Maurizio Del Poeta

Maurizio Del Poeta publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maurizio Del Poeta sits on this spectrum.

Maurizio Del Poeta D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maurizio Del Poeta sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• Member of the Association of American Physicians
• Member of the Association of American Physicians
• Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

• Ergosterol Biosynthesis Inhibitors Become Fungicidal when Combined with Calcineurin Inhibitors against Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, and Candida krusei

  Chiatogu Onyewu;Jill R. Blankenship;Maurizio Del Poeta;Joseph Heitman

  360
  Citations

• Structure-In Vitro Activity Relationships of Pentamidine Analogues and Dication-Substituted Bis-Benzimidazoles as New Antifungal Agents

  Maurizio Del Poeta;Wiley A. Schell;Christine C. Dykstra;Susan Jones

  301
  Citations

• Synergistic Antifungal Activities of Bafilomycin A1, Fluconazole, and the Pneumocandin MK-0991/Caspofungin Acetate (L-743,873) with Calcineurin Inhibitors FK506 and L-685,818 against Cryptococcus neoformans

  M Del Poeta;M C Cruz;M E Cardenas;J R Perfect

  255
  Citations

• Role of Sphingolipids in Microbial Pathogenesis

  Unknown

  246
  Citations

• In vitro antifungal activity of pneumocandin L-743,872 against a variety of clinically important molds.

  M Del Poeta;W A Schell;J R Perfect

  223
  Citations

• Immunosuppressive and Nonimmunosuppressive Cyclosporine Analogs Are Toxic to the Opportunistic Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans via Cyclophilin-Dependent Inhibition of Calcineurin

  M. C. Cruz;M. Del Poeta;Ping Wang;R. Wenger

  185
  Citations

• Rapamycin and less immunosuppressive analogs are toxic to Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans via FKBP12-dependent inhibition of TOR.

  M. Cristina Cruz;Alan L. Goldstein;Jill Blankenship;Maurizio Del Poeta

  180
  Citations

• The immunosuppressant FK506 and its nonimmunosuppressive analog L-685,818 are toxic to Cryptococcus neoformans by inhibition of a common target protein.

  A Odom;M Del Poeta;J Perfect;J Heitman

  180
  Citations

• Roles for inositol-phosphoryl ceramide synthase 1 (IPC1) in pathogenesis of C. neoformans

  Chiara Luberto;Dena L. Toffaletti;Elizabeth A. Wills;Stephanie C. Tucker

  180
  Citations

• Identification of App1 as a regulator of phagocytosis and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

  Chiara Luberto;Beatriz Martinez-Mariño;Daniel Taraskiewicz;Benjamin Bolaños

  174
  Citations

• Role of phagocytosis in the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans.

  Unknown

  163
  Citations

• Depletion of alveolar macrophages decreases the dissemination of a glucosylceramide-deficient mutant of Cryptococcus neoformans in immunodeficient mice.

  Unknown

  157
  Citations

• Antifungal Activities of Antineoplastic Agents:Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a Model System To Study Drug Action

  Maria E. Cardenas;M. Cristina Cruz;Maurizio Del Poeta;Namjin Chung

  154
  Citations

• The Cryptococcal Enzyme Inositol Phosphosphingolipid-Phospholipase C Confers Resistance to the Antifungal Effects of Macrophages and Promotes Fungal Dissemination to the Central Nervous System

  Unknown

  154
  Citations

• Plasma membrane lipids and their role in fungal virulence

  Unknown

  148
  Citations

• Identification of a New Class of Antifungals Targeting the Synthesis of Fungal Sphingolipids

  Visesato Mor;Antonella Rella;Amir M. Farnoud;Ashutosh Singh

  143
  Citations

• Potential Roles of Fungal Extracellular Vesicles during Infection.

  Luna S. Joffe;Luna S. Joffe;Leonardo Nimrichter;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Maurizio Del Poeta;Maurizio Del Poeta

  142
  Citations

• Sphingomyelin synthases regulate production of diacylglycerol at the Golgi.

  Unknown

  126
  Citations

• In Vitro Antifungal Activities of a Series of Dication-Substituted Carbazoles, Furans, and Benzimidazoles

  Maurizio Del Poeta;Wiley A. Schell;Christine C. Dykstra;Susan K. Jones

  125
  Citations

• Synthesis and Biological Properties of Fungal Glucosylceramide

  Maurizio Del Poeta;Leonardo Nimrichter;Marcio L. Rodrigues;Chiara Luberto

  123
  Citations