Roberto Bonasio

14.3k citations

70 papers · 9.6k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Immunology top 1%
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
Cancer Research top 1%
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Papers in ⓘ

Molecular Biology 47
- RNA modifications and cancer 18
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation 16
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics 15
- RNA Research and Splicing 13
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 9
Genetics 20
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior 16

Co-authors: Danny Reinberg (23 shared papers)Shengjiang Tu (1 shared paper)Paola Ricciardi‐Castagnoli (2 shared papers)María Rescigno (2 shared papers)Ramin Shiekhattar (2 shared papers)Francesca Granucci (1 shared paper)Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl (1 shared paper)Maura Francolini (1 shared paper)
Journals: Molecular Cell (7 papers)Cell (6 papers)Science (5 papers)Genes & Development (4 papers)Nature Communications (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany China

In The Last Decade

Roberto Bonasio

70 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Transcription factors interact with RNA to regulate genes 2023 · 123 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Molecular Cell
2018 Nature Methods
2012 Molecular Cell
2010 Science
2001 Nature Immunology

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1	Dendritic cells express tight junction proteins and penetrate gut epithelial monolayers to sample bacteria Nature Immunology ·María Rescigno, Matteo Urbano, Barbara Valzasina, Maura Francolini, Gianluca Rotta, Roberto Bonasio, Francesca Granucci, Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl, Paola Ricciardi‐Castagnoli Hit paper breakdown →	2001	1929
2	Molecular Signals of Epigenetic States Science ·Roberto Bonasio, Shengjiang Tu, Danny Reinberg Hit paper breakdown →	2010	667
3	PCGF Homologs, CBX Proteins, and RYBP Define Functionally Distinct PRC1 Family Complexes Molecular Cell ·Zhonghua Gao, Jin Zhang, Roberto Bonasio, Francesco Strino, Ayana Sawai, Fabio Parisi, Yuval Kluger, Danny Reinberg Hit paper breakdown →	2012	646
4	SAVER: gene expression recovery for single-cell RNA sequencing Nature Methods ·Mo Huang, Jingshu Wang, Eduardo A. Torre, Hannah Dueck, Sydney M. Shaffer, Roberto Bonasio, John I. Murray, Arjun Raj, Mingyao Li, Nancy R. Zhang Hit paper breakdown →	2018	458
5	Genomic Comparison of the Ants Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator Science ·Roberto Bonasio, Guojie Zhang, Chaoyang Ye, Navdeep S. Mutti, Xiaodong Fang, Nan Qin, Greg Donahue, Pengcheng Yang, Qiye Li, Cai Li, Pei Zhang, Zhiyong Huang, Shelley L. Berger, Danny Reinberg, Jun Wang, Jürgen Liebig	2010	347
6	Regulation of Transcription by Long Noncoding RNAs Annual Review of Genetics ·Roberto Bonasio, Ramin Shiekhattar	2014	340
7	Clonal deletion of thymocytes by circulating dendritic cells homing to the thymus Nature Immunology ·Roberto Bonasio, María Lucila Scimone, Patrick Schaerli, Nir Grabie, Andrew H. Lichtman, Ulrich H. von Andrian	2006	310
8	Bone Marrow Is a Major Reservoir and Site of Recruitment for Central Memory CD8+ T Cells Immunity ·Irina B. Mazo, Marek Honczarenko, Harry Leung, Lois L. Cavanagh, Roberto Bonasio, Wolfgang Weninger, Katharina Engelke, Lijun Xia, Rodger P. McEver, Pandelakis A. Koni, Leslie E. Silberstein, Ulrich H. von Andrian	2005	294
9	Interactions between JARID2 and Noncoding RNAs Regulate PRC2 Recruitment to Chromatin Molecular Cell ·Syuzo Kaneko, Roberto Bonasio, Ricardo Saldaña-Meyer, Takahaki Yoshida, Jinsook Son, Koichiro Nishino, Akihiro Umezawa, Danny Reinberg	2014	291
10	Genome-wide and Caste-Specific DNA Methylomes of the Ants Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator Current Biology ·Roberto Bonasio, Qiye Li, Jinmin Lian, Navdeep S. Mutti, Lijun Jin, Hongmei Zhao, Pei Zhang, Ping Wen, Hui Xiang, Yun Ding, Zonghui Jin, Steven S. Shen, Zongji Wang, Wen Wang, Jun Wang, Shelley L. Berger, Jürgen Liebig, Guojie Zhang, Danny Reinberg	2012	280
