Laura Morelli

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
79 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Laura Morelli is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Morelli has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Physiology, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Laura Morelli's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (45 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (9 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (9 papers). Laura Morelli is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (45 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (9 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (9 papers). Laura Morelli collaborates with scholars based in Argentina, United States and Italy. Laura Morelli's co-authors include Eduardo M. Castaño, Blas Frangione, Einar M. Sigurdsson, Claudio Soto, Rashmi Kumar, Paolo Francalacci, Antonio Torroni, Domenica Obinu, Kirsi Huoponen and Rosaria Scozzari and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Laura Morelli

78 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

β-sheet breaker peptides inhibit fibrillogenesis in a rat brain model of amyloidosis: Implications for Alzheimer's therapy

1998 742 citations Claudio Soto, Einar M. Sigurdsson et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Classification of European mtDNAs From an Analysis of Three European Populations

1996 670 citations Laura Morelli et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Morelli Argentina	28	1.8k	1.8k	694	374	353	79	3.7k
Ryozo Kuwano Japan	38	2.7k 1.5×	1.2k 0.7×	783 1.1×	324 0.9×	640 1.8×	153	4.6k
Chang-En Yu United States	21	2.9k 1.6×	2.3k 1.3×	752 1.1×	479 1.3×	580 1.6×	34	4.7k
Nathalie Cartier France	40	2.7k 1.5×	1.3k 0.7×	901 1.3×	150 0.4×	738 2.1×	87	4.5k
Rolf Postina Germany	30	2.0k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	167 0.2×	563 1.5×	803 2.3×	39	4.5k
Hideaki Bujo Japan	40	2.9k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	529 0.8×	226 0.6×	1.2k 3.3×	186	6.5k
Estelle Sontag United States	34	2.6k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	319 0.5×	293 0.8×	639 1.8×	46	4.3k
Toshiharu Suzuki Japan	41	3.0k 1.6×	2.8k 1.5×	414 0.6×	645 1.7×	1.0k 2.9×	133	5.1k
Junko Oshima United States	43	6.7k 3.6×	3.0k 1.7×	940 1.4×	466 1.2×	549 1.6×	125	8.7k
Angela Messina Italy	34	2.7k 1.5×	814 0.5×	191 0.3×	208 0.6×	542 1.5×	84	3.8k
Ronit Pinkas‐Kramarski Israel	38	2.9k 1.6×	856 0.5×	233 0.3×	408 1.1×	907 2.6×	69	5.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Morelli

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Morelli

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Laura Morelli. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Laura Morelli 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 Laura Morelli. Laura Morelli is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Novack, Gisela V., Pablo Galeano, Lucas A. Defelipe, et al.. (2025). The Supramolecular Architecture of Mitochondrial Complex I in the Rat Brain Is Altered by Alzheimer's‐Like Cerebral Amyloidosis. Journal of Neurochemistry. 169(2). e70017–e70017.

Galeano, Pablo, Mauricio Mastrogiovanni, Nicolás Campolo, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Fat Intake with Increased Omega-6-to-Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Ratio in Animal Models of Early and Late Alzheimer’s Disease-like Pathogenesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(23). 17009–17009. 4 indexed citations

Paz, Mariela L., Mariana Garcés, Valeria Calabró, et al.. (2020). NADPH oxidase and mitochondria are relevant sources of superoxide anion in the oxinflammatory response of macrophages exposed to airborne particulate matter. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 205. 111186–111186. 22 indexed citations

Morelli, Laura, et al.. (2017). Amyloid-β42 clearance and neuroprotection mediated by X-box binding protein 1 signaling decline with aging in the Drosophila brain. Neurobiology of Aging. 60. 57–70. 17 indexed citations

Ceriani, M. Fernanda, et al.. (2017). A Novel Genetic Screen Identifies Modifiers of Age-Dependent Amyloid β Toxicity in the Drosophila Brain. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 9. 61–61. 9 indexed citations

