Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Epidemiology and 10 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (13 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (10 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (6 papers). Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (13 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (10 papers) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (6 papers). Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Germany. Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela's co-authors include Patricia Boya, Jordi Bové, Miquel Vila, Benjamin Dehay, Céline Perier, Ariadna Recasens, Patrice Codogno, Enrique J. de la Rosa, Patrick S. Fitze and Francisco Germaín and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela

23 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Pathogenic Lysosomal Depletion in Parkinson's Disease 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Pathogenic Lysosomal Depletion in Parkinson's Disease
    2010 640 citations Benjamin Dehay, Jordi Bové et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela Spain 17 840 811 513 359 292 23 1.8k
Silvia Corrochano Spain 15 645 0.8× 581 0.7× 573 1.1× 337 0.9× 96 0.3× 24 1.5k
Taiji Tsunemi Japan 19 967 1.2× 438 0.5× 710 1.4× 555 1.5× 22 0.1× 49 1.9k
Antonio Piras Italy 13 441 0.5× 224 0.3× 145 0.3× 310 0.9× 213 0.7× 18 1.0k
Hongfeng Wang China 25 1.0k 1.2× 651 0.8× 727 1.4× 211 0.6× 14 0.0× 48 1.8k
Véronique Schaeffer France 21 681 0.8× 602 0.7× 309 0.6× 676 1.9× 19 0.1× 33 2.0k
Masako M. Bilak United States 20 664 0.8× 213 0.3× 198 0.4× 164 0.5× 96 0.3× 26 1.3k
Cécile Delettre France 27 3.4k 4.1× 278 0.3× 202 0.4× 339 0.9× 259 0.9× 41 3.8k
Susan L. Cotman United States 25 915 1.1× 409 0.5× 138 0.3× 1.5k 4.0× 63 0.2× 38 2.2k
Jouni Vesa United States 21 1.3k 1.5× 489 0.6× 377 0.7× 1.0k 2.8× 19 0.1× 35 2.5k
Jacqueline L. Vanderluit Canada 25 1.2k 1.4× 200 0.2× 126 0.2× 101 0.3× 163 0.6× 33 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela

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Fields of papers citing papers by Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela

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All Works

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Caldarelli, Antonio, Jutta Becker, Fabian Rost, et al.. (2024). Isogenic patient-derived organoids reveal early neurodevelopmental defects in spinal muscular atrophy initiation. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(8). 101659–101659. 9 indexed citations
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Iwasawa, Kentaro, Masaki Kimura, Maciej Paszkowski‐Rogacz, et al.. (2022). Correction of a Factor VIII genomic inversion with designer-recombinases. Nature Communications. 13(1). 422–422. 17 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Muela, Natalia, et al.. (2022). Activated Endolysosomal Cation Channel TRPML1 Facilitates Maturation of α-Synuclein-Containing Autophagosomes. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 861202–861202. 10 indexed citations
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Bell, Katharina, Elena Sierra‐Filardi, Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela, et al.. (2020). Age related retinal Ganglion cell susceptibility in context of autophagy deficiency. Cell Death Discovery. 6(1). 21–21. 31 indexed citations
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Villarejo‐Zori, Beatriz, Elena Sierra‐Filardi, Xandra Pereiro, et al.. (2020). The mito-QC Reporter for Quantitative Mitophagy Assessment in Primary Retinal Ganglion Cells and Experimental Glaucoma Models. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(5). 1882–1882. 24 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Muela, Natalia. (2020). Autophagy in motor neuron diseases. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 172. 157–202. 4 indexed citations
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Hosseinibarkooie, Seyyedmohsen, Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela, Lance S. Davidow, et al.. (2020). Genetic modifiers ameliorate endocytic and neuromuscular defects in a model of spinal muscular atrophy. BMC Biology. 18(1). 127–127. 18 indexed citations
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Boya, Patricia, Patrice Codogno, & Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela. (2018). Autophagy in stem cells: repair, remodelling and metabolic reprogramming. Development. 145(4). 155 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Muela, Natalia, et al.. (2018). Blocking p62-dependent SMN degradation ameliorates spinal muscular atrophy disease phenotypes. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(7). 3008–3023. 32 indexed citations
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Palomo, Valle, Daniel I. Pérez, Carlos Roca, et al.. (2017). Subtly Modulating Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 β: Allosteric Inhibitor Development and Their Potential for the Treatment of Chronic Diseases. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 60(12). 4983–5001. 59 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Muela, Natalia, Nadia K. Litterman, María J. Galazo, et al.. (2017). Single-Cell Analysis of SMN Reveals Its Broader Role in Neuromuscular Disease. Cell Reports. 18(6). 1484–1498. 34 indexed citations
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Tripathi, Pratibha, Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela, Joseph R. Klim, et al.. (2017). Reactive Astrocytes Promote ALS-like Degeneration and Intracellular Protein Aggregation in Human Motor Neurons by Disrupting Autophagy through TGF-β1. Stem Cell Reports. 9(2). 667–680. 99 indexed citations
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Gómez‐Sintes, Raquel, Beatriz Villarejo‐Zori, Ana Serrano‐Puebla, et al.. (2017). Standard Assays for the Study of Autophagy in the Ex Vivo Retina. Cells. 6(4). 37–37. 13 indexed citations
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Ng, Shi‐Yan, Boon-Seng Soh, Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela, et al.. (2015). Genome-wide RNA-Seq of Human Motor Neurons Implicates Selective ER Stress Activation in Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Cell stem cell. 17(5). 569–584. 95 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Muela, Natalia, et al.. (2014). Lysosomal membrane permeabilization and autophagy blockade contribute to photoreceptor cell death in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa. Cell Death and Differentiation. 22(3). 476–487. 110 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Muela, Natalia, Hiroshi Koga, Pedro de la Villa, et al.. (2013). Balance between autophagic pathways preserves retinal homeostasis. Aging Cell. 12(3). 478–488. 146 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Muela, Natalia & Patricia Boya. (2012). Axonal damage, autophagy and neuronal survival. Autophagy. 8(2). 286–288. 45 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Muela, Natalia, Francisco Germaín, Guillermo Mariño, Patrick S. Fitze, & Patricia Boya. (2011). Autophagy promotes survival of retinal ganglion cells after optic nerve axotomy in mice. Cell Death and Differentiation. 19(1). 162–169. 184 indexed citations
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Dehay, Benjamin, Jordi Bové, Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela, et al.. (2010). Pathogenic Lysosomal Depletion in Parkinson's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(37). 12535–12544. 640 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vila, Miquel, Jordi Bové, Benjamin Dehay, Natalia Rodríguez‐Muela, & Patricia Boya. (2010). Lysosomal membrane permeabilization in Parkinson disease. Autophagy. 7(1). 98–100. 63 indexed citations

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