2026 Luisa Castagnoli: 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	50	2539	2292	63	61	137	12947

Overview

Luisa Castagnoli is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy. Their research spans several disciplines primarily within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. The scientist has contributed notably to subfields such as molecular biology, genetics, physiology, oncology, and surgery.

Their work addresses multiple topics, with a focus on muscle physiology and disorders, adipose tissue and metabolism, and CAR-T cell therapy research. Other areas covered include ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, autism spectrum disorder research, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and 3D printing in biomedical research.

The scientist's frequent collaborators include Gianni Cesareni, Claudia Fuoco, Cesare Gargioli, Giulio Giuliani, and Alessandro Palma. These collaborations have resulted in numerous joint publications and ongoing research efforts.

Among the research venues where Luisa Castagnoli has published are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Biomolecules, Molecular Psychiatry, Nucleic Acids Research, and Cell Death and Differentiation. The scientist has produced multiple papers in these journals, contributing to the understanding of biological and medical sciences.

Notable recent publications include:

SIGNOR 3.0, the SIGnaling network open resource 3.0: 2022 update (2022, Nucleic Acids Research)
Adipogenesis of skeletal muscle fibro/adipogenic progenitors is affected by the WNT5a/GSK3/β-catenin axis (2020, Cell Death and Differentiation)
Metabolic reprogramming of fibro/adipogenic progenitors facilitates muscle regeneration (2020, Life Science Alliance)
Biofabricating murine and human myo-substitutes for rapid volumetric muscle loss restoration (2021, EMBO Molecular Medicine)
SCA-1 micro-heterogeneity in the fate decision of dystrophic fibro/adipogenic progenitors (2021, Cell Death and Disease)

Best Publications

MINT, the molecular interaction database: 2012 update

Luana Licata;Leonardo Briganti;Daniele Peluso;Livia Perfetto

1158
Citations
MINT: the Molecular INTeraction database

Andrew Chatr-aryamontri;Arnaud Ceol;Luisa Montecchi Palazzi;Giuliano Nardelli

1093
Citations
A Combined Experimental and Computational Strategy to Define Protein Interaction Networks for Peptide Recognition Modules

Amy Hin Yan Tong;Becky Drees;Giuliano Nardelli;Gary D. Bader

924
Citations
Selection of antibody ligands from a large library of oligopeptides expressed on a multivalent exposition vector

Franco Felici;Luisa Castagnoli;Andrea Musacchio;Roberto Jappelli

785
Citations
MINT, the molecular interaction database: 2009 update.

Arnaud Ceol;Andrew Chatr Aryamontri;Luana Licata;Daniele Peluso

621
Citations
Physical interaction with Yes-associated protein enhances p73 transcriptional activity.

Sabrina Strano;Eliana Munarriz;Mario Rossi;Luisa Castagnoli

507
Citations
Intersectin, a novel adaptor protein with two Eps15 homology and five Src homology 3 domains

Montarop Yamabhai;Noah G. Hoffman;Nancy L. Hardison;Peter S. McPherson

362
Citations
Microfluidic-enhanced 3D bioprinting of aligned myoblast-laden hydrogels leads to functionally organized myofibers in vitro and in vivo

Marco Costantini;Stefano Testa;Pamela Mozetic;Andrea Barbetta

315
Citations
mentha: a resource for browsing integrated protein-interaction networks

Alberto Calderone;Luisa Castagnoli;Gianni Cesareni

304
Citations
Physical and Functional Interaction between p53 Mutants and Different Isoforms of p73

Sabrina Strano;Eliana Munarriz;Mario Rossi;Barbara Cristofanelli

288
Citations
Protein interaction networks by proteome peptide scanning

Christiane Landgraf;Simona Panni;Luisa Montecchi-Palazzi;Luisa Castagnoli

286
Citations
The human phosphatase interactome: An intricate family portrait

Francesca Sacco;Livia Perfetto;Luisa Castagnoli;Gianni Cesareni

268
Citations
SIGNOR: A database of causal relationships between biological entities

Livia Perfetto;Leonardo Briganti;Alberto Calderone;Andrea Cerquone Perpetuini

251
Citations
VirusMINT: a viral protein interaction database

Andrew Chatr-aryamontri;Arnaud Ceol;Daniele Peluso;Aurelio Nardozza

250
Citations
Bayesian Modeling of the Yeast SH3 Domain Interactome Predicts Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Endocytosis Proteins

Raffi Tonikian;Xiaofeng Xin;Christopher P. Toret;David Gfeller

219
Citations
Can we infer peptide recognition specificity mediated by SH3 domains

Gianni Cesareni;Simona Panni;Giuliano Nardelli;Luisa Castagnoli

204
Citations
SIGNOR 2.0, the SIGnaling Network Open Resource 2.0: 2019 update.

Luana Licata;Prisca Lo Surdo;Marta Iannuccelli;Alessandro Palma

202
Citations
The Protein-Protein Interaction tasks of BioCreative III: classification/ranking of articles and linking bio-ontology concepts to full text

Martin Krallinger;Miguel Vazquez;Florian Leitner;David Salgado

196
Citations
The SH3 Domains of Endophilin and Amphiphysin Bind to the Proline-rich Region of Synaptojanin 1 at Distinct Sites That Display an Unconventional Binding Specificity

Gianluca Cestra;Luisa Castagnoli;Luciana Dente;Olga Minenkova

173
Citations
Transcription by RNA polymerase III.

Gennaro Ciliberto;Luisa Castagnoli;Riccardo Cortese

170
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianni Cesareni University of Rome Tor Vergata

Andrew Chatr-aryamontri University of Montreal

Mike Schutkowski Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Simona Polo University of Milan

Matthias Mann Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Søren Brunak University of Copenhagen

Gary D. Bader University of Toronto

Marco Tartaglia Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital

Charles Boone University of Toronto

Dror Seliktar Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

External Links

Personal website of Luisa Castagnoli

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