Francesca Persichetti

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Francesca Persichetti is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Persichetti has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 9 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Francesca Persichetti's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (30 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (19 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers). Francesca Persichetti is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (30 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (19 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (9 papers). Francesca Persichetti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Japan. Francesca Persichetti's co-authors include Marcy E. MacDonald, James F. Gusella, Sandra McNeil, Jean‐Paul Vonsattel, Glenn T. Barnes, Stefano Gustincich, Mabel P. Duyao, Pei Ge, Alexandra L. Joyner and Anna B. Auerbach and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Persichetti

51 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Inactivation of the Mouse Huntington's Disease Gene Homol... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Inactivation of the Mouse Huntington's Disease Gene Homolog Hdh
    1995 534 citations Francesca Persichetti, Sandra McNeil et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Persichetti Italy 28 2.1k 1.7k 735 273 221 51 2.6k
Peter J. Detloff United States 22 2.1k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 520 0.7× 50 0.2× 419 1.9× 41 2.5k
Christopher J. Donnelly United States 23 2.3k 1.1× 803 0.5× 1.4k 1.9× 97 0.4× 152 0.7× 35 3.4k
Parsa Kazemi‐Esfarjani United States 16 2.4k 1.1× 1.8k 1.0× 476 0.6× 37 0.1× 360 1.6× 17 2.9k
Michael A. Kalchman Canada 11 2.1k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 790 1.1× 32 0.1× 147 0.7× 11 2.5k
Youn‐Bok Lee United Kingdom 22 1.2k 0.5× 360 0.2× 769 1.0× 269 1.0× 140 0.6× 39 1.9k
Rebecca S. Devon United Kingdom 17 1.1k 0.5× 588 0.3× 611 0.8× 50 0.2× 297 1.3× 27 1.8k
C. Hindelang France 22 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 244 0.3× 45 0.2× 313 1.4× 43 2.5k
Adam Labadorf United States 20 1.2k 0.6× 399 0.2× 205 0.3× 235 0.9× 199 0.9× 37 1.6k
Chantal Sellier France 17 1.5k 0.7× 577 0.3× 767 1.0× 65 0.2× 707 3.2× 24 2.2k
Sílvia Porta United States 20 1.4k 0.6× 423 0.2× 664 0.9× 463 1.7× 124 0.6× 27 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Persichetti

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Persichetti

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mangoni, Damiano, Alessandro Simi, Pierre Lau, et al.. (2023). LINE-1 regulates cortical development by acting as long non-coding RNAs. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4974–4974. 22 indexed citations
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Mangoni, Damiano, et al.. (2022). Analysis of LINE1 Retrotransposons in Huntington’s Disease. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15. 743797–743797. 9 indexed citations
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Espinoza, Stefano, Paola Valentini, Devid Damiani, et al.. (2021). SINEUPs: a novel toolbox for RNA therapeutics. Essays in Biochemistry. 65(4). 775–789. 18 indexed citations
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Finaurini, Sara, et al.. (2021). Transposable element activation promotes neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of Huntington's disease. iScience. 25(1). 103702–103702. 17 indexed citations
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Zucchelli, S., Stefania Fedele, Paolo Vatta, et al.. (2019). Antisense Transcription in Loci Associated to Hereditary Neurodegenerative Diseases. Molecular Neurobiology. 56(8). 5392–5415. 19 indexed citations
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Codrich, Marta, Maria Bertuzzi, Roberta Russo, et al.. (2017). Neuronal hemoglobin affects dopaminergic cells’ response to stress. Cell Death and Disease. 8(1). e2538–e2538. 25 indexed citations
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Agostoni, Elena, Alisia Carnemolla, Yari Ciani, et al.. (2016). Effects of Pin1 Loss in HdhQ111 Knock-in Mice. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 10. 110–110. 13 indexed citations
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Fiocchetti, Marco, Pierangela Totta, Mariarosa Anna Beatrice Melone, et al.. (2016). Huntingtin polyQ Mutation Impairs the 17β-Estradiol/Neuroglobin Pathway Devoted to Neuron Survival. Molecular Neurobiology. 54(8). 6634–6646. 28 indexed citations
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Zucchelli, S., Francesca Fasolo, Roberta Russo, et al.. (2015). SINEUPs are modular antisense long non-coding RNAs that increase synthesis of target proteins in cells. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 9. 174–174. 75 indexed citations
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Zucchelli, S., Marta Codrich, Elena Agostoni, et al.. (2011). Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-associated Factor 6 (TRAF6) Associates with Huntingtin Protein and Promotes Its Atypical Ubiquitination to Enhance Aggregate Formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(28). 25108–25117. 53 indexed citations
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Spadaro, M., Paola Giunti, Patrizia Lulli, et al.. (2009). HLA-linked spinocerebellar ataxia: a clinical and genetic study of large Italian kindreds. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 85(4). 257–265. 8 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Vanessa C., Francesca Persichetti, Sandra McNeil, et al.. (2007). Factors associated with HD CAG repeat instability in Huntington disease. Journal of Medical Genetics. 44(11). 695–701. 91 indexed citations
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Namura, Shobu, Lorenz Hirt, Vanessa C. Wheeler, et al.. (2002). The HD Mutation Does Not Alter Neuronal Death in the Striatum of HdhQ92 Knock-in Mice after Mild Focal Ischemia. Neurobiology of Disease. 11(1). 147–154. 7 indexed citations
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Persichetti, Francesca, Flavia Trettel, Cornel Fraefel, et al.. (1999). Mutant Huntingtin Forms in Vivo Complexes with Distinct Context-Dependent Conformations of the Polyglutamine Segment. Neurobiology of Disease. 6(5). 364–375. 53 indexed citations
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Faber, Peter W., et al.. (1998). Amyloid Formation by Mutant Huntingtin: Threshold, Progressivity and Recruitment of Normal Polyglutamine Proteins. Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics. 24(4). 217–233. 224 indexed citations
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Ferrante, Robert J., Francesca Persichetti, Sandra McNeil, et al.. (1997). Heterogeneous Topographic and Cellular Distribution of Huntingtin Expression in the Normal Human Neostriatum. Journal of Neuroscience. 17(9). 3052–3063. 117 indexed citations
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Cox, D W, A. Bale, Helen Donis-Keller, et al.. (1995). CEPH Consortium Map of Chromosome 14. Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 69(3-4). 175–178. 9 indexed citations
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Frontali, Marina, Francesca Persichetti, Andrea Novelletto, et al.. (1993). The gene for spinal cerebellar ataxia 1 (SCA1) is flanked by two closely linked highly polymorphic microsatellite loci. Human Molecular Genetics. 2(9). 1383–1387. 19 indexed citations
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Frontali, Marina, M. Spadaro, Paola Giunti, et al.. (1992). AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT PURE CEREBELLAR ATAXIA. Brain. 115(6). 1647–1654. 13 indexed citations
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Malaspina, Patrizia, Francesca Persichetti, Andrea Novelletto, et al.. (1990). The human Y chromosome shows a low level of DNA polymorphism. Annals of Human Genetics. 54(4). 297–305. 66 indexed citations

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