Maria Xilouri

12.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Maria Xilouri is a scholar working on Neurology, Epidemiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Xilouri has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Neurology, 23 papers in Epidemiology and 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Maria Xilouri's work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (34 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (23 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (10 papers). Maria Xilouri is often cited by papers focused on Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (34 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (23 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (10 papers). Maria Xilouri collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United States and Germany. Maria Xilouri's co-authors include Leonidas Stefanis, Kostas Vekrellis, Oeystein Roed Brekk, Evangelia Emmanouilidou, David S. Park, Hardy J. Rideout, Leonidas Stefanis, Panagiota Papazafiri, Deniz Kirik and Pothitos M. Pitychoutis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Maria Xilouri

45 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Wild Type α-Synuclein Is Degraded by Chaperone-mediated Autophagy and Macroautophagy in Neuronal Cells

2008 551 citations Maria Xilouri, Kostas Vekrellis et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

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Kostas Vekrellis Greece

Matthew E. Gegg United Kingdom

Hardy J. Rideout United States

Manabu Funayama Japan

Rina Bandopadhyay United Kingdom

Heather Mortiboys United Kingdom

Masayuki Yokochi Japan

Annick Mouatt‐Prigent France

Smita Saxena Switzerland

Kevin St. P. McNaught United States

Kostas Vekrellis Greece

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Xilouri

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

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Stavropoulos, Athanasios, Christiane Volbracht, Louis De Muynck, et al.. (2025). In vivo validation of novel non-invasive PHP.eB AAVs as a potential therapeutic approach for alpha-synucleinopathies. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 13(1). 207–207.

Vekrellis, Kostas, Evangelia Emmanouilidou, Maria Xilouri, & Leonidas Stefanis. (2024). α-Synuclein in Parkinson's Disease: 12 Years Later. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 14(11). a041645–a041645. 2 indexed citations

Livanos, Pantelis, et al.. (2024). Neurosteroids Alter p-ERK Levels and Tau Distribution, Restraining the Effects of High Extracellular Calcium. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(21). 11637–11637. 1 indexed citations

Zagoura, Dimitra, Manousos Makridakis, Ourania Trohatou, et al.. (2023). MFGE-8 identified in fetal mesenchymal-stromal-cell-derived exosomes ameliorates acute hepatic failure pathology. iScience. 26(11). 108100–108100. 4 indexed citations

Stavropoulos, Athanasios, Maria Manioudaki, Ismini Kloukina, et al.. (2022). Coordinated activation of TGF-β and BMP pathways promotes autophagy and limits liver injury after acetaminophen intoxication. Science Signaling. 15(740). eabn4395–eabn4395. 12 indexed citations

Prodromidou, Kanella, Georgia Kouroupi, Martina Samiotaki, et al.. (2022). High content screening and proteomic analysis identify a kinase inhibitor that rescues pathological phenotypes in a patient-derived model of Parkinson’s disease. npj Parkinson s Disease. 8(1). 15–15. 15 indexed citations

Frieg, Benedikt, Timo Strohäker, Christian Dienemann, et al.. (2022). Quaternary structure of patient-homogenate amplified α-synuclein fibrils modulates seeding of endogenous α-synuclein. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1040–1040. 16 indexed citations

Polissidis, Alexia, Georgia Nikolopoulou, Catherine Viel, et al.. (2022). A double-hit in vivo model of GBA viral microRNA-mediated downregulation and human alpha-synuclein overexpression demonstrates nigrostriatal degeneration. Neurobiology of Disease. 163. 105612–105612. 6 indexed citations

Xilouri, Maria, et al.. (2020). In Search of Effective Treatments Targeting α-Synuclein Toxicity in Synucleinopathies: Pros and Cons. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 8. 559791–559791. 18 indexed citations

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Polissidis, Alexia, Nicolas Casadei, Olaf Rieß, et al.. (2020). Psychosis‐Like Behavior and Hyperdopaminergic Dysregulation in Human α‐Synuclein BAC Transgenic Rats. Movement Disorders. 36(3). 716–728. 15 indexed citations

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Kloukina, Ismini, Markus Zweckstetter, Karin Giller, et al.. (2019). Endogenous oligodendroglial alpha-synuclein and TPPP/p25α orchestrate alpha-synuclein pathology in experimental multiple system atrophy models. Acta Neuropathologica. 138(3). 415–441. 51 indexed citations

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Papagiannakis, Nikolaos, Maria Xilouri, Christos Koros, et al.. (2019). Autophagy dysfunction in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of Parkinson’s disease patients. Neuroscience Letters. 704. 112–115. 24 indexed citations

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Emmanouilidou, Evangelia, et al.. (2014). In silico modeling of the effects of alpha-synuclein oligomerization on dopaminergic neuronal homeostasis. BMC Systems Biology. 8(1). 54–54. 19 indexed citations

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Melachroinou, Katerina, Maria Xilouri, Evangelia Emmanouilidou, et al.. (2013). Deregulation of calcium homeostasis mediates secreted α–synuclein-induced neurotoxicity. Neurobiology of Aging. 34(12). 2853–2865. 61 indexed citations

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Dulović, Marija, M. Jovanović, Maria Xilouri, et al.. (2013). The protective role of AMP-activated protein kinase in alpha-synuclein neurotoxicity in vitro. Neurobiology of Disease. 63. 1–11. 100 indexed citations

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Xilouri, Maria, Oeystein Roed Brekk, Natalie Landeck, et al.. (2013). Boosting chaperone-mediated autophagy in vivo mitigates α-synuclein-induced neurodegeneration. Brain. 136(7). 2130–2146. 167 indexed citations

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Xu, Jindong, Maria Xilouri, Junichi Shioi, et al.. (2011). Extracellular progranulin protects cortical neurons from toxic insults by activating survival signaling. Neurobiology of Aging. 32(12). 2326.e5–2326.e16. 90 indexed citations

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Vekrellis, Kostas, Maria Xilouri, Evangelia Emmanouilidou, Hardy J. Rideout, & Leonidas Stefanis. (2011). Pathological roles of α-synuclein in neurological disorders. The Lancet Neurology. 10(11). 1015–1025. 288 indexed citations

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Vekrellis, Kostas, Maria Xilouri, Evangelia Emmanouilidou, & Leonidas Stefanis. (2009). Inducible over‐expression of wild type α‐synuclein in human neuronal cells leads to caspase‐dependent non‐apoptotic death. Journal of Neurochemistry. 109(5). 1348–1362. 88 indexed citations

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Xilouri, Maria, et al.. (2008). Wild Type α-Synuclein Is Degraded by Chaperone-mediated Autophagy and Macroautophagy in Neuronal Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(35). 23542–23556. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

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