Michelle Pirruccello

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Michelle Pirruccello is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michelle Pirruccello has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cell Biology and 3 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Michelle Pirruccello's work include Cellular transport and secretion (8 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (3 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (3 papers). Michelle Pirruccello is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (8 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (3 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (3 papers). Michelle Pirruccello collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and South Korea. Michelle Pirruccello's co-authors include Pietro De Camilli, Holger Sondermann, André Hoelz, John Kuriyan, Olof Idevall‐Hagren, Roberto Zoncu, Daniel M. Balkin, Derek Toomre, Rushika M. Perera and Elena O. Gracheva and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Michelle Pirruccello

17 papers receiving 1.9k 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. PI(4,5)P2-Dependent and Ca2+-Regulated ER-PM Interactions Mediated by the Extended Synaptotagmins
    2013 446 citations Francesca Giordano, Yasunori Saheki et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michelle Pirruccello United States 14 1.4k 908 201 178 178 17 1.9k
Florence Jollivet France 16 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 216 1.1× 124 0.7× 119 0.7× 21 2.0k
York Posor Germany 13 1.3k 0.9× 916 1.0× 223 1.1× 99 0.6× 158 0.9× 18 1.8k
Louise Lucast United States 17 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 251 1.2× 219 1.2× 147 0.8× 18 2.0k
Hongying Shen United States 21 1.4k 1.0× 826 0.9× 250 1.2× 174 1.0× 244 1.4× 43 2.1k
Christine Salaün United Kingdom 22 1.2k 0.9× 629 0.7× 183 0.9× 196 1.1× 277 1.6× 30 1.9k
Gabriele Turacchio Italy 21 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 308 1.5× 201 1.1× 123 0.7× 24 2.3k
Birte Sönnichsen Germany 13 1.4k 1.0× 1.2k 1.4× 274 1.4× 132 0.7× 97 0.5× 16 2.1k
Alex H. Hutagalung United States 12 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 197 1.0× 179 1.0× 107 0.6× 13 2.0k
Antonino Colanzi Italy 27 1.8k 1.2× 1.7k 1.9× 188 0.9× 195 1.1× 194 1.1× 52 2.6k
Angelika Giner Germany 12 1.4k 1.0× 988 1.1× 245 1.2× 93 0.5× 358 2.0× 14 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Michelle Pirruccello

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michelle Pirruccello

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michelle Pirruccello. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Michelle Pirruccello. The network helps show where Michelle Pirruccello may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michelle Pirruccello

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Cote, Shaun, Justin Jackson, Michelle Pirruccello, Gregory J. Carven, & Stefan Wawersik. (2019). A Sensitive and Selective Immunoassay for the Quantitation of Serum Latent Myostatin after In Vivo Administration of SRK-015, a Selective Inhibitor of Myostatin Activation. SLAS DISCOVERY. 25(1). 95–103. 5 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Alexandre, Florian Fröhlich, Caroline Barisch, et al.. (2019). Lowe syndrome–linked endocytic adaptors direct membrane cycling kinetics with OCRL in Dictyostelium discoideum. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30(17). 2268–2282. 3 indexed citations
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Le, Viet Q., Roxana E. Iacob, Yuan Tian, et al.. (2018). Tolloid cleavage activates latent GDF8 by priming the pro‐complex for dissociation. The EMBO Journal. 37(3). 384–397. 27 indexed citations
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Pirruccello, Michelle, Justin Jackson, Stefan Wawersik, et al.. (2018). Blocking extracellular activation of myostatin as a strategy for treating muscle wasting. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 2292–2292. 71 indexed citations
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Gupta, Abha R., Michelle Pirruccello, Feng Cheng, et al.. (2014). Rare deleterious mutations of the gene EFR3A in autism spectrum disorders. Molecular Autism. 5(1). 31–31. 21 indexed citations
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Pirruccello, Michelle, Ramiro Nández, Olof Idevall‐Hagren, et al.. (2014). Identification of Inhibitors of Inositol 5-Phosphatases through Multiple Screening Strategies. ACS Chemical Biology. 9(6). 1359–1368. 27 indexed citations
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Giordano, Francesca, Yasunori Saheki, Olof Idevall‐Hagren, et al.. (2013). PI(4,5)P2-Dependent and Ca2+-Regulated ER-PM Interactions Mediated by the Extended Synaptotagmins. Cell. 153(7). 1494–1509. 446 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shen, Hongying, Michelle Pirruccello, & Pietro De Camilli. (2012). SnapShot: Membrane Curvature Sensors and Generators. Cell. 150(6). 1300–1300.e2. 45 indexed citations
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Pirruccello, Michelle & Pietro De Camilli. (2012). Inositol 5-phosphatases: insights from the Lowe syndrome protein OCRL. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 37(4). 134–143. 95 indexed citations
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Nakatsu, Fubito, Jeremy M. Baskin, Jeeyun Chung, et al.. (2012). PtdIns4P synthesis by PI4KIIIα at the plasma membrane and its impact on plasma membrane identity. The Journal of Cell Biology. 199(6). 1003–1016. 216 indexed citations
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Pirruccello, Michelle, Laura E. Swan, Ewa Folta‐Stogniew, & Pietro De Camilli. (2011). Recognition of the F&H motif by the Lowe syndrome protein OCRL. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 18(7). 789–795. 31 indexed citations
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Swan, Laura E., Livia Tomasini, Michelle Pirruccello, Joël Lunardi, & Pietro De Camilli. (2010). Two closely related endocytic proteins that share a common OCRL-binding motif with APPL1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(8). 3511–3516. 57 indexed citations
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Zoncu, Roberto, Rushika M. Perera, Daniel M. Balkin, et al.. (2009). A Phosphoinositide Switch Controls the Maturation and Signaling Properties of APPL Endosomes. Cell. 136(6). 1110–1121. 281 indexed citations
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Pirruccello, Michelle, et al.. (2008). Phosphorylation-Independent Regulation of the Diguanylate Cyclase WspR. PLoS Biology. 6(3). e67–e67. 173 indexed citations
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Pirruccello, Michelle, Holger Sondermann, Jeffrey G. Pelton, et al.. (2006). A Dimeric Kinase Assembly Underlying Autophosphorylation in the p21 Activated Kinases. Journal of Molecular Biology. 361(2). 312–326. 75 indexed citations
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Margarit, S.M., Holger Sondermann, Brian E. Hall, et al.. (2003). Structural Evidence for Feedback Activation by Ras·GTP of the Ras-Specific Nucleotide Exchange Factor SOS. Cell. 112(5). 685–695. 355 indexed citations
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Pirruccello, Michelle, Nikolaus Grigorieff, & Joseph A. Mindell. (2002). Electron Diffraction of a Bacterial ClC‐Type Chloride Channel. Novartis Foundation symposium. 245. 193–206. 2 indexed citations

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