Simone Merlin

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 891 citations indexed

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Simone Merlin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Hematology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Simone Merlin has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 891 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Hematology and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Simone Merlin's work include Hemophilia Treatment and Research (14 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (5 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (5 papers). Simone Merlin is often cited by papers focused on Hemophilia Treatment and Research (14 papers), Liver physiology and pathology (5 papers) and Cancer-related gene regulation (5 papers). Simone Merlin collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Simone Merlin's co-authors include Antonia Follenzi, María Prat, Sanjeev Gupta, Angelo Lombardo, Stefano Pietronave, Guido Valente, Matina Economopoulou, Shuhei Sakakibara, Giovanna Tosato and Dragan Maric and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Simone Merlin

35 papers receiving 881 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.

Durable and efficient gene silencing in vivo by hit-and-run epigenome editing

2024 91 citations Valeria Mollica Poeta, Sara Valsoni et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simone Merlin Italy	19	487	176	143	135	109	36	891
Karyn Bouhana United States	13	560 1.1×	65 0.4×	192 1.3×	73 0.5×	41 0.4×	26	946
Ryohichi Sugimura Hong Kong	14	902 1.9×	303 1.7×	254 1.8×	121 0.9×	76 0.7×	48	1.4k
Marie-Claire Wagle United States	8	547 1.1×	53 0.3×	173 1.2×	143 1.1×	57 0.5×	13	790
Wei An China	14	304 0.6×	81 0.5×	89 0.6×	43 0.3×	59 0.5×	38	628
Jane Lane United Kingdom	20	528 1.1×	44 0.3×	217 1.5×	70 0.5×	154 1.4×	38	1.0k
Amy E. Birsner United States	21	644 1.3×	64 0.4×	176 1.2×	92 0.7×	55 0.5×	34	1.2k
Foad J. Rouhani United Kingdom	10	746 1.5×	29 0.2×	72 0.5×	153 1.1×	197 1.8×	14	994
Dan Link United States	6	390 0.8×	189 1.1×	149 1.0×	38 0.3×	70 0.6×	11	753
Rui Gao China	16	831 1.7×	47 0.3×	165 1.2×	97 0.7×	74 0.7×	42	1.1k
Ursula Zimber‐Strobl Switzerland	8	672 1.4×	38 0.2×	305 2.1×	134 1.0×	214 2.0×	9	1.0k

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Borroni, Ester, Chiara Borsotti, Rosella Famà, et al.. (2024). Immune tolerance promotion by LSEC-specific lentiviral vector-mediated expression of the transgene regulated by the stabilin-2 promoter. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 35(1). 102116–102116. 3 indexed citations

Merlin, Simone, Ester Borroni, Mauro Biffi, et al.. (2024). GP64-pseudotyped lentiviral vectors target liver endothelial cells and correct hemophilia A mice. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 16(6). 1427–1450. 7 indexed citations

Poeta, Valeria Mollica, Sara Valsoni, Piergiuseppe Quarato, et al.. (2024). Durable and efficient gene silencing in vivo by hit-and-run epigenome editing. Nature. 627(8003). 416–423. 91 indexed citations breakdown →

Merlin, Simone, Ester Borroni, Chiara Borsotti, et al.. (2023). Therapeutic potential of fetal liver cell transplantation in hemophilia A mice. Haematologica. 108(6). 1544–1554.

Gage, Blair K., Simone Merlin, Cristina Olgasi, Antonia Follenzi, & Gordon Keller. (2022). Therapeutic correction of hemophilia A by transplantation of hPSC-derived liver sinusoidal endothelial cell progenitors. Cell Reports. 39(1). 110621–110621. 15 indexed citations

Tornabene, Patrizia, Antonella Iuliano, Edoardo Nusco, et al.. (2022). Liver gene therapy with intein‐mediated F8 trans ‐splicing corrects mouse haemophilia A. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 14(6). e15199–e15199. 10 indexed citations

Walker, Gillian E., Simone Merlin, Alessandro Volpe, et al.. (2021). Factor VIII as a potential player in cancer pathophysiology. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 20(3). 648–660. 13 indexed citations

Olgasi, Cristina, Chiara Borsotti, Simone Merlin, et al.. (2021). Efficient and safe correction of hemophilia A by lentiviral vector-transduced BOECs in an implantable device. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 23. 551–566. 12 indexed citations

Kowalik, Marta Anna, Lavinia Cabras, Pia Sulas, et al.. (2020). Thyroid hormone inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma progression via induction of differentiation and metabolic reprogramming. Journal of Hepatology. 72(6). 1159–1169. 49 indexed citations

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Bergmann, Thorsten, Simone Merlin, Cristina Olgasi, et al.. (2020). Regulatory-Compliant Validation of a Highly Sensitive qPCR for Biodistribution Assessment of Hemophilia A Patient Cells. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 18. 176–188. 4 indexed citations

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Famà, Rosella, Ester Borroni, Simone Merlin, et al.. (2020). Deciphering the Ets-1/2-mediated transcriptional regulation of F8 gene identifies a minimal F8 promoter for hemophilia A gene therapy. Haematologica. 106(6). 1624–1635. 6 indexed citations

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Merlin, Simone & Antonia Follenzi. (2019). Transcriptional Targeting and MicroRNA Regulation of Lentiviral Vectors. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 12. 223–232. 15 indexed citations

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Olgasi, Cristina, Maria Talmon, Simone Merlin, et al.. (2018). Patient-Specific iPSC-Derived Endothelial Cells Provide Long-Term Phenotypic Correction of Hemophilia A. Stem Cell Reports. 11(6). 1391–1406. 47 indexed citations

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Merlin, Simone, Elvira Stefania Cannizzo, Ester Borroni, et al.. (2017). A Novel Platform for Immune Tolerance Induction in Hemophilia A Mice. Molecular Therapy. 25(8). 1815–1830. 49 indexed citations

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Merlin, Simone, Kuldeep K. Bhargava, Christopher J. Palestro, et al.. (2016). Kupffer Cell Transplantation in Mice for Elucidating Monocyte/Macrophage Biology and for Potential in Cell or Gene Therapy. American Journal Of Pathology. 186(3). 539–551. 27 indexed citations

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Merlin, Simone, Angela Amoruso, Gianluca Gaïdano, et al.. (2015). Extrahepatic sources of factor VIII potentially contribute to the coagulation cascade correcting the bleeding phenotype of mice with hemophilia A. Haematologica. 100(7). 881–892. 47 indexed citations

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Mandili, Giorgia, Elisa Alchera, Simone Merlin, et al.. (2014). Mouse hepatocytes and LSEC proteome reveal novel mechanisms of ischemia/reperfusion damage and protection by A2aR stimulation. Journal of Hepatology. 62(3). 573–580. 26 indexed citations

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Cotella, Diego, Susanne Radicke, Valentina Cipriani, et al.. (2012). N-glycosylation of the mammalian dipeptidyl aminopeptidase-like protein 10 (DPP10) regulates trafficking and interaction with Kv4 channels. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 44(6). 876–885. 8 indexed citations

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Baldanzi, Gianluca, Stefano Pietronave, Simone Merlin, et al.. (2011). Diacylglycerol kinases are essential for hepatocyte growth factor‐dependent proliferation and motility of Kaposi’s sarcoma cells. Cancer Science. 102(7). 1329–1336. 22 indexed citations

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Merlin, Simone, et al.. (2009). Deletion of the ectodomain unleashes the transforming, invasive, and tumorigenic potential of the MET oncogene. Cancer Science. 100(4). 633–638. 27 indexed citations

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