2026 Mauro Giacca: 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	106	431	393	30	28	505	36425
Medicine	107	6307	5931	611	583	584	38054

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Mauro Giacca is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine, focusing extensively on molecular biology and cardiology. Their work frequently addresses infectious diseases, surgery, and cancer research.

The scientist has contributed to a substantial body of research including 194 publications in medicine and 158 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their subfield expertise includes molecular biology with 108 publications, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine with 71, infectious diseases and surgery with 28 each, and cancer research with 21.

Giacca's research covers a range of prominent topics, notably:

Congenital heart defects research
Cardiac fibrosis and remodeling
Viral infections and immunology research
COVID-19 clinical research studies
Cardiomyopathy and myosin studies
Virus-based gene therapy research
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research

Their recent publications include:

"The furin cleavage site in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is required for transmission in ferrets" (2021, Nature Microbiology)
"Drugs that inhibit TMEM16 proteins block SARS-CoV-2 spike-induced syncytia" (2021, Nature)
"Persistence of viral RNA, pneumocyte syncytia and thrombosis are hallmarks of advanced COVID-19 pathology" (2020, EBioMedicine)
"Towards standardization of echocardiography for the evaluation of left ventricular function in adult rodents: a position paper of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial Function" (2020, Cardiovascular Research)
"SARS-CoV-2 RNAemia and proteomic trajectories inform prognostication in COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care" (2021, Nature Communications)

Giacca has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

Lorena Zentilin
Serena Zacchigna
Luca Braga
Antonio Cannatà
Gianfranco Sinagra

The scientist's work is frequently published in leading venues such as Cardiovascular Research, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Heart Journal, Nature Cardiovascular Research, and Nature Communications.

Among professional recognitions, Mauro Giacca is a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

Functional screening identifies miRNAs inducing cardiac regeneration

Ana Eulalio;Miguel Mano;Matteo Dal Ferro;Matteo Dal Ferro;Lorena Zentilin

1092
Citations
Anti-PlGF Inhibits Growth of VEGF(R)-Inhibitor-Resistant Tumors without Affecting Healthy Vessels

Christian Fischer;Bart Jonckx;Massimiliano Mazzone;Serena Zacchigna

978
Citations
The oxygen-rich postnatal environment induces cardiomyocyte cell-cycle arrest through DNA damage response.

Bao N. Puente;Wataru Kimura;Shalini A. Muralidhar;Jesung Moon

935
Citations
Internalization of HIV-1 Tat Requires Cell Surface Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans

Mudit Tyagi;Marco Rusnati;Marco Presta;Mauro Giacca

903
Citations
The furin cleavage site in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is required for transmission in ferrets.

Thomas P. Peacock;Daniel H. Goldhill;Jie Zhou;Laury Baillon

735
Citations
Cell membrane lipid rafts mediate caveolar endocytosis of HIV-1 Tat fusion proteins.

Antonio Fittipaldi;Aldo Ferrari;Monica Zoppé;Caterina Arcangeli

664
Citations
Identification of HSP90 inhibitors as a novel class of senolytics

Heike Fuhrmann-Stroissnigg;Yuan Yuan Ling;Jing Zhao;Sara J. McGowan

581
Citations
Caveolae-mediated internalization of extracellular HIV-1 tat fusion proteins visualized in real time.

Aldo Ferrari;Vittorio Pellegrini;Caterina Arcangeli;Antonio Fittipaldi

445
Citations
Cardiomyocyte regeneration: A consensus statement

Thomas Eschenhagen;Roberto Bolli;Thomas Braun;Loren J. Field

412
Citations
Drugs that inhibit TMEM16 proteins block SARS-CoV-2 spike-induced syncytia.

Luca Braga;Hashim Ali;Ilaria Secco;Elena Chiavacci

412
Citations
Familial dilated cardiomyopathy: Evidence for genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity

Luisa Mestroni;Chiara Rocco;Dario Gregori;Gianfranco Sinagra

411
Citations
MicroRNA therapy stimulates uncontrolled cardiac repair after myocardial infarction in pigs

Khatia Gabisonia;Giulia Prosdocimo;Giovanni Donato Aquaro;Lucia Carlucci

407
Citations
Familial dilated cardiomyopathy: evidence for genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity. Heart Muscle Disease Study Group.

L Mestroni;C Rocco;D Gregori;G Sinagra

405
Citations
Vascular endothelial growth factor stimulates skeletal muscle regeneration in Vivo

Nikola Arsic;Serena Zacchigna;Lorena Zentilin;Genaro Ramirez-Correa

398
Citations
Virus-mediated gene delivery for human gene therapy.

Mauro Giacca;Serena Zacchigna

358
Citations
Different mechanisms for cellular internalization of the HIV-1 Tat-derived cell penetrating peptide and recombinant proteins fused to Tat.

Michelle Silhol;Mudit Tyagi;Mauro Giacca;Bernard Lebleu

358
Citations
HIV-1 Tat transactivator recruits p300 and CREB-binding protein histone acetyltransferases to the viral promoter

Giuseppe Marzio;Mudit Tyagi;Maria Ines Gutierrez;Mauro Giacca

356
Citations
Nuclear architecture dictates HIV-1 integration site selection

Bruna Marini;Attila Kertesz-Farkas;Hashim Ali;Bojana Lucic;Bojana Lucic

353
Citations
Persistence of viral RNA, pneumocyte syncytia and thrombosis are hallmarks of advanced COVID-19 pathology

Rossana Bussani;Edoardo Schneider;Lorena Zentilin;Chiara Collesi

339
Citations
A novel procedure for quantitative polymerase chain reaction by coamplification of competitive templates

Silvia Diviacco;Paolo Norio;Lorena Zentilin;Stefano Menzo

338
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorena Zentilin International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Serena Zacchigna International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Gianfranco Sinagra University of Trieste

Arturo Falaschi International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Giuseppe Biamonti National Research Council (CNR)

Silvano Riva University of Pavia

Vittorio Pellegrini Italian Institute of Technology

Umberto Tirelli National Institutes of Health

Stephane Heymans Maastricht University

Francesco Squadrito University of Messina

External Links

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