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88
Citations
24169
World Ranking
790
National Ranking
419

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Francesco Ramirez is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these areas, their work frequently addresses subfields such as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The main topics investigated by Francesco Ramirez include:

  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Connective Tissue Disorders Research
  • Aortic Aneurysm Repair Treatments
  • TGF-β Signaling in Diseases
  • Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics

Their frequent publication venues consist of:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • Developmental Dynamics
  • Biomolecules
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • JCI Insight

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with Ramirez include:

  • Keiichi Asano
  • Anna Cantalupo
  • Jens Hansen
  • Ravi Iyengar
  • Lauriane Sedes

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Francesco Ramirez are:

  • The role of LTBPs in TGF beta signaling, 2021, Developmental Dynamics
  • Pathophysiology and Therapeutics of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm in Marfan Syndrome, 2022, Biomolecules
  • The Multiple Functions of Fibrillin-1 Microfibrils in Organismal Physiology, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Dissecting aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome is associated with losartan-sensitive transcriptomic modulation of aortic cells, 2023, JCI Insight
  • Inhibition of HIPK2 Alleviates Thoracic Aortic Disease in Mice With Progressively Severe Marfan Syndrome, 2021, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Francesco Ramirez was recognized with the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Dysregulation of TGF-β activation contributes to pathogenesis in Marfan syndrome

    Enid R. Neptune;Pamela A. Frischmeyer;Dan E. Arking;Loretha Myers

  • Linkage of Marfan syndrome and a phenotypically related disorder to two different fibrillin genes

    Brendan Lee;Maurice Godfrey;Emilia Vitale;Hisae Hori

  • Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade attenuates TGF-β–induced failure of muscle regeneration in multiple myopathic states

    Ronald D Cohn;Christel van Erp;Jennifer P Habashi;Arshia A Soleimani

  • Cloning and characterization of five overlapping cDNAs specific for the human proα 1(I) collagen chain

    Mon-Li Chu;Jeanne C. Myers;Michael P. Bernard;Juy-Fang Ding

  • Pathogenetic sequence for aneurysm revealed in mice underexpressing fibrillin-1

    Lygia Pereira;Sui Ying Lee;Barbara Gayraud;Kostantinos Andrikopoulos

  • The molecular genetics of Marfan syndrome and related disorders

    Peter N. Robinson;E. Arteaga-Solis;C. Baldock;G. Collod-Béroud

  • Structure and expression of fibrillin-2, a novel microfibrillar component preferentially located in elastic matrices

    Hui Zhang;S. D. Apfelroth;Wei Hu;E. C. Davis

  • Phenotypic Alteration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Precedes Elastolysis in a Mouse Model of Marfan Syndrome

    Tracie E. Bunton;Nancy Jensen Biery;Loretha Myers;Barbara Gayraud

  • Genomic organization of the sequence coding for fibrillin, the defective gene product in Marfan syndrome

    Lygia Pereira;Marina D'Alessio;Francesco Ramirez;Jennifer R.Lynch

  • Targetting of the gene encoding fibrillin-1 recapitulates the vascular aspect of Marfan syndrome.

    Lygia Pereira;Konstantinos Andrikopoulos;Konstantinos Andrikopoulos;Jenny Tian;Sui Ying Lee

  • Nucleotide sequences of complementary deoxyribonucleic acids for the pro alpha 1 chain of human type I procollagen. Statistical evaluation of structures that are conserved during evolution.

    Michael P. Bernard;Mon Li Chu;Jeanne C. Myers;Francesco Ramirez

  • Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates alpha 2(I) collagen gene expression through a cis-acting element that contains an Sp1-binding site.

    Y Inagaki;S Truter;F Ramirez

  • A fibrillar collagen gene, Col11a1, is essential for skeletal morphogenesis

    Y Li;D.A Lacerda;M.L Warman;D.R Beier

  • Fibrillin–2 ( FBN2 ) mutations result in the Marfan–like disorder, congenital contractural arachnodactyly

    Elizabeth A. Putnam;Hui Zhang;Francesco Ramirez;Dianna M. Milewicz;Dianna M. Milewicz

  • Structure of a cDNA for the pro.alpha.2 chain of human type I procollagen. Comparison with chick cDNA for pro.alpha.2(I) identifies structurally conserved features of the protein and the gene

    Michael P. Bernard;Jeanne C. Myers;Mon Li Chu;Francesco Ramirez

  • Human proα1(I) collagen gene structure reveals evolutionary conservation of a pattern of introns and exons

    Mon-Li Chu;Wouter de Wet;Michael Bernard;Juy-Fang Ding

  • Targeted mutation in the col5a2 gene reveals a regulatory role for type V collagen during matrix assembly

    Konstantinos Andrikopoulos;Xin Liu;Douglas R. Keene;Rudolf Jaenisch

  • Regulation of limb patterning by extracellular microfibrils.

    Emilio Arteaga-Solis;Barbara Gayraud;Sui Y. Lee;Lillian Shum

  • DEVELOPMENTAL EXPRESSION OF FIBRILLIN GENES SUGGESTS HETEROGENEITY OF EXTRACELLULAR MICROFIBRILS

    Hui Zhang;Wei Hu;F. Ramirez

  • Extracellular microfibrils: contextual platforms for TGFβ and BMP signaling

    Francesco Ramirez;Daniel B Rifkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry C. Dietz
Harry C. Dietz Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Lynn Y. Sakai
Lynn Y. Sakai Oregon Health & Science University
Daniel B. Rifkin
Daniel B. Rifkin New York University
Arthur Bank
Arthur Bank Columbia University
Brendan Lee
Brendan Lee Baylor College of Medicine
Darwin J. Prockop
Darwin J. Prockop Texas A&M University
Michael Solursh
Michael Solursh University of Iowa
Mon-Li Chu
Mon-Li Chu Thomas Jefferson University
Douglas R. Keene
Douglas R. Keene Shriners Hospitals for Children - Portland
Robert P. Mecham
Robert P. Mecham Washington University in St. Louis

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