Jessica B. Spinelli

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Jessica B. Spinelli is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jessica B. Spinelli has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cancer Research and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Jessica B. Spinelli's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (12 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers). Jessica B. Spinelli is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (12 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers). Jessica B. Spinelli collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Sweden. Jessica B. Spinelli's co-authors include Marcia C. Haigis, Clary B. Clish, Haejin Yoon, Alison E. Ringel, Sarah Jeanfavre, Steven P. Gygi, Kristin Brown, John M. Asara, Alex Toker and David M. Sabatini and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jessica B. Spinelli

28 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

The multifaceted contributions of mitochondria to cellular metabolism

2018 1.2k citations Jessica B. Spinelli, Marcia C. Haigis Nature Cell Biology profile →
Accumulation of succinate controls activation of adipose tissue thermogenesis

2018 376 citations Evanna L. Mills, Kerry A. Pierce et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jessica B. Spinelli United States	18	1.9k	680	653	433	371	30	3.1k
Raphael J. Morscher Austria	13	1.8k 1.0×	899 1.3×	895 1.4×	421 1.0×	230 0.6×	16	3.1k
Éric Dufour Finland	31	3.0k 1.6×	849 1.2×	618 0.9×	260 0.6×	360 1.0×	69	4.2k
Amanda L. Souza United States	13	3.4k 1.8×	1.3k 1.8×	715 1.1×	458 1.1×	387 1.0×	13	4.7k
Cláudia Piccoli Italy	33	1.6k 0.8×	443 0.7×	366 0.6×	558 1.3×	339 0.9×	88	3.3k
Jonathan M. Ghergurovich United States	15	1.9k 1.0×	1.2k 1.7×	419 0.6×	234 0.5×	602 1.6×	18	3.1k
Tobias B. Dansen Netherlands	31	3.1k 1.7×	584 0.9×	569 0.9×	344 0.8×	290 0.8×	50	4.1k
Elena E. Pohl Austria	35	2.2k 1.2×	637 0.9×	715 1.1×	146 0.3×	328 0.9×	91	3.8k
Anne Devin France	30	2.8k 1.5×	957 1.4×	468 0.7×	366 0.8×	1.0k 2.7×	79	4.1k
Nagendra Yadava United States	23	1.8k 1.0×	319 0.5×	401 0.6×	310 0.7×	188 0.5×	37	2.6k
Simon C. Johnson United States	23	2.0k 1.1×	229 0.3×	847 1.3×	349 0.8×	226 0.6×	42	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Jessica B. Spinelli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jessica B. Spinelli

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liang, Anthony C., et al.. (2025). Aneuploidy generates enhanced nucleotide dependency and sensitivity to metabolic perturbation. Genes & Development. 39(11-12). 770–786.

Isidor, Marie S., Nicholas W. Harper, Rachel E. Fontana, et al.. (2024). Functional genomic screens with death rate analyses reveal mechanisms of drug action. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(11). 1443–1452. 3 indexed citations

Park, Woo Yong, Heather Bryant, Zer Vue, et al.. (2024). Disruption of nucleotide biosynthesis reprograms mitochondrial metabolism to inhibit adipogenesis. Journal of Lipid Research. 65(10). 100641–100641. 2 indexed citations

Nam, Minwoo, et al.. (2024). Glucose limitation protects cancer cells from apoptosis induced by pyrimidine restriction and replication inhibition. Nature Metabolism. 6(12). 2338–2353. 6 indexed citations

Lee, Namgyu, Mike Lange, Mihir B. Doshi, et al.. (2024). Selenium reduction of ubiquinone via SQOR suppresses ferroptosis. Nature Metabolism. 6(2). 343–358. 33 indexed citations

Peck, Sun H., et al.. (2023). Inhibition of nucleotide biosynthesis disrupts lipid accumulation and adipogenesis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(5). 104635–104635. 7 indexed citations

Godbole, Adwait Anand, Sneha Gopalan, Caroline A. Lewis, et al.. (2023). S-adenosylmethionine synthases specify distinct H3K4me3 populations and gene expression patterns during heat stress. eLife. 12. 8 indexed citations

Park, Grace, Su Myung Jung, Timothy P. Fitzgibbons, et al.. (2023). Quantitative analysis of metabolic fluxes in brown fat and skeletal muscle during thermogenesis. Nature Metabolism. 5(7). 1204–1220. 28 indexed citations

Spinelli, Jessica B., et al.. (2023). Oxygen-Independent Assays to Measure Mitochondrial Function in Mammals. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Cangelosi, Andrew L., Anna M. Puszynska, Justin M. Roberts, et al.. (2022). Zonated leucine sensing by Sestrin-mTORC1 in the liver controls the response to dietary leucine. Science. 377(6601). 47–56. 49 indexed citations

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Condon, Kendall J., Jose M. Orozco, Charles H. Adelmann, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide CRISPR screens reveal multitiered mechanisms through which mTORC1 senses mitochondrial dysfunction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(4). 84 indexed citations

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Spinelli, Jessica B., Paul C. Rosen, Hans‐Georg Sprenger, et al.. (2021). Fumarate is a terminal electron acceptor in the mammalian electron transport chain. Science. 374(6572). 1227–1237. 145 indexed citations

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Zaganjor, Elma, Haejin Yoon, Jessica B. Spinelli, et al.. (2021). SIRT4 is an early regulator of branched-chain amino acid catabolism that promotes adipogenesis. Cell Reports. 36(2). 109345–109345. 47 indexed citations

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Gastel, Nick van, Jessica B. Spinelli, Azeem Sharda, et al.. (2020). Induction of a Timed Metabolic Collapse to Overcome Cancer Chemoresistance. Cell Metabolism. 32(3). 391–403.e6. 94 indexed citations

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Spinelli, Jessica B. & Marcia C. Haigis. (2018). The multifaceted contributions of mitochondria to cellular metabolism. Nature Cell Biology. 20(7). 745–754. 1234 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mills, Evanna L., Kerry A. Pierce, Mark P. Jedrychowski, et al.. (2018). Accumulation of succinate controls activation of adipose tissue thermogenesis. Nature. 560(7716). 102–106. 376 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brown, Kristin, Jessica B. Spinelli, John M. Asara, & Alex Toker. (2017). Adaptive Reprogramming of De Novo Pyrimidine Synthesis Is a Metabolic Vulnerability in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancer Discovery. 7(4). 391–399. 142 indexed citations

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Spinelli, Jessica B., et al.. (2017). An LC-MS Approach to Quantitative Measurement of Ammonia Isotopologues. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10304–10304. 22 indexed citations

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Spinelli, Jessica B., Haejin Yoon, Alison E. Ringel, et al.. (2017). Metabolic recycling of ammonia via glutamate dehydrogenase supports breast cancer biomass. Science. 358(6365). 941–946. 340 indexed citations

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Ron‐Harel, Noga, Daniel Santos, Jonathan M. Ghergurovich, et al.. (2016). Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Proteome Remodeling Promote One-Carbon Metabolism for T Cell Activation. Cell Metabolism. 24(1). 104–117. 301 indexed citations

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