C. Ian Spencer

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

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C. Ian Spencer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Ian Spencer has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in C. Ian Spencer's work include Ion channel regulation and function (16 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (9 papers). C. Ian Spencer is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (16 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (15 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (9 papers). C. Ian Spencer collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. C. Ian Spencer's co-authors include Deepak Srivastava, Yu Huang, Ji‐Dong Fu, Vasanth Vedantham, Amy Foley, Simon J. Conway, Leroy F. Liu, Qian Li, Tao Xu and Yu Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Development.

In The Last Decade

C. Ian Spencer

26 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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In vivo reprogramming of murine cardiac fibroblasts into induced cardiomyocytes

2012 996 citations Qian Li, Yu Huang et al. Nature profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Human formin FHOD3-mediated actin elongation is required for sarcomere integrity in cardiomyocytes 2024 ·eLife ·(unknown), (unknown), Haruko Nakano, (unknown), (unknown), Airi Harui, C. Ian Spencer, Atsushi Nakano, Margot E. Quinlan	0
2	Conversion of human fibroblasts into functional cardiomyocytes by small molecules 2016 ·Science ·Nan Cao, Yu Huang, Jiashun Zheng, C. Ian Spencer, Yu Zhang, Ji‐Dong Fu, Baoming Nie, Min Xie, Mingliang Zhang, Haixia Wang, Tianhua Ma, Tao Xu, Guilai Shi, Deepak Srivastava, Sheng Ding	289
3	Expandable Cardiovascular Progenitor Cells Reprogrammed from Fibroblasts 2016 ·Cell stem cell ·Yu Zhang, Nan Cao, Yu Huang, C. Ian Spencer, Ji‐Dong Fu, Yu Chen, Kai Liu, Baoming Nie, Tao Xu, Ke Li, Shaohua Xu, Benoit G. Bruneau, Deepak Srivastava, Sheng Ding	103
4	Miniaturized iPS-Cell-Derived Cardiac Muscles for Physiologically Relevant Drug Response Analyses 2016 ·Scientific Reports ·Nathaniel Huebsch, Peter Loskill, (unknown), C. Ian Spencer, Luke M. Judge, Mohammad A. Mandegar, Cade B. Fox, Tamer Mohamed, Zhen Ma, Anurag Mathur, Alice Sheehan, Annie Truong, (unknown), (unknown), Deepak Srivastava, Tejal A. Desai, (unknown), Kevin E. Healy, Bruce R. Conklin	179
5	Automated Video-Based Analysis of Contractility and Calcium Flux in Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Cultured over Different Spatial Scales 2014 ·Tissue Engineering Part C Methods ·Nathaniel Huebsch, Peter Loskill, Mohammad A. Mandegar, (unknown), (unknown), Zhen Ma, Anurag Mathur, (unknown), (unknown), Luke M. Judge, C. Ian Spencer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Bruce R. Conklin, Kevin E. Healy	226
6	Small Molecules Enable Cardiac Reprogramming of Mouse Fibroblasts with a Single Factor, Oct4 2014 ·Cell Reports ·Haixia Wang, Nan Cao, C. Ian Spencer, Baoming Nie, Tianhua Ma, Tao Xu, Yu Zhang, Xiaojing Wang, Deepak Srivastava, Sheng Ding	133
7	Ion Channel Pharmacology Under Flow: Automation Via Well-Plate Microfluidics 2012 ·Assay and Drug Development Technologies ·C. Ian Spencer, Nianzhen Li, Qin Chen, Juliette Johnson, (unknown), (unknown), Cristian Ionescu‐Zanetti	22
8	In vivo reprogramming of murine cardiac fibroblasts into induced cardiomyocytes breakdown → 2012 ·Nature ·Qian Li, Yu Huang, C. Ian Spencer, Amy Foley, Vasanth Vedantham, Leroy F. Liu, Simon J. Conway, Ji‐Dong Fu, Deepak Srivastava	996
9	Ionflux: A Microfluidic Approach to Ensemble Recording and Block of Whole-Cell Current from Voltage-Gated Ion Channels 2010 ·Biophysical Journal ·C. Ian Spencer, Nianzhen Li, Juliette Johnson, Qin Chen, Cristian Ionescu‐Zanetti	0
10	Actions of ATX-II and other gating-modifiers on Na+ currents in HEK-293 cells expressing WT and ΔKPQ hNaV 1.5 Na+ channels 2008 ·Toxicon ·C. Ian Spencer	7
11	Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of the Pyrethroid Tefluthrin on Action Potential Duration in Isolated Rat Ventricular Myocytes 2005 ·Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·C. Ian Spencer, James S.K. Sham	19
12	Differential effects of extracellular cesium on early afterdepolarizations in ventricular myocytes and arrhythmogenesis in isolated hearts of rats and guinea pigs 2004 ·Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology ·C. Ian Spencer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	3
13	Tefluthrin Modulates a Novel Anionic Background Conductance (IAB) in Guinea-Pig Ventricular Myocytes 2002 ·Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications ·John J. Borg, Jules C. Hancox, C. Ian Spencer, Roland Z. Kozlowski	7
14	Loading of Calcium and Strontium into the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Rat Ventricular Muscle 2000 ·Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology ·C. Ian Spencer, Robert Barsotti, Joshua R. Berlin	5
15	A novel anionic conductance affects action potential duration in isolated rat ventricular myocytes 2000 ·British Journal of Pharmacology ·C. Ian Spencer, Wataru Uchida, Roland Z. Kozlowski	12
16	A method for recording intracellular [Ca2+] transients in cardiac myocytes using calcium green-2 1995 ·Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology ·C. Ian Spencer, Joshua R. Berlin	9
17	Influences of stimulation frequency and temperature on interval‐force relationships in guinea‐pig papillary muscles 1994 ·Acta Physiologica Scandinavica ·C. Ian Spencer, Stellan Mörner, Mark I. M. Noble, W. A. Seed	4
18	Effects of nifedipine and low [Ca2+] on mechanical restitution during hypothermia in guinea pig papillary muscles 1993 ·Basic Research in Cardiology ·C. Ian Spencer, Stellan Mörner, M. I. M. Noble, W. A. Seed	5
19	Mechanical restitution during alternans in guinea pig papillary muscles 1992 ·Cardiovascular Research ·C. Ian Spencer, M J Lab, W. A. Seed	11
20	The elementary steps of the actomyosin ATPase in muscle fibres studied with caged-ATP. 1988 ·PubMed ·Michael A. Ferenczi, C. Ian Spencer	8

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