Germana Meroni

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Germana Meroni is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Germana Meroni has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Molecular Biology, 24 papers in Immunology and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Germana Meroni's work include interferon and immune responses (18 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (16 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (15 papers). Germana Meroni is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (18 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (16 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (15 papers). Germana Meroni collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and United States. Germana Meroni's co-authors include Graciana Diez‐Roux, Andrea Ballabio, Luisa M. R. Napolitano, Bianca Fontanella, Giancarlo Parenti, Stefano Cairo, Silvia Messali, Marco Sardiello, Generoso Andria and Silvia Cainarca and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Germana Meroni

71 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

TRIM/RBCC, a novel class of ‘single protein RING finger’ E3 ubiquitin ligases

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Germana Meroni Italy	32	2.3k	1.2k	583	415	370	74	3.5k
Linda A. Cannizzaro United States	30	2.5k 1.1×	797 0.7×	647 1.1×	292 0.7×	397 1.1×	75	3.9k
Alan J. Warren United Kingdom	34	3.8k 1.7×	910 0.8×	904 1.6×	239 0.6×	308 0.8×	61	5.5k
Ai Ishii Japan	11	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	269 0.5×	298 0.7×	371 1.0×	12	3.7k
Sandra Offner Switzerland	25	2.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	624 1.1×	179 0.4×	324 0.9×	37	4.5k
Cynthia Helms United States	25	2.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.9×	163 0.4×	359 1.0×	49	4.7k
Rafael Espinosa United States	35	2.7k 1.2×	916 0.8×	777 1.3×	185 0.4×	329 0.9×	67	4.9k
N A Jenkins United States	32	2.1k 0.9×	698 0.6×	788 1.4×	217 0.5×	170 0.5×	37	3.4k
Ana M. Zubiaga Spain	29	2.4k 1.1×	927 0.8×	401 0.7×	204 0.5×	624 1.7×	63	3.9k
Issay Kitabayashi Japan	41	4.4k 2.0×	1.2k 1.0×	557 1.0×	373 0.9×	531 1.4×	121	6.1k
Dominique Leprince France	32	3.2k 1.4×	879 0.7×	552 0.9×	204 0.5×	508 1.4×	81	4.3k

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Lazzari, Elisa, Rui Vitorino, Germana Meroni, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive ubiquitome analysis reveals persistent mitochondrial remodeling disruptions from doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in aged CD-1 male mice. Archives of Toxicology. 99(6). 2447–2462.

D’Ambrosio, Luigi, et al.. (2024). A unique missense mutation in the RING domain impairs MID1 E3 ubiquitin ligase activity and localisation and is associated with uncommon Opitz Syndrome-like signs. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1870(4). 167126–167126. 1 indexed citations

Meroni, Germana, et al.. (2022). Microtubular TRIM36 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase in Embryonic Development and Spermatogenesis. Cells. 11(2). 246–246. 10 indexed citations

McKee, Shane, Paolo Prontera, Francesca Faravelli, et al.. (2022). SPECC1L Mutations Are Not Common in Sporadic Cases of Opitz G/BBB Syndrome. Genes. 13(2). 252–252. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Xiong, et al.. (2021). TRIM32 and Malin in Neurological and Neuromuscular Rare Diseases. Cells. 10(4). 820–820. 9 indexed citations

Meroni, Germana, et al.. (2020). The MID1 gene product in physiology and disease. Gene. 747. 144655–144655. 20 indexed citations

Lazzari, Elisa, et al.. (2019). Analysis of the Zn-Binding Domains of TRIM32, the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Mutated in Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy 2H. Cells. 8(3). 254–254. 13 indexed citations

Meroni, Germana, et al.. (2016). TRIMming p53’s anticancer activity. Oncogene. 35(43). 5577–5584. 37 indexed citations

Conte, Iván, Stefania Merella, José Manuel García-Manteiga, et al.. (2014). The combination of transcriptomics and informatics identifies pathways targeted by miR-204 during neurogenesis and axon guidance. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(12). 7793–7806. 29 indexed citations

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Mussolino, Claudio, Daniela Sanges, Elena Marrocco, et al.. (2011). Zinc‐finger‐based transcriptional repression of rhodopsin in a model of dominant retinitis pigmentosa. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 3(3). 118–128. 63 indexed citations

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Pizzo, Mariateresa, Bianca Fontanella, Rosa Ferrentino, et al.. (2010). Lack ofMid1, the Mouse Ortholog of the Opitz Syndrome Gene, Causes Abnormal Development of the Anterior Cerebellar Vermis. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(8). 2880–2887. 52 indexed citations

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Kamsteeg, Erik‐Jan, et al.. (2010). A MID1 mutation associated with reduced penetrance of X-linked Opitz G/BBB syndrome. Clinical Dysmorphology. 19(4). 195–197. 8 indexed citations

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Micale, Lucia, Carmela Fusco, Bartolomeo Augello, et al.. (2008). Williams–Beuren syndrome TRIM50 encodes an E3 ubiquitin ligase. European Journal of Human Genetics. 16(9). 1038–1049. 43 indexed citations

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Carinci, Francesco, Diego Arcelli, Lorenzo Lo Muzio, et al.. (2007). Molecular classification of nodal metastasis in primary larynx squamous cell carcinoma. Translational research. 150(4). 233–245. 29 indexed citations

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Falco, Francesca De, Silvia Cainarca, Grazia Andolfi, et al.. (2003). X‐linked Opitz syndrome: Novel mutations in the MID1 gene and redefinition of the clinical spectrum. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 120A(2). 222–228. 72 indexed citations

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Ferrante, Paola, Silvia Messali, Germana Meroni, & Andrea Ballabio. (2002). Molecular and biochemical characterisation of a novel sulphatase gene: Arylsulfatase G (ARSG). European Journal of Human Genetics. 10(12). 813–818. 47 indexed citations

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Meroni, Germana, Alexandre Reymond, Stefano Cairo, et al.. (1999). Functional genomics of the B-box gene family reveals a possible role in subcellular compartmentalization. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 65(4). 80. 1 indexed citations

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Daniele, Aurora, et al.. (1998). Biochemical Characterization of Arylsulfatase E and Functional Analysis of Mutations Found in Patients with X-Linked Chondrodysplasia Punctata. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 62(3). 562–572. 42 indexed citations

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Parenti, Giancarlo, Germana Meroni, Brunella Franco, et al.. (1997). X-linked recessive chondrodysplasia punctata due to a new point mutation of the ARSE gene. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 73(2). 139–143. 22 indexed citations

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Franco, Brunella, Germana Meroni, Giancarlo Parenti, et al.. (1995). A cluster of sulfatase genes on Xp22.3: Mutations in chondrodysplasia punctata (CDPX) and implications for warfarin embryopathy. Cell. 81(1). 15–25. 233 indexed citations

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