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Chiara Zurzolo

Chiara Zurzolo

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
12939
World Ranking
11378
National Ranking
411

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Chiara Zurzolo is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology with a focus on molecular and cellular mechanisms. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, cell biology, neurology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and biomedical engineering.

Their research covers key topics such as cellular mechanics and interactions, molecular communication and nanonetworks, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Parkinson's disease mechanisms and treatments, neuroscience and neural engineering, and neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms.

Chiara Zurzolo has authored important papers including:

  • Tunneling nanotubes: Reshaping connectivity (2021, Current Opinion in Cell Biology)
  • Patient-derived glioblastoma stem cells transfer mitochondria through tunneling nanotubes in tumor organoids (2020, Biochemical Journal)
  • Tunneling Nanotubes: The Fuel of Tumor Progression? (2020, Trends in Cancer)
  • Peering into tunneling nanotubes-The path forward (2021, The EMBO Journal)
  • The Ways of Actin: Why Tunneling Nanotubes Are Unique Cell Protrusions (2020, Trends in Cell Biology)

The frequent publication venues for Zurzolo include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The EMBO Journal
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Current Opinion in Cell Biology
  • Science Advances

Co-authorship has been notable with researchers such as Christel Brou, Anna Pepe, J. Michael Henderson, Thibault Chaze, and Nina Ljubojević through multiple joint publications.

Chiara Zurzolo is recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • A Requirement for Caveolin-1 and Associated Kinase Fyn in Integrin Signaling and Anchorage-Dependent Cell Growth

    Kishore K Wary;Agnese Mariotti;Chiara Zurzolo;Filippo G Giancotti

  • Prions hijack tunnelling nanotubes for intercellular spread

    Karine Gousset;Edwin Schiff;Edwin Schiff;Christelle Langevin;Zrinka Marijanovic

  • Small Misfolded Tau Species Are Internalized via Bulk Endocytosis and Anterogradely and Retrogradely Transported in Neurons

    Jessica W. Wu;Mathieu Herman;Li Liu;Sabrina Simoes

  • Lipids as Targeting Signals: Lipid Rafts and Intracellular Trafficking

    J Bernd Helms;Chiara Zurzolo

  • Wiring through tunneling nanotubes - from electrical signals to organelle transfer

    Saïda Abounit;Chiara Zurzolo

  • Tunneling nanotubes spread fibrillar α-synuclein by intercellular trafficking of lysosomes.

    Saïda Abounit;Luc Bousset;Frida Loria;Seng Zhu

  • Protein oligomerization modulates raft partitioning and apical sorting of GPI-anchored proteins.

    Simona Paladino;Daniela Sarnataro;Rudolf Pillich;Simona Tivodar

  • α-Synuclein transfer between neurons and astrocytes indicates that astrocytes play a role in degradation rather than in spreading

    Frida Loria;Jessica Y Vargas;Luc Bousset;Sylvie Syan

  • Transfer of polyglutamine aggregates in neuronal cells occurs in tunneling nanotubes.

    Maddalena Costanzo;Saïda Abounit;Ludovica Marzo;Anne Danckaert

  • Identification of an Intracellular Site of Prion Conversion

    Zrinka Marijanovic;Anna Caputo;Anna Caputo;Vincenza Campana;Chiara Zurzolo;Chiara Zurzolo

  • VIP21/caveolin, glycosphingolipid clusters and the sorting of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins in epithelial cells

    C. Zurzolo;W.J. van 't Hof;G. van Meer;E. Rodriguez-Boulan

  • The highways and byways of prion protein trafficking

    Vincenza Campana;Vincenza Campana;Daniela Sarnataro;Chiara Zurzolo;Chiara Zurzolo

  • Tunneling Nanotubes and Gap Junctions-Their Role in Long-Range Intercellular Communication during Development, Health, and Disease Conditions.

    Jennifer Ariazi;Andrew Benowitz;Vern De Biasi;Monique L. Den Boer

  • Tunneling nanotubes: A possible highway in the spreading of tau and other prion-like proteins in neurodegenerative diseases

    Saida Abounit;Jessica W Wu;Karen Duff;Guiliana Soraya Victoria

  • Correlative cryo-electron microscopy reveals the structure of TNTs in neuronal cells

    Anna Sartori-Rupp;Diégo Cordero Cervantes;Anna Pepe;Karine Gousset;Karine Gousset

  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins are preferentially targeted to the basolateral surface in Fischer rat thyroid epithelial cells.

    Chiara Zurzolo;Michael P. Lisanti;Ingrid W. Caras;Lucio Nitsch

  • The cell biology of prion-like spread of protein aggregates: mechanisms and implication in neurodegeneration.

    Maddalena Costanzo;Chiara Zurzolo

  • Multifaceted roles of tunneling nanotubes in intercellular communication.

    Ludovica Marzo;Karine Gousset;Chiara Zurzolo

  • Caveolin Transfection Results in Caveolae Formation but Not Apical Sorting of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored Proteins in Epithelial Cells

    Concetta Lipardi;Rosalia Mora;Veronica Colomer;Simona Paladino

  • Prions: protein only or something more? Overview of potential prion cofactors.

    Carlo Fasano;Vincenza Campana;Chiara Zurzolo

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan
Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan Cornell University
Carlo Tacchetti
Carlo Tacchetti Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Giuseppe Legname
Giuseppe Legname International School for Advanced Studies
Maurizio Bifulco
Maurizio Bifulco University of Naples Federico II
André Le Bivic
André Le Bivic Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Luc Bousset
Luc Bousset Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ronald Melki
Ronald Melki Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Alice L. Yu
Alice L. Yu University of California, San Diego
Karen Duff
Karen Duff University College London

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