Walter Luini

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Walter Luini is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Luini has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Immunology, 35 papers in Oncology and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Walter Luini's work include Chemokine receptors and signaling (31 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (24 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (19 papers). Walter Luini is often cited by papers focused on Chemokine receptors and signaling (31 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (24 papers) and T-cell and B-cell Immunology (19 papers). Walter Luini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Japan. Walter Luini's co-authors include Alberto Mantovani, Silvano Sozzani, Paola Allavena, Nadia Polentarutti, Raffaella Bonecchi, Marina Sironi, Giovanna D’Amico, Sergio Bernasconi, Alessandro Borsatti and Giuseppe Bianchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Walter Luini

71 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Role of IL-6 and Its Soluble Receptor in Induction of Chemokines and Leukocyte Recruitment

1997 918 citations Maria Romano, Marina Sironi et al. Immunity profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Walter Luini Italy	40	4.7k	2.4k	1.3k	764	738	72	7.0k
C A Hébert United States	28	2.8k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	444 0.6×	855 1.2×	34	5.6k
Ji‐Liang Gao United States	51	3.8k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	2.4k 1.9×	990 1.3×	582 0.8×	90	7.0k
M P Beckmann United States	33	3.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.5×	583 0.8×	618 0.8×	44	6.9k
Daniele D’Ambrosio Italy	40	6.2k 1.3×	2.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	781 1.0×	744 1.0×	84	9.5k
Kunio Hieshima Japan	36	4.5k 1.0×	3.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	557 0.7×	545 0.7×	69	6.8k
Pierre Galanaud France	44	4.4k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	953 1.2×	251 0.3×	193	8.2k
Koji Matsushima Japan	42	3.5k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 1.1×	687 0.9×	784 1.1×	105	6.4k
Robert J. B. Nibbs United Kingdom	45	4.6k 1.0×	4.0k 1.6×	1.8k 1.4×	389 0.5×	569 0.8×	99	7.4k
S L Kunkel United States	39	3.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	763 1.0×	708 1.0×	58	6.3k
Linda M. Bradley United States	40	5.2k 1.1×	1.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	782 1.0×	385 0.5×	97	7.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Luini

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Sordi, Valeria, Giuseppe Bianchi, Chiara Buracchi, et al.. (2006). Differential Effects of Immunosuppressive Drugs on Chemokine Receptor CCR7 in Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells: Selective Upregulation by Rapamycin. Transplantation. 82(6). 826–834. 62 indexed citations

Prete, Annalisa Del, William Vermi, Erica Dander, et al.. (2004). Defective dendritic cell migration and activation of adaptive immunity in PI3Kγ‐deficient mice. The EMBO Journal. 23(17). 3505–3515. 136 indexed citations

Vulcano, Marisa, Sofie Struyf, Patrizia Scapini, et al.. (2003). Unique Regulation of CCL18 Production by Maturing Dendritic Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 170(7). 3843–3849. 127 indexed citations

Riboldi, Elena, Giada Frascaroli, Pietro Transidico, et al.. (2003). Benzydamine inhibits monocyte migration and MAPK activation induced by chemotactic agonists. British Journal of Pharmacology. 140(2). 377–383. 23 indexed citations

Fruscella, Paolo, Maria Rosaria Romano, Diego Albani, et al.. (2000). INHIBITION OF HMG-CoA REDUCTASE ACTIVITY BY HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA REDUCES LEUKOCYTE RECRUITMENT AND MCP-1 PRODUCTION. Cytokine. 12(7). 1100–1103. 10 indexed citations

Allavena, Paola, Walter Luini, Raffaella Bonecchi, et al.. (1999). Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in the Regulation of Dendritic Cell Trafficking. PubMed. 72. 69–85. 8 indexed citations

Foti, Maria, Francesca Granucci, Elio Liboi, et al.. (1999). Upon dendritic cell (DC) activation chemokines and chemokine receptor expression are rapidly regulated for recruitment and maintenance of DC at the inflammatory site. International Immunology. 11(6). 979–986. 105 indexed citations

Massimiliano, Lucia, Simona Ramponi, Walter Luini, et al.. (1999). Differential responsiveness to constitutive versus inflammatory chemokines of immature and mature mouse dendritic cells. 66(3). 486–494. 6 indexed citations

Pentón‐Rol, Giselle, Manuela Cota, Nadia Polentarutti, et al.. (1999). Up-Regulation of CCR2 Chemokine Receptor Expression and Increased Susceptibility to the Multitropic HIV Strain 89.6 in Monocytes Exposed to Glucocorticoid Hormones. The Journal of Immunology. 163(6). 3524–3529. 34 indexed citations

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Sozzani, Silvano, Paola Allavena, Giovanna D’Amico, et al.. (1998). Cutting Edge: Differential Regulation of Chemokine Receptors During Dendritic Cell Maturation: A Model for Their Trafficking Properties. The Journal of Immunology. 161(3). 1083–1086. 452 indexed citations

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Romano, Maria, Marina Sironi, Carlo Toniatti, et al.. (1997). Role of IL-6 and Its Soluble Receptor in Induction of Chemokines and Leukocyte Recruitment. Immunity. 6(3). 315–325. 918 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sica, Antonio, Alessandra Saccani, Alessandro Borsatti, et al.. (1997). Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide Rapidly Inhibits Expression of C–C Chemokine Receptors in Human Monocytes. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 185(5). 969–974. 243 indexed citations

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Sozzani, Silvano, Walter Luini, Nadia Polentarutti, et al.. (1997). Receptor expression and responsiveness of human dendritic cells to a defined set of CC and CXC chemokines. The Journal of Immunology. 159(4). 1993–2000. 320 indexed citations

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Sozzani, Silvano, Massimo Locati, Giuseppe Lamorte, et al.. (1996). Inhibition of monocyte chemotaxis to c-c chemokines by antisense oligonucleotide for cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2). The FASEB Journal. 10(6). 6 indexed citations

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Locati, Massimo, Giuseppe Lamorte, Walter Luini, et al.. (1996). Inhibition of Monocyte Chemotaxis to C-C Chemokines by Antisense Oligonucleotide for Cytosolic Phospholipase A2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(11). 6010–6016. 56 indexed citations

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Bertini, Riccardo, Walter Luini, Silvano Sozzani, et al.. (1995). Identification of MIP-1α/LD78 as a Monocyte Chemoattractant Released by the HTLV-I-Transformed Cell Line MT4. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 11(1). 155–160. 24 indexed citations

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Saggioro, Daniela, Ji Ming Wang, Marina Sironi, et al.. (1991). Chemoattractant(s) in Culture Supernatants of HTLV-I-Infected T-Cell Lines. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 7(7). 571–577. 8 indexed citations

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Sozzani, Silvano, Walter Luini, Marina Molino, et al.. (1991). The signal transduction pathway involved in the migration induced by a monocyte chemotactic cytokine. The Journal of Immunology. 147(7). 2215–2221. 146 indexed citations

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Luini, Walter, et al.. (1989). Effect of bacterial purified antigenic fractions on natural defence mechanisms. Immunopharmacology. 18(2). 73–79. 1 indexed citations

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Sozzani, Silvano, et al.. (1988). Modulation by suramin of NK and monocytic cell-mediated cytotoxicity in human and murine cells. International Journal of Immunopharmacology. 10(6). 695–707. 7 indexed citations

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