Podhajcer, Osvaldo L., et al.. (2014). Amyloid peptides ABri and ADan show differential neurotoxicity in transgenic Drosophila models of familial British and Danish dementia. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 9(1). 5–5. 14 indexed citations

Galeano, Pablo, Pamela V. Martino Adami, Sonia Do Carmo, et al.. (2014). Longitudinal analysis of the behavioral phenotype in a novel transgenic rat model of early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 8. 321–321. 64 indexed citations

Castelletto, Valeria, et al.. (2013). Proteolytically Inactive Insulin-Degrading Enzyme Inhibits Amyloid Formation Yielding Non-Neurotoxic Aβ Peptide Aggregates. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e59113–e59113. 42 indexed citations

Leal, María Celeste, Chera L. Maarouf, Christiane Richter‐Landsberg, et al.. (2012). Collapsin response mediator protein‐2 phosphorylation promotes the reversible retraction of oligodendrocyte processes in response to non‐lethal oxidative stress. Journal of Neurochemistry. 121(6). 985–995. 18 indexed citations

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Leal, María Celeste, Ezequiel Surace, María Pía Holgado, et al.. (2011). Notch signaling proteins HES-1 and Hey-1 bind to insulin degrading enzyme (IDE) proximal promoter and repress its transcription and activity: Implications for cellular Aβ metabolism. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1823(2). 227–235. 34 indexed citations

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Alonso, Leonardo G., Malcolm A. Leissring, Sergio B. Kaufman, et al.. (2008). The Catalytic Domain of Insulin-degrading Enzyme Forms a Denaturant-resistant Complex with Amyloid β Peptide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(25). 17039–17048. 33 indexed citations

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Dorfman, Verónica Berta, Laura A. Pasquini, Miguel A. Riudavets, et al.. (2008). Differential cerebral deposition of IDE and NEP in sporadic and familial Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 31(10). 1743–1757. 75 indexed citations

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Morelli, Laura, Leonardo G. Alonso, Blas Frangione, et al.. (2005). Insulin-degrading enzyme degrades amyloid peptides associated with British and Danish familial dementia. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 332(3). 808–816. 23 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiongwei, Andrew McShea, Peggy L.R. Harris, et al.. (2004). Elevated expression of a regulator of the G2/M phase of the cell cycle, neuronal CIP‐1‐associated regulator of cyclin B, in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 75(5). 698–703. 53 indexed citations

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Paganelli, A., Oscar H. Ocaña, Paula Franco, et al.. (2001). The Alzheimer-related gene presenilin-1 facilitates sonic hedgehog expression in Xenopus primary neurogenesis. Mechanisms of Development. 107(1-2). 119–131. 27 indexed citations

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Soto, Claudio, Einar M. Sigurdsson, Laura Morelli, et al.. (1998). β-sheet breaker peptides inhibit fibrillogenesis in a rat brain model of amyloidosis: Implications for Alzheimer's therapy. Nature Medicine. 4(7). 822–826. 742 indexed citations breakdown →

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Morelli, Laura, et al.. (1998). Presenilin 1 Met146Leu variant due to an A&T transversion in an early‐onset familial Alzheimer's disease pedigree from Argentina. Clinical Genetics. 53(6). 469–473. 27 indexed citations

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Morelli, Laura & Eduardo M. Castaño. (1997). Proteínas Anormales en la Enfermedad de Alzheimer. Ciencia hoy. 7(41). 32–43. 1 indexed citations

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Vona, Giuseppe, et al.. (1996). Variability of the CD4 and F13A1 short tandem repeats in Corsicans, Sardinians and Piaroa Indians.. PubMed. 10(1). 51–63. 4 indexed citations

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Morelli, Laura, et al.. (1996). Cerebrovascular amyloidosis in squirrel monkeys and rhesus monkeys: apolipoprotein E genotype. FEBS Letters. 379(2). 132–134. 19 indexed citations

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