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Paola Chiarugi

Paola Chiarugi

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Biology and Biochemistry

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81
Citations
22823
World Ranking
3910
National Ranking
82

Overview

Paola Chiarugi is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with particular focus on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Oncology, Surgery, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The topics frequently addressed in their work include:

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

Chiarugi has published several recent papers of note, including:

  • "Mitochondrial oxidative metabolism contributes to a cancer stem cell phenotype in cholangiocarcinoma", 2021, Journal of Hepatology
  • "SHMT2-mediated mitochondrial serine metabolism drives 5-FU resistance by fueling nucleotide biosynthesis", 2022, Cell Reports
  • "miR-27a is a master regulator of metabolic reprogramming and chemoresistance in colorectal cancer", 2020, British Journal of Cancer
  • "FADS1/2 control lipid metabolism and ferroptosis susceptibility in triple-negative breast cancer", 2024, EMBO Molecular Medicine
  • "Mitochondrial Redox Hubs as Promising Targets for Anticancer Therapy", 2020, Frontiers in Oncology

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Luigi Ippolito
  • Elisa Giannoni
  • Giuseppina Comito
  • Maria Letizia Taddei
  • Marta Iozzo

Publication venues where Chiarugi publishes most often are:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Cells
  • British Journal of Cancer
  • Frontiers in Oncology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Best Publications

  • Anoikis molecular pathways and its role in cancer progression

    Paolo Paoli;Elisa Giannoni;Paola Chiarugi

  • Anoikis: an emerging hallmark in health and diseases

    ML Taddei;E Giannoni;T Fiaschi;P Chiarugi

  • Reciprocal Activation of Prostate Cancer Cells and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Stimulates Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Stemness

    Elisa Giannoni;Francesca Bianchini;Lorenzo Masieri;Sergio Serni

  • Anoikis: a necessary death program for anchorage-dependent cells.

    Paola Chiarugi;Elisa Giannoni

  • Cancer-associated-fibroblasts and tumour cells: a diabolic liaison driving cancer progression

    Paolo Cirri;Paola Chiarugi

  • Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species Activate Src Tyrosine Kinase during Cell Adhesion and Anchorage-Dependent Cell Growth

    Elisa Giannoni;Francesca Buricchi;Giovanni Raugei;Giampietro Ramponi

  • Cancer-associated fibroblasts and M2-polarized macrophages synergize during prostate carcinoma progression.

    G Comito;E Giannoni;C P Segura;P Barcellos-de-Souza

  • Reactive oxygen species as essential mediators of cell adhesion: the oxidative inhibition of a FAK tyrosine phosphatase is required for cell adhesion.

    Paola Chiarugi;Giovambattista Pani;Elisa Giannoni;Letizia Taddei

  • Reciprocal Metabolic Reprogramming through Lactate Shuttle Coordinately Influences Tumor-Stroma Interplay

    Tania Fiaschi;Alberto Marini;Elisa Giannoni;Maria Letizia Taddei

  • Redox regulation of protein tyrosine phosphatases during receptor tyrosine kinase signal transduction

    Paola Chiarugi;Paolo Cirri

  • Oxidative stress, tumor microenvironment, and metabolic reprogramming: a diabolic liaison

    Tania Fiaschi;Paola Chiarugi

  • HNE interacts directly with JNK isoforms in human hepatic stellate cells.

    M Parola;G Robino;F Marra;M Pinzani

  • Lactate: A Metabolic Driver in the Tumour Landscape.

    Luigi Ippolito;Andrea Morandi;Elisa Giannoni;Paola Chiarugi

  • Microenvironment and tumor cell plasticity: An easy way out.

    Maria Letizia Taddei;Elisa Giannoni;Giuseppina Comito;Paola Chiarugi

  • Two vicinal cysteines confer a peculiar redox regulation to low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase in response to platelet-derived growth factor receptor stimulation.

    Paola Chiarugi;Tania Fiaschi;Maria Letizia Taddei;Doriana Talini

  • EMT and oxidative stress: a bidirectional interplay affecting tumor malignancy.

    Elisa Giannoni;Matteo Parri;Paola Chiarugi

  • Dual Role of Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species in Hypoxia Signaling: Activation of Nuclear Factor-κB via c-SRC– and Oxidant-Dependent Cell Death

    Josep M. Lluis;Francesca Buricchi;Paola Chiarugi;Albert Morales

  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphorylation and Reversible Oxidation: Two Cross-Talking Posttranslation Modifications

    Paola Chiarugi;Francesca Buricchi

  • Cancer associated fibroblasts exploit reactive oxygen species through a proinflammatory signature leading to epithelial mesenchymal transition and stemness.

    Elisa Giannoni;Francesca Bianchini;Lido Calorini;Paola Chiarugi

  • Increased Lactate Secretion by Cancer Cells Sustains Non-cell-autonomous Adaptive Resistance to MET and EGFR Targeted Therapies.

    Maria Apicella;Elisa Giannoni;Stephany Fiore;Karin Johanna Ferrari

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisa Giannoni
Elisa Giannoni University of Florence
Giampietro Ramponi
Giampietro Ramponi University of Florence
Fabio Marra
Fabio Marra University of Florence
Silvia Giordano
Silvia Giordano University of Turin
Luigi Terracciano
Luigi Terracciano University Hospital of Basel
Giuseppe Viale
Giuseppe Viale University of Milan
Andrea Rasola
Andrea Rasola University of Padua
Gianfranco Pintus
Gianfranco Pintus University of Sassari
Amedeo Columbano
Amedeo Columbano University of Cagliari
Guido Grandi
Guido Grandi University of Trento

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