Betsy Navarro

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Betsy Navarro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Betsy Navarro has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 9 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Betsy Navarro's work include Ion channel regulation and function (10 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (9 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (9 papers). Betsy Navarro is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (10 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (9 papers) and Sperm and Testicular Function (9 papers). Betsy Navarro collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Russia. Betsy Navarro's co-authors include David E. Clapham, Yuriy Kirichok, Dejian Ren, Jean‐Ju Chung, Gloria I. Perez, Luba Krapivinsky, Alexander C. Jackson, Shyue‐Fang Hsu, Grigory Krapivinsky and Qing Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Betsy Navarro

23 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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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.

A sperm ion channel required for sperm motility and male fertility

2001 743 citations Dejian Ren, Betsy Navarro et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Betsy Navarro United States	22	2.0k	1.8k	1.4k	1.1k	686	23	4.6k
Polina V. Lishko United States	32	1.6k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	575 0.5×	509 0.7×	57	4.4k
Donner F. Babcock United States	39	2.7k 1.4×	2.7k 1.5×	2.2k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	148 0.2×	50	5.9k
Claudia L. Treviño Mexico	35	1.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	512 0.5×	250 0.4×	85	3.7k
Yuriy Kirichok United States	22	2.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	737 0.7×	165 0.2×	35	5.5k
Serge Nef Switzerland	50	4.0k 2.0×	2.0k 1.1×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	159 0.2×	138	8.9k
Stanko S. Stojilković United States	55	4.3k 2.2×	2.7k 1.5×	642 0.5×	2.0k 1.9×	591 0.9×	252	10.0k
Stephen J. Publicover United Kingdom	37	1.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	505 0.5×	129 0.2×	96	3.5k
Ricardo Felix Mexico	35	2.7k 1.4×	743 0.4×	526 0.4×	1.9k 1.7×	244 0.4×	129	4.1k
I. Scott Ramsey United States	15	1.9k 1.0×	386 0.2×	321 0.2×	1.3k 1.2×	1.9k 2.8×	21	4.1k
Jayhong A. Chong United States	13	2.0k 1.0×	419 0.2×	386 0.3×	1.5k 1.4×	1.7k 2.5×	14	4.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Betsy Navarro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Betsy Navarro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Betsy Navarro based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Betsy Navarro. Betsy Navarro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Cang, Chunlei, Yandong Zhou, Betsy Navarro, et al.. (2013). mTOR Regulates Lysosomal ATP-Sensitive Two-Pore Na+ Channels to Adapt to Metabolic State. Cell. 152(4). 778–790. 292 indexed citations

Lishko, Polina V., David E. Clapham, Betsy Navarro, & Yuriy Kirichok. (2013). Sperm Patch-Clamp. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 525. 59–83. 26 indexed citations

Navarro, Betsy, et al.. (2013). Simultaneous knockout ofSlo3andCatSper1abolishes all alkalization- and voltage-activated current in mouse spermatozoa. The Journal of General Physiology. 142(3). 305–313. 45 indexed citations

Desai, Bimal N., Grigory Krapivinsky, Betsy Navarro, et al.. (2012). Cleavage of TRPM7 Releases the Kinase Domain from the Ion Channel and Regulates Its Participation in Fas-Induced Apoptosis. Developmental Cell. 22(6). 1149–1162. 123 indexed citations

Chung, Jean‐Ju, Betsy Navarro, Grigory Krapivinsky, Luba Krapivinsky, & David E. Clapham. (2011). A novel gene required for male fertility and functional CATSPER channel formation in spermatozoa. Nature Communications. 2(1). 153–153. 156 indexed citations

Chung, Jean‐Ju, Betsy Navarro, Grigory Krapivinsky, Luba Krapivinsky, & David E. Clapham. (2011). A novel Gene Required for Male Fertility and Functional Catsper Channel Formation in Spermatozoa. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 90a–90a. 9 indexed citations

Navarro, Betsy, Kiyoshi Miki, & David E. Clapham. (2011). ATP-activated P2X2 current in mouse spermatozoa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(34). 14342–14347. 53 indexed citations

Navarro, Betsy, Yuriy Kirichok, Jean‐Ju Chung, & David E. Clapham. (2008). Ion channels that control fertility in mammalian spermatozoa. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 52(5-6). 607–613. 114 indexed citations

Desai, Bimal N., et al.. (2008). Deletion of Trpm7 Disrupts Embryonic Development and Thymopoiesis Without Altering Mg ²⁺ Homeostasis. Science. 322(5902). 756–760. 345 indexed citations

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Navarro, Betsy, Yuriy Kirichok, & David E. Clapham. (2007). KSper, a pH-sensitive K ⁺ current that controls sperm membrane potential. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(18). 7688–7692. 184 indexed citations

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Qi, Huayu, Magdalene M. Moran, Betsy Navarro, et al.. (2007). All four CatSper ion channel proteins are required for male fertility and sperm cell hyperactivated motility. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(4). 1219–1223. 410 indexed citations

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Kirichok, Yuriy, Betsy Navarro, & David E. Clapham. (2006). Whole-cell patch-clamp measurements of spermatozoa reveal an alkaline-activated Ca2+ channel. Nature. 439(7077). 737–740. 363 indexed citations

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Koishi, Ryuta, Haoxing Xu, Dejian Ren, et al.. (2004). A Superfamily of Voltage-gated Sodium Channels in Bacteria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(10). 9532–9538. 138 indexed citations

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Khodorova, Alla, Betsy Navarro, Laurence S. Jouaville, et al.. (2003). Endothelin-B receptor activation triggers an endogenous analgesic cascade at sites of peripheral injury. Nature Medicine. 9(8). 1055–1061. 191 indexed citations

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Greka, Anna, Betsy Navarro, Elena Oancea, Anne Duggan, & David E. Clapham. (2003). TRPC5 is a regulator of hippocampal neurite length and growth cone morphology. Nature Neuroscience. 6(8). 837–845. 310 indexed citations

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Yue, Lixia, Betsy Navarro, Dejian Ren, Arnolt J. Ramos, & David E. Clapham. (2002). The Cation Selectivity Filter of the Bacterial Sodium Channel, NaChBac. The Journal of General Physiology. 120(6). 845–853. 129 indexed citations

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Ren, Dejian, Betsy Navarro, Haoxing Xu, et al.. (2001). A Prokaryotic Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel. Science. 294(5550). 2372–2375. 381 indexed citations

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Ren, Dejian, Betsy Navarro, Gloria I. Perez, et al.. (2001). A sperm ion channel required for sperm motility and male fertility. Nature. 413(6856). 603–609. 743 indexed citations breakdown →

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Алексеев, А. Э., Matthew Kennedy, & Betsy Navarro. (1997). Burst Kinetics of Co-expressed Kir6.2/SUR1 Clones: Comparison of Recombinant with Native ATP-sensitive K + Channel Behavior. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 159(2). 161–168. 39 indexed citations

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Velimirovic, Bratislav M., Eric A. Gordon, Nancy Lim, Betsy Navarro, & David E. Clapham. (1996). The K⁺ channel inward rectifier subunits form a channel similar to neuronal G protein‐gated K⁺ channel. FEBS Letters. 379(1). 31–37. 81 indexed citations

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