Monica Tortoreto

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Monica Tortoreto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Monica Tortoreto has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Oncology and 21 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Monica Tortoreto's work include Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (10 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers). Monica Tortoreto is often cited by papers focused on Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms (10 papers), Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment (8 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers). Monica Tortoreto collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Switzerland. Monica Tortoreto's co-authors include Graziella Pratesi, Franco Zunino, Paola Perego, Nadia Zaffaroni, Gabriella Sozzi, Luca Roz, Giulia Bertolini, Ugo Pastorino, Giovanna Petrangolini and Cinzia Lanzi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Monica Tortoreto

79 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Highly tumorigenic lung cancer CD133 ⁺ cells display stem-like features and are spared by cisplatin treatment

2009 652 citations Giulia Bertolini, Luca Roz et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Monica Tortoreto Italy	32	2.0k	1.3k	907	450	402	80	3.3k
Patrizia Borsotti Italy	26	1.7k 0.9×	868 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	227 0.5×	266 0.7×	33	2.9k
Jinyun Liu United States	22	1.9k 1.0×	936 0.7×	922 1.0×	342 0.8×	496 1.2×	40	3.3k
Lu‐Zhe Sun United States	40	2.9k 1.5×	1.7k 1.3×	892 1.0×	212 0.5×	487 1.2×	125	4.5k
Adriana Eramo Italy	32	2.5k 1.3×	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	326 0.7×	460 1.1×	49	4.1k
Olivier Dormond Switzerland	33	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	584 0.6×	297 0.7×	323 0.8×	72	3.3k
Jingxuan Pan China	38	2.7k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	795 0.9×	256 0.6×	284 0.7×	90	4.1k
Parthasarathy Seshacharyulu United States	29	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	595 0.7×	255 0.6×	421 1.0×	53	2.9k
Zhen Yang China	26	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	983 1.1×	182 0.4×	299 0.7×	77	3.2k
Oliver Stoeltzing United States	43	3.0k 1.5×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	299 0.7×	538 1.3×	73	4.6k
Zhimin He China	36	3.0k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	315 0.7×	284 0.7×	108	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Monica Tortoreto

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Monica Tortoreto

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zuco, Valentina, Sandro Pasquali, Monica Tortoreto, et al.. (2023). Effectiveness of irinotecan plus trabectedin on a desmoplastic small round cell tumor patient-derived xenograft. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 16(6). 5 indexed citations

Tinelli, Stella, Monica Tortoreto, Valentina Doldi, et al.. (2019). miR-205 enhances radiation sensitivity of prostate cancer cells by impairing DNA damage repair through PKCε and ZEB1 inhibition. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 38(1). 51–51. 63 indexed citations

Cassinelli, Giuliana, Laura Dal Bo, Enrica Favini, et al.. (2017). Supersulfated low-molecular weight heparin synergizes with IGF1R/IR inhibitor to suppress synovial sarcoma growth and metastases. Cancer Letters. 415. 187–197. 25 indexed citations

Rivoltini, Licia, Claudia Chiodoni, Paola Squarcina, et al.. (2016). TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL)–Armed Exosomes Deliver Proapoptotic Signals to Tumor Site. Clinical Cancer Research. 22(14). 3499–3512. 164 indexed citations

Cassinelli, Giuliana, Enrica Favini, Laura Dal Bo, et al.. (2016). Antitumor efficacy of the heparan sulfate mimic roneparstat (SST0001) against sarcoma models involves multi-target inhibition of receptor tyrosine kinases. Oncotarget. 7(30). 47848–47863. 38 indexed citations

Bertolini, Giulia, Lucia D’Amico, Massimo Moro, et al.. (2015). Microenvironment-Modulated Metastatic CD133+/CXCR4+/EpCAM− Lung Cancer–Initiating Cells Sustain Tumor Dissemination and Correlate with Poor Prognosis. Cancer Research. 75(17). 3636–3649. 79 indexed citations

