Francisco N. Barrera

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Francisco N. Barrera is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francisco N. Barrera has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 8 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Francisco N. Barrera's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (35 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (21 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers). Francisco N. Barrera is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (35 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (21 papers) and Protein Structure and Dynamics (14 papers). Francisco N. Barrera collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Arab Emirates. Francisco N. Barrera's co-authors include Donald M. Engelman, José L. Neira, Haden L. Scott, Alexander A. Svoronos, Peter M. Glazer, Raman Bahal, José M. González‐Ros, Frank J. Slack, Christopher J. Cheng and Zachary Pincus and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Francisco N. Barrera

75 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

MicroRNA silencing for cancer therapy targeted to the tumour microenvironment

2014 683 citations Francisco N. Barrera, Donald M. Engelman et al. profile →
How cholesterol stiffens unsaturated lipid membranes

2020 261 citations Saptarshi Chakraborty, Milka Doktorova et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francisco N. Barrera United States	29	2.2k	457	382	355	261	80	2.9k
Luca Domenico D’Andrea Italy	26	2.1k 1.0×	188 0.4×	219 0.6×	362 1.0×	175 0.7×	90	3.0k
Carston R. Wagner United States	36	2.6k 1.2×	221 0.5×	251 0.7×	323 0.9×	154 0.6×	129	3.8k
Hyesung Jeon South Korea	31	2.3k 1.1×	278 0.6×	568 1.5×	832 2.3×	174 0.7×	69	4.0k
Palma Rocchi France	40	3.0k 1.4×	400 0.9×	280 0.7×	330 0.9×	118 0.5×	85	4.5k
Marion Décossas France	30	1.1k 0.5×	180 0.4×	137 0.4×	205 0.6×	160 0.6×	63	2.2k
Marco Gaspari Italy	30	1.3k 0.6×	164 0.4×	387 1.0×	126 0.4×	85 0.3×	100	2.8k
Thomas R. Gadek United States	19	3.9k 1.8×	185 0.4×	282 0.7×	277 0.8×	149 0.6×	35	5.0k
Masad J. Damha Canada	46	6.1k 2.8×	333 0.7×	411 1.1×	123 0.3×	169 0.6×	207	6.7k
Menotti Ruvo Italy	34	2.0k 0.9×	156 0.3×	371 1.0×	167 0.5×	131 0.5×	179	3.4k
Yuting Yang China	36	3.0k 1.4×	372 0.8×	689 1.8×	669 1.9×	68 0.3×	143	5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francisco N. Barrera

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20 of 20 papers shown

Baccile, Joshua A., et al.. (2025). Cholesterol inhibits assembly and oncogenic activation of the EphA2 receptor. Communications Biology. 8(1). 411–411. 4 indexed citations

Singh, Pradeep Kumar, et al.. (2024). Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate drives the formation of EGFR and EphA2 complexes. Science Advances. 10(49). eadl0649–eadl0649. 4 indexed citations

Russell, C., et al.. (2024). Polymerization mechanism of the Candida albicans virulence factor candidalysin. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(6). 107370–107370. 2 indexed citations

Barrera, Francisco N., et al.. (2024). Biomolecular Neuristors from Functionalized Lipid Membranes. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(49). 3 indexed citations

Lin, Jianfeng, Jian Miao, C. Russell, et al.. (2024). Sulfated glycosaminoglycans are host epithelial cell targets of the Candida albicans toxin candidalysin. Nature Microbiology. 9(10). 2553–2569. 6 indexed citations

Ye, Yujie, et al.. (2023). Allosteric inhibition of the T cell receptor by a designed membrane ligand. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations

Lou, Jinchao, et al.. (2022). ATP-Responsive Liposomes via Screening of Lipid Switches Designed to Undergo Conformational Changes upon Binding Phosphorylated Metabolites. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(8). 3746–3756. 23 indexed citations

Scott, Haden L., Nick Moore, Catherine D. Schuman, et al.. (2022). Heterosynaptic plasticity in biomembrane memristors controlled by pH. MRS Bulletin. 48(1). 13–21. 9 indexed citations

Russell, C., Andrew C. Dixson, Daiane S. Alves, et al.. (2022). The Candida albicans virulence factor candidalysin polymerizes in solution to form membrane pores and damage epithelial cells. eLife. 11. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, Junyan, Hubertine M. E. Willems, Stefanie Allert, et al.. (2021). A variant ECE1 allele contributes to reduced pathogenicity of Candida albicans during vulvovaginal candidiasis. PLoS Pathogens. 17(9). e1009884–e1009884. 48 indexed citations

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Russell, C., et al.. (2020). PIP2 promotes conformation-specific dimerization of the EphA2 membrane region. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 296. 100149–100149. 25 indexed citations

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Chakraborty, Saptarshi, Milka Doktorova, Trivikram R. Molugu, et al.. (2020). How cholesterol stiffens unsaturated lipid membranes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(36). 21896–21905. 261 indexed citations breakdown →

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Palanikumar, L., Mona Kalmouni, Vanessa P. Nguyen, et al.. (2020). pH-responsive high stability polymeric nanoparticles for targeted delivery of anticancer therapeutics. Communications Biology. 3(1). 95–95. 222 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Michael H. L., Mitchell DiPasquale, Milka Doktorova, et al.. (2019). Peptide-Induced Lipid Flip-Flop in Asymmetric Liposomes Measured by Small Angle Neutron Scattering. Langmuir. 35(36). 11735–11744. 46 indexed citations

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Scott, Haden L., Frederick A. Heberle, John Katsaras, & Francisco N. Barrera. (2019). PS Membrane Asymmetry Influences the Folding and Insertion of a Transmembrane Helix. Biophysical Journal. 116(3). 519a–519a.

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Ashkar, Rana, Milka Doktorova, Frederick A. Heberle, et al.. (2019). Cholesterol Affects the Bending Rigidity of DOPC Membranes. Biophysical Journal. 116(3). 328a–328a. 4 indexed citations

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Barrera, Francisco N., et al.. (2013). Membrane Physical Properties Influence Transmembrane Helix Formation. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 535a–536a. 25 indexed citations

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Cammett, Tobin J., et al.. (2010). Construction and genetic selection of small transmembrane proteins that activate the human erythropoietin receptor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(8). 3447–3452. 32 indexed citations

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Barrera, Francisco N., Marta Bueno, Raúl Pérez‐Jiménez, et al.. (2005). An extensive thermodynamic characterization of the dimerization domain of the HIV‐1 capsid protein. Protein Science. 14(9). 2387–2404. 20 indexed citations

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Barrera, Francisco N., et al.. (2004). Structure and conformational stability of the enzyme I of Streptomyces coelicolor explored by FTIR and circular dichroism. Biophysical Chemistry. 115(2-3). 229–233. 12 indexed citations

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