Jef Swerts

3.3k total citations
27 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Jef Swerts is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jef Swerts has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jef Swerts's work include Cellular transport and secretion (13 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Jef Swerts is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (13 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (6 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Jef Swerts collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Germany. Jef Swerts's co-authors include Patrik Verstreken, Sabine Kuenen, Sven Vilain, Bart De Strooper, Katarzyna Miśkiewicz, Natalia V. Gounko, Jarosław Kasprowicz, Valerie Uytterhoeven, Philip Seibler and Christine Klein and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Jef Swerts

25 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jef Swerts Belgium	20	912	517	487	462	423	27	1.8k
Nobuhiro Fujikake Japan	22	1.3k 1.4×	746 1.4×	405 0.8×	352 0.8×	264 0.6×	30	1.9k
Elena Ziviani Italy	22	1.3k 1.4×	400 0.8×	300 0.6×	409 0.9×	873 2.1×	32	2.0k
Yumei Wu United States	24	1.3k 1.5×	552 1.1×	1.1k 2.2×	490 1.1×	284 0.7×	45	2.4k
Tomohiro Kabuta Japan	26	1.1k 1.2×	245 0.5×	401 0.8×	351 0.8×	713 1.7×	55	2.2k
Thomas M. Durcan Canada	23	1.5k 1.6×	379 0.7×	340 0.7×	292 0.6×	831 2.0×	99	2.3k
Dominik Paquet Germany	15	1.4k 1.5×	390 0.8×	310 0.6×	482 1.0×	239 0.6×	26	2.0k
Stéphanie Millecamps France	26	959 1.1×	508 1.0×	405 0.8×	388 0.8×	270 0.6×	49	2.4k
P. Rusmini Italy	33	1.6k 1.8×	702 1.4×	695 1.4×	360 0.8×	657 1.6×	59	2.9k
Henrik Martens Germany	19	655 0.7×	423 0.8×	339 0.7×	261 0.6×	127 0.3×	29	1.5k
Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela Spain	17	840 0.9×	253 0.5×	286 0.6×	359 0.8×	811 1.9×	23	1.8k

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Pech, Ulrike, Jasper Janssens, Nils Schoovaerts, et al.. (2025). Synaptic deregulation of cholinergic projection neurons causes olfactory dysfunction across five fly Parkinsonism models. eLife. 13.

Kuenen, Sabine, Jef Swerts, Carles Calatayud, et al.. (2025). Soma-localized Rab39 inhibits synaptic autophagy by controlling trafficking of Atg9 vesicles. The EMBO Journal. 44(20). 5662–5693.

Scott, Patrick, Sabine Kuenen, Jef Swerts, et al.. (2024). A candidate loss-of-function variant in SGIP1 causes synaptic dysfunction and recessive parkinsonism. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(10). 101749–101749. 2 indexed citations

Jacquemyn, Julie, Sabine Kuenen, Jef Swerts, et al.. (2023). Parkinsonism mutations in DNAJC6 cause lipid defects and neurodegeneration that are rescued by Synj1. npj Parkinson s Disease. 9(1). 11 indexed citations

Bademosi, Adekunle T., Sabine Kuenen, Carles Calatayud, et al.. (2023). EndophilinA-dependent coupling between activity-induced calcium influx and synaptic autophagy is disrupted by a Parkinson-risk mutation. Neuron. 111(9). 1402–1422.e13. 22 indexed citations

Apóstolo, Nuno, Eline Creemers, Zsuzsanna Callaerts‐Vegh, et al.. (2021). Lowering Synaptogyrin-3 expression rescues Tau-induced memory defects and synaptic loss in the presence of microglial activation. Neuron. 109(5). 767–777.e5. 48 indexed citations

Hernández-Díaz, Sergio, Carla Montecinos-Oliva, Jef Swerts, et al.. (2021). Endophilin-B regulates autophagy during synapse development and neurodegeneration. Neurobiology of Disease. 163. 105595–105595. 14 indexed citations

Cascalho, Ana, Jef Swerts, Christine Klein, et al.. (2020). Excess Lipin enzyme activity contributes to TOR1A recessive disease and DYT-TOR1A dystonia. Brain. 143(6). 1746–1765. 16 indexed citations

Lauwers, Elsa, Yuchun Wang, Rodrigo Gallardo, et al.. (2018). Hsp90 Mediates Membrane Deformation and Exosome Release. Molecular Cell. 71(5). 689–702.e9. 121 indexed citations

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Zhou, Lujia, Joseph McInnes, Keimpe Wierda, et al.. (2017). Tau association with synaptic vesicles causes presynaptic dysfunction. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15295–15295. 290 indexed citations

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Vos, Melissa, Jef Swerts, Matteo Rossi, et al.. (2017). Cardiolipin promotes electron transport between ubiquinone and complex I to rescue PINK1 deficiency. The Journal of Cell Biology. 216(3). 695–708. 56 indexed citations

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Slabbaert, Jan R., Sabine Kuenen, Jef Swerts, et al.. (2016). Shawn, theDrosophilaHomolog of SLC25A39/40, Is a Mitochondrial Carrier That Promotes Neuronal Survival. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(6). 1914–1929. 27 indexed citations

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Fischer, Baptiste, Kevin Lüthy, Jef Swerts, et al.. (2016). Skywalker-TBC1D24 has a lipid-binding pocket mutated in epilepsy and required for synaptic function. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 23(11). 965–973. 44 indexed citations

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Soukup, Sandra‐Fausia, Sabine Kuenen, Roeland Vanhauwaert, et al.. (2016). A LRRK2-Dependent EndophilinA Phosphoswitch Is Critical for Macroautophagy at Presynaptic Terminals. Neuron. 92(4). 829–844. 193 indexed citations

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Grillet, Micheline, Ana Cascalho, Sergio Hernández-Díaz, et al.. (2016). Torsins Are Essential Regulators of Cellular Lipid Metabolism. Developmental Cell. 38(3). 235–247. 69 indexed citations

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Uytterhoeven, Valerie, Elsa Lauwers, Katarzyna Miśkiewicz, et al.. (2015). Hsc70-4 Deforms Membranes to Promote Synaptic Protein Turnover by Endosomal Microautophagy. Neuron. 88(4). 735–748. 131 indexed citations

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Morais, Vanessa A., Dominik Haddad, Katleen Craessaerts, et al.. (2014). PINK1 Loss-of-Function Mutations Affect Mitochondrial Complex I Activity via NdufA10 Ubiquinone Uncoupling. Science. 344(6180). 203–207. 278 indexed citations

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Khuong, Thang M., Ron L. P. Habets, Sabine Kuenen, et al.. (2013). Synaptic PI(3,4,5)P3 Is Required for Syntaxin1A Clustering and Neurotransmitter Release. Neuron. 77(6). 1097–1108. 78 indexed citations

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Esposito, Giovanni, Melissa Vos, Sven Vilain, et al.. (2013). Aconitase Causes Iron Toxicity in Drosophila pink1 Mutants. PLoS Genetics. 9(4). e1003478–e1003478. 62 indexed citations

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Miśkiewicz, Katarzyna, André Bento‐Abreu, Jarosław Kasprowicz, et al.. (2011). ELP3 Controls Active Zone Morphology by Acetylating the ELKS Family Member Bruchpilot. Neuron. 72(5). 776–788. 84 indexed citations

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