Emanuela Bonfoco

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Emanuela Bonfoco is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emanuela Bonfoco has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Emanuela Bonfoco's work include Cell death mechanisms and regulation (8 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers). Emanuela Bonfoco is often cited by papers focused on Cell death mechanisms and regulation (8 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (5 papers). Emanuela Bonfoco collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Germany. Emanuela Bonfoco's co-authors include Pierluigi Nicotera, Stuart A. Lipton, Maria Ankarcrona, Dimitri Krainc, Sten Orrenius, Boris Zhivotovsky, Jeannette M. Dypbukt, Douglas R. Green, Claudio A.P. Joazeiro and Han-kuei Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Emanuela Bonfoco

19 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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Apoptosis and necrosis: two distinct events induced, respectively, by mild and intense insults with N-methyl-D-aspartate or nitric oxide/superoxide in cortical cell cultures.

1995 1.7k citations Emanuela Bonfoco, Dimitri Krainc et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Glutamate-induced neuronal death: A succession of necrosis or apoptosis depending on mitochondrial function

1995 1.6k citations Maria Ankarcrona, Jeannette M. Dypbukt et al. Neuron profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emanuela Bonfoco United States	17	3.2k	1.5k	783	674	546	19	5.3k
Kim A. Heidenreich United States	41	3.8k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	851 1.1×	639 0.9×	249 0.5×	80	6.0k
Anu Srinivasan United States	37	4.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.1×	935 1.2×	738 1.1×	682 1.2×	52	7.3k
Shobu Namura Japan	28	2.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	563 0.7×	442 0.7×	1.1k 2.0×	41	4.7k
Paul G. Lysko United States	36	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	770 1.0×	857 1.3×	956 1.8×	58	5.5k
Willi Hunziker Switzerland	37	3.1k 1.0×	987 0.7×	442 0.6×	621 0.9×	298 0.5×	74	6.1k
Christophe Bonny Switzerland	40	3.1k 1.0×	913 0.6×	979 1.3×	604 0.9×	581 1.1×	114	6.3k
Hideyuki Yamamoto Japan	41	3.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	971 1.2×	607 0.9×	292 0.5×	205	6.1k
Sean P. Cregan Canada	30	2.6k 0.8×	916 0.6×	543 0.7×	355 0.5×	382 0.7×	38	4.1k
Yoshiyuki Horio Japan	46	4.5k 1.4×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.8×	492 0.7×	302 0.6×	121	7.5k
Mohanish Deshmukh United States	40	4.2k 1.3×	978 0.6×	443 0.6×	625 0.9×	284 0.5×	72	5.6k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Bonfoco, Emanuela, Erguang Li, Frank Kolbinger, & Neil R. Cooper. (2001). Characterization of a Novel Proapoptotic Caspase-2- and Caspase-9-binding Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(31). 29242–29250. 29 indexed citations

Kavurma, Mary M., Fernando S. Santiago, Emanuela Bonfoco, & Levon M. Khachigian. (2001). Sp1 Phosphorylation Regulates Apoptosis via Extracellular FasL-Fas Engagement. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(7). 4964–4971. 71 indexed citations

Bonfoco, Emanuela, et al.. (2000). β1 integrin antagonism on adherent, differentiated human neuroblastoma cells triggers an apoptotic signaling pathway. Neuroscience. 101(4). 1145–1152. 34 indexed citations

Huang, Han-kuei, et al.. (2000). The inhibitor of apoptosis, cIAP2, functions as a ubiquitin-protein ligase and promotes in vitro monoubiquitination of caspases 3 and 7.. PubMed. 275(35). 26661–4. 284 indexed citations

Huang, Han-kuei, Claudio A.P. Joazeiro, Emanuela Bonfoco, et al.. (2000). The Inhibitor of Apoptosis, cIAP2, Functions as a Ubiquitin-Protein Ligase and Promotes in VitroMonoubiquitination of Caspases 3 and 7. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(35). 26661–26664. 270 indexed citations

