Stefano Ciciliot

6.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
37 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Stefano Ciciliot is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefano Ciciliot has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Physiology and 8 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Stefano Ciciliot's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (17 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (4 papers). Stefano Ciciliot is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (17 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (7 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (4 papers). Stefano Ciciliot collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. Stefano Ciciliot's co-authors include Stefano Schiaffino, Bert Blaauw, Kenneth A. Dyar, Marco Sandri, Gian Paolo Fadini, Mattia Albiero, A. Rossi, Angelo Avogaro, Lisa Menegazzo and Nicol Poncina and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stefano Ciciliot

35 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle growth and atrophy

2013 1.1k citations Stefano Schiaffino, Kenneth A. Dyar et al. FEBS Journal profile →
Muscle type and fiber type specificity in muscle wasting

2013 473 citations Stefano Ciciliot, Kenneth A. Dyar et al. profile →
Age-Associated Loss of OPA1 in Muscle Impacts Muscle Mass, Metabolic Homeostasis, Systemic Inflammation, and Epithelial Senescence

2017 421 citations Caterina Tezze, Gian Paolo Fadini 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 Ciciliot Italy	25	2.8k	1.8k	713	572	494	37	4.7k
Christopher Cardozo United States	39	3.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.6×	685 1.0×	396 0.7×	300 0.6×	153	5.0k
Carsten Skurk Germany	34	3.8k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	708 1.0×	470 0.8×	432 0.9×	133	6.4k
Arnaud Ferry France	41	3.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	555 1.0×	236 0.5×	146	4.7k
Eusebio Perdiguero Spain	29	4.2k 1.5×	1.7k 0.9×	656 0.9×	663 1.2×	319 0.6×	47	5.9k
James G. Ryall Australia	34	2.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	794 1.1×	438 0.8×	124 0.3×	58	3.8k
Rémi Mounier France	39	3.2k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	685 1.0×	1.2k 2.0×	734 1.5×	79	6.1k
Thomas J. Hawke Canada	36	3.5k 1.3×	2.1k 1.2×	785 1.1×	661 1.2×	128 0.3×	102	5.7k
Lorna Nuñez United States	9	4.5k 1.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.8×	741 1.3×	173 0.4×	12	5.7k
Susan C. Kandarian United States	32	3.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	756 1.1×	768 1.3×	110 0.2×	39	3.9k
Marcelo A. Mori Brazil	33	2.9k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	327 0.5×	155 0.3×	443 0.9×	100	5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefano Ciciliot

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefano Ciciliot

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Surdo, Nicoletta C., et al.. (2025). Phosphatases Control the Duration and Range of cAMP/PKA Microdomains. Function. 6(2).

Nogara, Leonardo, Elena Germinario, Stefano Ciciliot, et al.. (2024). A Novel MAO-B/SSAO Inhibitor Improves Multiple Aspects of Dystrophic Phenotype in mdx Mice. Antioxidants. 13(6). 622–622. 2 indexed citations

Dassie, Francesca, Mattia Albiero, Silvia Bettini, et al.. (2023). Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Metabolic Deterioration in Alström Syndrome, a Rare Genetic Model of the Metabolic Syndrome. Endocrinology. 164(3).

Ferrari, Stefano, Claudio Gatto, Stefano Ciciliot, et al.. (2023). Porcine Cornea Storage Ex Vivo Model as an Alternative to Human Donor Tissues for Investigations of Endothelial Layer Preservation. Translational Vision Science & Technology. 12(4). 24–24. 5 indexed citations

Tezze, Caterina, Leonardo Nogara, Martina Baraldo, et al.. (2023). A combination of metformin and galantamine exhibits synergistic benefits in the treatment of sarcopenia. JCI Insight. 8(15). 15 indexed citations

Albiero, Mattia, Stefano Ciciliot, Anna Rodella, et al.. (2023). Loss of Hematopoietic Cell–Derived Oncostatin M Worsens Diet-Induced Dysmetabolism in Mice. Diabetes. 72(4). 483–495. 3 indexed citations

