Nikolaos K. Robakis

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

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Nikolaos K. Robakis is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Nikolaos K. Robakis has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Molecular Biology, 86 papers in Physiology and 30 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Nikolaos K. Robakis's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (83 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (22 papers) and Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (21 papers). Nikolaos K. Robakis is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (83 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (22 papers) and Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (21 papers). Nikolaos K. Robakis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Italy. Nikolaos K. Robakis's co-authors include Junichi Shioi, Anastasios Georgakopoulos, Gloria Wolfe, Miguel A. Pappolla, H. M. Wiśniewski, Paul H. Wen, N. Ramakrishna, Philippe Marambaud, Lia Baki and Spiros Efthimiopoulos and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Nikolaos K. Robakis

131 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

The amyloid cascade hypothesis: an updated critical review

2023 135 citations Kasper P. Kepp, Nikolaos K. Robakis et al. Brain profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nikolaos K. Robakis United States	51	4.3k	4.1k	1.6k	1.1k	1.1k	133	7.3k
Jorge Busciglio United States	43	4.3k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	996 0.9×	826 0.8×	65	7.9k
Hilda H. Slunt United States	31	5.5k 1.3×	3.9k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	39	8.0k
Steven Estus United States	44	4.4k 1.0×	4.4k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	933 0.8×	753 0.7×	87	8.3k
Mikio Shoji Japan	55	7.0k 1.6×	5.5k 1.3×	2.7k 1.6×	1.4k 1.3×	931 0.9×	293	12.0k
M. Paul Murphy United States	43	5.8k 1.4×	3.4k 0.8×	2.1k 1.3×	1.4k 1.2×	652 0.6×	75	8.9k
Andréa C. LeBlanc Canada	44	2.6k 0.6×	4.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	635 0.6×	846 0.8×	103	6.9k
Dennis J. Selkoe United States	15	4.8k 1.1×	3.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	624 0.6×	17	6.4k
H. M. Wiśniewski United States	29	4.9k 1.2×	4.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	947 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	78	7.6k
Richard F. Cowburn Sweden	43	3.6k 0.8×	3.4k 0.8×	2.6k 1.6×	1.1k 1.0×	648 0.6×	154	6.6k
Stephen D. Schmidt United States	30	5.6k 1.3×	2.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	38	7.4k

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Espay, Alberto J., Kariem Ezzat, Kasper P. Kepp, et al.. (2025). Restoring amyloid-β42 and γ-secretase function in Alzheimer’s disease. Brain. 148(11). 3856–3864.

Høilund‐Carlsen, Poul Flemming, Abass Alavi, Jorge R. Barrio, et al.. (2024). Donanemab, another anti-Alzheimer's drug with risk and uncertain benefit. Ageing Research Reviews. 99. 102348–102348. 17 indexed citations

Kepp, Kasper P., Stefano L. Sensi, Kasper Bendix Johnsen, et al.. (2023). The anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody Lecanemab: 16 cautionary notes. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 3 indexed citations

Kepp, Kasper P., Nikolaos K. Robakis, Poul Flemming Høilund‐Carlsen, Stefano L. Sensi, & Bryce Vissel. (2023). The amyloid cascade hypothesis: an updated critical review. Brain. 146(10). 3969–3990. 135 indexed citations breakdown →

Yoon, Yonejung, Georgios Voloudakis, Lei Chen, et al.. (2020). PS1 FAD mutants decrease ephrinB2-regulated angiogenic functions, ischemia-induced brain neovascularization and neuronal survival. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(6). 1996–2012. 5 indexed citations

Voloudakis, Georgios, et al.. (2018). The product of the γ-secretase processing of ephrinB2 regulates VE-cadherin complexes and angiogenesis. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 75(15). 2813–2826. 4 indexed citations

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

Xu, Jindong, Claudia Litterst, Anastasios Georgakopoulos, Ioannis Zaganas, & Nikolaos K. Robakis. (2009). Peptide EphB2/CTF2 Generated by the γ-Secretase Processing of EphB2 Receptor Promotes Tyrosine Phosphorylation and Cell Surface Localization of N-Methyl-d-aspartate Receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(40). 27220–27228. 29 indexed citations

Kouchi, Zen, Gaël Barthet, Geo Şerban, et al.. (2008). p120 Catenin Recruits Cadherins to γ-Secretase and Inhibits Production of Aβ Peptide. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(4). 1954–1961. 25 indexed citations

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Litterst, Claudia, Anastasios Georgakopoulos, Junichi Shioi, et al.. (2007). Ligand Binding and Calcium Influx Induce Distinct Ectodomain/γ-Secretase-processing Pathways of EphB2 Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(22). 16155–16163. 99 indexed citations

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Arnaud, Lisette, Nikolaos K. Robakis, & Maria E. Figueiredo‐Pereira. (2006). It May Take Inflammation, Phosphorylation and Ubiquitination to ‘Tangle’ in Alzheimer’s Disease. Neurodegenerative Diseases. 3(6). 313–319. 73 indexed citations

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Marambaud, Philippe, Paul H. Wen, Junichi Shioi, et al.. (2003). A CBP Binding Transcriptional Repressor Produced by the PS1/ϵ-Cleavage of N-Cadherin Is Inhibited by PS1 FAD Mutations. Cell. 114(5). 635–645. 400 indexed citations

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Georgakopoulos, Anastasios, Philippe Marambaud, Victor L. Friedrich, et al.. (2000). Presenilin‐1: A Component of Synaptic and Endothelial Adherens Junctions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 920(1). 209–214. 13 indexed citations

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Georgakopoulos, Anastasios, Philippe Marambaud, Spiros Efthimiopoulos, et al.. (1999). Presenilin-1 Forms Complexes with the Cadherin/Catenin Cell–Cell Adhesion System and Is Recruited to Intercellular and Synaptic Contacts. Molecular Cell. 4(6). 893–902. 181 indexed citations

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Shioi, Junichi, et al.. (1996). Structure and Function of Appican, The Proteoglycan Form of the Alzheimer Amyloid Precursor.. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology. 8(42). 253–263. 6 indexed citations

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Buée, Luc, Wanhong Ding, John P. Anderson, et al.. (1993). Binding of vascular heparan sulfate proteoglycan to Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein is mediated in part by the N-terminal region of A4 peptide. Brain Research. 627(2). 199–204. 52 indexed citations

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Pappolla, Miguel A., Rosmarıa Omar, K. S. Kim, & Nikolaos K. Robakis. (1992). Immunohistochemical evidence of oxidative [corrected] stress in Alzheimer's disease.. PubMed Central. 140(3). 621–8. 302 indexed citations

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Robakis, Nikolaos K., et al.. (1990). Human retina D2 receptor cDNAs have multiple polyadenylation sites and differ from a pituitary clone at the 5′ non-coding region. Nucleic Acids Research. 18(5). 1299–1299. 8 indexed citations

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Brown, H. R., N. L. Goller, R. D. Rudelli, et al.. (1990). The mRNA encoding the scrapie agent protein is present in a variety of non-neuronal cells. Acta Neuropathologica. 80(1). 1–6. 85 indexed citations

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David, Fabrice, Nikolaos K. Robakis, & G Lucotte. (1987). A newTaqI polymorphism detected by the cDNA encoding amyloid beta protein of Alzhemer's disease. Nucleic Acids Research. 15(21). 9103–9103. 2 indexed citations

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