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Italy
2026

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D-Index
121
Citations
53304
World Ranking
608
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Paolo Pinton is affiliated with the University of Ferrara in Italy and has a publication record spanning multiple fields related to biochemistry, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research focuses primarily on mitochondrial function and pathology, autophagy in disease and therapy, and cancer-related metabolic processes.

The main fields of study associated with Paolo Pinton include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these broad categories, subfields of study that frequently appear in their work are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Physiology
  • Cancer Research

Paolo Pinton's research topics are diverse but emphasize cellular mechanisms and disease processes such as:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Inflammasome and Immune Disorders
  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Carlotta Giorgi
  • Simone Patergnani
  • Giampaolo Morciano
  • Mariusz R. Wiȩckowski
  • Massimo Bonora

Paolo Pinton has published numerous papers in several scientific journals. The venues where their work appears most often are:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cancers
  • Biomedicines
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Reports

Selected recent papers include:

  • Molecular mechanisms and consequences of mitochondrial permeability transition, 2021, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Various Aspects of Calcium Signaling in the Regulation of Apoptosis, Autophagy, Cell Proliferation, and Cancer, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cancer metabolism and mitochondria: Finding novel mechanisms to fight tumours, 2020, EBioMedicine
  • Ca2+ Fluxes and Cancer, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress and "Mito-Inflammation": Actors in the Diseases, 2021, Biomedicines

In recognition of their contributions to science, Paolo Pinton became a Member of Academia Europaea in 2018.

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 (3rd edition)

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

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Close Contacts with the Endoplasmic Reticulum as Determinants of Mitochondrial Ca2+ Responses

    Rosario Rizzuto;Paolo Pinton;Paolo Pinton;Walter Carrington;Walter Carrington;Frederic S. Fay;Frederic S. Fay

  • Regulation of autophagy by cytoplasmic p53

    Ezgi Tasdemir;M. Chiara Maiuri;M. Chiara Maiuri;M. Chiara Maiuri;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Ilio Vitale;Ilio Vitale

  • Electron Transfer between Cytochrome c and p66Shc Generates Reactive Oxygen Species that Trigger Mitochondrial Apoptosis

    Marco Giorgio;Enrica Migliaccio;Francesca Orsini;Demis Paolucci

  • Calcium and apoptosis: ER-mitochondria Ca2+ transfer in the control of apoptosis

    P Pinton;C Giorgi;C Giorgi;R Siviero;E Zecchini

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Regulation of mitochondrial ATP synthesis by calcium: Evidence for a long-term metabolic priming

    Laurence S. Jouaville;Paolo Pinton;Carlo Bastianutto;Guy A. Rutter

  • Isolation of mitochondria-associated membranes and mitochondria from animal tissues and cells.

    M. R.Mariusz R. Wieckowski;Carlotta Giorgi;Carlotta Giorgi;Magdalena Lebiedzinska;Jerzy Duszynski

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

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

  • The Ca2+ concentration of the endoplasmic reticulum is a key determinant of ceramide-induced apoptosis: significance for the molecular mechanism of Bcl-2 action

    Paolo Pinton;Davide Ferrari;Elena Rapizzi;Francesco Di Virgilio

  • The machineries, regulation and cellular functions of mitochondrial calcium.

    Carlotta Giorgi;Saverio Marchi;Paolo Pinton

  • Mitochondria-Ros Crosstalk in the Control of Cell Death and Aging

    Saverio Marchi;Carlotta Giorgi;Jan M. Suski;Jan M. Suski;Chiara Agnoletto

  • Calcium and apoptosis: facts and hypotheses.

    Rosario Rizzuto;Paolo Pinton;Davide Ferrari;Mounia Chami

  • Reduced loading of intracellular Ca(2+) stores and downregulation of capacitative Ca(2+) influx in Bcl-2-overexpressing cells.

    Paolo Pinton;Davide Ferrari;Paulo Magalhães;Klaus Schulze-Osthoff

  • Protein kinase C beta and prolyl isomerase 1 regulate mitochondrial effects of the life-span determinant p66Shc.

    Paolo Pinton;Alessandro Rimessi;Saverio Marchi;Francesca Orsini

  • Mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum calcium homeostasis and cell death.

    Saverio Marchi;Simone Patergnani;Sonia Missiroli;Giampaolo Morciano

  • ATP synthesis and storage

    Massimo Bonora;Simone Patergnani;Alessandro Rimessi;Elena De Marchi

  • The Golgi apparatus is an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-sensitive Ca2+ store, with functional properties distinct from those of the endoplasmic reticulum.

    Paolo Pinton;Tullio Pozzan;Rosario Rizzuto

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlotta Giorgi
Carlotta Giorgi University of Ferrara
Rosario Rizzuto
Rosario Rizzuto University of Padua
Mariusz R. Wieckowski
Mariusz R. Wieckowski Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. Marcelego Nenckiego
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Gyorgy Szabadkai
Gyorgy Szabadkai University College London
Francesco Di Virgilio
Francesco Di Virgilio University of Ferrara
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Tullio Pozzan
Tullio Pozzan University of Padua
Marisa Brini
Marisa Brini University of Padua
Michelangelo Campanella
Michelangelo Campanella Royal Veterinary College

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