Ferdinando Di Cunto

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Ferdinando Di Cunto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ferdinando Di Cunto has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Cell Biology and 12 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ferdinando Di Cunto's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (20 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (11 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (10 papers). Ferdinando Di Cunto is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (20 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (11 papers) and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks (10 papers). Ferdinando Di Cunto collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Ferdinando Di Cunto's co-authors include Paolo Provero, G. Paolo Dotto, Ugo Ala, Rosario M. Piro, Lorenzo Silengo, Pier Paolo Pandolfi, Dror Weiss, Isidore Rigoutsos, Leonardo Salmena and Lev M. Kats and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ferdinando Di Cunto

83 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Coding-Independent Regulation of the Tumor Suppressor PTEN by Competing Endogenous mRNAs

2011 821 citations Ugo Ala, Paolo Provero et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ferdinando Di Cunto Italy	33	2.8k	1.0k	900	587	418	85	3.9k
Yoshiki Murakumo Japan	38	3.3k 1.2×	849 0.8×	560 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	432 1.0×	129	4.7k
Michael B. Major United States	37	3.5k 1.2×	492 0.5×	588 0.7×	661 1.1×	410 1.0×	99	4.4k
Shinya Matsuura Japan	35	3.1k 1.1×	769 0.8×	568 0.6×	750 1.3×	712 1.7×	120	4.2k
Keith Brennan United Kingdom	38	3.4k 1.2×	596 0.6×	548 0.6×	1.3k 2.3×	359 0.9×	64	4.4k
Marco Crescenzi Italy	37	3.3k 1.2×	645 0.6×	433 0.5×	1.3k 2.1×	474 1.1×	116	4.5k
Youngsoo Lee United States	32	3.3k 1.2×	597 0.6×	368 0.4×	1.2k 2.0×	364 0.9×	65	4.0k
Alexandre Blais Canada	28	3.1k 1.1×	378 0.4×	736 0.8×	413 0.7×	499 1.2×	57	4.0k
Federica Piccioni United States	27	2.1k 0.7×	387 0.4×	608 0.7×	677 1.2×	193 0.5×	49	3.0k
Hairi Li United States	31	4.6k 1.6×	964 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	320 0.5×	327 0.8×	43	5.9k
Andrew Burgess Australia	30	2.8k 1.0×	294 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	857 1.5×	230 0.6×	71	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ferdinando Di Cunto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ferdinando Di Cunto

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cunto, Ferdinando Di, et al.. (2025). Ultrastructure of astrocytes using volume electron microscopy: A scoping review. The Journal of Physiology. 604(4). 1498–1517. 1 indexed citations

Boda, Enrica, Roberta Parolisi, Brian Harding, et al.. (2022). Molecular and functional heterogeneity in dorsal and ventral oligodendrocyte progenitor cells of the mouse forebrain in response to DNA damage. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2331–2331. 14 indexed citations

Schiavi, Elia Di, et al.. (2020). Understanding the Effects of Deep Space Radiation on Nervous System: The Role of Genetically Tractable Experimental Models. Frontiers in Physics. 8. 33 indexed citations

Pallavicini, Gianmarco, et al.. (2020). CITK Loss Inhibits Growth of Group 3 and Group 4 Medulloblastoma Cells and Sensitizes Them to DNA-Damaging Agents. Cancers. 12(3). 542–542. 16 indexed citations

Pallavicini, Gianmarco, Francesco Sgrò, Francesca Garello, et al.. (2018). Inactivation of Citron Kinase Inhibits Medulloblastoma Progression by Inducing Apoptosis and Cell Senescence. Cancer Research. 78(16). 4599–4612. 24 indexed citations

Spaccarotella, Elisa, Elisa Pellegrino, Rui Wang, et al.. (2018). IRF4 Mediates the Oncogenic Effects of STAT3 in Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphomas. Cancers. 10(1). 21–21. 22 indexed citations

