Lisa Ellerby

18.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
113 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Lisa Ellerby is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lisa Ellerby has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 65 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 19 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Lisa Ellerby's work include Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (54 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (37 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (12 papers). Lisa Ellerby is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (54 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (37 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (12 papers). Lisa Ellerby collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Lisa Ellerby's co-authors include Dale E. Bredesen, John C. Reed, Quinn L. Deveraux, H. Michael Ellerby, Joan Selverstone Valentine, Juliette Gafni, Juliane M. Jürgensmeier, Zhihua Xie, Guy S. Salvesen and Gabriel del Rio and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lisa Ellerby

107 papers receiving 13.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Bax directly induces release of cytochrome c from isolated mitochondria

1998 1.3k citations Juliane M. Jürgensmeier, Quinn L. Deveraux et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Anti-cancer activity of targeted pro-apoptotic peptides

1999 794 citations H. Michael Ellerby, Lisa Ellerby et al. profile →
Pro-caspase-3 Is a Major Physiologic Target of Caspase-8

1998 649 citations Henning R. Stennicke, Juliane M. Jürgensmeier et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Encapsulation of Proteins in Transparent Porous Silicate Glasses Prepared by the Sol-Gel Method

1992 618 citations Lisa Ellerby et al. profile →
Lysosomal Protease Pathways to Apoptosis

2001 543 citations Lisa Ellerby, Dale E. Bredesen et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Genetic or Pharmacological Iron Chelation Prevents MPTP-Induced Neurotoxicity In Vivo

2003 526 citations Lisa Ellerby et al. Neuron profile →
Coupling Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress to the Cell Death Program

2001 509 citations Rammohan V. Rao, Evan Hermel et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Coupling endoplasmic reticulum stress to the cell death program: role of the ER chaperone GRP78

2002 503 citations Rammohan V. Rao, Gabriel del Rio et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lisa Ellerby United States	51	9.3k	4.4k	2.0k	1.6k	1.4k	113	13.5k
Akira Kakizuka Japan	54	11.6k 1.3×	4.0k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	146	15.7k
Ella Bossy‐Wetzel United States	47	11.9k 1.3×	1.9k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	934 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	69	16.1k
Pamela Maher United States	76	9.5k 1.0×	2.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	662 0.4×	2.8k 2.0×	229	16.8k
György Hajnóczky United States	69	14.2k 1.5×	3.3k 0.7×	3.3k 1.7×	709 0.4×	2.6k 1.8×	163	18.0k
Harvey B. Pollard United States	62	8.9k 1.0×	2.2k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	871 0.5×	3.0k 2.1×	295	14.3k
Lian Li United States	50	5.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	199	9.2k
Zheng‐Hong Qin China	62	6.5k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	252	12.6k
Yoshitaka Nagai Japan	55	7.0k 0.7×	2.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	364	10.4k
Ronald L. Schnaar United States	66	8.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	204	12.9k
Hisashi Hidaka Japan	56	7.4k 0.8×	2.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	394 0.2×	1.6k 1.2×	272	12.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lisa Ellerby

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

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Wilson, Kenneth A., Tyler Hilsabeck, Eric B. Dammer, et al.. (2025). Neuronal glycogen breakdown mitigates tauopathy via pentose-phosphate-pathway-mediated oxidative stress reduction. Nature Metabolism. 7(7). 1375–1391. 1 indexed citations

Scott, Gary K., et al.. (2025). Biochemical, structural, and cellular characterization of S-but-3-yn-2-ylglycine as a mechanism-based covalent inactivator of the flavoenzyme proline dehydrogenase. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 765. 110319–110319.

