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Alexey V. Pshezhetsky

Alexey V. Pshezhetsky

University of Montreal
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
11964
World Ranking
13818
National Ranking
478

Alexey V. Pshezhetsky publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 160 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Alexey V. Pshezhetsky D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexey V. Pshezhetsky sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexey V. Pshezhetsky is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and has contributed extensively to biomedical research, primarily focusing on lysosomal storage disorders and related cellular processes. Their work encompasses a broad range of studies in medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their research spans several subfields, including physiology, molecular biology, cell biology, rheumatology, and epidemiology. The scientist's main topics of work include lysosomal storage disorders research, cellular transport and secretion, glycosylation and glycoproteins research, Trypanosoma species research and implications, glycogen storage diseases and myoclonus, carbohydrate chemistry and synthesis, and calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism.

Alexey V. Pshezhetsky has published numerous papers, with frequent appearances in scientific journals such as Molecular Genetics and Metabolism, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Clinical Medicine, JCI Insight, and Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. Notable recent publications include:

  • Brain Pathology in Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) Patients with Neurological Forms, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Molecular Bases of Neurodegeneration and Cognitive Decline, the Major Burden of Sanfilippo Disease, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Neuraminidases 1 and 3 Trigger Atherosclerosis by Desialylating Low-Density Lipoproteins and Increasing Their Uptake by Macrophages, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Neuropathophysiology of Lysosomal Storage Diseases: Synaptic Dysfunction as a Starting Point for Disease Progression, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Glucosamine amends CNS pathology in mucopolysaccharidosis IIIC mouse expressing misfolded HGSNAT, 2022, The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their scientific activity, working frequently with a group of coauthors including Xuefang Pan, Carlos R. Morales, Mahsa Taherzadeh, Shunji Tomatsu, and Poulomee Bose.

Best Publications

  • A genome-wide association study identifies novel risk loci for type 2 diabetes

    Robert Sladek;Ghislain Rocheleau;Johan Rung;Christian Dina

  • De Novo Mutations in Moderate or Severe Intellectual Disability

    Fadi F. Hamdan;Myriam Srour;Jose-Mario Capo-Chichi;Hussein Daoud

  • Cloning, expression and chromosomal mapping of human lysosomal sialidase and characterization of mutations in sialidosis.

    Alexey V. Pshezhetsky;Catherine Richard;Lorraine Michaud;Suleiman Igdoura

  • Neu1 desialylation of sialyl α-2,3-linked β-galactosyl residues of TOLL-like receptor 4 is essential for receptor activation and cellular signaling.

    Schammim Ray Amith;Preethi Jayanth;Susan Franchuk;Trisha Finlay

  • Monocyte differentiation up-regulates the expression of the lysosomal sialidase, Neu1, and triggers its targeting to the plasma membrane via major histocompatibility complex class II-positive compartments.

    Feng Liang;Volkan Seyrantepe;Karine Landry;Rasheed Ahmad

  • Neu4, a novel human lysosomal lumen sialidase, confers normal phenotype to sialidosis and galactosialidosis cells

    Volkan Seyrantepe;Karine Landry;Stéphanie Trudel;Jacob A. Hassan

  • Molecular pathology of NEU1 gene in sialidosis

    Volkan Seyrantepe;Helena Poupetova;Roseline Froissart;Marie‐Thérèse Zabot

  • Lysosomal sialidase (neuraminidase-1) is targeted to the cell surface in a multiprotein complex that facilitates elastic fiber assembly.

    Aleksander Hinek;Alexey V. Pshezhetsky;Mark von Itzstein;Barry Starcher

  • Clinical and genetic spectrum of Sanfilippo type C (MPS IIIC) disease in The Netherlands.

    G.J. Ruijter;M.J. Valstar;J.M. van de Kamp;R.M. van der Helm

  • Lysosomal multienzyme complex: biochemistry, genetics, and molecular pathophysiology.

    Alexey V Pshezhetsky;Mila Ashmarina

  • Carboxylesterase 3 (EC 3.1.1.1) is a major adipocyte lipase.

    Krishnakant G. Soni;Richard Lehner;Pavel Metalnikov;Paul O'Donnell

  • Association of N-Acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate Sulfatase with the Multienzyme Lysosomal Complex of β-Galactosidase, Cathepsin A, and Neuraminidase POSSIBLE IMPLICATION FOR INTRALYSOSOMAL CATABOLISM OF KERATAN SULFATE

    Alexey V. Pshezhetsky;Michel Potier

  • Dependence of pathogen molecule-induced Toll-like receptor activation and cell function on Neu1 sialidase

    Schammim Ray Amith;Preethi Jayanth;Susan Franchuk;Sarah Siddiqui

  • Proteome Analysis and Functional Expression Identify Mortalin as an Antiapoptotic Gene Induced by Elevation of [Na+]i/[K+]i Ratio in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Sebastien Taurin;Volkan Seyrantepe;Sergei N. Orlov;Tammy-Lynn Tremblay

  • Caspase-3 activation triggers extracellular cathepsin L release and endorepellin proteolysis.

    Jean-François Cailhier;Isabelle Sirois;Patrick Laplante;Stéphanie Lepage

  • Neuroinflammation, mitochondrial defects and neurodegeneration in mucopolysaccharidosis III type C mouse model

    Carla Martins;Helena Hůlková;Larbi Dridi;Virginie Dormoy-Raclet

  • Mutations in TMEM76 Cause Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIC (Sanfilippo C Syndrome)

    Martin Hřebíček;Lenka Mrázová;Volkan Seyrantepe;Stéphanie Durand

  • Enzymes entrapped in reversed micelles of surfactants in organic solvents: A theoretical treatment of the catalytic activity regulation

    Alexander Victorovich Kabanov;A. V. Levashov;N. L. Klyachko;S. N. Namyotkin

  • Intracellular distribution of lysosomal sialidase is controlled by the internalization signal in its cytoplasmic tail.

    Kiven E. Lukong;Volkan Seyrantepe;Karine Landry;Stéphanie Trudel

  • Lysosomal Sialidase (Neuraminidase-1) Is Targeted to the Cell Surface in a Multiprotein Complex That Facilitates Elastic

    Aleksander Hinek;Alexey V. Pshezhetsky;Mark von Itzstein;Barry Starcher

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos R. Morales
Carlos R. Morales McGill University
Aleksander Hinek
Aleksander Hinek University of Toronto
Thomas J. Hudson
Thomas J. Hudson Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Taeko Miyagi
Taeko Miyagi Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Sergei N. Orlov
Sergei N. Orlov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Thierry Levade
Thierry Levade Paul Sabatier University
Kenneth Morgan
Kenneth Morgan McGill University
Jacques L. Michaud
Jacques L. Michaud University of Montreal
Ron A. Wevers
Ron A. Wevers Radboud University
Pavel Hamet
Pavel Hamet University of Montreal

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