Vania Broccoli

15.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
143 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Vania Broccoli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Vania Broccoli has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Genetics and 41 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Vania Broccoli's work include Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (31 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (29 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (25 papers). Vania Broccoli is often cited by papers focused on Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (31 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (29 papers) and Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (25 papers). Vania Broccoli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Germany. Vania Broccoli's co-authors include Edoardo Boncinelli, Alessandro Sessa, Massimo Gulisano, Serena Giannelli, Gaia Colasante, Wolfgang Wurst, Jan Pruszak, Rudolf Jaenisch, Martha Constantine‐Paton and Dongdong Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Vania Broccoli

142 papers receiving 11.1k citations

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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.

Neurons derived from reprogrammed fibroblasts functionally integrate into the fetal brain and improve symptoms of rats with Parkinson's disease

2008 873 citations Vania Broccoli et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Direct generation of functional dopaminergic neurons from mouse and human fibroblasts

2011 781 citations Massimiliano Caiazzo, Maria Teresa Dell’Anno et al. profile →
Mapping Wnt/β-catenin signaling during mouse development and in colorectal tumors

2003 684 citations Silvia Maretto, Michelangelo Cordenonsi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vania Broccoli Italy	55	8.1k	2.9k	2.7k	1.6k	990	143	11.2k
Jean‐François Brunet France	58	5.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	836 0.8×	127	11.1k
Jane E. Johnson United States	55	8.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	2.6k 1.0×	3.2k 2.0×	1.2k 1.2×	141	12.8k
Patrick Charnay France	63	8.7k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	4.7k 1.7×	2.0k 1.3×	1.6k 1.7×	159	15.1k
Brian K. Kaspar United States	54	7.3k 0.9×	3.3k 1.1×	2.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	612 0.6×	122	12.4k
Kinichi Nakashima Japan	61	9.2k 1.1×	3.0k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	4.3k 2.7×	663 0.7×	169	13.7k
Jamel Chelly France	50	5.8k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.9k 1.9×	128	9.7k
Larysa Pevny United States	39	8.6k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	60	11.9k
Samuel J. Pleasure United States	52	4.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	3.7k 1.4×	3.6k 2.2×	958 1.0×	131	9.0k
Shinichi Aizawa Japan	71	13.0k 1.6×	2.6k 0.9×	3.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	3.2k 3.3×	193	19.5k
Kevin Eggan United States	56	14.5k 1.8×	3.0k 1.0×	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	502 0.5×	144	18.3k

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Iannielli, Angelo, Francesca L. Sciacca, Valério Carelli, et al.. (2024). Generation of iPSCs from identical twin, one affected by LHON and one unaffected, both carrying a combination of two mitochondrial variants: m.14484 T>C and m.10680G>A. Stem Cell Research. 77. 103406–103406. 1 indexed citations

Bido, Simone, Sharon Muggeo, Edoardo Bellini, et al.. (2024). Microglia-specific IL-10 gene delivery inhibits neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease. Science Translational Medicine. 16(761). eadm8563–eadm8563. 24 indexed citations

Brusco, Simone, Claudia Di Berardino, Eloise Mastrangelo, et al.. (2024). Acid-sensing ion channel 3 is a new potential therapeutic target for the control of glioblastoma cancer stem cells growth. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 20421–20421. 3 indexed citations

Martini, Davide, et al.. (2024). Shedding a Light on Dark Genes: A Comparative Expression Study of PRR12 Orthologues during Zebrafish Development. Genes. 15(4). 492–492.

Barravecchia, Ivana, Chiara De Cesari, Giovanni Signore, et al.. (2023). Increasing cell culture density during a developmental window prevents fated rod precursors derailment toward hybrid rod-glia cells. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 1 indexed citations

Tettamanti, Sarah, Stefania Galimberti, Rocco Piazza, et al.. (2023). Selective homing of CAR-CIK cells to the bone marrow niche enhances control of the Acute Myeloid Leukemia burden. Blood. 141(21). 2587–2598. 27 indexed citations

Calabria, Andrea, Giulio Spinozzi, Simona Esposito, et al.. (2023). Intrathymic AAV delivery results in therapeutic site-specific integration at TCR loci. Blood. 141(19). 2316–2329. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Muwan, Fabia Febbraro, Rachel Kelly, et al.. (2023). Enhanced production of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons from lineage-restricted human undifferentiated stem cells. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7871–7871. 8 indexed citations

Gabellini, Chiara, Chiara De Cesari, Davide Martini, et al.. (2022). CRISPR/Cas9-Induced Inactivation of the Autism-Risk Gene setd5 Leads to Social Impairments in Zebrafish. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(1). 167–167. 6 indexed citations

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Rico, Alberto J., Elvira Roda, María Collantes, et al.. (2021). Glucocerebrosidase Gene Therapy Induces Alpha-Synuclein Clearance and Neuroprotection of Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons in Mice and Macaques. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(9). 4825–4825. 27 indexed citations

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Iannielli, Angelo, et al.. (2021). Generation of two human iPSC lines, FINCBi002-A and FINCBi003-A, carrying heteroplasmic macrodeletion of mitochondrial DNA causing Pearson’s syndrome. Stem Cell Research. 50. 102151–102151. 5 indexed citations

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Maresca, Alessandra, Angelo Iannielli, Francesca L. Sciacca, et al.. (2020). Generation of a human iPSC line, FINCBi001-A, carrying a homoplasmic m.G3460A mutation in MT-ND1 associated with Leber’s Hereditary optic Neuropathy (LHON). Stem Cell Research. 48. 101939–101939. 12 indexed citations

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Colasante, Gaia, Luca Massimino, Claudia Di Berardino, et al.. (2020). In vivo CRISPRa decreases seizures and rescues cognitive deficits in a rodent model of epilepsy. Brain. 143(3). 891–905. 91 indexed citations

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Duelen, Robin, Wai Long Tam, Scott J. Roberts, et al.. (2018). Folic Acid Exposure Rescues Spina Bifida Aperta Phenotypes in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Model. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 2942–2942. 20 indexed citations

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Broccoli, Vania, Gaia Colasante, Alessandro Sessa, & Alicia Rubio. (2015). Histone modifications controlling native and induced neural stem cell identity. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 34. 95–101. 10 indexed citations

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Dell’Anno, Maria Teresa, Massimiliano Caiazzo, Damiana Leo, et al.. (2014). Remote control of induced dopaminergic neurons in parkinsonian rats. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 124(7). 3215–3229. 91 indexed citations

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Ferrer, Isidró, Josef P. Kapfhammer, C. Hindelang, et al.. (2005). Inactivation of the peroxisomal ABCD2 transporter in the mouse leads to late-onset ataxia involving mitochondria, Golgi and endoplasmic reticulum damage. Human Molecular Genetics. 14(23). 3565–3577. 86 indexed citations

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Maretto, Silvia, Michelangelo Cordenonsi, Sirio Dupont, et al.. (2003). Mapping Wnt/β-catenin signaling during mouse development and in colorectal tumors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(6). 3299–3304. 684 indexed citations breakdown →

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Corradi, Anna, Laura Croci, Vania Broccoli, et al.. (2002). Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and peripheral neuropathy inEbf2-null mice. Development. 130(2). 401–410. 88 indexed citations

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Broccoli, Vania, Elena Colombo, & Giulio Cossu. (2002). Dmbx1 is a paired-box containing gene specifically expressed in the caudal most brain structures. Mechanisms of Development. 114(1-2). 219–223. 17 indexed citations

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