Chiara Di Malta

10.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
19 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Chiara Di Malta is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chiara Di Malta has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Epidemiology, 9 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Chiara Di Malta's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (10 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (6 papers) and Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (5 papers). Chiara Di Malta is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (10 papers), Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research (6 papers) and Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism (5 papers). Chiara Di Malta collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Chiara Di Malta's co-authors include Andrea Ballabio, Diego L. Medina, Marco Sardiello, Carmine Settembre, David C. Rubinsztein, Tuong Huynh, Moisés Garcı́a-Arencibia, Vinicia Assunta Polito, Francesco Vetrini and Serkan Erdin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chiara Di Malta

18 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

TFEB Links Autophagy to Lysosomal Biogenesis

2011 2.5k citations Carmine Settembre, Chiara Di Malta et al. Science profile →
A Gene Network Regulating Lysosomal Biogenesis and Function

2009 1.9k citations Marco Sardiello, Michela Palmieri et al. Science profile →
A substrate-specific mTORC1 pathway underlies Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome

2020 208 citations Gennaro Napolitano, Chiara Di Malta et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chiara Di Malta Italy	15	3.3k	2.5k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	19	5.6k
Francesco Vetrini United States	13	3.1k 1.0×	2.5k 1.0×	977 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	885 0.8×	31	5.3k
Tuong Huynh United States	19	3.8k 1.2×	3.7k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	937 0.9×	19	6.7k
Ian G. Ganley United Kingdom	40	4.4k 1.3×	4.1k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.3×	950 0.9×	80	7.6k
Farah H. Siddiqi United Kingdom	16	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	732 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	542 0.5×	23	4.3k
Shouqing Luo United Kingdom	30	3.6k 1.1×	3.4k 1.3×	800 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	492 0.5×	52	6.4k
Junji Ezaki Japan	24	3.0k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	522 0.5×	41	4.8k
José A. Martina United States	33	2.2k 0.7×	2.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	53	5.5k
Alberto di Ronza United States	14	1.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	848 0.8×	16	3.7k
Marco Sardiello United States	31	4.5k 1.4×	3.9k 1.6×	2.4k 1.8×	2.0k 1.6×	1.7k 1.6×	47	8.9k
Esther Wong Singapore	28	2.8k 0.9×	2.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	347 0.3×	48	5.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chiara Di Malta

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19 of 19 papers shown

Ricketts, Christopher J., Cathy D. Vocke, Martin Lang, et al.. (2025). Tuberous sclerosis complex-associated renal cell carcinoma, an underappreciated form of familial renal cancer, is characterized by activation of the TFEB/TFE3 pathway. Human Molecular Genetics. 35(1).

Akwa, Yvette, Chiara Di Malta, Elise Gondard, et al.. (2022). Stimulation of synaptic activity promotes TFEB-mediated clearance of pathological MAPT/Tau in cellular and mouse models of tauopathies. Autophagy. 19(2). 660–677. 16 indexed citations

Cegli, Rossella De, Diego Carrella, Gennaro Gambardella, et al.. (2022). TFEBexplorer: An integrated tool to study genes regulated by the stress-responsive Transcription Factor EB. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 295–305. 7 indexed citations

Napolitano, Gennaro, Chiara Di Malta, & Andrea Ballabio. (2022). Non-canonical mTORC1 signaling at the lysosome. Trends in Cell Biology. 32(11). 920–931. 86 indexed citations

Du, Xiliang, Chiara Di Malta, Zhiyuan Fang, et al.. (2021). Nuciferine protects against high-fat diet-induced hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance via activating TFEB-mediated autophagy–lysosomal pathway. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 12(6). 2869–2886. 60 indexed citations

Napolitano, Gennaro, Chiara Di Malta, Alessandra Esposito, et al.. (2020). A substrate-specific mTORC1 pathway underlies Birt–Hogg–Dubé syndrome. Nature. 585(7826). 597–602. 208 indexed citations breakdown →

Intartaglia, Daniela, Chiara Soldati, Elena Polishchuk, et al.. (2020). Light‐responsive microRNA miR‐211 targets Ezrin to modulate lysosomal biogenesis and retinal cell clearance. The EMBO Journal. 39(8). e102468–e102468. 33 indexed citations

Malta, Chiara Di, Laura Cinque, & Carmine Settembre. (2019). Transcriptional Regulation of Autophagy: Mechanisms and Diseases. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 7. 114–114. 193 indexed citations

Perera, Rushika M., Chiara Di Malta, & Andrea Ballabio. (2018). MiT/TFE Family of Transcription Factors, Lysosomes, and Cancer. PubMed. 3(1). 203–222. 108 indexed citations

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Settembre, Carmine, Laura Cinque, Rosa Bartolomeo, et al.. (2018). Defective collagen proteostasis and matrix formation in the pathogenesis of lysosomal storage disorders. Matrix Biology. 71-72. 283–293. 21 indexed citations

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Napolitano, Gennaro, Alessandra Esposito, Maria Matarese, et al.. (2018). mTOR-dependent phosphorylation controls TFEB nuclear export. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3312–3312. 287 indexed citations

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Frankel, Lisa B., Chiara Di Malta, Jiayu Wen, et al.. (2014). A non-conserved miRNA regulates lysosomal function and impacts on a human lysosomal storage disorder. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5840–5840. 34 indexed citations

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Malta, Chiara Di, et al.. (2013). Astrocyte dysfunction triggers neurodegeneration in a lysosomal storage disorder. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 108(2). S35–S35. 11 indexed citations

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Malta, Chiara Di, John Denis Fryer, Carmine Settembre, & Andrea Ballabio. (2012). Autophagy in astrocytes. Autophagy. 8(12). 1871–1872. 33 indexed citations

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Malta, Chiara Di, John Denis Fryer, Carmine Settembre, & Andrea Ballabio. (2012). Astrocyte dysfunction triggers neurodegeneration in a lysosomal storage disorder. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(35). E2334–42. 98 indexed citations

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Settembre, Carmine, Chiara Di Malta, Vinicia Assunta Polito, et al.. (2011). TFEB Links Autophagy to Lysosomal Biogenesis. Science. 332(6036). 1429–1433. 2496 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sardiello, Marco, Michela Palmieri, Alberto di Ronza, et al.. (2009). A Gene Network Regulating Lysosomal Biogenesis and Function. Science. 325(5939). 473–477. 1885 indexed citations breakdown →

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Monti, Daria Maria, Wenhao Yu, Elio Pizzo, et al.. (2009). Characterization of the angiogenic activity of zebrafish ribonucleases. FEBS Journal. 276(15). 4077–4090. 13 indexed citations

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Lorenzo, Claudia De, Chiara Di Malta, Gaetano Calı̀, et al.. (2007). Intracellular route and mechanism of action of ERB‐hRNase, a human anti‐ErbB2 anticancer immunoagent. FEBS Letters. 581(2). 296–300. 24 indexed citations

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