Bertil Hille

32.7k total citations · 12 hit papers
208 papers, 26.0k citations indexed

About

Bertil Hille is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bertil Hille has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 26.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Molecular Biology, 107 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 33 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Bertil Hille's work include Ion channel regulation and function (101 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (65 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (33 papers). Bertil Hille is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (101 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (65 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (33 papers). Bertil Hille collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Germany. Bertil Hille's co-authors include Ken Mackie, Byung‐Chang Suh, Donner F. Babcock, Eamonn J. Dickson, Wolfgang H. Schwarz, Clay M. Armstrong, Jill B. Jensen, Byung‐Chang Suh, James Herrington and Neil M. Nathanson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bertil Hille

207 papers receiving 24.6k citations

Hit Papers

Local anesthetics: hydrophilic and hydrophobic pathways f... 1967 2026 1986 2006 1977 1985 1996 1978 1994 400 800 1.2k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Local anesthetics: hydrophilic and hydrophobic pathways for the drug-receptor reaction.
    1977 1.4k citations Bertil Hille The Journal of General Physiology profile →
  2. GTP-binding proteins couple cardiac muscarinic receptors to a K channel
    1985 722 citations Bertil Hille et al. profile →
  3. Modulation of Ca2+ channels βγ G-protein py subunits
    1996 681 citations Ken Mackie, Bertil Hille et al. profile →
  4. Potassium channels as multi-ion single-file pores.
    1978 666 citations Bertil Hille, Wolfgang H. Schwarz The Journal of General Physiology profile →
  5. Modulation of ion-channel function by G-protein-coupled receptors
    1994 665 citations Bertil Hille profile →
  6. The Permeability of the Sodium Channel to Organic Cations in Myelinated Nerve
    1971 611 citations Bertil Hille The Journal of General Physiology profile →
  7. Cannabinoids inhibit N-type calcium channels in neuroblastoma-glioma cells.
    1992 588 citations Ken Mackie, Bertil Hille Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. GPR55 is a cannabinoid receptor that increases intracellular calcium and inhibits M current
    2008 562 citations Jill B. Jensen, Hui‐Chen Lu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. Negative surface charge near sodium channels of nerve: divalent ions, monovalent ions, and pH
    1975 528 citations Bertil Hille et al. profile →
  10. PIP2Is a Necessary Cofactor for Ion Channel Function:Howand Why?
    2008 519 citations Byung‐Chang Suh, Bertil Hille profile →
  11. Charges and Potentials at the Nerve Surface
    1968 491 citations Bertil Hille The Journal of General Physiology profile →
  12. The Selective Inhibition of Delayed Potassium Currents in Nerve by Tetraethylammonium Ion
    1967 408 citations Bertil Hille The Journal of General Physiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bertil Hille United States 82 18.3k 14.5k 3.8k 2.1k 2.0k 208 26.0k
Alain Marty France 57 22.8k 1.3× 19.9k 1.4× 6.1k 1.6× 1.8k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 126 29.6k
Shosaku Numa Japan 78 22.5k 1.2× 13.2k 0.9× 3.9k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 634 0.3× 187 27.9k
Martin Poenie United States 30 15.7k 0.9× 8.2k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 2.3k 1.1× 750 0.4× 43 25.2k
Ricardo Miledi United States 84 18.8k 1.0× 19.1k 1.3× 1.2k 0.3× 2.8k 1.3× 1.3k 0.6× 450 29.4k
Michel Lazdunski France 115 37.0k 2.0× 16.4k 1.1× 8.9k 2.3× 2.3k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 573 48.6k
Tullio Pozzan Italy 111 31.4k 1.7× 14.4k 1.0× 2.2k 0.6× 7.1k 3.3× 1.3k 0.6× 329 45.3k
Richard W. Tsien United States 119 36.8k 2.0× 32.2k 2.2× 11.2k 2.9× 4.5k 2.1× 1.1k 0.5× 243 49.1k
Franz Hofmann Germany 100 24.4k 1.3× 13.2k 0.9× 10.3k 2.7× 1.7k 0.8× 1.0k 0.5× 462 34.1k
David E. Clapham United States 117 33.0k 1.8× 17.0k 1.2× 6.1k 1.6× 4.0k 1.9× 1.5k 0.7× 326 57.4k
John P. Adelman United States 76 13.3k 0.7× 9.1k 0.6× 4.9k 1.3× 681 0.3× 263 0.1× 191 18.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kim, Jung-Eun, Jean Woo, Yuna Jung, et al.. (2025). Activation of TMEM16E scramblase induces ligand independent growth factor receptor signaling and macropinocytosis for membrane repair. Communications Biology. 8(1). 35–35. 1 indexed citations
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Jensen, Jill B., Björn Falkenburger, Eamonn J. Dickson, et al.. (2022). Biophysical physiology of phosphoinositide rapid dynamics and regulation in living cells. The Journal of General Physiology. 154(6). 11 indexed citations
