Elsa Vera

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Elsa Vera is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, Elsa Vera has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Physiology, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in Elsa Vera's work include Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (15 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (8 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (2 papers). Elsa Vera is often cited by papers focused on Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (15 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (8 papers) and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (2 papers). Elsa Vera collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Czechia. Elsa Vera's co-authors include Marı́a A. Blasco, Bruno Bernardes de Jesus, Águeda M. Tejera, Lorenz Studer, Andrés Canela, Kerstin Schneeberger, Calvin B. Harley, Peter Klatt, Eduard Ayuso and Fátima Bosch and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Elsa Vera

19 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Human iPSC-Based Modeling of Late-Onset Disease via Progerin-Induced Aging

2013 549 citations Justine D. Miller, Yosif Ganat et al. Cell stem cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elsa Vera Spain	19	1.8k	1.7k	817	278	212	19	3.2k
Derviş A. Salih United Kingdom	18	1.3k 0.8×	552 0.3×	324 0.4×	218 0.8×	80 0.4×	29	2.2k
Gregory C. Kujoth United States	18	2.7k 1.5×	933 0.6×	481 0.6×	323 1.2×	61 0.3×	36	3.7k
Melanie Clements United Kingdom	29	2.1k 1.2×	710 0.4×	295 0.4×	661 2.4×	184 0.9×	48	3.9k
Pedro Sousa‐Victor Spain	21	2.0k 1.2×	942 0.6×	340 0.4×	190 0.7×	366 1.7×	27	2.9k
Iain C. A. F. Robinson United Kingdom	33	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	292 0.4×	244 0.9×	194 0.9×	71	4.7k
Elizabeth A. Pollina United States	13	1.7k 1.0×	457 0.3×	289 0.4×	196 0.7×	86 0.4×	15	2.7k
Carl E.G. Bruder Sweden	19	2.2k 1.3×	548 0.3×	373 0.5×	244 0.9×	89 0.4×	33	3.2k
Patricia Leneuve France	14	1.1k 0.6×	916 0.6×	989 1.2×	143 0.5×	122 0.6×	22	2.7k
Liviu Aron United States	14	1.3k 0.8×	626 0.4×	175 0.2×	504 1.8×	70 0.3×	20	2.4k
Tea Shavlakadze Australia	23	1.3k 0.8×	944 0.6×	272 0.3×	111 0.4×	147 0.7×	40	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elsa Vera

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19 of 19 papers shown

Whittemore, Kurt, Elsa Vera, Eva Martínez‐Nevado, Carola Sanpera, & Marı́a A. Blasco. (2019). Telomere shortening rate predicts species life span. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(30). 15122–15127. 247 indexed citations

Llaguno, Sheila R. Alcantara, Daochun Sun, Alicia Pedraza, et al.. (2019). Cell-of-origin susceptibility to glioblastoma formation declines with neural lineage restriction. Nature Neuroscience. 22(4). 545–555. 95 indexed citations

Vera, Elsa, Nazario Bosco, & Lorenz Studer. (2016). Generating Late-Onset Human iPSC-Based Disease Models by Inducing Neuronal Age-Related Phenotypes through Telomerase Manipulation. Cell Reports. 17(4). 1184–1192. 124 indexed citations

Studer, Lorenz, Elsa Vera, & Daniela Cornacchia. (2015). Programming and Reprogramming Cellular Age in the Era of Induced Pluripotency. Cell stem cell. 16(6). 591–600. 131 indexed citations

Vera, Elsa & Lorenz Studer. (2015). When rejuvenation is a problem: challenges of modeling late-onset neurodegenerative disease. Development. 142(18). 3085–3089. 36 indexed citations

Mondal, Abdul M., Izumi Horikawa, Sharon R. Pine, et al.. (2013). p53 isoforms regulate aging- and tumor-associated replicative senescence in T lymphocytes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 123(12). 5247–5257. 123 indexed citations

Vera, Elsa, Bruno Bernardes de Jesus, Miguel Foronda, Juana M. Flores, & Marı́a A. Blasco. (2013). Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Synergizes with Calorie Restriction to Increase Health Span and Extend Mouse Longevity. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e53760–e53760. 86 indexed citations

Miller, Justine D., Yosif Ganat, Sarah Kishinevsky, et al.. (2013). Human iPSC-Based Modeling of Late-Onset Disease via Progerin-Induced Aging. Cell stem cell. 13(6). 691–705. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

Vera, Elsa, Bruno Bernardes de Jesus, Miguel Foronda, Juana M. Flores, & Marı́a A. Blasco. (2012). The Rate of Increase of Short Telomeres Predicts Longevity in Mammals. Cell Reports. 2(4). 732–737. 164 indexed citations

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Jesus, Bruno Bernardes de, Elsa Vera, Kerstin Schneeberger, et al.. (2012). Telomerase gene therapy in adult and old mice delays aging and increases longevity without increasing cancer. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 4(8). 691–704. 377 indexed citations

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Vera, Elsa & Marı́a A. Blasco. (2012). Beyond average: potential for measurement of short telomeres. Aging. 4(6). 379–392. 71 indexed citations

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Elvsåshagen, Torbjørn, Elsa Vera, Erlend Bøen, et al.. (2011). The load of short telomeres is increased and associated with lifetime number of depressive episodes in bipolar II disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 135(1-3). 43–50. 100 indexed citations

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Jesus, Bruno Bernardes de, Kerstin Schneeberger, Elsa Vera, et al.. (2011). The telomerase activator TA‐65 elongates short telomeres and increases health span of adult/old mice without increasing cancer incidence. Aging Cell. 10(4). 604–621. 258 indexed citations

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Harley, Calvin B., Wei‐Min Liu, Marı́a A. Blasco, et al.. (2010). A Natural Product Telomerase Activator As Part of a Health Maintenance Program. Rejuvenation Research. 14(1). 45–56. 138 indexed citations

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Cipriano, Catia, Silvia Tesei, Marco Malavolta, et al.. (2009). Accumulation of Cells With Short Telomeres Is Associated With Impaired Zinc Homeostasis and Inflammation in Old Hypertensive Participants. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 64A(7). 745–751. 23 indexed citations

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Vera, Elsa, Andrés Canela, Mario F. Fraga, Manel Esteller, & Marı́a A. Blasco. (2008). Epigenetic regulation of telomeres in human cancer. Oncogene. 27(54). 6817–6833. 106 indexed citations

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Flores, Ignacio, Andrés Canela, Elsa Vera, et al.. (2008). The longest telomeres: a general signature of adult stem cell compartments. Genes & Development. 22(5). 654–667. 265 indexed citations

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Jaco, Isabel, Andrés Canela, Elsa Vera, & Marı́a A. Blasco. (2008). Centromere mitotic recombination in mammalian cells. The Journal of Cell Biology. 181(6). 885–892. 103 indexed citations

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Canela, Andrés, Elsa Vera, Peter Klatt, & Marı́a A. Blasco. (2007). High-throughput telomere length quantification by FISH and its application to human population studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(13). 5300–5305. 248 indexed citations

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