Alberto Mercatanti

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alberto Mercatanti is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alberto Mercatanti has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alberto Mercatanti's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (15 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers). Alberto Mercatanti is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (15 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers). Alberto Mercatanti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Czechia. Alberto Mercatanti's co-authors include Giuseppe Rainaldi, Monica Evangelista, Laura Mariani, Lorenzo Citti, Laura Poliseno, Andrea Tuccoli, Scott M. Hammond, Milena Rizzo, Letizia Pitto and Marcella Simili and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Alberto Mercatanti

32 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

MicroRNAs modulate the angiogenic properties of HUVECs

2006 618 citations Laura Poliseno, Andrea Tuccoli et al. Blood profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alberto Mercatanti Italy	13	845	693	88	75	70	34	1.1k
Joseph E. Druso United States	14	882 1.0×	508 0.7×	113 1.3×	45 0.6×	110 1.6×	17	1.2k
Andrea Knau Germany	10	848 1.0×	556 0.8×	101 1.1×	52 0.7×	87 1.2×	12	1.1k
Indira V. Subramanian United States	12	699 0.8×	483 0.7×	70 0.8×	26 0.3×	101 1.4×	15	1.0k
Husna Abedi United Kingdom	9	805 1.0×	219 0.3×	121 1.4×	94 1.3×	165 2.4×	9	1.1k
Jes-Niels Boeckel Germany	7	843 1.0×	562 0.8×	67 0.8×	43 0.6×	60 0.9×	7	957
Henri Niskanen Finland	17	590 0.7×	177 0.3×	102 1.2×	44 0.6×	62 0.9×	27	868
Michael R. Epis Australia	21	1.1k 1.3×	852 1.2×	179 2.0×	16 0.2×	199 2.8×	26	1.5k
Kimberly A. Peifley United States	11	400 0.5×	252 0.4×	152 1.7×	103 1.4×	63 0.9×	12	788
Megan Fuller Canada	13	418 0.5×	202 0.3×	120 1.4×	49 0.7×	104 1.5×	20	670
Lili Zhu China	19	996 1.2×	504 0.7×	97 1.1×	17 0.2×	104 1.5×	37	1.2k

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Vitiello, Marianna, Alberto Mercatanti, Maurizio Podda, et al.. (2023). A Network of MicroRNAs and mRNAs Involved in Melanosome Maturation and Trafficking Defines the Lower Response of Pigmentable Melanoma Cells to Targeted Therapy. Cancers. 15(3). 894–894. 3 indexed citations

Evangelista, Monica, Alberto Mercatanti, Romina D’Aurizio, et al.. (2023). Secreted miR-210-3p, miR-183-5p and miR-96-5p reduce sensitivity to docetaxel in prostate cancer cells. Cell Death Discovery. 9(1). 445–445. 7 indexed citations

Ragusa, Rosetta, Arianna Di Molfetta, Alberto Mercatanti, et al.. (2023). Changes in adiponectin system after ventricular assist device in pediatric heart failure. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100041–100041. 1 indexed citations

Ragusa, Rosetta, Arianna Di Molfetta, Serena Del Turco, et al.. (2021). Epigenetic Regulation of Cardiac Troponin Genes in Pediatric Patients with Heart Failure Supported by Ventricular Assist Device. Biomedicines. 9(10). 1409–1409. 2 indexed citations

Pandolfini, Luca, Irene Appolloni, Keagan Dunville, et al.. (2021). A eutherian-specific microRNA controls the translation of Satb2 in a model of cortical differentiation. Stem Cell Reports. 16(6). 1496–1509. 7 indexed citations

Forini, Francesca, Giuseppina Nicolini, Claudia Kusmic, et al.. (2020). T3 Critically Affects the Mhrt/Brg1 Axis to Regulate the Cardiac MHC Switch: Role of an Epigenetic Cross-Talk. Cells. 9(10). 2155–2155. 14 indexed citations

