María S. Balda

14.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
99 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

María S. Balda is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, María S. Balda has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 55 papers in Neurology and 23 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in María S. Balda's work include Barrier Structure and Function Studies (55 papers), Connexins and lens biology (30 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (13 papers). María S. Balda is often cited by papers focused on Barrier Structure and Function Studies (55 papers), Connexins and lens biology (30 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (13 papers). María S. Balda collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. María S. Balda's co-authors include Karl Matter, James M. Anderson, Ceniz Zihni, Marcelino Cereijido, Clare Mills, Saima Aijaz, Emily Steed, Anna Tsapara, Claudia Flores and J. Andrew Whitney and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

María S. Balda

99 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

4 papers align trajectories

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.

Tight junctions: from simple barriers to multifunctional molecular gates

2016 1.1k citations Ceniz Zihni, Karl Matter et al. profile →
Functional dissociation of paracellular permeability and transepithelial electrical resistance and disruption of the apical-basolateral intramembrane diffusion barrier by expression of a mutant tight junction membrane protein.

1996 721 citations María S. Balda, Marcelino Cereijido et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →
Signalling to and from tight junctions

2003 708 citations Karl Matter, María S. Balda profile →
ZO-1 controls endothelial adherens junctions, cell–cell tension, angiogenesis, and barrier formation

2015 432 citations Karl Matter, María S. Balda et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
María S. Balda United Kingdom	54	6.8k	5.2k	2.3k	1.3k	1.0k	99	11.5k
Karl Matter United Kingdom	55	7.3k 1.1×	4.3k 0.8×	3.2k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	109	12.1k
Christina M. Van Itallie United States	44	4.9k 0.7×	5.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	775 0.6×	805 0.8×	68	8.9k
Akira Nagafuchi Japan	53	11.8k 1.7×	3.4k 0.7×	5.2k 2.3×	762 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	78	16.1k
Sachiko Tsukita Japan	70	10.0k 1.5×	4.7k 0.9×	5.2k 2.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.9k 1.8×	166	17.2k
Lorenza González‐Mariscal Mexico	41	3.6k 0.5×	3.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	619 0.5×	606 0.6×	100	6.5k
Sandra Citi Switzerland	48	3.7k 0.5×	2.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	619 0.5×	471 0.5×	102	6.0k
Alan S. Fanning United States	33	3.6k 0.5×	2.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	440 0.3×	476 0.5×	42	6.0k
Marcelino Cereijido Mexico	45	5.0k 0.7×	3.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	413 0.3×	627 0.6×	129	7.7k
Andrei I. Ivanov United States	44	3.3k 0.5×	1.5k 0.3×	1.4k 0.6×	368 0.3×	780 0.8×	136	7.1k
Otmar Huber Germany	47	5.4k 0.8×	1.0k 0.2×	1.4k 0.6×	520 0.4×	891 0.9×	109	8.0k

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Zihni, Ceniz, Anastasios Georgiadis, Conor M. Ramsden, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal control of actomyosin contractility by MRCKβ signaling drives phagocytosis. The Journal of Cell Biology. 221(11). 12 indexed citations

Beal, R. W., et al.. (2021). ARHGEF18/p114RhoGEF Coordinates PKA/CREB Signaling and Actomyosin Remodeling to Promote Trophoblast Cell-Cell Fusion During Placenta Morphogenesis. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 658006–658006. 8 indexed citations

Villacorte-Tabelin, Mylah, Sébastien Dupasquier, Younès Achouri, et al.. (2021). Spatio-temporal expression pattern and role of the tight junction protein MarvelD3 in pancreas development and function. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 9 indexed citations

Zihni, Ceniz, Stephen J. Terry, Jeremy G. Carlton, et al.. (2017). An apical MRCK-driven morphogenetic pathway controls epithelial polarity. Nature Cell Biology. 19(9). 1049–1060. 51 indexed citations

