Francesca Becherucci

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Francesca Becherucci is a scholar working on Nephrology, Molecular Biology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Becherucci has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Nephrology, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Francesca Becherucci's work include Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (19 papers), Renal and related cancers (14 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (8 papers). Francesca Becherucci is often cited by papers focused on Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies (19 papers), Renal and related cancers (14 papers) and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (8 papers). Francesca Becherucci collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and Spain. Francesca Becherucci's co-authors include Paola Romagnani, Benedetta Mazzinghi, Maria Lucia Angelotti, Elena Lazzeri, Laura Lasagni, Elisa Ronconi, Costanza Sagrinati, Eliana Parente, Rosa Maria Roperto and Lara Ballerini and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Becherucci

33 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Global epidemiology of kidney cancer

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Becherucci Italy	17	867	785	317	263	193	38	1.7k
Guillaume Canaud France	22	564 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	414 1.3×	375 1.4×	223 1.2×	59	2.2k
Rasheed Gbadegesin United States	23	774 0.9×	1.4k 1.8×	173 0.5×	124 0.5×	243 1.3×	87	2.1k
Omar H. Maarouf United States	17	617 0.7×	248 0.3×	150 0.5×	377 1.4×	92 0.5×	24	1.2k
Sha Hao China	20	878 1.0×	196 0.2×	141 0.4×	128 0.5×	144 0.7×	56	1.7k
Dil Sahali France	23	435 0.5×	792 1.0×	322 1.0×	63 0.2×	89 0.5×	59	1.5k
Kenichiro Miura Japan	19	529 0.6×	700 0.9×	145 0.5×	60 0.2×	138 0.7×	81	1.3k
Yan Jiang China	25	690 0.8×	812 1.0×	339 1.1×	426 1.6×	806 4.2×	219	2.7k
Roberto Gastaldi Italy	24	542 0.6×	98 0.1×	189 0.6×	153 0.6×	313 1.6×	73	1.7k
Kristina Carlson Sweden	28	987 1.1×	173 0.2×	194 0.6×	128 0.5×	57 0.3×	76	2.5k
Renée Habib France	18	1.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	630 2.0×	148 0.6×	329 1.7×	25	2.4k

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Raglianti, Valentina, Maria Lucia Angelotti, Letizia De Chiara, et al.. (2025). Anti-slit Antibodies against Podocin and Kirrel1 in Pediatric and Adult Podocytopathies. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 36(4). 702–705. 10 indexed citations

Taroni, Francesca, et al.. (2024). Lumasiran treatment in pediatric patients with PH1: real-world data within a compassionate use program in Italy. Clinical Kidney Journal. 17(5). sfae090–sfae090. 1 indexed citations

Cirillo, Luigi, Francesca Becherucci, & Martin Windpessl. (2023). Kidney stones and thiazide diuretics: revisiting old assumptions in light of the NOSTONE trial. Clinical Kidney Journal. 16(9). 1372–1374. 2 indexed citations

Cirillo, Luigi & Francesca Becherucci. (2023). The evolving role of first-tier exome sequencing in medical diagnostics. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 39(4). 560–563. 3 indexed citations

Cirillo, Luigi, et al.. (2023). Clostridium septicum infection complicating Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome: a case report and review of the literature. Journal of Nephrology. 37(1). 181–186.

Cirillo, Luigi, et al.. (2023). Chronic kidney disease in children: an update. Clinical Kidney Journal. 16(10). 1600–1611. 17 indexed citations

Becherucci, Francesca, et al.. (2022). Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Study Cohort over 10-Year Period in a Paediatric Tertiary Centre Hospital. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 147(6). 337–350.

Becherucci, Francesca & Paola Romagnani. (2018). A link between stemness and tumorigenesis in the kidney. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 14(4). 215–216. 4 indexed citations

Allinovi, Marco, Letizia De Chiara, Maria Lucia Angelotti, Francesca Becherucci, & Paola Romagnani. (2018). Anti-fibrotic treatments: A review of clinical evidence. Matrix Biology. 68-69. 333–354. 47 indexed citations

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Romagnani, Paola, Sabrina Giglio, Maria Lucia Angelotti, et al.. (2016). Next generation sequencing and functional analysis of patient urine renal progenitor-derived podocytes to unravel the diagnosis underlying refractory lupus nephritis. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 31(9). 1541–1545. 11 indexed citations

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Becherucci, Francesca, Benedetta Mazzinghi, Aldesia Provenzano, et al.. (2016). Lessons from genetics: is it time to revise the therapeutic approach to children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome?. Journal of Nephrology. 29(4). 543–550. 11 indexed citations

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Lombardi, Duccio, Francesca Becherucci, & Paola Romagnani. (2015). How much can the tubule regenerate and who does it? An open question. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 31(8). 1243–1250. 43 indexed citations

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Lazzeri, Elena, Elisa Ronconi, Maria Lucia Angelotti, et al.. (2015). Human Urine-Derived Renal Progenitors for Personalized Modeling of Genetic Kidney Disorders. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 26(8). 1961–1974. 67 indexed citations

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Lasagni, Laura, Maria Lucia Angelotti, Elisa Ronconi, et al.. (2015). Podocyte Regeneration Driven by Renal Progenitors Determines Glomerular Disease Remission and Can Be Pharmacologically Enhanced. Stem Cell Reports. 5(2). 248–263. 100 indexed citations

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Giglio, Sabrina, Aldesia Provenzano, Benedetta Mazzinghi, et al.. (2014). Heterogeneous Genetic Alterations Predict Resistance To Immunosuppressive Treatments In Sporadic Steroid-resistant Nephrotic Syndrome.. Pediatric Nephrology. 29. 1649–1649. 3 indexed citations

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Becherucci, Francesca, Elena Lazzeri, Laura Lasagni, & Paola Romagnani. (2014). Renal progenitors and childhood: from development to disorders. Pediatric Nephrology. 29(4). 711–719. 10 indexed citations

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Smeets, Bart, Maria Lucia Angelotti, Paola Rizzo, et al.. (2009). Renal Progenitor Cells Contribute to Hyperplastic Lesions of Podocytopathies and Crescentic Glomerulonephritis. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 20(12). 2593–2603. 138 indexed citations

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Mazzinghi, Benedetta, Elisa Ronconi, Elena Lazzeri, et al.. (2008). Essential but differential role for CXCR4 and CXCR7 in the therapeutic homingof human renal progenitor cells. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 205(2). 479–490. 222 indexed citations

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Ronconi, Elisa, Costanza Sagrinati, Maria Lucia Angelotti, et al.. (2008). Regeneration of Glomerular Podocytes by Human Renal Progenitors. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 20(2). 322–332. 394 indexed citations

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Rotondi, Mario, Giuseppe Stefano Netti, Alberto Rosati, et al.. (2007). Pretransplant serum FT3 levels in kidney graft recipients are useful for identifying patients with higher risk for graft failure. Clinical Endocrinology. 68(2). 220–225. 32 indexed citations

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