Mauro Piacentini

45.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
287 papers, 20.1k citations indexed

About

Mauro Piacentini is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Mauro Piacentini has authored 287 papers receiving a total of 20.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 78 papers in Epidemiology and 72 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Mauro Piacentini's work include Blood properties and coagulation (67 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (64 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (47 papers). Mauro Piacentini is often cited by papers focused on Blood properties and coagulation (67 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (64 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (47 papers). Mauro Piacentini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Mauro Piacentini's co-authors include Gian María Fimia, László Fésüs, Marco Corazzari, Gerry Melino, Fabiola Ciccosanti, Guido Kroemer, Roberta Nardacci, Francesco Cecconi, Peter J. Davies and Manuela Antonioli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mauro Piacentini

283 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Calreticulin exposure dictates the immunogenicity of cancer cell death

2006 2.5k citations Gian María Fimia, Jean‐Luc Perfettini et al. profile →
Ambra1 regulates autophagy and development of the nervous system

2007 803 citations Gian María Fimia, Roberta Nardacci et al. profile →
mTOR inhibits autophagy by controlling ULK1 ubiquitylation, self-association and function through AMBRA1 and TRAF6

2013 622 citations Manuela Antonioli, Mauro Piacentini et al. profile →
Impaired autophagic flux is associated with increased endoplasmic reticulum stress during the development of NAFLD

2014 481 citations Marco Corazzari, Gian María Fimia et al. Cell Death and Disease profile →
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Unfolded Protein Response, and Cancer Cell Fate

2017 293 citations Marco Corazzari, Mara Gagliardi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mauro Piacentini Italy	72	8.2k	6.0k	4.2k	3.7k	3.4k	287	20.1k
Milton J. Finegold United States	90	15.4k 1.9×	4.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.5×	3.0k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	386	33.5k
Thomas Ruzicka Germany	81	5.7k 0.7×	3.8k 0.6×	6.2k 1.5×	1.5k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	672	26.2k
Samuel W. French United States	79	7.6k 0.9×	8.4k 1.4×	1.9k 0.4×	1.0k 0.3×	2.6k 0.8×	574	22.4k
Søren K. Moestrup Denmark	85	7.7k 0.9×	2.2k 0.4×	3.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.4×	3.6k 1.1×	246	20.0k
Gian María Fimia Italy	55	6.5k 0.8×	5.6k 0.9×	3.0k 0.7×	953 0.3×	2.7k 0.8×	156	14.7k
Jonathan N. Glickman United States	70	10.8k 1.3×	3.4k 0.6×	5.2k 1.2×	2.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	173	23.0k
Niels Borregaard Denmark	88	10.2k 1.3×	2.8k 0.5×	13.4k 3.2×	2.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	254	30.0k
Mathias Heikenwälder Germany	74	8.8k 1.1×	4.4k 0.7×	6.8k 1.6×	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	224	21.6k
Maria Tsokos United States	69	5.3k 0.7×	2.6k 0.4×	2.8k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	846 0.2×	244	15.2k
Walter Malorni Italy	66	6.4k 0.8×	2.2k 0.4×	3.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	370	14.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mauro Piacentini

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Lamsira, Harpreet Kaur, et al.. (2025). Autophagy and Programmed Cell Death Modalities Interplay in HIV Pathogenesis. Cells. 14(5). 351–351. 6 indexed citations

Butera, Alessio, Massimiliano Agostini, Matteo Cassandri, et al.. (2023). ZFP750 affects the cutaneous barrier through regulating lipid metabolism. Science Advances. 9(17). eadg5423–eadg5423. 14 indexed citations

Scimeca, Manuel, Valentina Rovella, Rita Bonfiglio, et al.. (2023). Programmed Cell Death Pathways in Cholangiocarcinoma: Opportunities for Targeted Therapy. Cancers. 15(14). 3638–3638. 6 indexed citations

Ureshino, Rodrigo Portes, Cláudia Bincoletto, Manuela Antonioli, et al.. (2023). NAADP-Evoked Ca2+ Signaling Leads to Mutant Huntingtin Aggregation and Autophagy Impairment in Murine Astrocytes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(6). 5593–5593. 9 indexed citations

