Simona Fontana

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Simona Fontana is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Fontana has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cancer Research and 11 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Simona Fontana's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (17 papers), Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (10 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers). Simona Fontana is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (17 papers), Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (10 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (7 papers). Simona Fontana collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and France. Simona Fontana's co-authors include Riccardo Alessandro, Francesca Villafiorita‐Monteleone, Stefania Raimondo, Simona Taverna, Giacomo De Leo, Maria Antonietta Di Bella, Laura Saieva, Chiara Corrado, Odessa Schillaci and Mauro Manno and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Simona Fontana

61 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Exosomes from metastatic cancer cells transfer amoeboid phenotype to non-metastatic cells and increase endothelial permeability: their emerging role in tumor heterogeneity

2017 378 citations Simona Fontana, Francesca Villafiorita‐Monteleone et al. profile →
Interleukin 3- receptor targeted exosomes inhibit in vitro and in vivo Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia cell growth

2017 331 citations Stefania Raimondo, Stefano Forte et al. profile →
Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures: The Bridge between In Vitro and In Vivo Models

2023 88 citations Ornella Urzì, Elisa Costanzo et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Fontana Italy	25	1.9k	1.1k	331	261	242	63	2.8k
Hongwei Zhang China	36	3.3k 1.7×	1.4k 1.3×	294 0.9×	257 1.0×	377 1.6×	141	4.6k
Dörthe M. Katschinski Germany	37	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	424 1.3×	387 1.5×	371 1.5×	87	4.1k
Zhiqiang Li China	30	1.5k 0.8×	894 0.8×	490 1.5×	298 1.1×	424 1.8×	151	3.6k
Hiroaki Miyazaki Japan	34	1.6k 0.8×	397 0.4×	572 1.7×	153 0.6×	223 0.9×	110	3.6k
Irina Nazarenko Germany	31	2.9k 1.5×	988 0.9×	431 1.3×	342 1.3×	383 1.6×	85	4.0k
Dimitri Scholz Germany	32	2.7k 1.4×	475 0.4×	336 1.0×	428 1.6×	343 1.4×	77	4.6k
Luca Musante Italy	30	2.2k 1.2×	355 0.3×	171 0.5×	317 1.2×	181 0.7×	75	3.8k
Fuqiang Wang China	31	1.4k 0.7×	543 0.5×	240 0.7×	179 0.7×	300 1.2×	147	2.9k
Chao Liang China	30	1.5k 0.8×	474 0.4×	315 1.0×	212 0.8×	377 1.6×	83	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simona Fontana

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Freddi, Stefano, Rosa Pennisi, Simona Fontana, et al.. (2025). TBC1D22B Regulates ER‐to‐Golgi Trafficking via RAB1B Inactivation and Promotes Oncogenic Programs in Breast Cancer. Advanced Science. 12(43). e02269–e02269.

Lopresti, Francesco, Chiara Di Marco, Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas, et al.. (2025). Rapid prototyping of a multicompartment liver-on-chip for dynamic administration of tumour derived vesicles within an electrospun scaffold. Lab on a Chip. 25(18). 4717–4734. 1 indexed citations

Godel, Martina, Simona Fontana, Muhlis Akman, et al.. (2024). Blood-brain barrier permeability increases with the differentiation of glioblastoma cells in vitro. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 21(1). 89–89. 9 indexed citations

Gambino, Giuditta, Danila Di Majo, Valentina Di Liberto, et al.. (2024). Protective effects of lemon nanovesicles: evidence of the Nrf2/HO-1 pathway contribution from in vitro hepatocytes and in vivo high-fat diet-fed rats. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 180. 117532–117532. 2 indexed citations

Petrillo, Sara, Simona Fontana, Chiara Riganti, et al.. (2024). FLVCR1a Controls Cellular Cholesterol Levels through the Regulation of Heme Biosynthesis and Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Flux in Endothelial Cells. Biomolecules. 14(2). 149–149. 2 indexed citations

