Silvia K. Nicolis

9.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Silvia K. Nicolis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Silvia K. Nicolis has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Silvia K. Nicolis's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (18 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (15 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers). Silvia K. Nicolis is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (18 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (15 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (13 papers). Silvia K. Nicolis collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Sweden. Silvia K. Nicolis's co-authors include Robin Lovell‐Badge, Larysa Pevny, Ariel A. Avilion, Nigel Vivian, Lídia Pérez, Sergio Ottolenghi, Rebecca Favaro, Adam Hacker, Amanda Swain and P.N. Goodfellow and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Silvia K. Nicolis

64 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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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.

Multipotent cell lineages in early mouse development depend on SOX2 function

2003 1.8k citations Silvia K. Nicolis, Larysa Pevny et al. profile →
Circular transcripts of the testis-determining gene Sry in adult mouse testis

1993 944 citations Silvia K. Nicolis et al. profile →
Sox2deficiency causes neurodegeneration and impaired neurogenesis in the adult mouse brain

2004 521 citations Sergio Ottolenghi, Silvia K. Nicolis et al. Development profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Silvia K. Nicolis Italy	36	5.5k	1.5k	1.2k	1.0k	677	65	7.1k
Richard M. Gronostajski United States	52	5.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	301 0.4×	138	7.5k
Qi‐Long Ying United States	28	7.1k 1.3×	549 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	879 0.8×	821 1.2×	64	8.3k
David L. Turner United States	26	7.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	928 0.9×	280 0.4×	37	8.6k
Véronique Lefebvre United States	47	4.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	361 0.3×	700 1.0×	103	9.1k
Nicholas Gaiano United States	34	6.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	962 0.8×	2.0k 1.9×	541 0.8×	50	7.9k
Elisabeth Sock Germany	36	3.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	987 1.0×	231 0.3×	72	4.7k
Eirini P. Papapetrou United States	28	5.4k 1.0×	590 0.4×	935 0.8×	690 0.7×	367 0.5×	62	6.4k
Anne K. Voss Australia	45	4.1k 0.7×	553 0.4×	981 0.8×	475 0.5×	262 0.4×	113	5.6k
Chi‐chung Hui Canada	51	8.0k 1.4×	639 0.4×	2.4k 2.0×	448 0.4×	724 1.1×	121	10.1k
Aris N. Economides United States	54	7.0k 1.3×	735 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	320 0.3×	624 0.9×	114	10.0k

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Rovelli, Grazia, Francesca Gullo, Sergio Ottolenghi, et al.. (2025). SOX2 and NR2F1 coordinate the gene expression program of the early postnatal visual thalamus. Biology Open. 14(8).

Chandran, Uma, et al.. (2023). Genomic glucocorticoid action in embryonic mouse neural stem cells. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 563. 111864–111864. 1 indexed citations

Mercurio, Sara, et al.. (2023). Hooked Up from a Distance: Charting Genome-Wide Long-Range Interaction Maps in Neural Cells Chromatin to Identify Novel Candidate Genes for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(2). 1164–1164. 1 indexed citations

Edwards, Megan R., Kylie M. Wagstaff, David Aragão, et al.. (2021). Structural basis for nuclear import selectivity of pioneer transcription factor SOX2. Nature Communications. 12(1). 28–28. 27 indexed citations

Buccarelli, Mariachiara, Francesco Alessandrini, Rebecca Favaro, et al.. (2020). Sox2‐dependent maintenance of mouse oligodendroglioma involves the Sox2‐mediated downregulation of Cdkn2b, Ebf1, Zfp423, and Hey2. Glia. 69(3). 579–593. 9 indexed citations

Wittmann, Walter, Sara Mercurio, Jessica Bertolini, et al.. (2018). Sox2 is required for olfactory pit formation and olfactory neurogenesis through BMP restriction and Hes5 upregulation. Development. 145(2). 39 indexed citations

Favaro, Rebecca, Irene Appolloni, Serena Pellegatta, et al.. (2014). Sox2 Is Required to Maintain Cancer Stem Cells in a Mouse Model of High-Grade Oligodendroglioma. Cancer Research. 74(6). 1833–1844. 85 indexed citations

Bardot, Evan, Víctor Julián Valdés, Jisheng Zhang, et al.. (2013). Polycomb subunits Ezh1 and Ezh2 regulate the Merkel cell differentiation program in skin stem cells. The EMBO Journal. 32(14). 1990–2000. 86 indexed citations

Ahlfeld, Julia, Rebecca Favaro, Pierfrancesco Pagella, et al.. (2013). Sox2 Requirement in Sonic Hedgehog-Associated Medulloblastoma. Cancer Research. 73(12). 3796–3807. 57 indexed citations

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Wang, Su, Devin Chandler-Militello, Gang Lü, et al.. (2010). Prospective Identification, Isolation, and Profiling of a Telomerase-Expressing Subpopulation of Human Neural Stem Cells, using sox2 Enhancer-Directed Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(44). 14635–14648. 30 indexed citations

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Pevny, Larysa & Silvia K. Nicolis. (2009). Sox2 roles in neural stem cells. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 42(3). 421–424. 272 indexed citations

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Nicolis, Silvia K.. (2006). Cancer stem cells and “stemness” genes in neuro-oncology. Neurobiology of Disease. 25(2). 217–229. 90 indexed citations

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Pizzuti, Antonio, Giuseppe Novelli, Antonia Ratti, et al.. (1997). UFD1L, a Developmentally Expressed Ubiquitination Gene, is Deleted in CATCH 22 Syndrome. Human Molecular Genetics. 6(2). 259–265. 75 indexed citations

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Guerrasio, Angelo, Giuseppe Saglio, Chiara Rosso, et al.. (1994). Expression of GATA-1 mRNA in human myeloid leukemic cells.. PubMed. 8(6). 1034–8. 15 indexed citations

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Nicolis, Silvia K., Antonella Ronchi, Stefania Crotta, et al.. (1991). An erythroid specific enhancer upstream to the gene encodin the cell-type specific transcription factor GATA-1. Nucleic Acids Research. 19(19). 5285–5291. 72 indexed citations

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Ottolenghi, Sergio, et al.. (1990). Regulation of γ‐Globin Expression in Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 612(1). 191–195. 3 indexed citations

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Ottolenghi, Sergio, Roberto Mantovani, Silvia K. Nicolis, Antonella Ronchi, & Barbára Giglioni. (1989). DNA Sequences Regulating Human Globin Gene Transcription in Nondeletional Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin. Hemoglobin. 13(6). 523–541. 37 indexed citations

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Ronchi, Antonella, Silvia K. Nicolis, Claudio Santoro, & Sergio Ottolenghi. (1989). Increased Sp1 binding mediates erythroid-specific overexpression of a mutated (HPFH) γ-globulin promoter. Nucleic Acids Research. 17(24). 10231–10241. 47 indexed citations

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Mantovani, Roberto, Nicoletta Malgaretti, Silvia K. Nicolis, et al.. (1988). An erythroid specific nuclear factor binding to the proximal CACCC box of the β-globin gene promoter. Nucleic Acids Research. 16(10). 4299–4313. 66 indexed citations

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Ottolenghi, Sergio, Silvia K. Nicolis, Roberto Taramelli, et al.. (1988). Sardinian G gamma-HPFH: a T----C substitution in a conserved "octamer" sequence in the G gamma-globin promoter. Blood. 71(3). 815–817. 52 indexed citations

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