Vilmantė Borutaitė

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Vilmantė Borutaitė is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Vilmantė Borutaitė has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Physiology and 20 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Vilmantė Borutaitė's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (39 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (19 papers) and Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (19 papers). Vilmantė Borutaitė is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (39 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (19 papers) and Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (19 papers). Vilmantė Borutaitė collaborates with scholars based in Lithuania, United Kingdom and South Sudan. Vilmantė Borutaitė's co-authors include Guy C. Brown, Michael Fricker, Aviva M. Tolkovsky, Michael P. Coleman, Ramunė Morkūnienė, Kristina Škėmienė, Julius Liobikas, Sonata Trumbeckaitė, Aistė Jekabsone and Adolfas Toleikis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Physiological Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Vilmantė Borutaitė

80 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Neuronal Cell Death

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vilmantė Borutaitė Lithuania	35	2.7k	1.4k	659	635	457	83	5.1k
Jian Cai United States	43	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	359 0.5×	427 0.7×	391 0.9×	130	5.6k
Juan José Poderoso Argentina	40	2.9k 1.1×	2.3k 1.6×	460 0.7×	265 0.4×	385 0.8×	91	5.7k
Fei Yin China	42	2.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	278 0.4×	610 1.0×	390 0.9×	133	6.2k
Maria Adelaide Pronzato Italy	41	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	414 0.6×	296 0.5×	288 0.6×	126	5.4k
Helena M. Cochemé United Kingdom	30	3.8k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	375 0.6×	203 0.3×	388 0.8×	40	6.3k
Weihai Ying China	38	2.7k 1.0×	828 0.6×	317 0.5×	815 1.3×	819 1.8×	109	6.1k
Jun Lü China	43	2.5k 0.9×	923 0.6×	324 0.5×	406 0.6×	897 2.0×	136	5.5k
Takahiko Shimizu Japan	48	3.8k 1.4×	2.5k 1.8×	316 0.5×	314 0.5×	357 0.8×	184	7.5k
Daniela Salvemini United States	45	2.7k 1.0×	2.9k 2.1×	460 0.7×	519 0.8×	1.1k 2.3×	136	7.6k
Shuai Jiang China	46	2.8k 1.0×	883 0.6×	406 0.6×	440 0.7×	185 0.4×	86	5.6k

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Morkūnienė, Ramunė, et al.. (2025). S100A9 protein activates microglia and stimulates phagocytosis, resulting in synaptic and neuronal loss. Neurobiology of Disease. 206. 106817–106817. 4 indexed citations

Škėmienė, Kristina, et al.. (2025). Effects of imeglimin on mitochondrial functions and ischemic brain damage in young and aging rats. Journal of Pharmacological Sciences. 159(4). 301–309.

Burkauskas, Julius, Rymantė Gleiznienė, Vilmantė Borutaitė, et al.. (2024). The links between neuroinflammation, brain structure and depressive disorder: A cross-sectional study protocol. PLoS ONE. 19(11). e0311218–e0311218.

Morkūnienė, Ramunė, et al.. (2023). Extracellular tau stimulates phagocytosis of living neurons by activated microglia via Toll-like 4 receptor–NLRP3 inflammasome–caspase-1 signalling axis. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 10813–10813. 11 indexed citations

Svirskis, Gytis, et al.. (2021). Effects of Metformin on Spontaneous Ca2+ Signals in Cultured Microglia Cells under Normoxic and Hypoxic Conditions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(17). 9493–9493. 3 indexed citations

Morkūnienė, Ramunė, et al.. (2020). Distinct Neurotoxic Effects of Extracellular Tau Species in Primary Neuronal-Glial Cultures. Molecular Neurobiology. 58(2). 658–667. 22 indexed citations

Jokubka, Ramūnas, et al.. (2020). Epistatic effect of Ankyrin repeat and kinase domain containing 1 – Dopamine receptor D2 and catechol-o-methyltransferase single nucleotide polymorphisms on the risk for hazardous use of alcohol in Lithuanian population. Gene. 765. 145107–145107. 2 indexed citations

Morkūnienė, Ramunė, Tomas Šneideris, Vytautas Smirnovas, et al.. (2019). Extracellular tau induces microglial phagocytosis of living neurons in cell cultures. Journal of Neurochemistry. 154(3). 316–329. 46 indexed citations

Liobikas, Julius, Kristina Škėmienė, Sonata Trumbeckaitė, & Vilmantė Borutaitė. (2016). Anthocyanins in cardioprotection: A path through mitochondria. Pharmacological Research. 113(Pt B). 808–815. 71 indexed citations

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Arandarčikaitė, Odeta, Ramūnas Jokubka, & Vilmantė Borutaitė. (2014). Neuroprotective effects of nitric oxide donor NOC-18 against brain ischemia-induced mitochondrial damages: role of PKG and PKC. Neuroscience Letters. 586. 65–70. 17 indexed citations

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Trumbeckaitė, Sonata, et al.. (2014). Effects of standardized extract of Ginkgo biloba leaves EGb761 on mitochondrial functions: mechanism(s) of action and dependence on the source of mitochondria and respiratory substrate. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes. 46(6). 493–501. 11 indexed citations

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Borutaitė, Vilmantė, Ramunė Morkūnienė, & Gintaras Valinčius. (2011). Beta-amyloid oligomers: recent developments. BioMolecular Concepts. 2(3). 211–222. 8 indexed citations

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Brown, Guy C. & Vilmantė Borutaitė. (2008). Regulation of apoptosis by the redox state of cytochrome c. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1777(7-8). 877–881. 181 indexed citations

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Borutaitė, Vilmantė & Guy C. Brown. (2006). S-nitrosothiol inhibition of mitochondrial complex I causes a reversible increase in mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide production. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1757(5-6). 562–566. 53 indexed citations

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Morkūnienė, Ramunė, Odeta Arandarčikaitė, & Vilmantė Borutaitė. (2006). Estradiol prevents release of cytochrome c from mitochondria and inhibits ischemia-induced apoptosis in perfused heart. Experimental Gerontology. 41(7). 704–708. 26 indexed citations

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Brown, Guy C. & Vilmantė Borutaitė. (2004). Inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory complex I by nitric oxide, peroxynitrite and S-nitrosothiols. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1658(1-2). 44–49. 283 indexed citations

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Jekabsone, Aistė, et al.. (2003). S-Nitrosothiol-induced rapid cytochrome c release, caspase activation and mitochondrial permeability transition in perfused heart. Biochemical Pharmacology. 66(8). 1513–1519. 19 indexed citations

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Brown, Guy C. & Vilmantė Borutaitė. (2002). Nitric oxide inhibition of mitochondrial respiration and its role in cell death. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 33(11). 1440–1450. 303 indexed citations

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Borutaitė, Vilmantė, et al.. (2001). Release of mitochondrial cytochrome c and activation of cytosolic caspases induced by myocardial ischaemia. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1537(2). 101–109. 81 indexed citations

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Borutaitė, Vilmantė, Vida Mildažienė, Guy C. Brown, & Martin D. Brand. (1995). Control and kinetic analysis of ischemia-damaged heart mitochondria: which parts of the oxidative phosphorylation system are affected by ischemia?. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1272(3). 154–158. 83 indexed citations

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