Caterina Formichi

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 731 citations indexed

About

Caterina Formichi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Caterina Formichi has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 731 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Surgery and 9 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Caterina Formichi's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (8 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (6 papers). Caterina Formichi is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (8 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (8 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (6 papers). Caterina Formichi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Belgium and United States. Caterina Formichi's co-authors include Francesco Dotta, Guido Sebastiani, Giuseppina Emanuela Grieco, Laura Nigi, Noemi Brusco, Giada Licata, Daniela Fignani, Giuliana Ventriglia, Furio Pacini and Elisabetta Ferretti and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Scientific Reports and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Caterina Formichi

25 papers receiving 718 citations

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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.

New Advances in Metabolic Syndrome, from Prevention to Treatment: The Role of Diet and Food

2023 99 citations Zein Mersini Besharat, Elisabetta Ferretti et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Caterina Formichi Italy	17	275	219	216	184	127	27	731
Danielle L. Michell United States	15	353 1.3×	111 0.5×	221 1.0×	96 0.5×	96 0.8×	29	741
Johanna G. Miquet Argentina	17	285 1.0×	371 1.7×	84 0.4×	64 0.3×	133 1.0×	36	732
Barbara Zapała Poland	14	373 1.4×	67 0.3×	129 0.6×	145 0.8×	195 1.5×	44	716
Ana I. Sotelo Argentina	15	246 0.9×	361 1.6×	90 0.4×	53 0.3×	82 0.6×	38	650
S Kralisch Germany	18	296 1.1×	159 0.7×	52 0.2×	125 0.7×	259 2.0×	28	767
Junguee Lee South Korea	13	265 1.0×	132 0.6×	56 0.3×	92 0.5×	148 1.2×	34	668
Hongying An United States	8	499 1.8×	127 0.6×	119 0.6×	150 0.8×	170 1.3×	9	723
So‐Youn Kim United States	17	437 1.6×	86 0.4×	36 0.2×	175 1.0×	128 1.0×	34	904
Shuyang Traub Switzerland	8	245 0.9×	218 1.0×	36 0.2×	305 1.7×	137 1.1×	8	732
Kirsten Hartil United States	12	405 1.5×	100 0.5×	53 0.2×	117 0.6×	227 1.8×	16	790

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Formichi, Caterina, Sonia Caprio, Laura Nigi, & Francesco Dotta. (2025). The impact of environmental pollution on metabolic health and the risk of non-communicable chronic metabolic diseases in humans. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 35(6). 103975–103975.

Sebastiani, Guido, Giuseppina Emanuela Grieco, Marco Bruttini, et al.. (2024). A set of circulating microRNAs belonging to the 14q32 chromosome locus identifies two subgroups of individuals with recent-onset type 1 diabetes. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(6). 101591–101591. 5 indexed citations

Brusco, Noemi, Guido Sebastiani, Gianfranco Di Giuseppe, et al.. (2022). Intra-islet insulin synthesis defects are associated with endoplasmic reticulum stress and loss of beta cell identity in human diabetes. Diabetologia. 66(2). 354–366. 27 indexed citations

Voglino, Costantino, Andrea Tirone, Cristina Ciuoli, et al.. (2022). Follow-up after bariatric surgery: is it time to tailor it? Analysis of early predictive factors of 3-year weight loss predictors of unsuccess in bariatric patients. Updates in Surgery. 74(4). 1389–1398. 9 indexed citations

Nigi, Laura, Caterina Formichi, & Francesco Dotta. (2022). La prevenzione del diabete mellito di tipo 1. L Endocrinologo. 23(4). 357–363.

