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Massimo Santoro

Massimo Santoro

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Molecular Biology
Italy
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
110
Citations
40700
World Ranking
376
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Massimo Santoro is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research output includes a strong focus on molecular biology, cell biology, and cancer research, with additional work related to pulmonary and respiratory medicine and biochemistry.

The main research topics Santoro has been involved in include:

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects
  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Caveolin-1 and cellular processes
  • Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

Massimo Santoro has published papers in several frequent venues, emphasizing specialized journals in biomedicine. These venues include:

  • Cell Metabolism
  • The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Redox Biology
  • Nature Metabolism
  • Cell Death and Disease

Selected recent publications by Santoro showcase their research interests, including:

  • The Antioxidant Role of Non-mitochondrial CoQ10: Mystery Solved!, 2020, Cell Metabolism

Other notable recent papers, co-authored by different researchers but within related fields, include:

  • A mitochondrial contribution to anti-inflammatory shear stress signaling in vascular endothelial cells, 2022, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • Adaptive redox homeostasis in cutaneous melanoma, 2020, Redox Biology
  • The origin and mechanisms of smooth muscle cell development in vertebrates, 2021, Development
  • NCOA4 links iron bioavailability to DNA metabolism, 2022, Cell Reports

Santoro collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Roxana E. Oberkersch (9 publications)
  • Matteo Astone (7 publications)
  • Nicola Facchinello (4 publications)
  • Liaisan Arslanbaeva (3 publications)
  • Giovanni Tosi (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • miR-126 regulates angiogenic signaling and vascular integrity

    Jason E. Fish;Massimo M. Santoro;Sarah U. Morton;Sangho Yu

  • BRAF Mutations in Thyroid Tumors Are Restricted to Papillary Carcinomas and Anaplastic or Poorly Differentiated Carcinomas Arising from Papillary Carcinomas

    Marina N. Nikiforova;Edna Teruko Kimura;Manoj Gandhi;Paul W. Biddinger

  • ROS homeostasis and metabolism: a dangerous liason in cancer cells.

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  • PTC is a novel rearranged form of the ret proto-oncogene and is frequently detected in vivo in human thyroid papillary carcinomas.

    Michele Grieco;Massimo Santoro;Maria Teresa Berlingieri;Rosa Marina Melillo

  • Activation of RET as a dominant transforming gene by germline mutations of MEN2A and MEN2B

    M Santoro;F Carlomagno;A Romano;D P Bottaro

  • Cytoplasmic relocalization and inhibition of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27 Kip1 by PKB/Akt-mediated phosphorylation in breast cancer

    Giuseppe Viglietto;Maria Letizia Motti;Paola Bruni;Rosa Marina Melillo

  • BAY 43-9006 Inhibition of Oncogenic RET Mutants

    Francesca Carlomagno;Suresh Anaganti;Teresa Guida;Giuliana Salvatore

  • MicroRNA deregulation in human thyroid papillary carcinomas

    P Pallante;R Visone;R Visone;Manuela Ferracin;A Ferraro

  • A new oncogene in human thyroid papillary carcinomas and their lymph-nodal metastases

    A. Fusco;M. Grieco;M. Santoro;M. T. Berlingieri

  • Cellular and molecular facets of keratinocyte reepithelization during wound healing

    Massimo M. Santoro;Giovanni Gaudino

  • Molecular characterization of RET/PTC3; A novel rearranged version of the RETproto-oncogene in a human thyroid papillary carcinoma

    Massimo Santoro;Nina A. Dathan;Maria T. Berlingieri;Italia Bongarzone

  • Specific microRNAs are downregulated in human thyroid anaplastic carcinomas.

    R. Visone;P. Pallante;A. Vecchione;R. Cirombella

  • The RET/PTC-RAS-BRAF linear signaling cascade mediates the motile and mitogenic phenotype of thyroid cancer cells

    Rosa Marina Melillo;Maria Domenica Castellone;Valentina Guarino;Valentina De Falco

  • Mutation of the PIK3CA gene in anaplastic thyroid cancer.

    Ginesa García-Rostán;Angela M. Costa;Isabel Pereira-Castro;Giuliana Salvatore

  • High level expression of the HMGI (Y) gene during embryonic development.

    Gennaro Chiappetta;Virginia Avantaggiato;Roberta Visconti;Monica Fedele

  • The RET receptor: function in development and dysfunction in congenital malformation

    Serge Manié;Massimo Santoro;Alfredo Fusco;Marc Billaud

  • RON is a heterodimeric tyrosine kinase receptor activated by the HGF homologue MSP.

    Giovanni Gaudino;Antonia Follenzi;Luigi Naldini;Chiara Collesi

  • Structure and Chemical Inhibition of the Ret Tyrosine Kinase Domain.

    Phillip P. Knowles;Judith Murray-Rust;Svend Kjær;Svend Kjær;Rizaldy P. Scott

  • Expression of the RET/PTC Fusion Gene as a Marker for Papillary Carcinoma in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis†

    Ari Wirtschafter;Richard Schmidt;David Rosen;Nandita Kundu

  • Blood flow controls bone vascular function and osteogenesis.

    Saravana K Ramasamy;Saravana K Ramasamy;Anjali P Kusumbe;Anjali P Kusumbe;Maria Schiller;Dagmar Zeuschner

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfredo Fusco
Alfredo Fusco University of Naples Federico II
Rosa Marina Melillo
Rosa Marina Melillo University of Naples Federico II
Fulvio Basolo
Fulvio Basolo University of Pisa
Giovanni Gaudino
Giovanni Gaudino University of Hawaii at Manoa
Giuseppe Viglietto
Giuseppe Viglietto Magna Graecia University
Monica Fedele
Monica Fedele National Research Council (CNR)
Paolo M. Comoglio
Paolo M. Comoglio FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
James A. Fagin
James A. Fagin Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Paolo Miccoli
Paolo Miccoli University of Pisa
Giovanni Tallini
Giovanni Tallini University of Bologna

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