Luigi Naldini

569 total papers · 62.5k total citations
308 papers, 43.5k citations indexed

About

Luigi Naldini is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luigi Naldini has authored 308 papers receiving a total of 43.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 230 papers in Molecular Biology, 163 papers in Genetics and 79 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Luigi Naldini's work include Virus-based gene therapy research (159 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (97 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (95 papers). Luigi Naldini is often cited by papers focused on Virus-based gene therapy research (159 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (97 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (95 papers). Luigi Naldini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Luigi Naldini's co-authors include Didier Trono, Inder M. Verma, Romain Zufferey, Michele De Palma, Fred H. Gage, Ulrike Blömer, Paolo M. Comoglio, Antonia Follenzi, Ronald J. Mandel and Mary Anna Venneri and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Luigi Naldini

298 papers receiving 42.5k citations

Hit Papers

In Vivo Gene Delivery and... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1996 1998 1997 1998 1992 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. In Vivo Gene Delivery and Stable Transduction of Nondividing Cells by a Lentiviral Vector
    1996 3.9k citations Luigi Naldini, Ulrike Blömer et al. Science profile →
  2. A Third-Generation Lentivirus Vector with a Conditional Packaging System
    1998 2.5k citations Romain Zufferey, Michael T. Kelly et al. Journal of Virology profile →
  3. Multiply attenuated lentiviral vector achieves efficient gene delivery in vivo
    1997 1.6k citations Romain Zufferey, Dea Nagy et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  4. Self-Inactivating Lentivirus Vector for Safe and Efficient In Vivo Gene Delivery
    1998 1.5k citations Romain Zufferey, Thomas J. Dull et al. Journal of Virology profile →
  5. Hepatocyte growth factor is a potent angiogenic factor which stimulates endothelial cell motility and growth.
    1992 1.2k citations Federico Bussolino, Maria Flavia Di Renzo et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
  6. Efficient transfer, integration, and sustained long-term expression of the transgene in adult rat brains injected with a lentiviral vector.
    1996 1.2k citations Luigi Naldini, Ulrike Blömer et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. Tie2 identifies a hematopoietic lineage of proangiogenic monocytes required for tumor vessel formation and a mesenchymal population of pericyte progenitors
    2005 1000 citations Michele De Palma, Mary Anna Venneri et al. Cancer Cell profile →
  8. Viral vectors for gene therapy: the art of turning infectious agents into vehicles of therapeutics
    2001 997 citations Mark A. Kay, Joseph C. Glorioso et al. Nature Medicine profile →
  9. Gene therapy returns to centre stage
    2015 881 citations Luigi Naldini Nature profile →
  10. Gene transfer by lentiviral vectors is limited by nuclear translocation and rescued by HIV-1 pol sequences
    2000 794 citations Antonia Follenzi, Laurie Ailles et al. Nature Genetics profile →
  11. Gene editing in human stem cells using zinc finger nucleases and integrase-defective lentiviral vector delivery
    2007 647 citations Angelo Lombardo, Pietro Genovese et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  12. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) stimulates the tyrosine kinase activity of the receptor encoded by the proto-oncogene c-MET.
    1991 622 citations Luigi Naldini, Elisa Vigna et al. PubMed profile →
  13. Highly efficient and sustained gene transfer in adult neurons with a lentivirus vector
    1997 590 citations Ulrike Blömer, Luigi Naldini et al. Journal of Virology profile →
  14. Scatter factor and hepatocyte growth factor are indistinguishable ligands for the MET receptor.
    1991 580 citations Luigi Naldini, K. Michael Weidner et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
  15. Hematopoietic stem cell gene transfer in a tumor-prone mouse model uncovers low genotoxicity of lentiviral vector integration
    2006 536 citations Eugenio Montini, Daniela Cesana et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  16. Targeting the ANG2/TIE2 Axis Inhibits Tumor Growth and Metastasis by Impairing Angiogenesis and Disabling Rebounds of Proangiogenic Myeloid Cells
    2011 487 citations Roberta Mazzieri, Ferdinando Pucci et al. Cancer Cell profile →
  17. Extracellular proteolytic cleavage by urokinase is required for activation of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor.
    1992 484 citations Luigi Naldini, Luca Tamagnone et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
  18. Targeted genome editing in human repopulating haematopoietic stem cells
    2014 433 citations Pietro Genovese, Giulia Schiroli et al. Nature profile →
  19. Forebrain ependymal cells are Notch-dependent and generate neuroblasts and astrocytes after stroke
    2009 352 citations Marie Carlén, Konstantinos Meletis et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  20. Adopt a moratorium on heritable genome editing
    2019 251 citations Eric S. Lander, Françoise Βaylis et al. Nature profile →
  21. Genotoxic effects of base and prime editing in human hematopoietic stem cells
    2023 90 citations Samuele Ferrari, Attya Omer et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Luigi Naldini 29.0k 17.4k 9.1k 7.0k 3.8k 308 43.5k
Stuart A. Aaronson 28.0k 1.0× 9.3k 0.5× 12.2k 1.3× 6.4k 0.9× 4.4k 1.2× 438 45.8k
Mark A. Kay 25.5k 0.9× 17.3k 1.0× 4.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.3× 3.1k 0.8× 295 33.3k
J. Michael Bishop 33.0k 1.1× 11.4k 0.7× 9.5k 1.1× 5.7k 0.8× 5.1k 1.3× 356 48.6k
Richard C. Mulligan 23.1k 0.8× 11.9k 0.7× 8.6k 0.9× 8.6k 1.2× 3.2k 0.8× 202 41.2k
Ralph L. Brinster 24.6k 0.8× 20.4k 1.2× 3.3k 0.4× 4.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.4× 381 47.7k
George J. Todaro 16.9k 0.6× 9.0k 0.5× 7.6k 0.8× 4.4k 0.6× 2.9k 0.8× 274 31.9k
Didier Trono 24.3k 0.8× 12.7k 0.7× 3.2k 0.4× 6.2k 0.9× 1.4k 0.4× 282 38.9k
Johan H. van Es 23.0k 0.8× 8.0k 0.5× 17.6k 1.9× 3.6k 0.5× 4.6k 1.2× 128 41.2k
Milton J. Finegold 15.4k 0.5× 7.2k 0.4× 6.4k 0.7× 2.3k 0.3× 2.6k 0.7× 386 33.4k
Philip Leder 41.1k 1.4× 10.5k 0.6× 11.8k 1.3× 13.7k 2.0× 5.7k 1.5× 354 63.5k

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