Vittorio de Franciscis

5.3k total citations
99 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Vittorio de Franciscis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vittorio de Franciscis has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Cancer Research and 11 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Vittorio de Franciscis's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (45 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (43 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (19 papers). Vittorio de Franciscis is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (45 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (43 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (19 papers). Vittorio de Franciscis collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Vittorio de Franciscis's co-authors include Laura Cerchia, Carla Lucia Esposito, Silvia Catuogno, Gerolama Condorelli, Alfredo Fusco, Massimo Santoro, Anna Di Rienzo, Maria Teresa Berlingieri, Paloma H. Giangrande and Silvia Nuzzo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Vittorio de Franciscis

99 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vittorio de Franciscis Italy 36 2.9k 708 483 437 308 99 3.9k
Li He United States 27 1.9k 0.7× 349 0.5× 356 0.7× 337 0.8× 433 1.4× 70 3.8k
Elaine T. Alarid United States 29 1.6k 0.6× 318 0.4× 744 1.5× 674 1.5× 368 1.2× 58 3.3k
Jay W. Schneider United States 29 4.4k 1.6× 502 0.7× 181 0.4× 797 1.8× 103 0.3× 52 5.7k
Joshua M. Brickman Denmark 34 3.3k 1.1× 249 0.4× 302 0.6× 236 0.5× 400 1.3× 80 4.0k
Yohei Shimono Japan 28 2.9k 1.0× 1.6k 2.2× 472 1.0× 1.7k 3.9× 155 0.5× 70 4.5k
Jörg W. Bartsch Germany 36 2.1k 0.7× 711 1.0× 165 0.3× 1.1k 2.5× 112 0.4× 111 4.1k
María dM Vivanco Spain 33 2.8k 1.0× 617 0.9× 254 0.5× 1.2k 2.6× 187 0.6× 82 4.2k
Nikolai G. Rainov Germany 31 1.7k 0.6× 347 0.5× 361 0.7× 749 1.7× 90 0.3× 87 3.7k
Daniela M. Dinulescu United States 24 1.9k 0.7× 747 1.1× 315 0.7× 1.1k 2.5× 63 0.2× 50 4.3k
Sridaran Natesan United States 16 3.9k 1.4× 395 0.6× 308 0.6× 449 1.0× 47 0.2× 24 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vittorio de Franciscis

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vittorio de Franciscis

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cesarini, Valeriana, Silvia Lucia Appleton, Vittorio de Franciscis, & Daniele Catalucci. (2025). The recent blooming of therapeutic aptamers. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 102. 101350–101350. 10 indexed citations
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Esposito, Carla Lucia, Ida Autiero, Annamaria Sandomenico, et al.. (2023). Targeted systematic evolution of an RNA platform neutralizing DNMT1 function and controlling DNA methylation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 99–99. 21 indexed citations
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Mauro, Vittoria Di, et al.. (2023). Diagnostic and Therapeutic Aptamers. JACC Basic to Translational Science. 9(2). 260–277. 21 indexed citations
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Esposito, Carla Lucia, Katrien Van Roosbroeck, Gianluca Santamaria, et al.. (2021). Selection of a Nuclease-Resistant RNA Aptamer Targeting CD19. Cancers. 13(20). 5220–5220. 9 indexed citations
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Amero, Paola, G.L. Lokesh, Rajan Chaudhari, et al.. (2021). Conversion of RNA Aptamer into Modified DNA Aptamers Provides for Prolonged Stability and Enhanced Antitumor Activity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(20). 7655–7670. 61 indexed citations
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Orso, Francesca, Carla Lucia Esposito, Laura Conti, et al.. (2020). Axl-148b chimeric aptamers inhibit breast cancer and melanoma progression. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 16(7). 1238–1251. 23 indexed citations
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Catuogno, Silvia, Maria Teresa Di Martino, Silvia Nuzzo, et al.. (2019). An Anti-BCMA RNA Aptamer for miRNA Intracellular Delivery. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 18. 981–990. 34 indexed citations
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Catuogno, Silvia, Carla Lucia Esposito, Paola Ungaro, & Vittorio de Franciscis. (2018). Nucleic Acid Aptamers Targeting Epigenetic Regulators: An Innovative Therapeutic Option. Pharmaceuticals. 11(3). 79–79. 10 indexed citations
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Esposito, Carla Lucia, Silvia Nuzzo, Silvia Catuogno, et al.. (2017). STAT3 Gene Silencing by Aptamer-siRNA Chimera as Selective Therapeutic for Glioblastoma. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 10. 398–411. 81 indexed citations
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Catuogno, Silvia, Carla Lucia Esposito, & Vittorio de Franciscis. (2016). Aptamer-Mediated Targeted Delivery of Therapeutics: An Update. Pharmaceuticals. 9(4). 69–69. 95 indexed citations
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Thiel, William H., Carla Lucia Esposito, David D. Dickey, et al.. (2016). Smooth Muscle Cell–targeted RNA Aptamer Inhibits Neointimal Formation. Molecular Therapy. 24(4). 779–787. 24 indexed citations
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Scarano, Simona, Carla Lucia Esposito, Antonio Antoccia, et al.. (2015). In vitro selection of RNA aptamers against CA125 tumor marker in ovarian cancer and its study by optical biosensing. Methods. 97. 58–68. 36 indexed citations
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Esposito, Carla Lucia, Diana Passaro, Gerolama Condorelli, et al.. (2011). A Neutralizing RNA Aptamer against EGFR Causes Selective Apoptotic Cell Death. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24071–e24071. 151 indexed citations
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Franciscis, Vittorio de, Carla Lucia Esposito, Silvia Catuogno, Luciano Cellai, & Laura Cerchia. (2009). Aptamers as Innovative Diagnostic and Therapeutic Agents in the Central Nervous System. CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets. 8(5). 393–401. 15 indexed citations
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Cerchia, Laura & Vittorio de Franciscis. (2006). Nucleic Acid-Based Aptamers as Promising Therapeutics in Neoplastic Diseases. Humana Press eBooks. 361. 187–200. 14 indexed citations
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Incoronato, Mariarosaria, Amelia D’Alessio, Simona Paladino, et al.. (2004). The Shp-1 and Shp-2, tyrosine phosphatases, are recruited on cell membrane in two distinct molecular complexes including Ret oncogenes. Cellular Signalling. 16(7). 847–856. 10 indexed citations
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Chiappetta, Gennaro, Nicole Fabien, Daniela Califano, et al.. (1996). Transgenic mice carrying the human KRAS oncogene under the control of a thyroglobulin promoter: KRAS expression in thyroids analyzed by in situ hybridization.. PubMed. 8(2). 85–93. 5 indexed citations
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Carlomagno, Francesca, Gabriella De Vita, Maria Teresa Berlingieri, et al.. (1996). Molecular heterogeneity of RET loss of function in Hirschsprung's disease.. The EMBO Journal. 15(11). 2717–2725. 107 indexed citations
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Califano, Daniela, C Monaco, Gabriella De Vita, et al.. (1995). Activated RET/PTC oncogene elicits immediate early and delayed response genes in PC12 cells.. PubMed. 11(1). 107–12. 21 indexed citations
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Franciscis, Vittorio de & Edward N. Brody. (1982). In vitro system for middle T4 RNA. I. Studies with Escherichia coli RNA polymerase.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 257(8). 4087–4096. 15 indexed citations

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