Sandro Banfi

18.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Sandro Banfi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Ophthalmology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandro Banfi has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 27 papers in Ophthalmology. Recurrent topics in Sandro Banfi's work include Retinal Development and Disorders (50 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (25 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (20 papers). Sandro Banfi is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Development and Disorders (50 papers), Retinal Diseases and Treatments (25 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (20 papers). Sandro Banfi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Spain. Sandro Banfi's co-authors include Andrea Ballabio, Vincenzo A. Gennarino, Huda Y. Zoghbi, Harry T. Orr, Ming‐Yi Chung, Lisa Duvick, Alanna E. McCall, Marco Sardiello, Antonio Servadio and Thomas J. Kwiatkowski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sandro Banfi

139 papers receiving 9.6k 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.

A Gene Network Regulating Lysosomal Biogenesis and Function

2009 1.9k citations Marco Sardiello, Michela Palmieri et al. Science profile →
Expansion of an unstable trinucleotide CAG repeat in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1

1993 1.3k citations Harry T. Orr, Sandro Banfi et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sandro Banfi

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Novel and Recurrent Copy Number Variants in ABCA4-Associated Retinopathy 2024 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), Claire‐Marie Dhaenens, (unknown), (unknown), Isabelle Meunier, Sandro Banfi, Marianthi Karali, Frans P.M. Cremers, (unknown)	1
2	Multicentric Longitudinal Prospective Study in a European Cohort of MYO7A Patients: Disease Course and Implications for Gene Therapy 2024 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Francesco Testa, Ester Carreño, L. Ingeborgh van den Born, Paolo Melillo, Irene Perea‐Romero, Valentina Di Iorio, (unknown), (unknown), Ronald J. E. Pennings, Marianthi Karali, Sandro Banfi, Alberto Auricchio, Stefania Galimberti, Carmen Ayuso, Francesca Simonelli	4
3	Definition of the transcriptional units of inherited retinal disease genes by meta-analysis of human retinal transcriptome data 2023 ·BMC Genomics ·(unknown), (unknown), Michele Pinelli, (unknown), Diego Carrella, Diego di Bernardo, Sandro Banfi	3
4	Novel variants in genes related to vesicle-mediated-transport modify Parkinson's disease risk 2023 ·Molecular Genetics and Metabolism ·Orly Goldstein, Mali Gana‐Weisz, Sandro Banfi, Vincenzo Nigro, Anat Bar‐Shira, Avner Thaler, Tanya Gurevich, Anat Mirelman, Nir Giladi, Roy N. Alcalay, Avi Orr‐Urtreger	5
5	Patients with DeSanto–Shinawi syndrome: Further extension of phenotype from Italy 2022 ·American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A ·Daniela Pasquali, Annalaura Torella, Anna Grandone, (unknown), Manuela Morleo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Giacomo Accardo, (unknown), Silvia Maitz, (unknown), Angelo Selicorni, Sandro Banfi, Vincenzo Nigro, (unknown)	1
6	Specialization of the photoreceptor transcriptome by Srrm3 -dependent microexons is required for outer segment maintenance and vision 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Federica Mantica, (unknown), Jon Permanyer, (unknown), Jingjing Zang, Damiano Cianferoni, Senda Jiménez‐Delgado, Sophie Bonnal, Samuel Miravet‐Verde, Verena Ruprecht, Stephan C. F. Neuhauss, Sandro Banfi, Sabrina Carrella, Luís Serrano, Sarah A. Head, Manuel Irimia	19
7	miR ‐181a/b downregulation: a mutation‐independent therapeutic approach for inherited retinal diseases 2022 ·EMBO Molecular Medicine ·Sabrina Carrella, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jorge García‐Piqueras, Mariateresa Pizzo, Elena Marrocco, Marta Molinari, (unknown), Sara Barbato, (unknown), Alberto Auricchio, Brunella Franco, Elvira De Leonibus, Enrico Maria Surace, Alessia Indrieri, Sandro Banfi	14
