Alejandro Leal

721 total citations
22 papers, 453 citations indexed

About

Alejandro Leal is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Leal has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 453 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Leal's work include Hereditary Neurological Disorders (9 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (4 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (4 papers). Alejandro Leal is often cited by papers focused on Hereditary Neurological Disorders (9 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (4 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (4 papers). Alejandro Leal collaborates with scholars based in Costa Rica, Germany and United States. Alejandro Leal's co-authors include Bernd Rautenstrauß, Ramiro Barrantes, André Reis, Thomas E. Ichim, Neil H Riordan, Annette M. Marleau, Amit N. Patel, Constantin A Dasanu, Erik J. Woods and Fabio Solano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS ONE and The American Journal of Human Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Leal

21 papers receiving 443 citations

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Javier Ganz Israel

Felix F. Brockschmidt Germany

Katja Piltti United States

Amélie Wegener France

Natalia Lowry United States

I. Snoeck Netherlands

Sarah Wynn United Kingdom

Manuel Cantu Gutierrez United States

Q. Richard Lu China

Véronica Cusin France

Javier Ganz Israel

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Krey, Ilona, Rami Abou Jamra, Tobias Bartolomaeus, et al.. (2021). Prenatal phenotype of PNKP-related primary microcephaly associated with variants affecting both the FHA and phosphatase domain. European Journal of Human Genetics. 30(1). 101–110. 2 indexed citations

Ruiz-Narváez, Edward, Ana Baylín, Jorge Azofeifa, Alejandro Leal, & Luis Rosero‐Bixby. (2021). Diet and Leukocyte Telomere Length in a Population with Extended Longevity: The Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study (CRELES). Nutrients. 13(8). 2585–2585. 11 indexed citations

Leal, Alejandro, et al.. (2020). Mutational survivorship bias: The case of PNKP. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0237682–e0237682. 6 indexed citations

Rosero‐Bixby, Luis, David H. Rehkopf, William H. Dow, et al.. (2019). Correlates of longitudinal leukocyte telomere length in the Costa Rican Longevity Study of Healthy Aging (CRELES): On the importance of DNA collection and storage procedures. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0223766–e0223766. 14 indexed citations

Leal, Alejandro, et al.. (2019). DNA repair deficiency in neuropathogenesis: when all roads lead to mitochondria. Translational Neurodegeneration. 8(1). 14–14. 20 indexed citations

Leal, Alejandro, Arif B. Ekici, Steffen Uebe, et al.. (2018). The polynucleotide kinase 3′-phosphatase gene (PNKP) is involved in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT2B2) previously related to MED25. Neurogenetics. 19(4). 215–225. 27 indexed citations

Sticht, Heinrich, et al.. (2017). A Homozygous Mutation in GPT2 Associated with Nonsyndromic Intellectual Disability in a Consanguineous Family from Costa Rica. JIMD Reports. 36. 59–66. 6 indexed citations

Smogavec, Mateja, Juliane Hoyer, Damien Lederer, et al.. (2016). Eight further individuals with intellectual disability and epilepsy carrying bi-allelic CNTNAP2 aberrations allow delineation of the mutational and phenotypic spectrum. Journal of Medical Genetics. 53(12). 820–827. 41 indexed citations

Leal, Alejandro, et al.. (2014). ENSEÑANZA Y APRENDIZAJE DE LA NATURALEZA DE LA CIENCIA, LA TECNOLOGÍA Y LA SOCIEDAD (NdCyTS) EN PROFESORES UNIVERSITARIOS DE LA FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS DE LA EDUCACIÓN DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DEL TOLIMA.

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Leal, Alejandro. (2014). Genetics of hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy and the Costa Rican contribution. Revista de Biología Tropical. 1(2). 475–475. 1 indexed citations

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Leal, Alejandro, et al.. (2014). A Costa Rican family affected with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease due to the myelin protein zero (MPZ) p.Thr124Met mutation shares the Belgian haplotype. Revista de Biología Tropical. 62(4). 1285–1285. 4 indexed citations

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Ichim, Thomas E., Doru T Alexandrescu, Fabio Solano, et al.. (2009). Mesenchymal stem cells as anti-inflammatories: Implications for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Cellular Immunology. 260(2). 75–82. 122 indexed citations

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Cháves, Gerardo, Adrián García‐Rodríguez, Alejandra Núñez‐de la Mora, & Alejandro Leal. (2009). A new species of dink frog (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae: Diasporus) from Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica. Zootaxa. 2088(1). 10 indexed citations

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Leal, Alejandro, et al.. (2008). Immune effects of mesenchymal stem cells: Implications for Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease. Cellular Immunology. 253(1-2). 11–15. 11 indexed citations

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Berghoff, Martin, Alejandro Leal, Bernal Morera-Brenes, et al.. (2008). Late onset autosomal dominant Charcot–Marie–Tooth 2 neuropathy in a Costa Rican family. Neurological Research. 31(3). 283–288. 3 indexed citations

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Berghoff, Martin, Alejandro Leal, Bernal Morera-Brenes, et al.. (2004). Clinical and electrophysiological characteristics of autosomal recessive axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (ARCMT2B) that maps to chromosome 19q13.3. Neuromuscular Disorders. 14(5). 301–306. 14 indexed citations

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Leal, Alejandro, Sabine Endele, Kathrin Huehne, et al.. (2003). A novel myosin heavy chain gene in human chromosome 19q13.3. Gene. 312. 165–171. 53 indexed citations

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Leal, Alejandro, Martin Berghoff, Gerardo Del Valle, et al.. (2003). Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: a novel Tyr145Ser mutation in the myelin protein zero ( MPZ , P0 ) gene causes different phenotypes in homozygous and heterozygous carriers within one family. Neurogenetics. 4(4). 191–197. 14 indexed citations

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Leal, Alejandro, Bernal Morera-Brenes, Gerardo Del Valle, et al.. (2001). A Second Locus for an Axonal Form of Autosomal Recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Maps to Chromosome 19q13.3. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 68(1). 269–274. 49 indexed citations

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Garavello, Júlio César, Odete Rocha, Evaldo Luiz Gaeta Espíndola, Arnola C. Rietzler, & Alejandro Leal. (1998). Diversity of fauna in the interdunal lakes of "Lencois Maranhenses": II- The ichthyofauna. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 70(4). 797–803. 4 indexed citations

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