Zamboni, Valentina, Maria Francesca Armentano, Gaia Berto, et al.. (2018). Hyperactivity of Rac1-GTPase pathway impairs neuritogenesis of cortical neurons by altering actin dynamics. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7254–7254. 30 indexed citations

Ghouzzi, Vincent El, F. Bianchi, Ivan Molineris, et al.. (2016). ZIKA virus elicits P53 activation and genotoxic stress in human neural progenitors similar to mutations involved in severe forms of genetic microcephaly and p53. Cell Death and Disease. 7(10). e2440–e2440. 101 indexed citations

Harding, Brian, Séverine Drunat, Omar Soukarieh, et al.. (2016). Mutations in Citron Kinase Cause Recessive Microlissencephaly with Multinucleated Neurons. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 99(2). 511–520. 47 indexed citations

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Sgrò, Francesco, F. Bianchi, Mattia Falcone, et al.. (2015). Tissue-specific control of midbody microtubule stability by Citron kinase through modulation of TUBB3 phosphorylation. Cell Death and Differentiation. 23(5). 801–813. 38 indexed citations

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Berto, Gaia, Paola Camera, Federico Bianchi, et al.. (2012). PPP4R2 regulates neuronal cell differentiation and survival, functionally cooperating with SMN. European Journal of Cell Biology. 91(8). 662–674. 14 indexed citations

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Piro, Rosario M., Ugo Ala, Ivan Molineris, et al.. (2011). An atlas of tissue-specific conserved coexpression for functional annotation and disease gene prediction. European Journal of Human Genetics. 19(11). 1173–1180. 41 indexed citations

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Amoresano, Angela, G. Leo, Ferdinando Di Cunto, et al.. (2010). Identification of ΔNp63α Protein Interactions by Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Proteome Research. 9(4). 2042–2048. 18 indexed citations

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Darabos, Christian, Mario Giacobini, Marco Tomassini, Paolo Provero, & Ferdinando Di Cunto. (2009). Are cells really operating at the edge of chaos? a case study of two real-life regulatory networks. 281–288. 2 indexed citations

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Somma, Maria Patrizia, Elisabetta Bucciarelli, Valeria Naim, et al.. (2008). Identification of Drosophila Mitotic Genes by Combining Co-Expression Analysis and RNA Interference. PLoS Genetics. 4(7). e1000126–e1000126. 89 indexed citations

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Meccariello, Rosaria, Giovanna Berruti, Rosanna Chianese, et al.. (2007). Structure of msj-1 gene in mice and humans: A possible role in the regulation of male reproduction. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 156(1). 91–103. 11 indexed citations

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Fagoonee, Sharmila, Ferdinando Di Cunto, Diego Vozzi, et al.. (2006). Microarray and Large-Scale In Silico –Based Identification of Genes Functionally Related to Haptoglobin and/or Hemopexin. DNA and Cell Biology. 25(6). 323–330. 9 indexed citations

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Corà, Davide, Ferdinando Di Cunto, Paolo Provero, Lorenzo Silengo, & Michele Caselle. (2004). Computational identification of transcription factor binding sites by functional analysis of sets of genes sharing overrep-resented upstream motifs. BMC Bioinformatics. 5(1). 57–57. 28 indexed citations

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Naim, Valeria, Sara Imarisio, Ferdinando Di Cunto, Maurizio Gatti, & Silvia Bonaccorsi. (2004). DrosophilaCitron Kinase Is Required for the Final Steps of Cytokinesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(11). 5053–5063. 64 indexed citations

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Missero, Caterina, Ferdinando Di Cunto, Hiroaki Kiyokawa, Andrew Koff, & G. Paolo Dotto. (1996). The absence of p21Cip1/WAF1 alters keratinocyte growth and differentiation and promotes ras-tumor progression.. Genes & Development. 10(23). 3065–3075. 271 indexed citations

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