Joana Almaça

2.2k total citations
38 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Joana Almaça is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Joana Almaça has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Surgery, 17 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Joana Almaça's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (29 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (11 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (11 papers). Joana Almaça is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (29 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (11 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (11 papers). Joana Almaça collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Portugal. Joana Almaça's co-authors include Alejandro Caicedo, Karl Kunzelmann, Rainer Schreiber, Rayner Rodriguez‐Diaz, Elizabeth Pereira, Jonathan Weitz, Per‐Olof Berggren, Alejandro Tamayo, Fadi Aldehni and Patthara Kongsuphol and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Joana Almaça

38 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joana Almaça United States 21 775 641 471 418 177 38 1.6k
V. Wong Canada 18 290 0.4× 538 0.8× 128 0.3× 197 0.5× 152 0.9× 27 1.1k
Charlotta S. Olofsson Sweden 19 732 0.9× 685 1.1× 230 0.5× 286 0.7× 323 1.8× 39 1.4k
Bo‐Chul Shin United States 24 205 0.3× 816 1.3× 251 0.5× 92 0.2× 347 2.0× 55 1.9k
Jian Xie United States 23 186 0.2× 897 1.4× 379 0.8× 129 0.3× 169 1.0× 34 1.9k
Björn Tyrberg Sweden 21 933 1.2× 555 0.9× 515 1.1× 620 1.5× 195 1.1× 45 1.7k
Gerhard Böttcher Sweden 24 709 0.9× 680 1.1× 175 0.4× 370 0.9× 258 1.5× 39 1.9k
Ana C. Liberman Argentina 18 134 0.2× 424 0.7× 194 0.4× 364 0.9× 141 0.8× 38 1.4k
Huiyan Lü United States 16 371 0.5× 637 1.0× 136 0.3× 220 0.5× 181 1.0× 30 1.2k
Masazumi Kamohara Japan 16 311 0.4× 962 1.5× 144 0.3× 302 0.7× 469 2.6× 23 2.0k
Bess A. Marshall United States 25 856 1.1× 1.4k 2.1× 385 0.8× 474 1.1× 695 3.9× 46 2.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joana Almaça

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All Works

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Gonçalves, Luciana Mateus, et al.. (2025). Microvascular Homeostasis Is Compromised in Pancreatic Islets in a Mouse Model of β-Cell Loss and Low-Grade Inflammation. Diabetes. 75(1). 70–84. 1 indexed citations
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Gonçalves, Luciana Mateus, et al.. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 Subunit Triggers Pericyte and Microvascular Dysfunction in Human Pancreatic Islets. Diabetes. 74(3). 355–367. 3 indexed citations
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Gonçalves, Luciana Mateus, et al.. (2023). Pericyte dysfunction and impaired vasomotion are hallmarks of islets during the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes. Cell Reports. 42(8). 112913–112913. 16 indexed citations
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Tamayo, Alejandro, Luciana Mateus Gonçalves, Rayner Rodriguez‐Diaz, et al.. (2022). Pericyte Control of Blood Flow in Intraocular Islet Grafts Impacts Glucose Homeostasis in Mice. Diabetes. 71(8). 1679–1693. 25 indexed citations
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Almaça, Joana, Alejandro Caicedo, & Limor Landsman. (2020). Beta cell dysfunction in diabetes: the islet microenvironment as an unusual suspect. Diabetologia. 63(10). 2076–2085. 52 indexed citations
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Makhmutova, Madina, Jonathan Weitz, Alejandro Tamayo, et al.. (2020). Pancreatic β-Cells Communicate With Vagal Sensory Neurons. Gastroenterology. 160(3). 875–888.e11. 59 indexed citations
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Panzer, Julia K., Helmut Hiller, Christian M. Cohrs, et al.. (2020). Pancreas tissue slices from organ donors enable in situ analysis of type 1 diabetes pathogenesis. JCI Insight. 5(8). 60 indexed citations
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Weitz, Jonathan, Mirza Muhammad Fahd Qadir, Oliver Umland, et al.. (2020). Secretory Functions of Macrophages in the Human Pancreatic Islet Are Regulated by Endogenous Purinergic Signaling. Diabetes. 69(6). 1206–1218. 28 indexed citations
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Qadir, Mirza Muhammad Fahd, Silvia Álvarez-Cubela, Jonathan Weitz, et al.. (2020). Long-term culture of human pancreatic slices as a model to study real-time islet regeneration. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3265–3265. 45 indexed citations
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Menegaz, Danusa, Joana Almaça, Chiara Cianciaruso, et al.. (2019). Mechanism and effects of pulsatile GABA secretion from cytosolic pools in the human beta cell. Nature Metabolism. 1(11). 1110–1126. 79 indexed citations
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Almaça, Joana, Jonathan Weitz, Rayner Rodriguez‐Diaz, Elizabeth Pereira, & Alejandro Caicedo. (2018). The Pericyte of the Pancreatic Islet Regulates Capillary Diameter and Local Blood Flow. Cell Metabolism. 27(3). 630–644.e4. 139 indexed citations
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Makhmutova, Madina, Tao Liang, Herbert Y. Gaisano, Alejandro Caicedo, & Joana Almaça. (2017). Confocal Imaging of Neuropeptide Y-pHluorin: A Technique to Visualize Insulin Granule Exocytosis in Intact Murine and Human Islets. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 11 indexed citations
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Almaça, Joana, Diana Faria, Marisa Sousa, et al.. (2013). High-Content siRNA Screen Reveals Global ENaC Regulators and Potential Cystic Fibrosis Therapy Targets. Cell. 154(6). 1390–1400. 43 indexed citations
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Faria, Diana, Nicolas Lentze, Joana Almaça, et al.. (2012). Regulation of ENaC biogenesis by the stress response protein SERP1. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 463(6). 819–827. 15 indexed citations
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Almaça, Joana, Shehrazade Dahimène, Nicole Appel, et al.. (2011). Functional Genomics Assays to Study CFTR Traffic and ENaC Function. Methods in molecular biology. 742. 249–264. 16 indexed citations
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Kunzelmann, Karl, Patthara Kongsuphol, Krongkarn Chootip, et al.. (2011). Role of the Ca2+-activated Cl- channels bestrophin and anoctamin in epithelial cells. Biological Chemistry. 392(1-2). 125–34. 51 indexed citations
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Almaça, Joana, Yuemin Tian, Fadi Aldehni, et al.. (2009). TMEM16 Proteins Produce Volume-regulated Chloride Currents That Are Reduced in Mice Lacking TMEM16A. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(42). 28571–28578. 147 indexed citations
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Bachhuber, Tanja, Joana Almaça, Fadi Aldehni, et al.. (2008). Regulation of the Epithelial Na+ Channel by the Protein Kinase CK2. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(19). 13225–13232. 34 indexed citations
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Kongsuphol, Patthara, Jiraporn Ousingsawat, Joana Almaça, et al.. (2008). Regulation of Cl− secretion by AMPK in vivo. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 457(5). 1071–1078. 31 indexed citations
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Stumpf, Astrid, Joana Almaça, Karl Kunzelmann, et al.. (2006). IADS, a Decomposition Product of DIDS Activates a Cation Conductance in <i>Xenopus</i> Oocytes and Human Erythrocytes: New Compound for the Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 18(4-5). 243–252. 9 indexed citations

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