Steed, Emily, Ahmed Elbediwy, Sébastien Dupasquier, et al.. (2014). MarvelD3 couples tight junctions to the MEKK1–JNK pathway to regulate cell behavior and survival. The Journal of Cell Biology. 204(5). 821–838. 63 indexed citations

Matter, Karl & María S. Balda. (2014). SnapShot: Epithelial Tight Junctions. Cell. 157(4). 992–992.e1. 32 indexed citations

Zihni, Ceniz, Peter Munro, Ahmed Elbediwy, et al.. (2013). Dbl3 drives Cdc42 signaling at the apical margin to regulate junction position and apical differentiation. The Journal of Cell Biology. 204(1). 111–127. 46 indexed citations

Nie, Mei, María S. Balda, & Karl Matter. (2012). Stress- and Rho-activated ZO-1–associated nucleic acid binding protein binding to p21 mRNA mediates stabilization, translation, and cell survival. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(27). 10897–10902. 43 indexed citations

Steed, Emily, Nelio T. L. Rodrigues, María S. Balda, & Karl Matter. (2009). Identification of MarvelD3 as a tight junction-associated transmembrane protein of the occludin family. BMC Cell Biology. 10(1). 95–95. 149 indexed citations

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McCrea, Pierre D., Xianfeng Gu, & María S. Balda. (2009). Junctional Music that the Nucleus Hears: Cell-Cell Contact Signaling and the Modulation of Gene Activity. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 1(4). a002923–a002923. 71 indexed citations

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Pannequin, Julie, Nathalie Delaunay, Charbel Darido, et al.. (2007). Phosphatidylethanol Accumulation Promotes Intestinal Hyperplasia by Inducing ZONAB-Mediated Cell Density Increase in Response to Chronic Ethanol Exposure. Molecular Cancer Research. 5(11). 1147–1157. 34 indexed citations

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Kavanagh, Emma, Michael Büchert, Anna Tsapara, et al.. (2006). Functional interaction between the ZO-1-interacting transcription factor ZONAB/DbpA and the RNA processing factor symplekin. Journal of Cell Science. 119(24). 5098–5105. 59 indexed citations

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Aijaz, Saima, María S. Balda, & Karl Matter. (2006). Tight Junctions: Molecular Architecture and Function. International review of cytology. 248. 261–298. 248 indexed citations

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Aijaz, Saima, Fabio D’Atri, Sandra Citi, María S. Balda, & Karl Matter. (2005). Binding of GEF-H1 to the Tight Junction-Associated Adaptor Cingulin Results in Inhibition of Rho Signaling and G1/S Phase Transition. Developmental Cell. 8(5). 777–786. 173 indexed citations

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Punn, Anu, Catalina Flores-Maldonado, Judith J. Eckert, et al.. (2003). Identification of a tight junction–associated guanine nucleotide exchange factor that activates Rho and regulates paracellular permeability. The Journal of Cell Biology. 160(5). 729–740. 171 indexed citations

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Balda, María S., Michelle D. Garrett, & Karl Matter. (2003). The ZO-1–associated Y-box factor ZONAB regulates epithelial cell proliferation and cell density. The Journal of Cell Biology. 160(3). 423–432. 311 indexed citations

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Huber, Denise, María S. Balda, & Karl Matter. (1998). Transepithelial Migration of Neutrophils. PubMed. 18(2). 70–80. 22 indexed citations

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Matter, Karl & María S. Balda. (1998). Occldin and the Functions of Tight Junctions. International review of cytology. 186. 117–146. 105 indexed citations

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Anderson, James M., María S. Balda, & Alan S. Fanning. (1993). The structure and regulation of tight junctions. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 5(5). 772–778. 172 indexed citations

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Balda, María S., et al.. (1986). Saralasin Blocks the Effect of Angiotensin II and Extracellular Fluid Saline Expansion on the Na-K-ATPase Inhibitor Release in Rats. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension Part A Theory and Practice. 8(6). 997–1008. 9 indexed citations

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