David R. Thorburn

23.8k citations

236 papers · 16.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 65

Clinical Biochemistry top 0.01%
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders 130
Molecular Biology top 0.2%
- Mitochondrial Function and Pathology 169
- ATP Synthase and ATPases Research 69
- RNA modifications and cancer 22
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 13
Aging top 2%
Biochemistry top 0.5%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 2%
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases 11
Genetics
- Genomics and Rare Diseases 23
Physiology
- Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology 9

Co-authors: Michael T. Ryan Denise M. Kirby Matthew McKenzie Douglass M. Turnbull Alison G. Compton Josephine M. Forbes Avihu Boneh Michael Lazarou
Cited by: Clinical Biochemistry Molecular Biology Aging
Journals: Nature (2 papers)Cell (1 paper)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 papers)
Partner nations: Australia United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

David R. Thorburn

230 papers receiving 16.0k citations

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2018 Nature Reviews Nephrology
2016 Nature
2016 Nature Reviews Disease Primers
2008 Cell
1996 Annals of Neurology

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1	Complex II assembly drives metabolic adaptation to OXPHOS dysfunction Science Advances ·Roopasingam Kugapreethan,Sheik Nadeem Elahee Doomun,Joanna Sacharz,Ann E. Frazier,Tanavi Sharma,Yau Chung Low,Shuai Nie,Michael G. Leeming,Linden Muellner-Wong,Karena Last,Tegan Stait,David P. De Souza,David R. Thorburn,Malcolm J. McConville,David A. Stroud	2025	0
2	Therapies for Mitochondrial Disease: Past, Present, and Future Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease ·Megan Ball,Nicole J. Van Bergen,Alison G. Compton,David R. Thorburn,Shamima Rahman,John Christodoulou	2025	1
3	Critically unwell infants and children with mitochondrial disorders diagnosed by ultrarapid genomic sequencing Genetics in Medicine ·Megan Ball,Sophie E. Bouffler,Christopher F. Barnett,Mary‐Louise Freckmann,Matthew F. Hunter,Benjamin Kamien,Karin S. Kassahn,Sebastian Lunke,Chirag Patel,Jason Pinner,Tony Roscioli,Sarah A. Sandaradura,Hamish S. Scott,Tiong Yang Tan,Mathew Wallis,Alison G. Compton,David R. Thorburn,Zornitza Stark,John Christodoulou	2024	1
4	The collective burden of childhood dementia: a scoping review Brain ·Kristina L. Elvidge,John Christodoulou,Michelle A. Farrar,Dominic Tilden,Megan Maack,Madeline Valeri,Magda Ellis,Nicholas Smith,(unknown),David R. Thorburn,Gail Hilton,Ellie Van Velsen,Danielle Cini,Briana Davis,Richard Webster,Carolyn Ellaway,Anita Inwood	2023	9
5	Distinct diagnostic trajectories in NBAS‐associated acute liver failure highlights the need for timely functional studies JIMD Reports ·Lauren Akesson,Rocío Rius,Natasha J. Brown,Jeremy Rosenbaum,Sarah Donoghue,Michael Stormon,Charmaine Chai,Esmeralda B. Bordador,Yiran Guo,Håkon Håkonarson,Alison G. Compton,David R. Thorburn,Sumudu S. C. Amarasekera,Justine E. Marum,Alisha Monaco,Crystle Lee,Belinda Chong,Sebastian Lunke,Zornitza Stark,John Christodoulou	2022	2
6	Biallelic pathogenic variants in COX11 are associated with an infantile‐onset mitochondrial encephalopathy Human Mutation ·Rocío Rius,Neal K. Bennett,Kaustuv Bhattacharya,Lisa G. Riley,Zafer Yüksel,Luke E. Formosa,Alison G. Compton,Russell C. Dale,Mark J. Cowley,Velimir Gayevskiy,Saeed M. Al Tala,Abdulrahman A Almehery,Michael T. Ryan,David R. Thorburn,Ken Nakamura,John Christodoulou	2022	9
7	Mitochondrial biology and dysfunction in secondary mitochondrial disease Open Biology ·Megan J. Baker,Jordan J. Crameri,David R. Thorburn,Ann E. Frazier,Diana Stojanovski	2022	21
8	6th World Congress of PGHAN: Abstracts. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition ·Tassos Grammatikopoulos,Richard Taylor,J. Whitney,John C. Hartley,Mossadak Ben Attia,D M Mirza,Sanjay Rajwal,Simon J. Watson,Joseph A Isaac,Derek Manas,N. Heaton,A. Dhawan,J. M. Forsythe,David R. Thorburn	2021	1
9	The expandingLARS2phenotypic spectrum: HLASA, Perrault syndrome with leukodystrophy, and mitochondrial myopathy Human Mutation ·Lisa G. Riley,Joëlle Rudinger‐Thirion,Magali Frugier,Meredith Wilson,Melissa Luig,Thushari I. Alahakoon,Cheng Yee Nixon,Edwin P. Kirk,Tony Roscioli,Sebastian Lunke,Zornitza Stark,Klaas J. Wierenga,Sirish Palle,Maie Walsh,Emily Higgs,Susan Arbuckle,Shalini Thirukeswaran,Alison G. Compton,David R. Thorburn,John Christodoulou	2020	18
