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Lucia Ricci-Vitiani

Lucia Ricci-Vitiani

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
51
Citations
14680
World Ranking
2476
National Ranking
60

Lucia Ricci-Vitiani publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lucia Ricci-Vitiani sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 125 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Lucia Ricci-Vitiani D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lucia Ricci-Vitiani sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lucia Ricci-Vitiani is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy and has a research focus spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work covers multiple specialized areas including molecular biology, cancer research, genetics, oncology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's research topics include glioma diagnosis and treatment, microRNA in disease regulation, cancer hypoxia and metabolism, cancer cells and metastasis, extracellular vesicles in disease, cancer genomics and diagnostics, and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • Cell Reports
  • Cancers
  • Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lucia Ricci-Vitiani include:

  • Roberto Pallini
  • Mariachiara Buccarelli
  • Quintino Giorgio D'Alessandris
  • Maurizio Martini
  • Mauro Biffoni

Notable recent publications are:

  • "Elesclomol-induced increase of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species impairs glioblastoma stem-like cell survival and tumor growth", 2021, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • "ADAR1 is a new target of METTL3 and plays a pro-oncogenic role in glioblastoma by an editing-independent mechanism", 2021, Genome Biology
  • "Rapid and Efficient Invasion Assay of Glioblastoma in Human Brain Organoids", 2020, Cell Reports
  • "c-MYC Expression Is a Possible Keystone in the Colorectal Cancer Resistance to EGFR Inhibitors", 2020, Cancers
  • "Inhibition of mitochondrial translation suppresses glioblastoma stem cell growth", 2021, Cell Reports

Best Publications

  • Identification and expansion of human colon-cancer-initiating cells

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Dario G. Lombardi;Emanuela Pilozzi;Mauro Biffoni

  • Tumour vascularization via endothelial differentiation of glioblastoma stem-like cells

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Roberto Pallini;Mauro Biffoni;Matilde Todaro

  • Chemotherapy resistance of glioblastoma stem cells

    A Eramo;L Ricci-Vitiani;A Zeuner;R Pallini

  • Cancer Stem Cell Analysis and Clinical Outcome in Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme

    Roberto Pallini;Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Giuseppe Luigi Banna;Michele Signore

  • Colon cancer stem cells

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Eros Fabrizi;Elisabetta Palio;Ruggero De Maria

  • Bone morphogenetic protein 4 induces differentiation of colorectal cancer stem cells and increases their response to chemotherapy in mice.

    Ylenia Lombardo;Alessandro Scopelliti;Patrizia Cammareri;Matilde Todaro

  • Inhibition of autophagy increases susceptibility of glioblastoma stem cells to temozolomide by igniting ferroptosis.

    Mariachiara Buccarelli;Matteo Marconi;Simone Pacioni;Ivana De Pascalis

  • Thyroid cancer resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs via autocrine production of interleukin-4 and interleukin-10.

    Giorgio Stassi;Matilde Todaro;Monica Zerilli;Lucia Ricci-Vitiani

  • Control of target cell survival in thyroid autoimmunity by T helper cytokines via regulation of apoptotic proteins

    G Stassi;D Di Liberto;M Todaro;A Zeuner

  • Analysis of the combined action of miR-143 and miR-145 on oncogenic pathways in colorectal cancer cells reveals a coordinate program of gene repression

    A Pagliuca;C Valvo;E Fabrizi;S di Martino

  • Expression of EGFRvIII in glioblastoma: prognostic significance revisited.

    Nicola Montano;Tonia Cenci;Maurizio Martini;Quintino Giorgio D'alessandris

  • Endogenous activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors supports the proliferation and survival of neural progenitor cells

    V Di Giorgi-Gerevini;D Melchiorri;G Battaglia;L Ricci-Vitiani

  • Cannabidiol stimulates Aml-1a-dependent glial differentiation and inhibits glioma stem-like cells proliferation by inducing autophagy in a TRPV2-dependent manner.

    Massimo Nabissi;Maria Beatrice Morelli;Maria Beatrice Morelli;Consuelo Amantini;Sonia Liberati

  • Autocrine Production of Interleukin-4 and Interleukin-10 Is Required for Survival and Growth of Thyroid Cancer Cells

    Matilde Todaro;Monica Zerilli;Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Miriam Bini

  • Targeting apoptosis pathways in cancer stem cells.

    Michele Signore;Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Ruggero De Maria

  • Absence of Caspase 8 and High Expression of PED Protect Primitive Neural Cells from Cell Death

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Francesca Pedini;Cristiana Mollinari;Gerolama Condorelli

  • CD95 death-inducing signaling complex formation and internalization occur in lipid rafts of type I and type II cells.

    Adriana Eramo;Massimo Sargiacomo;Lucia Ricci‐Vitiani;Matilde Todaro

  • Expression of the stem cell marker CD133 in recurrent glioblastoma and its value for prognosis

    Roberto Pallini;Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Nicola Montano;Cristiana Mollinari

  • Colon cancer stem cells

    L Ricci-Vitiani;A Pagliuca;E Palio;A Zeuner

  • Erratum: Tumour vascularization via endothelial differentiation of glioblastoma stem-like cells (Nature (2010) 468 (824-828))

    Lucia Ricci-Vitiani;Roberto Pallini;Mauro Biffoni;Matilde Todaro

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruggero De Maria
Ruggero De Maria Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Luigi Maria Larocca
Luigi Maria Larocca Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Matilde Todaro
Matilde Todaro University of Palermo
Giorgio Stassi
Giorgio Stassi University of Palermo
Gerolama Condorelli
Gerolama Condorelli University of Naples Federico II
Eugenio A. Parati
Eugenio A. Parati Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Giuseppe Battaglia
Giuseppe Battaglia Sapienza University of Rome
Cesare Peschle
Cesare Peschle Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Paola Matarrese
Paola Matarrese Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Cesare Peschle
Cesare Peschle Istituto Superiore di Sanità

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