Bernardo I. Pinto

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 825 citations indexed

About

Bernardo I. Pinto is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernardo I. Pinto has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 825 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Bernardo I. Pinto's work include Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers), Connexins and lens biology (5 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers). Bernardo I. Pinto is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers), Connexins and lens biology (5 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers). Bernardo I. Pinto collaborates with scholars based in Chile, United States and Peru. Bernardo I. Pinto's co-authors include Mauricio A. Retamal, Carlos González, Isaac E. García, Amaury Pupo, Rodrigo Del Río, Jimmy Stehberg, Francisco Bezanilla, João L. Carvalho-de-Souza, David R. Pepperberg and Agustı́n D. Martı́nez and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Bernardo I. Pinto

15 papers receiving 820 citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Extracellular Cysteine in Connexins: Role as Redox Sensors
    2016 437 citations Mauricio A. Retamal, Isaac E. García et al. Frontiers in Physiology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernardo I. Pinto Chile 11 339 171 126 80 71 17 825
Amaury Pupo United States 17 677 2.0× 107 0.6× 84 0.7× 81 1.0× 197 2.8× 36 1.3k
Isaac E. García Chile 12 435 1.3× 64 0.4× 59 0.5× 84 1.1× 95 1.3× 21 804
Timm Danker Germany 20 640 1.9× 212 1.2× 86 0.7× 53 0.7× 125 1.8× 29 1.1k
Hongbo Zhang China 21 244 0.7× 67 0.4× 116 0.9× 31 0.4× 116 1.6× 93 1.0k
Eva Berger Austria 17 470 1.4× 138 0.8× 113 0.9× 68 0.8× 44 0.6× 29 891
Alina Beraudi Italy 16 424 1.3× 74 0.4× 157 1.2× 135 1.7× 83 1.2× 35 1.2k
L. Doerr United States 20 576 1.7× 128 0.7× 148 1.2× 201 2.5× 97 1.4× 43 1.5k
Yuko Hara Japan 24 268 0.8× 165 1.0× 46 0.4× 135 1.7× 58 0.8× 90 1.8k
Kosuke Fujita Japan 25 543 1.6× 258 1.5× 185 1.5× 117 1.5× 127 1.8× 104 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernardo I. Pinto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernardo I. Pinto

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Pinto, Bernardo I.. (2025). Voltage gating and 4-aminopyridine inhibition in the Shaker Kv channel revealed by a closed-state model. Biophysical Journal. 124(15). 2500–2510.
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Pinto, Bernardo I., et al.. (2025). Energy landscape of a Kv channel revealed by temperature steps while perturbing its electromechanical coupling. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3379–3379. 3 indexed citations
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Treptow, Werner, et al.. (2024). Isoleucine gate blocks K+ conduction in C-type inactivation. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Pinto, Bernardo I., et al.. (2023). A mechanistic reinterpretation of fast inactivation in voltage-gated Na+ channels. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5072–5072. 21 indexed citations
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Pinto, Bernardo I., et al.. (2023). Ion channel thermodynamics studied with temperature jumps measured at the cell membrane. Biophysical Journal. 122(4). 661–671. 3 indexed citations
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Pinto, Bernardo I., et al.. (2022). Optocapacitance: physical basis and its application. Biophysical Reviews. 14(2). 569–577. 12 indexed citations
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Pinto, Bernardo I., et al.. (2021). Measuring Temperature Time Course using Membrane Capacitance. Biophysical Journal. 120(3). 240a–240a. 1 indexed citations
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Rastogi, Sahil K., Raghav Garg, Bernardo I. Pinto, et al.. (2020). Remote nongenetic optical modulation of neuronal activity using fuzzy graphene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(24). 13339–13349. 65 indexed citations
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Pinto, Bernardo I. & Francisco Bezanilla. (2020). Temperature Sensitivity in a Potassium Channel from Land Plants. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 107a–108a.
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García, Isaac E., Gustavo F. Contreras, Amaury Pupo, et al.. (2018). The syndromic deafness mutation G12R impairs fast and slow gating in Cx26 hemichannels. The Journal of General Physiology. 150(5). 697–711. 20 indexed citations
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Pinto, Bernardo I., Amaury Pupo, Isaac E. García, et al.. (2017). Calcium binding and voltage gating in Cx46 hemichannels. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 15851–15851. 15 indexed citations
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Carvalho-de-Souza, João L., Bernardo I. Pinto, David R. Pepperberg, & Francisco Bezanilla. (2017). Optocapacitive Generation of Action Potentials by Microsecond Laser Pulses of Nanojoule Energy. Biophysical Journal. 114(2). 283–288. 67 indexed citations
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Pinto, Bernardo I., Isaac E. García, Amaury Pupo, et al.. (2016). Charged Residues at the First Transmembrane Region Contribute to the Voltage Dependence of the Slow Gate of Connexins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291(30). 15740–15752. 11 indexed citations
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Retamal, Mauricio A., Isaac E. García, Bernardo I. Pinto, et al.. (2016). Extracellular Cysteine in Connexins: Role as Redox Sensors. Frontiers in Physiology. 7. 1–1. 437 indexed citations breakdown →
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García, Isaac E., Pavel Prado, Amaury Pupo, et al.. (2016). Connexinopathies: a structural and functional glimpse. BMC Cell Biology. 17(S1). 17–17. 37 indexed citations
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Retamal, Mauricio A., et al.. (2015). Diseases associated with leaky hemichannels. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 9. 267–267. 80 indexed citations
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Blondel, Carlos J., Sergio A. Álvarez, Bernardo I. Pinto, et al.. (2013). The Type VI Secretion System Encoded in Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 19 Is Required for Salmonella enterica Serotype Gallinarum Survival within Infected Macrophages. Infection and Immunity. 81(4). 1207–1220. 52 indexed citations

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