Ahlbom, Eva, Lindsey Grandison, Emanuela Bonfoco, Boris Zhivotovsky, & Sandra Ceccatelli. (1999). Androgen treatment of neonatal rats decreases susceptibility of cerebellar granule neurons to oxidative stress in vitro. European Journal of Neuroscience. 11(4). 1285–1291. 71 indexed citations

Bonfoco, Emanuela, et al.. (1999). Withdrawal of Survival Factors Results in Activation of the JNK Pathway in Neuronal Cells Leading to Fas Ligand Induction and Cell Death. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19(1). 751–763. 422 indexed citations

Gorman, Adrienne M., Emanuela Bonfoco, Boris Zhivotovsky, Sten Orrenius, & Sandra Ceccatelli. (1999). Cytochrome c release and caspase‐3 activation during colchicine‐induced apoptosis of cerebellar granule cells. European Journal of Neuroscience. 11(3). 1067–1072. 73 indexed citations

Bonfoco, Emanuela, Patrick M. Stuart, Thomas Brunner, et al.. (1998). Inducible Nonlymphoid Expression of Fas Ligand Is Responsible for Superantigen-Induced Peripheral Deletion of T Cells. Immunity. 9(5). 711–720. 132 indexed citations

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Brunner, Thomas, et al.. (1998). Fas ligand- mediated killing by intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes. Participation in intestinal graft-versus-host disease.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 101(3). 570–577. 110 indexed citations

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Nicotera, Pierluigi, Maria Ankarcrona, Emanuela Bonfoco, Sten Orrenius, & Stuart A. Lipton. (1997). Neuronal necrosis and apoptosis: two distinct events induced by exposure to glutamate or oxidative stress.. PubMed. 72. 95–101. 124 indexed citations

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Bonfoco, Emanuela, Boris Zhivotovsky, Anna D. Rossi, et al.. (1996). BCL-2 delay apoptosis and PARP cleavage induced by NO donors in GT1-7 cells. Neuroreport. 8(1). 273–276. 26 indexed citations

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Nicotera, Pierluigi, Maria Ankarcrona, Emanuela Bonfoco, Sten Orrenius, & Stuart A. Lipton. (1996). Neuronal apoptosis versus necrosis induced by glutamate or free radicals. APOPTOSIS. 1(1). 5–10. 16 indexed citations

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Bonfoco, Emanuela, Marcel Leist, Boris Zhivotovsky, et al.. (1996). Cytoskeletal Breakdown and Apoptosis Elicited by NO Donors in Cerebellar Granule Cells Require NMDA Receptor Activation. Journal of Neurochemistry. 67(6). 2484–2493. 115 indexed citations

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Ankarcrona, Maria, Jeannette M. Dypbukt, Emanuela Bonfoco, et al.. (1995). Glutamate-induced neuronal death: A succession of necrosis or apoptosis depending on mitochondrial function. Neuron. 15(4). 961–973. 1576 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bonfoco, Emanuela, Sandra Ceccatelli, Luigi Manzo, & Pierluigi Nicotera. (1995). Colchicine Induces Apoptosis in Cerebellar Granule Cells. Experimental Cell Research. 218(1). 189–200. 128 indexed citations

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Nicotera, Pierluigi, Emanuela Bonfoco, & Bernhard Brüne. (1995). Mechanisms for nitric oxide-induced cell death: Involvement of apoptosis. PubMed. 5(4). 411–420. 100 indexed citations

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Bonfoco, Emanuela, Dimitri Krainc, Maria Ankarcrona, Pierluigi Nicotera, & Stuart A. Lipton. (1995). Apoptosis and necrosis: two distinct events induced, respectively, by mild and intense insults with N-methyl-D-aspartate or nitric oxide/superoxide in cortical cell cultures.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(16). 7162–7166. 1674 indexed citations breakdown →

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Björnhagen, Viveca, et al.. (1994). Morphometric, DNA, and Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Measurements in Benign Melanocytic Lesions and Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma. American Journal of Dermatopathology. 16(6). 615–623. 16 indexed citations

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