Nuno Rocha

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Nuno Rocha is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nuno Rocha has authored 20 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, 6 papers in Physiology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Nuno Rocha's work include Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers). Nuno Rocha is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (5 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (4 papers). Nuno Rocha collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Nuno Rocha's 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 and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Nuno Rocha

19 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nuno Rocha United Kingdom	14	975	840	272	271	248	20	1.8k
José A. Martínez‐Menárguez Spain	21	1.1k 1.2×	1.3k 1.5×	126 0.5×	177 0.7×	84 0.3×	35	1.8k
Katsuko Tani Japan	29	2.0k 2.1×	1.9k 2.3×	213 0.8×	367 1.4×	244 1.0×	48	3.0k
Juliati Rahajeng United States	14	983 1.0×	879 1.0×	133 0.5×	161 0.6×	91 0.4×	15	1.4k
Eiko Kanno Japan	21	1.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	346 1.3×	277 1.0×	380 1.5×	24	1.9k
Shin‐ichiro Yoshimura Japan	24	2.0k 2.0×	1.7k 2.0×	273 1.0×	384 1.4×	458 1.8×	38	3.1k
Masami Nagahama Japan	17	980 1.0×	784 0.9×	65 0.2×	154 0.6×	195 0.8×	26	1.6k
Franz Wendler United Kingdom	22	1.8k 1.8×	862 1.0×	131 0.5×	201 0.7×	279 1.1×	26	2.4k
Florence Jollivet France	16	1.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	137 0.5×	216 0.8×	111 0.4×	21	2.0k
Dorothea Maetzel United States	11	1.0k 1.1×	275 0.3×	177 0.7×	391 1.4×	390 1.6×	12	1.9k
Masaharu Kotani Japan	22	902 0.9×	325 0.4×	63 0.2×	406 1.5×	181 0.7×	59	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nuno Rocha

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rocha, Nuno, Khiany Mathias, Emílio L. Streck, et al.. (2025). Bidirectional Effects of Sleep Deprivation Associated with Parkinson’s Disease on Behavior, Oxidative Stress, and Energy Metabolism in Male and Female Rats. Molecular Neurobiology. 63(1). 161–161.

Goh, Kim Jee, Jianhua Chen, Nuno Rocha, & Robert K. Semple. (2020). Human pluripotent stem cell-based models suggest preadipocyte senescence as a possible cause of metabolic complications of Werner and Bloom Syndromes. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 7490–7490. 11 indexed citations

Howell, Michael, Rebecca E. Saunders, Probir Chakravarty, et al.. (2018). A genome-wide RNAi screen identifies the SMC5/6 complex as a non-redundant regulator of a Topo2a-dependent G2 arrest. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(6). 2906–2921. 21 indexed citations

Arcidiacono, Biagio, Eusebio Chiefari, Robert K. Semple, et al.. (2018). Secretome Analysis of Hypoxia‐Induced 3T3‐L1 Adipocytes Uncovers Novel Proteins Potentially Involved in Obesity. PROTEOMICS. 18(7). e1700260–e1700260. 15 indexed citations

Rocha, Nuno, Felicity Payne, Isabel Huang‐Doran, et al.. (2017). The metabolic syndrome- associated small G protein ARL15 plays a role in adipocyte differentiation and adiponectin secretion. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17593–17593. 24 indexed citations

Rocha, Nuno, Julie Harris, Matthijs Groeneveld, et al.. (2017). Constitutive Activation of AKT2 in Humans Leads to Hypoglycemia Without Fatty Liver or Metabolic Dyslipidemia. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 102(8). 2914–2921. 12 indexed citations

Chen, Jianhua, Kim Jee Goh, Nuno Rocha, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of human dermal fibroblasts directly reprogrammed to adipocyte-like cells as a metabolic disease model. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 10(12). 1411–1420. 13 indexed citations

Groeneveld, Matthijs, Gemma V. Brierley, Nuno Rocha, Kenneth Siddle, & Robert K. Semple. (2016). Acute knockdown of the insulin receptor or its substrates Irs1 and 2 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes suppresses adiponectin production. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21105–21105. 17 indexed citations

Payne, Felicity, Rita Colnaghi, Nuno Rocha, et al.. (2014). Hypomorphism in human NSMCE2 linked to primordial dwarfism and insulin resistance. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 124(9). 4028–4038. 72 indexed citations

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Kant, Rik van der, Alexander Fish, Lennert Janssen, et al.. (2013). Late endosomal transport and tethering are coupled processes controlled by RILP and the cholesterol sensor ORP1L. Journal of Cell Science. 126(Pt 15). 3462–74. 160 indexed citations

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Hussain, Khalid, Benjamin Challis, Nuno Rocha, et al.. (2011). An Activating Mutation of AKT2 and Human Hypoglycemia. Science. 334(6055). 474–474. 114 indexed citations

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Raffan, Eleanor, Maria A. Soos, Nuno Rocha, et al.. (2011). Founder effect in the Horn of Africa for an insulin receptor mutation that may impair receptor recycling. Diabetologia. 54(5). 1057–1065. 9 indexed citations

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Huang‐Doran, Isabel, Louise S. Bicknell, Francis Finucane, et al.. (2011). Genetic Defects in Human Pericentrin Are Associated With Severe Insulin Resistance and Diabetes. Diabetes. 60(3). 925–935. 51 indexed citations

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Williams, Carmen J., et al.. (2010). Expression of ARL15, a type 2 diabetes risk variant, is increased in cultured human skeletal muscle cells from insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes patients. Diabetologia. 53. 1 indexed citations

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Rocha, Nuno, Coenraad Kuijl, Rik van der Kant, et al.. (2009). Cholesterol sensor ORP1L contacts the ER protein VAP to control Rab7–RILP–p150Glued and late endosome positioning. The Journal of Cell Biology. 185(7). 1209–1225. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

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Güran, Tülay, Gwen Tolhurst, Abdullah Bereket, et al.. (2009). Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism due to a Novel Missense Mutation in the First Extracellular Loop of the Neurokinin B Receptor. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 94(10). 3633–3639. 108 indexed citations

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Rocha, Nuno & Jacques Neefjes. (2007). MHC class II molecules on the move for successful antigen presentation. The EMBO Journal. 27(1). 1–5. 118 indexed citations

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Johansson, Marie, Nuno Rocha, Wilbert Zwart, et al.. (2007). Activation of endosomal dynein motors by stepwise assembly of Rab7–RILP–p150Glued, ORP1L, and the receptor βlll spectrin. The Journal of Cell Biology. 176(4). 459–471. 383 indexed citations

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Marsman, Marije, Ingrid Jordens, Nuno Rocha, et al.. (2006). A splice variant of RILP induces lysosomal clustering independent of dynein recruitment. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 344(3). 747–756. 6 indexed citations

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Jordens, Ingrid, Wendy Westbroek, Marije Marsman, et al.. (2006). Rab7 and Rab27a control two motor protein activities involved in melanosomal transport. Pigment Cell Research. 19(5). 412–423. 82 indexed citations

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