Francesca Cinti

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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Francesca Cinti is a scholar working on Surgery, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Cinti has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Surgery, 25 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Cinti's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (21 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (14 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (13 papers). Francesca Cinti is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (21 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (14 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (13 papers). Francesca Cinti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Denmark. Francesca Cinti's co-authors include Andrea Giaccari, Teresa Mezza, C. Cefalo, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Domenico Accili, Simona Moffa, Ja Young Kim-Muller, Gian Pio Sorice, Mara Suleiman and Piero Marchetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Cinti

48 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Evidence of β-Cell Dedifferentiation in Human Type 2 Diabetes

2015 418 citations Francesca Cinti, Lorella Marselli et al. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Cinti Italy	22	893	838	553	460	458	49	1.8k
Koichiro Yasuda Japan	27	514 0.6×	798 1.0×	839 1.5×	248 0.5×	625 1.4×	88	2.1k
Sven Schinner Germany	27	539 0.6×	789 0.9×	1.3k 2.3×	287 0.6×	578 1.3×	94	2.7k
Junhong Gao Japan	20	568 0.6×	350 0.4×	569 1.0×	212 0.5×	523 1.1×	35	1.8k
Jonatan I. Bagger Denmark	23	900 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	623 1.1×	235 0.5×	315 0.7×	58	1.9k
Micheline Kergoat France	24	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	925 1.7×	495 1.1×	512 1.1×	42	2.4k
Shojiro Sawada Japan	25	681 0.8×	513 0.6×	665 1.2×	155 0.3×	312 0.7×	63	2.1k
Iseki Takamoto Japan	20	490 0.5×	429 0.5×	738 1.3×	165 0.4×	518 1.1×	31	1.7k
Tomoya Mita Japan	29	632 0.7×	1.6k 1.9×	619 1.1×	169 0.4×	285 0.6×	109	2.8k
Asger Lund Denmark	24	1.1k 1.2×	1.8k 2.1×	923 1.7×	196 0.4×	455 1.0×	79	2.6k
Martin G. Latour Canada	18	846 0.9×	669 0.8×	666 1.2×	313 0.7×	454 1.0×	43	1.6k

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Giuseppe, Gianfranco Di, Giuseppe Quero, Enrico Celestino Nista, et al.. (2025). Incretin system and glucagon secretion in patients with chronic pancreatitis. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 55(12). e70093–e70093.

Giuseppe, Gianfranco Di, Giuseppe Quero, Francesca Cinti, et al.. (2025). Altered GIP/GLP-1 Secretion Ratio is Associated With Impaired β Cell Function in Humans. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 111(1). e240–e246. 2 indexed citations

Cinti, Francesca, Renzo Laborante, Luigi Cappannoli, et al.. (2025). The effects of SGLT2i on cardiac metabolism in patients with HFpEF: Fact or fiction?. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 24(1). 208–208. 7 indexed citations

Giuseppe, Gianfranco Di, Pietro Manuel Ferraro, Giuseppe Quero, et al.. (2024). Reduced incretin effect precedes diabetes development following duodenopancreatectomy in individuals without diabetes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 134(8). 5 indexed citations

Moffa, Simona, Gian Pio Sorice, Gianfranco Di Giuseppe, et al.. (2024). A single bout of physical exercise improves 1-hour post-load plasma glucose in healthy young adults. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 48(2). 455–464. 2 indexed citations

Medenica, Sanja, Umberto Capece, Rossella Mazzilli, et al.. (2024). The interlink between thyroid autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes and the impact on male and female fertility. HORMONES. 23(3). 429–437. 1 indexed citations

Capece, Umberto, Chiara Pavanello, Francesca Cinti, et al.. (2023). Dapagliflozin-Induced Myocardial Flow Reserve Improvement is not Associated with HDL Ability to Stimulate Endothelial Nitric Oxide Production. Diabetes Therapy. 15(1). 257–268. 6 indexed citations

Moffa, Simona, Teresa Mezza, Pietro Manuel Ferraro, et al.. (2023). Effects of PCSK9 inhibition on glucose metabolism and β-cell function in humans: a pilot study. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1124116–1124116. 1 indexed citations

Giuseppe, Gianfranco Di, et al.. (2023). Why do some glucose‐lowering agents improve non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease whereas others do not? A narrative review in search of a unifying hypothesis. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 39(7). e3668–e3668. 5 indexed citations

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Giuseppe, Gianfranco Di, Giuseppe Quero, Francesca Cinti, et al.. (2023). An update on pancreatic regeneration mechanisms: Searching for paths to a cure for type 2 diabetes. Molecular Metabolism. 74. 101754–101754. 10 indexed citations

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Giuseppe, Gianfranco Di, Umberto Capece, C. Cefalo, et al.. (2023). First-phase insulin secretion: can its evaluation direct therapeutic approaches?. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 34(4). 216–230. 19 indexed citations

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Brusco, Noemi, Guido Sebastiani, Gianfranco Di Giuseppe, et al.. (2022). Intra-islet insulin synthesis defects are associated with endoplasmic reticulum stress and loss of beta cell identity in human diabetes. Diabetologia. 66(2). 354–366. 27 indexed citations

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Mezza, Teresa, Pietro Manuel Ferraro, Gianfranco Di Giuseppe, et al.. (2021). Pancreaticoduodenectomy model demonstrates a fundamental role of dysfunctional β cells in predicting diabetes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(12). 26 indexed citations

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Sorice, Gian Pio, Francesca Cinti, Lucia Leccisotti, et al.. (2021). Effect of Dapagliflozin on Myocardial Insulin Sensitivity and Perfusion: Rationale and Design of The DAPAHEART Trial. Diabetes Therapy. 12(7). 2101–2113. 8 indexed citations

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Cinti, Francesca, Teresa Mezza, Ilenia Severi, et al.. (2020). Noradrenergic fibers are associated with beta-cell dedifferentiation and impaired beta-cell function in humans. Metabolism. 114. 154414–154414. 16 indexed citations

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Mezza, Teresa, C. Cefalo, Francesca Cinti, et al.. (2020). Endocrine and Metabolic Insights from Pancreatic Surgery. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 31(10). 760–772. 26 indexed citations

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Cefalo, C., Francesca Cinti, Simona Moffa, et al.. (2019). Sotagliflozin, the first dual SGLT inhibitor: current outlook and perspectives. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 18(1). 20–20. 130 indexed citations

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Cinti, Francesca, Simona Moffa, Flavia Impronta, et al.. (2017). Spotlight on ertugliflozin and its potential in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: evidence to date. Drug Design Development and Therapy. Volume 11. 2905–2919. 79 indexed citations

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Mammi, Caterina, Vincenzo Marzolla, Andrea Armani, et al.. (2016). A novel combined glucocorticoid-mineralocorticoid receptor selective modulator markedly prevents weight gain and fat mass expansion in mice fed a high-fat diet. International Journal of Obesity. 40(6). 964–972. 30 indexed citations

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Guglielmi, Valeria, Marina Cardellini, Francesca Cinti, et al.. (2015). Omental adipose tissue fibrosis and insulin resistance in severe obesity. Nutrition and Diabetes. 5(8). e175–e175. 92 indexed citations

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