Francesca Zazzeroni

6.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
96 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Francesca Zazzeroni is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Zazzeroni has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Cancer Research and 24 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Zazzeroni's work include NF-κB Signaling Pathways (23 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (10 papers). Francesca Zazzeroni is often cited by papers focused on NF-κB Signaling Pathways (23 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers) and Immune Response and Inflammation (10 papers). Francesca Zazzeroni collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Francesca Zazzeroni's co-authors include Guido Franzoso, Salvatore Papa, Concetta Bubici, Edoardo Alesse, Can G. Pham, Daria Capece, Enrico De Smaele, Daniela Verzella, Rong Cong and Alessandra Tessitore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Zazzeroni

95 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Induction of gadd45β by NF-κB downregulates pro-apoptotic JNK signalling

2001 633 citations Enrico De Smaele, Francesca Zazzeroni et al. profile →
Ferritin Heavy Chain Upregulation by NF-κB Inhibits TNFα-Induced Apoptosis by Suppressing Reactive Oxygen Species

2004 573 citations Can G. Pham, Concetta Bubici et al. profile →
Life, death, and autophagy in cancer: NF-κB turns up everywhere

2020 253 citations Daniela Verzella, Daria Capece et al. Cell Death and Disease profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Zazzeroni Italy	35	3.0k	1.6k	1.2k	1.0k	566	96	5.3k
Salvatore Papa United States	28	2.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	889 0.9×	420 0.7×	51	4.5k
Pengyuan Yang China	35	3.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	816 0.8×	525 0.9×	113	5.4k
Ilan Stein Israel	21	2.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	956 0.8×	968 0.9×	406 0.7×	31	4.5k
Alexander Arlt Germany	42	2.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.5×	505 0.9×	131	5.6k
Dean Tian China	40	2.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	823 1.5×	183	5.2k
Véronique Baud France	30	2.8k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	2.3k 1.9×	1.3k 1.3×	470 0.8×	59	5.7k
Thomas G. Hofmann Germany	39	3.7k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.6×	497 0.9×	83	5.4k
Eric C. LaCasse Canada	34	4.0k 1.3×	994 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	500 0.9×	65	5.2k
Mingui Fu United States	43	3.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	689 0.7×	708 1.3×	101	5.5k
Ping Wang China	37	2.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	806 0.8×	327 0.6×	206	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Zazzeroni

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Cornice, Jessica, Daniela Verzella, Davide Vecchiotti, et al.. (2024). NF-κB: Governing Macrophages in Cancer. Genes. 15(2). 197–197. 46 indexed citations

Vecchiotti, Davide, et al.. (2023). Comparative Analysis of Dasatinib Effect between 2D and 3D Tumor Cell Cultures. Pharmaceutics. 15(2). 372–372. 14 indexed citations

Castelli, Vanessa, Michele d’Angelo, Francesca Zazzeroni, et al.. (2023). Intranasal delivery of NGF rescues hearing impairment in aged SAMP8 mice. Cell Death and Disease. 14(9). 605–605. 4 indexed citations

Zelli, Veronica, Davide Vecchiotti, Irene Flati, et al.. (2023). MiR-182-5p Is Upregulated in Hepatic Tissues from a Diet-Induced NAFLD/NASH/HCC C57BL/6J Mouse Model and Modulates Cyld and Foxo1 Expression. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(11). 9239–9239. 6 indexed citations

Verzella, Daniela, Jessica Cornice, Davide Vecchiotti, et al.. (2022). The NF-κB Pharmacopeia: Novel Strategies to Subdue an Intractable Target. Biomedicines. 10(9). 2233–2233. 20 indexed citations

Zelli, Veronica, Alessandro Parisi, Katia Cannita, et al.. (2022). Concurrent RAS and RAS/BRAF V600E Variants in Colorectal Cancer: More Frequent Than Expected? A Case Report. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 863639–863639. 3 indexed citations

Tornatore, Laura, Daria Capece, Annamaria Sandomenico, et al.. (2021). The Screening of Combinatorial Peptide Libraries for Targeting Key Molecules or Protein–Protein Interactions in the NF-κB Pathway. Methods in molecular biology. 2366. 343–356. 1 indexed citations

Fischietti, Mariafausta, Emiliano Fratini, Daniela Verzella, et al.. (2021). Low Radiation Environment Switches the Overgrowth-Induced Cell Apoptosis Toward Autophagy. Frontiers in Public Health. 8. 594789–594789. 8 indexed citations

Zelli, Veronica, Katia Cannita, Carlo Capalbo, et al.. (2020). Applications of Next Generation Sequencing to the Analysis of Familial Breast/Ovarian Cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 1–1. 21 indexed citations

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Chiodoni, Claudia, Maria Teresa Di Martino, Francesca Zazzeroni, et al.. (2019). Cell communication and signaling: how to turn bad language into positive one. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 38(1). 128–128. 26 indexed citations

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Capece, Daria, et al.. (2019). NF-κB and mitochondria cross paths in cancer: mitochondrial metabolism and beyond. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 98. 118–128. 48 indexed citations

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Monache, Simona Delle, Patrizia Sanità, Francesca Zazzeroni, et al.. (2016). Adipose-derived stem cells sustain prolonged angiogenesis through leptin secretion. Growth Factors. 34(3-4). 87–96. 24 indexed citations

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Tessitore, Alessandra, Germana Cicciarelli, Filippo Del Vecchio, et al.. (2016). MicroRNA expression analysis in high fat diet-induced NAFLD-NASH-HCC progression: study on C57BL/6J mice. BMC Cancer. 16(1). 3–3. 74 indexed citations

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Pham, Can G., Salvatore Papa, Concetta Bubici, Francesca Zazzeroni, & Guido Franzoso. (2005). In the Crosshairs: NF-κB Targets the JNK Signaling Cascade. PubMed. 4(6). 569–576. 4 indexed citations

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Pham, Can G., Salvatore Papa, Concetta Bubici, Francesca Zazzeroni, & Guido Franzoso. (2005). Oxygen JNKies: Phosphatases Overdose on ROS. Developmental Cell. 8(4). 452–454. 17 indexed citations

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Ferretti, Elisabetta, Giulia Di Stefano, Francesca Zazzeroni, et al.. (2003). Human pituitary tumours express the bHLH transcription factors NeuroD1 and ASH1. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 26(10). 957–965. 10 indexed citations

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Smaele, Enrico De, et al.. (2002). Regulation of the gadd45β Promoter by NF-κB. DNA and Cell Biology. 21(7). 491–503. 63 indexed citations

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Giannini, Giuseppe, Edoardo Alesse, Lucia Di Marcotullio, et al.. (2001). EGF Regulates a Complex Pattern of Gene Expression and Represses Smooth Muscle Differentiation during the Neurotypic Conversion of the Neural-Crest-Derived TC-1S Cell Line. Experimental Cell Research. 264(2). 353–362. 6 indexed citations

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Moretti, Sonia, Edoardo Alesse, Sonia Marcellini, et al.. (1999). Combined Antiviral Therapy Reduces Hiv-1 Plasma Load and Improves CD4 Counts But Does Not Intere with Ongoing Lymphocyte Apoptosis. Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology. 21(4). 645–665. 3 indexed citations

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Giannini, Giuseppe, Lucia Di Marcotullio, Francesca Zazzeroni, et al.. (1997). 2-Aminopurine Unravels a Role for pRB in the Regulation of Gene Expression by Transforming Growth Factor β. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(8). 5313–5319. 6 indexed citations

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