Zuco, Valentina, Giuliana Cassinelli, Giacomo Cossa, et al.. (2015). Targeting the invasive phenotype of cisplatin-resistant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer cells by a novel histone deacetylase inhibitor. Biochemical Pharmacology. 94(2). 79–90. 19 indexed citations

Zappasodi, Roberta, Marilena V. Iorio, Monica Tortoreto, et al.. (2014). Pleiotropic antitumor effects of the pan‐HDAC inhibitor ITF2357 against c‐Myc‐overexpressing human B‐cell non‐Hodgkin lymphomas. International Journal of Cancer. 135(9). 2034–2045. 17 indexed citations

Stacchiotti, Silvia, Monica Tortoreto, Giacomo Giulio Baldi, et al.. (2014). Preclinical and clinical evidence of activity of pazopanib in solitary fibrous tumour. European Journal of Cancer. 50(17). 3021–3028. 51 indexed citations

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Triulzi, Tiziana, Monica Tortoreto, Cristina Ghirelli, et al.. (2013). Maspin influences response to doxorubicin by changing the tumor microenvironment organization. International Journal of Cancer. 134(12). 2789–2797. 13 indexed citations

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Sfondrini, Lucia, Michele Sommariva, Monica Tortoreto, et al.. (2013). Anti‐tumor activity of CpG‐ODN aerosol in mouse lung metastases. International Journal of Cancer. 133(2). 383–393. 18 indexed citations

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Piovan, Claudia, Dario Palmieri, Gianpiero Di Leva, et al.. (2012). Oncosuppressive role of p53‐induced miR‐205 in triple negative breast cancer. Molecular Oncology. 6(4). 458–472. 130 indexed citations

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Ramani, Vishnu C., Yongsheng Ren, Annamaria Naggi, et al.. (2011). SST0001, a Chemically Modified Heparin, Inhibits Myeloma Growth and Angiogenesis via Disruption of the Heparanase/Syndecan-1 Axis. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(6). 1382–1393. 209 indexed citations

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Ghedini, Gaia C., Valentina Ciravolo, Monica Tortoreto, et al.. (2010). Shed HER2 extracellular domain in HER2‐mediated tumor growth and in trastuzumab susceptibility. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 225(1). 256–265. 27 indexed citations

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Pisano, Claudio, Loredana Vesci, Ferdinando Maria Milazzo, et al.. (2010). Metabolic Approach to the Enhancement of Antitumor Effect of Chemotherapy: a Key Role of Acetyl- l -Carnitine. Clinical Cancer Research. 16(15). 3944–3953. 24 indexed citations

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Shafat, Itay, Josephine Issakov, Isaac Meller, et al.. (2010). Pre-clinical and clinical significance of heparanase in Ewing’s sarcoma. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 15(9). 1857–1864. 46 indexed citations

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Pratesi, Graziella, Giovanna Petrangolini, Monica Tortoreto, et al.. (2008). Antitumor Efficacy of Trastuzumab in Nude Mice Orthotopically Xenografted With Human Pancreatic Tumor Cells Expressing Low Levels of HER-2/neu. Journal of Immunotherapy. 31(6). 537–544. 14 indexed citations

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Balsari, Andrea, Monica Tortoreto, Dario Besusso, et al.. (2004). Combination of a CpG-oligodeoxynucleotide and a topoisomerase I inhibitor in the therapy of human tumour xenografts. European Journal of Cancer. 40(8). 1275–1281. 48 indexed citations

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Laccabue, Diletta, Monica Tortoreto, Silvia Veneroni, et al.. (2001). A novel taxane active against an orthotopically growing human glioma xenograft. Cancer. 92(12). 3085–3092. 16 indexed citations

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Romanelli, Simona, Paola Perego, Graziella Pratesi, et al.. (1998). In vitro and in vivo interaction between cisplatin and topotecan in ovarian carcinoma systems. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 41(5). 385–390. 100 indexed citations

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