Francesca Lovat

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Francesca Lovat is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Lovat has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Cancer Research and 11 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Lovat's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (26 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (15 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (12 papers). Francesca Lovat is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (26 papers), Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (15 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (12 papers). Francesca Lovat collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Switzerland. Francesca Lovat's co-authors include Carlo M. Croce, Pierluigi Gasparini, Hansjüerg Alder, Gerard J. Nuovo, Federica Calore, Patrick Nana‐Sinkam, Muller Fabbri, Alessio Paone, Paolo Fadda and Nicola Valeri and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Lovat

52 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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MicroRNAs bind to Toll-like receptors to induce prometastatic inflammatory response

2012 1.3k citations Muller Fabbri, Alessio Paone et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Lovat United States	33	3.5k	3.1k	708	521	345	52	4.7k
Joyce T. O’Connell United States	11	3.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	701 1.0×	444 0.9×	408 1.2×	12	4.2k
Michela Garofalo United States	33	4.2k 1.2×	3.8k 1.2×	449 0.6×	327 0.6×	289 0.8×	53	5.1k
Gianpiero Di Leva United States	25	4.5k 1.3×	4.3k 1.4×	575 0.8×	288 0.6×	298 0.9×	39	5.5k
Limin Xia China	39	2.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	594 1.1×	512 1.5×	142	4.1k
Quanbo Zhou China	36	4.3k 1.2×	3.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	610 1.2×	416 1.2×	93	5.7k
Ayelet Chajut United States	13	2.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	337 0.5×	202 0.4×	413 1.2×	20	3.2k
Masashi Shiiba Japan	38	2.5k 0.7×	985 0.3×	1.1k 1.5×	571 1.1×	355 1.0×	145	4.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Lovat

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Vinciguerra, Gian Luca Rampioni, Marina Capece, Luca Reggiani Bonetti, et al.. (2024). Nutrient restriction-activated Fra-2 promotes tumor progression via IGF1R in miR-15a downmodulated pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 9(1). 31–31. 5 indexed citations

Vinciguerra, Gian Luca Rampioni, et al.. (2023). Role of Fra-2 in cancer. Cell Death and Differentiation. 31(2). 136–149. 9 indexed citations

Vinciguerra, Gian Luca Rampioni, Marina Capece, Luca Reggiani Bonetti, et al.. (2023). Abstract 4823: The novel miR-15a/Fra-2/IGF1R axis drives response to starvation-induced cell stress in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 4823–4823. 1 indexed citations

Lovat, Francesca, Matteo Fassan, Diana Sacchi, et al.. (2018). Knockout of both miR-15/16 loci induces acute myeloid leukemia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(51). 13069–13074. 33 indexed citations

Casadei, Lucia, Federica Calore, Chad J. Creighton, et al.. (2017). Exosome-Derived miR-25-3p and miR-92a-3p Stimulate Liposarcoma Progression. Cancer Research. 77(14). 3846–3856. 149 indexed citations

Mare, Sara Del, Mohammad Abu-Odeh, Konstantinos Evangelou, et al.. (2016). WWOX and p53 Dysregulation Synergize to Drive the Development of Osteosarcoma. Cancer Research. 76(20). 6107–6117. 37 indexed citations

Piovan, Claudia, et al.. (2014). Generation of Mouse Lines Conditionally Over-expressing MicroRNA Using the Rosa26-Lox-Stop-Lox System. Methods in molecular biology. 1194. 203–224. 7 indexed citations

Cascione, Luciano, Pierluigi Gasparini, Francesca Lovat, et al.. (2013). Integrated MicroRNA and mRNA Signatures Associated with Survival in Triple Negative Breast Cancer. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55910–e55910. 152 indexed citations

Marampon, Francesco, Giovanni Luca Gravina, Luca Scarsella, et al.. (2013). Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibition counteracts angiotensin II-mediated endothelial cell dysfunction by modulating the p38/SirT1 axis. Journal of Hypertension. 31(10). 1972–1983. 40 indexed citations

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Gaudio, Eugenio, Francesco Paduano, Riccardo Spizzo, et al.. (2013). Fhit Delocalizes Annexin A4 from Plasma Membrane to Cytosol and Sensitizes Lung Cancer Cells to Paclitaxel. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e78610–e78610. 17 indexed citations

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Jones, Kevin B., Zaidoun Salah, Sara Del Mare, et al.. (2012). miRNA Signatures Associate with Pathogenesis and Progression of Osteosarcoma. Cancer Research. 72(7). 1865–1877. 301 indexed citations

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Fabbri, Muller, Alessio Paone, Federica Calore, et al.. (2012). MicroRNAs bind to Toll-like receptors to induce prometastatic inflammatory response. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(31). E2110–6. 1284 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shapiro, Charles L., Luciano Cascione, Pierluigi Gasparini, et al.. (2012). Use of microRNA (miR) expression profiling to identify distinct subclasses of triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC).. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 30(15_suppl). 1007–1007. 1 indexed citations

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Schiappacassi, Mónica, Sara Lovisa, Francesca Lovat, et al.. (2011). Role of T198 Modification in the Regulation of p27Kip1 Protein Stability and Function. PLoS ONE. 6(3). e17673–e17673. 36 indexed citations

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Acunzo, Mario, Rosa Visone, Giulia Romano, et al.. (2011). miR-130a targets MET and induces TRAIL-sensitivity in NSCLC by downregulating miR-221 and 222. Oncogene. 31(5). 634–642. 165 indexed citations

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Bitto, Alessandro, Francesca Lovat, Shiqiong Xu, et al.. (2009). Proepithelin Regulates Prostate Cancer Cell Biology by Promoting Cell Growth, Migration, and Anchorage-Independent Growth. American Journal Of Pathology. 174(3). 1037–1047. 61 indexed citations

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Belletti, Barbara, Jayant S. Vaidya, Frank Entschladen, et al.. (2008). Targeted Intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT) impairs surgical wound-stimulated breast cancer cell proliferation and invasion. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Schiappacassi, Mónica, Francesca Lovat, Vincenzo Canzonieri, et al.. (2008). p27Kip1 expression inhibits glioblastoma growth, invasion, and tumor-induced neoangiogenesis. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 7(5). 1164–1175. 50 indexed citations

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Belletti, Barbara, Jayant S. Vaidya, Sara D’Andrea, et al.. (2008). Targeted Intraoperative Radiotherapy Impairs the Stimulation of Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation and Invasion Caused by Surgical Wounding. Clinical Cancer Research. 14(5). 1325–1332. 156 indexed citations

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Belletti, Barbara, Milena S. Nicoloso, Mónica Schiappacassi, et al.. (2008). Stathmin Activity Influences Sarcoma Cell Shape, Motility, and Metastatic Potential. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 19(5). 2003–2013. 115 indexed citations

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