Maurizio Molinari

20.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
114 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Maurizio Molinari is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maurizio Molinari has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Cell Biology, 53 papers in Molecular Biology and 38 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Maurizio Molinari's work include Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (69 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (33 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (32 papers). Maurizio Molinari is often cited by papers focused on Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (69 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (33 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (32 papers). Maurizio Molinari collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and United States. Maurizio Molinari's co-authors include Ari Helenius, Daniel N. Hebert, Carmela Galli, Lars Ellgaard, Riccardo Bernasconi, Ernesto Carafoli, Paolo Paganetti, Lloyd W. Ruddock, Silvia Olivari and Tatiana Soldà and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Maurizio Molinari

112 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

Setting the Standards: Quality Control in the Secretory Pathway

1999 986 citations Maurizio Molinari, Ari Helenius et al. Science profile →
In and Out of the ER: Protein Folding, Quality Control, Degradation, and Related Human Diseases

2007 511 citations Daniel N. Hebert, Maurizio Molinari profile →
ER-phagy: mechanisms, regulation, and diseases connected to the lysosomal clearance of the endoplasmic reticulum

2022 124 citations Maurizio Molinari et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maurizio Molinari Switzerland	48	5.1k	5.1k	2.3k	2.0k	1.0k	114	9.2k
Roberto Sitia Italy	62	7.6k 1.5×	5.1k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	3.2k 1.6×	917 0.9×	179	12.7k
Jeffrey L. Brodsky United States	68	10.1k 2.0×	7.4k 1.5×	2.9k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	799 0.8×	268	15.6k
Ineke Braakman Netherlands	45	5.2k 1.0×	3.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	539 0.5×	100	8.3k
Lars Ellgaard Denmark	37	4.7k 0.9×	4.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	543 0.5×	62	7.5k
Kentaro Hanada Japan	55	6.8k 1.3×	2.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	702 0.4×	742 0.7×	228	9.9k
Michael G. Roth United States	52	7.5k 1.5×	3.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	958 0.5×	931 0.9×	114	10.6k
Yusuke Maeda Japan	49	4.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.4×	1.8k 0.8×	979 0.5×	457 0.5×	154	6.8k
Daniel N. Hebert United States	41	3.7k 0.7×	3.1k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	459 0.5×	101	6.4k
Vivek Malhotra United States	66	7.8k 1.5×	7.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	921 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	147	11.6k
Thomas Sommer Germany	45	6.8k 1.3×	5.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.0×	875 0.4×	429 0.4×	86	9.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maurizio Molinari

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Molinari, Maurizio. (2025). ER-to-lysosome-associated degradation. Current Biology. 35(9). R320–R322. 1 indexed citations

Fregno, Ilaria, et al.. (2024). ER-to-lysosome-associated degradation acts as failsafe mechanism upon ERAD dysfunction. EMBO Reports. 25(6). 2773–2785. 12 indexed citations

Soldà, Tatiana, Snežana Vasiljević, Carlos P. Modenutti, et al.. (2024). Rescue of secretion of rare‐disease‐associated misfolded mutant glycoproteins in UGGT1 knock‐out mammalian cells. Traffic. 25(1). e12927–e12927. 5 indexed citations

Soldà, Tatiana, et al.. (2024). TMX5/TXNDC15, a natural trapping mutant of the PDI family is a client of the proteostatic factor ERp44. Life Science Alliance. 7(12). e202403047–e202403047. 2 indexed citations

Fédry, Juliette, Carmela Galli, Diego Morone, et al.. (2023). TMX4-driven LINC complex disassembly and asymmetric autophagy of the nuclear envelope upon acute ER stress. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3497–3497. 29 indexed citations

Nagatsuka, Yasuko, Tatiana Soldà, Vamsi K. Kodali, et al.. (2022). Selective involvement of UGGT variant: UGGT2 in protecting mouse embryonic fibroblasts from saturated lipid-induced ER stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(51). e2214957119–e2214957119. 19 indexed citations

Forrester, Alison, Chiara De Leonibus, Paolo Grumati, et al.. (2018). A selective ER ‐phagy exerts procollagen quality control via a Calnexin‐ FAM 134B complex. The EMBO Journal. 38(2). 190 indexed citations

Fregno, Ilaria, Elisa Fasana, Timothy J. Bergmann, et al.. (2018). ER ‐to‐lysosome‐associated degradation of proteasome‐resistant ATZ polymers occurs via receptor‐mediated vesicular transport. The EMBO Journal. 37(17). 156 indexed citations

Molinari, Maurizio. (2007). N-glycan structure dictates extension of protein folding or onset of disposal. Nature Chemical Biology. 3(6). 313–320. 240 indexed citations

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Pieren, Michel, Carmela Galli, Angela Denzel, & Maurizio Molinari. (2005). The Use of Calnexin and Calreticulin by Cellular and Viral Glycoproteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(31). 28265–28271. 57 indexed citations

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Olivari, Silvia, Carmela Galli, Heli I. Alanen, Lloyd W. Ruddock, & Maurizio Molinari. (2004). A Novel Stress-induced EDEM Variant Regulating Endoplasmic Reticulum-associated Glycoprotein Degradation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(4). 2424–2428. 131 indexed citations

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Molinari, Maurizio & Ernesto Carafoli. (2003). Affinity Purification of μ-Calpain from Erythrocytes on an Immobilized Peptide from the Plasma Membrane Calcium Pump: Some Studies on Erythrocyte μ-Calpain. Humana Press eBooks. 144. 41–46. 1 indexed citations

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Molinari, Maurizio, et al.. (2003). Role of EDEM in the Release of Misfolded Glycoproteins from the Calnexin Cycle. Science. 299(5611). 1397–1400. 362 indexed citations

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Molinari, Maurizio & Ari Helenius. (2002). [4] Analyzing cotranslational protein folding and disulfide formation by diagonal sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 348. 35–42. 14 indexed citations

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Denzel, Angela, Maurizio Molinari, César Trigueros, et al.. (2002). Early Postnatal Death and Motor Disorders in Mice Congenitally Deficient in Calnexin Expression. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 22(21). 7398–7404. 118 indexed citations

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Molinari, Maurizio & Ari Helenius. (2000). Chaperone Selection During Glycoprotein Translocation into the Endoplasmic Reticulum. Science. 288(5464). 331–333. 273 indexed citations

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Tonello, Fiorella, William G. Dundon, Barbara Satin, et al.. (1999). The Helicobacter pylori neutrophil‐activating protein is an iron‐binding protein with dodecameric structure. Molecular Microbiology. 34(2). 238–246. 138 indexed citations

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Papini, Emanuele, Barbara Satin, Marina de Bernard, et al.. (1998). Action site and cellular effects of cytotoxin VacA produced byHelicobacter pylori. Folia Microbiologica. 43(3). 279–284. 14 indexed citations

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Baldini, Marina, Umberto Cornelli, Maurizio Molinari, & L Cantalamessa. (1988). Effect of methyldopa on prolactin serum concentration. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 34(5). 513–515. 2 indexed citations

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Tiengo, Antonio, et al.. (1978). Metabolic and hormonal effects of ethanol.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 4(1). 19–25. 6 indexed citations

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