An Snellinx

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

An Snellinx is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, An Snellinx has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Physiology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in An Snellinx's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (5 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (4 papers). An Snellinx is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (5 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (4 papers). An Snellinx collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and United States. An Snellinx's co-authors include Bart De Strooper, Amantha Thathiah, Lutgarde Serneels, Wim Mandemakers, Patrik Verstreken, Sebastian Munck, Ellen Jorissen, Paul Säftig, Katrien Horré and Ina Tesseur and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

An Snellinx

21 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

MEG3 activates necroptosis in human neuron xenografts modeling Alzheimer’s disease

2023 128 citations Sriram Balusu, Katrien Horré et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
An Snellinx Belgium	16	1.1k	776	465	320	298	24	2.0k
Subhas C. Biswas India	23	1.1k 1.0×	404 0.5×	343 0.7×	186 0.6×	185 0.6×	59	1.8k
Sumiko Kiryu‐Seo Japan	30	1.3k 1.1×	516 0.7×	898 1.9×	195 0.6×	278 0.9×	64	2.5k
Donald Pizzo United States	31	1.7k 1.5×	451 0.6×	643 1.4×	279 0.9×	274 0.9×	80	3.1k
Kristine Freude Denmark	28	1.7k 1.5×	539 0.7×	391 0.8×	135 0.4×	321 1.1×	92	2.8k
Hyun Jin Cho South Korea	19	736 0.7×	414 0.5×	220 0.5×	331 1.0×	234 0.8×	27	1.4k
Nathalie Brouwers Belgium	26	1.2k 1.1×	1.6k 2.0×	263 0.6×	668 2.1×	421 1.4×	46	2.6k
Robert Spoelgen Germany	16	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	579 1.2×	476 1.5×	178 0.6×	21	2.4k
Chadwick M. Hales United States	27	1.6k 1.5×	790 1.0×	442 1.0×	465 1.5×	279 0.9×	47	2.8k
Maciej Łałowski Finland	25	1.2k 1.1×	792 1.0×	284 0.6×	122 0.4×	131 0.4×	68	2.0k
Véronique Schaeffer France	21	681 0.6×	676 0.9×	356 0.8×	309 1.0×	134 0.4×	33	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of An Snellinx

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of An Snellinx. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of An Snellinx based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with An Snellinx. An Snellinx is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Albertini, Giulia, An Snellinx, Suresh Poovathingal, et al.. (2025). The Alzheimer’s therapeutic Lecanemab attenuates Aβ pathology by inducing an amyloid-clearing program in microglia. Nature Neuroscience. 29(1). 100–110.

Serneels, Lutgarde, Annerieke Sierksma, Emanuela Pasciuto, et al.. (2025). A versatile mouse model to advance human microglia transplantation research in neurodegenerative diseases. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 20(1). 29–29.

Lloyd, Amy, Anna Martínez‐Muriana, Michael J. Daniels, et al.. (2024). Deep proteomic analysis of microglia reveals fundamental biological differences between model systems. Cell Reports. 43(11). 114908–114908. 8 indexed citations

Preman, Pranav, Emre Fertan, Leen Wolfs, et al.. (2024). APOE from astrocytes restores Alzheimer’s Aβ-pathology and DAM-like responses in APOE deficient microglia. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 16(12). 3113–3141. 8 indexed citations

Balusu, Sriram, Katrien Horré, Nicola Thrupp, et al.. (2023). MEG3 activates necroptosis in human neuron xenografts modeling Alzheimer’s disease. Science. 381(6663). 1176–1182. 128 indexed citations breakdown →

Preman, Pranav, Julia TCW, Sara Calafate, et al.. (2021). Human iPSC-derived astrocytes transplanted into the mouse brain undergo morphological changes in response to amyloid-β plaques. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 16(1). 44 indexed citations

McInnes, Joseph, Keimpe Wierda, An Snellinx, et al.. (2018). Synaptogyrin-3 Mediates Presynaptic Dysfunction Induced by Tau. Neuron. 97(4). 823–835.e8. 157 indexed citations

Voytyuk, Iryna, Stephan A. Müller, An Snellinx, et al.. (2018). BACE2 distribution in major brain cell types and identification of novel substrates. Life Science Alliance. 1(1). e201800026–e201800026. 43 indexed citations

Espuny-Camacho, Ira, Amaia M. Arranz, Mark Fiers, et al.. (2017). Hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease in Stem-Cell-Derived Human Neurons Transplanted into Mouse Brain. Neuron. 93(5). 1066–1081.e8. 168 indexed citations

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Guix, Francesc X., Ragna Sannerud, Fedor Berditchevski, et al.. (2017). Tetraspanin 6: a pivotal protein of the multiple vesicular body determining exosome release and lysosomal degradation of amyloid precursor protein fragments. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 12(1). 25–25. 77 indexed citations

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Benilova, Iryna, Rodrigo Gallardo, Virginia Castillo Cano, et al.. (2014). The Alzheimer Disease Protective Mutation A2T Modulates Kinetic and Thermodynamic Properties of Amyloid-β (Aβ) Aggregation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(45). 30977–30989. 121 indexed citations

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Thathiah, Amantha, Katrien Horré, An Snellinx, et al.. (2013). β-arrestin 2 regulates Aβ generation and γ-secretase activity in Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 8(Suppl 1). P41–P41. 1 indexed citations

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Thathiah, Amantha, Katrien Horré, An Snellinx, et al.. (2012). β-arrestin 2 regulates Aβ generation and γ-secretase activity in Alzheimer's disease. Nature Medicine. 19(1). 43–49. 148 indexed citations

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Guix, Francesc X., Tina Wahle, Kristel M. Vennekens, et al.. (2012). Modification of γ‐secretase by nitrosative stress links neuronal ageing to sporadic Alzheimer's disease. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 4(7). 660–673. 66 indexed citations

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Mandemakers, Wim, An Snellinx, Michael J. O’Neill, & Bart De Strooper. (2012). LRRK2 expression is enriched in the striosomal compartment of mouse striatum. Neurobiology of Disease. 48(3). 582–593. 50 indexed citations

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Jorissen, Ellen, Johannes Prox, Christian Bernreuther, et al.. (2010). The Disintegrin/Metalloproteinase ADAM10 Is Essential for the Establishment of the Brain Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(14). 4833–4844. 292 indexed citations

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Morais, Vanessa A., Patrik Verstreken, Joél Smet, et al.. (2009). Parkinson's disease mutations in PINK1 result in decreased Complex I activity and deficient synaptic function. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 1(2). 99–111. 326 indexed citations

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Tousseyn, Thomas, Amantha Thathiah, Ellen Jorissen, et al.. (2009). ADAM10, the Rate-limiting Protease of Regulated Intramembrane Proteolysis of Notch and Other Proteins, Is Processed by ADAMS-9, ADAMS-15, and the γ-Secretase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(17). 11738–11747. 160 indexed citations

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Keldermans, Liesbeth, An Snellinx, Jean‐François Collet, et al.. (2005). Tissue distribution of the murine phosphomannomutases Pmm1 and Pmm2 during brain development. European Journal of Neuroscience. 22(4). 991–996. 10 indexed citations

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Roebroek, Anton, Neil A. Taylor, Els Louagie, et al.. (2004). Limited Redundancy of the Proprotein Convertase Furin in Mouse Liver. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(51). 53442–53450. 103 indexed citations

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