Marco Spinazzi

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Marco Spinazzi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Spinazzi has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Neurology and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Marco Spinazzi's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (14 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (7 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (6 papers). Marco Spinazzi is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (14 papers), Muscle Physiology and Disorders (7 papers) and ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (6 papers). Marco Spinazzi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and Belgium. Marco Spinazzi's co-authors include C. Angelini, Leonardo Salviati, Alberto Casarin, Vanessa Pertegato, Bart De Strooper, Luigi Fulizio, B. Tavolato, Enrico Radaelli, Cesare Patrini and Paola Melacini and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Marco Spinazzi

35 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Assessment of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymatic activities on tissues and cultured cells

2012 753 citations Marco Spinazzi, Alberto Casarin et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marco Spinazzi Italy	18	1.1k	300	219	200	154	37	1.7k
Tanusree Sen United States	24	1.2k 1.1×	427 1.4×	150 0.7×	115 0.6×	156 1.0×	38	2.3k
Matthew B. Cascio United States	11	1.4k 1.4×	500 1.7×	250 1.1×	146 0.7×	107 0.7×	14	2.1k
Alberto Casarin Italy	18	2.1k 1.9×	412 1.4×	209 1.0×	186 0.9×	101 0.7×	28	2.7k
Lorena Perrone Italy	22	742 0.7×	455 1.5×	120 0.5×	115 0.6×	145 0.9×	41	1.5k
Ron J. Bouchard United States	24	1.1k 1.0×	263 0.9×	318 1.5×	192 1.0×	161 1.0×	37	1.9k
Agatha Schlüter Spain	23	1.2k 1.1×	701 2.3×	138 0.6×	111 0.6×	89 0.6×	42	1.8k
Karl Johan Tronstad Norway	28	1.1k 1.0×	342 1.1×	104 0.5×	95 0.5×	109 0.7×	61	1.9k
Rosella Scrima Italy	25	955 0.9×	248 0.8×	126 0.6×	119 0.6×	100 0.6×	49	1.9k
Domenico De Rasmo Italy	30	1.6k 1.5×	392 1.3×	141 0.6×	109 0.5×	134 0.9×	50	2.2k
Soňa Hudecová Slovakia	19	1.1k 1.0×	270 0.9×	167 0.8×	184 0.9×	63 0.4×	46	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Spinazzi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marco Spinazzi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marco Spinazzi 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 Marco Spinazzi. Marco Spinazzi 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

Spinazzi, Marco, Marco Savarese, Franck Letournel, et al.. (2025). Myotilin gene duplication causing late‐onset myotilinopathy. European Journal of Neurology. 32(1). e70029–e70029. 1 indexed citations

Romo, Lucía, Emily O’Heir, Juliette Nectoux, et al.. (2025). 490PA recurrent non-coding 3’UTR variant as a hidden second hit in 11 families with CAPN3-related limb girdle muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscular Disorders. 53. 105786–105786.

Vandeputte, Patrick, Christophe Gillet, Christophe Verny, et al.. (2025). Camptocormia as a Phenotypic Variant of FSHD in the Elderly: Clinical, Genetic, and Imaging Features. European Journal of Neurology. 32(10). e70332–e70332.

Fernández‐Eulate, Gorka, Girolamo Alfieri, Marco Spinazzi, et al.. (2024). Phenotype variability and natural history of X-linked myopathy with excessive autophagy. Journal of Neurology. 271(7). 4008–4018. 1 indexed citations

Tard, Céline, Anne‐Frédérique Dessein, Marco Spinazzi, et al.. (2023). Long‐term prognosis of fatty‐acid oxidation disorders in adults: Optimism despite the limited effective therapies available. European Journal of Neurology. 31(2). e16138–e16138. 6 indexed citations

D’Amour, Alexander, Fabrice P. Cordelières, Muriel Faure, et al.. (2023). Anti-SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) vaccination efficacy in patients with severe neuromuscular diseases. Revue Neurologique. 179(9). 983–992. 3 indexed citations

Radaelli, Enrico, Charles‐Antoine Assenmacher, Esha Banerjee, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial defects caused by PARL deficiency lead to arrested spermatogenesis and ferroptosis. eLife. 12. 17 indexed citations

Chanson, Jean‐Baptiste, Françoise Bouhour, Martial Mallaret, et al.. (2023). Myasthenia gravis treatment in the elderly presents with a significant iatrogenic risk: a multicentric retrospective study. Journal of Neurology. 270(12). 5819–5826. 3 indexed citations

Bourg, Nathalie, Jérôme Poupiot, Karine Charton, et al.. (2022). Dlk1-Dio3 cluster miRNAs regulate mitochondrial functions in the dystrophic muscle in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Life Science Alliance. 6(1). e202201506–e202201506. 9 indexed citations

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Spinazzi, Marco, Jérôme Poupiot, Julien Cassereau, et al.. (2021). Late-onset camptocormia caused by a heterozygous in-frame CAPN3 deletion. Neuromuscular Disorders. 31(5). 450–455. 5 indexed citations

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Guéguen, Naïg, Olivier R. Baris, Guy Lenaers, Pascal Reynier, & Marco Spinazzi. (2021). Secondary coenzyme Q deficiency in neurological disorders. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 165. 203–218. 8 indexed citations

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Spinazzi, Marco, Enrico Radaelli, Katrien Horré, et al.. (2018). PARL deficiency in mouse causes Complex III defects, coenzyme Q depletion, and Leigh-like syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(1). 277–286. 69 indexed citations

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Malena, Adriana, Marco Spinazzi, María Andrea Desbats, et al.. (2017). Increased mitophagy in the skeletal muscle of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy patients. Human Molecular Genetics. 26(6). ddx019–ddx019. 46 indexed citations

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Desbats, María Andrea, Annalisa Vetro, Ivan Limongelli, et al.. (2015). Primary coenzyme Q10 deficiency presenting as fatal neonatal multiorgan failure. European Journal of Human Genetics. 23(9). 1254–1258. 39 indexed citations

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Spinazzi, Marco, Alberto Casarin, Vanessa Pertegato, et al.. (2011). Optimization of respiratory chain enzymatic assays in muscle for the diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders. Mitochondrion. 11(6). 893–904. 50 indexed citations

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Spinazzi, Marco, C. Angelini, & Cesare Patrini. (2010). Subacute sensory ataxia and optic neuropathy with thiamine deficiency. Nature Reviews Neurology. 6(5). 288–293. 30 indexed citations

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Vitaliani, Roberta, et al.. (2009). Subacute onset of deafness and vertigo in a patient with leptomeningeal metastasis from ovarian cancer. Neurological Sciences. 30(1). 65–67. 16 indexed citations

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Spinazzi, Marco, F. De Lazzari, B. Tavolato, et al.. (2007). Myelo-optico-neuropathy in copper deficiency occurring after partial gastrectomy. Journal of Neurology. 254(8). 1012–1017. 45 indexed citations

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Armani, Mario, et al.. (2007). Severe dysphagia in lower cranial nerve involvement as the initial symptom of Wegener's granulomatosis. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 263(1-2). 187–190. 13 indexed citations

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Mari, Francesco, Anna Chiara Nascimbeni, Luigi Fulizio, et al.. (2006). Generalized Lysosome-Associated Membrane Protein-2 Defect Explains Multisystem Clinical Involvement and Allows Leukocyte Diagnostic Screening in Danon Disease. American Journal Of Pathology. 168(4). 1309–1320. 60 indexed citations

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