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Cesare Montecucco

Active 1975–2024

134
Papers
25,017
Citations
92
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Citations

Citations per year for Cesare Montecucco1974: 1 citations1977: 2 citations1978: 3 citations1979: 3 citations1980: 5 citations1981: 4 citations1982: 19 citations1983: 7 citations1984: 18 citations1985: 9 citations1986: 11 citations1987: 15 citations1988: 24 citations1989: 12 citations1990: 16 citations1991: 4 citations1992: 18 citations1993: 64 citations1994: 156 citations1995: 188 citations1996: 172 citations1997: 217 citations1998: 207 citations1999: 302 citations2000: 261 citations2001: 264 citations2002: 183 citations2003: 271 citations2004: 240 citations2005: 278 citations2006: 262 citations2007: 233 citations2008: 200 citations2009: 221 citations2010: 207 citations2011: 121 citations2012: 141 citations2013: 125 citations2014: 113 citations2015: 138 citations2016: 100 citations2017: 140 citations2018: 90 citations2019: 354 citations2020: 293 citations2021: 286 citations2022: 242 citations2023: 145 citations2024: 224 citations2025: 121 citations2026: 4 citations1975–1976: no citations, so these years are not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,613 citing papers, 31.7% of this breakdownItaly: 412 citing papers, 8.1% of this breakdownGermany: 401 citing papers, 7.9% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 400 citing papers, 7.9% of this breakdownFrance: 261 citing papers, 5.1% of this breakdownChina: 208 citing papers, 4.1% of this breakdownJapan: 183 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownCanada: 169 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 117 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownAustralia: 96 citing papers, 1.9% of this breakdownSweden: 93 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownBrazil: 74 citing papers, 1.5% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine41.6%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology38.7%
  • Neuroscience7.5%
  • Immunology and Microbiology7.1%
  • Environmental Science1%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences1%
  • Other3.1%

Topics

  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders7.2%
  • Cellular transport and secretion6.7%
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior4.2%
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies4%
  • Neurological disorders and treatments3.6%
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research3%
  • Other71.3%

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  1. Botulinum Neurotoxins: Biology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology

    Authors: Marco Pirazzini, Ornella Rossetto, Roberto Eleopra, Cesare Montecucco - Pharmacological Reviews 2017 cited by 750

  2. Botulinum neurotoxins: genetic, structural and mechanistic insights

    Authors: Ornella Rossetto, Marco Pirazzini, Cesare Montecucco - Nature Reviews Microbiology 2014 cited by 628

  3. Tetanus and botulinum-B neurotoxins block neurotransmitter release by proteolytic cleavage of synaptobrevin

    Authors: Giampietro Schiavo, Fabio Benfenati, Bernard Poulain, Ornella Rossetto, Patrizia Polverino de Laureto, Bibhuti R. DasGupta, Cesare Montecucco - Nature 1992 cited by 1,851

  4. Neurotoxins Affecting Neuroexocytosis

    Authors: Giampietro Schiavo, Michela Matteoli, Cesare Montecucco - Physiological Reviews 2000 cited by 1,272

  5. Cellular pathology induced by snake venom phospholipase A2 myotoxins and neurotoxins: common aspects of their mechanisms of action

    Authors: Cesare Montecucco, José Marı́a Gutiérrez, Bruno Lomonte - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 2008 cited by 291

  6. The adjuvant MF59 induces ATP release from muscle that potentiates response to vaccination

    Authors: Maria Vono, Marianna Taccone, Paola Caccin, Marilena Gallotta, Giovanna Donvito, Simonetta Falzoni, Emiliano Palmieri, Michele Pallaoro, Rino Rappuoli, Francesco Di Virgilio, Ennio De Gregorio, Cesare Montecucco, Anja Seubert - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2013 cited by 162

  7. Structure and function of tetanus and botulinum neurotoxins

    Authors: Cesare Montecucco, Giampietro Schiavo - Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics 1995 cited by 474

  8. Tables of Toxicity of Botulinum and Tetanus Neurotoxins

    Authors: Ornella Rossetto, Cesare Montecucco - Toxins 2019 cited by 119

  9. Living dangerously: how Helicobacter pylori survives in the human stomach

    Authors: Cesare Montecucco, Rino Rappuoli - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2001 cited by 538

  10. The blockade of the neurotransmitter release apparatus by botulinum neurotoxins

    Authors: Sergio Pantano, Cesare Montecucco - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 2013 cited by 134

