Silvano Piazza

11.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Silvano Piazza is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Silvano Piazza has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cancer Research and 15 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Silvano Piazza's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers). Silvano Piazza is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (13 papers), Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (9 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (8 papers). Silvano Piazza collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Silvano Piazza's co-authors include Giannino Del Sal, Antonio Rosato, Roberta Sommaggio, Yari Ciani, Giovanni Sorrentino, Miguel Mano, Sirio Dupont, Valeria Specchia, Andrea Manfrin and Stefano Piccolo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Silvano Piazza

68 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Metabolic control of YAP and TAZ by the mevalonate pathway 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 200 400 600
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.

  1. Metabolic control of YAP and TAZ by the mevalonate pathway
    2014 620 citations Miguel Mano, Roberta Sommaggio et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Silvano Piazza Italy 28 2.3k 1.0k 900 711 289 70 3.3k
Ramani Ramchandran United States 35 3.0k 1.3× 510 0.5× 1.5k 1.6× 542 0.8× 325 1.1× 96 4.3k
Kaustubh Datta United States 33 2.0k 0.9× 827 0.8× 787 0.9× 373 0.5× 447 1.5× 75 3.1k
Elisa Bal de Kier Joffé Argentina 35 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 982 1.1× 389 0.5× 218 0.8× 123 3.5k
Naira V. Margaryan United States 28 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 720 0.8× 492 0.7× 183 0.6× 57 2.8k
Frederic Tort Spain 19 2.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 550 0.6× 360 0.5× 219 0.8× 38 3.4k
Han You China 29 3.4k 1.5× 1.1k 1.0× 955 1.1× 331 0.5× 323 1.1× 41 4.5k
Dawn A. Kirschmann United States 29 2.6k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 475 0.7× 325 1.1× 39 3.4k
Álvaro J. Obaya Spain 26 2.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 723 0.8× 330 0.5× 160 0.6× 49 3.3k
Dimitris Athineos United Kingdom 26 2.6k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 996 1.1× 330 0.5× 212 0.7× 36 3.7k
Lluı́s Espinosa Spain 32 2.7k 1.2× 778 0.7× 817 0.9× 773 1.1× 197 0.7× 85 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Silvano Piazza

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Fields of papers citing papers by Silvano Piazza

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Silvano Piazza

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mooney, Catherine, María Luisa Scattoni, Laura Ricceri, et al.. (2025). Deregulated mRNA and microRNA Expression Patterns in the Prefrontal Cortex of the BTBR Mouse Model of Autism. Molecular Neurobiology. 62(8). 10614–10634. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Chandan, Alfonso Esposito, Iris Bertani, et al.. (2024). Sorghum rhizosphere bacteriome studies and generation of multistrain beneficial bacterial consortia. Microbiological Research. 292. 128036–128036. 3 indexed citations
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Rahmeh, Rita, et al.. (2024). Camel Milk Resistome in Kuwait: Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterization. Antibiotics. 13(5). 380–380. 4 indexed citations
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Notarangelo, Michela, Emiliano Dalla, Giulia Antoniali, et al.. (2024). The DNA-repair protein APE1 participates with hnRNPA2B1 to motif-enriched and prognostic miRNA secretion. Oncogene. 43(24). 1861–1876. 7 indexed citations
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Volpe, Maria Concetta, Nadja Ring, Simone Vodret, et al.. (2023). Flt1 produced by lung endothelial cells impairs ATII cell transdifferentiation and repair in pulmonary fibrosis. Cell Death and Disease. 14(7). 437–437. 16 indexed citations
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Tripathi, Takshashila, Jessica Döring, Emanuela Kerschbamer, et al.. (2023). CAG repeat expansion in the Huntington’s disease gene shapes linear and circular RNAs biogenesis. PLoS Genetics. 19(10). e1010988–e1010988. 13 indexed citations
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Esposito, Alfonso, et al.. (2023). The ams proteins and the amylovoran biosynthetic pathway: an extensive bioinformatic study. Journal of Plant Pathology. 106(3). 997–1010.
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Santos, Sérgio Alexandre Alcântara dos, Michela A. Denti, Silvano Piazza, et al.. (2022). miR-18a-5p Is Involved in the Developmental Origin of Prostate Cancer in Maternally Malnourished Offspring Rats: A DOHaD Approach. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(23). 14855–14855. 5 indexed citations
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Schillaci, Odessa, Mariangela Santorsola, Deborah Bonazza, et al.. (2022). TGS1 mediates 2,2,7-trimethyl guanosine capping of the human telomerase RNA to direct telomerase dependent telomere maintenance. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2302–2302. 19 indexed citations
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Antoniali, Giulia, Emiliano Dalla, Xiaolong Zhao, et al.. (2022). APE1 controls DICER1 expression in NSCLC through miR-33a and miR-130b. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79(8). 446–446. 17 indexed citations
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Pizzamiglio, Lara, Luca Murru, Silvia Pelucchi, et al.. (2022). ATM rules neurodevelopment and glutamatergic transmission in the hippocampus but not in the cortex. Cell Death and Disease. 13(7). 616–616. 9 indexed citations
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Idilli, Aurora, Emanuela Kerschbamer, Francesco Berardinelli, et al.. (2020). Changes in the Expression of Pre-Replicative Complex Genes in hTERT and ALT Pediatric Brain Tumors. Cancers. 12(4). 1028–1028. 11 indexed citations
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Caponnetto, Federica, Emiliano Dalla, Damiano Mangoni, et al.. (2020). The miRNA Content of Exosomes Released from the Glioma Microenvironment Can Affect Malignant Progression. Biomedicines. 8(12). 564–564. 21 indexed citations
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Cotella, Diego, Maria Felicia Soluri, Francesco Raspagliesi, et al.. (2019). High-throughput assessment of the antibody profile in ovarian cancer ascitic fluids. OncoImmunology. 8(9). e1614856–e1614856. 27 indexed citations
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Agostoni, Elena, Alisia Carnemolla, Yari Ciani, et al.. (2016). Effects of Pin1 Loss in HdhQ111 Knock-in Mice. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 10. 110–110. 13 indexed citations
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Verardo, Roberto, Silvano Piazza, Yari Ciani, et al.. (2014). Specific Mesothelial Signature Marks the Heterogeneity of Mesenchymal Stem Cells From High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer. Stem Cells. 32(11). 2998–3011. 13 indexed citations
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Pegoraro, Silvia, Gloria Ros, Silvano Piazza, et al.. (2013). HMGA1 promotes metastatic processes in basal-like breast cancer regulating EMT and stemness. Oncotarget. 4(8). 1293–1308. 112 indexed citations
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Mantovani, Fiamma, Silvano Piazza, Monica Gostissa, et al.. (2004). Pin1 Links the Activities of c-Abl and p300 in Regulating p73 Function. Molecular Cell. 14(5). 625–636. 144 indexed citations

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