Creus‐Muncunill, Jordi, Jean‐Vianney Haure‐Mirande, Daniele Mattei, et al.. (2024). TYROBP/DAP12 knockout in Huntington’s disease Q175 mice cell-autonomously decreases microglial expression of disease-associated genes and non-cell-autonomously mitigates astrogliosis and motor deterioration. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 21(1). 66–66. 5 indexed citations

Newman, John C., Mitsunori Nomura, Wei‐Chieh Mu, et al.. (2024). Ketogenic Diet Reduces Age-Induced Chronic Neuroinflammation in Mice. PubMed. 2(1). 20240038–20240038. 2 indexed citations

Bons, Joanna, Gary K. Scott, John J. Tanner, et al.. (2023). Therapeutic targeting of HYPDH/PRODH2 with N-propargylglycine offers a Hyperoxaluria treatment opportunity. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1870(1). 166848–166848. 3 indexed citations

Tshilenge, Kizito‐Tshitoko, Joanna Bons, Akos A. Gerencser, et al.. (2023). Proteomic Analysis of Huntington’s Disease Medium Spiny Neurons Identifies Alterations in Lipid Droplets. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 22(5). 100534–100534. 18 indexed citations

Schurman, Charles A., et al.. (2023). Molecular and Cellular Crosstalk between Bone and Brain: Accessing Bidirectional Neural and Musculoskeletal Signaling during Aging and Disease. Journal of Bone Metabolism. 30(1). 1–29. 16 indexed citations

Tshilenge, Kizito‐Tshitoko, et al.. (2022). PNA microprobe for label-free detection of expanded trinucleotide repeats. RSC Advances. 12(13). 7757–7761. 4 indexed citations

Creus‐Muncunill, Jordi, et al.. (2021). Striatal Cholinergic Dysregulation after Neonatal Decrease in X‐Linked Dystonia Parkinsonism‐Related TAF1 Isoforms. Movement Disorders. 36(12). 2780–2794. 10 indexed citations

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Song, Sicheng, Kizito‐Tshitoko Tshilenge, Justyna Mleczko, et al.. (2021). Unbiased identification of novel transcription factors in striatal compartmentation and striosome maturation. eLife. 10. 11 indexed citations

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Nissim‐Rafinia, Malka, Moria Maman, Cynthia C. Hession, et al.. (2021). Pluripotent stem cell-derived models of neurological diseases reveal early transcriptional heterogeneity. Genome biology. 22(1). 73–73. 10 indexed citations

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Naphade, Swati, et al.. (2019). Characterization and application of fluidic properties of trinucleotide repeat sequences by wax-on-plastic microfluidics. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 8(4). 743–751. 7 indexed citations

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Barton, Maria, et al.. (2019). Novel probes for label-free detection of neurodegenerative GGGGCC repeats associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 411(26). 6995–7003. 6 indexed citations

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Sarantos, Melissa R., et al.. (2012). Pizotifen Activates ERK and Provides Neuroprotection in vitro and in vivo in Models of Huntington's Disease. Journal of Huntington s Disease. 1(2). 195–210. 23 indexed citations

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Iwata, Atsushi, John C. Christianson, Mirella Bucci, et al.. (2005). Increased susceptibility of cytoplasmic over nuclear polyglutamine aggregates to autophagic degradation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(37). 13135–13140. 260 indexed citations

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Sopher, Bryce L., P. Thomas, Michelle LaFevre-Bernt, et al.. (2004). Androgen Receptor YAC Transgenic Mice Recapitulate SBMA Motor Neuronopathy and Implicate VEGF164 in the Motor Neuron Degeneration. Neuron. 41(5). 687–699. 144 indexed citations

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Nucifora, Frederick C., Lisa Ellerby, Cheryl L. Wellington, et al.. (2003). Nuclear Localization of a Non-caspase Truncation Product of Atrophin-1, with an Expanded Polyglutamine Repeat, Increases Cellular Toxicity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(15). 13047–13055. 68 indexed citations

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Rao, Rammohan V., Evan Hermel, Susana Castro‐Obregón, et al.. (2001). Coupling Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress to the Cell Death Program. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(36). 33869–33874. 509 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ellerby, Lisa & Dale E. Bredesen. (2000). Measurement of Cellular Oxidation, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Antioxidant Enzymes during Apoptosis. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 322. 413–421. 96 indexed citations

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Stennicke, Henning R., Juliane M. Jürgensmeier, Hwain Shin, et al.. (1998). Pro-caspase-3 Is a Major Physiologic Target of Caspase-8. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(42). 27084–27090. 649 indexed citations breakdown →

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