Gianluigi Forloni

23.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
368 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Gianluigi Forloni is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Gianluigi Forloni has authored 368 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Molecular Biology, 145 papers in Physiology and 109 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Gianluigi Forloni's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (125 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (84 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (47 papers). Gianluigi Forloni is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (125 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (84 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (47 papers). Gianluigi Forloni collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Gianluigi Forloni's co-authors include Mario Salmona, Fabrizio Tagliavini, Claudia Balducci, Nadia Angeretti, Roberto Chiesa, Orso Bugiani, Diego Albani, Laura Colombo, Tiziana Borsello and Pietro Veglianese and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Gianluigi Forloni

362 papers receiving 15.8k citations

Hit Papers

Neurotoxicity of a prion protein fragment 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Neurotoxicity of a prion protein fragment
    1993 797 citations Gianluigi Forloni, Roberto Chiesa et al. profile →

Peers

Gianluigi Forloni
Elizabeth Head United States
Thomas Wısnıewskı United States
Bruce A. Yankner United States
Dale E. Bredesen United States
Hui Zheng United States
Michael P. Vitek United States
Guojun Bu United States
Sam Gandy United States
Huaxi Xu United States
Masahito Yamada Japan
Elizabeth Head United States
Gianluigi Forloni
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gianluigi Forloni

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gianluigi Forloni. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gianluigi Forloni 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 Gianluigi Forloni. Gianluigi Forloni 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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Forloni, Gianluigi. (2025). Doxycycline: An essential tool for Alzheimer’s disease. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 188. 118159–118159. 3 indexed citations
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Chiesa, Roberto, Luana Fioriti, Gianluigi Forloni, & Claudia Balducci. (2025). Role of prion protein in mediating the synaptotoxic effects of tau oligomers: Implications for Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies. Neural Regeneration Research.
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Calabrò, Marco, Chiara Fabbri, Siegfried Kasper, et al.. (2025). A machine learning approach to predict treatment efficacy and adverse effects in major depression using CYP2C19 and clinical-environmental predictors. Psychiatric Genetics. 35(2). 17–25. 2 indexed citations
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Vitola, Pietro La, Laura Brunelli, Edoardo Micotti, et al.. (2024). Transcriptomic and metabolomic changes might predict frailty in SAMP8 mice. Aging Cell. 23(10). e14263–e14263. 5 indexed citations
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Orsini, Franca, Massimiliano De Paola, Rosaria Pascente, et al.. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein Induces Tau Pathological Changes That Can Be Counteracted by SUMO2. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(13). 7169–7169. 3 indexed citations
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Boeri, Lucia, et al.. (2023). Development of an Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Liver-on-a-Chip Assessed with an Alzheimer’s Disease Drug. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 9(7). 4415–4430. 17 indexed citations
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Forloni, Gianluigi. (2023). Alpha Synuclein: Neurodegeneration and Inflammation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(6). 5914–5914. 54 indexed citations
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Musardo, Stefano, Silvia Pelucchi, Laura D’Andrea, et al.. (2022). The development of ADAM10 endocytosis inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular Therapy. 30(7). 2474–2490. 23 indexed citations
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Calabrò, Marco, Chiara Fabbri, Siegfried Kasper, et al.. (2021). Research Domain Criteria (RDoC): A Perspective to Probe the Biological Background behind Treatment Efficacy in Depression. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 28(22). 4296–4320. 2 indexed citations
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Fabbri, Chiara, Siegfried Kasper, Alexander Kautzky, et al.. (2020). A polygenic predictor of treatment-resistant depression using whole exome sequencing and genome-wide genotyping. Translational Psychiatry. 10(1). 50–50. 35 indexed citations
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Paldino, Emanuela, Claudia Balducci, Pietro La Vitola, et al.. (2019). Neuroprotective Effects of Doxycycline in the R6/2 Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease. Molecular Neurobiology. 57(4). 1889–1903. 40 indexed citations
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Vismara, Irma, Simonetta Papa, Emanuele Mauri, et al.. (2019). Selective Modulation of A1 Astrocytes by Drug-Loaded Nano-Structured Gel in Spinal Cord Injury. ACS Nano. 14(1). 360–371. 110 indexed citations
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Papa, Simonetta, Filippo Rossi, Irma Vismara, Gianluigi Forloni, & Pietro Veglianese. (2019). Nanovector-Mediated Drug Delivery in Spinal Cord Injury: A Multitarget Approach. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 10(3). 1173–1182. 21 indexed citations
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Mancini, Simona, Claudia Balducci, Edoardo Micotti, et al.. (2017). Multifunctional liposomes delay phenotype progression and prevent memory impairment in a presymptomatic stage mouse model of Alzheimer disease. Journal of Controlled Release. 258. 121–129. 39 indexed citations
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Crisafulli, Concetta, Luigi Donato, Marco Calabrò, et al.. (2016). Role of neurodevelopment involved genes in psychiatric comorbidities and modulation of inflammatory processes in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 370. 162–166. 13 indexed citations
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Gallucci, Maurizio, Fausta Ongaro, Silvia Meggiolaro, et al.. (2010). Factors related to disability: Evidence from the “Treviso Longeva (TRELONG) Study”. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 52(3). 309–316. 18 indexed citations
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Albani, Diego, Sara Batelli, Marzia Pesaresi, et al.. (2007). A novel PSENEN mutation in a patient with complaints of memory loss and a family history of dementia. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 3(3). 235–238. 8 indexed citations
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Cella, Silvano G., Vittorio Locatelli, Tiziana Mennini, et al.. (1990). Deprivation of Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Early in the Rat’s Neonatal Life Permanently Affects Somatotropic Function. Endocrinology. 127(4). 1625–1634. 38 indexed citations
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