11	RNA Binding to CBP Stimulates Histone Acetylation and Transcription Cell ·Daniel Bose, Greg Donahue, Danny Reinberg, Ramin Shiekhattar, Roberto Bonasio, Shelley L. Berger	2017	278
12	PRC2 binds active promoters and contacts nascent RNAs in embryonic stem cells Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·Syuzo Kaneko, Jinsook Son, Steven S. Shen, Danny Reinberg, Roberto Bonasio	2013	235
13	High-Resolution Mapping of RNA-Binding Regions in the Nuclear Proteome of Embryonic Stem Cells Molecular Cell ·Chongsheng He, Simone Sidoli, Robert Warneford-Thomson, Deirdre C. Tatomer, Jeremy E. Wilusz, Benjamin A. García, Roberto Bonasio	2016	202
14	Activation of bone marrow–resident memory T cells by circulating, antigen-bearing dendritic cells Nature Immunology ·Lois L. Cavanagh, Roberto Bonasio, Irina B. Mazo, Cornelia Halin, Guiying Cheng, Adrianus W. M. van der Velden, Annaiah Cariappa, Catherine Chase, Paul S. Russell, Michael N. Starnbach, Pandelakis A. Koni, Shiv Pillai, Wolfgang Weninger, Ulrich H. von Andrian	2005	178
15	The C-Terminal Domain of RNA Polymerase II Is Modified by Site-Specific Methylation Science ·Robert J. Sims, Luis Alejandro Rojas, David B. Beck, Roberto Bonasio, Roland Schüller, William J. Drury, Dirk Eick, Danny Reinberg	2011	171
16	Epigenetic (re)programming of caste-specific behavior in the ant Camponotus floridanus Science ·Daniel F. Simola, Riley J. Graham, Cristina M. Brady, Brittany L. Enzmann, Claude Desplan, Anandasankar Ray, Laurence J. Zwiebel, Roberto Bonasio, Danny Reinberg, Jürgen Liebig, Shelley L. Berger	2015	164
17	CTCF regulates the human p53 gene through direct interaction with its natural antisense transcript, Wrap53 Genes & Development ·Ricardo Saldaña-Meyer, Edgar González-Buendía, Georgina Guerrero, Varun Narendra, Roberto Bonasio, Félix Recillas‐Targa, Danny Reinberg	2014	162
18	SIRT3 Functions in the Nucleus in the Control of Stress-Related Gene Expression Molecular and Cellular Biology ·Toshinori Iwahara, Roberto Bonasio, Varun Narendra, Danny Reinberg	2012	157
19	Nascent RNA interaction keeps PRC2 activity poised and in check Genes & Development ·Syuzo Kaneko, Jinsook Son, Roberto Bonasio, Steven S. Shen, Danny Reinberg	2014	154
20	H3K9me3-heterochromatin loss at protein-coding genes enables developmental lineage specification Science ·Dario Nicetto, Greg Donahue, Tanya Jain, Tao Peng, Simone Sidoli, Lihong Sheng, Thomas Montavon, Justin S. Becker, Jessica M. Grindheim, Kimberly R. Blahnik, Benjamin A. García, Kai Tan, Roberto Bonasio, Thomas Jenuwein, Kenneth S. Zaret	2019	149

About Roberto Bonasio

Roberto Bonasio is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Cancer Research, having authored 70 papers that have together received 9.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include RNA modifications and cancer (18 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (16 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (16 papers), Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (15 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (13 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (12 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (9 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Immunology (2.1k citations), Cancer Research (1.4k citations), Molecular Biology (5.7k citations), Genetics (1.8k citations) and Endocrinology (322 citations). Roberto Bonasio has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Frequent co-authors include Danny Reinberg, Shengjiang Tu, Paola Ricciardi‐Castagnoli, María Rescigno, Ramin Shiekhattar, Francesca Granucci, Jean-Pierre Kraehenbuhl, Maura Francolini, Matteo Urbano and Barbara Valzasina. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Cell, Cell, Science, Genes & Development and Nature Communications.

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