Marcel van der Brug

13.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Marcel van der Brug is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel van der Brug has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Marcel van der Brug's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (5 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers). Marcel van der Brug is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (5 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (3 papers). Marcel van der Brug collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Australia. Marcel van der Brug's co-authors include Mark Cookson, Alexandra Beilina, David W. Miller, Andrew Singleton, Rili Ahmad, Timothy W. Behrens, Robert Graham, Tushar Bhangale, Morgan Sheng and Ingileif B. Hallgrímsdóttir and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Marcel van der Brug

22 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 17 new Parkinson's disease risk loci

2017 772 citations Diana Chang, Mike A. Nalls et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marcel van der Brug United States	16	1.5k	1.2k	871	753	513	22	3.0k
Jinhui Ding United States	29	1.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	602 0.7×	832 1.1×	647 1.3×	58	3.2k
Mario Ezquerra Spain	28	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	782 1.0×	542 1.1×	85	3.0k
Marta Barrachina Spain	30	1.3k 0.9×	720 0.6×	706 0.8×	651 0.9×	484 0.9×	45	2.8k
Stefano Goldwurm Italy	29	813 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	570 0.7×	747 1.0×	565 1.1×	77	3.0k
Natalia Ninkina United Kingdom	38	1.8k 1.2×	2.1k 1.7×	988 1.1×	1.4k 1.9×	426 0.8×	103	4.3k
Michela Deleidi Germany	24	1.6k 1.1×	723 0.6×	722 0.8×	909 1.2×	548 1.1×	40	3.1k
Olga Corti France	34	2.1k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	816 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	452 0.9×	63	4.0k
Hyemyung Seo South Korea	35	1.9k 1.3×	572 0.5×	621 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	342 0.7×	70	3.4k
Baris Bingol United States	15	1.8k 1.2×	806 0.7×	548 0.6×	618 0.8×	288 0.6×	18	3.0k
Manabu Funayama Japan	30	1.3k 0.9×	2.5k 2.0×	841 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	1.0k 2.0×	76	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Marcel van der Brug

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel van der Brug

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Stevens, Joseph R., C. Giŗardet, Geetika Aggarwal, et al.. (2025). Adropin expression reflects circadian, lipoprotein, and mitochondrial processes in human tissues. Molecular Metabolism. 99. 102196–102196. 1 indexed citations

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Chang, Diana, Mike A. Nalls, Ingileif B. Hallgrímsdóttir, et al.. (2017). A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies 17 new Parkinson's disease risk loci. Nature Genetics. 49(10). 1511–1516. 772 indexed citations breakdown →

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Haddick, Patrick C. G., Jessica L. Larson, Nisha Rathore, et al.. (2017). A Common Variant of IL-6R is Associated with Elevated IL-6 Pathway Activity in Alzheimer’s Disease Brains. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 56(3). 1037–1054. 41 indexed citations

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Bien‐Ly, Nga, C. Andrew Boswell, Surinder Jeet, et al.. (2015). Lack of Widespread BBB Disruption in Alzheimer’s Disease Models: Focus on Therapeutic Antibodies. Neuron. 88(2). 289–297. 150 indexed citations

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Maloney, Janice, Travis W. Bainbridge, Amy Gustafson, et al.. (2014). Molecular Mechanisms of Alzheimer Disease Protection by the A673T Allele of Amyloid Precursor Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(45). 30990–31000. 142 indexed citations

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Gidlöf, Olof, Marcel van der Brug, Jenny Öhman, et al.. (2013). Platelets activated during myocardial infarction release functional miRNA, which can be taken up by endothelial cells and regulate ICAM1 expression. Blood. 121(19). 3908–3917. 221 indexed citations

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Hernández, Dena, Michael A. Nalls, J. Raphael Gibbs, et al.. (2011). Distinct DNA methylation changes highly correlated with chronological age in the human brain. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(6). 1164–1172. 281 indexed citations

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Craig, Kelly Jean Thomas, Melissa K. McCoy, Jeff Blackinton, et al.. (2010). DJ-1 acts in parallel to the PINK1/parkin pathway to control mitochondrial function and autophagy. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(1). 40–50. 371 indexed citations

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Brug, Marcel van der, Michael A. Nalls, & Mark Cookson. (2010). Deep sequencing of coding and non-coding RNA in the CNS. Brain Research. 1338. 146–154. 9 indexed citations

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Sandebring, Anna, Kelly Jean Thomas Craig, Alexandra Beilina, et al.. (2009). Mitochondrial Alterations in PINK1 Deficient Cells Are Influenced by Calcineurin-Dependent Dephosphorylation of Dynamin-Related Protein 1. PLoS ONE. 4(5). e5701–e5701. 148 indexed citations

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Sleiman, Patrick, D. G. Healy, Miratul M. K. Muqit, et al.. (2009). Characterisation of a novel NR4A2 mutation in Parkinson's disease brain. Neuroscience Letters. 457(2). 75–79. 36 indexed citations

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Craig, Kelly Jean Thomas, Anna Sandebring, Alexandra Beilina, et al.. (2008). S9.4 Altered mitochondrial dynamics caused by loss of PTEN-induced kinase 1 function, associated with recessive parkinsonism, are reversed by downregulation of Dynamin-related protein 1. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1777. S55–S55. 1 indexed citations

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Hoe, Hyang‐Sook, Matthew J. Cooper, Mark P. Burns, et al.. (2007). The Metalloprotease Inhibitor TIMP-3 Regulates Amyloid Precursor Protein and Apolipoprotein E Receptor Proteolysis. Journal of Neuroscience. 27(40). 10895–10905. 61 indexed citations

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Cookson, Mark & Marcel van der Brug. (2007). Cell systems and the toxic mechanism(s) of α-synuclein. Experimental Neurology. 209(1). 5–11. 156 indexed citations

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Brug, Marcel van der, et al.. (2006). Society for Neuroscience 2006 abstracts. 18 indexed citations

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Flatscher‐Bader, Traute, Marcel van der Brug, Peter Gochee, et al.. (2005). Alcohol-responsive genes in the frontal cortex and nucleus accumbens of human alcoholics (vol 93, pg 359, 2005). Journal of Neurochemistry. 94(5). 1472–1472. 6 indexed citations

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Flatscher‐Bader, Traute, Marcel van der Brug, Peter Gochee, et al.. (2005). Alcohol‐responsive genes in the frontal cortex and nucleus accumbens of human alcoholics. Journal of Neurochemistry. 93(2). 359–370. 130 indexed citations

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Flatscher‐Bader, Traute, Marcel van der Brug, Peter Gochee, et al.. (2005). Alcohol‐responsive genes in the frontal cortex and nucleus accumbens of human alcoholics. Journal of Neurochemistry. 94(5). 1472–1472. 124 indexed citations

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Beilina, Alexandra, Marcel van der Brug, Rili Ahmad, et al.. (2005). Mutations in PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 associated with recessive parkinsonism have differential effects on protein stability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(16). 5703–5708. 301 indexed citations

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Li, Fan, Marcel van der Brug, Wenbin Chen, et al.. (1999). Increased Expression of Mitochondrial Genes in Human Alcoholic Brain Revealed by Differential Display. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 23(3). 408–413. 29 indexed citations

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