Flavio Maina

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Flavio Maina is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hepatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Flavio Maina has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Hepatology and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Flavio Maina's work include Liver physiology and pathology (29 papers), PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (17 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (9 papers). Flavio Maina is often cited by papers focused on Liver physiology and pathology (29 papers), PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer (17 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (9 papers). Flavio Maina collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Italy. Flavio Maina's co-authors include Rüdiger Klein, Carola Ponzetto, Paolo M. Comoglio, Alberto Bardelli, Rosanna Dono, George Panayotou, Silvia Giordano, Zhen Zhu, Andrea Graziani and Alun M. Davies and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Flavio Maina

66 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A multifunctional docking site mediates signaling and transformation by the hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor receptor family

1994 839 citations Carola Ponzetto, Flavio Maina et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Flavio Maina France	35	2.6k	1.7k	724	648	617	68	4.4k
Rosanna Dono France	32	2.5k 0.9×	198 0.1×	296 0.4×	261 0.4×	508 0.8×	61	3.7k
Younès Achouri Belgium	26	1.8k 0.7×	280 0.2×	569 0.8×	204 0.3×	605 1.0×	53	3.3k
Tomoyuki Masuda Japan	28	1.5k 0.6×	159 0.1×	344 0.5×	457 0.7×	448 0.7×	160	2.8k
Luca Tamagnone Italy	51	5.8k 2.2×	1.6k 0.9×	819 1.1×	5.2k 8.1×	1.7k 2.7×	113	10.6k
Joseph H. McCarty United States	27	1.3k 0.5×	225 0.1×	173 0.2×	404 0.6×	401 0.6×	55	2.6k
Maike Sander United States	45	3.8k 1.4×	376 0.2×	4.7k 6.5×	184 0.3×	975 1.6×	90	7.4k
Kyeung Min Joo South Korea	37	2.9k 1.1×	132 0.1×	247 0.3×	481 0.7×	1.6k 2.5×	135	5.3k
Hsin Chieh Lin United States	18	2.4k 0.9×	218 0.1×	245 0.3×	287 0.4×	522 0.8×	20	3.5k
L E Gentry United States	28	2.8k 1.1×	152 0.1×	215 0.3×	190 0.3×	900 1.5×	44	4.0k
Benjamin M. Hogan Australia	38	2.1k 0.8×	99 0.1×	419 0.6×	413 0.6×	1.4k 2.2×	87	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Flavio Maina

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Grattarola, Margherita, et al.. (2025). Establishment of a mouse hepatocellular carcinoma tumoroid panel recapitulating inter- and intra- heterogeneity for disease modelling and combinatorial drug discovery. Cell Communication and Signaling. 23(1). 410–410.

Vannier, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Epithelial disruption drives mesendoderm differentiation in human pluripotent stem cells by enabling TGF-β protein sensing. Nature Communications. 14(1). 349–349. 11 indexed citations

Rada, Patricia, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Wild-Type MET Receptor Levels in Mouse Hepatocytes Attenuates Insulin-Mediated Signaling. Cells. 11(5). 793–793. 3 indexed citations

Khera, Lohit, Yaron Vinik, Flavio Maina, & Sima Lev. (2021). The AXL-PYK2-PKCα axis as a nexus of stemness circuits in TNBC. Life Science Alliance. 4(6). e202000985–e202000985. 10 indexed citations

Cassol-Brunner, F., Sylvie Richelme, Yannick Boursier, et al.. (2019). Tracking Dynamics of Spontaneous Tumors in Mice Using Photon-Counting Computed Tomography. iScience. 21. 68–83. 11 indexed citations

Peacock, Jacqueline D., Elizabeth A. Tovar, Curt J. Essenburg, et al.. (2018). Genomic Status of MET Potentiates Sensitivity to MET and MEK Inhibition in NF1-Related Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors. Cancer Research. 78(13). 3672–3687. 30 indexed citations

Arechederra, María, Fabrice Daian, Annie Yim, et al.. (2018). Hypermethylation of gene body CpG islands predicts high dosage of functional oncogenes in liver cancer. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3164–3164. 152 indexed citations

Fico, Annalisa, Antoine de Chevigny, Christophe Melon, et al.. (2014). Reducing Glypican-4 in ES Cells Improves Recovery in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease by Increasing the Production of Dopaminergic Neurons and Decreasing Teratoma Formation. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(24). 8318–8323. 11 indexed citations

Bartoli, Marc, Francesca Puppo, Julie Dumonceaux, et al.. (2013). Deregulation of the Protocadherin Gene FAT1 Alters Muscle Shapes: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy. PLoS Genetics. 9(6). e1003550–e1003550. 68 indexed citations

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Lamballe, Fabienne, Matthieu Genestine, Vilma Arce‐Gorvel, et al.. (2011). Pool-Specific Regulation of Motor Neuron Survival by Neurotrophic Support. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(31). 11144–11158. 29 indexed citations

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Furlan, Alessandro, F. Colombo, Cristina Tintori, et al.. (2011). Identification of new aminoacid amides containing the imidazo[2,1-b]benzothiazol-2-ylphenyl moiety as inhibitors of tumorigenesis by oncogenic Met signaling. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 47(1). 239–254. 72 indexed citations

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Gascon, Eduardo, Stéphane Gaillard, Pascale Malapert, et al.. (2010). Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Met Signaling Is Required forRunx1Extinction and Peptidergic Differentiation in Primary Nociceptive Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(37). 12414–12423. 41 indexed citations

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Valášek, Petr, Susanne Theis, Eliška Krejčí, et al.. (2010). Somitic origin of the medial border of the mammalian scapula and its homology to the avian scapula blade. Journal of Anatomy. 216(4). 482–488. 45 indexed citations

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Patanè, Salvatore, Nicolas Pietrancosta, Hessameh Hassani, et al.. (2008). A new Met inhibitory-scaffold identified by a focused forward chemical biological screen. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 375(2). 184–189. 15 indexed citations

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Luxardi, Guillaume, Antonella Galli, Sylvie Forlani, et al.. (2006). Glypicans are differentially expressed during patterning and neurogenesis of early mouse brain. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 352(1). 55–60. 29 indexed citations

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Maina, Flavio, et al.. (2005). Combined Signaling through ERK, PI3K/AKT, and RAC1/p38 Is Required for Met-triggered Cortical Neuron Migration. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(8). 4771–4778. 93 indexed citations

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Helmbacher, Françoise, Éric Dessaud, Silvia Arber, et al.. (2003). Met Signaling Is Required for Recruitment of Motor Neurons to PEA3-Positive Motor Pools. Neuron. 39(5). 767–777. 61 indexed citations

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Maina, Flavio, Françoise Helmbacher, Rosa Andrés, et al.. (2001). Coupling Met to Specific Pathways Results in Distinct Developmental Outcomes. Molecular Cell. 7(6). 1293–1306. 122 indexed citations

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Takayama, Hisashi, et al.. (1999). Hepatocyte Growth Factor/Scatter Factor‐MET Signaling in Neural Crest‐Derived Melanocyte Development. Pigment Cell Research. 12(1). 13–21. 73 indexed citations

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Maina, Flavio, Mark Hilton, Rosa Andrés, et al.. (1998). Multiple Roles for Hepatocyte Growth Factor in Sympathetic Neuron Development. Neuron. 20(5). 835–846. 132 indexed citations

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