Nigi, Laura, Noemi Brusco, Giuseppina Emanuela Grieco, et al.. (2022). Increased Expression of Viral Sensor MDA5 in Pancreatic Islets and in Hormone-Negative Endocrine Cells in Recent Onset Type 1 Diabetic Donors. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 833141–833141. 9 indexed citations

Grieco, Giuseppina Emanuela, Zein Mersini Besharat, Giada Licata, et al.. (2022). Circulating microRNAs as clinically useful biomarkers for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: miRNomics from bench to bedside. Translational research. 247. 137–157. 25 indexed citations

Grieco, Giuseppina Emanuela, Noemi Brusco, Daniela Fignani, et al.. (2022). Reduced miR-184-3p expression protects pancreatic β-cells from lipotoxic and proinflammatory apoptosis in type 2 diabetes via CRTC1 upregulation. Cell Death Discovery. 8(1). 340–340. 13 indexed citations

Grieco, Giuseppina Emanuela, Guido Sebastiani, Daniela Fignani, et al.. (2021). Protocol to analyze circulating small non-coding RNAs by high-throughput RNA sequencing from human plasma samples. STAR Protocols. 2(3). 100606–100606. 8 indexed citations

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Grieco, Giuseppina Emanuela, Daniela Fignani, Caterina Formichi, et al.. (2021). Extracellular Vesicles in Immune System Regulation and Type 1 Diabetes: Cell-to-Cell Communication Mediators, Disease Biomarkers, and Promising Therapeutic Tools. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 682948–682948. 34 indexed citations

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Grieco, Giuseppina Emanuela, Noemi Brusco, Giada Licata, et al.. (2019). Targeting microRNAs as a Therapeutic Strategy to Reduce Oxidative Stress in Diabetes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(24). 6358–6358. 29 indexed citations

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Sesti, Giorgio, Angelo Avogaro, Sara Belcastro, et al.. (2019). Ten years of experience with DPP-4 inhibitors for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Acta Diabetologica. 56(6). 605–617. 54 indexed citations

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Ciuoli, Cristina, Arianna Goracci, Caterina Formichi, et al.. (2019). One Month Weight Loss Predicts the Efficacy of Liraglutide in Obese Patients: Data from A Single Center. Endocrine Practice. 26(2). 235–240. 12 indexed citations

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Castagna, Maria Grazia, Fabio Maino, Filomena Barbato, et al.. (2018). Small papillary thyroid carcinoma with minimal extrathyroidal extension should be managed as ATA low-risk tumor. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 41(9). 1029–1035. 22 indexed citations

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Sebastiani, Guido, Giuseppina Emanuela Grieco, Noemi Brusco, et al.. (2018). MicroRNA Expression Analysis of In Vitro Dedifferentiated Human Pancreatic Islet Cells Reveals the Activation of the Pluripotency-Related MicroRNA Cluster miR-302s. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(4). 1170–1170. 16 indexed citations

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Sebastiani, Guido, Giuliana Ventriglia, Angela Stabilini, et al.. (2017). Regulatory T-cells from pancreatic lymphnodes of patients with type-1 diabetes express increased levels of microRNA miR-125a-5p that limits CCR2 expression. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6897–6897. 51 indexed citations

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Sebastiani, Guido, Elisa Guarino, Giuseppina Emanuela Grieco, et al.. (2017). Circulating microRNA (miRNA) Expression Profiling in Plasma of Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Reveals Upregulation of miRNA miR-330-3p. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 8. 345–345. 77 indexed citations

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Formichi, Caterina, Silvia Cantara, Cristina Ciuoli, et al.. (2014). Weight Loss Associated with Bariatric Surgery Does Not Restore Short Telomere Length of Severe Obese Patients After 1 Year. Obesity Surgery. 24(12). 2089–2093. 25 indexed citations

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Capezzone, Marco, Silvia Cantara, Stefania Marchisotta, et al.. (2011). Telomere Length in Neoplastic and Nonneoplastic Tissues of Patients with Familial and Sporadic Papillary Thyroid Cancer. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 96(11). E1852–E1856. 24 indexed citations

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Cantara, Silvia, et al.. (2010). Lack of germline A339V mutation in thyroid transcription factor-1 (TITF-1/NKX2.1) gene in familial papillary thyroid cancer. Thyroid Research. 3(1). 4–4. 17 indexed citations

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