Vecchia, Sofia La, Simona Fontana, Iris C. Salaroglio, et al.. (2024). Increasing membrane polyunsaturated fatty acids sensitizes non-small cell lung cancer to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy. Cancer Letters. 604. 217221–217221. 9 indexed citations

Pucci, Marzia, Elisa Costanzo, Ornella Urzì, et al.. (2023). Citral-Enriched Fraction of Lemon Essential Oil Mitigates LPS-Induced Hepatocyte Injuries. Biology. 12(12). 1535–1535. 4 indexed citations

Urzì, Ornella, Elisa Costanzo, Antonio Palumbo Piccionello, et al.. (2023). Proof-of-Concept Study on the Use of Tangerine-Derived Nanovesicles as siRNA Delivery Vehicles toward Colorectal Cancer Cell Line SW480. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(1). 546–546. 19 indexed citations

Pipitone, Rosaria Maria, Ayesha Javed, Claudia La Mantia, et al.. (2023). Curcumin and Andrographolide Co-Administration Safely Prevent Steatosis Induction and ROS Production in HepG2 Cell Line. Molecules. 28(3). 1261–1261. 7 indexed citations

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Pucci, Marzia, Marta Moschetti, Ornella Urzì, et al.. (2023). Colorectal cancer-derived small extracellular vesicles induce TGFβ1-mediated epithelial to mesenchymal transition of hepatocytes. Cancer Cell International. 23(1). 8 indexed citations

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Pucci, Marzia, Stefania Raimondo, Ornella Urzì, et al.. (2021). Tumor-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles Induce Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Expression and PD-L1 Regulation in M0 Macrophages via IL-6/STAT3 and TLR4 Signaling Pathways. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(22). 12118–12118. 47 indexed citations

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Pucci, Marzia, Stefania Raimondo, Marta Moschetti, et al.. (2020). Biological Properties of a Citral-Enriched Fraction of Citrus limon Essential Oil. Foods. 9(9). 1290–1290. 25 indexed citations

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Villafiorita‐Monteleone, Francesca, Simona Taverna, Riccardo Alessandro, & Simona Fontana. (2018). SWATH-MS based quantitative proteomics analysis reveals that curcumin alters the metabolic enzyme profile of CML cells by affecting the activity of miR-22/IPO7/HIF-1α axis. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 37(1). 170–170. 37 indexed citations

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Conigliaro, Alice, Simona Fontana, Stefania Raimondo, & Riccardo Alessandro. (2017). Exosomes: Nanocarriers of Biological Messages. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 998. 23–43. 49 indexed citations

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Fontana, Simona, Lucia Vannini, C. D. Papaspyrides, et al.. (2014). LCA of vegetarian burger packed in biobased polybutylene succinate.. 157–166. 3 indexed citations

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Pucci‐Minafra, Ida, Patrizia Cancemi, Simona Fontana, et al.. (2006). Expanding the protein catalogue in the proteome reference map of human breast cancer cells. PROTEOMICS. 6(8). 2609–2625. 32 indexed citations

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Fontana, Simona, Ida Pucci‐Minafra, Michel Becchi, Anne‐Marie Freyria, & Salvatore Minafra. (2004). Effect of collagen substrates on proteomic modulation of breast cancer cells. PROTEOMICS. 4(3). 849–860. 12 indexed citations

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Pucci‐Minafra, Ida, et al.. (2002). Proteomic Patterns of Cultured Breast Cancer Cells and Epithelial Mammary Cells. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 963(1). 122–139. 44 indexed citations

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Pucci‐Minafra, Ida, et al.. (2001). Zymographic analysis of circulating and tissue forms of colon carcinoma gelatinase A (MMP-2) and B (MMP-9) separated by mono- and two-dimensional electrophoresis. Matrix Biology. 20(7). 419–427. 49 indexed citations

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Fontana, Simona, et al.. (1972). Radioimmunoassay for Human Antithyroglobulin Antibodies I. The Relationship Between Tanned Cell Haemagglutination and a Double Antibody Technique. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 3(1). 1–13. 28 indexed citations

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