Francesco Limone

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 886 citations indexed

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Francesco Limone is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Limone has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 886 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Neurology and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Francesco Limone's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (6 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers). Francesco Limone is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (6 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (4 papers). Francesco Limone collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Belgium. Francesco Limone's co-authors include Kevin Eggan, Aaron Burberry, Joseph R. Klim, Daniel A. Mordes, Irune Guerra San Juan, Thomas Graf, Bruno Di Stefano, Rob Moccia, Rory Kirchner and Clifford J. Woolf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuron and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Francesco Limone

12 papers receiving 881 citations

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ALS-implicated protein TDP-43 sustains levels of STMN2, a mediator of motor neuron growth and repair

2019 345 citations Joseph R. Klim, Luis A. Williams et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesco Limone United States	10	611	411	255	113	88	13	886
Jeffrey Rothstein United States	6	630 1.0×	394 1.0×	329 1.3×	88 0.8×	159 1.8×	9	987
Amanda M. Gleixner United States	15	492 0.8×	300 0.7×	159 0.6×	46 0.4×	96 1.1×	20	714
Claudia Abou‐Ajram Germany	11	511 0.8×	347 0.8×	191 0.7×	84 0.7×	75 0.9×	13	794
Vera Župunski Slovenia	8	907 1.5×	740 1.8×	499 2.0×	94 0.8×	111 1.3×	8	1.2k
Xu‐Gang Xia United States	16	568 0.9×	668 1.6×	389 1.5×	175 1.5×	173 2.0×	23	1.1k
Charlotte Ridler United States	9	536 0.9×	668 1.6×	424 1.7×	112 1.0×	209 2.4×	68	1.1k
Kristin A. Politi United States	6	326 0.5×	188 0.5×	102 0.4×	94 0.8×	74 0.8×	6	557
J. Gavin Daigle United States	7	451 0.7×	291 0.7×	186 0.7×	37 0.3×	85 1.0×	9	670
Matthew D. Figley United States	10	429 0.7×	230 0.6×	90 0.4×	67 0.6×	102 1.2×	12	680
Giulia Romano Italy	13	329 0.5×	431 1.0×	319 1.3×	46 0.4×	81 0.9×	20	662

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13 of 13 papers shown

Cooper, Melissa, et al.. (2026). Astrocytes mediate a positive feedback loop for oxytocin. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Limone, Francesco, Alexander Benavides Couto, Jinyuan Wang, et al.. (2024). Myeloid and lymphoid expression of C9orf72 regulates IL-17A signaling in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 16(732). eadg7895–eadg7895. 7 indexed citations

Limone, Francesco, Daniel A. Mordes, Alexander Benavides Couto, et al.. (2024). Single-nucleus sequencing reveals enriched expression of genetic risk factors in extratelencephalic neurons sensitive to degeneration in ALS. Nature Aging. 4(7). 984–997. 13 indexed citations

Limone, Francesco, Irune Guerra San Juan, Jana M. Mitchell, et al.. (2023). Efficient generation of lower induced motor neurons by coupling Ngn2 expression with developmental cues. Cell Reports. 42(1). 111896–111896. 17 indexed citations

Juan, Irune Guerra San, Leslie A. Nash, Kevin S. Smith, et al.. (2022). Loss of mouse Stmn2 function causes motor neuropathy. Neuron. 110(10). 1671–1688.e6. 40 indexed citations

Limone, Francesco, Melissa van Kranenburg, Anna Alemany, et al.. (2022). Considerations and practical implications of performing a phenotypic CRISPR/Cas survival screen. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263262–e0263262. 3 indexed citations

Limone, Francesco, Joseph R. Klim, & Daniel A. Mordes. (2022). Pluripotent stem cell strategies for rebuilding the human brain. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 14. 1017299–1017299. 10 indexed citations

Fukuda, Atsushi, Dane Z. Hazelbaker, Nami Motosugi, et al.. (2021). De novo DNA methyltransferases DNMT3A and DNMT3B are essential for XIST silencing for erosion of dosage compensation in pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Reports. 16(9). 2138–2148. 17 indexed citations

Burberry, Aaron, Michael F. Wells, Francesco Limone, et al.. (2020). C9orf72 suppresses systemic and neural inflammation induced by gut bacteria. Nature. 582(7810). 89–94. 189 indexed citations

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Klim, Joseph R., Luis A. Williams, Francesco Limone, et al.. (2019). ALS-implicated protein TDP-43 sustains levels of STMN2, a mediator of motor neuron growth and repair. Nature Neuroscience. 22(2). 167–179. 345 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mordes, Daniel A., Mercedes Prudencio, Lindsey D. Goodman, et al.. (2018). Dipeptide repeat proteins activate a heat shock response found in C9ORF72-ALS/FTLD patients. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 6(1). 55–55. 20 indexed citations

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Krijger, Peter H.L., Bruno Di Stefano, Elzo de Wit, et al.. (2016). Cell-of-Origin-Specific 3D Genome Structure Acquired during Somatic Cell Reprogramming. Cell stem cell. 18(5). 597–610. 145 indexed citations

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Stefano, Bruno Di, Samuel Collombet, Janus S. Jakobsen, et al.. (2016). C/EBPα creates elite cells for iPSC reprogramming by upregulating Klf4 and increasing the levels of Lsd1 and Brd4. Nature Cell Biology. 18(4). 371–381. 80 indexed citations

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