Carlos T. Moraes

27.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
230 papers, 19.8k citations indexed

About

Carlos T. Moraes is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlos T. Moraes has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 19.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 207 papers in Molecular Biology, 110 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Carlos T. Moraes's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (187 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (110 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (58 papers). Carlos T. Moraes is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (187 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (110 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (58 papers). Carlos T. Moraes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Brazil. Carlos T. Moraes's co-authors include S. DiMauro, Eric A. Schon, Francisca Díaz, Sandra R. Bacman, Nadee Nissanka, Hirokazu Fukui, Milena Pinto, Sara Shanske, Antoni Barrientos and E. Bonilla and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Carlos T. Moraes

229 papers receiving 19.5k 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.

Glycolytic oligodendrocytes maintain myelin and long-term axonal integrity

2012 1.1k citations Ursula Fünfschilling, Don Mahad et al. Nature profile →
Mitochondrial DNA Deletions in Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia and Kearns-Sayre Syndrome

1989 746 citations Carlos T. Moraes, Massimo Zeviani et al. profile →
Deletions of mitochondrial DNA in Kearns‐Sayre syndrome

1988 590 citations Massimo Zeviani, Carlos T. Moraes et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Carlos T. Moraes	16.0k	7.1k	2.3k	2.1k	1.2k	230	19.8k
Michio Hirano	16.4k 1.0×	7.8k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	341	20.5k
Anu Suomalainen	12.7k 0.8×	5.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	189	15.7k
Nils‐Göran Larsson	19.8k 1.2×	6.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	3.9k 1.8×	1.4k 1.2×	193	24.2k
Eric A. Schon	19.7k 1.2×	8.9k 1.2×	2.8k 1.2×	3.1k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	221	23.5k
Massimo Zeviani	28.0k 1.8×	13.0k 1.8×	3.2k 1.4×	2.4k 1.1×	2.3k 2.0×	411	33.4k
Valério Carelli	12.4k 0.8×	3.4k 0.5×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	621 0.5×	330	15.3k
Salvatore DiMauro	23.0k 1.4×	12.6k 1.8×	2.9k 1.3×	3.2k 1.5×	2.6k 2.1×	408	29.6k
Anders Oldfors	10.4k 0.6×	3.7k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	286	13.7k
Thomas Langer	15.8k 1.0×	3.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	668 0.6×	175	18.5k
C. Angelini	13.2k 0.8×	2.6k 0.4×	4.5k 2.0×	2.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	540	18.6k

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Real, Sebastián, et al.. (2025). Rewriting nuclear epigenetic scripts in mitochondrial diseases as a strategy for heteroplasmy control. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 17(9). 2354–2383. 1 indexed citations

Arguello, Tania, Sandra R. Bacman, Roger F. Castilho, et al.. (2024). NEK10 kinase ablation affects mitochondrial morphology, function and protein phosphorylation status. Proteome Science. 22(1). 8–8. 1 indexed citations

Nissanka, Nadee, et al.. (2024). Absence of both MGME1 and POLG EXO abolishes mtDNA whereas absence of either creates unique mtDNA duplications. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(4). 107128–107128. 3 indexed citations

Bacman, Sandra R., et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial gene editing. Nature Reviews Methods Primers. 3(1). 12 indexed citations

Lape, Janel, Sandra R. Bacman, Flavia Fontanesi, et al.. (2023). Efficient elimination of MELAS-associated m.3243G mutant mitochondrial DNA by an engineered mitoARCUS nuclease. Nature Metabolism. 5(12). 2169–2183. 20 indexed citations

Lang, Anna L., Nadee Nissanka, Ruy A. Louzada, et al.. (2023). A Defect in Mitochondrial Complex III but Not in Complexes I or IV Causes Early β-Cell Dysfunction and Hyperglycemia in Mice. Diabetes. 72(9). 1262–1276. 13 indexed citations

Luciani, Alessandro, Anke Schumann, Marine Berquez, et al.. (2020). Impaired mitophagy links mitochondrial disease to epithelial stress in methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency. Nature Communications. 11(1). 970–970. 81 indexed citations

Luciani, Alessandro, Anke Schumann, Marine Berquez, et al.. (2020). Author Correction: Impaired mitophagy links mitochondrial disease to epithelial stress in methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1719–1719. 1 indexed citations

Protasoni, Margherita, Rafael Pérez‐Pérez, Teresa Lobo‐Jarne, et al.. (2020). Respiratory supercomplexes act as a platform for complex III ‐mediated maturation of human mitochondrial complexes I and IV. The EMBO Journal. 39(3). e102817–e102817. 103 indexed citations

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Wan, Junmei, Hasini A. Kalpage, Asmita Vaishnav, et al.. (2019). Regulation of Respiration and Apoptosis by Cytochrome c Threonine 58 Phosphorylation. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15815–15815. 46 indexed citations

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Bacman, Sandra R., Johanna H.K. Kauppila, Cláudia V. Pereira, et al.. (2018). MitoTALEN reduces mutant mtDNA load and restores tRNAAla levels in a mouse model of heteroplasmic mtDNA mutation. Nature Medicine. 24(11). 1696–1700. 200 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiao, Alicia M. Pickrell, Susana G. Rossi, et al.. (2013). Transient systemic mtDNA damage leads to muscle wasting by reducing the satellite cell pool. Human Molecular Genetics. 22(19). 3976–3986. 45 indexed citations

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Fünfschilling, Ursula, Don Mahad, Susann Boretius, et al.. (2012). Glycolytic oligodendrocytes maintain myelin and long-term axonal integrity. Nature. 485(7399). 517–521. 1085 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pickrell, Alicia M., Milena Pinto, Aline Hida, & Carlos T. Moraes. (2011). Striatal Dysfunctions Associated with Mitochondrial DNA Damage in Dopaminergic Neurons in a Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(48). 17649–17658. 96 indexed citations

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Vempati, Uma D., Francisca Díaz, Antoni Barrientos, et al.. (2007). Role of Cytochrome c in Apoptosis: Increased Sensitivity to Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Is Associated with Respiratory Defects but Not with Lack of Cytochrome c Release. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 27(5). 1771–1783. 51 indexed citations

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Bacman, Sandra R., Dayami Hernandez, Jose Oca‐Cossio, et al.. (2005). CytochromecAssociation with the Inner Mitochondrial Membrane Is Impaired in the CNS of G93A-SOD1 Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 25(1). 164–172. 165 indexed citations

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Lanza, Robert, José B. Cibelli, Francisca Díaz, et al.. (2000). Cloning of an Endangered Species ( Bos gaurus ) Using Interspecies Nuclear Transfer. PubMed. 2(2). 79–90. 263 indexed citations

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Dietrich, Carl P., Ivarne L.S. Tersariol, Leny Toma, et al.. (1998). Structure of heparan sulfate: identification of variable and constant oligosaccharide domains in eight heparan sulfates of different origins.. PubMed. 44(3). 417–29. 55 indexed citations

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Moraes, Carlos T.. (1993). Mitochondrial DNA depletion in human pathology. 8(1). 40–44. 3 indexed citations

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Arnaudo, E., et al.. (1991). Depletion of muscle mitochondrial DNA in AIDS patients with zidovudine-induced myopathy. The Lancet. 337(8740). 508–510. 399 indexed citations

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