Catherine K. Xu

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Catherine K. Xu is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine K. Xu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Physiology, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Catherine K. Xu's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (13 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (7 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (3 papers). Catherine K. Xu is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (13 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (7 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (3 papers). Catherine K. Xu collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Catherine K. Xu's co-authors include Tuomas P. J. Knowles, Christopher M. Dobson, Michele Vendruscolo, Georg Meisl, Serene W. Chen, Roberta Cascella, Nunilo Cremades, Fabrizio Chiti, José D. Camino and Cristina Cecchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Catherine K. Xu

27 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

The release of toxic oligomers from α-synuclein fibrils induces dysfunction in neuronal cells

2021 166 citations Roberta Cascella, Serene W. Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Catherine K. Xu United Kingdom	17	466	465	276	101	101	29	1.0k
Reeba S. Jacob India	16	560 1.2×	479 1.0×	205 0.7×	100 1.0×	99 1.0×	23	1.3k
Feng Luo China	16	819 1.8×	392 0.8×	349 1.3×	98 1.0×	33 0.3×	33	1.4k
Therése Klingstedt Sweden	16	444 1.0×	616 1.3×	152 0.6×	115 1.1×	45 0.4×	33	1.1k
Melanie Gérard Belgium	21	565 1.2×	212 0.5×	303 1.1×	267 2.6×	155 1.5×	32	1.2k
Christopher J.R. Dunning Sweden	10	862 1.8×	468 1.0×	260 0.9×	113 1.1×	52 0.5×	13	1.3k
Laura Tosatto Italy	17	563 1.2×	528 1.1×	481 1.7×	209 2.1×	78 0.8×	24	1.2k
Amanda Penco Italy	17	471 1.0×	269 0.6×	171 0.6×	93 0.9×	36 0.4×	23	772
Ine Segers‐Nolten Netherlands	17	482 1.0×	755 1.6×	461 1.7×	171 1.7×	65 0.6×	31	1.3k
Andreas Müller‐Schiffmann Germany	16	391 0.8×	346 0.7×	90 0.3×	94 0.9×	29 0.3×	29	800
Alexander J. Dear United Kingdom	20	775 1.7×	806 1.7×	178 0.6×	77 0.8×	79 0.8×	40	1.3k

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Venturini, Valeria, Adrià Cañellas‐Socias, Carme Cortina, et al.. (2024). Membrane to cortex attachment determines different mechanical phenotypes in LGR5+ and LGR5- colorectal cancer cells. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3363–3363. 12 indexed citations

Czekalska, Magdalena A., Catherine K. Xu, Georg Krainer, et al.. (2024). α-Synuclein Oligomers Displace Monomeric α-Synuclein from Lipid Membranes. ACS Nano. 18(27). 17469–17482. 7 indexed citations

Xu, Catherine K., Georg Meisl, Georg Krainer, et al.. (2024). α-Synuclein oligomers form by secondary nucleation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7083–7083. 21 indexed citations

Soteriou, Despina, Catherine K. Xu, Ruchi Goswami, et al.. (2023). Image-based cell sorting using focused travelling surface acoustic waves. Lab on a Chip. 23(2). 372–387. 28 indexed citations

Schneider, Matthias M., Tom Scheidt, Catherine K. Xu, et al.. (2023). Microfluidic antibody affinity profiling of alloantibody-HLA interactions in human serum. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 228. 115196–115196. 9 indexed citations

Krainer, Georg, Quentin Peter, Catherine K. Xu, et al.. (2023). Single-Molecule Sizing through Nanocavity Confinement. Nano Letters. 23(5). 1629–1636. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Jianhua, Weiping Chen, Guanjie Chen, et al.. (2022). Ancestry-specific high-risk gene variant profiling unmasks diabetes-associated genes. Human Molecular Genetics. 33(8). 655–666.

Krainer, Georg, Pavan K. Challa, Quentin Peter, et al.. (2022). Nanofluidic Traps by Two-Photon Fabrication for Extended Detection of Single Macromolecules and Colloids in Solution. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 5(2). 1995–2005. 6 indexed citations

Meisl, Georg, Catherine K. Xu, Jonathan D. Taylor, et al.. (2022). Uncovering the universality of self-replication in protein aggregation and its link to disease. Science Advances. 8(32). eabn6831–eabn6831. 44 indexed citations

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Xu, Catherine K., Georg Meisl, Alexey S. Morgunov, et al.. (2022). Microfluidic Antibody Affinity Profiling Reveals the Role of Memory Reactivation and Cross-Reactivity in the Defense Against SARS-CoV-2. ACS Infectious Diseases. 8(4). 790–799. 9 indexed citations

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Xu, Catherine K., Serene W. Chen, Georg Meisl, et al.. (2022). The Pathological G51D Mutation in Alpha-Synuclein Oligomers Confers Distinct Structural Attributes and Cellular Toxicity. Molecules. 27(4). 1293–1293. 9 indexed citations

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Cataldi, Rodrigo, Sean Chia, Francesco Simone Ruggeri, et al.. (2021). A dopamine metabolite stabilizes neurotoxic amyloid-β oligomers. Communications Biology. 4(1). 19–19. 36 indexed citations

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Cascella, Roberta, Serene W. Chen, Alessandra Bigi, et al.. (2021). The release of toxic oligomers from α-synuclein fibrils induces dysfunction in neuronal cells. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1814–1814. 166 indexed citations breakdown →

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Meisl, Georg, Kieren Allinson, Timothy Rittman, et al.. (2021). In vivo rate-determining steps of tau seed accumulation in Alzheimer’s disease. Science Advances. 7(44). eabh1448–eabh1448. 74 indexed citations

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Schneider, Matthias M., Marc Emmenegger, Catherine K. Xu, et al.. (2021). Microfluidic characterisation reveals broad range of SARS-CoV-2 antibody affinity in human plasma. Life Science Alliance. 5(2). e202101270–e202101270. 17 indexed citations

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Linse, Sara, Tom Scheidt, Katja Bernfur, et al.. (2020). Kinetic fingerprints differentiate the mechanisms of action of anti-Aβ antibodies. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 27(12). 1125–1133. 154 indexed citations

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Arter, William E., Catherine K. Xu, Therese W. Herling, et al.. (2020). Rapid Structural, Kinetic, and Immunochemical Analysis of Alpha-Synuclein Oligomers in Solution. Nano Letters. 20(11). 8163–8169. 24 indexed citations

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Pansieri, Jonathan, Igor A. Iashchishyn, Mantas Mališauskas, et al.. (2020). Templating S100A9 amyloids on Aβ fibrillar surfaces revealed by charge detection mass spectrometry, microscopy, kinetic and microfluidic analyses. Chemical Science. 11(27). 7031–7039. 25 indexed citations

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Toprakcioglu, Zenon, Pavan K. Challa, Catherine K. Xu, & Tuomas P. J. Knowles. (2019). Label-Free Analysis of Protein Aggregation and Phase Behavior. ACS Nano. 13(12). 13940–13948. 57 indexed citations

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Limbocker, Ryan, Benedetta Mannini, Sean Chia, et al.. (2018). Modulating Amyloid-Beta Aggregation to Reduce the Toxicity of its Oligomeric Aggregates. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 430a–430a. 1 indexed citations

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