Cristiane Benincá

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 880 citations indexed

About

Cristiane Benincá is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Cristiane Benincá has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 880 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Clinical Biochemistry and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Cristiane Benincá's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (18 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (8 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (7 papers). Cristiane Benincá is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (18 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (8 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (7 papers). Cristiane Benincá collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and United States. Cristiane Benincá's co-authors include Alexander J. Whitworth, Juliette J. Lee, Álvaro Sánchez-Martínez, Ugo Mayor, Michael J. Clague, Aitor Martinez, Massimo Zeviani, Raffaele Cerutti, Carlo Viscomi and Şükrü Anıl Doğan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Cell Biology and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Cristiane Benincá

22 papers receiving 875 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.

Basal mitophagy is widespread in Drosophila but minimally affected by loss of Pink1 or parkin

2018 250 citations Juliette J. Lee, Álvaro Sánchez-Martínez et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cristiane Benincá United Kingdom	14	630	247	153	143	92	23	880
Angelika B. Harbauer Germany	12	921 1.5×	195 0.8×	205 1.3×	120 0.8×	80 0.9×	21	1.1k
Valentina Debattisti United States	12	797 1.3×	227 0.9×	126 0.8×	173 1.2×	92 1.0×	14	966
Sophia von Stockum Italy	13	1.3k 2.1×	281 1.1×	193 1.3×	195 1.4×	123 1.3×	17	1.5k
Hyo Min Cho South Korea	13	498 0.8×	114 0.5×	115 0.8×	96 0.7×	66 0.7×	20	683
Veronica Granatiero Italy	13	975 1.5×	162 0.7×	130 0.8×	195 1.4×	125 1.4×	15	1.2k
Michele D. Allen United States	5	711 1.1×	138 0.6×	94 0.6×	221 1.5×	31 0.3×	7	948
Pierre Theurey France	11	827 1.3×	306 1.2×	108 0.7×	313 2.2×	38 0.4×	14	1.1k
Michal Cagalinec Slovakia	13	527 0.8×	277 1.1×	70 0.5×	176 1.2×	237 2.6×	26	937
Denis Vecellio Reane Italy	14	932 1.5×	119 0.5×	100 0.7×	195 1.4×	42 0.5×	23	1.1k
Susana Peralta United States	18	953 1.5×	60 0.2×	329 2.2×	131 0.9×	45 0.5×	29	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cristiane Benincá

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Wu, Beibei, Jin Seok Woo, Calvin Pan, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species regulate acetyl-CoA flux between cytokine production and fatty acid synthesis in effector T cells. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115430–115430.

Jones, Anthony E., Wei Yuan Hsieh, Brandon R. Desousa, et al.. (2025). Pro-inflammatory macrophage activation does not require inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation. EMBO Reports. 26(4). 982–1002. 4 indexed citations

Jones, Anthony E., Cristiane Benincá, Karen Reue, et al.. (2024). The BCKDK inhibitor BT2 is a chemical uncoupler that lowers mitochondrial ROS production and de novo lipogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(3). 105702–105702. 6 indexed citations

Mirra, Serena, Yasmina Manso, Jaume del Valle, et al.. (2024). A mammalian-specific Alex3/Gα _q protein complex regulates mitochondrial trafficking, dendritic complexity, and neuronal survival. Science Signaling. 17(822). eabq1007–eabq1007. 4 indexed citations

Fernández-del-Río, Lucía, Cristiane Benincá, Cynthia Shu, et al.. (2023). A novel approach to measure complex V ATP hydrolysis in frozen cell lysates and tissue homogenates. Life Science Alliance. 6(4). e202201628–e202201628. 7 indexed citations

Robinson, Alan J., et al.. (2021). NDUFV1 mutations in complex I deficiency: Case reports and review of symptoms. Genetics and Molecular Biology. 44(4). e20210149–e20210149. 6 indexed citations

Acín‐Pérez, Rebeca, et al.. (2021). Utilization of Human Samples for Assessment of Mitochondrial Bioenergetics: Gold Standards, Limitations, and Future Perspectives. Life. 11(9). 949–949. 21 indexed citations

Benincá, Cristiane, Michele Brischigliaro, Mark Johnson, et al.. (2020). Mutation in the MICOS subunit gene APOO (MIC26) associated with an X-linked recessive mitochondrial myopathy, lactic acidosis, cognitive impairment and autistic features. Journal of Medical Genetics. 58(3). 155–167. 37 indexed citations

Bugiardini, Enrico, Emanuela Bottani, Silvia Marchet, et al.. (2020). Expanding the molecular and phenotypic spectrum of truncating MT-ATP6 mutations. Neurology Genetics. 6(1). e381–e381. 25 indexed citations

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Johnson, Mark, Alan J. Robinson, Ricardo Lehtonen Rodrigues de Souza, et al.. (2020). Neurodevelopmental regression, severe generalized dystonia, and metabolic acidosis caused by POLR3A mutations. Neurology Genetics. 6(6). e521–e521. 4 indexed citations

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Luna‐Sánchez, Marta, Cristiane Benincá, Raffaele Cerutti, et al.. (2020). Opa1 Overexpression Protects from Early-Onset Mpv17−/−-Related Mouse Kidney Disease. Molecular Therapy. 28(8). 1918–1930. 11 indexed citations

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Wasilewski, M, Cristiane Benincá, Dominik Cysewski, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of proteasome rescues a pathogenic variant of respiratory chain assembly factor COA7. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 11(5). 57 indexed citations

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Booty, Lee M., Justyna M. Gawel, Stuart T. Caldwell, et al.. (2019). Selective Disruption of Mitochondrial Thiol Redox State in Cells and In Vivo. Cell chemical biology. 26(3). 449–461.e8. 38 indexed citations

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Acín‐Pérez, Rebeca, Ana Victoria Lechuga‐Vieco, Rocío Nieto-Arellano, et al.. (2018). Ablation of the stress protease OMA1 protects against heart failure in mice. Science Translational Medicine. 10(434). 64 indexed citations

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Lee, Juliette J., Álvaro Sánchez-Martínez, Aitor Martinez, et al.. (2018). Basal mitophagy is widespread in Drosophila but minimally affected by loss of Pink1 or parkin. The Journal of Cell Biology. 217(5). 1613–1622. 250 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cerutti, Raffaele, Cristiane Benincá, Elizabeth C. Hinchy, et al.. (2018). APOPT 1/ COA 8 assists COX assembly and is oppositely regulated by UPS and ROS. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 11(1). 25 indexed citations

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Doğan, Şükrü Anıl, Raffaele Cerutti, Cristiane Benincá, et al.. (2018). Perturbed Redox Signaling Exacerbates a Mitochondrial Myopathy. Cell Metabolism. 28(5). 764–775.e5. 71 indexed citations

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Benincá, Cristiane, Jesús Planagumà, Rebeca Acín‐Pérez, et al.. (2014). A new non-canonical pathway of Gαq protein regulating mitochondrial dynamics and bioenergetics. Cellular Signalling. 26(5). 1135–1146. 27 indexed citations

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Cabezudo, Sofía, Carlota García‐Hoz, Cristiane Benincá, et al.. (2014). Gαq signalling: The new and the old. Cellular Signalling. 26(5). 833–848. 71 indexed citations

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Benincá, Cristiane, Wanessa Algarte Ramsdorf, Taynah Vicari, et al.. (2011). Chronic genetic damages in Geophagus brasiliensis exposed to anthropic impact in Estuarine Lakes at Santa Catarina Coast–Southern of Brazil. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 184(4). 2045–2056. 28 indexed citations

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