Erika Cecon

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Erika Cecon is a scholar working on Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Erika Cecon has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Erika Cecon's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (34 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (18 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers). Erika Cecon is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (34 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (18 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (6 papers). Erika Cecon collaborates with scholars based in France, Brazil and United States. Erika Cecon's co-authors include Ralf Jockers, Regina P. Markus, Pedro Augusto Carlos Magno Fernandes, Atsuro Oishi, Zulma S. Ferreira, Darius P. Zlotos, Eduardo Koji Tamura, Philippe Delagrange, Gianluca Tosini and Nicolas Renault and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Erika Cecon

47 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erika Cecon France	25	1.6k	608	425	339	277	48	2.2k
Paula A. Witt‐Enderby United States	31	1.9k 1.2×	931 1.5×	532 1.3×	517 1.5×	281 1.0×	78	3.2k
Jimo Borjigin United States	25	1.5k 0.9×	927 1.5×	619 1.5×	746 2.2×	444 1.6×	59	3.1k
Ario Conti Switzerland	22	1.4k 0.9×	284 0.5×	492 1.2×	241 0.7×	173 0.6×	34	1.9k
Emilio J. Sánchez‐Barceló Spain	38	2.6k 1.7×	829 1.4×	760 1.8×	260 0.8×	284 1.0×	68	3.8k
Lennard P. Niles Canada	27	1.3k 0.8×	548 0.9×	273 0.6×	557 1.6×	371 1.3×	64	2.0k
Krista Kaasik United States	13	1.2k 0.8×	685 1.1×	599 1.4×	298 0.9×	241 0.9×	14	2.1k
Takashi Ebisawa Japan	17	1.7k 1.1×	543 0.9×	332 0.8×	487 1.4×	441 1.6×	41	2.3k
Kristin Eckel‐Mahan United States	32	2.5k 1.6×	1.2k 2.0×	2.0k 4.7×	517 1.5×	522 1.9×	65	4.3k
M. D. Mediavilla Spain	26	1.6k 1.0×	509 0.8×	461 1.1×	101 0.3×	149 0.5×	43	2.3k

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Okamoto, Hiroyuki, Erika Cecon, Osamu Nureki, Silvia Rivara, & Ralf Jockers. (2024). Melatonin receptor structure and signaling. Journal of Pineal Research. 76(3). e12952–e12952. 18 indexed citations

Cecon, Erika, Florence Gbahou, Fernando Real, et al.. (2023). Development of indolealkylamine derivatives as potential multi-target agents for COVID-19 treatment. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 249. 115152–115152. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Hoau-Yan, Erika Cecon, Julie Dam, et al.. (2023). Simufilam Reverses Aberrant Receptor Interactions of Filamin A in Alzheimer’s Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(18). 13927–13927. 16 indexed citations

Cecon, Erika, Jean A. Boutin, & Ralf Jockers. (2023). Molecular Characterization and Pharmacology of Melatonin Receptors in Animals. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2(2). 127–147. 10 indexed citations

Amorim, Inês S., Laetitia Cistarelli, Thierry Dorval, et al.. (2023). A seeding-based neuronal model of tau aggregation for use in drug discovery. PLoS ONE. 18(4). e0283941–e0283941. 4 indexed citations

Cecon, Erika, Atsuro Oishi, Marine Luka, et al.. (2023). Novel repertoire of tau biosensors to monitor pathological tau transformation and seeding activity in living cells. eLife. 12. 6 indexed citations

Cecon, Erika, Daniela Fernandois, Nicolas Renault, et al.. (2022). Melatonin drugs inhibit SARS-CoV-2 entry into the brain and virus-induced damage of cerebral small vessels. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79(7). 361–361. 24 indexed citations

Cecon, Erika, Sophie Le Poder, Fernando Real, et al.. (2021). Therapeutic potential of melatonin and melatonergic drugs on K18‐hACE2 mice infected with SARS‐CoV‐2. Journal of Pineal Research. 72(1). e12772–e12772. 24 indexed citations

Cecon, Erika, Longxing Cao, Lauren Carter, et al.. (2021). SARS-COV-2 spike binding to ACE2 in living cells monitored by TR-FRET. Cell chemical biology. 29(1). 74–83.e4. 9 indexed citations

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Igonet, Sébastien, Erika Cecon, Maja Pučić‐Baković, et al.. (2018). Enabling STD-NMR fragment screening using stabilized native GPCR: A case study of adenosine receptor. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 45 indexed citations

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Oishi, Atsuro, Erika Cecon, & Ralf Jockers. (2018). Melatonin Receptor Signaling: Impact of Receptor Oligomerization on Receptor Function. International review of cell and molecular biology. 338. 59–77. 44 indexed citations

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Owino, Sharon, Erika Cecon, Angeliki Karamitri, et al.. (2017). Nocturnal activation of melatonin receptor type 1 signaling modulates diurnal insulin sensitivity via regulation of PI 3K activity. Journal of Pineal Research. 64(3). 64 indexed citations

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Fernandes, Pedro Augusto Carlos Magno, Eduardo Koji Tamura, Sandra Márcia Muxel, et al.. (2016). Dual Effect of Catecholamines and Corticosterone Crosstalk on Pineal Gland Melatonin Synthesis. Neuroendocrinology. 104(2). 126–134. 43 indexed citations

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Pinato, Luciana, Sanseray da Silveira Cruz‐Machado, Leila Maria Guissoni Campos, et al.. (2013). Selective protection of the cerebellum against intracerebroventricular LPS is mediated by local melatonin synthesis. Brain Structure and Function. 220(2). 827–840. 66 indexed citations

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Muxel, Sandra Márcia, Alex Willian Arantes Monteiro, Erika Cecon, et al.. (2012). NF-κB Drives the Synthesis of Melatonin in RAW 264.7 Macrophages by Inducing the Transcription of the Arylalkylamine-N-Acetyltransferase (AA-NAT) Gene. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52010–e52010. 115 indexed citations

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Cecon, Erika & Regina P. Markus. (2011). Relevance of the Chronobiological and Non-chronobiological Actions of Melatonin for Enhancing Therapeutic Efficacy in Neurodegenerative Disorders. Recent Patents on Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Drug Discovery. 5(2). 91–99. 16 indexed citations

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Cruz‐Machado, Sanseray da Silveira, Claudia E. Carvalho‐Sousa, Eduardo Koji Tamura, et al.. (2010). TLR4 and CD14 receptors expressed in rat pineal gland trigger NFKB pathway. Journal of Pineal Research. 49(2). 183–192. 85 indexed citations

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Cecon, Erika, Pedro Augusto Carlos Magno Fernandes, Luciana Pinato, Zulma S. Ferreira, & Regina P. Markus. (2010). DAILY VARIATION OF CONSTITUTIVELY ACTIVATED NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B (NFKB) IN RAT PINEAL GLAND. Chronobiology International. 27(1). 52–67. 49 indexed citations

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Silva, Cláudia Lúcia Martins, Eduardo Koji Tamura, Erika Cecon, et al.. (2007). Melatonin inhibits nitric oxide production by microvascular endothelial cellsin vivoandin vitro. British Journal of Pharmacology. 151(2). 195–205. 51 indexed citations

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Fernandes, Pedro Augusto Carlos Magno, Erika Cecon, Regina P. Markus, & Zulma S. Ferreira. (2006). Effect of TNF‐α on the melatonin synthetic pathway in the rat pineal gland: basis for a ‘feedback’ of the immune response on circadian timing. Journal of Pineal Research. 41(4). 344–350. 88 indexed citations

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