Francesca Esposito

3.0k total citations
94 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Francesca Esposito is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Esposito has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Infectious Diseases, 48 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Esposito's work include HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (48 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (31 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (15 papers). Francesca Esposito is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (48 papers), HIV Research and Treatment (31 papers) and Biochemical and Molecular Research (15 papers). Francesca Esposito collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Francesca Esposito's co-authors include Enzo Tramontano, Angela Corona, Luca Zinzula, Roberto Di Santo, Roberta Costi, Simona Distinto, Dario Piano, Nicole Grandi, Elias Maccioni and Claudia Del Vecchio and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, PLoS ONE and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Esposito

94 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers

Francesca Esposito
Angela Corona Italy
Violetta Cecchetti Italy
Egor P. Tchesnokov Canada
Giuseppina Sanna Italy
Ying Guo China
Tomokazu Yoshinaga Japan
Shuo Wu China
Tamio Fujiwara Japan
Seungtaek Kim South Korea
Angela Corona Italy
Francesca Esposito
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Esposito

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Francesca Esposito. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Francesca Esposito 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 Francesca Esposito. Francesca Esposito is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Iacobucci, Ilaria, Daniela Iaconis, Carmine Talarico, et al.. (2025). Cys44 of SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro affects its catalytic activity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 295. 139590–139590. 1 indexed citations
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Tocco, Graziella, et al.. (2023). Dihydroxyphenyl- and Heteroaromatic-Based Thienopyrimidinones to Tackle HIV-1 LEDGF/p75-Dependent IN Activity. Molecules. 28(18). 6700–6700. 2 indexed citations
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Ambrosio, Francesca Alessandra, Giosuè Costa, Isabella Romeo, et al.. (2023). Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease: A Successful Story Guided by an In Silico Drug Repurposing Approach. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 63(11). 3601–3613. 7 indexed citations
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Corona, Angela, Carmen Cerchia, Salvatore Improta, et al.. (2023). Broad-spectrum coronavirus 3C-like protease peptidomimetic inhibitors effectively block SARS-CoV-2 replication in cells: Design, synthesis, biological evaluation, and X-ray structure determination. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 253. 115311–115311. 16 indexed citations
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Pelliccia, Sveva, Carmen Cerchia, Francesca Esposito, et al.. (2022). Easy access to α-ketoamides as SARS-CoV-2 and MERS Mpro inhibitors via the PADAM oxidation route. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 244. 114853–114853. 13 indexed citations
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Corona, Angela, Valentina Onnis, Claudia Del Vecchio, et al.. (2020). 2-(Arylamino)-6-(trifluoromethyl)nicotinic Acid Derivatives: New HIV-1 RT Dual Inhibitors Active on Viral Replication. Molecules. 25(6). 1338–1338. 11 indexed citations
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Esposito, Francesca, Francesca Alessandra Ambrosio, Giosuè Costa, et al.. (2019). Chromenone derivatives as a versatile scaffold with dual mode of inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase-associated Ribonuclease H function and integrase activity. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 182. 111617–111617. 30 indexed citations
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Esposito, Francesca, Mario Sechi, Nicolino Pala, et al.. (2019). Discovery of dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid derivatives as dual allosteric HIV-1 Integrase and Reverse Transcriptase associated Ribonuclease H inhibitors. Antiviral Research. 174. 104671–104671. 15 indexed citations
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Sanna, Cinzia, Daniela Rigano, Pierluigi Cortis, et al.. (2018). Onopordum illyricum L., a Mediterranean plant, as a source of anti HIV-1 compounds. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. 152(6). 1274–1281. 8 indexed citations
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Poongavanam, Vasanthanathan, Angela Corona, Casper Steinmann, et al.. (2018). Structure-guided approach identifies a novel class of HIV-1 ribonuclease H inhibitors: binding mode insights through magnesium complexation and site-directed mutagenesis studies. MedChemComm. 9(3). 562–575. 14 indexed citations
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Farci, Domenica, et al.. (2018). On the S-layer of Thermus thermophilus and the assembling of its main protein SlpA. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1860(8). 1554–1562. 6 indexed citations
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Sanna, Cinzia, Monica Scognamiglio, Antonio Fiorentino, et al.. (2018). Prenylated phloroglucinols from Hypericum scruglii, an endemic species of Sardinia (Italy), as new dual HIV-1 inhibitors effective on HIV-1 replication. PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0195168–e0195168. 46 indexed citations
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Tintori, Cristina, Francesca Esposito, Francesca Morreale, et al.. (2015). Investigation on the sucrose binding pocket of HIV-1 Integrase by molecular dynamics and synergy experiments. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 25(15). 3013–3016. 16 indexed citations
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Meleddu, Rita, Simona Distinto, Angela Corona, et al.. (2015). (3Z)-3-(2-[4-(aryl)-1,3-thiazol-2-yl]hydrazin-1-ylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-2-one derivatives as dual inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 93. 452–460. 46 indexed citations
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Pintus, Francesca, et al.. (2014). Euphorbia characias latex: Micromorphology of rubber particles and rubber transferase activity. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 87. 26–34. 18 indexed citations
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Kindra, Gurpreet, Anna Coutsoudis, Francesca Esposito, & Tonya M. Esterhuizen. (2011). Breastfeeding in HIV Exposed Infants Significantly Improves Child Health: A Prospective Study. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 16(3). 632–640. 24 indexed citations
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Tramontano, Enzo, et al.. (2011). Effects of New Quinizarin Derivatives on Both HCV NS5B RNA Polymerase and HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Associated Ribonuclease H Activities. Journal of Chemotherapy. 23(5). 273–276. 9 indexed citations
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Zinzula, Luca, et al.. (2009). Purification and functional characterization of the full length recombinant Ebola virus VP35 protein expressed in E. coli. Protein Expression and Purification. 66(1). 113–119. 18 indexed citations
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Esposito, Francesca, Michael P. Collins, Osman R. Sayan, et al.. (2008). Updating the Chest Pain Algorithm. Critical Pathways in Cardiology A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 7(4). 211–222. 6 indexed citations
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