Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan

806 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 349 citations indexed

About

Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 349 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 3 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan's work include Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (5 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers) and Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency (3 papers). Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan is often cited by papers focused on Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (5 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (4 papers) and Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency (3 papers). Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan collaborates with scholars based in United States. Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan's co-authors include Brian Herman, Meenakshi Tiwari, W. W. Morgan, Miranda E. Orr, Valentina R. Garbarino, Sudha Seshadri, Ramaswamy Sharma, Mitzi M. Gonzales, Nicolas Musi and Tiffany F. Kautz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan

15 papers receiving 346 citations

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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.

Senolytic therapy in mild Alzheimer’s disease: a phase 1 feasibility trial

2023 149 citations Mitzi M. Gonzales, Valentina R. Garbarino et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan United States	8	183	98	54	48	38	15	349
Wei‐Chieh Mu United States	6	262 1.4×	103 1.1×	98 1.8×	86 1.8×	31 0.8×	10	443
Weiyan Shen China	5	140 0.8×	106 1.1×	36 0.7×	48 1.0×	20 0.5×	5	294
Sofía Cabezudo Spain	8	248 1.4×	94 1.0×	65 1.2×	45 0.9×	13 0.3×	9	452
Hyeran Won South Korea	7	186 1.0×	77 0.8×	69 1.3×	35 0.7×	38 1.0×	8	340
Toshiya Matsubara Japan	7	223 1.2×	137 1.4×	74 1.4×	33 0.7×	23 0.6×	12	459
Marco Porcu Italy	5	168 0.9×	52 0.5×	41 0.8×	25 0.5×	43 1.1×	5	294
Daniel Horrillo Spain	9	141 0.8×	186 1.9×	110 2.0×	101 2.1×	28 0.7×	13	416
Alessandra Runci Italy	6	183 1.0×	91 0.9×	162 3.0×	19 0.4×	13 0.3×	7	390
Meng Shi China	6	137 0.7×	92 0.9×	29 0.5×	22 0.5×	29 0.8×	10	271
Andrew Chi‐Yuen Chu Hong Kong	8	192 1.0×	163 1.7×	35 0.6×	21 0.4×	12 0.3×	8	384

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan

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15 of 15 papers shown

Ramirez, Paulino, Chen‐Pin Wang, Ji Li, et al.. (2025). A Phase IIa clinical trial to evaluate the effects of anti-retroviral therapy in Alzheimer’s disease (ART-AD). PubMed. 1(1). 2–2. 6 indexed citations

Gonzales, Mitzi M., Valentina R. Garbarino, Tiffany F. Kautz, et al.. (2025). Rapamycin treatment for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias: a pilot phase 1 clinical trial. Communications Medicine. 5(1). 189–189. 7 indexed citations

Jett, Julianne D., Douglas L. Weeks, Martin A. Javors, et al.. (2024). Feasibility of a telehealth-based contingency management intervention for alcohol use disorders using the phosphatidylethanol (PEth) 16:0/18:1 alcohol biomarker: a pilot randomized trial. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 50(2). 162–172. 2 indexed citations

Jett, Julianne D., Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan, Brett C. Ginsburg, et al.. (2023). Validation of the quantification of phosphatidylethanol 16:0/18:1 concentrations in TASSO‐M20 devices. Alcohol Clinical and Experimental Research. 47(4). 748–755. 6 indexed citations

Gonzales, Mitzi M., Valentina R. Garbarino, Tiffany F. Kautz, et al.. (2023). Senolytic therapy in mild Alzheimer’s disease: a phase 1 feasibility trial. Nature Medicine. 29(10). 2481–2488. 149 indexed citations breakdown →

Lopez‐Cruzan, Marisa, Nicole A. R. Walter, Brett C. Ginsburg, et al.. (2021). Phosphatidylethanol in whole blood of rhesus monkeys correlates with ethanol consumption. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 45(4). 689–696. 1 indexed citations

Salmon, Adam B., James F. Nelson, Jonathan Gelfond, et al.. (2021). San Antonio Nathan Shock Center: your one-stop shop for aging research. GeroScience. 43(5). 2105–2118. 4 indexed citations

Lopez‐Cruzan, Marisa, John D. Roache, Nathalie Hill‐Kapturczak, et al.. (2018). Pharmacokinetics of Phosphatidylethanol 16:0/20:4 in Human Blood After Alcohol Intake. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 42(11). 2094–2099. 17 indexed citations

Lopez‐Cruzan, Marisa, Ramaswamy Sharma, Meenakshi Tiwari, et al.. (2016). Caspase-2 resides in the mitochondria and mediates apoptosis directly from the mitochondrial compartment. Cell Death Discovery. 2(1). 28 indexed citations

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Thompson, Paul M., Nathalie Hill‐Kapturczak, Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan, et al.. (2016). Phosphatidylethanol in Postmortem Brain and Serum Ethanol at Time of Death. Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research. 40(12). 2557–2562. 10 indexed citations

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Callaway, Danielle, Manuel A. Riquelme, Ramaswamy Sharma, et al.. (2015). Caspase-2 modulates osteoclastogenesis through down-regulating oxidative stress. Bone. 76. 40–48. 10 indexed citations

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Sharma, Ramaswamy, Danielle Callaway, Difernando Vanegas, et al.. (2014). Caspase-2 Maintains Bone Homeostasis by Inducing Apoptosis of Oxidatively-Damaged Osteoclasts. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e93696–e93696. 26 indexed citations

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Lopez‐Cruzan, Marisa & Brian Herman. (2013). Loss of caspase-2 accelerates age-dependent alterations in mitochondrial production of reactive oxygen species. Biogerontology. 14(2). 121–130. 14 indexed citations

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Tiwari, Meenakshi, Marisa Lopez‐Cruzan, W. W. Morgan, & Brian Herman. (2011). Loss of Caspase-2-dependent Apoptosis Induces Autophagy after Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress in Primary Cultures of Young Adult Cortical Neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(10). 8493–8506. 62 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yingpei, et al.. (2004). Detection of Mitochondrial Caspase Activity in Real Time In Situ in Live Cells. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 10(4). 442–448. 7 indexed citations

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