Simona Taverna

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Simona Taverna is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simona Taverna has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Cancer Research and 6 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Simona Taverna's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (25 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (21 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (11 papers). Simona Taverna is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (25 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (21 papers) and Circular RNAs in diseases (11 papers). Simona Taverna collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Belgium. Simona Taverna's co-authors include Riccardo Alessandro, Giacomo De Leo, Simona Fontana, Maria Antonietta Di Bella, Francesca Villafiorita‐Monteleone, A. Flugý, Laura Saieva, Antonio Russo, Odessa Schillaci and Marco Giallombardo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research.

In The Last Decade

Simona Taverna

47 papers receiving 2.7k 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. Scientific Reports profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simona Taverna Italy	26	1.9k	1.3k	331	255	215	50	2.7k
Simona Fontana Italy	25	1.9k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	242 0.7×	261 1.0×	130 0.6×	63	2.8k
Bing Chen China	27	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	470 1.4×	375 1.5×	231 1.1×	151	3.1k
Yiping He United States	25	3.1k 1.6×	1.4k 1.1×	556 1.7×	398 1.6×	258 1.2×	70	4.4k
Mikael Björklund United Kingdom	25	1.5k 0.8×	557 0.4×	407 1.2×	212 0.8×	176 0.8×	41	2.6k
Mathew L. Coleman United Kingdom	24	2.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	485 1.5×	476 1.9×	195 0.9×	35	3.9k
Rong Zhang China	33	1.7k 0.9×	579 0.4×	383 1.2×	258 1.0×	260 1.2×	167	3.2k
Jenny L. Persson Sweden	33	2.0k 1.0×	655 0.5×	677 2.0×	327 1.3×	578 2.7×	85	3.3k
Xujun Wang China	33	1.5k 0.8×	566 0.4×	434 1.3×	252 1.0×	243 1.1×	99	3.1k
Yung‐Jen Chuang Taiwan	28	1.1k 0.6×	374 0.3×	233 0.7×	314 1.2×	196 0.9×	91	2.4k
Songbin Fu China	35	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	669 2.0×	587 2.3×	279 1.3×	200	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simona Taverna

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Cammarata, Giuseppe, Ilaria Giusti, Vincenza Dolo, et al.. (2025). Effects of small extracellular vesicles isolated from pleural effusion on lung cancer cell proliferation and migration. Human Cell. 39(1). 10–10.

Gristina, Valerio, Viviana Bazan, Nadia Barraco, et al.. (2025). On‐treatment dynamics of circulating extracellular vesicles in the first‐line setting of patients with advanced non‐small cell lung cancer: the LEXOVE prospective study. Molecular Oncology. 19(5). 1422–1435. 2 indexed citations

Taverna, Simona, Annalisa Pinsino, Giuseppe Cammarata, et al.. (2025). Hypoxia-Induced Extracellular Vesicles and Non-Coding RNAs in Cancer: A Systematic Review of Tumor Dynamics and Therapeutic Implications in Preclinical Animal Models. Biomedicines. 13(11). 2796–2796.

Alijagić, Andi, Roberta Russo, Viviana Scuderi, et al.. (2024). Sea urchin immune cells and associated microbiota co-exposed to iron oxide nanoparticles activate cellular and molecular reprogramming that promotes physiological adaptation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 485. 136808–136808.

Bella, Maria Antonietta Di & Simona Taverna. (2024). Extracellular Vesicles: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications in Cancer. Biology. 13(9). 716–716. 4 indexed citations

Taverna, Simona, et al.. (2023). PIWI-RNAs Small Noncoding RNAs with Smart Functions: Potential Theranostic Applications in Cancer. Cancers. 15(15). 3912–3912. 9 indexed citations

Vincenzo, Serena Di, Maria Ferraro, Simona Taverna, et al.. (2023). Tyndallized Bacteria Preferentially Induce Human Macrophage M1 Polarization: An Effect Useful to Balance Allergic Immune Responses and to Control Infections. Antibiotics. 12(3). 571–571. 6 indexed citations

Cammarata, Giuseppe, Nadia Barraco, Ilaria Giusti, et al.. (2022). Extracellular Vesicles-ceRNAs as Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers: Looking into circRNA-miRNA-mRNA Code. Cancers. 14(14). 3404–3404. 30 indexed citations

Sano, Caterina Di, Serena Di Vincenzo, Simona Taverna, et al.. (2022). Mesoporous Silica Particles Functionalized with Newly Extracted Fish Oil (Omeg@Silica) Reducing IL-8 Counteract Cell Migration in NSCLC Cell Lines. Pharmaceutics. 14(10). 2079–2079. 6 indexed citations

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Taverna, Simona, et al.. (2020). Breast Cancer Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Bone Metastasis Induction and Their Clinical Implications as Biomarkers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(10). 3573–3573. 29 indexed citations

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Cammarata, Giuseppe, et al.. (2019). Circulating miRNAs in Successful and Unsuccessful Aging. A Mini-review. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 25(39). 4150–4153. 10 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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Caglevic, Christian, et al.. (2018). Vaccine and immune cell therapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 10(S13). S1602–S1614. 33 indexed citations

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Passiglia, Francesco, Christian Caglevic, Elisa Giovannetti, et al.. (2018). Primary and metastatic brain cancer genomics and emerging biomarkers for immunomodulatory cancer treatment. Seminars in Cancer Biology. 52(Pt 2). 259–268. 10 indexed citations

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Fanale, Daniele, Simona Taverna, Antonio Russo, & Viviana Bazan. (2018). Circular RNA in Exosomes. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 1087. 109–117. 138 indexed citations

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Reclusa, Pablo, Simona Taverna, Marzia Pucci, et al.. (2017). Exosomes as diagnostic and predictive biomarkers in lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 9(S13). S1373–S1382. 90 indexed citations

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Taverna, Simona, Marzia Pucci, Marco Giallombardo, et al.. (2017). Amphiregulin contained in NSCLC-exosomes induces osteoclast differentiation through the activation of EGFR pathway. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3170–3170. 131 indexed citations

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Ciccia, Francesco, A. Rizzo, Anna Giardina, et al.. (2012). Increased expression of interleukin-32 in the inflamed ileum of ankylosing spondylitis patients. Lara D. Veeken. 51(11). 1966–1972. 23 indexed citations

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Mineo, Marco, Susan H. Garfield, Simona Taverna, et al.. (2011). Exosomes released by K562 chronic myeloid leukemia cells promote angiogenesis in a src-dependent fashion. Angiogenesis. 15(1). 33–45. 227 indexed citations

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Candela, Maria Elena, Fabiana Geraci, Giuseppina Turturici, et al.. (2010). Membrane vesicles containing matrix metalloproteinase‐9 and fibroblast growth factor‐2 are released into the extracellular space from mouse mesoangioblast stem cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 224(1). 144–151. 20 indexed citations

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