Franco Conforti

1.7k total citations
22 papers, 831 citations indexed

About

Franco Conforti is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Franco Conforti has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 831 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Franco Conforti's work include Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (6 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (4 papers). Franco Conforti is often cited by papers focused on Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (6 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (6 papers) and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (4 papers). Franco Conforti collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Canada. Franco Conforti's co-authors include Berna S. Sayan, Gerry Melino, Richard A. Knight, Massimiliano Agostini, Donna E. Davies, Sergio Bernardini, Francesca Grespi, Tania Velletri, Alessandro Rufini and Paola Tucci and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Franco Conforti

20 papers receiving 816 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Franco Conforti United Kingdom 12 430 354 188 116 73 22 831
Klára Červená Czechia 8 473 1.1× 379 1.1× 156 0.8× 316 2.7× 39 0.5× 13 990
O. Graciela Scharovsky Argentina 19 370 0.9× 479 1.4× 130 0.7× 221 1.9× 51 0.7× 52 1.1k
Beilei Liu China 10 382 0.9× 291 0.8× 97 0.5× 170 1.5× 44 0.6× 20 883
Joshua J. Souchek United States 16 462 1.1× 326 0.9× 201 1.1× 245 2.1× 21 0.3× 22 1.0k
Yiwei Wang China 17 560 1.3× 314 0.9× 239 1.3× 198 1.7× 59 0.8× 44 1.1k
Xiaoke Huang United States 17 407 0.9× 166 0.5× 128 0.7× 182 1.6× 53 0.7× 27 957
Ling Bai China 17 461 1.1× 317 0.9× 106 0.6× 179 1.5× 22 0.3× 32 1.1k
Radan Spaventi Croatia 17 380 0.9× 310 0.9× 113 0.6× 60 0.5× 80 1.1× 38 850
Lifeng Wang China 15 334 0.8× 230 0.6× 186 1.0× 166 1.4× 14 0.2× 44 754
Biagio Pucci Italy 19 614 1.4× 141 0.4× 127 0.7× 189 1.6× 40 0.5× 33 918

Countries citing papers authored by Franco Conforti

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Fields of papers citing papers by Franco Conforti

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Franco Conforti

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Franco Conforti. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Franco Conforti based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Franco Conforti. Franco Conforti is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bell, Joseph A., Natasha H. C. Easton, Matthew J. Cooper, et al.. (2025). Copper-enriched automotive brake wear particles perturb human alveolar cellular homeostasis. Particle and Fibre Toxicology. 22(1). 4–4. 4 indexed citations
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Humbert, María Victoria, C. Mirella Spalluto, Joseph A. Bell, et al.. (2022). Towards an artificial human lung: modelling organ-like complexity to aid mechanistic understanding. European Respiratory Journal. 60(6). 2200455–2200455. 7 indexed citations
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Yao, Liudi, Yilu Zhou, Juanjuan Li, et al.. (2021). Bidirectional epithelial–mesenchymal crosstalk provides self-sustaining profibrotic signals in pulmonary fibrosis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297(3). 101096–101096. 33 indexed citations
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Conforti, Franco, Robert A. Ridley, Christopher J. Brereton, et al.. (2020). Paracrine SPARC signaling dysregulates alveolar epithelial barrier integrity and function in lung fibrosis. Cell Death Discovery. 6(1). 54–54. 28 indexed citations
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Brereton, Christopher J., Robert A. Ridley, Franco Conforti, et al.. (2020). HIF pathway activation is a core regulator of collagen structure-function in lung fibrosis. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 4323–4323. 2 indexed citations
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Hill, Charlotte, Juanjuan Li, Dian Liu, et al.. (2019). Autophagy inhibition-mediated epithelial–mesenchymal transition augments local myofibroblast differentiation in pulmonary fibrosis. Cell Death and Disease. 10(8). 591–591. 127 indexed citations
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Bucchieri, Fabio, et al.. (2019). Establishment of a pulmonary epithelial barrier on biodegradable poly-L-lactic-acid membranes. PLoS ONE. 14(1). e0210830–e0210830. 6 indexed citations
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Brereton, Christopher J., Liudi Yao, Joseph A. Bell, et al.. (2019). Hypoxia-inducible factor pathway activation promotes bone-type collagen cross-linking in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. PA2424–PA2424. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Qing, et al.. (2018). Pir2/Rnf144b is a potential endometrial cancer biomarker that promotes cell proliferation. Cell Death and Disease. 9(5). 504–504. 13 indexed citations
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Conforti, Franco. (2018). Integridad. Dykinson eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Conforti, Franco. (2017). Construcción de paz. Dykinson eBooks.
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Burnett, Edward, Karen E. Kempsell, Franco Conforti, et al.. (2016). Long Term Culture of the A549 Cancer Cell Line Promotes Multilamellar Body Formation and Differentiation towards an Alveolar Type II Pneumocyte Phenotype. PLoS ONE. 11(10). e0164438–e0164438. 95 indexed citations
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Conforti, Franco, Elizabeth R. Davies, Mark G. Jones, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of romidepsin (FK228) as a potential therapy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). PA4039–PA4039. 1 indexed citations
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Conforti, Franco, Ai Li Yang, Massimiliano Mellone, et al.. (2012). PIR2/Rnf144B regulates epithelial homeostasis by mediating degradation of p21WAF1 and p63. Oncogene. 32(40). 4758–4765. 23 indexed citations
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Conforti, Franco, Emre Sayan, Rahul Sreekumar, & Berna S. Sayan. (2012). Regulation of p73 activity by post-translational modifications. Cell Death and Disease. 3(3). e285–e285. 53 indexed citations
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Rufini, Alessandro, Massimiliano Agostini, Francesca Grespi, et al.. (2011). p73 in Cancer. Genes & Cancer. 2(4). 491–502. 124 indexed citations
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Killick, Richard, Maria Victoria Niklison-Chirou, Richard Tomasini, et al.. (2011). p73: A Multifunctional Protein in Neurobiology. Molecular Neurobiology. 43(2). 139–146. 60 indexed citations
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Sayan, Berna S., Ai Li Yang, Franco Conforti, et al.. (2010). Differential control of TAp73 and ΔNp73 protein stability by the ring finger ubiquitin ligase PIR2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(29). 12877–12882. 74 indexed citations
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Sayan, Berna S., Ai Li Yang, Franco Conforti, et al.. (2009). Induction of TAp63 by histone deacetylase inhibitors. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 391(4). 1748–1751. 8 indexed citations
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Valentini, Alessandra, Franco Conforti, Alessandra Crispini, et al.. (2008). Synthesis, Oxidant Properties, and Antitumoral Effects of a Heteroleptic Palladium(II) Complex of Curcumin on Human Prostate Cancer Cells. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 52(2). 484–491. 140 indexed citations

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