Antonino Belfiore

16.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
212 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Antonino Belfiore is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Antonino Belfiore has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 104 papers in Molecular Biology and 42 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Antonino Belfiore's work include Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (73 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (58 papers) and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (46 papers). Antonino Belfiore is often cited by papers focused on Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (73 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (58 papers) and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (46 papers). Antonino Belfiore collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Antonino Belfiore's co-authors include Riccardo Vigneri, Giuseppe Pandini, Francesco Frasca, Laura Sciacca, Roberta Malaguarnera, Rossana Mineo, Angela Costantino, Veronica Vella, Dario Giuffrida and Ira D. Goldfine and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Antonino Belfiore

210 papers receiving 12.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Insulin Receptor Isoforms and Insulin Receptor/Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor Hybrids in Physiology and Disease

2009 805 citations Antonino Belfiore, Francesco Frasca et al. profile →
Insulin Receptor Isoform A, a Newly Recognized, High-Affinity Insulin-Like Growth Factor II Receptor in Fetal and Cancer Cells

1999 724 citations Francesco Frasca, Giuseppe Pandini et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Antonino Belfiore Italy	59	6.7k	6.6k	2.7k	2.4k	2.4k	212	13.1k
Paula Soares Portugal	54	4.4k 0.6×	4.4k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.6×	290	10.0k
Matthew D. Ringel United States	55	5.1k 0.8×	3.6k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	176	9.1k
Sébastiano Filetti Italy	63	10.0k 1.5×	4.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	879 0.4×	3.5k 1.5×	268	13.6k
Francesco Frasca Italy	34	4.0k 0.6×	4.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	104	7.6k
Robert C. Smallridge United States	49	5.3k 0.8×	2.5k 0.4×	2.0k 0.7×	724 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	209	9.1k
Shuyuan Yeh United States	68	2.7k 0.4×	7.0k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	1.4k 0.6×	204	14.5k
Gerhard A. Coetzee United States	57	1.8k 0.3×	7.2k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	2.7k 1.1×	1.8k 0.7×	182	12.5k
Liam J. Murphy Canada	52	3.9k 0.6×	3.4k 0.5×	873 0.3×	871 0.4×	819 0.3×	159	8.4k
Giuseppe Damante Italy	49	2.0k 0.3×	5.2k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	938 0.4×	705 0.3×	288	8.7k
Donald J. Tindall United States	70	3.3k 0.5×	8.4k 1.3×	2.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	937 0.4×	206	16.1k

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Ferrero, Giulio, Antonino Belfiore, Barbara Pardini, et al.. (2024). Modulation of faecal miRNAs highlights the preventive effects of a Mediterranean low-inflammatory dietary intervention. Clinical Nutrition. 43(4). 951–959. 4 indexed citations

Moli, Rosario Le, et al.. (2024). Determinants of clinical outcome in patients with moderate/severe Graves' orbitopathy undergoing treatment with parenteral glucocorticoids: a retrospective study. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 15. 1401155–1401155. 2 indexed citations

Frasca, Francesco, Marco Russo, Gabriella Pellegriti, et al.. (2024). Pre-Operative Calcitonin and CEA Values May Predict the Extent of Metastases to the Lateral Neck Lymph Nodes in Patients with Medullary Thyroid Cancer. Cancers. 16(17). 2979–2979. 2 indexed citations

Pellegrino, Michele, Veronica Vella, Rosamaria Lappano, et al.. (2023). RAGE inhibition blunts insulin-induced oncogenic signals in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research. 25(1). 84–84. 4 indexed citations

Cirillo, Francesca, Marianna Talia, Maria Francesca Santolla, et al.. (2023). GPER deletion triggers inhibitory effects in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells through the JNK/c-Jun/p53/Noxa transduction pathway. Cell Death Discovery. 9(1). 353–353. 13 indexed citations

Belfiore, Antonino, Rosario Le Moli, Rosamaria Lappano, et al.. (2023). IGF2: A Role in Metastasis and Tumor Evasion from Immune Surveillance?. Biomedicines. 11(1). 229–229. 40 indexed citations

