Estela Área-Gómez

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Estela Área-Gómez is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Estela Área-Gómez has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Physiology and 17 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Estela Área-Gómez's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (32 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (18 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (12 papers). Estela Área-Gómez is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (32 papers), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (18 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (12 papers). Estela Área-Gómez collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. Estela Área-Gómez's co-authors include Eric A. Schon, Cristina Guardia‐Laguarta, Serge Przedborski, Thomas D. Bird, Ad J.C. de Groof, Jorge Montesinos, Marc D. Tambini, István Boldogh, Liza A. Pon and Marta Pera and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Estela Área-Gómez

63 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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.

Upregulated function of mitochondria-associated ER membranes in Alzheimer disease

2012 515 citations Estela Área-Gómez, Cristina Guardia‐Laguarta et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
α-Synuclein Is Localized to Mitochondria-Associated ER Membranes

2013 430 citations Cristina Guardia‐Laguarta, Estela Área-Gómez et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
Mitophagy curtails cytosolic mtDNA-dependent activation of cGAS/STING inflammation during aging

2024 159 citations Juan Ignacio Jiménez‐Loygorri, Beatriz Villarejo‐Zori et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Estela Área-Gómez United States	32	2.8k	1.6k	802	714	705	64	4.2k
Juan Pablo Muñoz Spain	24	2.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	790 1.0×	705 1.0×	488 0.7×	51	3.6k
Marta Giacomello Italy	27	3.8k 1.4×	852 0.5×	910 1.1×	706 1.0×	914 1.3×	58	4.9k
Jordi Magrané United States	27	2.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	487 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	781 1.1×	36	3.9k
María Dolores Ledesma Spain	33	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	716 0.9×	446 0.6×	592 0.8×	60	3.7k
Ghazaleh Ashrafi United States	11	2.2k 0.8×	767 0.5×	489 0.6×	1.5k 2.2×	670 1.0×	16	3.6k
Linsey Stiles United States	23	3.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	386 0.5×	1.3k 1.8×	365 0.5×	51	4.7k
Riccardo Filadi Italy	21	2.4k 0.9×	791 0.5×	685 0.9×	530 0.7×	616 0.9×	38	3.1k
Seok Min Jin United States	12	3.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	686 0.9×	3.0k 4.2×	612 0.9×	12	5.3k
Der‐Fen Suen Taiwan	14	4.1k 1.5×	999 0.6×	811 1.0×	3.1k 4.3×	657 0.9×	17	6.2k

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Larrea, Delfina, Marta Pera, Jorge Montesinos, et al.. (2025). Altered mitochondria-associated ER membrane (MAM) function shifts mitochondrial metabolism in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Nature Communications. 16(1). 379–379. 14 indexed citations

Jiménez‐Loygorri, Juan Ignacio, Beatriz Villarejo‐Zori, Álvaro Viedma-Poyatos, et al.. (2024). Mitophagy curtails cytosolic mtDNA-dependent activation of cGAS/STING inflammation during aging. Nature Communications. 15(1). 830–830. 159 indexed citations breakdown →

Área-Gómez, Estela & Eric A. Schon. (2024). Towards a Unitary Hypothesis of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 98(4). 1243–1275. 4 indexed citations

Soni, Rajesh K., Yimeng Xu, Sabrina Simoes, et al.. (2023). Juvenile CLN3 disease is a lysosomal cholesterol storage disorder: similarities with Niemann-Pick type C disease. EBioMedicine. 92. 104628–104628. 6 indexed citations

Launay, Nathalie, Montserrat Ruíz, Laura Planas‐Serra, et al.. (2023). RINT1 deficiency disrupts lipid metabolism and underlies a complex hereditary spastic paraplegia. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(14). 7 indexed citations

Planas‐Serra, Laura, Nathalie Launay, Leire Goicoechea, et al.. (2023). Sphingolipid desaturase DEGS1 is essential for mitochondria-associated membrane integrity. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(10). 24 indexed citations

Miranda, André Miguel, Archana Ashok, Robin Chan, et al.. (2022). Effects of APOE4 allelic dosage on lipidomic signatures in the entorhinal cortex of aged mice. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 129–129. 32 indexed citations

Ibáñez, Francesc, Jorge Montesinos, Estela Área-Gómez, Consuelo Guerri, & María Pascual. (2021). Ethanol Induces Extracellular Vesicle Secretion by Altering Lipid Metabolism through the Mitochondria-Associated ER Membranes and Sphingomyelinases. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(16). 8438–8438. 16 indexed citations

Leiva‐Juárez, Miguel M., Domenica Federica Briganti, Beatrice Aramini, et al.. (2021). Aspiration of conjugated bile acids predicts adverse lung transplant outcomes and correlates with airway lipid and cytokine dysregulation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 40(9). 998–1008. 21 indexed citations

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Área-Gómez, Estela, Delfina Larrea, Marta Pera, et al.. (2020). APOE4 is Associated with Differential Regional Vulnerability to Bioenergetic Deficits in Aged APOE Mice. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4277–4277. 34 indexed citations

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Agudelo, Christina W., Estela Área-Gómez, Yimeng Xu, et al.. (2020). Decreased surfactant lipids correlate with lung function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0228279–e0228279. 58 indexed citations

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Kyriazis, Ioannis D., Shinichi Oka, Yujia Yue, et al.. (2019). Dual PPARα/γ activation inhibitsSIRT1-PGC1α axis and causes cardiac dysfunction. JCI Insight. 4(17). 64 indexed citations

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Área-Gómez, Estela, Cristina Guardia‐Laguarta, Eric A. Schon, & Serge Przedborski. (2019). Mitochondria, OxPhos, and neurodegeneration: cells are not just running out of gas. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(1). 34–45. 121 indexed citations

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Cabrera‐Serrano, Macarena, Emilia Servián‐Morilla, Eloy Rivas, et al.. (2018). A novel MYH7 founder mutation causing Laing distal myopathy in Southern Spain. Neuromuscular Disorders. 28(10). 828–836. 7 indexed citations

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Pera, Marta, Delfina Larrea, Cristina Guardia‐Laguarta, et al.. (2017). Increased localization of APP ‐C99 in mitochondria‐associated ER membranes causes mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer disease. The EMBO Journal. 36(22). 3356–3371. 178 indexed citations

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Guardia‐Laguarta, Cristina, Estela Área-Gómez, Cornelia Rüb, et al.. (2013). α-Synuclein Is Localized to Mitochondria-Associated ER Membranes. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(1). 249–259. 430 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dorado, Beatriz, Estela Área-Gómez, Hasan O. Akman, & Michio Hirano. (2010). Onset and organ specificity of Tk2 deficiency depends on Tk1 down-regulation and transcriptional compensation. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(1). 155–164. 27 indexed citations

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Área-Gómez, Estela, Ad J.C. de Groof, István Boldogh, et al.. (2009). Presenilins Are Enriched in Endoplasmic Reticulum Membranes Associated with Mitochondria. American Journal Of Pathology. 175(5). 1810–1816. 333 indexed citations

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Spiegel, Ronen, Estela Área-Gómez, Hasan O. Akman, et al.. (2009). Myopathic form of phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) deficiency: A new case and pathogenic considerations. Neuromuscular Disorders. 19(3). 207–211. 28 indexed citations

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Martín‐Benito, Jaime, Estela Área-Gómez, Joaquı́n Ortega, et al.. (2001). Three‐dimensional reconstruction of a recombinant influenza virus ribonucleoprotein particle. EMBO Reports. 2(4). 313–317. 76 indexed citations

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