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Federico Pietrocola

Federico Pietrocola

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2025

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48
Citations
32822
World Ranking
355
National Ranking
1

Biology and Biochemistry

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50
Citations
16016
World Ranking
17427
National Ranking
278

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  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Federico Pietrocola is a researcher affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their work is concentrated primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Physiology, Pharmacology, and Immunology.

Their research covers a range of main topics, notably:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Pietrocola has contributed to several frequently appearing publication venues, which include:

  • Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Cancer Discovery
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • OncoImmunology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "Autophagy in major human diseases" (2021) published in The EMBO Journal
  • "Meta-hallmarks of aging and cancer" (2023) published in Cell Metabolism
  • "Apoptotic cell death in disease-Current understanding of the NCCD 2023" (2023) published in Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "Cellular Senescence Is Immunogenic and Promotes Antitumor Immunity" (2022) published in Cancer Discovery
  • "Autophagy in the cancer-immunity dialogue" (2020) published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Frequent collaborators of Pietrocola include:

  • Guido Kroemer
  • Manuel Serrano
  • Francesca Castoldi
  • José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro
  • Isabelle Martins

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Autophagy in major human diseases

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Giulia Petroni;Ravi K. Amaravadi;Eric H. Baehrecke

  • Autophagy in malignant transformation and cancer progression

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Federico Pietrocola;Federico Pietrocola;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;Ravi K. Amaravadi

  • Acetyl Coenzyme A: A Central Metabolite and Second Messenger

    Federico Pietrocola;Lorenzo Galluzzi;José Manuel Bravo-San Pedro;Frank Madeo

  • Cardioprotection and lifespan extension by the natural polyamine spermidine

    Tobias Eisenberg;Mahmoud Abdellatif;Sabrina Schroeder;Uwe Primessnig;Uwe Primessnig

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Metabolic Control of Autophagy

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Federico Pietrocola;Beth Levine;Guido Kroemer

  • Spermidine in health and disease

    Frank Madeo;Tobias Eisenberg;Federico Pietrocola;Guido Kroemer

  • Caloric Restriction Mimetics Enhance Anticancer Immunosurveillance

    Federico Pietrocola;Federico Pietrocola;Jonathan Pol;Erika Vacchelli;Erika Vacchelli;Shuan Rao

  • Regulation of Autophagy by Cytosolic Acetyl-Coenzyme A

    Guillermo Mariño;Federico Pietrocola;Tobias Eisenberg;Yongli Kong

  • Chemotherapy-induced antitumor immunity requires formyl peptide receptor 1

    Erika Vacchelli;Yuting Ma;Elisa E. Baracco;Antonella Sistigu

  • Nutrition, inflammation and cancer.

    Laurence Zitvogel;Federico Pietrocola;Guido Kroemer

  • Regulation of autophagy by stress-responsive transcription factors.

    Federico Pietrocola;Valentina Izzo;Mireia Niso-Santano;Mireia Niso-Santano;Erika Vacchelli;Erika Vacchelli

  • Identification and characterization of Cardiac Glycosides as senolytic compounds

    Francisco Triana-Martínez;Pilar Picallos-Rabina;Sabela Da Silva-Álvarez;Federico Pietrocola

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Spermidine induces autophagy by inhibiting the acetyltransferase EP300.

    F Pietrocola;S Lachkar;D P Enot;M Niso-Santano

  • Nucleocytosolic depletion of the energy metabolite acetyl-coenzyme a stimulates autophagy and prolongs lifespan.

    Tobias Eisenberg;Sabrina Schroeder;Aleksandra Andryushkova;Tobias Pendl

  • Caloric restriction mimetics: towards a molecular definition

    Frank Madeo;Federico Pietrocola;Tobias Eisenberg;Guido Kroemer

  • Phosphatidylethanolamine positively regulates autophagy and longevity.

    P Rockenfeller;M Koska;F Pietrocola;N Minois

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Frank Madeo
Frank Madeo University of Graz
Maria Chiara Maiuri
Maria Chiara Maiuri Institut Gustave Roussy
Erika Vacchelli
Erika Vacchelli Université Paris Cité
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Oliver Kepp
Oliver Kepp Institut Gustave Roussy
Guillermo Mariño
Guillermo Mariño University of Oviedo
Tobias Eisenberg
Tobias Eisenberg University of Graz
Didac Carmona-Gutierrez
Didac Carmona-Gutierrez University of Graz
Laurence Zitvogel
Laurence Zitvogel University of Paris-Saclay

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