Francesca Tonelli

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
48 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Francesca Tonelli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Tonelli has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 28 papers in Cell Biology and 14 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Tonelli's work include Cellular transport and secretion (22 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers) and Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (9 papers). Francesca Tonelli is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (22 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers) and Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (9 papers). Francesca Tonelli collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Francesca Tonelli's co-authors include Dario R. Alessi, Martin Steger, Suzanne R. Pfeffer, Paweł Lis, Herschel S. Dhekne, Matthias Mann, Nigel J. Pyne, Susan Pyne, Esben Lorentzen and Terina N. Martinez and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Tonelli

48 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Phosphoproteomics reveals that Parkinson's disease kinase... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2017 2025 200 400 600
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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. Phosphoproteomics reveals that Parkinson's disease kinase LRRK2 regulates a subset of Rab GTPases
    2016 705 citations Martin Steger, Francesca Tonelli et al. eLife profile →
  2. Systematic proteomic analysis of LRRK2-mediated Rab GTPase phosphorylation establishes a connection to ciliogenesis
    2017 329 citations Martin Steger, Federico Diez et al. eLife profile →
  3. The bridge-like lipid transport protein VPS13C/PARK23 mediates ER–lysosome contacts following lysosome damage
    2025 16 citations Francesca Tonelli, Dario R. Alessi 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 Tonelli United Kingdom 25 1.6k 1.4k 1.3k 740 343 48 2.9k
Martin Steger Germany 17 1.8k 1.1× 832 0.6× 782 0.6× 517 0.7× 263 0.8× 24 3.0k
Mariko Soda Japan 7 1.1k 0.7× 974 0.7× 789 0.6× 302 0.4× 770 2.2× 8 2.1k
Neil Bence United States 12 2.5k 1.6× 668 0.5× 990 0.7× 410 0.6× 1.1k 3.3× 20 3.4k
Sandrine Da Cruz United States 26 3.1k 1.9× 1.9k 1.4× 353 0.3× 568 0.8× 510 1.5× 36 4.4k
Gusheng Wu United States 36 2.6k 1.6× 536 0.4× 830 0.6× 947 1.3× 768 2.2× 71 3.5k
Zheng Ying China 25 1.1k 0.7× 698 0.5× 264 0.2× 211 0.3× 279 0.8× 72 2.0k
Manuela Basso Italy 26 1.6k 1.0× 659 0.5× 203 0.2× 389 0.5× 394 1.1× 56 2.4k
Rachel M. Bailey United States 18 1.0k 0.6× 663 0.5× 348 0.3× 575 0.8× 333 1.0× 29 1.9k
Byoung Dae Lee South Korea 15 879 0.5× 736 0.5× 217 0.2× 303 0.4× 351 1.0× 19 1.6k
Jiou Wang United States 24 1.9k 1.2× 2.2k 1.6× 239 0.2× 445 0.6× 502 1.5× 32 3.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Tonelli

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lin, Yu‐En, et al.. (2025). Restoration of striatal neuroprotective pathways by kinase inhibitor treatment of Parkinson’s disease–linked LRRK2 -mutant mice. Science Signaling. 18(893). eads5761–eads5761. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Yu‐En, et al.. (2024). Pathogenic LRRK2 mutations cause loss of primary cilia and Neurturin in striatal parvalbumin interneurons. Life Science Alliance. 8(1). e202402922–e202402922. 3 indexed citations
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Hatcher, John M., Adil R. Sarhan, Francesca Tonelli, et al.. (2023). Development of a highly potent and selective degrader of LRRK2. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 94. 129449–129449. 12 indexed citations
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Zhu, Hanwen, Francesca Tonelli, Martin Turk, et al.. (2023). Rab29-dependent asymmetrical activation of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2. Science. 382(6677). 1404–1411. 32 indexed citations
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Lam, Yuko P. Y., Francesca Tonelli, Paweł Lis, et al.. (2023). Parkinson’s VPS35[D620N] mutation induces LRRK2-mediated lysosomal association of RILPL1 and TMEM55B. Science Advances. 9(50). eadj1205–eadj1205. 16 indexed citations
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Dhekne, Herschel S., Francesca Tonelli, Wondwossen M Yeshaw, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide screen reveals Rab12 GTPase as a critical activator of Parkinson’s disease-linked LRRK2 kinase. eLife. 12. 31 indexed citations
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Wu, Maddalena Alessandra, Riccardo Colombo, Sonia Ippolito, et al.. (2021). Clinical–radiological correlations in COVID‐19‐related venous thromboembolism: Preliminary results from a multidisciplinary study. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 75(9). e14370–e14370. 5 indexed citations
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Karayel, Özge, Francesca Tonelli, Sebastian Virreira Winter, et al.. (2020). Accurate MS-based Rab10 Phosphorylation Stoichiometry Determination as Readout for LRRK2 Activity in Parkinson's Disease. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 19(9). 1546–1560. 37 indexed citations
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Loyer, Nicolas, et al.. (2019). A chemical-genetics approach to study the role of atypical protein kinase C in Drosophila. Development. 146(2). 32 indexed citations
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Lis, Paweł, Wondwossen M Yeshaw, Paulina S. Wawro, et al.. (2019). PPM1H phosphatase counteracts LRRK2 signaling by selectively dephosphorylating Rab proteins. eLife. 8. 80 indexed citations
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Dhekne, Herschel S., Izumi Yanatori, Francesca Tonelli, et al.. (2018). A pathway for Parkinson’s Disease LRRK2 kinase to block primary cilia and Sonic hedgehog signaling in the brain. eLife. 7. 161 indexed citations
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Steger, Martin, Federico Diez, Herschel S. Dhekne, et al.. (2017). Systematic proteomic analysis of LRRK2-mediated Rab GTPase phosphorylation establishes a connection to ciliogenesis. eLife. 6. 329 indexed citations breakdown →
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Purlyte, Elena, Herschel S. Dhekne, Adil R. Sarhan, et al.. (2017). Rab29 activation of the Parkinson's disease‐associated LRRK2 kinase. The EMBO Journal. 37(1). 1–18. 205 indexed citations
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Watson, David G., Francesca Tonelli, Manal A. Alossaimi, et al.. (2013). The roles of sphingosine kinases 1 and 2 in regulating the Warburg effect in prostate cancer cells. Cellular Signalling. 25(4). 1011–1017. 45 indexed citations
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Lim, Keng Gat, Francesca Tonelli, Evgeny Berdyshev, et al.. (2012). Inhibition kinetics and regulation of sphingosine kinase 1 expression in prostate cancer cells: Functional differences between sphingosine kinase 1a and 1b. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 44(9). 1457–1464. 34 indexed citations
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Tonelli, Francesca, Zaiguo Li, Xuequan Lu, et al.. (2011). FTY720 Analogues as Sphingosine Kinase 1 Inhibitors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(21). 18633–18640. 107 indexed citations
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Loveridge, Carolyn J., Francesca Tonelli, Tamara Leclercq, et al.. (2010). The Sphingosine Kinase 1 Inhibitor 2-(p-Hydroxyanilino)-4-(p-chlorophenyl)thiazole Induces Proteasomal Degradation of Sphingosine Kinase 1 in Mammalian Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(50). 38841–38852. 103 indexed citations

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