Ercole Rao

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Ercole Rao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ercole Rao has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Ercole Rao's work include Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (8 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (5 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (4 papers). Ercole Rao is often cited by papers focused on Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (8 papers), Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities (5 papers) and Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (4 papers). Ercole Rao collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Ercole Rao's co-authors include Gudrun Rappold, M. Winkelmann, Tsutomu Ogata, U. Heinrich, Annelyse Mertz, Maki Fukami, Gabriele Nordsiek, Birgit Weiß, Beate Niesler and M.H. Breuning and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ercole Rao

19 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Pseudoautosomal deletions encompassing a novel homeobox g... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Pseudoautosomal deletions encompassing a novel homeobox gene cause growth failure in idiopathic short stature and Turner syndrome
    1997 701 citations Ercole Rao, Birgit Weiß et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers

Ercole Rao
M. Winkelmann Germany
Annelyse Mertz Germany
Rita Fischetto Italy
Emanuele Pelosi United States
Winifred Mak United States
Shunsuke Kuroki Japan
Alexander N. Yatsenko United States
J.B. Whitney United States
Maria Strazzullo Italy
Barbara K. Lee United States
M. Winkelmann Germany
Ercole Rao
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Countries citing papers authored by Ercole Rao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ercole Rao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ercole Rao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ercole Rao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ercole Rao based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ercole Rao. Ercole Rao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Leuschner, Wulf Dirk, et al.. (2025). Impact of Light-Chain Variants on the Expression of Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies in HEK293 and CHO Cells. Antibodies. 14(3). 53–53. 1 indexed citations
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Sommerfeld, Mark, Kaj Grandien, Bodo Tillmann, et al.. (2024). Functional studies with IgM and IgA immunoglobulins: binding to pIgR, FcαμR, FcμR, and CDC activities. Apmis. 132(4). 277–288. 3 indexed citations
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Mattoo, Hamid, Dinesh S. Bangari, David M. Habiel, et al.. (2023). Molecular Features and Stages of Pulmonary Fibrosis Driven by Type 2 Inflammation. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 69(4). 404–421. 12 indexed citations
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Sjuts, Hanno, Christian Lange, Jennifer Jung, et al.. (2022). A multivalent antibody assembled from different building blocks using tag/catcher systems: a case study. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 35. 5 indexed citations
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Beil, Christian, et al.. (2021). Impact of lipopolysaccharides on cultivation and recombinant protein expression in human embryonal kidney (HEK‐293) cells. Engineering in Life Sciences. 21(11). 778–785. 7 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qun, Ekaterina Boudanova, Jochen Beninga, et al.. (2020). Engineered Fc-glycosylation switch to eliminate antibody effector function. mAbs. 12(1). 1814583–1814583. 11 indexed citations
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Ulrich, Werner, Jennifer Jung, Werner Dittrich, et al.. (2020). Production of a novel heterodimeric two-chain insulin-Fc fusion protein. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 33. 6 indexed citations
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Amaral, Marta Gonçalves, Soraya Hölper, Christian E. Lange, et al.. (2020). Engineered Technologies and Bioanalysis of multispecific Antibody Formats. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 26–51. 5 indexed citations
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Scherer, Anne, et al.. (2018). A fully automated three-step protein purification procedure for up to five samples using the NGC chromatography system. Protein Expression and Purification. 153. 1–6. 13 indexed citations
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Steinmetz, Anke, François Vallée, Christian Beil, et al.. (2016). CODV-Ig, a universal bispecific tetravalent and multifunctional immunoglobulin format for medical applications. mAbs. 8(5). 867–878. 38 indexed citations
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Gianfrancesco, Fernando, Remo Sanges, Teresa Esposito, et al.. (2001). Differential Divergence of Three Human Pseudoautosomal Genes and Their Mouse Homologs: Implications for Sex Chromosome Evolution. Genome Research. 11(12). 2095–2100. 33 indexed citations
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Rao, Ercole. (2001). The Leri-Weill and Turner syndrome homeobox gene SHOX encodes a cell-type specific transcriptional activator. Human Molecular Genetics. 10(26). 3083–3091. 79 indexed citations
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Ried, Karin, Ercole Rao, K. Schiebel, & Gudrun Rappold. (1998). Gene Duplications as a Recurrent Theme in the Evolution of the Human Pseudoautosomal Region 1: Isolation of the Gene ASMTL. Human Molecular Genetics. 7(11). 1771–1778. 31 indexed citations
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Rao, Ercole, Maki Fukami, Annelyse Mertz, et al.. (1997). FISH-deletion mapping defines a 270-kb short stature critical interval in the pseudoautosomal region PAR1 on human sex chromosomes. Human Genetics. 100(2). 236–239. 21 indexed citations
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Rao, Ercole, Birgit Weiß, Maki Fukami, et al.. (1997). Pseudoautosomal deletions encompassing a novel homeobox gene cause growth failure in idiopathic short stature and Turner syndrome. Nature Genetics. 16(1). 54–63. 701 indexed citations breakdown →
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Klink, Albrecht, K. Schiebel, M. Winkelmann, et al.. (1995). The human protein kinase gene PKX1 on Xp22.3 displays Xp/Yp homology and is a site of chromosomal instability. Human Molecular Genetics. 4(5). 869–878. 52 indexed citations
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Rao, Ercole, et al.. (1992). Cytogenetic Evidence for Extramedullary Blast Crisis with t(8;13)(q11;p11) in Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia. Acta Haematologica. 88(4). 201–203. 15 indexed citations

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