Damián Gatica

11.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Damián Gatica is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Damián Gatica has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Epidemiology, 12 papers in Cell Biology and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Damián Gatica's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (18 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (12 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Damián Gatica is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (18 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (12 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (3 papers). Damián Gatica collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Canada. Damián Gatica's co-authors include Daniel J. Klionsky, Vikramjit Lahiri, Sergio Lavandero, Mario Chiong, Andrea Rodríguez, Felipe Paredes, Roberto Bravo, Valentina Parra, Andrew F. G. Quest and Natalia Torrealba and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Damián Gatica

18 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Cargo recognition and degradation by selective autophagy

2018 805 citations Damián Gatica, Vikramjit Lahiri et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
Endoplasmic Reticulum and the Unfolded Protein Response

2013 453 citations Roberto Bravo, Valentina Parra et al. International review of cell and molecular biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Damián Gatica United States	13	1.1k	1.0k	664	238	163	21	2.0k
Weiliang Fan United States	11	1.5k 1.3×	988 1.0×	582 0.9×	214 0.9×	306 1.9×	15	2.0k
Zhiyuan Yao United States	7	1.3k 1.1×	902 0.9×	396 0.6×	172 0.7×	154 0.9×	17	1.8k
Thanh Ngoc Nguyen Australia	17	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	400 0.6×	245 1.0×	203 1.2×	26	2.0k
Eva Sjøttem Norway	20	1.2k 1.1×	1.6k 1.5×	427 0.6×	167 0.7×	158 1.0×	28	2.4k
Elsje G. Otten United Kingdom	11	861 0.8×	946 0.9×	312 0.5×	270 1.1×	144 0.9×	15	1.8k
Daniel Meley France	9	1.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	346 0.5×	174 0.7×	231 1.4×	12	2.0k
Sebastian Alers Germany	10	1.2k 1.1×	995 1.0×	302 0.5×	193 0.8×	222 1.4×	10	1.9k
Antje S Löffler Germany	9	1.2k 1.0×	924 0.9×	281 0.4×	169 0.7×	197 1.2×	9	1.8k
Orane Visvikis France	14	826 0.7×	962 1.0×	365 0.5×	278 1.2×	192 1.2×	20	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Damián Gatica

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Verdejo, Hugo, Valentina Parra, Andrea del Campo, et al.. (2025). mTOR inhibition triggers mitochondrial fragmentation in cardiomyocytes through proteosome-dependent prohibitin degradation and OPA-1 cleavage. Cell Communication and Signaling. 23(1). 256–256.

Gatica, Damián, Boran Li, Rudolf Mueller, et al.. (2025). The ER-phagy receptor FAM134B is targeted by Salmonella Typhimurium to promote infection. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2923–2923. 1 indexed citations

Gatica, Damián, et al.. (2025). Salmonella Typhimurium exploits the reticulophagy/ERphagy receptor RETREG1 to promote infection. Autophagy. 21(12). 3416–3418.

Yang, Ying, Damián Gatica, Xu Liu, et al.. (2022). Upstream open reading frames mediate autophagy-related protein translation. Autophagy. 19(2). 457–473. 5 indexed citations

Gatica, Damián, Mario Chiong, Sergio Lavandero, & Daniel J. Klionsky. (2021). The role of autophagy in cardiovascular pathology. Cardiovascular Research. 118(4). 934–950. 69 indexed citations

Gatica, Damián, et al.. (2020). Incomplete mitophagy in the mevalonate kinase-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae and its relation to the MKD-related autoinflammatory disease in humans. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1867(4). 166053–166053. 2 indexed citations

Gatica, Damián, Xin Wen, Heesun Cheong, & Daniel J. Klionsky. (2020). Vac8 determines phagophore assembly site vacuolar localization during nitrogen starvation-induced autophagy. Autophagy. 17(7). 1636–1648. 26 indexed citations

Wen, Xin, Damián Gatica, Zhangyuan Yin, et al.. (2019). The transcription factor Spt4-Spt5 complex regulates the expression of ATG8 and ATG41. Autophagy. 16(7). 1172–1185. 10 indexed citations

Gatica, Damián & Daniel J. Klionsky. (2019). Towards understanding mRNA-binding protein specificity: lessons from post-transcriptional regulation of ATG mRNA during nitrogen starvation-induced autophagy. Current Genetics. 65(4). 847–849. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Fangyang, Damián Gatica, Luke F. Peterson, et al.. (2019). Follicular lymphoma–associated mutations in vacuolar ATPase ATP6V1B2 activate autophagic flux and mTOR. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(4). 1626–1640. 27 indexed citations

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Gatica, Damián, et al.. (2019). The carboxy terminus of yeast Atg13 binds phospholipid membrane via motifs that overlap with the Vac8-interacting domain. Autophagy. 16(6). 1007–1020. 14 indexed citations

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Gatica, Damián, Vikramjit Lahiri, & Daniel J. Klionsky. (2018). Cargo recognition and degradation by selective autophagy. Nature Cell Biology. 20(3). 233–242. 805 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gatica, Damián, Guowu Hu, Xu Liu, et al.. (2018). The Pat1-Lsm Complex Stabilizes ATG mRNA during Nitrogen Starvation-Induced Autophagy. Molecular Cell. 73(2). 314–324.e4. 28 indexed citations

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Paredes, Felipe, Valentina Parra, Natalia Torrealba, et al.. (2015). HERPUD1 protects against oxidative stress-induced apoptosis through downregulation of the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 90. 206–218. 41 indexed citations

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Gatica, Damián, Mario Chiong, Sergio Lavandero, & Daniel J. Klionsky. (2015). Molecular Mechanisms of Autophagy in the Cardiovascular System. Circulation Research. 116(3). 456–467. 225 indexed citations

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Troncoso, Rodrigo, Felipe Paredes, Valentina Parra, et al.. (2014). Dexamethasone-induced autophagy mediates muscle atrophy through mitochondrial clearance. Cell Cycle. 13(14). 2281–2295. 92 indexed citations

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Bravo, Roberto, Valentina Parra, Damián Gatica, et al.. (2013). Endoplasmic Reticulum and the Unfolded Protein Response. International review of cell and molecular biology. 301. 215–290. 453 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pedrozo, Zully, Natalia Torrealba, Carolina Fernández, et al.. (2013). Cardiomyocyte ryanodine receptor degradation by chaperone-mediated autophagy. Cardiovascular Research. 98(2). 277–285. 47 indexed citations

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Quiroga, Clara, Damián Gatica, Felipe Paredes, et al.. (2013). Herp depletion protects from protein aggregation by up-regulating autophagy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1833(12). 3295–3305. 33 indexed citations

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Bravo, Roberto, Tomás Gutiérrez, Felipe Paredes, et al.. (2011). Endoplasmic reticulum: ER stress regulates mitochondrial bioenergetics. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 44(1). 16–20. 158 indexed citations

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