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Myeong, Jongyun, et al.. (2021). Compartmentalization of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate metabolism into plasma membrane liquid-ordered/raft domains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(9). 48 indexed citations
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Traynor‐Kaplan, Alexis, et al.. (2019). Plasma membrane processes are differentially regulated by type I phosphatidylinositol phosphate 5-kinases and RASSF4. Journal of Cell Science. 133(2). 6 indexed citations
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Dickson, Eamonn J. & Bertil Hille. (2019). Understanding phosphoinositides: rare, dynamic, and essential membrane phospholipids. Biochemical Journal. 476(1). 1–23. 182 indexed citations
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Lee, Bo Hyun, Ivana L. Bussi, Horacio O. de la Iglesia, et al.. (2019). Two indoleamines are secreted from rat pineal gland at night and act on melatonin receptors but are not night hormones. Journal of Pineal Research. 68(2). e12622–e12622. 12 indexed citations
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Walter, Alexander M., Rainer Müller, Keimpe Wierda, et al.. (2017). Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate optical uncaging potentiates exocytosis. eLife. 6. 48 indexed citations
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Vivas, Oscar, Claudia M. Moreno, Luis F. Santana, & Bertil Hille. (2017). Proximal clustering between BK and CaV1.3 channels promotes functional coupling and BK channel activation at low voltage. eLife. 6. 53 indexed citations
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Idevall‐Hagren, Olof, Eamonn J. Dickson, Bertil Hille, Derek Toomre, & Pietro De Camilli. (2012). Optogenetic control of phosphoinositide metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(35). E2316–23. 251 indexed citations
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Suh, Byung‐Chang, Dong‐Il Kim, Björn Falkenburger, & Bertil Hille. (2012). Membrane-localized β-subunits alter the PIP 2 regulation of high-voltage activated Ca 2+ channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(8). 3161–3166. 54 indexed citations
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Kruse, Martin, Gerald Hammond, & Bertil Hille. (2012). Does PI(4,5)P2 Regulate Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels?. Biophysical Journal. 102(3). 331a–331a. 1 indexed citations
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Jensen, Jill B., John S. Lyssand, Chris Hague, & Bertil Hille. (2009). Fluorescence changes reveal kinetic steps of muscarinic receptor–mediated modulation of phosphoinositides and Kv7.2/7.3 K+ channels. The Journal of General Physiology. 133(4). 347–359. 88 indexed citations
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Ji, Wei, Pingyong Xu, Zhengzheng Li, et al.. (2008). Functional stoichiometry of the unitary calcium-release-activated calcium channel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(36). 13668–13673. 204 indexed citations
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Jensen, Jill B., et al.. (2008). GPR55 is a cannabinoid receptor that increases intracellular calcium and inhibits M current. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(7). 2699–2704. 562 indexed citations breakdown →
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Duman, Joseph G., Liangyi Chen, Amy E. Palmer, & Bertil Hille. (2006). Contributions of Intracellular Compartments to Calcium Dynamics: Implicating an Acidic Store. Traffic. 7(7). 859–872. 38 indexed citations
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Suh, Byung‐Chang, Lisa F. Horowitz, Wiebke Hirdes, Ken Mackie, & Bertil Hille. (2004). Regulation of KCNQ2/KCNQ3 Current by G Protein Cycling. The Journal of General Physiology. 123(6). 663–683. 112 indexed citations
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Martin, H. M., David S. Anderson, J. R. P. Angel, et al.. (1992). Stressed-Lap Polishing of 1.8-m f/1 and 3.5-m f/1.5 Primary Mirrors. European Southern Observatory Conference and Workshop Proceedings. 42. 169. 1 indexed citations
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Barnes, Steven & Bertil Hille. (1989). Ionic channels of the inner segment of tiger salamander cone photoreceptors.. The Journal of General Physiology. 94(4). 719–743. 239 indexed citations
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Leibowitz, Mark D., et al.. (1986). Voltage-dependent gating of veratridine-modified Na channels.. The Journal of General Physiology. 87(1). 25–46. 84 indexed citations
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Hille, Bertil & Wolfgang H. Schwarz. (1978). Potassium channels as multi-ion single-file pores.. The Journal of General Physiology. 72(4). 409–442. 666 indexed citations breakdown →

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