Daina Avizonis

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Daina Avizonis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daina Avizonis has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cancer Research and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Daina Avizonis's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (16 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (13 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers). Daina Avizonis is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (16 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (13 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers). Daina Avizonis collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Daina Avizonis's co-authors include Russell G. Jones, Takla Griss, Brandon Faubert, Bożena Samborska, Orval Mamer, Julie St‐Pierre, Said Izreig, Simon‐Pierre Gravel, Peter M. Siegel and Fanny Dupuy and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Daina Avizonis

45 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

AMPK Is a Negative Regulator of the Warburg Effect and Suppresses Tumor Growth In Vivo

2012 732 citations Said Izreig, Takla Griss et al. profile →
mTORC1 Controls Mitochondrial Activity and Biogenesis through 4E-BP-Dependent Translational Regulation

2013 614 citations Simon‐Pierre Gravel, Valérie Chénard et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daina Avizonis Canada	23	2.2k	961	391	322	315	48	2.9k
Simon‐Pierre Gravel Canada	21	2.0k 0.9×	764 0.8×	318 0.8×	213 0.7×	419 1.3×	32	2.9k
Jessica Sudderth United States	16	2.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	265 0.7×	153 0.5×	240 0.8×	20	2.8k
Nousheen Zaidi Pakistan	17	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	242 0.6×	181 0.6×	304 1.0×	34	2.5k
Cláudio R. Santos United Kingdom	17	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	412 1.1×	411 1.3×	191 0.6×	21	3.2k
Jared R. Mayers United States	14	1.7k 0.8×	929 1.0×	377 1.0×	373 1.2×	711 2.3×	22	3.0k
Raúl V. Durán Spain	20	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	281 0.7×	179 0.6×	157 0.5×	43	2.7k
Stefan Christen Switzerland	21	2.0k 0.9×	932 1.0×	273 0.7×	182 0.6×	327 1.0×	34	3.1k
Jian‐kang Jiang United States	20	1.9k 0.9×	969 1.0×	359 0.9×	162 0.5×	245 0.8×	30	3.3k
V. Joulin France	29	2.0k 0.9×	594 0.6×	369 0.9×	214 0.7×	278 0.9×	67	3.4k
Zachary T. Schug United States	22	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	443 1.1×	134 0.4×	511 1.6×	37	3.5k

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d’Agostino, Chiara, Meijing Li, Daina Avizonis, et al.. (2025). Accumulation of succinate in the blood is a potential early indicator of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 241. 220–235.

Avizonis, Daina, et al.. (2024). Ablating the glutaredoxin-2 (Glrx2) gene protects male mice against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by limiting oxidative distress. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 224. 660–677. 4 indexed citations

He, Dan, Huijin Feng, Belen Sundberg, et al.. (2022). Methionine oxidation activates pyruvate kinase M2 to promote pancreatic cancer metastasis. Molecular Cell. 82(16). 3045–3060.e11. 47 indexed citations

Papadopoli, David, Cian Monnin, Zahra Rattray, et al.. (2022). Mitochondrial hyperfusion via metabolic sensing of regulatory amino acids. Cell Reports. 40(7). 111198–111198. 25 indexed citations

Li, Yihang, Maria F. Pazyra‐Murphy, Daina Avizonis, et al.. (2021). Sarm1 activation produces cADPR to increase intra-axonal Ca++ and promote axon degeneration in PIPN. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(2). 62 indexed citations

Dagenais-Lussier, Xavier, Daina Avizonis, Luc Choinière, et al.. (2021). Autophagy-dependent glutaminolysis drives superior IL21 production in HIV-1-specific CD4 T cells. Autophagy. 18(6). 1256–1273. 14 indexed citations

Fu, Accalia, Daina Avizonis, Tatsuya Kin, et al.. (2021). Glucose metabolism and pyruvate carboxylase enhance glutathione synthesis and restrict oxidative stress in pancreatic islets. Cell Reports. 37(8). 110037–110037. 34 indexed citations

Shorstova, Tatiana, Jie Su, Tiejun Zhao, et al.. (2020). Reprogramming of Nucleotide Metabolism Mediates Synergy between Epigenetic Therapy and MAP Kinase Inhibition. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 20(1). 64–75. 9 indexed citations

Papadopoli, David, H. Eric, Dominic G. Roy, et al.. (2020). Methotrexate elicits pro-respiratory and anti-growth effects by promoting AMPK signaling. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 7838–7838. 11 indexed citations

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Izreig, Said, Irem Kaymak, Hannah R. Bridges, et al.. (2020). Repression of LKB1 by miR-17∼92 Sensitizes MYC-Dependent Lymphoma to Biguanide Treatment. Cell Reports Medicine. 1(2). 100014–100014. 26 indexed citations

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Hurren, Rose, Véronique Voisin, Gaëlle Bridon, et al.. (2017). Leveraging increased cytoplasmic nucleoside kinase activity to target mtDNA and oxidative phosphorylation in AML. Blood. 129(19). 2657–2666. 54 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhongbo, Noriko Yokoyama, Christopher Blair, et al.. (2016). High Sensitivity of an Ha-RAS Transgenic Model of Superficial Bladder Cancer to Metformin Is Associated with ∼240-Fold Higher Drug Concentration in Urine than Serum. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 15(3). 430–438. 13 indexed citations

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Vincent, Emma E., Alexey Sergushichev, Takla Griss, et al.. (2015). Mitochondrial Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase Regulates Metabolic Adaptation and Enables Glucose-Independent Tumor Growth. Molecular Cell. 60(2). 195–207. 204 indexed citations

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Chan, Manuel, Michel Gravel, Alexandre Bramoullé, et al.. (2014). Synergy between the NAMPT Inhibitor GMX1777(8) and Pemetrexed in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells Is Mediated by PARP Activation and Enhanced NAD Consumption. Cancer Research. 74(21). 5948–5954. 37 indexed citations

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Gravel, Simon‐Pierre, Sylvia Andrzejewski, Daina Avizonis, & Julie St‐Pierre. (2014). Stable Isotope Tracer Analysis in Isolated Mitochondria from Mammalian Systems. Metabolites. 4(2). 166–183. 30 indexed citations

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Dupuy, Fanny, Takla Griss, Julianna Blagih, et al.. (2013). LKB1 is a central regulator of tumor initiation and pro-growth metabolism in ErbB2-mediated breast cancer. Cancer & Metabolism. 1(1). 18–18. 39 indexed citations

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Mamer, Orval, Simon‐Pierre Gravel, Luc Choinière, et al.. (2013). The complete targeted profile of the organic acid intermediates of the citric acid cycle using a single stable isotope dilution analysis, sodium borodeuteride reduction and selected ion monitoring GC/MS. Metabolomics. 9(5). 1019–1030. 39 indexed citations

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Klimčáková, Eva, Valérie Chénard, Shawn McGuirk, et al.. (2012). PGC-1α Promotes the Growth of ErbB2/Neu–Induced Mammary Tumors by Regulating Nutrient Supply. Cancer Research. 72(6). 1538–1546. 45 indexed citations

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Zakikhani, Mahvash, et al.. (2012). Alterations in Cellular Energy Metabolism Associated with the Antiproliferative Effects of the ATM Inhibitor KU-55933 and with Metformin. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e49513–e49513. 31 indexed citations

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Avizonis, Daina & Shauna Farr-Jones. (2002). The Internet for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopists. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 338. 247–259e. 1 indexed citations

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