Giuseppina Comito

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Giuseppina Comito is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Giuseppina Comito has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Immunology and 11 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Giuseppina Comito's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (9 papers), Immune cells in cancer (8 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers). Giuseppina Comito is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (9 papers), Immune cells in cancer (8 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers). Giuseppina Comito collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and France. Giuseppina Comito's co-authors include Paola Chiarugi, Elisa Giannoni, Maria Letizia Taddei, Maria Rosaria Raspollini, Sergio Serni, Andrea Morandi, Michele Lanciotti, Pedro Barcellos‐de‐Souza, Luigi Ippolito and Maura Calvani and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Giuseppina Comito

36 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Cancer-associated fibroblasts and M2-polarized macrophages synergize during prostate carcinoma progression

2013 424 citations Giuseppina Comito, Elisa Giannoni et al. Oncogene profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Giuseppina Comito Italy	22	1.2k	916	880	644	350	38	2.4k
Douglas E. Biancur United States	16	1.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	671 1.0×	475 1.4×	18	3.5k
Martin Augsten Sweden	23	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	676 0.8×	598 0.9×	309 0.9×	30	2.5k
Gianna Baroni Italy	31	996 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	458 0.5×	752 1.2×	353 1.0×	81	3.0k
Dayana B. Rivadeneira United States	17	1.1k 0.9×	957 1.0×	714 0.8×	802 1.2×	271 0.8×	26	2.3k
Sergey V. Novitskiy United States	29	1.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.8×	665 0.8×	1.6k 2.5×	404 1.2×	51	4.0k
Mark E. Diebel United States	10	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.9×	646 0.7×	329 0.5×	169 0.5×	13	2.3k
Mathias Wenes Belgium	16	1.1k 0.9×	937 1.0×	771 0.9×	1.2k 1.9×	220 0.6×	20	2.6k
Naoharu Takano Japan	23	1.3k 1.1×	595 0.6×	978 1.1×	348 0.5×	159 0.5×	45	2.5k
Monica Cantile Italy	35	2.1k 1.8×	962 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	262 0.4×	447 1.3×	133	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giuseppina Comito

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20 of 20 papers shown

Comito, Giuseppina, Luigi Ippolito, Elisa Pardella, et al.. (2025). Sex‐related changes in lactate dehydrogenase A expression differently impact the immune response in melanoma. FEBS Journal. 292(12). 3056–3071. 3 indexed citations

Pardella, Elisa, Erica Pranzini, Giuseppina Comito, et al.. (2025). GPR55 senses lactate to sustain motility in prostate cancer cells. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 480(9). 5197–5204.

Lorito, Nicla, Marina Bacci, Giuseppina Comito, et al.. (2025). Estrogen-dependent activation of TRX2 reverses oxidative stress and metabolic dysfunction associated with steatotic disease. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 57–57. 8 indexed citations

Ippolito, Luigi, Giuseppina Comito, Elisa Pardella, et al.. (2024). Lactate supports cell-autonomous ECM production to sustain metastatic behavior in prostate cancer. EMBO Reports. 25(8). 3506–3531. 21 indexed citations

Pranzini, Erica, Livio Muccillo, Alice Santi, et al.. (2024). Limiting serine availability during tumor progression promotes muscle wasting in cancer cachexia. Cell Death Discovery. 10(1). 510–510. 3 indexed citations

Comito, Giuseppina, Luigi Ippolito, Paola Chiarugi, & Paolo Cirri. (2020). Nutritional Exchanges Within Tumor Microenvironment: Impact for Cancer Aggressiveness. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 396–396. 40 indexed citations

Bacci, Marina, Nicla Lorito, Luigi Ippolito, et al.. (2019). Reprogramming of Amino Acid Transporters to Support Aspartate and Glutamate Dependency Sustains Endocrine Resistance in Breast Cancer. Cell Reports. 28(1). 104–118.e8. 65 indexed citations

Ippolito, Luigi, Andrea Morandi, Maria Letizia Taddei, et al.. (2019). Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote prostate cancer malignancy via metabolic rewiring and mitochondrial transfer. Oncogene. 38(27). 5339–5355. 204 indexed citations

Comito, Giuseppina, Marina Bacci, Andrea Morandi, et al.. (2019). Lactate modulates CD4+ T-cell polarization and induces an immunosuppressive environment, which sustains prostate carcinoma progression via TLR8/miR21 axis. Oncogene. 38(19). 3681–3695. 189 indexed citations

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Arosio, Paolo, Giuseppina Comito, A. Lascialfari, et al.. (2018). Conjugation of a GM3 lactone mimetic on carbon nanotubes enhances the related inhibition of melanoma-associated metastatic events. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 16(33). 6086–6095. 8 indexed citations

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Taddei, Maria Letizia, Lorenzo Cavallini, Matteo Ramazzotti, et al.. (2018). Stromal‐induced downregulation of miR‐1247 promotes prostate cancer malignancy. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 234(6). 8274–8285. 22 indexed citations

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Calvani, Maura, Floriane Pelon, Giuseppina Comito, et al.. (2014). Norepinephrine promotes tumor microenvironment reactivity through β3-adrenoreceptors during melanoma progression. Oncotarget. 6(7). 4615–4632. 84 indexed citations

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Taddei, Maria Letizia, Lorenzo Cavallini, Giuseppina Comito, et al.. (2014). Senescent stroma promotes prostate cancer progression: The role of miR‐210. Molecular Oncology. 8(8). 1729–1746. 105 indexed citations

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Comito, Giuseppina, Elisa Giannoni, Pedro Barcellos‐de‐Souza, et al.. (2013). Cancer-associated fibroblasts and M2-polarized macrophages synergize during prostate carcinoma progression. Oncogene. 33(19). 2423–2431. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

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Calvani, Maura, Giuseppina Comito, Elisa Giannoni, & Paola Chiarugi. (2012). Time-Dependent Stabilization of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α by Different Intracellular Sources of Reactive Oxygen Species. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e38388–e38388. 76 indexed citations

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Comito, Giuseppina, Maura Calvani, Elisa Giannoni, et al.. (2011). HIF-1α stabilization by mitochondrial ROS promotes Met-dependent invasive growth and vasculogenic mimicry in melanoma cells. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 51(4). 893–904. 129 indexed citations

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Donatis, Alina De, Giuseppina Comito, Francesca Buricchi, et al.. (2008). Proliferation Versus Migration in Platelet-derived Growth Factor Signaling. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(29). 19948–19956. 117 indexed citations

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Pugliese, Andrea, et al.. (1996). Comparison of different In Vitro tests for evaluating immune reactivity. Cell Biochemistry and Function. 14(1). 63–68. 2 indexed citations

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Pugliese, Andrea, et al.. (1996). Expression of fibronectin and its receptor in some tumour cell lines and in HIV-1-infected cells. Cell Biochemistry and Function. 14(2). 105–110. 6 indexed citations

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Pugliese, Andrea, et al.. (1995). Effects ofAspergillus terreusExtract on Herpes Simplex 1 Virus Replication. Journal of Chemotherapy. 7(1). 33–37. 2 indexed citations

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