Francesco Cecconi

50.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
176 papers, 17.3k citations indexed

About

Francesco Cecconi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Cecconi has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 17.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Molecular Biology, 74 papers in Epidemiology and 26 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Francesco Cecconi's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (71 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (40 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (20 papers). Francesco Cecconi is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (71 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (40 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (20 papers). Francesco Cecconi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Denmark and Germany. Francesco Cecconi's co-authors include Daniela De Zio, Giuseppe Filomeni, Marcello D’Amelio, Francesca Nazio, Peter Gruß, Gian María Fimia, Mauro Piacentini, Valentina Cianfanelli, Virve Cavallucci and Beth Levine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Cecconi

175 papers receiving 17.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Oxidative stress and autophagy: the clash between damage and metabolic needs

2014 1.7k citations Giuseppe Filomeni, Daniela De Zio et al. Cell Death and Differentiation profile →
Ambra1 regulates autophagy and development of the nervous system

2007 803 citations Gian María Fimia, Francesco Cecconi et al. profile →
Apaf1 (CED-4 Homolog) Regulates Programmed Cell Death in Mammalian Development

1998 746 citations Francesco Cecconi et al. profile →
mTOR inhibits autophagy by controlling ULK1 ubiquitylation, self-association and function through AMBRA1 and TRAF6

2013 622 citations Francesca Nazio, Flavie Strappazzon et al. profile →
Glial cells generate neurons: the role of the transcription factor Pax6

2002 613 citations Francesco Cecconi et al. profile →
Cannabinoid action induces autophagy-mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma cells

2009 573 citations Gian María Fimia, Francesco Cecconi et al. profile →
Autophagy and cancer stem cells: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic applications