  11. Synergism between Basic Asp49 and Lys49 Phospholipase A2 Myotoxins of Viperid Snake Venom In Vitro and In Vivo

    Authors: Diana Mora-Obando, Julián Fernández, Cesare Montecucco, José Marı́a Gutiérrez, Bruno Lomonte - PLoS ONE 2014 cited by 103

  12. Tetanus and tetanus neurotoxin: From peripheral uptake to central nervous tissue targets

    Authors: Aram Megighian, Marco Pirazzini, F Fabris, Ornella Rossetto, Cesare Montecucco - Journal of Neurochemistry 2021 cited by 80

  13. Mitochondrial alarmins released by degenerating motor axon terminals activate perisynaptic Schwann cells

    Authors: Elisa Duregotti, Samuele Negro, Michele Scorzeto, Irene Zornetta, Bryan C. Dickinson, Christopher J. Chang, Cesare Montecucco, Michela Rigoni - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2015 cited by 77

  14. Toxicology and pharmacology of botulinum and tetanus neurotoxins: an update

    Authors: Marco Pirazzini, Cesare Montecucco, Ornella Rossetto - Archives of Toxicology 2022 cited by 75

  15. Botulinal neurotoxins: revival of an old killer

    Authors: Cesare Montecucco, Jordi Molgó - Current Opinion in Pharmacology 2005 cited by 320

  16. The Neutrophil-Activating Protein (Hp-Nap) ofHelicobacter pyloriIs a Protective Antigen and a Major Virulence Factor

    Authors: Barbara Satin, Giuseppe Del Giudice, Vittorina Della Bianca, Stefano Dusi, Carlo Laudanna, Fiorella Tonello, Dermot Kelleher, Rino Rappuoli, Cesare Montecucco, Filippo Rossi - The Journal of Experimental Medicine 2000 cited by 309

  17. Selective Inhibition of Ii-dependent Antigen Presentation by Helicobacter pylori Toxin VacA

    Authors: Maurizio Molinari, Mariolina Salio, Carmela Galli, Nathalie Norais, Rino Rappuoli, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Cesare Montecucco - The Journal of Experimental Medicine 1998 cited by 286

  18. Chapter 11 Botulism

    Authors: Eric A. Johnson, Cesare Montecucco - Handbook of clinical neurology 2008 cited by 128

  19. The first non Clostridial botulinum-like toxin cleaves VAMP within the juxtamembrane domain

    Authors: Irene Zornetta, Domenico Azarnia Tehran, Giorgio Arrigoni, Fabrizio Anniballi, Luca Bano, Oneda Leka, Giuseppe Zanotti, Thomas Binz, Cesare Montecucco - Scientific Reports 2016 cited by 98

  20. Discovery of novel bacterial toxins by genomics and computational biology

    Authors: Andrew C. Doxey, Michael J. Mansfield, Cesare Montecucco - Toxicon 2018 cited by 78

  21. Exceptionally potent human monoclonal antibodies are effective for prophylaxis and treatment of tetanus in mice

    Authors: Marco Pirazzini, Alessandro Grinzato, Davide Corti, Sonia Barbieri, Oneda Leka, Francesca Vallese, Marika Tonellato, Chiara Silacci-Fregni, Luca Piccoli, Eaazhisai Kandiah, Giampietro Schiavo, Giuseppe Zanotti, Antonio Lanzavecchia, Cesare Montecucco - Journal of Clinical Investigation 2021 cited by 19

  22. Botulinum neurotoxins serotypes A and E cleave SNAP‐25 at distinct COOH‐terminal peptide bonds

    Authors: Giampietro Schiavo, Annalisa Santucci, Bibhuti R. DasGupta, Prashant Mehta, Jaime Jontes, Fabio Benfenati, Michael C. Wilson, Cesare Montecucco - FEBS Letters 1993 cited by 441

  23. Identification of the nerve terminal targets of botulinum neurotoxin serotypes A, D, and E.

    Authors: Giampietro Schiavo, Ornella Rossetto, S. Catsicas, Patrizia Polverino de Laureto, Bibhuti R. DasGupta, Fabio Benfenati, Cesare Montecucco - Journal of Biological Chemistry 1993 cited by 428

  24. How do tetanus and botulinum toxins bind to neuronal membranes?

    Authors: Cesare Montecucco - Trends in Biochemical Sciences 1986 cited by 404