Francesco De Virgiliis

University of Geneva — Switzerland

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

14h-index1.3kcitations31works2.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Nerve injury and regeneration(11), Spinal Cord Injury Research(5), Signaling Pathways in Disease(5), Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms(4), Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research(4)

Publications31 total

CITED2 is a druggable epigenetic switch coupling neuronal maturation to regenerative decline
EMBO Molecular Medicine·2026Open Access
A glycolytic shunt via the pentose phosphate pathway is a metabolic checkpoint for nervous system sensory homeostasis and axonal regeneration
Cell·2026Open Access
Dysregulation of the endosomal sorting complex III is linked to neurodegeneration in progressive multiple sclerosis
Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva)·2026Open Access
Dysregulation of the endosomal sorting complex <scp>III</scp> is linked to neurodegeneration in progressive multiple sclerosis
Brain Pathology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Neural control of tumor immunity
FEBS Journal·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Three-dimensional chromatin mapping of sensory neurons reveals that promoter–enhancer looping is required for axonal regeneration
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Three-dimensional chromatin mapping of sensory neurons reveals that cohesin-dependent genomic domains are required for axonal regeneration
2024Open Access
The circadian clock time tunes axonal regeneration
Cell Metabolism·2023· 17 citedOpen Access
The circadian clock is a pacemaker of the axonal regenerative ability
2023Open Access
CBP/p300 activation promotes axon growth, sprouting, and synaptic plasticity in chronic experimental spinal cord injury with severe disability
PLoS Biology·2022· 31 citedOpen Access
Control of lymph node activity by direct local innervation
Trends in Neurosciences·2022· 33 cited
The gut metabolite indole-3 propionate promotes nerve regeneration and repair
Nature·2022· 332 cited
Reversible CD8 T cell–neuron cross-talk causes aging-dependent neuronal regenerative decline
Science·2022· 105 citedOpen Access
NOX-dependent reactive oxygen species are essential regulators of axonal regeneration
Free Radical Biology and Medicine·2021
Combinatorial small molecule-mediated activation of CBP/p300 with environmental enrichment in chronic severe experimental spinal cord injury to enable axon regeneration and sprouting for functional recovery
2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Reply to: Neuroimmune interactions and COVID-19 in lung transplant recipients
Nature Reviews Neurology·2021Open Access
Enriched conditioning expands the regenerative ability of sensory neurons after spinal cord injury via neuronal intrinsic redox signaling
Nature Communications·2020· 68 citedOpen Access
The intermittent fasting-dependent gut microbial metabolite indole-3 propionate promotes nerve regeneration and recovery after injury
2020· 3 citedOpen Access
Lung innervation in the eye of a cytokine storm: neuroimmune interactions and COVID-19
Nature Reviews Neurology·2020· 101 citedOpen Access
AMPK controls the axonal regenerative ability of dorsal root ganglia sensory neurons after spinal cord injury
Nature Metabolism·2020· 51 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Simone Di Giovanni(21), Guiping Kong(19), Luming Zhou(18), Ilaria Palmisano(17), Matt C. Danzi(12), Thomas H. Hutson(12), Jessica Chadwick(9), Arnau Hervera(9), Elisabeth Serger(8), Vance Lemmon(8), John L. Bixby(8), Eilidh McLachlan(6), José Antonio del Rı́o(5), Ajay M. Shah(5), Radhika Puttagunta(5), Franziska Müller(4), Célio X.C. Santos(4), Paolo La Montanara(4), Christoph Scheiermann(4), Franziska Mueller(4)