Aleksandra Trifunović

11.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
75 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Aleksandra Trifunović is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Aging and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aleksandra Trifunović has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Aging and 14 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Aleksandra Trifunović's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (52 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (18 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (15 papers). Aleksandra Trifunović is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (52 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (18 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (15 papers). Aleksandra Trifunović collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and United States. Aleksandra Trifunović's co-authors include Nils‐Göran Larsson, Anna Wredenberg, Maria Falkenberg, Rolf Wibom, Johannes N. Spelbrink, Howard T. Jacobs, Anja T. Rovio, Anders Oldfors, Mohammad Bohlooly‐Y and Sebastian Gidlöf and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Aleksandra Trifunović

72 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

Premature ageing in mice expressing defective mitochondrial DNA polymerase

2004 2.0k citations Aleksandra Trifunović, Maria Falkenberg et al. Nature profile →
Obesity-Induced CerS6-Dependent C16:0 Ceramide Production Promotes Weight Gain and Glucose Intolerance

2014 527 citations Arnaud Mourier, Susanne Brodesser et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
Mitochondrial metabolism coordinates stage-specific repair processes in macrophages during wound healing

2021 183 citations Sebastian Willenborg, David E. Sanin et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aleksandra Trifunović Germany	36	6.4k	1.8k	1.6k	942	858	75	8.4k
Rolf Wibom Sweden	38	5.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	547 0.6×	535 0.6×	80	6.8k
Johannes N. Spelbrink Finland	40	6.6k 1.0×	968 0.5×	2.6k 1.6×	543 0.6×	645 0.8×	69	7.5k
Anders Oldfors Sweden	55	10.4k 1.6×	1.9k 1.1×	3.7k 2.3×	536 0.6×	1.6k 1.8×	286	13.7k
Jared Rutter United States	45	5.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	599 0.4×	408 0.4×	624 0.7×	119	9.2k
Hsiuchen Chen United States	17	8.6k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.4×	184 0.2×	1.0k 1.2×	23	9.8k
Mark A. Birch‐Machin United Kingdom	45	3.7k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	887 0.5×	327 0.3×	315 0.4×	107	7.2k
Ian A. Trounce Australia	45	5.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	148 0.2×	703 0.8×	106	7.8k
Anu Suomalainen Finland	63	12.7k 2.0×	2.1k 1.2×	5.4k 3.3×	367 0.4×	1.5k 1.8×	189	15.7k
Gino Cortopassi United States	35	4.8k 0.7×	645 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	245 0.3×	689 0.8×	64	6.5k
Alexei Terman Sweden	41	3.3k 0.5×	1.9k 1.1×	373 0.2×	689 0.7×	401 0.5×	56	7.3k

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Locci, Federica, Martin Peifer, Antonella Montinaro, et al.. (2025). STING induces ZBP1-mediated necroptosis independently of TNFR1 and FADD. Nature. 647(8090). 735–746. 4 indexed citations

Maragkakis, Manolis, Luigi Ferrucci, Myriam Gorospe, et al.. (2023). Biology of Stress Responses in Aging. PubMed. 1(1). 20230001–20230001. 3 indexed citations

Song, Jiyao, Volker Boehm, Aleksandra Trifunović, et al.. (2023). A two-step mitochondrial import pathway couples the disulfide relay with matrix complex I biogenesis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(7). 14 indexed citations

Nolte, Hendrik, et al.. (2023). SARM1 deletion delays cerebellar but not spinal cord degeneration in an enhanced mouse model of SPG7 deficiency. Brain. 146(10). 4117–4131. 6 indexed citations

Schatton, Désirée, Giada Di Pietro, Karolina Szczepanowska, et al.. (2022). CLUH controls astrin-1 expression to couple mitochondrial metabolism to cell cycle progression. eLife. 11. 12 indexed citations

Calabrese, Gaetano, Aleksandra Trifunović, Bruce Morgan, et al.. (2022). Spatial and temporal control of mitochondrial H ₂ O ₂ release in intact human cells. The EMBO Journal. 41(7). EMBJ2021109169–EMBJ2021109169. 63 indexed citations

Dinić, Miroslav, Marija Herholz, Katarina Novović, et al.. (2021). Host–commensal interaction promotes health and lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans through the activation of HLH-30/TFEB-mediated autophagy. Aging. 13(6). 8040–8054. 20 indexed citations

Lee, Hyun Ju, Koning Shen, Marija Herholz, et al.. (2021). Systemic regulation of mitochondria by germline proteostasis prevents protein aggregation in the soma of C. elegans. Science Advances. 7(26). 42 indexed citations

Willenborg, Sebastian, David E. Sanin, Alexander Jaïs, et al.. (2021). Mitochondrial metabolism coordinates stage-specific repair processes in macrophages during wound healing. Cell Metabolism. 33(12). 2398–2414.e9. 183 indexed citations breakdown →

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Silva-Pinheiro, Pedro, Aurelio Reyes, Lisa Tilokani, et al.. (2021). DNA polymerase gamma mutations that impair holoenzyme stability cause catalytic subunit depletion. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(9). 5230–5248. 16 indexed citations

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Türk, Clara, Hendrik Nolte, Franziska Lang, et al.. (2021). Phosphoproteomics of the developing heart identifies PERM1 - An outer mitochondrial membrane protein. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 154. 41–59. 10 indexed citations

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Szczepanowska, Karolina & Aleksandra Trifunović. (2021). Tune instead of destroy: How proteolysis keeps OXPHOS in shape. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1862(4). 148365–148365. 33 indexed citations

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Shytaj, Iart Luca, Bojana Lucic, Mattia Forcato, et al.. (2020). Alterations of redox and iron metabolism accompany the development of HIV latency. The EMBO Journal. 39(9). e102209–e102209. 27 indexed citations

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Jüngst, Christian, Astrid Schauß, Olivier R. Baris, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial Dysfunction Combined with High Calcium Load Leads to Impaired Antioxidant Defense Underlying the Selective Loss of Nigral Dopaminergic Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(9). 1975–1986. 34 indexed citations

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Cohen, Julie S., Wendy Alcaraz, Deepali N. Shinde, et al.. (2017). Deficiency of WARS2, encoding mitochondrial tryptophanyl tRNA synthetase, causes severe infantile onset leukoencephalopathy. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 173(9). 2505–2510. 29 indexed citations

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Szczepanowska, Karolina, Priyanka Maiti, Alexandra Kukat, et al.. (2016). CLPP coordinates mitoribosomal assembly through the regulation of ERAL 1 levels. The EMBO Journal. 35(23). 2566–2583. 121 indexed citations

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Hench, Jürgen, Claire Pujol, S. Ipsen, et al.. (2011). A Tissue-Specific Approach to the Analysis of Metabolic Changes in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28417–e28417. 13 indexed citations

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Doğan, Şükrü Anıl & Aleksandra Trifunović. (2011). Modelling Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Mice. Physiological Research. 60(Suppl 1). S61–S70. 11 indexed citations

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Ekstrand, Mats I., Mügen Terzioglu, Dagmar Galter, et al.. (2007). Progressive parkinsonism in mice with respiratory-chain-deficient dopamine neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(4). 1325–1330. 467 indexed citations

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Trifunović, Aleksandra & Nils‐Göran Larsson. (2002). Tissue-Specific Knockout Model for Study of Mitochondrial DNA Mutation Disorders. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 353. 409–421. 9 indexed citations

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