2026 Gioacchino Natoli: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	75	1169	1042	18	18	169	34873

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Member of Academia Europaea
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Gioacchino Natoli is affiliated with the European Institute of Oncology in Italy. Their research is situated within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. The main subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Oncology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics, notably:

Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Immune cells in cancer
Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Frequent publication venues for Gioacchino Natoli include:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Cancer Research
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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Natoli highlight a diverse research portfolio:

"ADP-ribosyltransferases, an update on function and nomenclature," 2021, published in FEBS Journal
"Epithelial memory of inflammation limits tissue damage while promoting pancreatic tumorigenesis," 2021, published in Science
"Tumor-Derived Prostaglandin E2 Promotes p50 NF-κB-Dependent Differentiation of Monocytic MDSCs," 2020, published in Cancer Research
"Persistence of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Convalescent Health Care Workers," 2020, published in Journal of Clinical Medicine
"Current challenges in understanding the role of enhancers in disease," 2022, published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

Gioacchino Natoli collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

Sara Polletti
Giuseppe R. Diaferia
Pierluigi Di Chiaro
Francesco Gualdrini
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci

Regarding professional recognition, Natoli has been acknowledged as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2017 and is a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

Macrophage Activation and Polarization: Nomenclature and Experimental Guidelines

Peter J Murray;Judith E Allen;Subhra K Biswas;Edward A Fisher

6527
Citations
Transcriptional regulation of macrophage polarization: enabling diversity with identity.

Toby Lawrence;Gioacchino Natoli

2319
Citations
Anti-inflammatory cyclopentenone prostaglandins are direct inhibitors of IκB kinase

Antonio Rossi;Pankaj Kapahi;Gioacchino Natoli;Takayuki Takahashi

1635
Citations
IKK-γ is an essential regulatory subunit of the IκB kinase complex

David M. Rothwarf;Ebrahim Zandi;Gioacchino Natoli;Michael Karin

1368
Citations
The Histone H3 Lysine-27 Demethylase Jmjd3 Links Inflammation to Inhibition of Polycomb-Mediated Gene Silencing

Francesca De Santa;Maria Grazia Totaro;Elena Prosperini;Samuele Notarbartolo

1048
Citations
A large fraction of extragenic RNA pol II transcription sites overlap enhancers.

Francesca de Santa;Iros Barozzi;Flore Mietton;Serena Ghisletti

974
Citations
p38-dependent marking of inflammatory genes for increased NF-κB recruitment

Simona Saccani;Serafino Pantano;Gioacchino Natoli

874
Citations
Transcriptional regulation via the NF-κB signaling module

A Hoffmann;G Natoli;G Ghosh

852
Citations
Latent Enhancers Activated by Stimulation in Differentiated Cells

Renato Ostuni;Viviana Piccolo;Iros Barozzi;Sara Polletti

819
Citations
The Human Toll Signaling Pathway: Divergence of Nuclear Factor κB and JNK/SAPK Activation Upstream of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor–associated Factor 6 (TRAF6)

Marta Muzio;Gioacchino Natoli;Simona Saccani;Massimo Levrero

795
Citations
Tolerance and M2 (alternative) macrophage polarization are related processes orchestrated by p50 nuclear factor κB

Chiara Porta;Monica Rimoldi;Geert Raes;Lea Brys

761
Citations
Identification and Characterization of Enhancers Controlling the Inflammatory Gene Expression Program in Macrophages

Serena Ghisletti;Iros Barozzi;Flore Mietton;Sara Polletti

709
Citations
Activation of SAPK/JNK by TNF Receptor 1 Through a Noncytotoxic TRAF2-Dependent Pathway

Gioacchino Natoli;Antonio Costanzo;Angelo Ianni;Dennis J. Templeton

547
Citations
Memory and flexibility of cytokine gene expression as separable properties of human T(H)1 and T(H)2 lymphocytes

Mara Messi;Isabella Giacchetto;Kinya Nagata;Antonio Lanzavecchia

503
Citations
Two Waves of Nuclear Factor κb Recruitment to Target Promoters

Simona Saccani;Serafino Pantano;Gioacchino Natoli

497
Citations
Transcript Dynamics of Proinflammatory Genes Revealed by Sequence Analysis of Subcellular RNA Fractions

Dev M. Bhatt;Amy Pandya-Jones;Ann Jay Tong;Iros Barozzi

479
Citations
Jmjd3 contributes to the control of gene expression in LPS‐activated macrophages

Francesca De Santa;Vipin Narang;Zhei Hwee Yap;Betsabeh Khoramian Tusi

471
Citations
Inhibition of NF-κB Activation by Arsenite through Reaction with a Critical Cysteine in the Activation Loop of IκB Kinase

Pankaj Kapahi;Takayuki Takahashi;Gioacchino Natoli;Stephen R. Adams

453
Citations
Molecular control of activation and priming in macrophages

Christopher K Glass;Gioacchino Natoli

451
Citations
Noncoding Transcription at Enhancers: General Principles and Functional Models

Gioacchino Natoli;Jean Christophe Andrau

427
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Massimo Levrero Inserm

Iros Barozzi Medical University of Vienna

Pier Giuseppe Pelicci European Institute of Oncology

Pier Lorenzo Puri Discovery Institute

Stephen T. Smale University of California, Los Angeles

Marco A. Cassatella University of Verona

Bruno Amati European Institute of Oncology

Saverio Minucci European Institute of Oncology

Geoffrey J. Faulkner University of Queensland

Martha L. Bulyk Harvard University

External Links

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