Murgia, Marta, Stefano Ciciliot, Nagarjuna Nagaraj, et al.. (2022). Signatures of muscle disuse in spaceflight and bed rest revealed by single muscle fiber proteomics. PNAS Nexus. 1(3). pgac086–pgac086. 36 indexed citations

Monti, Elena, Carlo Reggiani, Martino V. Franchi, et al.. (2021). Neuromuscular junction instability and altered intracellular calcium handling as early determinants of force loss during unloading in humans. The Journal of Physiology. 599(12). 3037–3061. 85 indexed citations

Gambara, Guido, Michele Salanova, Stefano Ciciliot, et al.. (2017). Microgravity-Induced Transcriptome Adaptation in Mouse Paraspinal longissimus dorsi Muscle Highlights Insulin Resistance-Linked Genes. Frontiers in Physiology. 8. 279–279. 35 indexed citations

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Gambara, Guido, Michele Salanova, Stefano Ciciliot, et al.. (2017). Gene Expression Profiling in Slow-Type Calf Soleus Muscle of 30 Days Space-Flown Mice. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0169314–e0169314. 49 indexed citations

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Murgia, Marta, L. Toniolo, Nagarjuna Nagaraj, et al.. (2017). Single Muscle Fiber Proteomics Reveals Fiber-Type-Specific Features of Human Muscle Aging. Cell Reports. 19(11). 2396–2409. 217 indexed citations

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Schiaffino, Stefano, Marcelo G. Pereira, Stefano Ciciliot, & Patrizia Rovere‐Querini. (2016). Regulatory T cells and skeletal muscle regeneration. FEBS Journal. 284(4). 517–524. 112 indexed citations

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Moretti, Irene, Stefano Ciciliot, Kenneth A. Dyar, et al.. (2016). MRF4 negatively regulates adult skeletal muscle growth by repressing MEF2 activity. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12397–12397. 85 indexed citations

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Menegazzo, Lisa, Stefano Ciciliot, Nicol Poncina, et al.. (2014). NETosis is induced by high glucose and associated with type 2 diabetes. Acta Diabetologica. 52(3). 497–503. 209 indexed citations

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Fadini, Gian Paolo & Stefano Ciciliot. (2014). Vascular smooth muscle cells and monocyte–macrophages accomplice in the accelerated atherosclerosis of insulin resistance states. Cardiovascular Research. 103(2). 194–195. 7 indexed citations

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Camerino, Giulia Maria, Sabata Pierno, Antonella Liantonio, et al.. (2013). Effects of Pleiotrophin Overexpression on Mouse Skeletal Muscles in Normal Loading and in Actual and Simulated Microgravity. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72028–e72028. 22 indexed citations

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Dyar, Kenneth A., Stefano Ciciliot, Lauren E. Wright, et al.. (2013). Muscle insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism are controlled by the intrinsic muscle clock. Molecular Metabolism. 3(1). 29–41. 340 indexed citations

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Albiero, Mattia, Marcello Rattazzi, Lisa Menegazzo, et al.. (2013). Myeloid calcifying cells promote atherosclerotic calcification via paracrine activity and allograft inflammatory factor-1 overexpression. Basic Research in Cardiology. 108(4). 368–368. 23 indexed citations

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Schiaffino, Stefano, Kenneth A. Dyar, Stefano Ciciliot, Bert Blaauw, & Marco Sandri. (2013). Mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle growth and atrophy. FEBS Journal. 280(17). 4294–4314. 1103 indexed citations breakdown →

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McCullagh, Karl J. A., Elisa Calabria, Giorgia Pallafacchina, et al.. (2004). NFAT is a nerve activity sensor in skeletal muscle and controls activity-dependent myosin switching. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(29). 10590–10595. 176 indexed citations

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