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Molecular Biology

D-Index
123
Citations
87732
World Ranking
232
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Gerry Melino is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, with notable specialization in Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases.

Their scientific contributions focus on several key topics, including:

  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

They have co-authored with a number of frequent collaborators, including:

  • Yufang Shi
  • Eleonora Candi
  • Alessandro Mauriello
  • Ying Wang
  • Manuel Scimeca

Melino's research output is often published in selected scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms include:

  • Biology Direct
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Cell Death Discovery
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Examples of recent publications illustrate the range and focus of their work:

  • "COVID-19 infection: the perspectives on immune responses" (2020), published in Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "Macrophage polarization and metabolism in atherosclerosis" (2023), published in Cell Death and Disease
  • "A guideline on the molecular ecosystem regulating ferroptosis" (2024), published in Nature Cell Biology
  • "SARS-CoV-2 spike protein dictates syncytium-mediated lymphocyte elimination" (2021), published in Cell Death and Differentiation
  • "Regulation of Adult Neurogenesis in Mammalian Brain" (2020), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Over the course of their career, Melino has been recognized as a Member of the Academia Europaea since 2010.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

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

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

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Classification of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death

    G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;G. Kroemer;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;P. Vandenabeele;J. Abrams

  • Molecular definitions of cell death subroutines: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2012

    Galluzzi L;Vitale I;Vitale I;Vitale I;Abrams Jm;Alnemri Es

  • The cornified envelope: a model of cell death in the skin

    Eleonora Candi;Rainer Schmidt;Gerry Melino;Gerry Melino

  • COVID-19 infection: the perspectives on immune responses.

    Yufang Shi;Ying Wang;Changshun Shao;Jianan Huang

  • The tyrosine kinase c-Abl regulates p73 in apoptotic response to cisplatin-induced DNA damage

    JianGen Gong;Antonio Costanzo;Hong-Qiong Yang;Gerry Melino

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Serine and glycine metabolism in cancer

    Ivano Amelio;Francesca Cutruzzolá;Alexey Antonov;Massimiliano Agostini

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

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

  • The hypoxic tumour microenvironment.

    Varvara Petrova;Margherita Annicchiarico-Petruzzelli;Gerry Melino;Gerry Melino;Ivano Amelio

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring cell death in higher eukaryotes

    L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;S. A. Aaronson;J. Abrams;E. S. Alnemri

  • Senescence and aging: the critical roles of p53

    A Rufini;P Tucci;P Tucci;I Celardo;G Melino;G Melino

  • The p53/p63/p73 family of transcription factors: overlapping and distinct functions

    M. Levrero;V. De Laurenzi;A. Costanzo;J. Gong

  • p73: Friend or foe in tumorigenesis

    Gerry Melino;Vincenzo De Laurenzi;Karen H. Vousden

  • Zinc-finger proteins in health and disease.

    Matteo Cassandri;Artem Smirnov;Flavia Novelli;Consuelo Pitolli

  • The HECT family of E3 ubiquitin ligases: multiple players in cancer development.

    Francesca Bernassola;Michael Karin;Aaron Ciechanover;Gerry Melino;Gerry Melino

  • MicroRNA 217 Modulates Endothelial Cell Senescence via Silent Information Regulator 1

    Rossella Menghini;Viviana Casagrande;Marina Cardellini;Eugenio Martelli

  • Two new p73 splice variants, gamma and delta, with different transcriptional activity.

    Vincenzo De Laurenzi;Antonio Costanzo;Daniela Barcaroli;Alessandro Terrinoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Eleonora Candi
Eleonora Candi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Richard A. Knight
Richard A. Knight University College London
Francesca Bernassola
Francesca Bernassola University of Rome Tor Vergata
Yufang Shi
Yufang Shi Soochow University
Mauro Piacentini
Mauro Piacentini University of Rome Tor Vergata
Ying Wang
Ying Wang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Alessandro Finazzi-Agrò
Alessandro Finazzi-Agrò University of Rome Tor Vergata
David Dinsdale
David Dinsdale University of Leicester
Paolo Salomoni
Paolo Salomoni German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Francesco Cecconi
Francesco Cecconi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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