Maurizio Bifulco

13.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
223 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Maurizio Bifulco is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Maurizio Bifulco has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Molecular Biology, 85 papers in Pharmacology and 36 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Maurizio Bifulco's work include Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (82 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (18 papers). Maurizio Bifulco is often cited by papers focused on Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (82 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (20 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (18 papers). Maurizio Bifulco collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Maurizio Bifulco's co-authors include Chiara Laezza, Vincenzo Di Marzo, Simona Pisanti, Luciano De Petrocellis, Patrizia Gazzerro, Anna Maria Malfitano, Maria Proto, Tiziana Bisogno, Elena Ciaglia and Dominique Melck and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Maurizio Bifulco

221 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

The endocannabinoid system and its therapeutic exploitation

2004 839 citations Maurizio Bifulco et al. profile →
Cannabidiol: State of the art and new challenges for therapeutic applications

2017 435 citations Simona Pisanti, Anna Maria Malfitano et al. profile →
Cannabinoids: Therapeutic Use in Clinical Practice

2022 133 citations Cristina Pagano, Giovanna Navarra et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →

Peers

Maurizio Bifulco

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Natsuo Ueda Japan

Chiara Laezza Italy

Partha Mukhopadhyay United States

Dale G. Deutsch United States

Peter C. Isakson United States

Jonathan Z. Long United States

David Baker United Kingdom

Norbert E. Kaminski United States

Giuseppe Esposito Italy

Jin Fu China

Natsuo Ueda Japan

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6.4k ×1.1

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1.6k ×0.9

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1.4k ×1.0

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Countries citing papers authored by Maurizio Bifulco

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maurizio Bifulco

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maurizio Bifulco

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maurizio Bifulco. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maurizio Bifulco 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 Maurizio Bifulco. Maurizio Bifulco is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bifulco, Maurizio, Cristina Pagano, & Erika Di Zazzo. (2025). Obesity legally recognised as a chronic disease in Italy. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 13(12). 1001–1002.

Pagano, Cristina, Giovanna Navarra, Laura Coppola, et al.. (2023). Impacts of Environmental Pollution on Brain Tumorigenesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 5045–5045. 14 indexed citations

Pagano, Cristina, et al.. (2023). Cannabinoids in the Modulation of Oxidative Signaling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(3). 2513–2513. 25 indexed citations

Fiore, Donatella, Maria Proto, Silvia Franceschelli, et al.. (2022). In Vitro Evidence of Statins’ Protective Role against COVID-19 Hallmarks. Biomedicines. 10(9). 2123–2123. 7 indexed citations

Pagano, Cristina, Erika Di Zazzo, Giovanna Navarra, et al.. (2022). Advances in “adiponcosis”: Insights in the inner mechanisms at the base of adipose and tumour tissues interplay. International Journal of Cancer. 152(12). 2464–2473. 6 indexed citations

Pisanti, Simona, Erika Rimondi, E. Melloni, et al.. (2022). Prenylation Defects and Oxidative Stress Trigger the Main Consequences of Neuroinflammation Linked to Mevalonate Pathway Deregulation. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(15). 9061–9061. 7 indexed citations

Rienzo, Monica, Erika Di Zazzo, Amelia Casamassimi, et al.. (2021). PRDM12 in Health and Diseases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(21). 12030–12030. 11 indexed citations

Pagano, Cristina, Giovanna Navarra, Laura Coppola, et al.. (2021). N6-Isopentenyladenosine Hinders the Vasculogenic Mimicry in Human Glioblastoma Cells through Src-120 Catenin Pathway Modulation and RhoA Activity Inhibition. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(19). 10530–10530. 7 indexed citations

Grimaldi, Manuela, Maria Proto, Veronica De Simone, et al.. (2021). Towards an Improvement of Anticancer Activity of Benzyl Adenosine Analogs. Molecules. 26(23). 7146–7146. 2 indexed citations

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Casamassimi, Amelia, Monica Rienzo, Erika Di Zazzo, et al.. (2020). Multifaceted Role of PRDM Proteins in Human Cancer. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(7). 2648–2648. 46 indexed citations

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Galgani, Mario, Sara Bruzzaniti, Claudia La Rocca, et al.. (2020). Immunometabolism of regulatory T cells in cancer. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 77. 100936–100936. 11 indexed citations

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Laezza, Chiara, Cristina Pagano, Giovanna Navarra, et al.. (2020). The Endocannabinoid System: A Target for Cancer Treatment. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(3). 747–747. 109 indexed citations

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Fiore, Donatella, Maria Proto, Fabrizio Dal Piaz, et al.. (2019). N6-Isopentenyladenosine Inhibits Colorectal Cancer and Improves Sensitivity to 5-Fluorouracil Targeting FBXW7 Tumor Suppressor. Cancers. 11(10). 1456–1456. 11 indexed citations

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Ciaglia, Elena, Anna Maria Malfitano, Chiara Laezza, et al.. (2017). Immuno-Modulatory and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Dihydrogracilin A, a Terpene Derived from the Marine Sponge Dendrilla membranosa. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 18(8). 1643–1643. 26 indexed citations

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Proto, Maria, Donatella Fiore, Silvia Franceschelli, et al.. (2017). Inhibition of Wnt/β-Catenin pathway and Histone acetyltransferase activity by Rimonabant: a therapeutic target for colon cancer. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 52 indexed citations

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Guerra, Anna, Pio Zeppa, Maurizio Bifulco, & Mario Vitale. (2013). Concomitant BRAF ^V600E Mutation and RET/PTC Rearrangement Is a Frequent Occurrence in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Thyroid. 24(2). 254–259. 50 indexed citations

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Salzano, Marcella, Maria Rosaria Rusciano, Eleonora Russo, et al.. (2012). Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) phosphorylates Raf-1 at serine 338 and mediates Ras-stimulated Raf-1 activation. Cell Cycle. 11(11). 2100–2106. 24 indexed citations

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Monteleone, Palmiero, Maurizio Bifulco, C. Di Filippo, et al.. (2009). Association of CNR1 and FAAH endocannabinoid gene polymorphisms with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: evidence for synergistic effects. Genes Brain & Behavior. 8(7). 728–732. 53 indexed citations

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Messa, Caterina, Maria Notarnicola, Francesco Russo, et al.. (2005). Estrogenic regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis and cell growth in DLD-1 human colon cancer cells. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 40(12). 1454–1461. 25 indexed citations

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Vitale, Mario, Tiziana Di Matola, Guido Rossi, et al.. (1999). Prenyltransferase Inhibitors Induce Apoptosis in Proliferating Thyroid Cells through a p53-Independent, CrmA-Sensitive, and Caspase-3-Like Protease- Dependent Mechanism¹. Endocrinology. 140(2). 698–704. 38 indexed citations

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