Francesca Peruzzi

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Francesca Peruzzi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Virology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Peruzzi has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Cancer Research and 18 papers in Virology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Peruzzi's work include HIV Research and Treatment (18 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (11 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers). Francesca Peruzzi is often cited by papers focused on HIV Research and Treatment (18 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (11 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers). Francesca Peruzzi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Poland. Francesca Peruzzi's co-authors include Renato Baserga, Marco di Prisco, Gaetano Romano, Krzysztof Reiss, Kamel Khalili, Marco Pacifici, Luis Del Valle, Barbara Valentinis, Michael Dews and Paolo Salomoni and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Peruzzi

80 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The IGF‐1 receptor in cancer biology

2003 520 citations Renato Baserga, Francesca Peruzzi et al. International Journal of Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Peruzzi United States	28	2.2k	895	854	605	326	82	3.3k
Gaetano Romano United States	27	2.1k 1.0×	450 0.5×	599 0.7×	723 1.2×	200 0.6×	80	3.3k
Henrik Hager Denmark	35	2.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	193 0.2×	780 1.3×	104 0.3×	119	4.6k
Didier Monté France	31	2.2k 1.0×	574 0.6×	191 0.2×	660 1.1×	557 1.7×	71	3.9k
Paola de Candia Italy	36	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	248 0.3×	397 0.7×	33 0.1×	68	3.7k
Meredith Halks‐Miller United States	32	656 0.3×	330 0.4×	162 0.2×	472 0.8×	254 0.8×	61	3.2k
Mary Gerhart United States	14	1.7k 0.8×	902 1.0×	139 0.2×	1.2k 2.0×	111 0.3×	22	4.2k
Bruno Luckow Germany	33	2.5k 1.2×	434 0.5×	250 0.3×	1.4k 2.3×	367 1.1×	57	5.9k
JoAnn Trial United States	36	1.7k 0.8×	235 0.3×	132 0.2×	509 0.8×	137 0.4×	75	4.0k
Kovalev Gi United States	17	1.1k 0.5×	229 0.3×	92 0.1×	441 0.7×	204 0.6×	43	2.6k
Lisa F. Lincz Australia	29	930 0.4×	249 0.3×	89 0.1×	324 0.5×	290 0.9×	81	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Peruzzi

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lin, Hui‐Yi, Melody Baddoo, Chindo Hicks, et al.. (2025). Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) associated with glioblastoma risk and prognosis. Cancer Gene Therapy. 32(6). 622–632.

Macaluso, Anthony, James C. Hunter, Monika Rak, et al.. (2025). Bypassing Blood‐Brain Barrier and Glucose Dependency of Anti‐Glioblastoma Drug Candidates Targeting Mitochondrial Respiration. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 240(7). e70062–e70062.

Wyczechowska, Dorota, et al.. (2024). IKAROS expression drives the aberrant metabolic phenotype of macrophages in chronic HIV infection. Clinical Immunology. 260. 109915–109915. 2 indexed citations

Colley, Susan B., Monika Rak, Adam Lassak, et al.. (2023). Computational modeling and synthesis of pyridine variants of benzoyl-phenoxy-acetamide with high glioblastoma cytotoxicity and brain tumor penetration. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 12236–12236. 3 indexed citations

Marrero, Luis, Adam Lassak, Marco Pacifici, et al.. (2015). Anti-tumoral Effects of miR-3189-3p in Glioblastoma. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 290(13). 8067–8080. 27 indexed citations

Romano, Eloisa, Riccardo Terenzi, Mirko Manetti, et al.. (2014). Disease Activity Improvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Inhibitors Correlates with Increased Soluble Fas Levels. The Journal of Rheumatology. 41(10). 1961–1965. 4 indexed citations

Bruni, Cosimo, Serena Guiducci, Silvia Bellando-Randone, et al.. (2014). Digital ulcers as a sentinel sign for early internal organ involvement in very early systemic sclerosis. Lara D. Veeken. 54(1). 72–76. 48 indexed citations

Pacifici, Marco, Serena Delbue, Ferdous Kadri, & Francesca Peruzzi. (2014). Cerebrospinal Fluid MicroRNA Profiling Using Quantitative Real Time PCR. Journal of Visualized Experiments. e51172–e51172. 10 indexed citations

Rom, Slava, et al.. (2011). HIV-1 Tat binds to SH3 domains: Cellular and viral outcome of Tat/Grb2 interaction. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1813(10). 1836–1844. 16 indexed citations

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Gentilella, Antonio, et al.. (2010). Induction of Id-1 by FGF-2 involves activity of EGR-1 and sensitizes neuroblastoma cells to cell death. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 226(7). 1763–1770. 20 indexed citations

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Eletto, Davide, Giuseppe Russo, Luis Del Valle, et al.. (2008). Inhibition of SNAP25 expression by HIV‐1 Tat involves the activity of mir‐128a. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 216(3). 764–770. 62 indexed citations

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Peruzzi, Francesca. (2006). The multiple functions of HIV-1 Tat: proliferation versus apoptosis. Frontiers in bioscience. 11(1). 708–708. 57 indexed citations

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Wang, Jin Ying, Maja Grabacka, Cezary Marcinkiewicz, et al.. (2005). Involvement of α1β1 integrin in insulin-like growth factor-1-mediated protection of PC12 neuronal processes from tumor necrosis factor-α-induced injury. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 83(1). 7–18. 20 indexed citations

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Peruzzi, Francesca, Susanna Aprea, Krzysztof Reiss, et al.. (2005). Cross talk between growth factors and viral and cellular factors alters neuronal signaling pathways: Implication for HIV-associated dementia. Brain Research Reviews. 50(1). 114–125. 17 indexed citations

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Baserga, Renato, et al.. (2003). The IGF‐1 receptor in cancer biology. International Journal of Cancer. 107(6). 873–877. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Jin Ying, Francesca Peruzzi, Adam Lassak, et al.. (2002). Neuroprotective Effects of IGF-I against TNFα-Induced Neuronal Damage in HIV-Associated Dementia. Virology. 305(1). 66–76. 33 indexed citations

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Lassak, Adam, Luis Del Valle, Francesca Peruzzi, et al.. (2002). Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 Translocation to the Nucleus by the Human JC Virus T-antigen. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277(19). 17231–17238. 98 indexed citations

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Prisco, Marco di, Francesca Peruzzi, Barbara Belletti, & Renato Baserga. (2001). Regulation of Id Gene Expression by Type I Insulin-Like Growth Factor: Roles of STAT3 and the Tyrosine 950 Residue of the Receptor. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 21(16). 5447–5458. 27 indexed citations

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Valentinis, Barbara, Andrea Morrione, Francesca Peruzzi, et al.. (1999). Anti-apoptotic signaling of the IGF-I receptor in fibroblasts following loss of matrix adhesion. Oncogene. 18(10). 1827–1836. 74 indexed citations

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Romano, Gaetano, Marco di Prisco, Tommaso Zanocco‐Marani, et al.. (1999). Dissociation between resistance to apoptosis and the transformed phenotype in IGF-I receptor signaling. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 72(2). 294–310. 57 indexed citations

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