Giusy Battilana

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
16 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Giusy Battilana is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Giusy Battilana has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cell Biology, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Giusy Battilana's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (11 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (3 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (2 papers). Giusy Battilana is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (11 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (3 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (2 papers). Giusy Battilana collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. Giusy Battilana's co-authors include Stefano Piccolo, Michelangelo Cordenonsi, Francesca Zanconato, Luca Azzolin, Silvio Bicciato, Mattia Forcato, Antonio Rosato, Erika Quaranta, Beatrice Bodega and Matteo Fassan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Giusy Battilana

16 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Genome-wide association between YAP/TAZ/TEAD and AP-1 at ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2022 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. Genome-wide association between YAP/TAZ/TEAD and AP-1 at enhancers drives oncogenic growth
    2015 840 citations Francesca Zanconato, Mattia Forcato et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  2. YAP/TAZ activity in stromal cells prevents ageing by controlling cGAS–STING
    2022 184 citations Francesca Zanconato, Giusy Battilana et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Giusy Battilana Italy 14 1.6k 1.4k 382 205 177 16 2.5k
Silvia Bresolin Italy 27 1.3k 0.8× 2.1k 1.5× 454 1.2× 500 2.4× 240 1.4× 76 3.2k
Sandra Soligo Italy 10 855 0.5× 1.8k 1.3× 487 1.3× 309 1.5× 156 0.9× 11 2.4k
Karin Schlegelmilch United States 7 1.5k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 183 0.5× 266 1.3× 67 0.4× 7 2.1k
Todd R. Heallen United States 16 1.4k 0.9× 2.3k 1.6× 152 0.4× 207 1.0× 57 0.3× 17 3.1k
Laurent Fattet United States 18 699 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 673 1.8× 344 1.7× 138 0.8× 23 2.0k
John M. Lamar United States 21 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 649 1.7× 384 1.9× 206 1.2× 38 2.3k
Emanuel Rognoni United Kingdom 21 740 0.5× 777 0.6× 245 0.6× 104 0.5× 218 1.2× 32 1.8k
Jonathan M. Cooper United States 16 597 0.4× 774 0.6× 383 1.0× 193 0.9× 177 1.0× 18 1.7k
Nil Ege United Kingdom 4 724 0.4× 593 0.4× 441 1.2× 168 0.8× 140 0.8× 4 1.3k
Kurt A. Engleka United States 22 690 0.4× 2.1k 1.5× 234 0.6× 250 1.2× 193 1.1× 27 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Giusy Battilana

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Giusy Battilana

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Zanconato, Francesca, Giusy Battilana, Tito Panciera, et al.. (2022). YAP/TAZ activity in stromal cells prevents ageing by controlling cGAS–STING. Nature. 607(7920). 790–798. 184 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gandin, Alessandro, Anna Citron, Paolo Contessotto, et al.. (2021). Simple yet effective methods to probe hydrogel stiffness for mechanobiology. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 22668–22668. 25 indexed citations
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Battilana, Giusy, Francesca Zanconato, & Stefano Piccolo. (2021). Mechanisms of YAP/TAZ transcriptional control. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(11). 167–172. 35 indexed citations
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Panciera, Tito, Anna Citron, Daniele Di Biagio, et al.. (2020). Publisher Correction: Reprogramming normal cells into tumour precursors requires ECM stiffness and oncogene-mediated changes of cell mechanical properties. Nature Materials. 19(4). 475–475. 3 indexed citations
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Castellan, Martina, Atsushi Fujimura, Francesca Zanconato, et al.. (2020). Single-cell analyses reveal YAP/TAZ as regulators of stemness and cell plasticity in glioblastoma. Nature Cancer. 2(2). 174–188. 88 indexed citations
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Panciera, Tito, Anna Citron, Daniele Di Biagio, et al.. (2020). Reprogramming normal cells into tumour precursors requires ECM stiffness and oncogene-mediated changes of cell mechanical properties. Nature Materials. 19(7). 797–806. 166 indexed citations
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Cordenonsi, Michelangelo, Lei Chang, Luca Azzolin, et al.. (2020). Abstract B39: The SWI/SNF complex is a mechanoregulated inhibitor of YAP and TAZ. Molecular Cancer Research. 18(8_Supplement). B39–B39. 1 indexed citations
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Totaro, Antonio, Qiuyu Zhuang, Tito Panciera, et al.. (2019). Cell phenotypic plasticity requires autophagic flux driven by YAP/TAZ mechanotransduction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(36). 17848–17857. 102 indexed citations
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Chang, Lei, Luca Azzolin, Daniele Di Biagio, et al.. (2018). The SWI/SNF complex is a mechanoregulated inhibitor of YAP and TAZ. Nature. 563(7730). 265–269. 239 indexed citations
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Zanconato, Francesca, Giusy Battilana, Mattia Forcato, et al.. (2018). Transcriptional addiction in cancer cells is mediated by YAP/TAZ through BRD4. Nature Medicine. 24(10). 1599–1610. 239 indexed citations
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Totaro, Antonio, Martina Castellan, Giusy Battilana, et al.. (2017). YAP/TAZ link cell mechanics to Notch signalling to control epidermal stem cell fate. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15206–15206. 223 indexed citations
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Zanconato, Francesca, Giusy Battilana, Michelangelo Cordenonsi, & Stefano Piccolo. (2016). YAP/TAZ as therapeutic targets in cancer. Current Opinion in Pharmacology. 29. 26–33. 170 indexed citations
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Zanconato, Francesca, Mattia Forcato, Giusy Battilana, et al.. (2015). Genome-wide association between YAP/TAZ/TEAD and AP-1 at enhancers drives oncogenic growth. Nature Cell Biology. 17(9). 1218–1227. 840 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rampazzo, Elena, Alessandro Della Puppa, Chiara Frasson, et al.. (2014). Phenotypic and functional characterization of Glioblastoma cancer stem cells identified trough 5-aminolevulinic acid-assisted surgery. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 116(3). 505–513. 23 indexed citations
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Schiavone, Marco, Elena Rampazzo, Giusy Battilana, et al.. (2014). Zebrafish reporter lines reveal in vivo signaling pathway activities involved in pancreatic cancer. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 7(7). 883–94. 36 indexed citations
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Rampazzo, Elena, Luca Persano, Francesca Pistollato, et al.. (2013). Wnt activation promotes neuronal differentiation of Glioblastoma. Cell Death and Disease. 4(2). e500–e500. 97 indexed citations

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