Yang, Xue, Ying Wang, Valentina Rovella, et al.. (2023). Aged mesenchymal stem cells and inflammation: from pathology to potential therapeutic strategies. Biology Direct. 18(1). 40–40. 12 indexed citations

Rossin, Federica, Manuela D’Eletto, Maria Grazia Farrace, et al.. (2021). Transglutaminase 2 Regulates Innate Immunity by Modulating the STING/TBK1/IRF3 Axis. The Journal of Immunology. 206(10). 2420–2429. 19 indexed citations

Amendola, Alessandra, Gloria Garoffolo, Paola Songia, et al.. (2021). Human cardiosphere-derived stromal cells exposed to SARS-CoV-2 evolve into hyper-inflammatory/ pro -fibrotic phenotype and produce infective viral particles depending on the levels of ACE2 receptor expression. Cardiovascular Research. 117(6). 1557–1566. 9 indexed citations

Pereira, Gustavo J.S., Anderson H.F.F. Leão, Adolfo Garcia Erustes, et al.. (2021). Pharmacological Modulators of Autophagy as a Potential Strategy for the Treatment of COVID-19. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(8). 4067–4067. 32 indexed citations

Villella, Valeria Rachela, Speranza Esposito, Eleonora Ferrari, et al.. (2019). Autophagy suppresses the pathogenic immune response to dietary antigens in cystic fibrosis. Cell Death and Disease. 10(4). 258–258. 20 indexed citations

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Giglio, Paola, Mara Gagliardi, Nicola Tumino, et al.. (2018). PKR and GCN2 stress kinases promote an ER stress-independent eIF2α phosphorylation responsible for calreticulin exposure in melanoma cells. OncoImmunology. 7(8). e1466765–e1466765. 47 indexed citations

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Palucci, Ivana, Laura Falasca, Giuseppe Maulucci, et al.. (2017). Transglutaminase type 2 plays a key role in the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Journal of Internal Medicine. 283(3). 303–313. 25 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Jane L., Marco Corazzari, Miguel A. Martín-Acebes, et al.. (2011). Oncogenic B-RAF Signaling in Melanoma Impairs the Therapeutic Advantage of Autophagy Inhibition. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(8). 2216–2226. 56 indexed citations

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Piacentini, Mauro, Manuela D’Eletto, Laura Falasca, Maria Grazia Farrace, & Carlo Rodolfo. (2011). Transglutaminase 2 at the Crossroads between Cell Death and Survival. Advances in enzymology and related areas of molecular biology/Advances in enzymology and related subjects. 78. 197–246. 17 indexed citations

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Imperi, Francesco, Fabiola Ciccosanti, Ariel Basulto Perdomo, et al.. (2009). Analysis of the periplasmic proteome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a metabolically versatile opportunistic pathogen. PROTEOMICS. 9(7). 1901–1915. 74 indexed citations

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Muscolini, Michela, Silvana Caristi, Takao Nomura, et al.. (2009). Characterization of a new cancer-associated mutant of p53 with a missense mutation (K351N) in the tetramerization domain. Cell Cycle. 8(20). 3396–3405. 15 indexed citations

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Perfettini, Jean‐Luc, Roberta Nardacci, Claire Séror, et al.. (2009). 53BP1 represses mitotic catastrophe in syncytia elicited by the HIV-1 envelope. Cell Death and Differentiation. 17(5). 811–820. 12 indexed citations

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Lovat, Penny E., Marco Ranalli, Francesca Bernassola, et al.. (2000). Synergistic induction of apoptosis of neuroblastoma by fenretinide or CD437 in combination with chemotherapeutic drugs. International Journal of Cancer. 88(6). 977–985. 51 indexed citations

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Piacentini, Mauro, Carlo Rodolfo, Maria Grazia Farrace, & Francesco Autuori. (2000). "Tissue" transglutaminase in animal development. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 44(6). 655–662. 23 indexed citations

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Oliverio, Serafina, Alessandra Amendola, Federica Di Sano, et al.. (1997). Tissue Transglutaminase-Dependent Posttranslational Modification of the Retinoblastoma Gene Product in Promonocytic Cells Undergoing Apoptosis. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 17(10). 6040–6048. 117 indexed citations

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Beninati, Simone, et al.. (1978). A gas chromatographic method for the determination of di- and polyamines in human urine.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 27(3). 156–67. 2 indexed citations

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