Russo, Francesco, Monica Evangelista, Romina D’Aurizio, et al.. (2020). The miR-28-5p Targetome Discovery Identified SREBF2 as One of the Mediators of the miR-28-5p Tumor Suppressor Activity in Prostate Cancer Cells. Cells. 9(2). 354–354. 20 indexed citations

Ragusa, Rosetta, Arianna Di Molfetta, Milena Rizzo, et al.. (2019). 4180Expression profile of microRNAs in cardiac tissue from pediatric patients with heart failure (HF) supported by Ventricular Assist Device and their involvement in pathophysiological mechanisms of HF. European Heart Journal. 40(Supplement_1).

Pellegrino, Mario, Deborah M. Garrity, Romina D’Aurizio, et al.. (2019). miR-182-5p is an evolutionarily conserved Tbx5 effector that impacts cardiac development and electrical activity in zebrafish. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 77(16). 3215–3229. 17 indexed citations

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Mercatanti, Alberto, et al.. (2017). CRIMEtoYHU: a new web tool to develop yeast-based functional assays for characterizing cancer-associated missense variants. FEMS Yeast Research. 17(8). 4 indexed citations

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Mercatanti, Alberto, Giulia Rocchi, Tiziana Cervelli, et al.. (2015). Expression of human poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Effect on survival, homologous recombination and identification of genes involved in intracellular localization. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 774. 14–24. 10 indexed citations

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Boccardi, Claudia, Silvia Rocchiccioli, Antonella Cecchettini, Alberto Mercatanti, & Lorenzo Citti. (2012). An automated plasma protein fractionation design: high-throughput perspectives for proteomic analysis. BMC Research Notes. 5(1). 612–612. 3 indexed citations

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Mercatanti, Alberto, et al.. (2012). A Computational Approach to Predict Suitable Target Sites for trans-Acting Minimal Hammerhead Ribozymes. Methods in molecular biology. 848. 337–356. 2 indexed citations

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Verduci, Lorena, Marcella Simili, Milena Rizzo, et al.. (2010). MicroRNA (miRNA)-mediated Interaction between Leukemia/Lymphoma-related Factor (LRF) and Alternative Splicing Factor/Splicing Factor 2 (ASF/SF2) Affects Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast Senescence and Apoptosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(50). 39551–39563. 49 indexed citations

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Ripoli, Andrea, Giuseppe Rainaldi, Milena Rizzo, Alberto Mercatanti, & Letizia Pitto. (2010). The Fuzzy Logic of MicroRNA Regulation: A Key to Control Cell Complexity. Current Genomics. 11(5). 350–353. 5 indexed citations

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Dapas, Barbara, Rossella Farra, Mario Grassi, et al.. (2009). Role of E2F1-Cyclin E1-Cyclin E2 Circuit in Human Coronary Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Therapeutic Potential of Its Downregulation by siRNAs. Molecular Medicine. 15(9-10). 297–306. 38 indexed citations

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Boccardi, Claudia, Antonella Cecchettini, Anna Caselli, et al.. (2007). A proteomic approach to the investigation of early events involved in the activation of vascular smooth muscle cells. Cell and Tissue Research. 329(1). 119–128. 14 indexed citations

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Poliseno, Laura, Andrea Tuccoli, Laura Mariani, et al.. (2006). MicroRNAs modulate the angiogenic properties of HUVECs. Blood. 108(9). 3068–3071. 618 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tedeschi, Lorena, Alberto Mercatanti, Claudio Domenici, & Lorenzo Citti. (2005). Design, preparation and testing of suitable probe-receptors for RNA biosensing. Bioelectrochemistry. 67(2). 171–179. 3 indexed citations

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Poliseno, Laura, Alberto Mercatanti, Lorenzo Citti, & Giuseppe Rainaldi. (2004). RNA-Based Drugs: From RNA Interference to Short Interfering RNAs. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 5(4). 361–368. 4 indexed citations

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