Emma Saavedra

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Emma Saavedra is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma Saavedra has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Infectious Diseases and 21 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Emma Saavedra's work include Amoebic Infections and Treatments (26 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (21 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (18 papers). Emma Saavedra is often cited by papers focused on Amoebic Infections and Treatments (26 papers), Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (21 papers) and Trypanosoma species research and implications (18 papers). Emma Saavedra collaborates with scholars based in Mexico, Brazil and Spain. Emma Saavedra's co-authors include Rafael Moreno‐Sánchez, Sara Rodríguez‐Enríquez, Álvaro Marín‐Hernández, Juan Carlos Gallardo‐Pérez, Rusely Encalada, Stephen J. Ralph, Viridiana Olín‐Sandoval, Erika Pineda, Ruy Pérez‐Montfort and Jiřı́ Neužil and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Experimental Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Emma Saavedra

106 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Energy metabolism in tumor cells

2007 859 citations Rafael Moreno‐Sánchez, Sara Rodríguez‐Enríquez et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emma Saavedra Mexico	33	2.5k	1.3k	523	385	361	109	4.0k
James I. MacRae United Kingdom	38	2.2k 0.9×	439 0.3×	779 1.5×	200 0.5×	318 0.9×	88	4.4k
Rosalind E. Jenkins United Kingdom	41	2.1k 0.9×	403 0.3×	684 1.3×	262 0.7×	305 0.8×	103	5.1k
Caroline C. Philpott United States	43	3.0k 1.2×	606 0.5×	399 0.8×	329 0.9×	285 0.8×	68	5.7k
Ezra Burstein United States	39	2.5k 1.0×	709 0.6×	669 1.3×	284 0.7×	297 0.8×	88	4.9k
Somchai Pinlaor Thailand	35	1.4k 0.6×	580 0.5×	447 0.9×	291 0.8×	244 0.7×	158	4.5k
Michael J. Gray United States	43	3.0k 1.2×	887 0.7×	752 1.4×	392 1.0×	208 0.6×	112	6.2k
Stefano Toppo Italy	34	2.5k 1.0×	528 0.4×	333 0.6×	388 1.0×	143 0.4×	101	4.5k
Larry Reitzer United States	33	3.1k 1.3×	462 0.4×	265 0.5×	281 0.7×	207 0.6×	57	4.5k
Baharia Mograbi France	39	2.1k 0.8×	712 0.6×	958 1.8×	190 0.5×	161 0.4×	106	4.1k
Wenjie Wang China	35	2.7k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	301 0.6×	245 0.6×	295 0.8×	152	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma Saavedra

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Aranda‐Rivera, Ana Karina, Isabel Amador‐Martínez, Omar Emiliano Aparicio‐Trejo, et al.. (2025). Sulforaphane Restores Mitochondrial β-Oxidation and Reduces Renal Lipid Accumulation in a Model of Releasing Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction. Antioxidants. 14(3). 288–288.

Amador‐Martínez, Isabel, Omar Emiliano Aparicio‐Trejo, Ana Karina Aranda‐Rivera, et al.. (2025). Effect of N-Acetylcysteine in Mitochondrial Function, Redox Signaling, and Sirtuin 3 Levels in the Heart During Cardiorenal Syndrome Type 4 Development. Antioxidants. 14(3). 367–367. 1 indexed citations

Saavedra, Emma, et al.. (2024). Intertwining of Cellular Osmotic Stress Handling Mechanisms and Heavy Metal Accumulation. Molecular Biotechnology. 67(12). 4386–4402. 3 indexed citations

Saavedra, Emma, et al.. (2024). Molecular Docking-Based Virtual Screening of FDA-Approved Drugs Using Trypanothione Reductase Identified New Trypanocidal Agents. Molecules. 29(16). 3796–3796. 2 indexed citations

Marín‐Hernández, Álvaro & Emma Saavedra. (2023). Metabolic control analysis as a strategy to identify therapeutic targets, the case of cancer glycolysis. Biosystems. 231. 104986–104986. 6 indexed citations

