Guy Las

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Guy Las is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Guy Las has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Guy Las's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (7 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (5 papers). Guy Las is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (9 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (7 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (5 papers). Guy Las collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Sweden. Guy Las's co-authors include Orian S. Shirihai, Jakob D. Wikström, Gilad Twig, Barbara E. Corkey, Anthony Molina, Linsey Stiles, Álvaro A. Elorza, Jude T. Deeney, Bénédicte F. Py and Min Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Guy Las

16 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Fission and selective fusion govern mitochondrial segrega... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Fission and selective fusion govern mitochondrial segregation and elimination by autophagy
    2008 2.4k citations Gilad Twig, Álvaro A. Elorza et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Guy Las United States 14 2.7k 1.4k 886 561 395 17 3.6k
Sarah E. Haigh United States 7 2.2k 0.8× 986 0.7× 505 0.6× 495 0.9× 260 0.7× 11 2.7k
Julien Prudent United Kingdom 26 2.9k 1.1× 598 0.4× 495 0.6× 539 1.0× 494 1.3× 52 3.7k
Jakob D. Wikström Sweden 27 4.1k 1.5× 1.9k 1.4× 1.5k 1.7× 797 1.4× 669 1.7× 40 6.1k
Olga Martins de Brito Italy 11 5.2k 1.9× 1000 0.7× 887 1.0× 1.3k 2.3× 845 2.1× 17 5.9k
María Eugenia Soriano Italy 24 2.7k 1.0× 377 0.3× 658 0.7× 519 0.9× 251 0.6× 28 3.4k
Sumihiro Kawajiri Japan 12 2.0k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 545 0.6× 257 0.5× 361 0.9× 21 3.2k
Riccardo Filadi Italy 21 2.4k 0.9× 530 0.4× 791 0.9× 307 0.5× 685 1.7× 38 3.1k
Attila Kovács United States 28 3.0k 1.1× 561 0.4× 2.2k 2.5× 154 0.3× 619 1.6× 62 4.8k
Scott A. Detmer United States 7 3.7k 1.4× 657 0.5× 626 0.7× 984 1.8× 359 0.9× 9 4.3k
Danielle A. Sliter United States 13 2.0k 0.7× 2.1k 1.5× 517 0.6× 149 0.3× 614 1.6× 13 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Guy Las

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Fields of papers citing papers by Guy Las

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Guy Las. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Guy Las. The network helps show where Guy Las may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guy Las

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Guy Las. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Guy Las based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Guy Las. Guy Las is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Shemesh, Netta, et al.. (2021). Using mitochondrial respiration inhibitors to design a novel model of bipolar disorder-like phenotype with construct, face and predictive validity. Translational Psychiatry. 11(1). 123–123. 8 indexed citations
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Cerqueira, Fernanda M., Noga Kozer, Anton Petcherski, et al.. (2020). MitoTimer-based high-content screen identifies two chemically-related benzothiophene derivatives that enhance basal mitophagy. Biochemical Journal. 477(2). 461–475. 13 indexed citations
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Assali, Essam A., Anthony E. Jones, Michaela Veliova, et al.. (2020). NCLX prevents cell death during adrenergic activation of the brown adipose tissue. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3347–3347. 33 indexed citations
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Las, Guy, Marcus F. Oliveira, & Orian S. Shirihai. (2020). Emerging roles of β-cell mitochondria in type-2-diabetes. Molecular Aspects of Medicine. 71. 100843–100843. 38 indexed citations
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Assali, Essam A., Jialiu Zeng, Evan P. Taddeo, et al.. (2018). Nanoparticle‐mediated lysosomal reacidification restores mitochondrial turnover and function in β cells under lipotoxicity. The FASEB Journal. 33(3). 4154–4165. 30 indexed citations
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Herbig, Jens, Guy Las, John C. Cancilla, et al.. (2017). Cancer metabolism: the volatile signature of glycolysis— in vitro model in lung cancer cells. Journal of Breath Research. 11(1). 16008–16008. 31 indexed citations
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Nachmias, Dikla, Natalie Elia, Yulia Haim, et al.. (2017). Adipose tissue conditioned media support macrophage lipid-droplet biogenesis by interfering with autophagic flux. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1862(9). 1001–1012. 19 indexed citations
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Trudeau, Kyle, Aaron H. Colby, Jialiu Zeng, et al.. (2016). Lysosome acidification by photoactivated nanoparticles restores autophagy under lipotoxicity. The Journal of Cell Biology. 214(1). 25–34. 69 indexed citations
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Wikström, Jakob D., Kiana Mahdaviani, Marc Liesa, et al.. (2014). Hormone-induced mitochondrial fission is utilized by brown adipocytes as an amplification pathway for energy expenditure. The EMBO Journal. 33(5). n/a–n/a. 201 indexed citations
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Guan, Jian, Shikha Mishra, Yiling Qiu, et al.. (2014). Lysosomal dysfunction and impaired autophagy underlie the pathogenesis of amyloidogenic light chain‐mediated cardiotoxicity. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 6(11). 1493–1507. 103 indexed citations
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Shirihai, Orian S., Anthony Molina, Linsey Stiles, et al.. (2011). Mitochondrial dynamics and metabolic regulation. The FASEB Journal. 25.
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Las, Guy, et al.. (2011). Fatty Acids Suppress Autophagic Turnover in β-Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(49). 42534–42544. 173 indexed citations
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Las, Guy & Orian S. Shirihai. (2010). The role of autophagy in β ‐cell lipotoxicity and type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 12(s2). 15–19. 55 indexed citations
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Twig, Gilad, Xingguo Liu, Marc Liesa, et al.. (2010). Biophysical properties of mitochondrial fusion events in pancreatic β-cells and cardiac cells unravel potential control mechanisms of its selectivity. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 299(2). C477–C487. 76 indexed citations
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Molina, Anthony, Jakob D. Wikström, Linsey Stiles, et al.. (2009). Mitochondrial Networking Protects β-Cells From Nutrient-Induced Apoptosis. Diabetes. 58(10). 2303–2315. 312 indexed citations
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Twig, Gilad, Álvaro A. Elorza, Anthony Molina, et al.. (2008). Fission and selective fusion govern mitochondrial segregation and elimination by autophagy. The EMBO Journal. 27(2). 433–446. 2432 indexed citations breakdown →
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Las, Guy, et al.. (2006). Modulation of Insulin Secretion by Fatty Acyl Analogs. Diabetes. 55(12). 3478–3485. 8 indexed citations

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