Elsje G. Otten

2.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
15 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Elsje G. Otten is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elsje G. Otten has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Epidemiology, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Elsje G. Otten's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (9 papers), Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (3 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (2 papers). Elsje G. Otten is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (9 papers), Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (3 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (2 papers). Elsje G. Otten collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Austria. Elsje G. Otten's co-authors include Viktor I. Korolchuk, Yoana Rabanal‐Ruiz, Keith B. Boyle, Felix Randow, Bernadette Carroll, Sovan Sarkar, Dorothea Maetzel, Balaji Santhanam, Emma Werner and Ana Crespillo-Casado and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Elsje G. Otten

15 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

mTORC1 as the main gateway to autophagy 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2021 2019 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. mTORC1 as the main gateway to autophagy
    2017 431 citations Yoana Rabanal‐Ruiz, Elsje G. Otten et al. Essays in Biochemistry profile →
  2. Ubiquitylation of lipopolysaccharide by RNF213 during bacterial infection
    2021 229 citations Elsje G. Otten, Emma Werner et al. Nature profile →
  3. The Cargo Receptor NDP52 Initiates Selective Autophagy by Recruiting the ULK Complex to Cytosol-Invading Bacteria
    2019 221 citations Benjamin J. Ravenhill, Keith B. Boyle et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers

Elsje G. Otten
Orane Visvikis France
Caroline Mauvezin Spain
Zhiyuan Yao United States
Damián Gatica United States
Idil Orhon France
Dunecan Massey United Kingdom
Tsuyoshi Kawabata Japan
Wei Wan China
Hideaki Morishita Japan
Orane Visvikis France
Elsje G. Otten
Citations per year, relative to Elsje G. Otten Elsje G. Otten (= 1×) peers Orane Visvikis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Elsje G. Otten

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elsje G. Otten

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Boyle, Keith B., Claudio Pathe, Ana Crespillo-Casado, et al.. (2025). Shigella flexneri evades LPS ubiquitylation through IpaH1.4-mediated degradation of RNF213. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 32(9). 1741–1751. 1 indexed citations
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Crespillo-Casado, Ana, Matthew C. J. Yip, Janet M. Young, et al.. (2024). Recognition of phylogenetically diverse pathogens through enzymatically amplified recruitment of RNF213. EMBO Reports. 25(11). 4979–5005. 5 indexed citations
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Kataura, Tetsushi, et al.. (2023). The evolution of selective autophagy as a mechanism of oxidative stress response. BioEssays. 45(11). e2300076–e2300076. 4 indexed citations
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Kataura, Tetsushi, Elsje G. Otten, Yoana Rabanal‐Ruiz, et al.. (2022). NDP52 acts as a redox sensor in PINK1/Parkin‐mediated mitophagy. The EMBO Journal. 42(5). e111372–e111372. 40 indexed citations
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Otten, Elsje G., Emma Werner, Ana Crespillo-Casado, et al.. (2021). Ubiquitylation of lipopolysaccharide by RNF213 during bacterial infection. Nature. 594(7861). 111–116. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carroll, Bernadette, Dorothea Maetzel, Oliver D.K. Maddocks, et al.. (2020). Correction: Control of TSC2-Rheb signaling axis by arginine regulates mTORC1 activity. eLife. 9. 2 indexed citations
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Ravenhill, Benjamin J., Keith B. Boyle, Natalia von Muhlinen, et al.. (2019). The Cargo Receptor NDP52 Initiates Selective Autophagy by Recruiting the ULK Complex to Cytosol-Invading Bacteria. Molecular Cell. 74(2). 320–329.e6. 221 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carroll, Bernadette, Elsje G. Otten, Rhoda Stefanatos, et al.. (2018). Oxidation of SQSTM1/p62 mediates the link between redox state and protein homeostasis. Nature Communications. 9(1). 256–256. 147 indexed citations
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Rabanal‐Ruiz, Yoana, Elsje G. Otten, & Viktor I. Korolchuk. (2017). mTORC1 as the main gateway to autophagy. Essays in Biochemistry. 61(6). 565–584. 431 indexed citations breakdown →
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Carroll, Bernadette, Dorothea Maetzel, Oliver D.K. Maddocks, et al.. (2016). Control of TSC2-Rheb signaling axis by arginine regulates mTORC1 activity. eLife. 5. 144 indexed citations
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Brown, Anna, Siddharth Patel, Carl Ward, et al.. (2016). PEG-lipid micelles enable cholesterol efflux in Niemann-Pick Type C1 disease-based lysosomal storage disorder. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31750–31750. 37 indexed citations
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Ward, Carl, Nuria Martínez-López, Elsje G. Otten, et al.. (2016). Autophagy, lipophagy and lysosomal lipid storage disorders. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1861(4). 269–284. 200 indexed citations
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Hewitt, Graeme, Bernadette Carroll, Sarallah Rezazadeh, et al.. (2016). SQSTM1/p62 mediates crosstalk between autophagy and the UPS in DNA repair. Autophagy. 12(10). 1917–1930. 121 indexed citations
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Pezze, Piero Dalle, Glyn Nelson, Elsje G. Otten, et al.. (2014). Dynamic Modelling of Pathways to Cellular Senescence Reveals Strategies for Targeted Interventions. PLoS Computational Biology. 10(8). e1003728–e1003728. 119 indexed citations

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