Luciano Merlini

22.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
250 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Luciano Merlini is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Luciano Merlini has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 41 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Luciano Merlini's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (117 papers), Nuclear Structure and Function (49 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (36 papers). Luciano Merlini is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (117 papers), Nuclear Structure and Function (49 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (36 papers). Luciano Merlini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Luciano Merlini's co-authors include Patrizia Sabatelli, Paolo Bonaldo, Paolo Bernardi, Gisèle Bonne, C Granata, Daniela Toniolo, Stefano Squarzoni, Alessandra Ferlini, Lucía Morandi and Marina Raffaele di Barletta and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Luciano Merlini

245 papers receiving 10.8k 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.

Mutations in the gene encoding lamin A/C cause autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

1999 1.0k citations Gisèle Bonne, Luciano Merlini et al. profile →
Mutations in the O-Mannosyltransferase Gene POMT1 Give Rise to the Severe Neuronal Migration Disorder Walker-Warburg Syndrome

2002 519 citations Luciano Merlini et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luciano Merlini Italy	54	8.3k	1.7k	1.7k	1.6k	1.5k	250	11.0k
Carsten G. Bönnemann United States	53	7.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	249	10.7k
Caroline A. Sewry United Kingdom	65	10.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	4.0k 2.7×	255	12.2k
Kiichi Arahata Japan	48	6.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	876 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	138	8.2k
Kate Bushby United Kingdom	58	8.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	2.4k 1.6×	183	9.7k
Haluk Topaloğlu Türkiye	49	5.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	978 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	753 0.5×	261	8.2k
Volker Straub United Kingdom	65	11.1k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	2.5k 1.6×	3.2k 2.2×	364	13.8k
Thomas Voit Germany	50	5.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	884 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	137	7.9k
James G. Tidball United States	59	8.6k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	874 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	136	12.7k
Michel Fardeau France	64	12.0k 1.4×	3.5k 2.1×	1.8k 1.1×	3.7k 2.3×	3.2k 2.2×	270	15.2k
Francesco Muntoni United Kingdom	50	6.6k 0.8×	947 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	158	7.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luciano Merlini

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Merlini, Luciano, Patrizia Sabatelli, Vittoria Cenni, et al.. (2025). Myopathic Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (mEDS) Related to COL12A1: Two Novel Families and Literature Review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(11). 5387–5387.

Benati, Daniela, Tommaso Micelli Ferrari, Clarissa Patrizi, et al.. (2024). Restored Collagen VI Microfilaments Network in the Extracellular Matrix of CRISPR-Edited Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Fibroblasts. Biomolecules. 14(11). 1412–1412. 1 indexed citations

Moriggi, Manuela, Enrica Torretta, Matilde Cescon, et al.. (2024). Characterization of Proteome Changes in Aged and Collagen VI-Deficient Human Pericyte Cultures. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(13). 7118–7118. 2 indexed citations

Starace, Michela, Francesca Bruni, Carlotta Baraldi, et al.. (2023). Alopecia in Patients with Collagen VI-Related Myopathies: A Novel/Unrecognized Scalp Phenotype. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(7). 6678–6678. 2 indexed citations

Martino, Alberto Di, et al.. (2023). Collagen VI in the Musculoskeletal System. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(6). 5095–5095. 34 indexed citations

Merlini, Luciano, et al.. (2023). New Clinical and Immunofluorescence Data of Collagen VI-Related Myopathy: A Single Center Cohort of 69 Patients. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(15). 12474–12474. 6 indexed citations

Sardone, Francesca, Spartaco Santi, Francesca Tagliavini, et al.. (2016). Collagen VI–NG2 axis in human tendon fibroblasts under conditions mimicking injury response. Matrix Biology. 55. 90–105. 36 indexed citations

Armaroli, Annarita, Cecilia Trabanelli, C. Scotton, et al.. (2015). Paternal germline mosaicism in collagen VI related myopathies. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology. 19(5). 533–536. 17 indexed citations

Merlini, Luciano, Monia Gennari, Elisabetta Malaspina, et al.. (2012). Early corticosteroid treatment in 4 duchenne muscular dystrophy patients: 14‐year follow‐up. Muscle & Nerve. 45(6). 796–802. 88 indexed citations

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Merlini, Luciano. (2009). Selectivity of muscle sparing in Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscular Disorders. 19(7). 500–501. 2 indexed citations

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Martoni, E., Anna Urciuolo, Patrizia Sabatelli, et al.. (2009). Identification and characterization of novel collagen VI non-canonical splicing mutations causing ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy. Human Mutation. 30(5). E662–E672. 34 indexed citations

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Merlini, Luciano, Alessia Angelin, Tania Tiepolo, et al.. (2008). Cyclosporin A corrects mitochondrial dysfunction and muscle apoptosis in patients with collagen VI myopathies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(13). 5225–5229. 160 indexed citations

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Angelin, Alessia, Tania Tiepolo, Patrizia Sabatelli, et al.. (2007). Mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy and prospective therapy with cyclosporins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(3). 991–996. 156 indexed citations

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Giannini, Sandro, et al.. (2007). Fixation of Winged Scapula in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy. Clinical Medicine & Research. 5(3). 155–162. 23 indexed citations

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Merlini, Luciano, et al.. (2003). Berengario da Carpi, a pioneer in anatomy, rediscovered by Vittorio Putti. Neuromuscular Disorders. 13(5). 421–425. 6 indexed citations

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Novelli, Giuseppe, Antoine Muchir, Federica Sangiuolo, et al.. (2002). Mandibuloacral Dysplasia Is Caused by a Mutation in LMNA-Encoding Lamin A/C. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 71(2). 426–431. 402 indexed citations

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Villanova, Marcello, C. Sewry, Alessandro Malandrini, et al.. (1997). Immunolocalization of several laminin chains in the normal human central and peripheral nervous system.. PubMed. 29(3). 409–13. 13 indexed citations

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Jung, Daniel, France Leturcq, Yoshihide Sunada, et al.. (1996). Absence of γ‐sarcoglycan (35 DAG) in autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy linked to chromosome 13q12. FEBS Letters. 381(1-2). 15–20. 46 indexed citations

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Hodgson, SV, A.P. Walker, Martin Bobrow, et al.. (1986). Linkage analysis using nine dna polymorphisms along the length of the x chromosome locates the gene for emery dreifuss muscular dystrophy to distal xq. Journal of Medical Genetics. 23(2). 169–170. 3 indexed citations

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Gualtieri, G, et al.. (1978). [Electromyographic findings in congenital clubfoot].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 64(4). 415–7. 1 indexed citations

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