Simona Distinto

3.3k total citations
83 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Simona Distinto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Distinto has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Organic Chemistry and 27 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Simona Distinto's work include HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (18 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers) and Synthesis and biological activity (14 papers). Simona Distinto is often cited by papers focused on HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment (18 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (15 papers) and Synthesis and biological activity (14 papers). Simona Distinto collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Austria and Spain. Simona Distinto's co-authors include Elias Maccioni, Johannes Kirchmair, Gerhard Wolber, Patrick Markt, Stefano Alcaro, Thierry Langer, Rita Meleddu, Francesco Ortuso, Enzo Tramontano and Angela Corona and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Biochemistry and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Simona Distinto

81 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Distinto Italy	30	1.5k	1.1k	668	440	420	83	2.7k
Sandra Gemma Italy	35	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	656 1.0×	296 0.7×	723 1.7×	132	3.4k
Vigneshwaran Namasivayam Germany	27	1.1k 0.8×	539 0.5×	733 1.1×	628 1.4×	181 0.4×	90	3.3k
Emanuele Perola United States	22	1.3k 0.9×	455 0.4×	993 1.5×	354 0.8×	418 1.0×	33	2.2k
Kerim Babaoglu United States	19	1.0k 0.7×	454 0.4×	478 0.7×	412 0.9×	186 0.4×	20	1.8k
Christoph Sotriffer Germany	36	2.5k 1.7×	997 0.9×	1.5k 2.3×	430 1.0×	788 1.9×	127	4.1k
Elias Maccioni Italy	30	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	158 0.2×	390 0.9×	349 0.8×	99	2.4k
Giosuè Costa Italy	30	1.4k 0.9×	388 0.4×	220 0.3×	433 1.0×	307 0.7×	107	2.5k
Abhinav Grover India	33	1.6k 1.1×	384 0.4×	672 1.0×	461 1.0×	320 0.8×	142	2.9k
Judith M. LaLonde United States	27	2.0k 1.3×	594 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	668 1.5×	276 0.7×	33	3.5k
Francesco Ortuso Italy	43	2.0k 1.4×	2.2k 2.1×	672 1.0×	200 0.5×	1.4k 3.3×	144	4.8k

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Lupia, Antonio, Andrea Angeli, Filippo Cottiglia, et al.. (2025). Synthesis and Evaluation of Thiazolidinone-Isatin Hybrids for Selective Inhibition of Cancer-Related Carbonic Anhydrases. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(4). 560–566.

Distinto, Simona, Antonio Lupia, Filippo Cottiglia, et al.. (2024). New Structural Features of Isatin Dihydrothiazole Hybrids for Selective Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(11). 1860–1865. 2 indexed citations

Meleddu, Rita, Antonella Fais, Benedetta Era, et al.. (2024). Exploring the 1-(4-Nitrophenyl)-3-arylprop-2-en-1-one Scaffold for the Selective Inhibition of Monoamine Oxidase B. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(10). 1685–1691. 1 indexed citations

Corona, Angela, et al.. (2023). Ebola virus disease: In vivo protection provided by the PAMP restricted TLR3 agonist rintatolimod and its mechanism of action. Antiviral Research. 212. 105554–105554. 2 indexed citations

Corona, Angela, Elisa Fanunza, Cristiano Salata, et al.. (2022). Cynarin blocks Ebola virus replication by counteracting VP35 inhibition of interferon-beta production. Antiviral Research. 198. 105251–105251. 12 indexed citations

Meleddu, Rita, Elias Maccioni, Francesco Ortuso, et al.. (2021). Selective inhibition of carbonic anhydrase IX and XII by coumarin and psoralen derivatives. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 36(1). 685–692. 20 indexed citations

Oliveira, Diana, Anabela Borges, Reinaldo Molina, et al.. (2021). 2-(2-Methyl-2-nitrovinyl)furan but Not Furvina Interfere with Staphylococcus aureus Agr Quorum-Sensing System and Potentiate the Action of Fusidic Acid against Biofilms. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(2). 613–613. 12 indexed citations

Distinto, Simona, Rita Meleddu, Francesco Ortuso, et al.. (2019). Exploring new structural features of the 4-[(3-methyl-4-aryl-2,3-dihydro-1,3-thiazol-2-ylidene)amino]benzenesulphonamide scaffold for the inhibition of human carbonic anhydrases. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 34(1). 1526–1533. 12 indexed citations

Costa, Giosuè, Roberta Rocca, Angela Corona, et al.. (2018). Novel natural non-nucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase identified by shape- and structure-based virtual screening techniques. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 161. 1–10. 28 indexed citations

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Meleddu, Rita, Simona Distinto, Roberto Cirilli, et al.. (2017). Through scaffold modification to 3,5-diaryl-4,5-dihydroisoxazoles: new potent and selective inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 32(1). 264–270. 15 indexed citations

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Meleddu, Rita, Simona Distinto, Angela Corona, et al.. (2016). Exploring the thiazole scaffold for the identification of new agents for the treatment of fluconazole resistant Candida. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry. 31(6). 1672–1677. 7 indexed citations

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Rocca, Roberta, Federica Moraca, Giosuè Costa, et al.. (2016). Identification of G-quadruplex DNA/RNA binders: Structure-based virtual screening and biophysical characterization. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1861(5). 1329–1340. 39 indexed citations

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Meleddu, Rita, Simona Distinto, Angela Corona, et al.. (2015). (3Z)-3-(2-[4-(aryl)-1,3-thiazol-2-yl]hydrazin-1-ylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-2-one derivatives as dual inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 93. 452–460. 46 indexed citations

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Ruiu, Stefania, Alessandro Orrù, Costantino Floris, et al.. (2013). N-Alkyl dien- and trienamides from the roots of Otanthus maritimus with binding affinity for opioid and cannabinoid receptors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 21(22). 7074–7082. 20 indexed citations

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Alcaro, Stefano, Anna Artese, Giosuè Costa, et al.. (2011). Conformational studies and solvent-accessible surface area analysis of known selective DNA G-Quadruplex binders. Biochimie. 93(8). 1267–1274. 20 indexed citations

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Distinto, Simona, Matilde Yáñez, Stefano Alcaro, et al.. (2011). Synthesis and biological assessment of novel 2-thiazolylhydrazones and computational analysis of their recognition by monoamine oxidase B. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 48. 284–295. 39 indexed citations

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Dormán, György, Sándor Cseh, Péter Kacsuk, et al.. (2010). Towards Accelerated Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery: Integration of Chemoinformatics, Cell-Based Screening and Grid Computing. SZTAKI Publication Repository (Hungarian Academy of Sciences).

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Chimenti, Franco, Daniela Secci, Adriana Bolasco, et al.. (2010). Synthesis, semipreparative HPLC separation, biological evaluation, and 3D-QSAR of hydrazothiazole derivatives as human monoamine oxidase B inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(14). 5063–5070. 46 indexed citations

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Schuster, Daniela, Birgit Waltenberger, Johannes Kirchmair, et al.. (2010). Predicting Cyclooxygenase Inhibition by Three‐Dimensional Pharmacophoric Profiling. Part I: Model Generation, Validation and Applicability in Ethnopharmacology. Molecular Informatics. 29(1-2). 75–86. 19 indexed citations

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Maccioni, Elias, Maria Cristina Cardia, Simona Distinto, Leonardo Bonsignore, & Alessandro De Logu. (2003). An investigation of the biological effect of structural modifications of isothiosemicarbazones and their cyclic analogues. Il Farmaco. 58(9). 951–959. 23 indexed citations

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