Sara Imarisio

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
32 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Sara Imarisio is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Imarisio has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Epidemiology, 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 14 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Sara Imarisio's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (17 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (13 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers). Sara Imarisio is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (17 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (13 papers) and Cellular transport and secretion (7 papers). Sara Imarisio collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Sara Imarisio's co-authors include David C. Rubinsztein, Cahir J. O’Kane, Sovan Sarkar, Brinda Ravikumar, Fiona M. Menzies, Zdenek Berger, Shinji Saiki, Viktor I. Korolchuk, Abraham Acevedo‐Arozena and Steve D. M. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Sara Imarisio

31 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Lithium induces autophagy by inhibiting inositol monophos... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2011 2010 250 500 750
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.

  1. Lithium induces autophagy by inhibiting inositol monophosphatase
    2005 780 citations Sovan Sarkar, Zdenek Berger et al. profile →
  2. Lysosomal positioning coordinates cellular nutrient responses
    2011 671 citations Viktor I. Korolchuk, Shinji Saiki et al. Nature Cell Biology profile →
  3. α-Synuclein impairs macroautophagy: implications for Parkinson’s disease
    2010 651 citations Abraham Acevedo‐Arozena, Fiona M. Menzies et al. profile →

Peers

Sara Imarisio
Zdenek Berger United States
J. Eric Davies United Kingdom
Panaiyur S. Mohan United States
Atsushi Tanaka Japan
Qian Cai United States
Miratul M. K. Muqit United Kingdom
Farah H. Siddiqi United Kingdom
Der‐Fen Suen Taiwan
Aviva M. Tolkovsky United Kingdom
Shireen A. Sarraf United States
Zdenek Berger United States
Sara Imarisio
Citations per year, relative to Sara Imarisio Sara Imarisio (= 1×) peers Zdenek Berger

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Imarisio

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Imarisio

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Imarisio

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sara Imarisio. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sara Imarisio based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sara Imarisio. Sara Imarisio is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ashkenazi, Avraham, Carla F. Bento, Thomas C. Ricketts, et al.. (2017). Polyglutamine tracts regulate beclin 1-dependent autophagy. Nature. 545(7652). 108–111. 272 indexed citations
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Pavel-Tanasă, Mariana, Sara Imarisio, Fiona M. Menzies, et al.. (2016). CCT complex restricts neuropathogenic protein aggregation via autophagy. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13821–13821. 99 indexed citations
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Menzies, Fiona M., Moisés Garcı́a-Arencibia, Sara Imarisio, et al.. (2014). Calpain inhibition mediates autophagy-dependent protection against polyglutamine toxicity. Cell Death and Differentiation. 22(3). 433–444. 88 indexed citations
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Moreau, Kévin, Angeleen Fleming, Sara Imarisio, et al.. (2014). PICALM modulates autophagy activity and tau accumulation. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4998–4998. 211 indexed citations
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Speretta, Elena, Thomas R. Jahn, Gian Gaetano Tartaglia, et al.. (2012). Expression in Drosophila of Tandem Amyloid β Peptides Provides Insights into Links between Aggregation and Neurotoxicity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(24). 20748–20754. 35 indexed citations
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Korolchuk, Viktor I., Shinji Saiki, Farah H. Siddiqi, et al.. (2011). Lysosomal positioning coordinates cellular nutrient responses. Nature Cell Biology. 13(4). 453–460. 671 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sarkar, Sovan, Viktor I. Korolchuk, Maurizio Renna, et al.. (2011). Complex Inhibitory Effects of Nitric Oxide on Autophagy. Molecular Cell. 43(1). 19–32. 326 indexed citations
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Jahn, Thomas R., Elke Malzer, John Roote, et al.. (2011). Modeling Serpin Conformational Diseases in Drosophila melanogaster. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 499. 227–258. 1 indexed citations
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Rodney, Simon & Sara Imarisio. (2010). Developing a transgenic marker to research Huntington’s disease in Drosophila melanogaster. International journal of collaborative research on internal medicine & public health. 2(6). 1 indexed citations
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Underwood, Benjamin R., Sara Imarisio, Angeleen Fleming, et al.. (2010). Antioxidants can inhibit basal autophagy and enhance neurodegeneration in models of polyglutamine disease. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(17). 3413–3429. 134 indexed citations
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Menzies, Fiona M., Raphaël Hourez, Sara Imarisio, et al.. (2010). Puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase protects against aggregation-prone proteins via autophagy. Human Molecular Genetics. 19(23). 4573–4586. 62 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Sovan, et al.. (2007). A rational mechanism for combination treatment of Huntington's disease using lithium and rapamycin. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(2). 170–178. 290 indexed citations
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Sarkar, Sovan, Ethan Perlstein, Sara Imarisio, et al.. (2007). Small molecules enhance autophagy and reduce toxicity in Huntington's disease models. Nature Chemical Biology. 3(6). 331–338. 474 indexed citations
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Ravikumar, Brinda, Abraham Acevedo‐Arozena, Sara Imarisio, et al.. (2005). Dynein mutations impair autophagic clearance of aggregate-prone proteins. Nature Genetics. 37(7). 771–776. 366 indexed citations
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Rubinsztein, David C., Brinda Ravikumar, Abraham Acevedo‐Arozena, et al.. (2005). Dyneins, Autophagy, Aggregation and Neurodegeneration. Autophagy. 1(3). 177–178. 40 indexed citations
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Naim, Valeria, Sara Imarisio, Ferdinando Di Cunto, Maurizio Gatti, & Silvia Bonaccorsi. (2004). DrosophilaCitron Kinase Is Required for the Final Steps of Cytokinesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(11). 5053–5063. 64 indexed citations
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Liu, Huifei, Ferdinando Di Cunto, Sara Imarisio, & Lola M. Reid. (2003). Citron Kinase Is a Cell Cycle-dependent, Nuclear Protein Required for G2/M Transition of Hepatocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(4). 2541–2548. 37 indexed citations
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Cunto, Ferdinando Di, Luciana Ferrara, Sara Imarisio, et al.. (2003). Role of citron kinase in dendritic morphogenesis of cortical neurons. Brain Research Bulletin. 60(4). 319–327. 16 indexed citations
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Camera, Paola, Jorge Santos Da Silva, Gareth Griffiths, et al.. (2003). Citron-N is a neuronal Rho-associated protein involved in Golgi organization through actin cytoskeleton regulation. Nature Cell Biology. 5(12). 1071–1078. 57 indexed citations
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Cunto, Ferdinando Di, Sara Imarisio, Emilio Hirsch, et al.. (2000). Defective Neurogenesis in Citron Kinase Knockout Mice by Altered Cytokinesis and Massive Apoptosis. Neuron. 28(1). 115–127. 205 indexed citations

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