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D-Index
57
Citations
10924
World Ranking
3598
National Ranking
105

Umberto Dianzani publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Umberto Dianzani sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 251 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Umberto Dianzani D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Umberto Dianzani sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Umberto Dianzani is affiliated with the University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro in Italy. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Immunology, Oncology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Infectious Diseases.

Their recent research output covers a variety of topics, with notable emphasis on COVID-19 clinical research, multiple sclerosis studies, and immunotherapy-related investigations. Other research interests include T-cell and B-cell immunology, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, long-term effects of COVID-19, and the role of extracellular vesicles in disease.

Frequent publication venues for Umberto Dianzani include:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Pharmaceutics
  • International Journal of Laboratory Hematology
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Biomedicines

Several recent papers illustrate the scope of their work:

  • Large-Scale Plasma Analysis Revealed New Mechanisms and Molecules Associated with the Host Response to SARS-CoV-2 (2020), International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Circulating Exosomes Are Strongly Involved in SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2021), Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
  • Fatality Rate and Predictors of Mortality in an Italian Cohort of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (2020), Scientific Reports
  • Circulating Platelet-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Are a Hallmark of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2021), Cells
  • Improvement in the Anti-Tumor Efficacy of Doxorubicin Nanosponges in In Vitro and in Mice Bearing Breast Tumor Models (2020), Cancers

Collaborations have involved several frequent co-authors, notably:

  • Roberta Rolla (34 joint publications)
  • Elena Boggio (32 joint publications)
  • Casimiro Luca Gigliotti (30 joint publications)
  • Chiara Puricelli (20 joint publications)
  • Chiara Dianzani (19 joint publications)

This profile reflects a research career engaged with both clinical and molecular investigations, particularly intersecting infectious diseases like COVID-19 and immune system-related disorders. The scientist's work contributes to the understanding of disease mechanisms, treatment responses, and biomarker discovery.

Best Publications

  • Revised diagnostic criteria and classification for the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS): report from the 2009 NIH International Workshop.

    Joao B. Oliveira;Jack J. Bleesing;Umberto Dianzani;Thomas A. Fleisher

  • Human CD38 (ADP-Ribosyl Cyclase) Is a Counter-Receptor of CD31, an Ig Superfamily Member

    Silvia Deaglio;Massimo Morra;Roberto Mallone;Clara M. Ausiello

  • Large-Scale Plasma Analysis Revealed New Mechanisms and Molecules Associated with the Host Response to SARS-CoV-2.

    Elettra Barberis;Sara Timo;Elia Amede;Virginia V. Vanella

  • Deficiency of the Fas apoptosis pathway without Fas gene mutations in pediatric patients with autoimmunity/lymphoproliferation.

    Umberto Dianzani;Manuela Bragardo;Daniela DiFranco;Carla Alliaudi

  • Interaction between endothelium and CD4+CD45RA+ lymphocytes. Role of the human CD38 molecule.

    U Dianzani;A Funaro;D DiFranco;G Garbarino

  • Circulating Exosomes Are Strongly Involved in SARS-CoV-2 Infection

    Elettra Barberis;Virginia V. Vanella;Marco Falasca;Valeria Caneapero

  • Transcriptional regulation of th2 differentiation by inducible costimulator.

    Roza I. Nurieva;Julie Duong;Hiroko Kishikawa;Umberto Dianzani

  • Role of CD38 in HIV-1 infection: an epiphenomenon of T-cell activation or an active player in virus/host interactions?

    Andrea Savarino;Flavia Bottarel;Fabio Malavasi;Umberto Dianzani

  • Molecular associations on the T cell surface correlate with immunological memory

    Umberto Dianzani;Mohammad Luqman;Jose Rojo;Junji Yagi

  • Osteopontin at the Crossroads of Inflammation and Tumor Progression.

    Luigi Mario Castello;Davide Raineri;Livia Salmi;Nausicaa Clemente

  • Osteopontin Bridging Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Autoimmune Diseases

    Nausicaa Clemente;Davide Raineri;Giuseppe Cappellano;Elena Boggio

  • Subcutaneous inverse vaccination with PLGA particles loaded with a MOG peptide and IL-10 decreases the severity of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

    Giuseppe Cappellano;Abiy Demeke Woldetsadik;Elisabetta Orilieri;Yogesh Shivakumar

  • Physical association of CD4 with the T cell receptor.

    U Dianzani;A Shaw;B K al-Ramadi;R T Kubo

  • Human CD38 ligand. A 120-KDA protein predominantly expressed on endothelial cells.

    S Deaglio;U Dianzani;A L Horenstein;J E Fernández

  • Immunity and inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases.

    Giuseppe Cappellano;Miryam Carecchio;Thomas Fleetwood;Luca Magistrelli

  • Human CD38 is associated to distinct molecules which mediate transmembrane signaling in different lineages

    A Funaro;L B De Monte;U Dianzani;M Forni

  • Defective T cell Fas function in patients with multiple sclerosis

    C. Comi;M. Leone;S. Bonissoni;S. DeFranco

  • Human CD38 and CD16 are functionally dependent and physically associated in natural killer cells

    Silvia Deaglio;Mercedes Zubiaur;Armando Gregorini;Flavia Bottarel

  • CD38: a multi-lineage cell activation molecule with a split personality.

    Fabio Malavasi;Ada Funaro;Massimo Alessio;Lucia B. DeMonte

  • High levels of osteopontin associated with polymorphisms in its gene are a risk factor for development of autoimmunity/lymphoproliferation.

    Annalisa Chiocchetti;Manuela Indelicato;Thea Bensi;Riccardo Mesturini

  • Fatality rate and predictors of mortality in an Italian cohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

    Mattia Bellan;Giuseppe Patti;Eyal Hayden;Danila Azzolina

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Massaia
Massimo Massaia University of Turin
Fabio Malavasi
Fabio Malavasi University of Turin
Mario Boccadoro
Mario Boccadoro University of Turin
Daniela Galimberti
Daniela Galimberti University of Milan
Sandra D'Alfonso
Sandra D'Alfonso University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Elio Scarpini
Elio Scarpini University of Milan
Gianluca Gaidano
Gianluca Gaidano University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Charles A. Janeway
Charles A. Janeway Yale University
Francesco Trotta
Francesco Trotta University of Turin
Silvia Deaglio
Silvia Deaglio University of Turin

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