Mariaceleste Aragona

9.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
15 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Mariaceleste Aragona is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mariaceleste Aragona has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cell Biology, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Mariaceleste Aragona's work include Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (6 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers) and Skin Protection and Aging (3 papers). Mariaceleste Aragona is often cited by papers focused on Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ (6 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (5 papers) and Skin Protection and Aging (3 papers). Mariaceleste Aragona collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Belgium. Mariaceleste Aragona's co-authors include Sirio Dupont, Stefano Piccolo, Stefano Giulitti, Nicola Elvassore, Francesca Zanconato, Elena Enzo, Mattia Forcato, Silvio Bicciato, Michelangelo Cordenonsi and Leonardo Morsut and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mariaceleste Aragona

15 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Role of YAP/TAZ in mechan... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2013 2015 2017 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction
    2011 4.2k citations Sirio Dupont, Leonardo Morsut et al. Nature profile →
  2. A Mechanical Checkpoint Controls Multicellular Growth through YAP/TAZ Regulation by Actin-Processing Factors
    2013 1.3k citations Mariaceleste Aragona, Tito Panciera et al. Cell profile →
  3. Aerobic glycolysis tunes YAP / TAZ transcriptional activity
    2015 326 citations Elena Enzo, Giulia Santinon et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
  4. Defining stem cell dynamics and migration during wound healing in mouse skin epidermis
    2017 286 citations Mariaceleste Aragona, Sophie Dekoninck et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mariaceleste Aragona Italy 12 4.8k 3.1k 987 766 431 15 6.8k
Stefano Giulitti Italy 13 4.7k 1.0× 3.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 735 1.0× 436 1.0× 20 6.7k
Elena Enzo Italy 18 4.2k 0.9× 4.0k 1.3× 797 0.8× 879 1.1× 357 0.8× 32 7.3k
Jimmy Le Digabel France 9 3.8k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 1.2k 1.2× 526 0.7× 365 0.8× 22 5.0k
Tito Panciera Italy 14 3.7k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 652 0.7× 635 0.8× 237 0.5× 22 5.2k
Francesca Zanconato Italy 17 7.2k 1.5× 5.5k 1.8× 889 0.9× 1.5k 2.0× 453 1.1× 23 10.0k
Alberto Elósegui-Artola Spain 26 3.3k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 1.7k 1.7× 743 1.0× 603 1.4× 37 5.1k
Joe Swift United States 34 2.6k 0.5× 2.8k 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 410 0.5× 270 0.6× 64 5.3k
Kazue Matsumoto United States 24 2.3k 0.5× 2.6k 0.8× 996 1.0× 766 1.0× 1.1k 2.6× 32 5.2k
Christoph Ballestrem United Kingdom 38 4.2k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 422 0.6× 2.1k 4.8× 67 6.7k
Sara A. Wickström Germany 41 2.2k 0.5× 3.0k 0.9× 395 0.4× 622 0.8× 1.1k 2.5× 77 5.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Hallou, Adrien, Yura Song, Mariaceleste Aragona, et al.. (2024). Dynamic regulation of tissue fluidity controls skin repair during wound healing. Cell. 187(19). 5298–5315.e19. 31 indexed citations
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Aragona, Mariaceleste, et al.. (2021). Regulation of tissue architecture and stem cell dynamics to sustain homeostasis and repair in the skin epidermis. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 130. 79–89. 6 indexed citations
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Dekoninck, Sophie, Édouard Hannezo, Alejandro Sifrim, et al.. (2020). Defining the Design Principles of Skin Epidermis Postnatal Growth. Cell. 181(3). 604–620.e22. 69 indexed citations
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Aragona, Mariaceleste, Alejandro Sifrim, Milan Malfait, et al.. (2020). Mechanisms of stretch-mediated skin expansion at single-cell resolution. Nature. 584(7820). 268–273. 136 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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Pocaterra, Arianna, Giulia Santinon, Patrizia Romani, et al.. (2019). F-actin dynamics regulates mammalian organ growth and cell fate maintenance. Journal of Hepatology. 71(1). 130–142. 61 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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Aragona, Mariaceleste, Sophie Dekoninck, Steffen Rulands, et al.. (2017). Defining stem cell dynamics and migration during wound healing in mouse skin epidermis. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14684–14684. 286 indexed citations breakdown →
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Enzo, Elena, Giulia Santinon, Arianna Pocaterra, et al.. (2015). Aerobic glycolysis tunes YAP / TAZ transcriptional activity. The EMBO Journal. 34(10). 1349–1370. 326 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aragona, Mariaceleste, Tito Panciera, Andrea Manfrin, et al.. (2013). A Mechanical Checkpoint Controls Multicellular Growth through YAP/TAZ Regulation by Actin-Processing Factors. Cell. 154(5). 1047–1059. 1270 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mamidi, Anant, Masafumi Inui, Andrea Manfrin, et al.. (2012). Signaling crosstalk between TGFβ and Dishevelled/Par1b. Cell Death and Differentiation. 19(10). 1689–1697. 9 indexed citations
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Inui, Masafumi, Marco Montagner, Danny Ben‐Zvi, et al.. (2012). Self-regulation of the head-inducing properties of the Spemann organizer. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(38). 15354–15359. 19 indexed citations
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Dupont, Sirio, Leonardo Morsut, Mariaceleste Aragona, et al.. (2011). Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction. Nature. 474(7350). 179–183. 4247 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morsut, Leonardo, Kai-Ping Yan, Elena Enzo, et al.. (2010). Negative control of Smad activity by ectodermin/Tif1γ patterns the mammalian embryo. Development. 137(15). 2571–2578. 76 indexed citations
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Martines, E., M. Zuin, R. Cavazzana, et al.. (2009). A novel plasma source for sterilization of living tissues. New Journal of Physics. 11(11). 115014–115014. 55 indexed citations

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