2026 Moacir Wajner: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Molecular Biology	66	1626	1454	1	1	427	13982

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Brazil Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Moacir Wajner is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Their research focuses extensively on biochemical, genetic, and molecular biology aspects, with a substantial number of publications spanning these areas as well as medicine. The scientist's work integrates multiple subfields, including molecular biology, clinical biochemistry, biochemistry, physiology, and neurology.

The major research topics covered by Wajner include metabolism and genetic disorders, mitochondrial function and pathology, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, biochemical and molecular research, sulfur compounds in biology, diet and metabolism studies, and biochemical acid research studies.

Wajner has contributed to several journals frequently, with notable publication venues being:

Metabolic Brain Disease
Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Neurotoxicity Research
Molecular Neurobiology
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Their recent published papers include:

Early effects of LPS-induced neuroinflammation on the rat hippocampal glycolytic pathway, 2022, Journal of Neuroinflammation
Pathophysiology of maple syrup urine disease: Focus on the neurotoxic role of the accumulated branched-chain amino acids and branched-chain α-keto acids, 2022, Neurochemistry International
Mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, ER stress and mitochondria-ER crosstalk alterations in a chemical rat model of Huntington's disease: Potential benefits of bezafibrate, 2023, Toxicology Letters
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Redox Homeostasis Impairment as Pathomechanisms of Brain Damage in Ethylmalonic Encephalopathy: Insights from Animal and Human Studies, 2020, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
Recent Advances in the Pathophysiology of Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects: Secondary Alterations of Bioenergetics and Mitochondrial Calcium Homeostasis Caused by the Accumulating Fatty Acids, 2020, Frontiers in Genetics

Collaboration has been a significant part of Wajner's scientific work. Frequent coauthors include:

Rafael Teixeira Ribeiro
Guilhian Leipnitz
Alexandre Umpierrez Amaral
Carmen Regla Vargas
Ângela Beatris Zemniaçak

Best Publications

Mitochondrial dysfunction in fatty acid oxidation disorders: insights from human and animal studies.

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202
Citations
Resveratrol Protects C6 Astrocyte Cell Line against Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Oxidative Stress through Heme Oxygenase 1

André Quincozes-Santos;Larissa Daniele Bobermin;Alexandra Susana Latini;Moacir Wajner

160
Citations
Methylmalonate administration decreases Na+,K+-ATPase activity in cerebral cortex of rats.

Angela T. S. Wyse;Emílio L. Streck;Sonja V.T. Barros;Ana M. Brusque

141
Citations
An overview of L-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase gene (L2HGDH) variants: a genotype-phenotype study.

Marjan E. Steenweg;Cornelis Jakobs;Abdellatif Errami;Silvy J.M. van Dooren

136
Citations
Methylmalonate inhibits succinate-supported oxygen consumption by interfering with mitochondrial succinate uptake

S. R. Mirandola;D. R. Melo;P. F. Schuck;G. C. Ferreira

122
Citations
Mitochondrial permeability transition in neuronal damage promoted by Ca2+ and respiratory chain complex II inhibition.

Evelise N Maciel;Alicia J Kowaltowski;Fábio D Schwalm;Juliana M Rodrigues

121
Citations
Propionic and L-methylmalonic acids induce oxidative stress in brain of young rats.

Fernanda U. Fontella;Vânia Pulrolnik;Eder Gassen;Clóvis Md. Wannmacher

113
Citations
Mitochondrial energy metabolism is markedly impaired by d-2-hydroxyglutaric acid in rat tissues

Alexandra Latini;Cleide Gonçalves da Silva;Gustavo C. Ferreira;Patrícia F. Schuck

112
Citations
Reduction of large neutral amino acid levels in plasma and brain of hyperleucinemic rats

P. Araújo;G.F. Wassermann;K. Tallini;V. Furlanetto

108
Citations
α-Ketoisocaproic acid and leucine provoke mitochondrial bioenergetic dysfunction in rat brain

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108
Citations
Oxidative Stress in Phenylketonuria: What is the Evidence?

Graziela S. Ribas;Angela Sitta;Moacir Wajner;Carmen R. Vargas

103
Citations
Proline induces oxidative stress in cerebral cortex of rats.

Daniela Delwing;Caren S Bavaresco;Clóvis M.D Wannmacher;Moacir Wajner

102
Citations
Disruption of mitochondrial homeostasis in organic acidurias: insights from human and animal studies

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102
Citations
Experimental hyperphenylalaninemia provokes oxidative stress in rat brain.

Martine E. Kienzle Hagen;Carolina D. Pederzolli;Angela M. Sgaravatti;Raquel Bridi

91
Citations
Mitochondrial energy metabolism in neurodegeneration associated with methylmalonic acidemia

Daniela R. Melo;Alicia J. Kowaltowski;Moacir Wajner;Roger F. Castilho

84
Citations
Chronic treatment with glutaric acid induces partial tolerance to excitotoxicity in neuronal cultures from chick embryo telencephalons.

Stefan Kölker;Jürgen G. Okun;Barbara Ahlemeyer;Angela T.S. Wyse

83
Citations
Nitric oxide synthase inhibition by L-NAME prevents the decrease of Na+,K+-ATPase activity in midbrain of rats subjected to arginine administration.

Angela Terezinha de Souza Wyse;Caren Serra Bavaresco;Cintia Bandinelli;Emílio Luiz Streck

73
Citations
Acute intrastriatal administration of quinolinic acid provokes hyperphosphorylation of cytoskeletal intermediate filament proteins in astrocytes and neurons of rats

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70
Citations
Inhibition of Na+,K+-ATPase from rat brain cortex by propionic acid.

Angela T. S. Wyse;Ana M. Brusque;Cleide G. Silva;Emílio L. Streck

68
Citations
Astrocytic proliferation and mitochondrial dysfunction induced by accumulated glutaric acidemia I (GAI) metabolites: possible implications for GAI pathogenesis.

Silvia Olivera;Anabel Fernandez;Alexandra Latini;Juan Carlos Rosillo

68
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Angela T. S. Wyse Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Diogo O. Souza Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Roberto Giugliani Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Roger F. Castilho State University of Campinas

Carlos Fernando Mello Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Carlos Alexandre Netto Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Susana Llesuy University of Buenos Aires

Georg F. Hoffmann University Hospital Heidelberg

Nadja Schröder Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Alicia J. Kowaltowski Universidade de São Paulo

External Links

Personal website of Moacir Wajner

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