Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man

13.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
145 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology and Clinical Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Ophthalmology and 26 papers in Clinical Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (101 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (44 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (40 papers). Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (101 papers), ATP Synthase and ATPases Research (44 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (40 papers). Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man's co-authors include Patrick F. Chinnery, Philip G. Griffiths, Valério Carelli, Florence Burté, Gavin Hudson, Rita Horváth, Thomas Klopstock, Nancy J. Newman, Robert W. Taylor and Marcela Votruba and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man

133 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Prevalence of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA mutations related to adult mitochondrial disease

2015 643 citations Gráinne S. Gorman, Andrew M. Schaefer et al. profile →
Disturbed mitochondrial dynamics and neurodegenerative disorders

2014 519 citations Florence Burté, Valério Carelli et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man United Kingdom	41	5.4k	1.5k	1.5k	721	543	145	6.4k
Marcela Votruba United Kingdom	30	3.3k 0.6×	878 0.6×	816 0.6×	438 0.6×	204 0.4×	85	4.0k
Laurence A. Bindoff Norway	48	6.3k 1.2×	104 0.1×	3.4k 2.3×	1.4k 2.0×	878 1.6×	187	8.0k
Sarah K. Bronson United States	26	1.8k 0.3×	983 0.7×	243 0.2×	261 0.4×	31 0.1×	44	3.2k
J. Kyle Krady United States	18	984 0.2×	985 0.7×	230 0.2×	252 0.3×	159 0.3×	21	2.7k
Margrit Hollborn Germany	30	1.6k 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	126 0.1×	524 0.7×	95 0.2×	72	2.8k
Massimo Dal Monte Italy	35	1.4k 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	134 0.1×	542 0.8×	103 0.2×	131	3.3k
Yehong Zhuo China	27	1.7k 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	104 0.1×	324 0.4×	92 0.2×	169	3.0k
Emma L. Blakely United Kingdom	38	4.8k 0.9×	56 0.0×	2.6k 1.7×	587 0.8×	229 0.4×	100	5.3k
Cristòfol Vives-Bauzá United States	19	1.5k 0.3×	115 0.1×	320 0.2×	369 0.5×	785 1.4×	36	2.5k
Tobias B. Haack Germany	33	2.7k 0.5×	46 0.0×	1.1k 0.7×	523 0.7×	377 0.7×	165	3.7k

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Whitehead, M. A., et al.. (2025). CRISPRa-Mediated Increase of OPA1 Expression in Dominant Optic Atrophy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(13). 6364–6364.

Borrelli, Enrico, Francesco Bandello, Camiel J. F. Boon, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial retinopathies and optic neuropathies: The impact of retinal imaging on modern understanding of pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research. 101. 101264–101264. 11 indexed citations

Xu, Xintong, et al.. (2024). Neuroimaging changes in the pregeniculate visual pathway and chiasmal enlargement in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 108(9). 1313–1317. 1 indexed citations

Vidal, Gonzalo, C. Vásquez, Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man, et al.. (2024). OPA1 and disease-causing mutants perturb mitochondrial nucleoid distribution. Cell Death and Disease. 15(11). 870–870. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Benson, et al.. (2024). ‘Adrift from the World’: Understanding how Inherited Optic Neuropathies Impact on Quality of Life (S40.002). Neurology. 102(7_supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Burté, Florence, Marcela Sjöberg, Marı́a Estela Andrés, et al.. (2023). OPA1 disease-causing mutants have domain-specific effects on mitochondrial ultrastructure and fusion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(12). e2207471120–e2207471120. 19 indexed citations

Wong, David, Joshua Harvey, Neringa Jurkutė, et al.. (2023). OPA1 Dominant Optic Atrophy: Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Targets. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 43(4). 464–474. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Benson, Stephanie Archer, Valerija Tadić, et al.. (2022). Capturing the experiences of patients with inherited optic neuropathies: a systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and qualitative studies. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 260(6). 2045–2055. 5 indexed citations

Newman, Nancy J., Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man, Valérie Biousse, & Valério Carelli. (2022). Understanding the molecular basis and pathogenesis of hereditary optic neuropathies: towards improved diagnosis and management. The Lancet Neurology. 22(2). 172–188. 49 indexed citations

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Yu‐Wai‐Man, Patrick, Nancy J. Newman, Valério Carelli, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of the efficacy of rAAV2/2-ND4 gene therapy for Leber hereditary optic neuropathy compared with the natural history. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 62(8). 2676–2676. 1 indexed citations

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Ching, Jared, et al.. (2021). Vision-Related Quality of Life and Mental Health in Patients with Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 62(8). 2393–2393. 1 indexed citations

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Moster, Mark L., Robert C. Sergott, Nancy J. Newman, et al.. (2021). Cross-Sectional Analysis of Baseline Visual Parameters in Subjects Recruited Into the RESCUE and REVERSE ND4-LHON Gene Therapy Studies. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 41(3). 298–308. 4 indexed citations

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Tatsuta, Takashi, Thomas Langer, Anastasia D. Gazi, et al.. (2021). High‐throughput screening identifies suppressors of mitochondrial fragmentation in OPA1 fibroblasts. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 13(6). e13579–e13579. 40 indexed citations

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Biousse, Valérie, Nancy J. Newman, Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man, et al.. (2020). Long-Term Follow-Up After Unilateral Intravitreal Gene Therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: The RESTORE Study. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 41(3). 309–315. 43 indexed citations

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Yu‐Wai‐Man, Patrick, Nancy J. Newman, Valério Carelli, et al.. (2020). Bilateral Visual Improvement with Unilateral Gene Therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON). Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 61(7). 5181–5181. 2 indexed citations

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Whitehead, M. A., Andrew Osborne, Peter Widdowson, Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man, & Keith R. Martin. (2019). Angiopoietins in Diabetic Retinopathy: Current Understanding and Therapeutic Potential. Journal of Diabetes Research. 2019. 1–9. 33 indexed citations

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Sommerville, Ewen W., Ilaria Dalla Rosa, Masha M. Rosenberg, et al.. (2019). Identification of a novel heterozygous guanosine monophosphate reductase ( GMPR ) variant in a patient with a late‐onset disorder of mitochondrial DNA maintenance. Clinical Genetics. 97(2). 276–286. 7 indexed citations

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Carelli, Valério, Michele Carbonelli, I.F.M. de Coo, et al.. (2017). International Consensus Statement on the Clinical and Therapeutic Management of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 37(4). 371–381. 143 indexed citations

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Hudson, Gavin, Patrick Yu‐Wai‐Man, Philip G. Griffiths, et al.. (2011). Variation in MAPT is not a contributing factor to the incomplete penetrance in LHON. Mitochondrion. 11(4). 620–622. 4 indexed citations

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Alavi, Marcel V., Nico Fuhrmann, Huu Phuc Nguyen, et al.. (2009). Subtle neurological and metabolic abnormalities in an Opa1 mouse model of autosomal dominant optic atrophy. Experimental Neurology. 220(2). 404–409. 39 indexed citations

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