Willy Zorzi

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Willy Zorzi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Willy Zorzi has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 6 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Willy Zorzi's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (11 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (4 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers). Willy Zorzi is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (11 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (4 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers). Willy Zorzi collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Slovenia. Willy Zorzi's co-authors include Ernst Heinen, Olivier Thellin, Bernard Coumans, Ahmed Igout, Bernard Lakaye, Thierry Grisar, Georges Hennen, B Borman, Benaı̈ssa El Moualij and Benaïssa Elmoualij and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Biochemical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Willy Zorzi

50 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Housekeeping genes as internal standards: use and limits

1999 1.3k citations Olivier Thellin, Willy Zorzi et al. Journal of Biotechnology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Willy Zorzi	1.7k	278	265	228	216	52	2.8k
Gabriella Tedeschi	2.1k 1.3×	179 0.6×	203 0.8×	96 0.4×	164 0.8×	158	3.6k
Tatsuya Abé	2.1k 1.3×	589 2.1×	376 1.4×	155 0.7×	180 0.8×	181	4.5k
Richard E. Davis	1.9k 1.1×	176 0.6×	329 1.2×	160 0.7×	629 2.9×	156	3.8k
David Simpson	3.1k 1.9×	379 1.4×	455 1.7×	192 0.8×	219 1.0×	126	5.5k
Benito Cañas	2.4k 1.5×	585 2.1×	252 1.0×	101 0.4×	218 1.0×	75	4.1k
Marco Groth	2.3k 1.4×	357 1.3×	388 1.5×	177 0.8×	367 1.7×	139	4.0k
Ingrid Miller	1.2k 0.8×	300 1.1×	240 0.9×	88 0.4×	90 0.4×	134	3.1k
Sean C. Taylor	1.3k 0.8×	196 0.7×	213 0.8×	297 1.3×	211 1.0×	18	2.5k
Mona Johannessen	1.5k 0.9×	375 1.3×	188 0.7×	501 2.2×	75 0.3×	68	3.0k
Suresh Hewapathirana	2.7k 1.6×	472 1.7×	335 1.3×	188 0.8×	185 0.9×	6	4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Willy Zorzi

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Ogorzaly, Leslie, et al.. (2014). Detection of small amounts of human adenoviruses in stools: comparison of a new immuno real-time PCR assay with classical tools. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 20(12). O1010–O1016. 13 indexed citations

Moisan, Michel, Jean Barbeau, Benaïssa Elmoualij, et al.. (2013). Sterilization/disinfection of medical devices using plasma: the reduced-pressure flowing-afterglow of the N2-O2 discharge as the inactivating medium. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège).

Ogorzaly, Leslie, et al.. (2013). Development of a quantitative immunocapture real-time PCR assay for detecting structurally intact adenoviral particles in water. Journal of Virological Methods. 194(1-2). 235–241. 13 indexed citations

Debarnot, Dominique, G. Legeay, Arnaud Coudreuse, et al.. (2012). Are the Interactions between Recombinant Prion Proteins and Polymeric Surfaces Related to the Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Balance?. Macromolecular Bioscience. 12(6). 830–839. 7 indexed citations

Debarnot, Dominique, G. Legeay, Arnaud Coudreuse, et al.. (2012). Non‐Adhesive Behavior of New Nanostructured PNIPAM Surfaces Towards Specific Neurodegenerative Proteins: Application to Storage and Titration of Tau Proteins. Macromolecular Bioscience. 12(10). 1354–1363. 1 indexed citations

Nolens, Grégory, Jean‐Christophe Pignon, Benjamin Koopmansch, et al.. (2009). Ku proteins interact with activator protein-2 transcription factors and contribute to ERBB2overexpression in breast cancer cell lines. Breast Cancer Research. 11(6). R83–R83. 24 indexed citations

Thellin, Olivier, Benaïssa Elmoualij, Ernst Heinen, & Willy Zorzi. (2009). A decade of improvements in quantification of gene expression and internal standard selection. Biotechnology Advances. 27(4). 323–333. 70 indexed citations

Zorzi, Willy, Nicole T. Watt, Olivier Thellin, et al.. (2007). Protective effect of prion protein via the N‐terminal region in mediating a protective effect on paraquat‐induced oxidative injury in neuronal cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 86(3). 653–659. 21 indexed citations

Zorzi, Willy, et al.. (2006). Study on the toxic mechanism of prion protein peptide 106–126 in neuronal and non neuronal cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 84(3). 637–646. 14 indexed citations

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Moualij, Benaı̈ssa El, Willy Zorzi, Patricia Deloyer, et al.. (2006). Development of a serum-free co-culture of human intestinal epithelium cell-lines (Caco-2/HT29-5M21). BMC Cell Biology. 7(1). 20–20. 73 indexed citations

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Moualij, Benaı̈ssa El, et al.. (2004). Rapid identification of environmental bacterial strains by matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 18(18). 2013–2019. 85 indexed citations

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Lakaye, Bernard, Alexander F Makarchikov, Pierre Wins, et al.. (2004). Human recombinant thiamine triphosphatase: purification, secondary structure and catalytic properties. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 36(7). 1348–1364. 19 indexed citations

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Thellin, Olivier, Bernard Coumans, Willy Zorzi, Ahmed Igout, & Ernst Heinen. (2000). Tolerance to the foeto-placental ‘graft’: ten ways to support a child for nine months. Current Opinion in Immunology. 12(6). 731–737. 160 indexed citations

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Thellin, Olivier, Willy Zorzi, Bernard Lakaye, et al.. (1999). Housekeeping genes as internal standards: use and limits. Journal of Biotechnology. 75(2-3). 291–295. 1293 indexed citations breakdown →

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Coumans, Bernard, Olivier Thellin, Willy Zorzi, et al.. (1999). Lymphoid cell apoptosis induced by trophoblastic cells: a model of active foeto-placental tolerance. Journal of Immunological Methods. 224(1-2). 185–196. 25 indexed citations

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Massidda, Orietta, Olivier Dardenne, Michael B. Whalen, et al.. (1998). The PBP 5 synthesis repressor (psr) gene ofEnterococcus hiraeATCC 9790 is substantially longer than previously reported. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 166(2). 355–360. 11 indexed citations

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Lakaye, Bernard, et al.. (1998). Cloning of the rat brain cDNA encoding for the SLC-1 G protein-coupled receptor reveals the presence of an intron in the gene1The cDNA sequence reported in this paper has been submitted to the Genbank data base with accession number AF008650.1. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1401(2). 216–220. 56 indexed citations

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Zorzi, Willy, Olivier Thellin, Bernard Coumans, et al.. (1998). Demonstration of the expression of CD95 ligand transcript and protein in human placenta. Placenta. 19(4). 269–277. 21 indexed citations

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Thellin, Olivier, Bernard Coumans, Willy Zorzi, et al.. (1997). Expression of Growth Hormone Receptors by Lymphocyte subpopulations in the Human tonsil. Journal of Immunology Research. 6(3-4). 295–304. 7 indexed citations

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Granier, Benoı̂t, Marc Jamin, M Adam, et al.. (1994). [19]Serine-type d-Ala-d-Ala peptidases and penicillin-binding proteins. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 244. 249–266. 36 indexed citations

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