2019 298 citations Francesca Nazio, Valentina Cianfanelli et al. Cell Death and Differentiation profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Medulloblastoma: Molecular Targets and Innovative Theranostic Approaches 2025 ·Pharmaceutics ·(unknown), (unknown), Marilena Briglia, Roberta Malaguarnera, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Francesco Cecconi, Vittoria Pagliarini, Francesca Nazio, Adriana Carol Eleonora Graziano	1
2	Development of an Innovative Dual Construct for Targeted Drug Delivery in the Oral Cavity 2025 ·Pharmaceutics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Federica Vincenzoni, (unknown), Francesco Cecconi, Carlo Lajolo, (unknown), Raffaella Castagnola, Massimo Cordaro, (unknown), Valentina Papa, Alessandro Arcovito, Ilaria Cacciotti, Giuseppina Nocca	3
3	Zebrafish ambra1b knockout reveals a novel role for Ambra1 in primordial germ cells survival, sex differentiation and reproduction 2023 ·Biological Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Nicola Facchinello, Giacomo Meneghetti, Alberto Dinarello, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ranieri Verin, Francesca Nazio, Oliana Carnevali, Francesco Cecconi, Paolo Bonaldo, Luisa Dalla Valle	3
4	Ambra1 modulates the tumor immune microenvironment and response to PD-1 blockade in melanoma 2023 ·Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer ·Alex Frías, Luca Di Leo, Asier Antoranz, (unknown), Marco Carretta, (unknown), (unknown), Christina Dahl, Giuseppina Claps, Giulio Mandelli, (unknown), Maria Pires Pacheco, Thomas Sauter, Caroline Robert, Per Guldberg, Daniel H. Madsen, Francesco Cecconi, Francesca M. Bosisio, Daniela De Zio	5
5	Cyclers’ kinases in cell division: from molecules to cancer therapy 2023 ·Cell Death and Differentiation ·Giacomo Milletti, Valeria Colicchia, Francesco Cecconi	20
6	MYC up-regulation confers vulnerability to dual inhibition of CDK12 and CDK13 in high-risk Group 3 medulloblastoma 2023 ·Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research ·Consuelo Pitolli, Alberto Marini, (unknown), Marco Pieraccioli, Veronica Marabitti, Fernando Palluzzi, Luciano Giacò, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Francesco Cecconi, Francesca Nazio, Claudio Sette, Vittoria Pagliarini	6
7	The Cancermuts software package for the prioritization of missense cancer variants: a case study of AMBRA1 in melanoma 2022 ·Cell Death and Disease ·Matteo Tiberti, Luca Di Leo, (unknown), (unknown), Francesco Cecconi, Daniela De Zio, Elena Papaleo	8
8	Zebrafish ambra1a and ambra1b Silencing Affect Heart Development 2020 ·Zebrafish ·Giacomo Meneghetti, Tatjana Skobo, Martina Chrisam, (unknown), Nicola Facchinello, Francesca Nazio, Francesco Cecconi, Paolo Bonaldo, Luisa Dalla Valle	9
9	Age related retinal Ganglion cell susceptibility in context of autophagy deficiency 2020 ·Cell Death Discovery ·Katharina Bell, (unknown), Elena Sierra‐Filardi, Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela, Carsten Schmelter, Francesco Cecconi, Franz H. Grus, Patricia Boya	31
10	The epg5 knockout zebrafish line: a model to study Vici syndrome 2019 ·Autophagy ·Giacomo Meneghetti, Tatjana Skobo, Martina Chrisam, Nicola Facchinello, (unknown), (unknown), Patrizia Sabatelli, Flavia Raggi, Francesco Cecconi, Paolo Bonaldo, Luisa Dalla Valle	16
11	Rapamycin and fasting sustain autophagy response activated by ischemia/reperfusion injury and promote retinal ganglion cell survival 2018 ·Cell Death and Disease ·Rossella Russo, Giuseppe Pasquale Varano, Annagrazia Adornetto, Francesca Nazio, Gianluca Tettamanti, Rossana Girardello, Valentina Cianfanelli, Federica Cavaliere, Luigi Antonio Morrone, Maria Tiziana Corasaniti, Francesco Cecconi, Giacinto Bagetta, Carlo Nucci	101
12	S -nitrosylation of the Mitochondrial Chaperone TRAP1 Sensitizes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells to Inhibitors of Succinate Dehydrogenase 2016 ·Cancer Research ·Salvatore Rizza, Costanza Montagna, Simone Cardaci, Emiliano Maiani, Giuseppina Di Giacomo, Virginia Sánchez‐Quiles, Blagoy Blagoev, Andrea Rasola, Daniela De Zio, Jonathan S. Stamler, Francesco Cecconi, Giuseppe Filomeni	62
13	Fine-tuning of ULK1 mRNA and protein levels is required for autophagy oscillation 2016 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Francesca Nazio, Marianna Carinci, Cristina Valacca, Pamela Bielli, Flavie Strappazzon, Manuela Antonioli, Fabiola Ciccosanti, Carlo Rodolfo, Silvia Campello, Gian María Fimia, Claudio Sette, Paolo Bonaldo, Francesco Cecconi	112
14	Novel inducers of BECN1-independent autophagy:cis-unsaturated fatty acids 2015 ·Autophagy ·Mireia Niso‐Santano, José Manuel Bravo‐San Pedro, Maria Chiara Maiuri, Nektarios Tavernarakis, Francesco Cecconi, Frank Madeo, Patrice Codogno, Lorenzo Galluzzi, Guido Kroemer	13
15	Representing Multilingual Data as Linked Data: the Case of BabelNet 2.0 2014 ·Language Resources and Evaluation ·Maud Ehrmann, Francesco Cecconi, Daniele Vannella, John P. McCrae, Philipp Cimiano, Roberto Navigli	42
16	Involvement of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor β/δ (PPAR β/δ) in BDNF signaling during aging and in Alzheimer disease: Possible role of 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) 2014 ·Cell Cycle ·Elisabetta Benedetti, Barbara D’Angelo, Loredana Cristiano, (unknown), Francesca Fanelli, Sandra Moreno, Francesco Cecconi, Alessia Fidoamore, Andrea Antonosante, (unknown), Rodolfo Ippoliti, Antonio Giordano, Annamaria Cimini	40
17	Apoptosis is not required for mammalian neural tube closure 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Valentina Massa, Dawn Savery, Patricia Ybot‐González, Elisabetta Ferraro, Anthony Rongvaux, Francesco Cecconi, Richard A. Flavell, Nicholas D. E. Greene, Andrew J. Copp	65
18	Peptides and peptidomimetics: their relevance in autophagy regulation in biomedicine 2009 ·Francesco Cecconi	1
19	Distinctive roles of PHAP proteins and prothymosin-alpha in a death regulatory pathway 2003 ·Marco Corvaro, Francesco Cecconi	12
20	Structural and Sequence Evolution of U17 Small Nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) and Its Phylogenetic Congruence in Chelonians 2003 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Manuela Cervelli, Marco Oliverio, (unknown), Marco Alberto Bologna, Francesco Cecconi, Paolo Mariottini	13

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