Maria Ciofani

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Maria Ciofani is a scholar working on Immunology, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Ciofani has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Immunology, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Maria Ciofani's work include T-cell and B-cell Immunology (26 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (23 papers) and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (6 papers). Maria Ciofani is often cited by papers focused on T-cell and B-cell Immunology (26 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (23 papers) and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (6 papers). Maria Ciofani collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Maria Ciofani's co-authors include Juan Carlos Zúñiga‐Pflücker, Thomas M. Schmitt, Joshua D. Wheaton, Howard T. Petrie, David L. Wiest, Dan R. Littman, Morgan E. Parker, Harald von Boehmer, Teresa Palomero and Adolfo A. Ferrando and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Maria Ciofani

37 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

  1. Mutational loss of PTEN induces resistance to NOTCH1 inhibition in T-cell leukemia
    2007 674 citations Teresa Palomero, Maria Luisa Sulis et al. Nature Medicine profile →

Peers

Maria Ciofani
Owen Williams United Kingdom
Valeria Tosello Italy
Sarah E. Bell United Kingdom
Amy S. Weinmann United States
Jennifer A. Punt United States
Rosalba Sacca United States
Rossana Trotta United States
Jonathan R. Keller United States
Zhiqiang Wang United States
Joost P. M. van Meerwijk France
Owen Williams United Kingdom
Maria Ciofani
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Ciofani

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maria Ciofani. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maria Ciofani 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 Maria Ciofani. Maria Ciofani 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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Ciofani, Maria, et al.. (2025). Th17 cell pathogenicity in autoimmune disease. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 57(9). 1913–1927.
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Parker, Morgan E., et al.. (2025). Restriction of innate Tγδ17 cell plasticity by an AP-1 regulatory axis. Nature Immunology. 26(8). 1299–1314. 2 indexed citations
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Averette, Anna Floyd, Maria Ciofani, Jianli Wu, et al.. (2024). Structure-guided design and synthesis of C22- and C32-modified FK520 analogs with enhanced activity against human pathogenic fungi. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(1). e2419883121–e2419883121.
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Lee, Sang-Yun, Susan A. Shinton, Mitchell I. Parker, et al.. (2024). E proteins control the development of NKγδT cells through their invariant T cell receptor. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5078–5078. 2 indexed citations
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Spasojević, Ivan, Sheng Sun, Anna Floyd Averette, et al.. (2023). Enhanced fungal specificity and in vivo therapeutic efficacy of a C-22-modified FK520 analog against C. neoformans. mBio. 14(5). e0181023–e0181023. 3 indexed citations
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Barrera, Alejandro, et al.. (2023). Integrin α3 promotes T H 17 cell polarization and extravasation during autoimmune neuroinflammation. Science Immunology. 8(88). eadg7597–eadg7597. 12 indexed citations
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Lee, Hyunji, Deborah Cole, Benjamin G. Bobay, et al.. (2022). Structure-Guided Synthesis of FK506 and FK520 Analogs with Increased Selectivity Exhibit In Vivo Therapeutic Efficacy against Cryptococcus. mBio. 13(3). e0104922–e0104922. 19 indexed citations
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Espinosa, Jaclyn R., Joshua D. Wheaton, & Maria Ciofani. (2020). In Vitro Differentiation of CD4+ T Cell Effector and Regulatory Subsets. Methods in molecular biology. 2111. 79–89. 7 indexed citations
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Ciofani, Maria. (2020). Tγδ17 cells build up the nerve. Nature Immunology. 21(4). 367–368. 2 indexed citations
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Wheaton, Joshua D. & Maria Ciofani. (2020). JunB Controls Intestinal Effector Programs in Regulatory T Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 444–444. 10 indexed citations
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Miraldi, Emily R., Maria Pokrovskii, Aaron Watters, et al.. (2019). Leveraging chromatin accessibility for transcriptional regulatory network inference in T Helper 17 Cells. Genome Research. 29(3). 449–463. 67 indexed citations
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Glasmacher, Elke, Smita Agrawal, Anne B. Chang, et al.. (2012). A Genomic Regulatory Element That Directs Assembly and Function of Immune-Specific AP-1–IRF Complexes. Science. 338(6109). 975–980. 260 indexed citations
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Chong, Mark M. W., Natalie E. Simpson, Maria Ciofani, et al.. (2010). Epigenetic propagation of CD4 expression is established by theCd4proximal enhancer in helper T cells. Genes & Development. 24(7). 659–669. 53 indexed citations
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Koltsova, Ekaterina K., Maria Ciofani, Robert Benezra, et al.. (2007). Early Growth Response 1 and NF-ATc1 Act in Concert to Promote Thymocyte Development beyond the β-Selection Checkpoint. The Journal of Immunology. 179(7). 4694–4703. 22 indexed citations
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Palomero, Teresa, Maria Luisa Sulis, Maria S. Cortina, et al.. (2007). Mutational loss of PTEN induces resistance to NOTCH1 inhibition in T-cell leukemia. Nature Medicine. 13(10). 1203–1210. 674 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zúñiga‐Pflücker, Juan Carlos & Maria Ciofani. (2006). Pre-T Cell Receptor's clashing Signals: “Should I Stay or Should I Go”. Immunity. 24(6). 669–670. 1 indexed citations
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Ciofani, Maria & Juan Carlos Zúñiga‐Pflücker. (2006). A Survival Guide to Early T Cell Development. Immunologic Research. 34(2). 117–132. 40 indexed citations
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Ciofani, Maria, Thomas M. Schmitt, Alison M. Michie, et al.. (2004). Obligatory Role for Cooperative Signaling by Pre-TCR and Notch during Thymocyte Differentiation. The Journal of Immunology. 172(9). 5230–5239. 203 indexed citations
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Schmitt, Thomas M., Maria Ciofani, Howard T. Petrie, & Juan Carlos Zúñiga‐Pflücker. (2004). Maintenance of T Cell Specification and Differentiation Requires Recurrent Notch Receptor–Ligand Interactions. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 200(4). 469–479. 260 indexed citations
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Haks, Mariëlle C., Stanley M. Belkowski, Maria Ciofani, et al.. (2003). Low Activation Threshold As a Mechanism for Ligand-Independent Signaling in Pre-T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 170(6). 2853–2861. 53 indexed citations

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