Belfiore, Antonino, Elena Sacco, Marco Vanoni, et al.. (2023). Progranulin Oncogenic Network in Solid Tumors. Cancers. 15(6). 1706–1706. 16 indexed citations

Francesco, Ernestina Marianna De, Francesca Cirillo, Veronica Vella, et al.. (2022). Triple-negative breast cancer drug resistance, durable efficacy, and cure: how advanced biological insights and emerging drug modalities could transform progress. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets. 26(6). 513–535. 11 indexed citations

Belfiore, Antonino, Chiara Maura Ciniselli, Stefano Signoroni, et al.. (2021). Preventive Anti-inflammatory Diet to Reduce Gastrointestinal Inflammation in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Patients: A Prospective Pilot Study. Cancer Prevention Research. 14(10). 963–972. 11 indexed citations

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Vella, Veronica, Maria Luisa Nicolosi, Małgorzata Anna Marć, et al.. (2021). DDR1 Affects Metabolic Reprogramming in Breast Cancer Cells by Cross-Talking to the Insulin/IGF System. Biomolecules. 11(7). 926–926. 13 indexed citations

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Talia, Marianna, Damiano Cosimo Rigiracciolo, Antonino Belfiore, et al.. (2020). The G Protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor (GPER) Expression Correlates with Pro-Metastatic Pathways in ER-Negative Breast Cancer: A Bioinformatics Analysis. Cells. 9(3). 622–622. 37 indexed citations

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Malandrino, Pasqualino, Marco Russo, A. Ronchi, et al.. (2019). Concentration of Metals and Trace Elements in the Normal Human and Rat Thyroid: Comparison with Muscle and Adipose Tissue and Volcanic Versus Control Areas. Thyroid. 30(2). 290–299. 14 indexed citations

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Giuffrida, Dario, Raffaella Giuffrida, Ivana Puliafito, et al.. (2019). Thyroidectomy as Treatment of Choice for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. International Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2019. 1–7. 6 indexed citations

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Santolla, Maria Francesca, Adele Vivacqua, Rosamaria Lappano, et al.. (2019). GPER Mediates a Feedforward FGF2/FGFR1 Paracrine Activation Coupling CAFs to Cancer Cells toward Breast Tumor Progression. Cells. 8(3). 223–223. 49 indexed citations

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Belfiore, Antonino, Roberta Malaguarnera, Maria Luisa Nicolosi, et al.. (2018). A novel functional crosstalk between DDR1 and the IGF axis and its relevance for breast cancer. Cell Adhesion & Migration. 12(4). 1–10. 38 indexed citations

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Genua, Marco, Giuseppe Pandini, Diego Sisci, et al.. (2009). Role of Cyclic AMP Response Element–Binding Protein in Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Receptor Up-regulation by Sex Steroids in Prostate Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 69(18). 7270–7277. 39 indexed citations

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Frasca, Francesco, Carmelo Nucera, Gabriella Pellegriti, et al.. (2008). BRAF(V600E) mutation and the biology of papillary thyroid cancer. Endocrine Related Cancer. 15(1). 191–205. 205 indexed citations

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Frasca, Francesco, Giuseppe Pandini, Pierluigi Scalia, et al.. (1999). Insulin Receptor Isoform A, a Newly Recognized, High-Affinity Insulin-Like Growth Factor II Receptor in Fetal and Cancer Cells. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(5). 3278–3288. 724 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fiumara, A., Antonino Belfiore, Giovanna Russo, et al.. (1997). In SituEvidence of Neoplastic Cell Phagocytosis by Macrophages in Papillary Thyroid Cancer¹. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 82(5). 1615–1620. 50 indexed citations

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Papa, Vincenzo, V. Pezzino, Angela Costantino, et al.. (1990). Elevated insulin receptor content in human breast cancer.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 86(5). 1503–1510. 273 indexed citations

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