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43591
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12237
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5228

Overview

Åsa B. Gustafsson is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions also in Medicine. Within these fields, their work focuses on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Physiology, Clinical Biochemistry, and Neurology.

The primary research topics addressed by Gustafsson include:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Extracellular Vesicles in Disease
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Gustafsson has a notable publication record in several scientific journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology (7 publications)
  • Circulation Research (7 publications)
  • Nature Reviews Cardiology (2 publications)
  • Nature Communications (1 publication)
  • Frontiers in Physiology (1 publication)

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on mitochondrial biology and related cellular processes. Selected recent publications include:

  • The role of mitochondrial fission in cardiovascular health and disease, 2022, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Mitochondria are secreted in extracellular vesicles when lysosomal function is impaired, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Mitochondrial Quality Control and Cellular Proteostasis: Two Sides of the Same Coin, 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Aging is associated with a decline in Atg9b-mediated autophagosome formation and appearance of enlarged mitochondria in the heart, 2020, Aging Cell
  • Recommendations for mitochondria transfer and transplantation nomenclature and characterization, 2025, Nature Metabolism

Frequent co-authors contributing to their publications include:

  • Rita H. Najor
  • Wenjing Liang
  • Justin M. Quiles
  • Rachel Y. Diao
  • Liguo Chi

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • NF-κB Restricts Inflammasome Activation via Elimination of Damaged Mitochondria

    Zhenyu Zhong;Atsushi Umemura;Atsushi Umemura;Elsa Sanchez-Lopez;Shuang Liang

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Mitochondria and Mitophagy: The Yin and Yang of Cell Death Control

    Dieter A. Kubli;Åsa B. Gustafsson

  • Microtubule-associated Protein 1 Light Chain 3 (LC3) Interacts with Bnip3 Protein to Selectively Remove Endoplasmic Reticulum and Mitochondria via Autophagy

    Rita A. Hanna;Melissa N. Quinsay;Amabel M. Orogo;Kayla Giang

  • Response to myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury involves Bnip3 and autophagy.

    A. Hamacher-Brady;Nathan R. Brady;S. E. Logue;M. R. Sayen

  • Heart mitochondria: gates of life and death

    Asa B. Gustafsson;Roberta A. Gottlieb

  • Autophagy in Ischemic Heart Disease

    Åsa B. Gustafsson;Roberta A. Gottlieb

  • Role of apoptosis in cardiovascular disease.

    Youngil Lee;Åsa B. Gustafsson

  • Parkin Protein Deficiency Exacerbates Cardiac Injury and Reduces Survival following Myocardial Infarction

    Dieter A. Kubli;Xiaoxue Zhang;Youngil Lee;Rita A. Hanna

  • Bcl-2 family members and apoptosis, taken to heart.

    Åsa B. Gustafsson;Roberta A. Gottlieb

  • Mitochondrial Autophagy by Bnip3 Involves Drp1-Mediated Mitochondrial Fission and Recruitment of Parkin in Cardiac Myocytes

    Youngil Lee;Hwa-Youn Lee;Rita A. Hanna;Åsa B. Gustafsson

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Bnip3 impairs mitochondrial bioenergetics and stimulates mitochondrial turnover.

    Shivaji Rikka;Melissa N. Quinsay;Robert L. Thomas;Dieter A. Kubli

  • Loss of MCL-1 leads to impaired autophagy and rapid development of heart failure

    Robert L. Thomas;David J. Roberts;Dieter A. Kubli;Youngil Lee

  • Juvenile Exposure to Anthracyclines Impairs Cardiac Progenitor Cell Function and Vascularization Resulting in Greater Susceptibility to Stress-Induced Myocardial Injury in Adult Mice

    Chengqun Huang;Xiaoxue Zhang;Jennifer M. Ramil;Shivaji Rikka

  • Recycle or die: The role of autophagy in cardioprotection

    Åsa B. Gustafsson;Roberta A. Gottlieb

  • Bnip3-mediated mitochondrial autophagy is independent of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

    Melissa N Quinsay;Robert L Thomas;Youngil Lee;Asa B Gustafsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberta A. Gottlieb
Roberta A. Gottlieb Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Youngil Lee
Youngil Lee University of Ulsan
Mark A. Sussman
Mark A. Sussman San Diego State University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Anne N. Murphy
Anne N. Murphy Cytokinetics (United States)
Junichi Sadoshima
Junichi Sadoshima Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Steven Finkbeiner
Steven Finkbeiner University of California, San Francisco
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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