2026 Roberto Mantovani: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Genetics	75	1908	1815	33	31	321	17219
Molecular Biology	75	1203	1072	20	20	321	17219

Overview

Roberto Mantovani is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and focuses primarily on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research is concentrated in the subfields of Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Immunology, Plant Science, and Physiology.

Their work covers a range of main topics, including:

RNA Research and Splicing
Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
NF-κB Signaling Pathways
RNA modifications and cancer
Signaling Pathways in Disease
RNA regulation and disease
Interferon and immune responses

Roberto Mantovani has published extensively in several scientific venues. The frequent publication venues include:

Genomics
Cell Death and Differentiation
Cells
Cell Death and Disease
The Plant Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mantovani cover various aspects of molecular biology and cancer research. Notable publications include:

Structural determinants for NF-Y subunit organization and NF-Y/DNA association in plants, 2020, The Plant Journal
NF-YA Overexpression in Lung Cancer: LUAD, 2020, Genes
NF-Y Overexpression in Liver Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
The transcription factor NF-Y participates to stem cell fate decision and regeneration in adult skeletal muscle, 2021, Nature Communications
The role(s) of NF-Y in development and differentiation, 2024, Cell Death and Differentiation

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

Diletta Dolfini
Andrea Bernardini
Nerina Gnesutta
Mirko Ronzio
Antonio Chaves-Sanjuán

Best Publications

The molecular biology of the CCAAT-binding factor NF-Y.

Roberto Mantovani

956
Citations
A survey of 178 NF-Y binding CCAAT boxes

Roberto Mantovani

628
Citations
The Promiscuous Life of Plant NUCLEAR FACTOR Y Transcription Factors

Katia Petroni;Roderick W. Kumimoto;Nerina Gnesutta;Valentina Calvenzani

350
Citations
Sequence-Specific Transcription Factor NF-Y Displays Histone-like DNA Binding and H2B-like Ubiquitination

Marco Nardini;Nerina Gnesutta;Giacomo Donati;Raffaella Gatta

331
Citations
The NF-YB/NF-YC structure gives insight into DNA binding and transcription regulation by CCAAT factor NF-Y.

Christophe Romier;Fabienne Cocchiarella;Roberto Mantovani;Dino Moras

318
Citations
Complex Transcriptional Effects of p63 Isoforms: Identification of Novel Activation and Repression Domains†

Pamela Ghioni;Fabrizio Bolognese;Pascal H. G. Duijf;Hans van Bokhoven

296
Citations
Direct p53 Transcriptional Repression: In Vivo Analysis of CCAAT-Containing G2/M Promoters

Carol Imbriano;Aymone Gurtner;Fabienne Cocchiarella;Silvia Di Agostino

286
Citations
Interference of transcriptional activation by the antineoplastic drug ecteinascidin-743

Mario Minuzzo;Sergio Marchini;Massimo Broggini;Glynn Faircloth

285
Citations
NF-Y and the transcriptional activation of CCAAT promoters

Diletta Dolfini;Raffaella Gatta;Roberto Mantovani

280
Citations
A Distal CCAAT/NUCLEAR FACTOR Y Complex Promotes Chromatin Looping at the FLOWERING LOCUS T Promoter and Regulates the Timing of Flowering in Arabidopsis

Shuanghe Cao;Roderick W. Kumimoto;Nerina Gnesutta;Alessandra M. Calogero

266
Citations
Dominant negative analogs of NF-YA.

R Mantovani;X Y Li;U Pessara;R Hooft van Huisjduijnen

249
Citations
Pin1 Links the Activities of c-Abl and p300 in Regulating p73 Function

Fiamma Mantovani;Fiamma Mantovani;Silvano Piazza;Monica Gostissa;Sabrina Strano

232
Citations
Np95 is a histone-binding protein endowed with ubiquitin ligase activity.

Elisabetta Citterio;Roberto Papait;Francesco Nicassio;Manuela Vecchi

224
Citations
NF-Y Mediates the Transcriptional Inhibition of thecyclin B1, cyclin B2, and cdc25CPromoters upon Induced G2 Arrest

Isabella Manni;Giuseppina Mazzaro;Aymone Gurtner;Roberto Mantovani

219
Citations
Cell cycle regulation of NF-YC nuclear localization.

Mattia Frontini;Carol Imbriano;Isabella Manni;Roberto Mantovani

219
Citations
Change in body condition score of Holstein cows as affected by parity and mature equivalent milk yield.

Luigi Gallo;Paolo Carnier;Martino Cassandro;Roberto Mantovani

206
Citations
Monoclonal antibodies to NF-Y define its function in MHC class II and albumin gene transcription.

Roberto Mantovani;Ulrich Pessara;François Tronche;Xiao Yan Li

200
Citations
Trabectedin (ET-743) promotes differentiation in myxoid liposarcoma tumors.

Claudia Forni;Mario Minuzzo;Emanuela Virdis;Elena Tamborini

198
Citations
Intron-exon organization of the NF-Y genes. Tissue-specific splicing modifies an activation domain.

X Y Li;R Hooft van Huijsduijnen;R Mantovani;C Benoist

197
Citations
Evolutionary variation of the CCAAT-binding transcription factor NF-Y

Xiao-Yan Li;R. Mantovani;R. Hooft Van Huijsduijnen;I. Andre

183
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergio Ottolenghi University of Milano-Bicocca

Maurizio D'Incalci Humanitas University

Christophe Benoist Harvard University

Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata

Silvia K. Nicolis University of Milano-Bicocca

Diane Mathis Harvard University

Dino Moras Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology

Clara Camaschella Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Andrea Fossati Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Chiara Tonelli University of Milan

External Links

Personal website of Roberto Mantovani

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