umberto Saffiotti	91
3	Transforming growth factor beta expression and transformation of rat lung epithelial cells by crystalline silica (quartz) 1996 ·International Journal of Cancer ·A. Olufemi Williams, Alan Knapton, (unknown), Umberto Saffiotti	17
4	Neoplastic transformation by quartz in the BALB/3T3/A31-1-1 cell line and the effects of associated minerals 1996 ·Teratogenesis Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis ·Umberto Saffiotti, (unknown)	14
5	Antioxidant activity of tetrandrine and its inhibition of quartz‐induced lipid peroxidation 1995 ·Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health ·Xianglin Shi, (unknown), Umberto Saffiotti, Liying Wang, Yon Rojanasakul, Stephen S. Leonard, Val Vallyathan	32
6	Mechanisms of carcinogenesis by crystalline silica in relation to oxygen radicals. 1994 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Umberto Saffiotti, L.N. Daniel, Yan Mao, Xianglin Shi, A. Olufemi Williams, M. Edward Kaighn	40
7	DNA binding to crystalline silica characterized by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. 1994 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Yan Mao, L.N. Daniel, Noel F. Whittaker, Umberto Saffiotti	70
8	Generation of thiyl and ascorbyl radicals in the reaction of peroxynitrite with thiols and ascorbate at physiological pH 1994 ·Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry ·(unknown), Yan Mao, (unknown), (unknown), Umberto Saffiotti, Yon Rojanasakul, Peter M. Gannett, Kejian Liu	31
9	Biological studies on the carcinogenic mechanisms of quartz 1993 ·Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry ·Umberto Saffiotti, (unknown), (unknown), A. Olufemi Williams, M. Edward Kaighn, (unknown), Alan Knapton	26
10	Binding of the Cationic Dye, Janus Green B, as a Measure of the Specific Surface Area of Crystalline Silica in Aqueous Suspension 1993 ·Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology ·L.N. Daniel, Yan Mao, Val Vallyathan, Umberto Saffiotti	13
11	Neoplastic transformation of BALB/3T3 cells by metals and the quest for induction of a metastatic phenotype 1989 ·Biological Trace Element Research ·Umberto Saffiotti, F. Bertolero	13
12	Type IV Collagenolytic Activity Linkage with the Metastatic Phenotype Induced by ras Transfection 1988 ·Advances in experimental medicine and biology ·Spiridione Garbisa, Alessandro Negro, (unknown), Rudy Pozzatti, Ruth J. Muschel, Umberto Saffiotti, L A Liotta	10
13	Spontaneous establishment and characterization of mouse keratinocyte cell lines in serum-free medium 1988 ·In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant ·M. Edward Kaighn, Richard F. Camalier, F. Bertolero, Umberto Saffiotti	29
14	Evaluation of mixed exposure to carcinogens and correlations of in vivo and in vitro systems. 1983 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Umberto Saffiotti	7
15	Role of metals in carcinogenesis. Problems of epidemiological evidence 1981 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Richard Doll, Lawrence Fishbein, Peter F. Infante, Philip J. Landrigan, (unknown), Thomas Mason, (unknown), Tor Norseth, Göran Pershagen, Umberto Saffiotti, Rodolfo Saracci, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1
16	Carcinogenesis studies in human cells and tissues. 1978 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·Curtis C. Harris, Umberto Saffiotti, Benjamin F. Trump	12
17	Experimental identification of chemical carcinogens, risk evaluation, and animal-to-human correlations 1978 ·Environmental Health Perspectives ·Umberto Saffiotti	9
18	Isolation of enzymatically active nuclei from epithelial cells of the trachea. 1971 ·PubMed ·Joseph M. Smith, Michael B. Sporn, Daniel Berkowitz, Tsuyoshi Kakefuda, (unknown), Umberto Saffiotti	6
19	Ce:Roles of Vitamin A in Carcinogenesis 1969 ·American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ·Umberto Saffiotti	3
20	The Histogenesis of Experimental Silicosis. II. Cellular and Tissue Reactions in the Histogenesis of Pulmonary Lesions. 1960 ·La Medicina del lavoro ·Umberto Saffiotti, (unknown), L Mayer	1

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