Nuno Rocha

2.9k citations

20 papers · 1.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 14

Co-authors: Jacques Neefjes Lennert Janssen Coenraad Kuijl Wilbert Zwart Rik van der Kant Hans Janssen Ingrid Jordens Marie Johansson
Topics: Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers)Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers)Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers)
Cited by: Physiology Cell Biology Molecular Biology
Journals: Science Nucleic Acids Research Journal of Clinical Investigation
Partner nations: United Kingdom Netherlands United States

In The Last Decade

Nuno Rocha

19 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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Cholesterol sensor ORP1L contacts the ER protein VAP to control Rab7–RILP–p150Glued and late endosome positioning

2009 553 citations Nuno Rocha, Coenraad Kuijl et al. The Journal of Cell Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Bidirectional Effects of Sleep Deprivation Associated with Parkinson’s Disease on Behavior, Oxidative Stress, and Energy Metabolism in Male and Female Rats 2025 ·Molecular Neurobiology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Nuno Rocha,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Khiany Mathias,(unknown),Emílio L. Streck,Fabrícia Petronilho,João Quevedo,Gislaine Z. Réus	0
2	Human pluripotent stem cell-based models suggest preadipocyte senescence as a possible cause of metabolic complications of Werner and Bloom Syndromes 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·Kim Jee Goh,Jianhua Chen,Nuno Rocha,Robert K. Semple	11
3	A genome-wide RNAi screen identifies the SMC5/6 complex as a non-redundant regulator of a Topo2a-dependent G2 arrest 2018 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·(unknown),(unknown),Michael Howell,(unknown),Rebecca E. Saunders,Probir Chakravarty,(unknown),(unknown),Nuno Rocha,Robert K. Semple,Lykourgos‐Panagiotis Zalmas,Peter J. Parker	21
4	Secretome Analysis of Hypoxia‐Induced 3T3‐L1 Adipocytes Uncovers Novel Proteins Potentially Involved in Obesity 2018 ·PROTEOMICS ·(unknown),(unknown),Biagio Arcidiacono,(unknown),Eusebio Chiefari,Robert K. Semple,Nuno Rocha,Diego Russo,Giovanni Cuda,Marco Gaspari,Antonio Brunetti,Daniela Foti	15
5	The metabolic syndrome- associated small G protein ARL15 plays a role in adipocyte differentiation and adiponectin secretion 2017 ·Scientific Reports ·Nuno Rocha,Felicity Payne,Isabel Huang‐Doran,Alison Sleigh,Katherine A. Fawcett,Claire Adams,Anna Stears,Vladimı́r Saudek,Stephen O’Rahilly,Inês Barroso,Robert K. Semple	24
6	Constitutive Activation of AKT2 in Humans Leads to Hypoglycemia Without Fatty Liver or Metabolic Dyslipidemia 2017 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·(unknown),Nuno Rocha,Julie Harris,Matthijs Groeneveld,(unknown),Nicholas J. Wareham,Alison Sleigh,Pascale de Lonlay,Khalid Hussain,Stephen O’Rahilly,Robert K. Semple	12
7	Evaluation of human dermal fibroblasts directly reprogrammed to adipocyte-like cells as a metabolic disease model 2017 ·Disease Models & Mechanisms ·Jianhua Chen,Kim Jee Goh,Nuno Rocha,Matthijs Groeneveld,(unknown),Timothy Barrett,David B. Savage,Robert K. Semple	13
8	Acute knockdown of the insulin receptor or its substrates Irs1 and 2 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes suppresses adiponectin production 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Matthijs Groeneveld,Gemma V. Brierley,Nuno Rocha,Kenneth Siddle,Robert K. Semple	17
9	Hypomorphism in human NSMCE2 linked to primordial dwarfism and insulin resistance 2014 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Felicity Payne,Rita Colnaghi,Nuno Rocha,Asha Seth,J. Ieuan Harris,Gillian Carpenter,William Bottomley,Eleanor Wheeler,Stephen Q. Wong,Vladimı́r Saudek,David B. Savage,Stephen O’Rahilly,Jean‐Claude Carel,Inês Barroso,Mark O’Driscoll,Robert K. Semple	72