8	VarGenius-HZD Allows Accurate Detection of Rare Homozygous or Hemizygous Deletions in Targeted Sequencing Leveraging Breadth of Coverage 2021 ·Genes ·Francesco Musacchia, Marianthi Karali, Annalaura Torella, Steven Laurie, (unknown), Mariateresa Pizzo, Sergi Beltrán, Giorgio Casari, Vincenzo Nigro, Sandro Banfi	2
9	The Pervasive Role of the miR-181 Family in Development, Neurodegeneration, and Cancer 2020 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Alessia Indrieri, Sabrina Carrella, Pietro Carotenuto, Sandro Banfi, Brunella Franco	126
10	miR‐181a/b downregulation exerts a protective action on mitochondrial disease models 2019 ·EMBO Molecular Medicine ·Alessia Indrieri, Sabrina Carrella, Alessia Romano, (unknown), Elena Marrocco, Erika Fernández‐Vizarra, Sara Barbato, Mariateresa Pizzo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Roberta Tammaro, Jorge Henao‐Mejia, Adam Williams, Richard A. Flavell, Elvira De Leonibus, Massimo Zeviani, Enrico Maria Surace, Sandro Banfi, Brunella Franco	71
11	Chromatic Pupillometry for Screening and Monitoring of Retinitis Pigmentosa 2019 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Paolo Melillo, (unknown), Edoardo Villani, (unknown), Ernesto Iadanza, Monica Gherardelli, Francesco Testa, Sandro Banfi, Paolo Nucci, Francesca Simonelli	3
12	AAV-miR-204 Protects from Retinal Degeneration by Attenuation of Microglia Activation and Photoreceptor Cell Death 2019 ·Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids ·Marianthi Karali, (unknown), Elena Marrocco, Rossella De Cegli, Annamaria Carissimo, Mariateresa Pizzo, Simona Casarosa, Iván Conte, Enrico Maria Surace, Sandro Banfi	39
13	MiR-204 is responsible for inherited retinal dystrophy associated with ocular coloboma 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Iván Conte, Kristen D. Hadfield, Sara Barbato, Sabrina Carrella, Mariateresa Pizzo, (unknown), Annamaria Carissimo, Marianthi Karali, Louise F. Porter, Jill Urquhart, (unknown), James O’Sullivan, Forbes Manson, Stephan C. F. Neuhauss, Sandro Banfi, Graeme C. Black	84
14	A Gene Network Regulating Lysosomal Biogenesis and Function breakdown → 2009 ·Science ·Marco Sardiello, Michela Palmieri, Alberto di Ronza, Diego L. Medina, Marta Valenza, Vincenzo A. Gennarino, Chiara Di Malta, Francesca Donaudy, Valerio Embrione, Roman Polishchuk, Sandro Banfi, Giancarlo Parenti, Elena Cattaneo, Andrea Ballabio	1885
15	Mir-204 Modulates Optic Cup Patterning During Medaka Fish Embryonic Eye Development 2009 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Sandro Banfi, Sabrina Carrella, Raffaella Avellino, Marianthi Karali, Iván Conte	1
16	A NR2E3 Mutation (R309G) Associated With a Mild Form of Enhanced S-Cone Syndrome 2008 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown), Ignazio Alberto Zucca, Sandro Banfi, Carmela Ziviello, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Maurizio Fossarello	2
17	Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 2: a clinical, pathologic, and genetic study. 2006 ·Neurourology and Urodynamics ·Chiara Criscuolo, Luchino Chessa, (unknown), P Mancini, Francesco Saccà, (unknown), (unknown), F Barbieri, (unknown), Sandro Banfi, Francesco Pierelli, N. Rizzuto, Filippo M. Santorelli, (unknown), (unknown), Carlo Casali	3
18	Identification and Characterization of YME1L1, a Novel Paraplegin-Related Gene 2000 ·Genomics ·(unknown), (unknown), Sandro Banfi, Maria Teresa Bassi, Giorgio Casari, Barbara Incerti	75
19	Mice Lacking Ataxin-1 Display Learning Deficits and Decreased Hippocampal Paired-Pulse Facilitation 1998 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Antoni Matilla‐Dueñas, Erik D. Roberson, Sandro Banfi, (unknown), Dawna L. Armstrong, Eric N. Burright, Harry T. Orr, J. David Sweatt, Huda Y. Zoghbi, Martin M. Matzuk	167
20	Characterization of the gene causing type 1 spinocerebellar ataxia and identification of the murine homolog 1994 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Sandro Banfi, Antonio Servadio, Alanna E. McCall	1

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