Vittorio Sebastiano

9.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
53 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Vittorio Sebastiano is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Vittorio Sebastiano has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 9 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Vittorio Sebastiano's work include Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (33 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (10 papers). Vittorio Sebastiano is often cited by papers focused on Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (33 papers), CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (23 papers) and Reproductive Biology and Fertility (10 papers). Vittorio Sebastiano collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Vittorio Sebastiano's co-authors include Hans R. Schöler, Guangming Wu, Luca Gentile, Marcos J. Araúzo‐Bravo, Marius Wernig, Kinarm Ko, Jeong Beom Kim, Martin Zenke, David Ruau and Holm Zaehres and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Vittorio Sebastiano

50 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Induction of human neuronal cells by defined transcription factors

2011 959 citations Zhiping P. Pang, Nan Yang et al. Nature profile →
Pluripotent stem cells induced from adult neural stem cells by reprogramming with two factors

2008 720 citations Jeong Beom Kim, Guangming Wu et al. Nature profile →
Oct4-Induced Pluripotency in Adult Neural Stem Cells

2009 704 citations Jeong Beom Kim, Vittorio Sebastiano et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vittorio Sebastiano United States	27	4.5k	770	541	501	500	53	5.2k
April D. Pyle United States	30	3.6k 0.8×	632 0.8×	590 1.1×	367 0.7×	345 0.7×	62	4.5k
Guangming Wu Germany	38	5.0k 1.1×	843 1.1×	678 1.3×	329 0.7×	493 1.0×	87	6.1k
Hitoshi Niwa Japan	24	5.9k 1.3×	835 1.1×	736 1.4×	491 1.0×	578 1.2×	36	7.3k
Knut Woltjen Japan	32	5.3k 1.2×	915 1.2×	821 1.5×	556 1.1×	345 0.7×	69	6.1k
Manching Ku United States	25	7.8k 1.7×	1.3k 1.7×	633 1.2×	493 1.0×	392 0.8×	33	8.8k
In‐Hyun Park United States	35	5.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	898 1.7×	561 1.1×	854 1.7×	89	7.1k
Kathy K. Niakan United Kingdom	27	4.3k 1.0×	647 0.8×	449 0.8×	444 0.9×	323 0.6×	51	5.1k
Nimet Maherali United States	16	6.3k 1.4×	764 1.0×	955 1.8×	855 1.7×	615 1.2×	20	6.9k
Eirini P. Papapetrou United States	28	5.4k 1.2×	935 1.2×	451 0.8×	492 1.0×	1.0k 2.0×	62	6.4k
Styliani Markoulaki United States	28	5.5k 1.2×	935 1.2×	644 1.2×	556 1.1×	195 0.4×	43	6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Vittorio Sebastiano

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vittorio Sebastiano

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Poganik, Jesse R., Mahdi Moqri, Chiara Herzog, et al.. (2025). Digital biomarkers of ageing for monitoring physiological systems in community-dwelling adults. The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 6(6). 100725–100725. 2 indexed citations

Li, Haoran, Dingjie Wang, Qi Gao, et al.. (2025). Improving gene isoform quantification with miniQuant. Nature Biotechnology. 44(3). 477–489. 1 indexed citations

Sebastiano, Vittorio, et al.. (2024). Transient Epigenetic Reprogramming: The Future of Skin Rejuvenation. Dermatologic Surgery. 50(11S). S145–S148.

Vijayakumar, Sivakamasundari, Roberta Sala, Angela Chen, et al.. (2023). Monolayer platform to generate and purify primordial germ-like cells in vitro provides insights into human germline specification. Nature Communications. 14(1). 18 indexed citations

Cipriano, Andrea, Mahdi Moqri, Sun Y. Maybury‐Lewis, et al.. (2023). Mechanisms, pathways and strategies for rejuvenation through epigenetic reprogramming. Nature Aging. 4(1). 14–26. 28 indexed citations

O’Donnell, Christian, Fiorella C. Grandi, Jayme Koltsov, et al.. (2019). Platelet‐Rich Plasma (PRP) From Older Males With Knee Osteoarthritis Depresses Chondrocyte Metabolism and Upregulates Inflammation. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 37(8). 1760–1770. 48 indexed citations

Zhou, Yingying, et al.. (2018). Do Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Characteristics Correlate with Efficient In Vitro Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation? A Comparison of Three Patient-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Lines. Stem Cells and Development. 27(20). 1438–1448. 4 indexed citations

Fang, Fang, et al.. (2018). A distinct isoform of ZNF207 controls self-renewal and pluripotency of human embryonic stem cells. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4384–4384. 31 indexed citations

Wang, Guangwen, et al.. (2018). Use of human-derived stem cells to create a novel, in vitro model designed to explore FMR1 CGG repeat instability amongst female premutation carriers. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics. 35(8). 1443–1455. 1 indexed citations

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Mai, Thach, Glenn J. Markov, Jennifer J. Brady, et al.. (2018). NKX3-1 is required for induced pluripotent stem cell reprogramming and can replace OCT4 in mouse and human iPSC induction. Nature Cell Biology. 20(8). 900–908. 38 indexed citations

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Durruthy-Durruthy, Jens, Mark Wossidlo, Sunil Pai, et al.. (2016). Spatiotemporal Reconstruction of the Human Blastocyst by Single-Cell Gene-Expression Analysis Informs Induction of Naive Pluripotency. Developmental Cell. 38(1). 100–115. 25 indexed citations

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Sebastiano, Vittorio, et al.. (2014). Derivation of GMP-Compliant Integration-Free hiPSCs Using Modified mRNAs. Methods in molecular biology. 1283. 31–42. 7 indexed citations

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Iorns, Elizabeth, Ranjita Sengupta, Jeewon Kim, et al.. (2013). Study 42: Replication of Peinado et al., 2012 (Nature Medicine). OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

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Ge, Xiaohu, Ildikó Toma, Vittorio Sebastiano, et al.. (2012). Human Amniotic Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells May Generate a Universal Source of Cardiac Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 21(15). 2798–2808. 35 indexed citations

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Pang, Zhiping P., Nan Yang, Thomas Vierbuchen, et al.. (2011). Induction of human neuronal cells by defined transcription factors. Nature. 476(7359). 220–223. 959 indexed citations breakdown →

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Psathaki, Olympia E., Karin Hübner, Davood Sabour, et al.. (2011). Ultrastructural Characterization of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Oocytes and Granulosa Cells. Stem Cells and Development. 20(12). 2205–2215. 16 indexed citations

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Sebastiano, Vittorio, Morgan L. Maeder, Cyd Khayter, et al.. (2011). In Situ Genetic Correction of the Sickle Cell Anemia Mutation in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Engineered Zinc Finger Nucleases. Stem Cells. 29(11). 1717–1726. 242 indexed citations

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Batista, Luís F.Z., Matthew F. Pech, Franklin L. Zhong, et al.. (2011). Telomere shortening and loss of self-renewal in dyskeratosis congenita induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature. 474(7351). 399–402. 207 indexed citations

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Wossidlo, Mark, Julia Arand, Vittorio Sebastiano, et al.. (2010). Dynamic link of DNA demethylation, DNA strand breaks and repair in mouse zygotes. The EMBO Journal. 29(11). 1877–1888. 190 indexed citations

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Ko, Kinarm, Natàlia Tàpia, Guangming Wu, et al.. (2009). Induction of Pluripotency in Adult Unipotent Germline Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 5(1). 87–96. 189 indexed citations

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