Stefano Biffo

7.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Stefano Biffo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Biffo has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 12 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Stefano Biffo's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (27 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers). Stefano Biffo is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (28 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (27 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (14 papers). Stefano Biffo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Switzerland. Stefano Biffo's co-authors include Pier Carlo Marchisio, Annarita Miluzio, Anne Beugnet, Marilena Mancino, Nicola Manfrini, Nina Offenhäuser, Stefania Oliveto, Sara Ricciardi, Elisa Pesce and Yves‐Alain Barde and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Biffo

99 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Long non-coding antisense RNA controls Uchl1 translation through an embedded SINEB2 repeat

2012 783 citations Elisa Pesce, Stefano Biffo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefano Biffo Italy	34	3.9k	1.5k	644	556	434	105	5.4k
Stefan Stamm United States	52	8.3k 2.1×	1.6k 1.1×	820 1.3×	674 1.2×	365 0.8×	117	9.6k
Stefano Stifani Canada	47	4.6k 1.2×	915 0.6×	675 1.0×	975 1.8×	697 1.6×	99	7.1k
Yasuyuki Ohkawa Japan	48	5.1k 1.3×	650 0.4×	684 1.1×	915 1.6×	979 2.3×	214	7.6k
Angie Rizzino United States	43	4.3k 1.1×	751 0.5×	279 0.4×	740 1.3×	401 0.9×	140	5.7k
Gianluca Canettieri Italy	34	3.4k 0.9×	531 0.4×	505 0.8×	636 1.1×	290 0.7×	76	4.9k
Henry Furneaux United States	47	6.8k 1.8×	1.9k 1.2×	1.0k 1.6×	853 1.5×	753 1.7×	77	9.7k
Raymond L. Stallings United States	38	4.1k 1.1×	2.5k 1.6×	259 0.4×	1.1k 2.1×	311 0.7×	114	5.7k
Syu-ichi Hirai Japan	29	2.9k 0.8×	554 0.4×	642 1.0×	688 1.2×	407 0.9×	45	4.2k
Isabella A. Graef United States	29	4.1k 1.1×	487 0.3×	928 1.4×	569 1.0×	965 2.2×	39	5.8k
Douglas L. Black United States	64	13.2k 3.4×	2.1k 1.4×	661 1.0×	755 1.4×	558 1.3×	99	14.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefano Biffo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Biffo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stefano Biffo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stefano Biffo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stefano Biffo. Stefano Biffo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Ricciardi, Sara, et al.. (2025). The many ways to inhibit translation by Sorafenib in liver cancer cells. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 481(1). 245–262.

Scagliola, Alessandra, Annarita Miluzio, & Stefano Biffo. (2023). Translational Control of Metabolism and Cell Cycle Progression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4885–4885. 6 indexed citations

Oliveto, Stefania, Emanuela Jacchetti, Francesca Donnaloja, et al.. (2023). Whole transcriptomic analysis of mesenchymal stem cells cultured in Nichoid micro-scaffolds. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 945474–945474. 4 indexed citations

Scagliola, Alessandra, Annarita Miluzio, Stefania Oliveto, et al.. (2021). Targeting of eIF6-driven translation induces a metabolic rewiring that reduces NAFLD and the consequent evolution to hepatocellular carcinoma. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4878–4878. 27 indexed citations

Miluzio, Annarita, et al.. (2021). mTOR-dependent translation drives tumor infiltrating CD8+ effector and CD4+ Treg cells expansion. eLife. 10. 13 indexed citations

Manfrini, Nicola, Marilena Mancino, Annarita Miluzio, et al.. (2020). FAM46C and FNDC3A Are Multiple Myeloma Tumor Suppressors That Act in Concert to Impair Clearing of Protein Aggregates and Autophagy. Cancer Research. 80(21). 4693–4706. 32 indexed citations

Cucinotta, Mara, Silvia Manrique, Aureliano Bombarely, et al.. (2020). Alternative Splicing Generates a MONOPTEROS Isoform Required for Ovule Development. Current Biology. 31(4). 892–899.e3. 30 indexed citations

Pesce, Elisa, Annarita Miluzio, Claudia Minici, et al.. (2020). Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of Translational Modulators that Impair the Binding of eIF6 to 60S Ribosomal Subunits. Cells. 9(1). 172–172. 13 indexed citations

Gatti, Guido, Roberta Alfieri, Elisa Pesce, et al.. (2019). Modulating eIF6 levels unveils the role of translation in ecdysone biosynthesis during Drosophila development. Developmental Biology. 455(1). 100–111. 6 indexed citations

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Oliveto, Stefania, Roberta Alfieri, Annarita Miluzio, et al.. (2018). A Polysome-Based microRNA Screen Identifies miR-24-3p as a Novel Promigratory miRNA in Mesothelioma. Cancer Research. 78(20). 5741–5753. 28 indexed citations

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Calamita, Piera, Annarita Miluzio, Elisa Pesce, et al.. (2017). SBDS-Deficient Cells Have an Altered Homeostatic Equilibrium due to Translational Inefficiency Which Explains their Reduced Fitness and Provides a Logical Framework for Intervention. PLoS Genetics. 13(1). e1006552–e1006552. 30 indexed citations

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Ricciardi, Sara, Annarita Miluzio, Daniela Brina, et al.. (2015). Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 6 is a novel regulator of reactive oxygen species‐dependent megakaryocyte maturation. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 13(11). 2108–2118. 13 indexed citations

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Ricciardi, Sara, Elena Boggio, Stefano Grosso, et al.. (2011). Reduced AKT/mTOR signaling and protein synthesis dysregulation in a Rett syndrome animal model. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(6). 1182–1196. 175 indexed citations

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Brina, Daniela, Stefano Grosso, Annarita Miluzio, & Stefano Biffo. (2011). Translational control by 80S formation and 60S availability: The central role of eIF6, a rate limiting factor in cell cycle progression and tumorigenesis. Cell Cycle. 10(20). 3441–3446. 35 indexed citations

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Mathonnet, Géraldine, Marc R. Fabian, Yuri V. Svitkin, et al.. (2007). MicroRNA Inhibition of Translation Initiation in Vitro by Targeting the Cap-Binding Complex eIF4F. Science. 317(5845). 1764–1767. 403 indexed citations

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Vreugde, Sarah, Carmelo Ferrai, Annarita Miluzio, et al.. (2006). Nuclear Myosin VI Enhances RNA Polymerase II-Dependent Transcription. Molecular Cell. 23(5). 749–755. 109 indexed citations

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Biffo, Stefano. (1992). In situ hybridization: optimization of the techniques for collecting and fixing the specimens. Liver International. 12(4). 227–229. 9 indexed citations

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Biffo, Stefano, Ludovica Verdun di Cantogno, & Aldo Fasolo. (1992). Double labeling with non-isotopic in situ hybridization and BrdU immunohistochemistry: calmodulin (CaM) mRNA expression in post-mitotic neurons of the olfactory system.. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. 40(4). 535–540. 33 indexed citations

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Margolis, Frank L., Joost Verhaagen, Stefano Biffo, Freesia L. Huang, & Mary Grillo. (1991). Chapter 8: Regulation of gene expression in the olfactory neuroepithelium: a neurogenetic matrix. Progress in brain research. 89. 97–122. 44 indexed citations

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Martı́, Elisa, et al.. (1991). Carnosine in the brain and olfactory system of amphibia and reptilia: A comparative study using immunocytochemical and biochemical methods. Neuroscience Letters. 130(2). 182–186. 15 indexed citations

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