Melissa Nassif

4.9k total citations
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Melissa Nassif is a scholar working on Neurology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Nassif has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Neurology, 16 papers in Epidemiology and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Melissa Nassif's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (16 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (10 papers). Melissa Nassif is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (16 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (14 papers) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (10 papers). Melissa Nassif collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United States and Brazil. Melissa Nassif's co-authors include Claudio Hetz, Felipe A. Court, Soledad Matus, Karen Castillo, Vicente Valenzuela, René L. Vidal, Laurie H. Glimcher, Soledad Matus, Peter Thielen and Robert H. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Genes & Development, The EMBO Journal and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Nassif

33 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melissa Nassif Chile 23 796 697 584 568 332 37 1.9k
Sébastien Paillusson United Kingdom 20 533 0.7× 1.3k 1.9× 733 1.3× 1.7k 2.9× 605 1.8× 25 3.0k
Cristina Malagelada Spain 22 456 0.6× 633 0.9× 364 0.6× 1.1k 2.0× 599 1.8× 37 2.2k
René L. Vidal Chile 21 592 0.7× 369 0.5× 742 1.3× 639 1.1× 437 1.3× 44 1.7k
Mathieu Bourdenx France 21 679 0.9× 725 1.0× 350 0.6× 822 1.4× 437 1.3× 32 2.2k
J. Alex Parker Canada 25 290 0.4× 670 1.0× 287 0.5× 1.3k 2.3× 578 1.7× 51 2.5k
Kurt M. Lucin United States 11 894 1.1× 405 0.6× 317 0.5× 593 1.0× 355 1.1× 14 2.5k
Santiago Ambrosio Spain 28 320 0.4× 771 1.1× 266 0.5× 1.1k 2.0× 876 2.6× 76 2.6k
Alicia M. Pickrell United States 18 1.1k 1.4× 855 1.2× 314 0.5× 1.8k 3.2× 515 1.6× 35 2.9k
Esperanza Arias United States 21 1.7k 2.1× 596 0.9× 791 1.4× 1.4k 2.5× 589 1.8× 29 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Nassif

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melissa Nassif

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Nassif

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All Works

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Espinoza, Sandra, Nicolás García-Aracil, Daniela P. Ponce, et al.. (2023). The autophagy protein Def8 is altered in Alzheimer's disease and Aβ42-expressing Drosophila brains. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 17137–17137. 4 indexed citations
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Fernández‐Ramires, Ricardo, Sonia Margarit, Conxi Lázaro, et al.. (2023). Consenso para la consejería genética y diagnóstico molecular oncológicos: Declaración de Punta Arenas. Revista médica de Chile. 151(9). 1262–1263. 1 indexed citations
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Manque, Patrício, et al.. (2020). Implications of Selective Autophagy Dysfunction for ALS Pathology. Cells. 9(2). 381–381. 44 indexed citations
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Troncoso-Escudero, Paulina, et al.. (2018). Outside in: Unraveling the Role of Neuroinflammation in the Progression of Parkinson's Disease. Frontiers in Neurology. 9. 860–860. 144 indexed citations
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Nassif, Melissa, Ute Woehlbier, & Patrício Manque. (2017). The Enigmatic Role of C9ORF72 in Autophagy. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11. 442–442. 45 indexed citations
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Medinas, Danilo B., Francisca Martínez Traub, Pablo Rozas, et al.. (2017). Disulfide cross-linked multimers of TDP-43 and spinal motoneuron loss in a TDP-43A315T ALS/FTD mouse model. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 14266–14266. 19 indexed citations
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Nassif, Melissa, Vicente Valenzuela, Diego Rojas‐Rivera, et al.. (2014). Pathogenic role of BECN1/Beclin 1 in the development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Autophagy. 10(7). 1256–1271. 86 indexed citations
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Castillo, Karen, Soledad Matus, Melissa Nassif, et al.. (2013). Measurement of autophagy flux in the nervous system in vivo. Cell Death and Disease. 4(11). e917–e917. 95 indexed citations
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Nassif, Melissa, Helena Cimarosti, Lauren Lúcia Zamin, & Christianne Gazzana Salbego. (2013). ESTRÓGENO VERSUS ISQUEMIA CEREBRAL: HORMÔNIO FEMININO COMO AGENTE NEUROPROTETOR. 17. 57–60. 1 indexed citations
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Castillo, Karen, Diego Rojas‐Rivera, Fernanda Lisbona, et al.. (2011). BAX inhibitor‐1 regulates autophagy by controlling the IRE1α branch of the unfolded protein response. The EMBO Journal. 30(21). 4465–4478. 91 indexed citations
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Vendite, Deusa, Melissa Nassif, Leonardo Machado Crema, et al.. (2011). Chronic Stress and Lithium Treatments Alter Hippocampal Glutamate Uptake and Release in the Rat and Potentiate Necrotic Cellular Death After Oxygen and Glucose Deprivation. Neurochemical Research. 36(5). 793–800. 27 indexed citations
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Matus, Soledad, Melissa Nassif, Laurie H. Glimcher, & Claudio Hetz. (2009). XBP-1 deficiency in the nervous system reveals a homeostatic switch to activate autophagy. Autophagy. 5(8). 1226–1228. 35 indexed citations
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Simão, Fabrício, Lauren Lúcia Zamin, Rudimar Luiz Frozza, et al.. (2009). Protective profile of oxcarbazepine against oxygen–glucose deprivation in organotypic hippocampal slice culture could involve PI3K cell signaling pathway. Neurological Research. 31(10). 1044–1048. 6 indexed citations
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Hetz, Claudio, Peter Thielen, Soledad Matus, et al.. (2009). XBP-1 deficiency in the nervous system protects against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by increasing autophagy. Genes & Development. 23(19). 2294–2306. 436 indexed citations
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Konrath, Eduardo Luis, et al.. (2008). Antioxidant and pro-oxidant properties of boldine on hippocampal slices exposed to oxygen–glucose deprivation in vitro. NeuroToxicology. 29(6). 1136–1140. 22 indexed citations
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Nassif, Melissa, Juliana Bender Hoppe, Rudimar Luiz Frozza, et al.. (2006). β-Amyloid peptide toxicity in organotypic hippocampal slice culture involves Akt/PKB, GSK-3β, and PTEN. Neurochemistry International. 50(1). 229–235. 45 indexed citations
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Zamin, Lauren Lúcia, Patrícia Dillenburg-Pilla, Ana Paula Horn, et al.. (2006). Protective effect of resveratrol against oxygen–glucose deprivation in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures: Involvement of PI3-K pathway. Neurobiology of Disease. 24(1). 170–182. 66 indexed citations
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Cimarosti, Helena, Lauren Lúcia Zamin, Rudimar Luiz Frozza, et al.. (2005). Estradiol Protects Against Oxygen and Glucose Deprivation in Rat Hippocampal Organotypic Cultures and Activates Akt and Inactivates GSK-3?. Neurochemical Research. 30(2). 191–199. 46 indexed citations
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Cimarosti, Helena, Ionara Rodrigues Siqueira, Lauren Lúcia Zamin, et al.. (2005). Neuroprotection and Protein Damage Prevention by Estradiol Replacement in Rat Hippocampal Slices Exposed to Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation. Neurochemical Research. 30(4). 583–589. 14 indexed citations

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