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Biology and Biochemistry
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2023
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Switzerland
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

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161
Citations
89279
World Ranking
124
National Ranking
4

Medicine

D-Index
161
Citations
89535
World Ranking
755
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Lelio Orci was affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland during their scientific career. Their work spanned various areas within the biological sciences as a researcher.

The scientist received recognition for their contributions through a number of awards. Among these were election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1999 and membership in the National Academy of Sciences since 1998.

No specific data regarding frequent co-authors, publication venues, or paper titles was available, so details about collaborative networks or prolific journals cannot be provided here.

Similarly, exact fields of study, subfields, and main research topics were not listed, so the precise scientific themes addressed in their work remain unspecified.

Best Publications

  • COPII: a membrane coat formed by Sec proteins that drive vesicle budding from the endoplasmic reticulum.

    Charles Barlowe;Lelio Orci;Tom Yeung;Midori Hosobuchi

  • Identification of a fibroblast-derived epithelial morphogen as hepatocyte growth factor

    R. Montesano;K. Matsumoto;T. Nakamura;L. Orci

  • Lipotoxic heart disease in obese rats: implications for human obesity.

    Yan Ting Zhou;Paul Grayburn;Paul Grayburn;Asad Karim;Asad Karim;Michio Shimabukuro;Michio Shimabukuro

  • Coat Proteins and Vesicle Budding

    Randy Schekman;Lelio Orci

  • Ultrastructural localization of intracellular antigens by the use of protein A-gold complex.

    J Roth;M Bendayan;L Orci

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor‐C‐mediated lymphangiogenesis promotes tumour metastasis

    Stefano J. Mandriota;Lotta Jussila;Michael Jeltsch;Amelia Compagni

  • Molecular dissection of the secretory pathway

    James E. Rothman;Lelio Orci;Lelio Orci

  • Brefeldin A's effects on endosomes, lysosomes, and the TGN suggest a general mechanism for regulating organelle structure and membrane traffic

    Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz;Lydia Yuan;Christopher Tipper;Myléne Amherdt

  • Potent synergism between vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor in the induction of angiogenesis in vitro

    M.S. Pepper;N. Ferrara;L. Orci;R. Montesano

  • Basic fibroblast growth factor induces angiogenesis in vitro.

    Roberto Montesano;Jean-Dominique Vassalli;A. Baird;R. Guillemin

  • Bi-directional protein transport between the ER and Golgi.

    Marcus C.S. Lee;Elizabeth A. Miller;Jonathan Goldberg;Lelio Orci

  • In vitro rapid organization of endothelial cells into capillary-like networks is promoted by collagen matrices.

    R Montesano;L Orci;P Vassalli

  • The vitamin D endocrine system: steroid metabolism, hormone receptors, and biological response (calcium binding proteins).

    Anthony W. Norman;Jürgen Roth;Lelio Orci

  • Preproglucagon gene expression in pancreas and intestine diversifies at the level of post-translational processing.

    S Mojsov;G Heinrich;I B Wilson;M Ravazzola

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) induces plasminogen activators and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in microvascular endothelial cells

    M.S. Pepper;N. Ferrara;L. Orci;R. Montesano

  • Transforming growth factor beta stimulates collagen-matrix contraction by fibroblasts: implications for wound healing

    Roberto Montesano;Lelio Orci

  • THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF GLUCAGON IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF DIABETES MELLITUS

    Roger H Unger;Lelio Orci

  • Lipid homeostasis, lipotoxicity and the metabolic syndrome.

    Roger H. Unger;Gregory O. Clark;Philipp E. Scherer;Lelio Orci

  • COPII-Coated Vesicle Formation Reconstituted with Purified Coat Proteins and Chemically Defined Liposomes

    Ken Matsuoka;Lelio Orci;Mylène Amherdt;Sebastian Y Bednarek

  • ADP-Ribosylation factor is a subunit of the coat of Golgi-derived COP-coated vesicles: A novel role for a GTP-binding protein

    Tito Serafini;Tito Serafini;Lelio Orci;Mylène Amherdt;Michael Brunner

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Montesano
Roberto Montesano University of Geneva
Mariella Ravazzola
Mariella Ravazzola University of Geneva
Mylène Amherdt
Mylène Amherdt University of Geneva
Roger H Unger
Roger H Unger The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Jean-Louis Carpentier
Jean-Louis Carpentier University of Geneva
Michael S. Pepper
Michael S. Pepper University of Pretoria
James E. Rothman
James E. Rothman Yale University
Randy Schekman
Randy Schekman University of California, Berkeley
Paolo Meda
Paolo Meda University of Geneva
Phillip Gorden
Phillip Gorden National Institutes of Health

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