Alejandro San Martín

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Alejandro San Martín is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro San Martín has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Alejandro San Martín's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (15 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (4 papers). Alejandro San Martín is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (15 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (6 papers) and Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (4 papers). Alejandro San Martín collaborates with scholars based in Chile, Germany and Switzerland. Alejandro San Martín's co-authors include L. Felipe Barros, Rodrigo Lerchundi, Felipe Baeza‐Lehnert, Sebastián Ceballo, Iván Ruminot, Karin Alegría, Wolf B. Frommer, Yasna Contreras‐Baeza, Rocío Valdebenito and Robinson Arce‐Molina and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro San Martín

21 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

In Vivo Evidence for a Lactate Gradient from Astrocytes to Neurons

2015 424 citations Philipp Mächler, Matthias T. Wyss et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alejandro San Martín Chile	14	894	583	289	270	204	21	1.5k
Jai‐Yoon Sul United States	23	1.2k 1.3×	596 1.0×	161 0.6×	243 0.9×	172 0.8×	38	1.8k
Felipe Baeza‐Lehnert Chile	12	606 0.7×	428 0.7×	221 0.8×	192 0.7×	146 0.7×	16	1.1k
Sébastien Serres United Kingdom	21	730 0.8×	446 0.8×	258 0.9×	329 1.2×	92 0.5×	30	1.9k
Rodrigo Lerchundi Chile	14	660 0.7×	454 0.8×	210 0.7×	206 0.8×	92 0.5×	20	1.1k
Luciana Romão Brazil	26	817 0.9×	484 0.8×	275 1.0×	454 1.7×	144 0.7×	55	2.0k
Vishnu Anand Cuddapah United States	17	959 1.1×	445 0.8×	139 0.5×	199 0.7×	183 0.9×	22	2.0k
Ning Huang China	21	913 1.0×	331 0.6×	206 0.7×	158 0.6×	141 0.7×	54	1.8k
Federico N. Soria Spain	20	402 0.4×	252 0.4×	211 0.7×	177 0.7×	68 0.3×	24	1.2k
Sven P. Wichert Germany	19	711 0.8×	542 0.9×	153 0.5×	260 1.0×	93 0.5×	28	1.5k
Paul S. Amieux United States	20	1.6k 1.7×	593 1.0×	228 0.8×	160 0.6×	117 0.6×	31	2.3k

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Ruminot, Iván, et al.. (2025). Acute stimulation of glucose metabolism by H2O2 sustains the NADPH steady-state under oxidative stress. PubMed. 85. 103740–103740. 1 indexed citations

Miri, Seyed Mohammad, et al.. (2024). Bioenergetic shift and proteomic signature induced by lentiviral-transduction of GFP-based biosensors. Redox Biology. 78. 103416–103416. 2 indexed citations

Barros, L. Felipe, Iván Ruminot, Pamela Y. Sandoval, & Alejandro San Martín. (2023). Enlightening brain energy metabolism. Neurobiology of Disease. 184. 106211–106211. 8 indexed citations

Martín, Alejandro San, Robinson Arce‐Molina, Felipe Baeza‐Lehnert, et al.. (2022). Visualizing physiological parameters in cells and tissues using genetically encoded indicators for metabolites. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 182. 34–58. 13 indexed citations

Galaz, Alex, Pamela Y. Sandoval, Iván Ruminot, et al.. (2022). Single-Fluorophore Indicator to Explore Cellular and Sub-cellular Lactate Dynamics. ACS Sensors. 7(11). 3278–3286. 10 indexed citations

Barros, L. Felipe, Alejandro San Martín, Iván Ruminot, et al.. (2020). Fluid Brain Glycolysis: Limits, Speed, Location, Moonlighting, and the Fates of Glycogen and Lactate. Neurochemical Research. 45(6). 1328–1334. 16 indexed citations

Galaz, Alex, et al.. (2020). Imaging of the Lactate/Pyruvate Ratio Using a Genetically Encoded Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Indicator. Analytical Chemistry. 92(15). 10643–10650. 16 indexed citations

Barros, L. Felipe, Iván Ruminot, Alejandro San Martín, et al.. (2020). Aerobic Glycolysis in the Brain: Warburg and Crabtree Contra Pasteur. Neurochemical Research. 46(1). 15–22. 59 indexed citations

Contreras‐Baeza, Yasna, Sebastián Ceballo, Robinson Arce‐Molina, et al.. (2019). MitoToxy assay: A novel cell-based method for the assessment of metabolic toxicity in a multiwell plate format using a lactate FRET nanosensor, Laconic. PLoS ONE. 14(10). e0224527–e0224527. 12 indexed citations

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Contreras‐Baeza, Yasna, Pamela Y. Sandoval, R.A. Alarcon, et al.. (2019). Monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) is a high affinity transporter capable of exporting lactate in high-lactate microenvironments. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(52). 20135–20147. 135 indexed citations

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Martín, Alejandro San, et al.. (2017). Nanomolar nitric oxide concentrations quickly and reversibly modulate astrocytic energy metabolism. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(22). 9432–9438. 46 indexed citations

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Barros, L. Felipe, Alejandro San Martín, Iván Ruminot, et al.. (2017). Near‐critical GLUT1 and Neurodegeneration. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 95(11). 2267–2274. 34 indexed citations

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Mächler, Philipp, Matthias T. Wyss, Maha Elsayed, et al.. (2015). In Vivo Evidence for a Lactate Gradient from Astrocytes to Neurons. Cell Metabolism. 23(1). 94–102. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martín, Alejandro San, Sebastián Ceballo, Felipe Baeza‐Lehnert, et al.. (2014). Imaging Mitochondrial Flux in Single Cells with a FRET Sensor for Pyruvate. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e85780–e85780. 140 indexed citations

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Martín, Alejandro San, Tamara Sotelo-Hitschfeld, Rodrigo Lerchundi, et al.. (2014). Single-cell imaging tools for brain energy metabolism: a review. Neurophotonics. 1(1). 11004–11004. 44 indexed citations

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Barros, L. Felipe, et al.. (2014). Functional interaction between bicarbonate transporters and carbonic anhydrase modulates lactate uptake into mouse cardiomyocytes. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 467(7). 1469–1480. 4 indexed citations

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Barros, L. Felipe, Alejandro San Martín, Tamara Sotelo-Hitschfeld, et al.. (2013). Small is fast: astrocytic glucose and lactate metabolism at cellular resolution. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 7. 27–27. 49 indexed citations

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Martín, Alejandro San, Sebastián Ceballo, Iván Ruminot, et al.. (2013). A Genetically Encoded FRET Lactate Sensor and Its Use To Detect the Warburg Effect in Single Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e57712–e57712. 257 indexed citations

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Bittner, Carla X., Rocío Valdebenito, Iván Ruminot, et al.. (2011). Fast and Reversible Stimulation of Astrocytic Glycolysis by K⁺and a Delayed and Persistent Effect of Glutamate. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(12). 4709–4713. 148 indexed citations

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Rauch, M., Alejandro San Martín, Mónica Salas, et al.. (2009). Tacrolimus causes a blockage of protein secretion which reinforces its immunosuppressive activity and also explains some of its toxic side-effects. Transplant Immunology. 22(1-2). 72–81. 20 indexed citations

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