Alba Luengo

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
15 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Alba Luengo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Alba Luengo has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Alba Luengo's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (9 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (4 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Alba Luengo is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (9 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (4 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Alba Luengo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Austria. Alba Luengo's co-authors include Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Dan Y. Gui, Lucas B. Sullivan, Caroline A. Lewis, Craig J. Thomas, Aaron M. Hosios, Clary B. Clish, Tyler Jacks, Allison N. Lau and Shawn M. Davidson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Alba Luengo

15 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Targeting Metabolism for Cancer Therapy

2017 666 citations Alba Luengo, Dan Y. Gui et al. Cell chemical biology profile →
Environment Impacts the Metabolic Dependencies of Ras-Driven Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

2016 554 citations Thales Papagiannakopoulos, Benjamin A. Olenchock et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
Increased demand for NAD+ relative to ATP drives aerobic glycolysis

2020 351 citations Alba Luengo, Zhaoqi Li et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alba Luengo United States	11	1.8k	1.4k	396	197	189	15	2.5k
Hubert Lincet France	24	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	461 1.2×	110 0.6×	170 0.9×	35	2.3k
Andrew R. Mullen United States	13	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	252 0.6×	212 1.1×	251 1.3×	15	2.8k
Wenjing Du China	20	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	623 1.6×	209 1.1×	109 0.6×	36	2.7k
Ashley Solmonson United States	12	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	424 1.1×	233 1.2×	225 1.2×	18	2.8k
Kelly M. Kennedy United States	7	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	359 0.9×	192 1.0×	108 0.6×	7	2.3k
Dimitrios Anastasiou United Kingdom	15	1.7k 1.0×	981 0.7×	384 1.0×	254 1.3×	158 0.8×	30	2.5k
Jaekyoung Son South Korea	20	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	643 1.6×	111 0.6×	208 1.1×	31	2.4k
Krushna C. Patra United States	14	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	527 1.3×	161 0.8×	84 0.4×	18	2.8k
Yekaterina Y. Zaytseva United States	24	1.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	368 0.9×	93 0.5×	120 0.6×	49	2.1k
Evan C. Lien United States	17	1.4k 0.7×	777 0.5×	393 1.0×	178 0.9×	123 0.7×	28	2.0k

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15 of 15 papers shown

Luengo, Alba, Zhaoqi Li, Dan Y. Gui, et al.. (2020). Increased demand for NAD+ relative to ATP drives aerobic glycolysis. Molecular Cell. 81(4). 691–707.e6. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

Chatterjee, Nimrat, Matthew A. Whitman, Cynthia Harris, et al.. (2020). REV1 inhibitor JH-RE-06 enhances tumor cell response to chemotherapy by triggering senescence hallmarks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(46). 28918–28921. 32 indexed citations

Dalin, Simona, Mark R. Sullivan, Allison N. Lau, et al.. (2019). Deoxycytidine Release from Pancreatic Stellate Cells Promotes Gemcitabine Resistance. Cancer Research. 79(22). 5723–5733. 93 indexed citations

Luengo, Alba, Keene L. Abbott, Shawn M. Davidson, et al.. (2019). Reactive metabolite production is a targetable liability of glycolytic metabolism in lung cancer. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5604–5604. 53 indexed citations

Grahovac, Jelena, Shiwei Han, Hao Liu, et al.. (2019). Abstract B06: The angiotensin receptor blocker and partial PPARγ agonist telmisartan inhibits the growth of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Cancer Research. 79(24_Supplement). B06–B06. 1 indexed citations

Alkan, H. Furkan, Alba Luengo, Corina T. Madreiter‐Sokolowski, et al.. (2018). Cytosolic Aspartate Availability Determines Cell Survival When Glutamine Is Limiting. Cell Metabolism. 28(5). 706–720.e6. 131 indexed citations

Sullivan, Lucas B., Alba Luengo, Laura V. Danai, et al.. (2018). Aspartate is an endogenous metabolic limitation for tumour growth. Nature Cell Biology. 20(7). 782–788. 243 indexed citations

Luengo, Alba, Dan Y. Gui, & Matthew G. Vander Heiden. (2017). Targeting Metabolism for Cancer Therapy. Cell chemical biology. 24(9). 1161–1180. 666 indexed citations breakdown →

Papagiannakopoulos, Thales, Benjamin A. Olenchock, Julia E. Heyman, et al.. (2016). Environment Impacts the Metabolic Dependencies of Ras-Driven Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Cell Metabolism. 23(3). 517–528. 554 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dayton, Talya L., Vasilena Gocheva, Kathryn Miller, et al.. (2016). Germline loss of PKM2 promotes metabolic distress and hepatocellular carcinoma. Genes & Development. 30(9). 1020–1033. 120 indexed citations

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Gui, Dan Y., Lucas B. Sullivan, Alba Luengo, et al.. (2016). Environment Dictates Dependence on Mitochondrial Complex I for NAD+ and Aspartate Production and Determines Cancer Cell Sensitivity to Metformin. Cell Metabolism. 24(5). 716–727. 224 indexed citations

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Dayton, Talya L., Vasilena Gocheva, Kathryn Miller, et al.. (2016). Abstract PR04: Germline loss of PK-M2 promotes metabolic syndrome and hepatocellular carcinoma. Molecular Cancer Research. 14(4_Supplement). PR04–PR04. 3 indexed citations

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Gunja, Najmuddin J., et al.. (2011). Migration responses of outer and inner meniscus cells to applied direct current electric fields. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 30(1). 103–111. 18 indexed citations

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Luengo, Alba, et al.. (2011). Índice de masa corporal y aumento de peso en el embarazo. Resultado obstétrico de la inducción de parto. Clínica e Investigación en Ginecología y Obstetricia. 39(5). 199–202. 2 indexed citations

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Luengo, Alba, et al.. (2009). Embarazo ectópico gemelar bicorial espontáneo. Diagnóstico ecográfico transvaginal. Clínica e Investigación en Ginecología y Obstetricia. 37(5). 211–213. 1 indexed citations

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