Lena Pernas

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Lena Pernas is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Parasitology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lena Pernas has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Epidemiology, 10 papers in Parasitology and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lena Pernas's work include Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (10 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers). Lena Pernas is often cited by papers focused on Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies (10 papers), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (6 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers). Lena Pernas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Lena Pernas's co-authors include Luca Scorrano, John C. Boothroyd, Camilla Bean, Jon P. Boyle, Anjali J. Shastri, Moritz Treeck, Sarah E. Ewald, Tania Medeiros, Tyson H. Holmes and José G. Montoya and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Lena Pernas

19 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Mito-Morphosis: Mitochondrial Fusion, Fission, and Crista... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 200 400 600
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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. Mito-Morphosis: Mitochondrial Fusion, Fission, and Cristae Remodeling as Key Mediators of Cellular Function
    2015 614 citations Lena Pernas, Luca Scorrano Annual Review of Physiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lena Pernas United States 12 715 344 283 155 152 20 1.1k
Elena Bonzón‐Kulichenko Spain 23 637 0.9× 176 0.5× 137 0.5× 53 0.3× 227 1.5× 38 1.5k
Begoña Aguado Spain 19 543 0.8× 367 1.1× 81 0.3× 50 0.3× 91 0.6× 53 1.2k
Dazhi Zhao United States 16 246 0.3× 521 1.5× 97 0.3× 36 0.2× 129 0.8× 21 873
Takao Hanada Japan 11 871 1.2× 1.1k 3.2× 139 0.5× 31 0.2× 104 0.7× 15 1.6k
Lisa Sharling United States 10 431 0.6× 182 0.5× 146 0.5× 17 0.1× 124 0.8× 17 843
Barbara Magi Italy 20 638 0.9× 125 0.4× 49 0.2× 36 0.2× 238 1.6× 37 1.5k
Hiroaki Segawa Japan 15 537 0.8× 350 1.0× 77 0.3× 34 0.2× 105 0.7× 19 1.0k
E Xiaofei United States 14 337 0.5× 505 1.5× 106 0.4× 23 0.1× 29 0.2× 22 837
Aliaksandr Khaminets Germany 7 631 0.9× 1.2k 3.4× 383 1.4× 22 0.1× 140 0.9× 7 1.7k
Kenichiro Kobayashi Japan 16 436 0.6× 94 0.3× 57 0.2× 228 1.5× 51 0.3× 78 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lena Pernas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lena Pernas

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Medeiros, Tania, Jana Ovciarikova, John Crow, et al.. (2025). Mitochondria protect against an intracellular pathogen by restricting access to folate. Science. 389(6761). eadr6326–eadr6326. 2 indexed citations
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Matias, Ana Catarina, Francesca Torelli, Tania Medeiros, et al.. (2025). Toxoplasma effector TgROP1 establishes membrane contact sites with the endoplasmic reticulum during infection. Nature Microbiology. 10(12). 3331–3345.
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Seeber, Frank, Martin Blume, Carsten G. K. Lüder, et al.. (2024). Toxo XVII in the heart of Germany. Trends in Parasitology. 40(9). 769–774. 1 indexed citations
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Medeiros, Tania, K. Sandeep Prabhu, Mauro Corrado, et al.. (2024). Glutamine sensing licenses cholesterol synthesis. The EMBO Journal. 43(23). 5837–5856. 5 indexed citations
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Pernas, Lena, et al.. (2024). Mitochondria as sensors of intracellular pathogens. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 36(7). 638–644. 2 indexed citations
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Pernas, Lena. (2024). Division of labour: mitochondria split to meet energy demands. Nature. 635(8039). 557–558. 2 indexed citations
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Pernas, Lena, et al.. (2023). Metabolic immunity against microbes. Trends in Cell Biology. 34(6). 496–508. 15 indexed citations
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Pernas, Lena, et al.. (2023). Contact sites between host organelles and pathogens: boon or bane?. mSphere. 8(6). e0044823–e0044823. 4 indexed citations
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Medeiros, Tania, Fabian den Brave, Ilian Atanassov, et al.. (2022). Mitochondria shed their outer membrane in response to infection-induced stress. Science. 375(6577). eabi4343–eabi4343. 66 indexed citations
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Bean, Camilla, Matteo Audano, Tatiana Varanita, et al.. (2021). The mitochondrial protein Opa1 promotes adipocyte browning that is dependent on urea cycle metabolites. Nature Metabolism. 3(12). 1633–1647. 65 indexed citations
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Medeiros, Tania, et al.. (2021). Contact and competition between mitochondria and microbes. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 63. 189–194. 8 indexed citations
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Pernas, Lena. (2021). Cellular metabolism in the defense against microbes. Journal of Cell Science. 134(5). 17 indexed citations
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Zangirólamo, Amanda Fonseca, Carolina H. Macabelli, A. K. Pandey, et al.. (2020). Mitofusin 1 is required for oocyte growth and communication with follicular somatic cells. The FASEB Journal. 34(6). 7644–7660. 35 indexed citations
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Pernas, Lena, Camilla Bean, John C. Boothroyd, & Luca Scorrano. (2018). Mitochondria Restrict Growth of the Intracellular Parasite Toxoplasma gondii by Limiting Its Uptake of Fatty Acids. Cell Metabolism. 27(4). 886–897.e4. 90 indexed citations
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Parker, Michelle, Elizabeth D. English, Lena Pernas, et al.. (2018). A Toxoplasma gondii locus required for the direct manipulation of host mitochondria has maintained multiple ancestral functions. Molecular Microbiology. 108(5). 519–535. 16 indexed citations
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English, Elizabeth D., Jeffrey J. Danielson, Lena Pernas, et al.. (2016). Host Mitochondrial Association Evolved in the Human ParasiteToxoplasma gondiivia Neofunctionalization of a Gene Duplicate. Genetics. 203(1). 283–298. 22 indexed citations
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Pernas, Lena & Luca Scorrano. (2015). Mito-Morphosis: Mitochondrial Fusion, Fission, and Cristae Remodeling as Key Mediators of Cellular Function. Annual Review of Physiology. 78(1). 505–531. 614 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pernas, Lena, Anjali J. Shastri, Sarah E. Ewald, et al.. (2014). Toxoplasma Effector MAF1 Mediates Recruitment of Host Mitochondria and Impacts the Host Response. PLoS Biology. 12(4). e1001845–e1001845. 126 indexed citations
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Pernas, Lena, Raymund Ramirez, Tyson H. Holmes, José G. Montoya, & John C. Boothroyd. (2014). Immune Profiling of Pregnant Toxoplasma-Infected US and Colombia Patients Reveals Surprising Impacts of Infection on Peripheral Blood Cytokines. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 210(6). 923–931. 27 indexed citations
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Pernas, Lena & John C. Boothroyd. (2010). Association of host mitochondria with the parasitophorous vacuole during Toxoplasma infection is not dependent on rhoptry proteins ROP2/8. International Journal for Parasitology. 40(12). 1367–1371. 31 indexed citations

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