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Michele Solimena

Michele Solimena

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
17670
World Ranking
7356
National Ranking
538

Michele Solimena publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michele Solimena sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 227 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Michele Solimena D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michele Solimena sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michele Solimena is affiliated with TU Dresden in Germany and specializes primarily in Medicine, with extensive work also in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research covers various subfields including Surgery, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research focuses notably on pancreatic function and diabetes, contributing to a broad array of topics such as:

  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

Michele Solimena has a significant publication record, including papers with high citation counts. Some recent publications encompass:

  • An open-access volume electron microscopy atlas of whole cells and tissues, 2021, Nature
  • Viral infiltration of pancreatic islets in patients with COVID-19, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Multi-omics profiling of living human pancreatic islet donors reveals heterogeneous beta cell trajectories towards type 2 diabetes, 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • Metabolic implications of pancreatic fat accumulation, 2021, Nature Reviews Endocrinology
  • Dysfunction of Persisting β Cells Is a Key Feature of Early Type 2 Diabetes Pathogenesis, 2020, Cell Reports

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Reports
  • Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Metabolism

Collaborations form an important aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Andreas Müller
  • Andreas L. Birkenfeld
  • Annette Schürmann
  • Stefan R. Bornstein
  • Marius Distler

Best Publications

  • Identification of the 64K autoantigen in insulin-dependent diabetes as the GABA-synthesizing enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase.

    Steinunn Baekkeskov;Henk-Jan Aanstoot;Stephan Christgai;Annette Reetz

  • Content-aware image restoration: pushing the limits of fluorescence microscopy.

    Martin Weigert;Uwe Schmidt;Tobias Boothe;Andreas Müller

  • Autoantibodies to GABA-ergic neurons and pancreatic beta cells in stiff-man syndrome.

    Michele Solimena;Franco Folli;Roxanne Aparisi;Guido Pozza

  • Autoantibodies to Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase in a Patient with Stiff-Man Syndrome, Epilepsy, and Type I Diabetes Mellitus

    M. Solimena;F. Folli;S. Denis-Donini;G. C. Comi

  • Erratum: Identification of the 64K autoantigen in insulin-dependent diabetes as the GABA-synthesizing enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase (Nature (1990) 347 (151-156))

    Steinunn Baekkeskov;Henk Jan Aanstoot;Stephan Christgau;Annette Reetz

  • GABA and pancreatic beta-cells: colocalization of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and GABA with synaptic-like microvesicles suggests their role in GABA storage and secretion.

    A Reetz;M Solimena;M Matteoli;F Folli

  • An enzymatic cascade of Rab5 effectors regulates phosphoinositide turnover in the endocytic pathway

    Hye-Won Shin;Mitsuko Hayashi;Savvas Christoforidis;Sandra Lacas-Gervais

  • The synaptic vesicle-associated protein amphiphysin is the 128-kD autoantigen of Stiff-Man syndrome with breast cancer.

    P. De Camilli;A. Thomas;R. Cofiell;F. Folli

  • Autoantibodies to a 128-kd Synaptic Protein in Three Women with the Stiff-Man Syndrome and Breast Cancer

    F Folli;M Solimena;R Cofiell;M Austoni

  • βiv Spectrin, a New Spectrin Localized at Axon Initial Segments and Nodes of Ranvier in the Central and Peripheral Nervous System

    Stanny Berghs;Diego Aggujaro;Ronald Dirkx;Elena Maksimova

  • ICA 512, an autoantigen of type I diabetes, is an intrinsic membrane protein of neurosecretory granules.

    M Solimena;R Dirkx;J M Hermel;S Pleasic-Williams

  • Transplantation of human islets without immunosuppression

    Barbara Ludwig;Andreas Reichel;Anja Steffen;Baruch Zimerman

  • Autoimmunity to gephyrin in Stiff-Man syndrome.

    Margaret Husta Butler;Akito Hayashi;Norio Ohkoshi;Carmen Villmann

  • Autoimmunity to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) in stiffman syndrome and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

    Michele Solimena;Pietro De Camilli

  • MFR, a Putative Receptor Mediating the Fusion of Macrophages

    Charles Saginario;Hyacinth Sterling;Cornelius Beckers;Ruji Kobayashi

  • Identification of a dominant epitope of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD-65) recognized by autoantibodies in stiff-man syndrome.

    M H Butler;M Solimena;R Dirkx;A Hayday

  • Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein promotes insulin secretory granule biogenesis

    Klaus-Peter Knoch;Hendrik Bergert;Barbara Borgonovo;Hans-Detlev Saeger

  • GAD-reactive CD4+ Th1 cells induce diabetes in NOD/SCID mice.

    D Zekzer;F S Wong;O Ayalon;I Millet

  • The insulin secretory granule as a signaling hub.

    Jakob Suckale;Michele Solimena;Michele Solimena

  • βIV Spectrins Are Essential for Membrane Stability and the Molecular Organization of Nodes of Ranvier

    Yang Yang;Sandra Lacas-Gervais;D. Kent Morest;Michele Solimena

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Folli
Franco Folli University of Milan
Pietro De Camilli
Pietro De Camilli Yale University
Philippe Froguel
Philippe Froguel Imperial College London
Guy A. Rutter
Guy A. Rutter Imperial College London
Piero Marchetti
Piero Marchetti University of Pisa
Ezio Bonifacio
Ezio Bonifacio TU Dresden
Jürgen Weitz
Jürgen Weitz TU Dresden
Hans-Ulrich Häring
Hans-Ulrich Häring University of Tübingen
Michael Roden
Michael Roden Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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