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Pompeo Volpe

Pompeo Volpe

University of Padua
Italy

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
10292
World Ranking
15113
National Ranking
469

Pompeo Volpe publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 162 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pompeo Volpe 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 Pompeo Volpe sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pompeo Volpe is a researcher affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy. Their scholarly work spans multiple fields primarily related to biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Over their career, Volpe has contributed significantly to subfields such as molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, cell biology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and neurology.

Volpe's research topics include:

  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Muscle physiology and disorders
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Neuroscience and neuropharmacology research
  • Exercise and physiological responses
  • Muscle metabolism and nutrition

Their recent publications highlight topics ranging from muscle physiology in unique environments to cardiac and neurological studies. Selected papers include:

  • "Nitrosative Redox Homeostasis and Antioxidant Response Defense in Disused Vastus lateralis Muscle in Long-Term Bedrest (Toulouse Cocktail Study)" (2021, Antioxidants)
  • "Tetrodotoxin-Sensitive Neuronal-Type Na + Channels: A Novel and Druggable Target for Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation" (2020, Journal of the American Heart Association)
  • "Molecular adaptation to calsequestrin 2 (CASQ2) point mutations leading to catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT): comparative analysis of R33Q and D307H mutants" (2020, Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility)
  • "Reciprocal Homer1a and Homer2 Isoform Expression Is a Key Mechanism for Muscle Soleus Atrophy in Spaceflown Mice" (2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences)
  • "Nitrosative Stress in Astronaut Skeletal Muscle in Spaceflight" (2024, Antioxidants)

Volpe has collaborated frequently with several researchers across related disciplines. Frequent coauthors include Sandra Furlan, Gabor Trautmann, Michele Salanova, Dieter Blottner, and Katharina Block.

Their work has appeared in various scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Antioxidants, Journal of the American Heart Association, Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, and Metabolites.

Best Publications

  • Molecular and cellular physiology of intracellular calcium stores

    T. Pozzan;R. Rizzuto;P. Volpe;J. Meldolesi

  • 'Calciosome', a cytoplasmic organelle: The inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive Ca2+ store of nonmuscle cells?

    Pompeo Volpe;Karl-Heinz Krause;Sadamitsu Hashimoto;Francesco Zorzato

  • Ryanodine receptors: how many, where and why?

    Vincenzo Sorrentino;Pompeo Volpe

  • Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate induces calcium release from sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle.

    Pompeo Volpe;G. Salviati;F. Di Virgilio;Tullio Pozzan

  • Calsequestrin determines the functional size and stability of cardiac intracellular calcium stores: Mechanism for hereditary arrhythmia.

    Dmitry Terentyev;Serge Viatchenko-Karpinski;Inna Györke;Pompeo Volpe

  • Muscle-type MM creatine kinase is specifically bound to sarcoplasmic reticulum and can support Ca2+ uptake and regulate local ATP/ADP ratios.

    A M Rossi;H M Eppenberger;P Volpe;R Cotrufo

  • Clinical phenotype and functional characterization of CASQ2 mutations associated with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

    Marina Raffaele di Barletta;Serge Viatchenko-Karpinski;Alessandra Nori;Mirella Memmi

  • Ca2+ stores in Purkinje neurons: endoplasmic reticulum subcompartments demonstrated by the heterogeneous distribution of the InsP3 receptor, Ca(2+)-ATPase, and calsequestrin.

    K Takei;H Stukenbrok;A Metcalf;GA Mignery

  • Abnormal Interactions of Calsequestrin With the Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel Complex Linked to Exercise-Induced Sudden Cardiac Death

    Dmitry Terentyev;Alessandra Nori;Massimo Santoro;Serge Viatchenko-Karpinski

  • Abnormal Calcium Signaling and Sudden Cardiac Death Associated With Mutation of Calsequestrin

    Serge Viatchenko-Karpinski;Dmitry Terentyev;Inna Györke;Radmila Terentyeva

  • Inhibition of Calcium-induced Calcium Release from Purified Cardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Vesicles*

    B. K. Chamberlain;Pompeo Volpe;S. Fleischer

  • Ca2+ release from sarcoplasmic reticulum of skinned fast- and slow-twitch muscle fibers.

    G. Salviati;Pompeo Volpe

  • Reorganized stores and impaired calcium handling in skeletal muscle of mice lacking calsequestrin-1

    Cecilia Paolini;Marco Quarta;Alessandra Nori;Simona Boncompagni

  • Ryanodine receptor autoantibodies in myasthenia gravis patients with a thymoma.

    A Mygland;O B Tysnes;R Matre;P Volpe

  • Unexpected Structural and Functional Consequences of the R33Q Homozygous Mutation in Cardiac Calsequestrin A Complex Arrhythmogenic Cascade in a Knock In Mouse Model

    Nicoletta Rizzi;Nian Liu;Carlo Napolitano;Alessandra Nori

  • Luminal Ca2+ regulation of single cardiac ryanodine receptors: Insights provided by calsequestrin and its mutants

    Jia Qin;Giorgia Valle;Alma Nani;Alessandra Nori

  • Doxorubicin induces calcium release from terminal cisternae of skeletal muscle. A study on isolated sarcoplasmic reticulum and chemically skinned fibers.

    F Zorzato;G Salviati;T Facchinetti;P Volpe

  • Pharmacologic differentiation between inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate-induced Ca2+ release and Ca2+- or caffeine-induced Ca2+ release from intracellular membrane systems.

    P Palade;C Dettbarn;B Alderson;Pompeo Volpe

  • The endoplasmic-sarcoplasmic reticulum of smooth muscle : immunocytochemistry of vas deferens fibers reveals specialized subcompartments differently equipped for the control of Ca2+ homeostasis

    A Villa;P Podini;M C Panzeri;H D Söling

  • Modulation of SR Ca release by luminal Ca and calsequestrin in cardiac myocytes: effects of CASQ2 mutations linked to sudden cardiac death.

    Dmitry Terentyev;Zuzana Kubalova;Giorgia Valle;Alessandra Nori

Frequent Co-Authors

Silvia G. Priori
Silvia G. Priori University of Pavia
Francesco Zorzato
Francesco Zorzato University of Ferrara
Tullio Pozzan
Tullio Pozzan University of Padua
Antonello Villa
Antonello Villa University of Milano-Bicocca
Jacopo Meldolesi
Jacopo Meldolesi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Carlo Napolitano
Carlo Napolitano University of Pavia
Sidney Fleischer
Sidney Fleischer Vanderbilt University
Feliciano Protasi
Feliciano Protasi University of Chieti-Pescara
Daniel Pablo Lew
Daniel Pablo Lew University of Geneva
Carlo Reggiani
Carlo Reggiani University of Padua

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