Melisa J. Baptista

3.0k citations

10 papers · 2.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 9

Neurology top 0.5%
Molecular Biology top 10%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 2%
Physiology top 5%
Neurology top 2%

Co-authors: Mark Cookson David W. Miller Rili Ahmad Chris McLendon Rosa Canet-Aviles Dagmar Ringe Gregory A. Petsko Mark A. Wilson
Topics: Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers)Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (3 papers)Nuclear Receptors and Signaling (3 papers)
Cited by: Neurology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal of Biological Chemistry Neuron
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Norway

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Melisa J. Baptista

10 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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The Parkinson's disease protein DJ-1 is neuroprotective due to cysteine-sulfinic acid-driven mitochondrial localization

2004 878 citations Rosa Canet-Aviles, Mark A. Wilson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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10 of 10 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mutant SOD1 alters the motor neuronal transcriptome: implications for familial ALS 2005 ·Brain ·Janine Kirby,Eugene P. Halligan,Melisa J. Baptista,Simon Allen,Paul R. Heath,Hazel M. Holden,Siân C. Barber,Catherine A. Loynes,(unknown),John Lunec,Pamela J. Shaw	163
2	The Parkinson's disease protein DJ-1 is neuroprotective due to cysteine-sulfinic acid-driven mitochondrial localizationbreakdown → 2004 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Rosa Canet-Aviles,Mark A. Wilson,David W. Miller,Rili Ahmad,Chris McLendon,Sourav Bandyopadhyay,Melisa J. Baptista,Dagmar Ringe,Gregory A. Petsko,Mark Cookson	878
3	Dominant torsinA mutations in cellular systems. 2004 ·PubMed ·Melisa J. Baptista,Casey O’Farrell,Mark Cookson	1
4	Parkin and 𝛂-Synuclein: Opponent Actions in The Pathogenesis of Parkinson’S Disease 2004 ·The Neuroscientist ·Melisa J. Baptista,Mark Cookson,David W. Miller	11
5	L166P Mutant DJ-1, Causative for Recessive Parkinson's Disease, Is Degraded through the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System 2003 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·David W. Miller,Rili Ahmad,Stephen Hague,Melisa J. Baptista,Rosa Canet-Aviles,Chris McLendon,Donald M. Carter,Peng‐Peng Zhu,(unknown),Jayanth Chandran,Gary Klinefelter,Craig Blackstone,Mark Cookson	195
6	Co‐ordinate transcriptional regulation of dopamine synthesis genes by α‐synuclein in human neuroblastoma cell lines 2003 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·Melisa J. Baptista,Casey O’Farrell,(unknown),Rili Ahmad,David W. Miller,John Hardy,Matthew J. Farrer,Mark Cookson	125
7	Microarray analysis reveals induction of heat shock proteins mRNAs by the torsion dystonia protein, TorsinA 2003 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Melisa J. Baptista,Casey O’Farrell,John Hardy,Mark Cookson	11
8	Parkin Protects against the Toxicity Associated with Mutant α-Synuclein 2002 ·Neuron ·Leonard Petrucelli,Casey O’Farrell,Paul J. Lockhart,Melisa J. Baptista,Kathryn Kehoe,(unknown),Peter S. Choi,Benjamin Wolozin,Matthew J. Farrer,John Hardy,Mark Cookson	457
9	AnIn VitroModel of Parkinson's Disease: Linking Mitochondrial Impairment to Altered α-Synuclein Metabolism and Oxidative Damage 2002 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Todd Sherer,Ranjita Betarbet,Amy K. Stout,(unknown),Melisa J. Baptista,Alexander Panov,Mark Cookson,J. Timothy Greenamyre	496
10	Heterotrisomy, a significant contributing factor to ventricular septal defect associated with Down syndrome? 2000 ·Human Genetics ·Melisa J. Baptista,U. L. Fairbrother,C. Anthony Howard,Matthew J. Farrer,(unknown),(unknown),Klio Maratou,Andrew N. Redington,Gottfried Greve,Pål R. Njølstad,Anna M. Kessling	26

About Melisa J. Baptista

Melisa J. Baptista is a scholar working on Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, having authored 10 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (3 papers) and Nuclear Receptors and Signaling (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Neurology (1.6k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (899 citations) and Neurology (384 citations). Melisa J. Baptista has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Mark Cookson, David W. Miller, Rili Ahmad, Chris McLendon, Rosa Canet-Aviles, Dagmar Ringe, Gregory A. Petsko, Mark A. Wilson, Sourav Bandyopadhyay and Todd Sherer. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

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