Smita Saxena

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Smita Saxena is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Smita Saxena has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 17 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Smita Saxena's work include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (17 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (11 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (8 papers). Smita Saxena is often cited by papers focused on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research (17 papers), Nerve injury and regeneration (11 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (8 papers). Smita Saxena collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Smita Saxena's co-authors include Pico Caroni, Claudio Hetz, Erik Cabuy, Alexandre Ferrão Santos, Lan Xu, San Pun, Joachim Weis, Alex Krüttgen, Céline Ruegsegger and Niran Maharjan and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Smita Saxena

39 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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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.

ER stress and the unfolded protein response in neurodegeneration

2017 713 citations Claudio Hetz, Smita Saxena Nature Reviews Neurology profile →
Selective vulnerability and pruning of phasic motoneuron axons in motoneuron disease alleviated by CNTF

2006 515 citations Smita Saxena, Pico Caroni et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Schwann Cells in Neuromuscular Disorders: A Spotlight on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 2025 ·Cells ·(unknown), Smita Saxena	4
2	Autophagy and neurodegeneration: Unraveling the role of C9ORF72 in the regulation of autophagy and its relationship to ALS-FTD pathology 2023 ·Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience ·(unknown), Federica Pilotto, Smita Saxena	19
3	Early molecular layer interneuron hyperactivity triggers Purkinje neuron degeneration in SCA1 2023 ·Neuron ·Federica Pilotto, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ronald A.M. Buijsen, Sophie Braga Lagache, Anne‐Christine Uldry, Manfred Heller, Stefan Müller, Willeke van Roon‐Mom, Benoît Zuber, Sabine Liebscher, Smita Saxena	9
4	Emerging Perspectives on Dipeptide Repeat Proteins in C9ORF72 ALS/FTD 2021 ·Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience ·Alexander Schmitz, (unknown), (unknown), Niran Maharjan, Smita Saxena	44
5	Survival and Motor Phenotypes in FVB C9-500 ALS/FTD BAC Transgenic Mice Reproduced by Multiple Labs 2020 ·Neuron ·Lien Nguyen, Lauren A. Laboissonniere, Shu Guo, Federica Pilotto, Olivier Scheidegger, (unknown), Jennetta W. Hammond, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Amrutha Pattamatta, Tao Zu, Merja H. Voutilainen, Harris A. Gelbard, Smita Saxena, Laura P.W. Ranum	28
6	Slow Waves Promote Sleep-Dependent Plasticity and Functional Recovery after Stroke 2020 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·(unknown), Cornelia Schöne, Armand Mensen, Mojtaba Bandarabadi, Federica Pilotto, Smita Saxena, Paul‐Antoine Libourel, Claudio L. Bassetti, Antoine Adamantidis	40
7	Integrated Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses Suggest the Participation of Endogenous Protease Inhibitors in the Regulation of Protease Gene Expression in Helicoverpa armigera 2018 ·Molecular & Cellular Proteomics ·Purushottam R. Lomate, (unknown), Neha Mahajan, Yashwant Kumar, Abhijeet Kulkarni, Li Wang, Smita Saxena, Vidya S. Gupta, Ashok P. Giri	17
8	ER stress and the unfolded protein response in neurodegeneration breakdown → 2017 ·Nature Reviews Neurology ·Claudio Hetz, Smita Saxena	713
9	SMAR1 binds to T(C/G) repeat and inhibits tumor progression by regulating miR-371-373 cluster 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Smriti Mittal, Aftab Alam, (unknown), (unknown), Sonal Patel, Smita Saxena, Suvankar Ghorai, Abhijeet Kulkarni, Samit Chattopadhyay	12
10	Proteostasis impairment in ALS 2016 ·Brain Research ·Céline Ruegsegger, Smita Saxena	66
11	Central and peripheral defects in motor units of the diaphragm of spinal muscular atrophy mice 2015 ·Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience ·(unknown), (unknown), Smita Saxena, Daniel Schümperli	19
12	Splicing changes in SMA mouse motoneurons and SMN-depleted neuroblastoma cells: Evidence for involvement of splicing regulatory proteins 2014 ·RNA Biology ·Qing Huo, Melis Kayikci, (unknown), Kathrin Meyer, (unknown), Smita Saxena, Jernej Ule, Daniel Schümperli	21
13	Antigen–Antibody Interaction Database (AgAbDb): A Compendium of Antigen–Antibody Interactions 2014 ·Methods in molecular biology ·Urmila Kulkarni‐Kale, (unknown), (unknown), Smita Saxena	18
14	Selective Neuronal Vulnerability in Neurodegenerative Diseases: from Stressor Thresholds to Degeneration 2011 ·Neuron ·Smita Saxena, Pico Caroni	407
15	Proteasomal inhibition alters the trafficking of the neurotrophin receptor TrkA 2009 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·(unknown), Stefan Wüller, Smita Saxena, Jan Senderek, Joachim Weis, Alexander Krüttgen	15
16	Mechanisms of axon degeneration: From development to disease 2007 ·Progress in Neurobiology ·Smita Saxena, Pico Caroni	205
17	The Small GTPase Rab7 Controls the Endosomal Trafficking and Neuritogenic Signaling of the Nerve Growth Factor Receptor TrkA 2005 ·Journal of Neuroscience ·Smita Saxena, Cecilia Bucci, Joachim Weis, Alex Krüttgen	147
18	Differential endocytic sorting of p75NTR and TrkA in response to NGF: a role for late endosomes in TrkA trafficking 2005 ·Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience ·Smita Saxena, Charles L. Howe, José Miguel Cosgaya, Pascal Steiner, Harald Hirling, Jonah R. Chan, Joachim Weis, Alex Krüttgen	62
19	Cloning of novel human SEC14p-like proteins: ligand binding and functional properties 2003 ·Free Radical Biology and Medicine ·Petra Kempná, Jean‐Marc Zingg, Roberta Ricciarelli, (unknown), Smita Saxena, Angelo Azzi	75
20	Neurotrophins and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Receptors Stuck in Traffic? 2003 ·Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology ·Alex Krüttgen, Smita Saxena, Maria‐Eleftheria Evangelopoulos, Joachim Weis	31

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