Elisa Espinet

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Elisa Espinet is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elisa Espinet has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Oncology and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Elisa Espinet's work include Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (7 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers). Elisa Espinet is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (7 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (3 papers). Elisa Espinet collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and United States. Elisa Espinet's co-authors include Daniel Byrom, Mar Iglesias, Marta Sevillano, Alexandre Calon, Antoni Riéra, Eduard Batlle, David Rossell, Elena Sancho, Daniele V. F. Tauriello and Sergio Palomo‐Ponce and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Genetics and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Elisa Espinet

18 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Dependency of Colorectal Cancer on a TGF-β-Driven Program... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2015 250 500 750
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.

  1. Dependency of Colorectal Cancer on a TGF-β-Driven Program in Stromal Cells for Metastasis Initiation
    2012 826 citations Alexandre Calon, Elisa Espinet et al. Cancer Cell profile →
  2. Stromal gene expression defines poor-prognosis subtypes in colorectal cancer
    2015 775 citations Alexandre Calon, Enza Lonardo et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elisa Espinet Germany 12 1.3k 947 595 383 296 18 2.1k
Claudio Isella Italy 24 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 915 1.5× 240 0.6× 416 1.4× 50 2.3k
Therese M. Becker Australia 31 1.3k 1.0× 1.5k 1.6× 752 1.3× 274 0.7× 228 0.8× 89 2.6k
Ingrid Hedenfalk Sweden 28 824 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 852 1.4× 387 1.0× 181 0.6× 78 2.4k
Michael Lahn United States 23 1.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 400 0.7× 369 1.0× 220 0.7× 42 2.2k
Daniel Byrom Spain 4 2.1k 1.6× 1.1k 1.2× 711 1.2× 838 2.2× 409 1.4× 5 3.0k
April A. N. Rose Canada 21 998 0.8× 958 1.0× 307 0.5× 336 0.9× 226 0.8× 57 1.9k
Kwan Ho Tang Hong Kong 14 1.3k 1.0× 1.5k 1.6× 870 1.5× 387 1.0× 129 0.4× 20 2.4k
Mari Iida United States 30 1.3k 1.0× 1.5k 1.6× 429 0.7× 456 1.2× 204 0.7× 62 2.8k
Rebeca Sanz‐Pamplona Spain 25 669 0.5× 885 0.9× 496 0.8× 252 0.7× 266 0.9× 67 1.8k
Jaana Lahti‐Domenici United States 13 1.1k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 750 1.3× 269 0.7× 260 0.9× 13 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elisa Espinet

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elisa Espinet

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Steimbach, Raphael R., Marcin Luzarowski, Sibylle Schleich, et al.. (2025). Site-specific activation of the proton pump inhibitor rabeprazole by tetrathiolate zinc centres. Nature Chemistry. 17(4). 507–517. 1 indexed citations
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Janssen, Pauline, Marco Mambretti, Gamze Ates, et al.. (2024). Compartmentalized role of xCT in supporting pancreatic tumor growth, inflammation and mood disturbance in mice. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 118. 275–286. 2 indexed citations
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Rigotti, Francesca, Elisa Donato, Elisa Espinet, et al.. (2023). HAPLN1 potentiates peritoneal metastasis in pancreatic cancer. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2353–2353. 24 indexed citations
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Espinet, Elisa, et al.. (2023). A novel empeROR of pancreatic malignancy. The EMBO Journal. 42(14). e114282–e114282. 1 indexed citations
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Espinet, Elisa, Lukas Klein, Ellen Puré, & Shiv K. Singh. (2022). Mechanisms of PDAC subtype heterogeneity and therapy response. Trends in cancer. 8(12). 1060–1071. 37 indexed citations
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Klein, Lukas, Florian Wegwitz, Elisa Espinet, et al.. (2022). Axon guidance receptor ROBO3 modulates subtype identity and prognosis via AXL-associated inflammatory network in pancreatic cancer. JCI Insight. 7(16). 5 indexed citations
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Liffers, Sven‐Thorsten, Lena Häberle, Aslihan Yavas, et al.. (2022). Molecular heterogeneity and commonalities in pancreatic cancer precursors with gastric and intestinal phenotype. Gut. 72(3). 522–534. 17 indexed citations
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Prada, Maria Llamazares, et al.. (2022). Practical Considerations for Complex Tissue Dissociation for Single-Cell Transcriptomics. Methods in molecular biology. 2584. 371–387. 3 indexed citations
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Espinet, Elisa, et al.. (2022). Pancreatic Organoids for Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Research. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 886153–886153. 19 indexed citations
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Houbracken, Isabelle, et al.. (2021). On the Origin of Pancreatic Cancer: Molecular Tumor Subtypes in Perspective of Exocrine Cell Plasticity. Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 13(4). 1243–1253. 28 indexed citations
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Berdiel‐Acer, Mireia, Ana Maia, Simone Borgoni, et al.. (2021). Stromal NRG1 in luminal breast cancer defines pro-fibrotic and migratory cancer-associated fibroblasts. Oncogene. 40(15). 2651–2666. 16 indexed citations
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Schaack, D, Andrea S. Bauer, Thomas Giese, et al.. (2021). Human Retrotransposons and the Global Shutdown of Homeostatic Innate Immunity by Oncolytic Parvovirus H-1PV in Pancreatic Cancer. Viruses. 13(6). 1019–1019. 4 indexed citations
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Bozza, Matthias, Edward W. Green, Elisa Espinet, et al.. (2020). Novel Non-integrating DNA Nano-S/MAR Vectors Restore Gene Function in Isogenic Patient-Derived Pancreatic Tumor Models. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 17. 957–968. 23 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Vita, Juan, Sven S. Liebler, Carolin Mogler, et al.. (2017). Endothelial Notch1 Activity Facilitates Metastasis. Cancer Cell. 31(3). 355–367. 232 indexed citations
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Nadler, Wiebke, Elisa M. Noll, Christian Eisen, et al.. (2016). Identification and Validation of Novel Subtype-Specific Protein Biomarkers in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Pancreas. 46(3). 311–322. 21 indexed citations
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Calon, Alexandre, Enza Lonardo, Antonio Berenguer, et al.. (2015). Stromal gene expression defines poor-prognosis subtypes in colorectal cancer. Nature Genetics. 47(4). 320–329. 775 indexed citations breakdown →
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Calon, Alexandre, Elisa Espinet, Sergio Palomo‐Ponce, et al.. (2012). Dependency of Colorectal Cancer on a TGF-β-Driven Program in Stromal Cells for Metastasis Initiation. Cancer Cell. 22(5). 571–584. 826 indexed citations breakdown →
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Coco, Silverio, et al.. (2007). Functional isocyanide metal complexes as building blocks for supramolecular materials: hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals. Dalton Transactions. 3267–3267. 23 indexed citations

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