10	The diagnostic utility of genome sequencing in a pediatric cohort with suspected mitochondrial disease Genetics in Medicine ·Lisa G. Riley,Mark J. Cowley,Velimir Gayevskiy,André E. Minoche,Clare Puttick,David R. Thorburn,Rocío Rius,Alison G. Compton,Minal Menezes,Kaustuv Bhattacharya,David Coman,Carolyn Ellaway,Ian E. Alexander,Louisa Adams,Maina Kava,Jacqui Robinson,Carolyn M. Sue,Shanti Balasubramaniam,John Christodoulou	2020	45
11	A patient with homozygous nonsense variants in two Leigh syndrome disease genes: Distinguishing a dual diagnosis from a hypomorphic protein‐truncating variant Human Mutation ·Nicole J. Lake,Luke E. Formosa,David A. Stroud,Michael T. Ryan,Sarah E. Calvo,Vamsi K. Mootha,Bharti Morar,Peter G. Procopis,John Christodoulou,Alison G. Compton,David R. Thorburn	2019	7
12	Mutation in mitochondrial ribosomal protein S7 (MRPS7) causes congenital sensorineural deafness, progressive hepatic and renal failure and lactic acidemia Human Molecular Genetics ·Minal Menezes,Yiran Guo,Jianguo Zhang,Lisa G. Riley,Sandra T. Cooper,David R. Thorburn,Jiankang Li,Daoyuan Dong,Zhijun Li,Joseph Glessner,Ryan L. Davis,Carolyn M. Sue,Stephen I. Alexander,Susan Arbuckle,Paul Kirwan,Brendan J. Keating,Xun Xu,Håkon Håkonarson,John Christodoulou	2015	58
13	Mutations in LYRM4, encoding iron–sulfur cluster biogenesis factor ISD11, cause deficiency of multiple respiratory chain complexes Human Molecular Genetics ·Sze Chern Lim,Martin Friemel,Justine E. Marum,Elena J. Tucker,Damien L. Bruno,Lisa G. Riley,John Christodoulou,Edwin P. Kirk,Avihu Boneh,Christine M. DeGennaro,Michael Springer,Vamsi K. Mootha,Tracey A. Rouault,Silke Leimkühler,David R. Thorburn,Alison G. Compton	2013	81
14	SURF1 deficiency: a multi-centre natural history study Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases ·Yehani Wedatilake,Ruth M. Brown,Robert McFarland,Joy Yaplito‐Lee,Andrew A. M. Morris,Mike Champion,Phillip E. Jardine,Antonia Clarke,David R. Thorburn,Robert W. Taylor,John M. Land,Katharine Forrest,Angus Dobbie,Louise Simmons,Erlend T. Aasheim,David Ketteridge,Donncha Hanrahan,Anupam Chakrapani,Garry K. Brown,Shamima Rahman	2013	91
15	Democracy and new media MIT Press eBooks ·Henry Jenkins,David R. Thorburn,Brad Seawell	2004	65
16	NDUFS6 mutations are a novel cause of lethal neonatal mitochondrial complex I deficiency Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Denise M. Kirby,Renato Salemi,Canny Sugiana,Akira Ohtake,Lee Parry,Katrina M. Bell,Edwin P. Kirk,Avihu Boneh,Robert W. Taylor,Hans‐Henrik M. Dahl,Michael T. Ryan,David R. Thorburn	2004	14
17	Democracy and New Media (Media in Transition) The MIT Press eBooks ·Henry Jenkins,David R. Thorburn	2004	4
18	Serine Protease Inhibition and Mitochondrial Dysfunction Associated with Cisplatin Resistance in Human Tumour Cell Lines: Targets for Therapy Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia) ·Ying Dong,Susan J. Berners‐Price,David R. Thorburn,Toni Antatis,Joanne L. Dickinson,Terry Hurst,Ling Qiu,S. K. Khoo,Peter G. Parsons	1997	37
19	John Updike : a collection of critical essays Prentice Hall eBooks ·David R. Thorburn,Howard Eiland	1979	1
20	Romanticism : vistas, instances, continuities Cornell University Press eBooks ·David R. Thorburn,Geoffrey H. Hartman	1973	10

About David R. Thorburn

David R. Thorburn is a scholar working on Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics, having authored 236 papers that have together received 16.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (169 papers), Metabolism and Genetic Disorders (130 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (69 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (23 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (22 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (11 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Biochemistry (7.0k citations), Molecular Biology (13.3k citations) and Aging (160 citations). David R. Thorburn has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michael T. Ryan, Denise M. Kirby, Matthew McKenzie, Douglass M. Turnbull, Alison G. Compton, Josephine M. Forbes, Avihu Boneh, Michael Lazarou, John Christodoulou and Ann E. Frazier. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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