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Paola Matarrese publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paola Matarrese sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 211 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Paola Matarrese D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paola Matarrese sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paola Matarrese is affiliated with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work spans several subfields including molecular biology, cell biology, surgery, epidemiology, and cancer research.

Their research primarily focuses on topics such as autophagy in disease and therapy, receptor mechanisms and signaling, glioma diagnosis and treatment, cancer, hypoxia, and metabolism, as well as LGBTQ health, identity, and policy. Further topics include cancer, stress, anesthesia, and immune response, along with mitochondrial function and pathology.

Recent significant publications by Paola Matarrese include:

  • The Impact of Oxidative Stress in Human Pathology: Focus on Gastrointestinal Disorders, 2021, Antioxidants
  • Role of Cholesterol and Lipid Rafts in Cancer Signaling: A Promising Therapeutic Opportunity?, 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Elesclomol-induced increase of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species impairs glioblastoma stem-like cell survival and tumor growth, 2021, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research
  • Raft-like lipid microdomains drive autophagy initiation via AMBRA1-ERLIN1 molecular association within MAMs, 2020, Autophagy
  • Coronavirus Interplay With Lipid Rafts and Autophagy Unveils Promising Therapeutic Targets, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Common coauthors frequently collaborating with Paola Matarrese include Barbara Ascione, Rosa Vona, Elisabetta Iessi, Marco G. Paggi, and Claudia Abbruzzese.

They have published multiple times in leading venues such as the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, Cancers, Biomedicines, and Cells. Their contributions to these journals reflect a focus on molecular and cellular research with implications in cancer and disease mechanisms.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Proton Pump Inhibitors Induce Apoptosis of Human B-Cell Tumors through a Caspase-Independent Mechanism Involving Reactive Oxygen Species

    Angelo De Milito;Elisabetta Iessi;Mariantonia Logozzi;Francesco Lozupone

  • Galectin-3 overexpression protects from apoptosis by improving cell adhesion properties.

    Paola Matarrese;Ornella Fusco;Nicola Tinari;Clara Natoli

  • Cannibalism of live lymphocytes by human metastatic but not primary melanoma cells.

    Luana Lugini;Paola Matarrese;Antonella Tinari;Francesco Lozupone

  • CD95 (APO-1/Fas) linkage to the actin cytoskeleton through ezrin in human T lymphocytes: a novel regulatory mechanism of the CD95 apoptotic pathway.

    Stefania Parlato;Anna Maria Giammarioli;Mariantonia Logozzi;Francesco Lozupone

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • The Impact of Oxidative Stress in Human Pathology: Focus on Gastrointestinal Disorders

    Rosa Vona;Lucia Pallotta;Martina Cappelletti;Carola Severi

  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil Biophenols Inhibit Cell-Mediated Oxidation of LDL by Increasing the mRNA Transcription of Glutathione-Related Enzymes

    Roberta Masella;Rosaria Varì;Massimo D’Archivio;Roberta Di Benedetto

  • Galectin-1 Sensitizes Resting Human T Lymphocytes to Fas (CD95)-mediated Cell Death via Mitochondrial Hyperpolarization, Budding, and Fission

    Paola Matarrese;Antonella Tinari;Elisabetta Mormone;Germán A. Bianco

  • Inhibition of autophagy increases susceptibility of glioblastoma stem cells to temozolomide by igniting ferroptosis.

    Mariachiara Buccarelli;Matteo Marconi;Simone Pacioni;Ivana De Pascalis

  • Occurrence, diversity, and pathogenicity of halophilic Vibrio spp. and non-O1 Vibrio cholerae from estuarine waters along the Italian Adriatic coast.

    Elena Barbieri;Loredana Falzano;Carla Fiorentini;Anna Pianetti

  • Tyrosol, the major extra virgin olive oil compound, restored intracellular antioxidant defences in spite of its weak antioxidative effectiveness

    Roberta Di Benedetto;Rosaria Varì;Beatrice Scazzocchio;Carmela Filesi

  • Galectin-3 overexpression protects from cell damage and death by influencing mitochondrial homeostasis.

    Paola Matarrese;Nicola Tinari;Maria Letizia Semeraro;Clara Natoli

  • The HIV-1 vpr Protein Acts as a Negative Regulator of Apoptosis in a Human Lymphoblastoid T Cell Line: Possible Implications for the Pathogenesis of AIDS

    L. Conti;G. Rainaldi;P. Matarrese;B. Varano

  • Evidence for the involvement of lipid rafts localized at the ER-mitochondria associated membranes in autophagosome formation.

    Tina Garofalo;Paola Matarrese;Valeria Manganelli;Matteo Marconi

  • Transglutaminase overexpression sensitizes neuronal cell lines to apoptosis by increasing mitochondrial membrane potential and cellular oxidative stress.

    Mauro Piacentini;Maria Grazia Farrace;Lucia Piredda;Paola Matarrese

  • Peroxynitrite induces senescence and apoptosis of red blood cells through the activation of aspartyl and cysteinyl proteases

    Paola Matarrese;Elisabetta Straface;Donatella Pietraforte;Lucrezia Gambardella

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Malorni
Walter Malorni University of Rome Tor Vergata
Maurizio Sorice
Maurizio Sorice Sapienza University of Rome
Gianfranco Donelli
Gianfranco Donelli Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Mauro Piacentini
Mauro Piacentini University of Rome Tor Vergata
Elena Ortona
Elena Ortona Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Stefano Fais
Stefano Fais Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Giuseppe Arancia
Giuseppe Arancia Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Anna Teresa Palamara
Anna Teresa Palamara Sapienza University of Rome
Roberto Cauda
Roberto Cauda Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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