Valeria Cagno

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Valeria Cagno is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Valeria Cagno has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Epidemiology, 15 papers in Infectious Diseases and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Valeria Cagno's work include Viral Infections and Immunology Research (11 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (10 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (10 papers). Valeria Cagno is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Immunology Research (11 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (10 papers) and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments (10 papers). Valeria Cagno collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and France. Valeria Cagno's co-authors include Caroline Tapparel, David Lembo, Andrea Civra, Samuel T. Jones, Eirini D. Tseligka, Manuela Donalisio, Giuseppe Poli, Francesco Stellacci, Samuel Constant and Song Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Valeria Cagno

55 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans and Viral Attachment: True Receptors or Adaptation Bias?

2019 273 citations Valeria Cagno, Eirini D. Tseligka et al. Viruses profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Valeria Cagno Switzerland	25	545	524	489	296	181	58	1.8k
Andrea Civra Italy	26	565 1.0×	403 0.8×	418 0.9×	262 0.9×	236 1.3×	60	1.9k
Manuela Donalisio Italy	25	526 1.0×	296 0.6×	490 1.0×	230 0.8×	86 0.5×	57	1.8k
Andreas Grassauer Austria	20	514 0.9×	280 0.5×	453 0.9×	405 1.4×	59 0.3×	28	1.8k
Richard Yi Tsun Kao Hong Kong	31	1.0k 1.9×	1.4k 2.7×	805 1.6×	402 1.4×	87 0.5×	68	3.1k
Bradley Ford United States	25	833 1.5×	363 0.7×	648 1.3×	150 0.5×	129 0.7×	86	2.3k
Rory M. Watt Hong Kong	30	1.2k 2.2×	669 1.3×	204 0.4×	113 0.4×	149 0.8×	67	2.6k
Naoki Watanabe Japan	28	1.2k 2.3×	661 1.3×	473 1.0×	584 2.0×	208 1.1×	142	2.8k
Huarong Huang China	29	1.2k 2.2×	725 1.4×	521 1.1×	712 2.4×	62 0.3×	74	3.5k
Tsutomu Murakami Japan	28	1.1k 2.0×	853 1.6×	487 1.0×	980 3.3×	176 1.0×	132	3.3k
Zhiwei Wu China	37	1.5k 2.8×	613 1.2×	451 0.9×	712 2.4×	76 0.4×	188	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valeria Cagno

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Silva, Paulo Jacob, Joana Rocha‐Pereira, Marie Galloux, et al.. (2025). A pan-respiratory virus attachment inhibitor with high potency in human airway models and in vivo. Science Advances. 11(31). eadv9311–eadv9311.

Fernandes, R.S., et al.. (2025). Identification of pan-flavivirus compounds from drug repurposing. Antiviral Research. 240. 106205–106205. 1 indexed citations

Radi, Marco, et al.. (2025). Targeting PI4KB and Src/Abl host kinases as broad-spectrum antiviral strategy: Myth or real opportunity?. Antiviral Research. 235. 106100–106100. 3 indexed citations

Crespan, Emmanuele, et al.. (2024). Bithiazole inhibitors of PI4KB show broad-spectrum antiviral activity against different viral families. Antiviral Research. 231. 106003–106003. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Yong, Matteo Gasbarri, Paulo Jacob Silva, et al.. (2024). Benzene with Alkyl Chains Is a Universal Scaffold for Multivalent Virucidal Antivirals. ACS Central Science. 10(5). 1012–1021. 6 indexed citations

Cagno, Valeria, et al.. (2023). Small Molecules Targeting Viral RNA. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(17). 13500–13500. 8 indexed citations

Kaiser, Laurent, et al.. (2023). Non-Steroidal Estrogens Inhibit Influenza Virus by Interacting with Hemagglutinin and Preventing Viral Fusion. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(20). 15382–15382. 2 indexed citations

Mohammadifar, Ehsan, Matteo Gasbarri, Valeria Cagno, et al.. (2022). Polyanionic Amphiphilic Dendritic Polyglycerols as Broad-Spectrum Viral Inhibitors with a Virucidal Mechanism. Biomacromolecules. 23(3). 983–991. 15 indexed citations

Pillonel, Trestan, et al.. (2022). Alpha and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Adaptation in an Upper Respiratory Tract Model. Viruses. 15(1). 13–13. 5 indexed citations

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Medaglia, Chiara, Yong Zhu, Samuel Constant, et al.. (2022). An anti-influenza combined therapy assessed by single cell RNA-sequencing. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1075–1075. 10 indexed citations

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Varricchio, Carmine, Trestan Pillonel, Claire Bertelli, et al.. (2022). Geneticin shows selective antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 by interfering with programmed −1 ribosomal frameshifting. Antiviral Research. 208. 105452–105452. 15 indexed citations

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Cagno, Valeria, et al.. (2021). Viruses Like Sugars: How to Assess Glycan Involvement in Viral Attachment. Microorganisms. 9(6). 1238–1238. 7 indexed citations

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Fenwick, Craig, Priscilla Turelli, Céline Pellaton, et al.. (2021). A high-throughput cell- and virus-free assay shows reduced neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants by COVID-19 convalescent plasma. Science Translational Medicine. 13(605). 53 indexed citations

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Jones, Samuel T., Valeria Cagno, M. Janecek, et al.. (2020). Modified cyclodextrins as broad-spectrum antivirals. Science Advances. 6(5). eaax9318–eaax9318. 139 indexed citations

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Tseligka, Eirini D., Komla Sobo, Luc Stoppini, et al.. (2018). A VP1 mutation acquired during an enterovirus 71 disseminated infection confers heparan sulfate binding ability and modulates ex vivo tropism. PLoS Pathogens. 14(8). e1007190–e1007190. 53 indexed citations

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Donalisio, Manuela, Paola Quaranta, Flavia Chiuppesi, et al.. (2016). The AGMA1 poly(amidoamine) inhibits the infectivity of herpes simplex virus in cell lines, in human cervicovaginal histocultures, and in vaginally infected mice. Biomaterials. 85. 40–53. 30 indexed citations

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Cagno, Valeria, Manuela Donalisio, Antonella Bugatti, et al.. (2015). The Agmatine-Containing Poly(Amidoamine) Polymer AGMA1 Binds Cell Surface Heparan Sulfates and Prevents Attachment of Mucosal Human Papillomaviruses. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 59(9). 5250–5259. 17 indexed citations

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Cagno, Valeria, Andrea Civra, Manuela Donalisio, et al.. (2015). Ficus religiosa L. bark extracts inhibit human rhinovirus and respiratory syncytial virus infection in vitro. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 176. 252–257. 21 indexed citations

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Cagno, Valeria, Manuela Donalisio, Andrea Civra, et al.. (2015). In vitro evaluation of the antiviral properties of Shilajit and investigation of its mechanisms of action. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 166. 129–134. 34 indexed citations

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Russo, Eleonora, Sara Baldassari, B. Parodi, et al.. (2014). Preparation, characterization and in vitro antiviral activity evaluation of foscarnet-chitosan nanoparticles. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 118. 117–125. 55 indexed citations

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