Francesco Ramirez

26.5k citations

285 papers · 21.0k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 82

Impact in

Immunology and Allergy top 0.05%
- Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
Genetics top 0.02%
- Connective tissue disorders research

Papers in ⓘ

Immunology and Allergy 65
- Cell Adhesion Molecules Research 65
Genetics 181
- Connective tissue disorders research 160

Co-authors: Harry C. Dietz (26 shared papers)Lynn Y. Sakai (20 shared papers)Michael P. Bernard (17 shared papers)Mon‐Li Chu (21 shared papers)Daniel B. Rifkin (18 shared papers)Lygia V. Pereira (14 shared papers)Jeanne C. Myers (13 shared papers)Barbara Gayraud-Morel (7 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Biological Chemistry (49 papers)Matrix Biology (14 papers)Nucleic Acids Research (13 papers)Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (12 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Italy

In The Last Decade

Francesco Ramirez

280 papers receiving 20.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade attenuates TGF-β–induced failure of muscle regeneration in multiple myopathic states 2007 · 542 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2007 Nature Medicine
2006 Science
2003 Nature Genetics
1991 Nature
1982 Nucleic Acids Research

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1	Losartan, an AT1 Antagonist, Prevents Aortic Aneurysm in a Mouse Model of Marfan Syndrome Science ·Jennifer Habashi, Daniel P. Judge, Tammy M. Holm, Ronald D. Cohn, Bart Loeys, Timothy K. Cooper, Loretha Myers, Erin C. Klein, Guosheng Liu, Carla L. Calvi, Megan Podowski, Enid Neptune, Marc K. Halushka, Djahida Bedja, Kathleen Gabrielson, Daniel B. Rifkin, Luca Carta, Francesco Ramirez, David L. Huso, Harry C. Dietz Hit paper breakdown →	2006	1252
2	Dysregulation of TGF-β activation contributes to pathogenesis in Marfan syndrome Nature Genetics ·Enid Neptune, Pamela A. Frischmeyer, Dan E. Arking, Loretha Myers, Tracie E. Bunton, Barbara Gayraud-Morel, Francesco Ramirez, Lynn Y. Sakai, Harry C. Dietz Hit paper breakdown →	2003	1038
3	Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade attenuates TGF-β–induced failure of muscle regeneration in multiple myopathic states Nature Medicine ·Ronald D. Cohn, Christel van Erp, Jennifer Habashi, Arshia Soleimani, Erin C. Klein, Matthew T Lisi, Matthew Gamradt, Colette M ap Rhys, Tammy M. Holm, Bart Loeys, Francesco Ramirez, Daniel P. Judge, Christopher W. Ward, Harry C. Dietz Hit paper breakdown →	2007	542
4	Linkage of Marfan syndrome and a phenotypically related disorder to two different fibrillin genes Nature ·Brendan Lee, Maurice Godfrey, Emilia Vitale, Hisae Hori, Marie‐Geneviève Mattéi, Mansoor Sarfarazi, Petros Tsipouras, Francesco Ramirez, David W. Hollister Hit paper breakdown →	1991	515
5	Cloning and characterization of five overlapping cDNAs specific for the human proα 1(I) collagen chain Nucleic Acids Research ·Mon‐Li Chu, Jeanne C. Myers, Michael P. Bernard, Juy-Fang Ding, Francesco Ramirez Hit paper breakdown →	1982	476
6	Pathogenetic sequence for aneurysm revealed in mice underexpressing fibrillin-1 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Lygia V. Pereira, Sui Ying Lee, Barbara Gayraud-Morel, Kostantinos Andrikopoulos, Steven D. Shapiro, Tracie E. Bunton, Nancy Jensen Biery, Harry C. Dietz, Lynn Y. Sakai, Francesco Ramirez	1999	412
7	Structure and expression of fibrillin-2, a novel microfibrillar component preferentially located in elastic matrices The Journal of Cell Biology ·Hao Zhang, Stephen Apfelroth, Weiguo Hu, EC Davis, C. Sanguineti, J Bonadio, RP Mecham, Francesco Ramirez	1994	321
8	Genomic organization of the sequence coding for fibrillin, the defective gene product in Marfan syndrome Human Molecular Genetics ·Lygia V. Pereira, Marina D’Alessio, Francesco Ramirez, Jennifer Lynch, Bryan Sykes, Theresa Pangilinan, J Bonadio	1993	312
9	Targetting of the gene encoding fibrillin–1 recapitulates the vascular aspect of Marfan syndrome Nature Genetics ·Lygia V. Pereira, Konstantinos S. Andrikopoulos, Jenny Tian, Sui Ying Lee, Douglas R. Keene, Robert N. Ono, Dieter P. Reinhardt, Lynn Y. Sakai, Nancy Jensen Biery, Tracie E. Bunton, Harry C. Dietz, Francesco Ramirez	1997	311
