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Riccardo Fodde

Riccardo Fodde

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Genetics

D-Index
88
Citations
31836
World Ranking
1158
National Ranking
42

Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
31998
World Ranking
12602
National Ranking
482

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Riccardo Fodde is affiliated with Erasmus MC in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research primarily focuses on molecular biology, cancer research, oncology, pathology, and immunology.

The main topics addressed in Riccardo Fodde's work include:

  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation

Frequent venues for Fodde's publications are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Frontiers in Immunology
  • Nature Genetics
  • Nature Communications

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Co-cultures of colon cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts recapitulate the aggressive features of mesenchymal-like colon cancer" (2023, Frontiers in Immunology)
  • "Phenotypic plasticity underlies local invasion and distant metastasis in colon cancer" (2021, eLife)
  • "Non-stem cell lineages as an alternative origin of intestinal tumorigenesis in the context of inflammation" (2024, Nature Genetics)
  • "Fibroblast activation protein identifies Consensus Molecular Subtype 4 in colorectal cancer and allows its detection by 68Ga-FAPI-PET imaging" (2022, British Journal of Cancer)
  • "A YAP-centered mechanotransduction loop drives collective breast cancer cell invasion" (2024, Nature Communications)

Riccardo Fodde collaborates frequently with a core group of co-authors including Mathijs Verhagen, Rosalie Joosten, Berdine van der Steen, Andrea Sacchetti, and Roberto Stabile, reflecting consistent teamwork in various projects.

The professional recognition includes membership in the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • A National Cancer Institute Workshop on Microsatellite Instability for Cancer Detection and Familial Predisposition: Development of International Criteria for the Determination of Microsatellite Instability in Colorectal Cancer

    C. Richard Boland;Stephen N. Thibodeau;Stanley R. Hamilton;David Sidransky

  • APC , Signal transduction and genetic instability in colorectal cancer

    Riccardo Fodde;Ron Smits;Hans Clevers

  • Long-term effect of aspirin on cancer risk in carriers of hereditary colorectal cancer: an analysis from the CAPP2 randomised controlled trial

    John Burn;Anne Marie Gerdes;Finlay MacRae;Jukka Pekka Mecklin

  • Cancer risk in families with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer diagnosed by mutation analysis.

    HF Vasen;JT Wijnen;FH Menko;JH Kleibeuker

  • Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in cancer stemness and malignant behavior.

    Riccardo Fodde;Thomas Brabletz

  • Mutations in the APC tumour suppressor gene cause chromosomal instability

    Riccardo Fodde;Jeroen Kuipers;Jeroen Kuipers;Carla Rosenberg;Ron Smits

  • CCAT2, a novel noncoding RNA mapping to 8q24, underlies metastatic progression and chromosomal instability in colon cancer

    Hui Ling;Riccardo Spizzo;Yaser Atlasi;Milena Nicoloso

  • A targeted chain-termination mutation in the mouse Apc gene results in multiple intestinal tumors

    R Fodde;W Edelmann;K Yang;C van Leeuwen

  • Expression of CD44 in Apc and Tcf mutant mice implies regulation by the WNT pathway

    Vera J.M. Wielenga;Ron Smits;Vladimir Korinek;Lia Smit

  • The APC gene in colorectal cancer

    R. Fodde

  • Cancer risk in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer due to MSH6 mutations: impact on counseling and surveillance.

    Yvonne M C Hendriks;Anja Wagner;Hans Morreau;Fred Menko

  • Familial endometrial cancer in female carriers of MSH6 germline mutations

    J Wijnen;W de Leeuw;H Vasen;H van der Klift

  • Clinical findings with implications for genetic testing in families with clustering of colorectal cancer.

    JT Wijnen;Hfa Vasen;PM Khan;AH Zwinderman

  • Apc modulates embryonic stem-cell differentiation by controlling the dosage of β-catenin signaling

    Menno F. Kielman;Maaret Rindapää;Claudia Gaspar;Nicole van Poppel

  • Interplay between metabolic identities in the intestinal crypt supports stem cell function

    Maria J. Rodríguez-Colman;Matthias Schewe;Maaike Meerlo;Edwin Stigter

  • The ‘just-right’ signaling model: APC somatic mutations are selected based on a specific level of activation of the β-catenin signaling cascade

    Cristina Albuquerque;Cor Breukel;Rob van der Luijt;Paulo Fidalgo

  • Canonical Wnt Signaling Regulates Hematopoiesis in a Dosage-Dependent Fashion

    Tiago C. Luis;Tiago C. Luis;Brigitta A.E. Naber;Brigitta A.E. Naber;Paul P.C. Roozen;Martijn H. Brugman

  • APC and Oncogenic KRAS Are Synergistic in Enhancing Wnt Signaling in Intestinal Tumor Formation and Progression

    Klaus–Peter Janssen;Klaus–Peter Janssen;Paola Alberici;Hafida Fsihi;Claudia Gaspar

  • Junk DNA and the long non-coding RNA twist in cancer genetics.

    Hui Ling;Kimberly Vincent;Martin Pichler;Riccardo Fodde

  • Long-term effect of aspirin on cancer risk in carriers of hereditary colorectal cancer

    John Burn;Anne-Marie Gerdes;Finlay Macrae;Jukka-Pekka Mecklin

Frequent Co-Authors

Juul T. Wijnen
Juul T. Wijnen Leiden University Medical Center
Hans F. A. Vasen
Hans F. A. Vasen Leiden University
P. Meera Khan
P. Meera Khan Leiden University
John Burn
John Burn Newcastle University
Henry T. Lynch
Henry T. Lynch Creighton University
Fred H. Menko
Fred H. Menko Netherlands Cancer Institute
Pål Møller
Pål Møller Oslo University Hospital
Jan H. Kleibeuker
Jan H. Kleibeuker University Medical Center Groningen
Hans Morreau
Hans Morreau Leiden University Medical Center
George A. Calin
George A. Calin The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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