Lelio Orci
Lelio Orci was an Italian scientist in the field of endocrinology and diabetes and emeritus professor in the Department of Morphology at the University of Geneva Medical School.
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Lelio Orci was an Italian scientist in the field of endocrinology and diabetes and emeritus professor in the Department of Morphology at the University of Geneva Medical School.
Top Publications
- Lipotoxic heart disease in obese rats: Implications for human obesity (2000) - 1,268 citations
- Identification of a fibroblast-derived epithelial morphogen as hepatocyte growth factor (1991) - 1,165 citations
- Ultrastructural localization of intracellular antigens by the use of protein A-gold complex. (1978) - 984 citations
- Coat Proteins and Vesicle Budding (1996) - 954 citations
- BI-DIRECTIONAL PROTEIN TRANSPORT BETWEEN THE ER AND GOLGI (2004) - 926 citations
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- Full name
- Lelio Orci
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5034171652
Research interests
- Pancreatic function and diabetes, Cellular transport and secretion, Diabetes and associated disorders, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
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- Lipotoxic heart disease in obese rats: Implications for human obesity ↗2000 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1,268OpenAlex citations
- 1,165OpenAlex citations
- Ultrastructural localization of intracellular antigens by the use of protein A-gold complex. ↗1978 · Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry984OpenAlex citations
- Coat Proteins and Vesicle Budding ↗1996 · Science954OpenAlex citations
- BI-DIRECTIONAL PROTEIN TRANSPORT BETWEEN THE ER AND GOLGI ↗2004 · Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology926OpenAlex citations
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- Lipotoxic heart disease in obese rats: Implications for human obesity ↗2000 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Ultrastructural localization of intracellular antigens by the use of protein A-gold complex. ↗1978 · Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry
- Coat Proteins and Vesicle Budding ↗1996 · Science
- BI-DIRECTIONAL PROTEIN TRANSPORT BETWEEN THE ER AND GOLGI ↗2004 · Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
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