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Alessandro La Ferlita

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2016Rising activity
RNA modifications and cancerColorectal Cancer Treatments and StudiesLymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismCancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Publications

105

Citations

676

Est. group size

~13

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

11

Publishing since 2016

Research summary
AI-generated

Alessandro La Ferlita's work focuses on the molecular biology of cancer, especially how gene regulation and metabolism drive tumor spread (metastasis) in colorectal and breast cancers. Much of the research involves small non-coding RNAs (like tRNA-derived fragments and microRNAs) and epigenetic modifications (such as RNA methylation) as regulators of cancer cell behavior, alongside collaborative clinical laboratory studies. The group also engages in bioinformatics tool development to help other researchers analyze RNA sequencing data.

Cancer metastasis mechanismsNon-coding RNA and RNA modificationsCancer metabolismBioinformatics tools for RNA-seq analysisClinical biomarkers in oncology

Publication output has grown substantially over the past decade, rising from essentially none in 2017 to a peak of over 40 outputs in 2025, indicating a strong and accelerating publication pace in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 17.0/year recently
172018: 2 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 5 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 12 publications232024: 18 publications242025: 43 publications43252026: 7 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×10
  • Cancer Research×6
  • Scientific Reports×4
  • Blood×4
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×4
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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