2026 Maurilio Sampaolesi: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	54	15411	14145	268	240	299	15085

Overview

Maurilio Sampaolesi is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has an extensive body of work focusing primarily on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. Their research spans several subfields including molecular biology, genetics, surgery, physiology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their notable recent publications include:

Tissue damage induces a conserved stress response that initiates quiescent muscle stem cell activation, 2021, published in Cell Stem Cell
Interstitial Cell Remodeling Promotes Aberrant Adipogenesis in Dystrophic Muscles, 2020, published in Cell Reports
Human motor units in microfluidic devices are impaired by FUS mutations and improved by HDAC6 inhibition, 2021, published in Stem Cell Reports
Diabetes-Induced Cellular Senescence and Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype Impair Cardiac Regeneration and Function Independently of Age, 2022, published in Diabetes
Actuation enhances patterning in human neural tube organoids, 2021, published in Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include Robin Duelen, Domiziana Costamagna, Nefele Giarratana, Giorgia Giacomazzi, and Laura Yedigaryan.

Maurilio Sampaolesi has published regularly in venues such as:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Cells
Frontiers in Physiology
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Cell Reports

The main topics they have focused on in their work comprise:

Muscle Physiology and Disorders
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
Mesenchymal stem cell research
CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Congenital heart defects research

Best Publications

Tie2 identifies a hematopoietic lineage of proangiogenic monocytes required for tumor vessel formation and a mesenchymal population of pericyte progenitors.

Michele De Palma;Mary Anna Venneri;Rossella Galli;Lucia Sergi Sergi

1526
Citations
Pericytes of human skeletal muscle are myogenic precursors distinct from satellite cells.

Arianna Dellavalle;Maurilio Sampaolesi;Rossana Tonlorenzi;Enrico Tagliafico

1118
Citations
Mesoangioblast stem cells ameliorate muscle function in dystrophic dogs.

Maurilio Sampaolesi;Stephane Blot;Giuseppe D'antona;Nicolas Granger

885
Citations
Cell Therapy of α-Sarcoglycan Null Dystrophic Mice Through Intra-Arterial Delivery of Mesoangioblasts

Maurilio Sampaolesi;Yvan Torrente;Anna Innocenzi;Rossana Tonlorenzi

764
Citations
Human postnatal dental pulp cells co-differentiate into osteoblasts and endotheliocytes: a pivotal synergy leading to adult bone tissue formation.

R d'Aquino;A Graziano;Maurilio Sampaolesi;G Laino

632
Citations
Extracellular HMGB1, a signal of tissue damage, induces mesoangioblast migration and proliferation.

Roberta Palumbo;Maurilio Sampaolesi;Francesco De Marchis;Rossana Tonlorenzi

614
Citations
No Identical “Mesenchymal Stem Cells” at Different Times and Sites: Human Committed Progenitors of Distinct Origin and Differentiation Potential Are Incorporated as Adventitial Cells in Microvessels

Benedetto Sacchetti;Alessia Funari;Cristina Remoli;Giuseppe Giannicola

489
Citations
Electrospun degradable polyesterurethane membranes: potential scaffolds for skeletal muscle tissue engineering.

Stefania A. Riboldi;Maurilio Sampaolesi;Peter Neuenschwander;Giulio Cossu

479
Citations
Human circulating AC133+ stem cells restore dystrophin expression and ameliorate function in dystrophic skeletal muscle

Yvan Torrente;Marzia Belicchi;Maurilio Sampaolesi;Federica Pisati

474
Citations
Role of Inflammation in Muscle Homeostasis and Myogenesis.

Domiziana Costamagna;Paola Costelli;Maurilio Sampaolesi;Fabio Penna

442
Citations
Functional and morphological recovery of dystrophic muscles in mice treated with deacetylase inhibitors.

G C Minetti;C Colussi;R Adami;C Serra

361
Citations
Transplantation of genetically corrected human iPSC-derived progenitors in mice with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy

Francesco Saverio Tedesco;Francesco Saverio Tedesco;Mattia F. M. Gerli;Laura Perani;Sara Benedetti

325
Citations
Autologous transplantation of muscle-derived CD133(+) stem cells in Duchenne muscle patients

Yvan Torrente;M. Belicchi;C. Marchesi;G. D'Antona

281
Citations
Complete repair of dystrophic skeletal muscle by mesoangioblasts with enhanced migration ability

Beatriz G. Galvez;Maurilio Sampaolesi;Maurilio Sampaolesi;Silvia Brunelli;Silvia Brunelli;Diego Covarello

247
Citations
Tie2 identifies a hematopoietic monocytes required for tumor lineage of proangiogenic vessel formation and a mesenchymal population of pericyte progenitors

M De Palma;MA Venneri;R Galli;LS Sergi

236
Citations
Differentiation potential of human postnatal mesenchymal stem cells, mesoangioblasts, and multipotent adult progenitor cells reflected in their transcriptome and partially influenced by the culture conditions.

Valerie D. Roobrouck;Carlos Clavel;Sandra A. Jacobs;Fernando Ulloa‐Montoya

232
Citations
New therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: challenges, prospects and clinical trials.

Giulio Cossu;Maurilio Sampaolesi;Maurilio Sampaolesi

221
Citations
Canine adipose-derived-mesenchymal stem cells do not lose stem features after a long-term cryopreservation.

Tiziana Martinello;Ilaria Bronzini;Lisa Maccatrozzo;Antonio Mollo

183
Citations
Isolation and Characterization of Mesoangioblasts from Mouse, Dog, and Human Tissues

Rossana Tonlorenzi;Arianna Dellavalle;Esther Schnapp;Giulio Cossu

136
Citations
Mesoangioblasts, vessel-associated multipotent stem cells, repair the infarcted heart by multiple cellular mechanisms : A comparison with bone marrow progenitors, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells

Daniela Galli;Anna Innocenzi;Lidia Staszewsky;Lucia Zanetta

136
Citations