Piera Pasinelli

7.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
61 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Piera Pasinelli is a scholar working on Neurology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Piera Pasinelli has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Neurology, 26 papers in Genetics and 22 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Piera Pasinelli's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (48 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (26 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (12 papers). Piera Pasinelli is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (48 papers), Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (26 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (12 papers). Piera Pasinelli collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Italy. Piera Pasinelli's co-authors include Robert H. Brown, Davide Trotti, Don W. Cleveland, Megan K. Houseweart, Xinmei Wen, Thomas Westergard, Shashirekha S. Markandaiah, Karthik Krishnamurthy, David S. Miller and Wenzhi Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Piera Pasinelli

60 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Molecular biology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: insights from genetics

2006 894 citations Piera Pasinelli, Robert H. Brown Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
Wild-type and mutant SOD1 share an aberrant conformation and a common pathogenic pathway in ALS

2010 544 citations Daryl A. Bosco, Gerardo Morfini et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Antisense Proline-Arginine RAN Dipeptides Linked to C9ORF72-ALS/FTD Form Toxic Nuclear Aggregates that Initiate In Vitro and In Vivo Neuronal Death

2014 394 citations Xinmei Wen, Wenzhi Tan et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Piera Pasinelli United States	35	3.6k	2.3k	1.8k	1.3k	947	61	5.7k
Christine Vande Velde Canada	32	4.1k 1.1×	3.7k 1.6×	2.3k 1.2×	925 0.7×	942 1.0×	58	7.1k
Tania F. Gendron United States	44	5.1k 1.4×	4.1k 1.8×	2.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.1×	795 0.8×	83	7.8k
Makoto Urushitani Japan	36	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	964 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	928 1.0×	114	4.9k
Thomas T. Chou United States	13	4.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	733 0.6×	939 1.0×	21	5.6k
Steven Ackerley United Kingdom	20	2.8k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	723 0.8×	21	4.8k
Lawrence J. Hayward United States	36	2.4k 0.7×	2.4k 1.0×	898 0.5×	777 0.6×	628 0.7×	52	4.5k
Wen-Lang Lin United States	36	3.4k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	51	5.6k
Afif Hentati United States	14	3.7k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	22	5.0k
Bradley Smith United Kingdom	30	2.1k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	504 0.4×	503 0.5×	72	4.5k
Deepak M. Sampathu United States	10	4.5k 1.3×	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	729 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	10	5.9k

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Urban, Mark W., Nicolette M. Heinsinger, Shashirekha S. Markandaiah, et al.. (2024). EphrinB2 knockdown in cervical spinal cord preserves diaphragm innervation in a mutant SOD1 mouse model of ALS. eLife. 12. 1 indexed citations

Cicardi, M.E., Karthik Krishnamurthy, Shashirekha S. Markandaiah, et al.. (2024). The nuclear import receptor Kapβ2 modifies neurotoxicity mediated by poly(GR) in C9orf72-linked ALS/FTD. Communications Biology. 7(1). 376–376. 3 indexed citations

Cicardi, M.E., Nancy J. Philp, Aaron R. Haeusler, et al.. (2024). Glucose hypometabolism prompts RAN translation and exacerbates C9orf72-related ALS/FTD phenotypes. EMBO Reports. 25(5). 2479–2510. 3 indexed citations

Urban, Mark W., Nicolette M. Heinsinger, Shashirekha S. Markandaiah, et al.. (2023). EphrinB2 knockdown in cervical spinal cord preserves diaphragm innervation in a mutant SOD1 mouse model of ALS. eLife. 12. 4 indexed citations

Pasinelli, Piera & Robert H. Brown. (2021). Apoptotic cell death pathways in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a review. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 257–268.

Casci, Ian, Karthik Krishnamurthy, Sukhleen Kour, et al.. (2019). Muscleblind acts as a modifier of FUS toxicity by modulating stress granule dynamics and SMN localization. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5583–5583. 24 indexed citations

Mohamed, Loqman A., Shashirekha S. Markandaiah, Silvia Bonanno, Piera Pasinelli, & Davide Trotti. (2019). Excess glutamate secreted from astrocytes drives upregulation of P-glycoprotein in endothelial cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Experimental Neurology. 316. 27–38. 45 indexed citations

Wen, Xinmei, Thomas Westergard, Piera Pasinelli, & Davide Trotti. (2016). Pathogenic determinants and mechanisms of ALS/FTD linked to hexanucleotide repeat expansions in the C9orf72 gene. Neuroscience Letters. 636. 16–26. 33 indexed citations

Daigle, J. Gavin, Karthik Krishnamurthy, Nandini Ramesh, et al.. (2016). Pur-alpha regulates cytoplasmic stress granule dynamics and ameliorates FUS toxicity. Acta Neuropathologica. 131(4). 605–620. 48 indexed citations

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Tan, Wenzhi, Piera Pasinelli, & Davide Trotti. (2014). Role of mitochondria in mutant SOD1 linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1842(8). 1295–1301. 93 indexed citations

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Jablonski, Michael, David S. Miller, Piera Pasinelli, & Davide Trotti. (2014). ABC transporter-driven pharmacoresistance in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Brain Research. 1607. 1–14. 20 indexed citations

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Guareschi, Stefania, Emanuela Cova, Cristina Cereda, et al.. (2012). An over-oxidized form of superoxide dismutase found in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with bulbar onset shares a toxic mechanism with mutant SOD1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(13). 5074–5079. 154 indexed citations

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Sau, D., et al.. (2011). In Vivo and In Vitro Determination of Cell Death Markers in Neurons. Methods in molecular biology. 793. 9–21. 5 indexed citations

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Bosco, Daryl A., Gerardo Morfini, Murat Karabacak, et al.. (2010). Wild-type and mutant SOD1 share an aberrant conformation and a common pathogenic pathway in ALS. Nature Neuroscience. 13(11). 1396–1403. 544 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pasinelli, Piera & Robert H. Brown. (2006). Molecular biology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: insights from genetics. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 7(9). 710–723. 894 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhu, Shan, Mingwei Li, Bryan E. Figueroa, et al.. (2004). Prophylactic Creatine Administration Mediates Neuroprotection in Cerebral Ischemia in Mice. Journal of Neuroscience. 24(26). 5909–5912. 95 indexed citations

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Trotti, Davide, Masashi Aoki, Piera Pasinelli, et al.. (2001). Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-linked Glutamate Transporter Mutant Has Impaired Glutamate Clearance Capacity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(1). 576–582. 144 indexed citations

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Ramakers, Geert M. J., et al.. (2000). Activation of pre- and postsynaptic protein kinase C during tetraethylammonium-induced long-term potentiation in the CA1 field of the hippocampus. Neuroscience Letters. 286(1). 53–56. 30 indexed citations

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Pasinelli, Piera, Brian P. Anton, Linda A. Dokas, et al.. (1997). Phosphorylation of the Casein Kinase II Domain of B‐50 (GAP‐43) in Rat Cortical Growth Cones. Journal of Neurochemistry. 69(5). 2206–2215. 11 indexed citations

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Fedorov, Nikolai B., et al.. (1995). Antibodies to Postsynaptic PKC Substrate Neurogranin Prevent Long‐term Potentiation in Hippocampal CA1 Neurons. European Journal of Neuroscience. 7(4). 819–822. 64 indexed citations

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