10	The molecular genetics of Marfan syndrome and related disorders Journal of Medical Genetics ·Peter N. Robinson, Emilio Arteaga‐Solis, Clair Baldock, Gwenaëlle Collod‐Béroud, Patrick Booms, Anne De Paepe, Harry C. Dietz, Gao Guo, Penny A Handford, Daniel P. Judge, Cay M. Kielty, Bart Loeys, Dianna M. Milewicz, Andreas Ney, Francesco Ramirez, Dieter P. Reinhardt, Kerstin Tiedemann, Pat Whiteman, Maurice Godfrey	2006	304
11	A fibrillar collagen gene, Col11a1, is essential for skeletal morphogenesis Cell ·Y Li, D.A Lacerda, Matthew L. Warman, David R. Beier, Hidekatsu Yoshioka, Y Ninomiya, Julia Thom Oxford, Nicholas P. Morris, Konstantinos S. Andrikopoulos, Francesco Ramirez, B B Wardell, Greg Lifferth, Cory Teuscher, Scott R. Woodward, B A Taylor, Robert E. Seegmiller, Bjørn R. Olsen	1995	287
12	Phenotypic Alteration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Precedes Elastolysis in a Mouse Model of Marfan Syndrome Circulation Research ·Tracie E. Bunton, Nancy Jensen Biery, Loretha Myers, Barbara Gayraud-Morel, Francesco Ramirez, Harry C. Dietz	2001	275
13	Nucleotide sequences of complementary deoxyribonucleic acids for the pro.alpha.1 chain of human type I procollagen. Statistical evaluation of structures that are conserved during evolution Biochemistry ·Michael P. Bernard, Mon Li Chu, Jeanne C. Myers, Francesco Ramirez, Eric F. Eikenberry, Darwin J. Prockop	1983	272
14	Genomic organization of the sequence coding for fibrillin, the defective gene product in Marfan syndrome Human Molecular Genetics ·Lygia V. Pereira, Marina D’Alessio, Francesco Ramirez, Jennifer Lynch, Bryan Sykes, Theresa Pangilinan, Jeffrey Bonadio	1993	267
15	Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates alpha 2(I) collagen gene expression through a cis-acting element that contains an Sp1-binding site. Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Yutaka Inagaki, Sharada L. Truter, Francesco Ramirez	1994	266
16	Developmental expression of fibrillin genes suggests heterogeneity of extracellular microfibrils. The Journal of Cell Biology ·Hao Zhang, Weiguo Hu, Francesco Ramirez	1995	233
17	Structure of a cDNA for the pro.alpha.2 chain of human type I procollagen. Comparison with chick cDNA for pro.alpha.2(I) identifies structurally conserved features of the protein and the gene Biochemistry ·Michael P. Bernard, Jeanne C. Myers, Mon Li Chu, Francesco Ramirez, Eric F. Eikenberry, Darwin J. Prockop	1983	224
18	Fibrillin–2 (FBN2) mutations result in the Marfan–like disorder, congenital contractural arachnodactyly Nature Genetics ·Elizabeth A. Putnam, Hui Zhang, Francesco Ramirez, Dianna M. Milewicz	1995	204
19	Synergistic Cooperation between Sp1 and Smad3/Smad4 Mediates Transforming Growth Factor β1 Stimulation of α2(I)-Collagen (COL1A2) Transcription Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Wen Zhang, Jiongwen Ou, Yutaka Inagaki, Patricia Greenwel, Francesco Ramirez	2000	192
20	Identification of the Molecular Defect in a Family with Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Science ·Brendan Lee, Henrik Vissing, Francesco Ramirez, David T. Rogers, David L. Rimoin	1989	191

About Francesco Ramirez

Francesco Ramirez is a scholar working on Immunology and Allergy, Genetics, Cancer Research, Rheumatology and Genetics, having authored 285 papers that have together received 21.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Connective tissue disorders research (160 papers), Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (65 papers), Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (44 papers), Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms (42 papers), TGF-β signaling in diseases (34 papers), Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (27 papers), Collagen: Extraction and Characterization (23 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology and Allergy (3.1k citations), Genetics (10.8k citations), Cancer Research (3.4k citations), Rheumatology (2.4k citations) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (4.6k citations). Francesco Ramirez has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Harry C. Dietz, Lynn Y. Sakai, Michael P. Bernard, Mon‐Li Chu, Daniel B. Rifkin, Lygia V. Pereira, Jeanne C. Myers, Barbara Gayraud-Morel, Marina D’Alessio and Tracie E. Bunton. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Matrix Biology, Nucleic Acids Research, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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