Saavedra, Emma, et al.. (2023). Comparative genomics and interactomics of polyadenylation factors for the prediction of new parasite targets: Entamoeba histolytica as a working model. Bioscience Reports. 43(2). 1 indexed citations

Encalada, Rusely, et al.. (2023). Phenothiazine‐based virtual screening, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics of new trypanothione reductase inhibitors of Trypanosoma cruzi. Molecular Informatics. 42(10). e2300069–e2300069. 1 indexed citations

Krauth‐Siegel, R. Luise, María Laura Bolognesi, Benjamín Nogueda‐Torres, et al.. (2022). In Vitro and In Silico Analysis of New n-Butyl and Isobutyl Quinoxaline-7-carboxylate 1,4-di-N-oxide Derivatives against Trypanosoma cruzi as Trypanothione Reductase Inhibitors. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(21). 13315–13315. 9 indexed citations

Schroeder, Michael, Sebastian Salentin, V. Joachim Haupt, et al.. (2020). Computational Drug Repositioning for Chagas Disease Using Protein-Ligand Interaction Profiling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(12). 4270–4270. 26 indexed citations

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Néquiz, Mario, Itzhel García‐Torres, Gabriel López‐Velázquez, et al.. (2020). Rabeprazole inhibits several functions of Entamoeba histolytica related with its virulence. Parasitology Research. 119(10). 3491–3502. 7 indexed citations

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Moreno‐Sánchez, Rafael, Sara Rodríguez‐Enríquez, Ricardo Jasso‐Chávez, Emma Saavedra, & Jorge D. García-García. (2017). Biochemistry and Physiology of Heavy Metal Resistance and Accumulation in Euglena. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 979. 91–121. 25 indexed citations

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Hernández‐Reséndiz, Ileana, Enrique García‐Villa, Erika Pineda, et al.. (2015). Dual regulation of energy metabolism by p53 in human cervix and breast cancer cells. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1853(12). 3266–3278. 40 indexed citations

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Olivos‐García, Alfonso, et al.. (2015). The oxygen reduction pathway and heat shock stress response are both required for Entamoeba histolytica pathogenicity. Current Genetics. 62(2). 295–300. 16 indexed citations

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Pineda, Erika, Rusely Encalada, Alfonso Olivos‐García, et al.. (2012). The bifunctional aldehyde–alcohol dehydrogenase controls ethanol and acetate production in Entamoeba histolytica under aerobic conditions. FEBS Letters. 587(2). 178–184. 20 indexed citations

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González‐Robles, Arturo, et al.. (2011). Pyruvate : ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PFO) is a surface-associated cell-binding protein in Trichomonas vaginalis and is involved in trichomonal adherence to host cells. Microbiology. 157(12). 3469–3482. 27 indexed citations

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Olivos‐García, Alfonso, et al.. (2011). Amibiasis: mecanismos moleculares de la patogenicidad de Entamoeba histolytica. 54(2). 10–20. 3 indexed citations

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Moreno‐Sánchez, Rafael, Álvaro Marín‐Hernández, Juan Carlos Gallardo‐Pérez, et al.. (2011). Phosphofructokinase type 1 kinetics, isoform expression, and gene polymorphisms in cancer cells. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 113(5). 1692–1703. 42 indexed citations

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Moreno‐Sánchez, Rafael, Emma Saavedra, Sara Rodríguez‐Enríquez, & Viridiana Olín‐Sandoval. (2008). Metabolic Control Analysis: A Tool for Designing Strategies to Manipulate Metabolic Pathways. BioMed Research International. 2008(1). 597913–597913. 151 indexed citations

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Carrero, Julio César, et al.. (2005). Dehydroepiandrosterone decreases while cortisol increases in vitro growth and viability of Entamoeba histolytica. Microbes and Infection. 8(2). 323–331. 27 indexed citations

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Hannaert, Véronique, Emma Saavedra, Francis Duffieux, et al.. (2003). Plant-like traits associated with metabolism of Trypanosoma parasites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(3). 1067–1071. 174 indexed citations

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