Bruce A. Hirayama

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Bruce A. Hirayama is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce A. Hirayama has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Surgery and 18 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Bruce A. Hirayama's work include Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (46 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (42 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (16 papers). Bruce A. Hirayama is often cited by papers focused on Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (46 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (42 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (16 papers). Bruce A. Hirayama collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. Bruce A. Hirayama's co-authors include Ernest M. Wright, Donald D. F. Loo, Ana Dı́ez-Sampedro, Eric Turk, Vladimir Kepe, Jeff Abramson, Hermann Koepsell, Eun-Sil Shelley Hwang, M. Pilar Lostao and Jorge R. Barrio and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Bruce A. Hirayama

72 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Biology of Human Sodium Glucose Transporters

2011 1.1k citations Ernest M. Wright, Donald D. F. Loo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bruce A. Hirayama United States	44	3.3k	2.2k	2.0k	794	743	72	5.9k
Donald D. F. Loo United States	49	4.6k 1.4×	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.0×	706 0.9×	823 1.1×	100	7.5k
Ulrich Hopfer United States	48	4.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	875 1.1×	806 1.1×	165	7.7k
Mitsuhiro Okamoto Japan	45	3.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	577 0.7×	462 0.6×	211	6.2k
Geoffrey D. Holman United Kingdom	53	6.8k 2.0×	1.2k 0.5×	3.1k 1.5×	365 0.5×	594 0.8×	158	9.9k
P Freychet France	47	4.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	570 0.7×	578 0.8×	159	7.2k
Nabil A. Elshourbagy United States	40	2.8k 0.8×	873 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	671 0.8×	297 0.4×	74	5.6k
Joseph Larner United States	60	6.1k 1.8×	1.9k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	215 0.3×	908 1.2×	233	11.5k
O M Rosen United States	55	9.2k 2.7×	1.6k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	870 1.1×	860 1.2×	127	12.1k
Stephen F. Previs United States	41	4.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.9×	365 0.5×	499 0.7×	139	7.2k
Vincent C. Manganiello United States	54	6.8k 2.0×	841 0.4×	975 0.5×	778 1.0×	635 0.9×	175	11.0k

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Sala‐Rabanal, Monica, Chiara E. Ghezzi, Bruce A. Hirayama, et al.. (2018). Intestinal absorption of glucose in mice as determined by positron emission tomography. The Journal of Physiology. 596(13). 2473–2489. 22 indexed citations

Hirayama, Bruce A., et al.. (2017). Active site voltage clamp fluorometry of the sodium glucose cotransporter hSGLT1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(46). E9980–E9988. 17 indexed citations

Yu, Amy S., Bruce A. Hirayama, Jie Liu, et al.. (2012). Regional distribution of SGLT activity in rat brain in vivo. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 304(3). C240–C247. 101 indexed citations

Hummel, Charles S., Chuan Lü, Jie Liu, et al.. (2011). Structural selectivity of human SGLT inhibitors. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 302(2). C373–C382. 71 indexed citations

Hummel, Charles S., Chuan Lü, Donald D. F. Loo, et al.. (2010). Glucose transport by human renal Na ⁺ / d -glucose cotransporters SGLT1 and SGLT2. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 300(1). C14–C21. 218 indexed citations

Faham, Salem, Akira Watanabe, Duilio Cascio, et al.. (2008). The Crystal Structure of a Sodium Galactose Transporter Reveals Mechanistic Insights into Na ⁺ /Sugar Symport. Science. 321(5890). 810–814. 420 indexed citations

Sala‐Rabanal, Monica, Donald D. F. Loo, Bruce A. Hirayama, Eric Turk, & Ernest M. Wright. (2006). Molecular interactions between dipeptides, drugs and the human intestinal H⁺–oligopeptide cotransporter hPEPT1. The Journal of Physiology. 574(1). 149–166. 58 indexed citations

Loo, Donald D. F., Bruce A. Hirayama, Movses H. Karakossian, Anne‐Kristine Meinild, & Ernest M. Wright. (2006). Conformational Dynamics of hSGLT1 during Na+/Glucose Cotransport. The Journal of General Physiology. 128(6). 701–720. 46 indexed citations

Loo, Donald D. F., Bruce A. Hirayama, Albert Cha, Francisco Bezanilla, & Ernest M. Wright. (2004). Perturbation Analysis of the Voltage-sensitive Conformational Changes of the Na+/Glucose Cotransporter. The Journal of General Physiology. 125(1). 13–36. 36 indexed citations

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Dı́ez-Sampedro, Ana, Bruce A. Hirayama, Valentin Gorboulev, et al.. (2003). A glucose sensor hiding in a family of transporters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(20). 11753–11758. 246 indexed citations

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Dı́ez-Sampedro, Ana, Ernest M. Wright, & Bruce A. Hirayama. (2001). Residue 457 Controls Sugar Binding and Transport in the Na+/Glucose Cotransporter. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(52). 49188–49194. 79 indexed citations

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Leung, Daisy W., Donald D. F. Loo, Bruce A. Hirayama, Thomas Zeuthen, & Ernest M. Wright. (2000). Urea transport by cotransporters. The Journal of Physiology. 528(2). 251–257. 56 indexed citations

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Lam, Jason T., Martı́n G. Martı́n, Eric Turk, et al.. (1999). Missense mutations in SGLT1 cause glucose–galactose malabsorption by trafficking defects. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1453(2). 297–303. 52 indexed citations

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Loo, Donald D. F., et al.. (1998). Conformational changes couple Na ⁺ and glucose transport. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(13). 7789–7794. 115 indexed citations

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Wright, Ernest M., Donald D. F. Loo, Eric Turk, & Bruce A. Hirayama. (1996). Sodium cotransporters. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 8(4). 468–473. 48 indexed citations

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Hirayama, Bruce A., Donald D. F. Loo, & Ernest M. Wright. (1994). Protons drive sugar transport through the Na+/glucose cotransporter (SGLT1).. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(34). 21407–21410. 69 indexed citations

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Lostao, M. Pilar, Bruce A. Hirayama, Donald D. F. Loo, & Ernest M. Wright. (1994). Phenylglucosides and the Na+/glucose cotransporter (SGLT1): Analysis of interactions. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 142(2). 161–70. 83 indexed citations

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Pajor, Ana M., Bruce A. Hirayama, & Ernest M. Wright. (1992). Molecular evidence for two renal Na+/glucose cotransporters. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1106(1). 216–220. 46 indexed citations

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Wright, Ernest M., Matthias A. Hediger, Michael J. Coady, Bruce A. Hirayama, & Eric Turk. (1989). Molecular biology of Na+/glucose cotransport. Biochemical Society Transactions. 17(5). 810–811. 6 indexed citations

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Wright, Stephen H., Bruce A. Hirayama, Jonathan D. Kaunitz, Ian Kippen, & Ernest M. Wright. (1983). Kinetics of sodium succinate cotransport across renal brush-border membranes.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 258(9). 5456–5462. 77 indexed citations

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