10	Late endosomal transport and tethering are coupled processes controlled by RILP and the cholesterol sensor ORP1L 2013 ·Journal of Cell Science ·Rik van der Kant,Alexander Fish,Lennert Janssen,Hans Janssen,(unknown),Nataschja I. Ho,Thijn R. Brummelkamp,Jan E. Carette,Nuno Rocha,Jacques Neefjes	160
11	An Activating Mutation of AKT2 and Human Hypoglycemia 2011 ·Science ·Khalid Hussain,Benjamin Challis,Nuno Rocha,Felicity Payne,(unknown),(unknown),Allan Daly,Clare L. Scott,Jeffrey R. Harris,(unknown),David B. Savage,Uma Ramaswami,Pascale de Lonlay,Stephen O’Rahilly,Inês Barroso,Robert K. Semple	114
12	Founder effect in the Horn of Africa for an insulin receptor mutation that may impair receptor recycling 2011 ·Diabetologia ·Eleanor Raffan,Maria A. Soos,Nuno Rocha,Antoinette Tuthill,A. Thomsen,(unknown),John W Gregory,Peter C. Hindmarsh,Mehul Dattani,Elaine Cochran,(unknown),Phillip Görden,Inês Barroso,Niels Morling,Stephen O’Rahilly,Robert K. Semple	9
13	Genetic Defects in Human Pericentrin Are Associated With Severe Insulin Resistance and Diabetes 2011 ·Diabetes ·Isabel Huang‐Doran,Louise S. Bicknell,Francis Finucane,Nuno Rocha,Keith Porter,Y.C. Loraine Tung,Ferenc Szekeres,Anna Krook,John J. Nolan,Mark O’Driscoll,Michael B. Bober,Stephen O’Rahilly,Andrew P. Jackson,Robert K. Semple,(unknown)	51
14	Expression of ARL15, a type 2 diabetes risk variant, is increased in cultured human skeletal muscle cells from insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes patients 2010 ·Diabetologia ·(unknown),Carmen J. Williams,Nuno Rocha,(unknown),Robert K. Semple,Mark Walker	1
15	Cholesterol sensor ORP1L contacts the ER protein VAP to control Rab7–RILP–p150Glued and late endosome positioningbreakdown → 2009 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Nuno Rocha,Coenraad Kuijl,Rik van der Kant,Lennert Janssen,(unknown),Hans Janssen,Wilbert Zwart,Jacques Neefjes	553
16	Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism due to a Novel Missense Mutation in the First Extracellular Loop of the Neurokinin B Receptor 2009 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·Tülay Güran,Gwen Tolhurst,Abdullah Bereket,Nuno Rocha,Keith Porter,Serap Turan,Fiona M. Gribble,Leman Damla Kotan,Teoman Akçay,Zeynep Atay,(unknown),Ayşe Serin,Stephen O’Rahilly,Frank Reimann,Robert K. Semple,A. Kemal Topaloğlu	108
17	MHC class II molecules on the move for successful antigen presentation 2007 ·The EMBO Journal ·Nuno Rocha,Jacques Neefjes	118
18	Activation of endosomal dynein motors by stepwise assembly of Rab7–RILP–p150Glued, ORP1L, and the receptor βlll spectrin 2007 ·The Journal of Cell Biology ·Marie Johansson,Nuno Rocha,Wilbert Zwart,Ingrid Jordens,Lennert Janssen,Coenraad Kuijl,Vesa M. Olkkonen,Jacques Neefjes	383
19	A splice variant of RILP induces lysosomal clustering independent of dynein recruitment 2006 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·Marije Marsman,Ingrid Jordens,Nuno Rocha,Coenraad Kuijl,Lennert Janssen,Jacques Neefjes	6
20	Rab7 and Rab27a control two motor protein activities involved in melanosomal transport 2006 ·Pigment Cell Research ·Ingrid Jordens,Wendy Westbroek,Marije Marsman,Nuno Rocha,Mieke Mommaas,Marjan Huizing,Jo Lambert,Jean Naeyaert,Jacques Neefjes	82

About Nuno Rocha

Nuno Rocha is a scholar working on Physiology, Cell Biology and Physiology, having authored 20 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (272 citations), Cell Biology (840 citations) and Molecular Biology (975 citations). Nuno Rocha has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Frequent co-authors include Jacques Neefjes, Lennert Janssen, Coenraad Kuijl, Wilbert Zwart, Rik van der Kant, Hans Janssen, Ingrid Jordens, Marie Johansson, Vesa M. Olkkonen and Robert K. Semple. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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