Sonia Alcalá

2.2k total citations
30 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sonia Alcalá is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonia Alcalá has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Oncology, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Sonia Alcalá's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (16 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (14 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (7 papers). Sonia Alcalá is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (16 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (14 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (7 papers). Sonia Alcalá collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and United Kingdom. Sonia Alcalá's co-authors include Bruno Sáinz, Christopher Heeschen, Patrick Hermann, Patricia Sancho, Sladjana Zagorac, Irene Miranda‐Lorenzo, Manuel Hidalgo, Sandra Valle, Laura Martín-Hijano and Alexandra Aicher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The EMBO Journal and Nature Methods.

In The Last Decade

Sonia Alcalá

29 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sonia Alcalá Spain 17 886 746 362 211 144 30 1.5k
Xianda Zhao United States 20 631 0.7× 545 0.7× 363 1.0× 306 1.5× 74 0.5× 41 1.3k
Evangeline Mose United States 18 563 0.6× 551 0.7× 239 0.7× 283 1.3× 154 1.1× 25 1.2k
Ai Sato Japan 16 630 0.7× 592 0.8× 352 1.0× 275 1.3× 162 1.1× 45 1.4k
Fabien Rodriguez Luxembourg 10 597 0.7× 463 0.6× 503 1.4× 197 0.9× 76 0.5× 11 1.1k
Ernst J.A. Steller Netherlands 15 717 0.8× 741 1.0× 424 1.2× 241 1.1× 116 0.8× 20 1.5k
Donghai Huang China 24 815 0.9× 380 0.5× 377 1.0× 144 0.7× 118 0.8× 60 1.3k
Nathaniel R. Campbell United States 20 1.2k 1.3× 510 0.7× 631 1.7× 180 0.9× 120 0.8× 24 1.7k
Federico Tozzi United States 11 714 0.8× 542 0.7× 428 1.2× 88 0.4× 193 1.3× 15 1.3k
María Virtudes Céspedes Spain 7 872 1.0× 1.0k 1.4× 410 1.1× 240 1.1× 79 0.5× 9 1.7k
Shaija Samuel United States 14 972 1.1× 739 1.0× 433 1.2× 126 0.6× 89 0.6× 16 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Sonia Alcalá

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sonia Alcalá

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alcalá, Sonia, Laura Ruíz-Cañas, Carlos Benitéz‐Buelga, et al.. (2024). Platinum iodido drugs show potential anti-tumor activity, affecting cancer cell metabolism and inducing ROS and senescence in gastrointestinal cancer cells. Communications Biology. 7(1). 353–353. 6 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Sonia, Juan Moreno‐Rubio, Silvia Salinas, et al.. (2024). Autofluorescent Cancer Stem Cells: Potential Biomarker to Predict Recurrence in Resected Colorectal Tumors. Cancer Research Communications. 4(10). 2575–2588.
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Ruíz-Cañas, Laura, Sofia M. Saraiva, Diego Navarro, et al.. (2024). Reprogramming tumor-associated macrophages with lipid nanosystems reduces PDAC tumor burden and liver metastasis. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 22(1). 795–795. 5 indexed citations
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Sáinz, Bruno, Sonia Alcalá, Lara Villarino, et al.. (2024). Abstract C079: Targeting cancer stem cell OXPHOS with tailored ruthenium complexes as a new approach to treat pancreatic cancer. Cancer Research. 84(2_Supplement). C079–C079. 1 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Sonia, et al.. (2023). An Aptamer against MNK1 for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treatment. Pharmaceutics. 15(4). 1273–1273. 4 indexed citations
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Zheng, Quan, Jiajia Tang, Alexandra Aicher, et al.. (2023). Inhibiting NR5A2 targets stemness in pancreatic cancer by disrupting SOX2/MYC signaling and restoring chemosensitivity. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 42(1). 323–323. 7 indexed citations
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Valle, Sandra, Sonia Alcalá, Laura Martín-Hijano, et al.. (2020). Exploiting oxidative phosphorylation to promote the stem and immunoevasive properties of pancreatic cancer stem cells. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5265–5265. 91 indexed citations
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Jagušt, Petra, Sonia Alcalá, Bruno Sáinz, Christopher Heeschen, & Patricia Sancho. (2020). Glutathione metabolism is essential for self-renewal and chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer stem cells. World Journal of Stem Cells. 12(11). 1410–1428. 50 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Sonia, et al.. (2020). Targeting MAD2 modulates stemness and tumorigenesis in human Gastric Cancer cell lines. Theranostics. 10(21). 9601–9618. 30 indexed citations
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Valle, Sandra, Laura Martín-Hijano, Sonia Alcalá, Marta Alonso‐Nocelo, & Bruno Sáinz. (2018). The Ever-Evolving Concept of the Cancer Stem Cell in Pancreatic Cancer. Cancers. 10(2). 33–33. 89 indexed citations
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Zagorac, Sladjana, Sonia Alcalá, Gustavo F. Bayón, et al.. (2016). DNMT1 Inhibition Reprograms Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells via Upregulation of the miR-17-92 Cluster. Cancer Research. 76(15). 4546–4558. 85 indexed citations
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López-Gómez, Miriam, Enrique Casado, Sonia Alcalá, et al.. (2016). Current evidence for cancer stem cells in gastrointestinal tumors and future research perspectives. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 107. 54–71. 7 indexed citations
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Sáinz, Bruno, Sonia Alcalá, Elena García, et al.. (2015). Microenvironmental hCAP-18/LL-37 promotes pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by activating its cancer stem cell compartment. Gut. 64(12). 1921–1935. 105 indexed citations
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Miranda‐Lorenzo, Irene, Jorge Navarro‐Dorado, Enza Lonardo, et al.. (2014). Intracellular autofluorescence: a biomarker for epithelial cancer stem cells. Nature Methods. 11(11). 1161–1169. 156 indexed citations
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Lonardo, Enza, Patrick Hermann, M Mueller, et al.. (2012). Nodal/Activin Signaling Drives Self-Renewal and Tumorigenicity of Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells and Provides a Target for Combined Drug Therapy. Cell stem cell. 10(1). 104–104. 15 indexed citations
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Lonardo, Enza, Patrick Hermann, M Mueller, et al.. (2011). Nodal/Activin Signaling Drives Self-Renewal and Tumorigenicity of Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells and Provides a Target for Combined Drug Therapy. Cell stem cell. 9(5). 433–446. 321 indexed citations
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Saif, Jaimy, Theresa Schwarz, David Chau, et al.. (2010). Combination of Injectable Multiple Growth Factor–Releasing Scaffolds and Cell Therapy as an Advanced Modality to Enhance Tissue Neovascularization. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 30(10). 1897–1904. 64 indexed citations
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Pallauf, Kathrin, et al.. (2009). Mitochondrial apoptosis induced by BH3‐only molecules in the exclusive presence of endoplasmic reticular Bak. The EMBO Journal. 28(12). 1757–1768. 70 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Sonia, Manfred R. Klee, Juan Fernández, Aarne Fleischer, & Felipe X. Pimentel‐Muiños. (2007). A high-throughput screening for mammalian cell death effectors identifies the mitochondrial phosphate carrier as a regulator of cytochrome c release. Oncogene. 27(1). 44–54. 71 indexed citations

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