Dante Neculai

6.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Dante Neculai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Dante Neculai has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Organic Chemistry and 19 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Dante Neculai's work include Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (15 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (13 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (11 papers). Dante Neculai is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (15 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (13 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (11 papers). Dante Neculai collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Canada. Dante Neculai's co-authors include Sergio Grinstein, Johnathan Canton, A.M. Neculai, Herbert W. Roesky, Frank Sicheri, Jörg Magull, Vojtěch Jančík, Paul Säftig, Thomas Dever and Madhusudan Dey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dante Neculai

66 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Scavenger receptors in homeostasis and immunity

2013 621 citations Dante Neculai et al. profile →
Lactylation stabilizes TFEB to elevate autophagy and lysosomal activity

2024 44 citations Gan Luo, Kesong Peng et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dante Neculai China	34	1.7k	771	665	626	574	71	3.9k
Daniela Marasco Italy	38	2.6k 1.5×	402 0.5×	591 0.9×	206 0.3×	110 0.2×	177	4.3k
Snezna Rogelj United States	33	2.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	512 0.8×	480 0.8×	69 0.1×	72	5.6k
Wenyong Chen United States	29	2.1k 1.2×	279 0.4×	283 0.4×	161 0.3×	138 0.2×	65	3.9k
Vivien C. Yee United States	34	1.6k 0.9×	239 0.3×	313 0.5×	415 0.7×	123 0.2×	82	3.7k
Bo Huang China	35	2.6k 1.5×	627 0.8×	527 0.8×	138 0.2×	86 0.1×	111	4.2k
José Luı́s Abad Spain	34	2.0k 1.2×	328 0.4×	365 0.5×	580 0.9×	41 0.1×	116	3.9k
Akio Matsuda Japan	33	2.0k 1.1×	164 0.2×	810 1.2×	238 0.4×	73 0.1×	111	3.7k
Christine Pirker Austria	31	1.4k 0.8×	423 0.5×	249 0.4×	188 0.3×	81 0.1×	92	3.0k
Yuji Nakayama Japan	39	2.5k 1.5×	189 0.2×	436 0.7×	863 1.4×	58 0.1×	191	4.2k
Marcel Garcia France	45	2.7k 1.6×	388 0.5×	325 0.5×	474 0.8×	84 0.1×	146	6.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dante Neculai

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Zhang, Fei, Qirou Wu, Ailian Wang, et al.. (2025). Proteasomal processing of the viral replicase ORF1 facilitates HEV-induced liver fibrosis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(11). e2419946122–e2419946122. 1 indexed citations

Meng, Ying, Saskia Heybrock, Qiang Zhao, et al.. (2025). Sphingosine-1-phosphate signalling activates E-Syt1 to facilitate HDL-derived cholesterol transport. Nature Cell Biology. 27(6). 918–930.

Xu, Ling-Dong, Fei Zhang, Xinyuan Yu, et al.. (2025). pORF3-driven biogenesis of lipid droplets facilitates HEV infectivity. Cell Reports. 44(10). 116406–116406.

Li, Boran, Xinyi Wang, Xiao Jiang, et al.. (2025). Cholesterol sensing by the SCAP–FAM134B complex regulates ER-phagy and STING innate immunity. Nature Cell Biology. 27(10). 1739–1756.

Fung, Karen, et al.. (2024). Apolipoprotein A1 and high-density lipoprotein limit low-density lipoprotein transcytosis by binding SR-B1. Journal of Lipid Research. 65(4). 100530–100530. 12 indexed citations

Neculai, Dante, et al.. (2024). S- acylation of PNPLA2/ATGL: a necessity for triacylglycerol lipolysis and lipophagy in hepatocytes. Autophagy. 21(2). 494–496.

Luo, Gan, Kesong Peng, Yusha Wang, et al.. (2024). Lactylation stabilizes TFEB to elevate autophagy and lysosomal activity. The Journal of Cell Biology. 223(11). 44 indexed citations breakdown →

Heybrock, Saskia, Étienne Coyaud, Dante Neculai, et al.. (2024). The lysosomal lipid transporter LIMP-2 is part of lysosome–ER STARD3-VAPB-dependent contact sites. Journal of Cell Science. 137(22). 4 indexed citations

Li, Xinran, Pinglong Xu, Qiming Sun, et al.. (2024). S-acylation of ATGL is required for lipid droplet homoeostasis in hepatocytes. Nature Metabolism. 6(8). 1549–1565. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Xinyi, Xiao Jiang, Boran Li, et al.. (2023). A regulatory circuit comprising the CBP and SIRT7 regulates FAM134B-mediated ER-phagy. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(5). 16 indexed citations

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Tang, Wen, Yunyi Wang, Jie An, et al.. (2023). CPT1A induction following epigenetic perturbation promotes MAVS palmitoylation and activation to potentiate antitumor immunity. Molecular Cell. 83(23). 4370–4385.e9. 44 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xiao, Xinyi Wang, Xianming Ding, et al.. (2020). FAM 134B oligomerization drives endoplasmic reticulum membrane scission for ER ‐phagy. The EMBO Journal. 39(5). 103 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bo, Lizhen Xu, Ningning Li, et al.. (2020). Cooperative transport mechanism of human monocarboxylate transporter 2. Nature Communications. 11(1). 2429–2429. 48 indexed citations

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Lu, Lu, Santasree Banerjee, Lizhen Xu, et al.. (2020). KVarPredDB: a database for predicting pathogenicity of missense sequence variants of keratin genes associated with genodermatoses. Human Genomics. 14(1). 45–45. 3 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Susan, Michael G. Sugiyama, Andrew Levy, et al.. (2014). Abstract 11607: Novel Assay for Detection of LDL Transcytosis Across Coronary Endothelium Reveals an Unexpected Role for SR-B1. Circulation. 130(suppl_2).

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Mao, Daniel Y.L., Dante Neculai, Michael Downey, et al.. (2008). Atomic Structure of the KEOPS Complex: An Ancient Protein Kinase-Containing Molecular Machine. Molecular Cell. 32(2). 259–275. 78 indexed citations

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Jančík, Vojtěch, Leslie W. Pineda, Jiří Pinkas, et al.. (2004). Preparation of Monomeric [LAl(NH₂)₂]—A Main‐Group Metal Diamide Containing Two Terminal NH₂ Groups. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(16). 2142–2145. 69 indexed citations

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Neculai, A.M., Dante Neculai, Christian Griesinger, Julia A. Vorholt, & Stefan Becker. (2004). A Dynamic Zinc Redox Switch. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(4). 2826–2830. 12 indexed citations

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Roesky, Herbert W., et al.. (2003). Synthesis and Structure of the First Holmium and Erbium Diiodide Complexes of Composition LLnI₂ (Ln = Ho, Er). European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2003(3). 433–436. 24 indexed citations

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Neculai, Dante, Herbert W. Roesky, A.M. Neculai, et al.. (2002). Formation and Characterization of the First Monoalumoxane, LAlO⋅B(C6F5)3. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(22). 4294–4296. 95 indexed citations

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