David W. Piston

21.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
223 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

David W. Piston is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, David W. Piston has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Molecular Biology, 79 papers in Surgery and 73 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in David W. Piston's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (79 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (65 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (28 papers). David W. Piston is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (79 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (65 papers) and Diabetes and associated disorders (28 papers). David W. Piston collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Switzerland. David W. Piston's co-authors include George H. Patterson, Gert‐Jan Kremers, Richard K.P. Benninger, Susan M. Knobel, Alessandro Ustione, W. Steven Head, Subhadra C. Gunawardana, Jonathan V. Rocheleau, Brigid L.M. Hogan and Yasuhide Furuta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David W. Piston

218 papers receiving 14.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Use of the green fluorescent protein and its mutants in quantitative fluorescence microscopy

1997 693 citations David W. Piston et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
Fluorescent protein FRET: the good, the bad and the ugly

2007 650 citations David W. Piston et al. profile →
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) as regulators of dorsal forebrain development

1997 602 citations David W. Piston et al. profile →
Regulation of Corepressor Function by Nuclear NADH

2002 512 citations Qinghong Zhang, David W. Piston et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David W. Piston United States	63	7.9k	3.5k	3.3k	2.2k	2.0k	223	14.7k
Larry A. Sklar United States	71	10.5k 1.3×	650 0.2×	766 0.2×	4.0k 1.9×	1.4k 0.7×	319	19.1k
Jin Zhang United States	60	10.6k 1.3×	2.7k 0.8×	660 0.2×	532 0.2×	1.2k 0.6×	366	15.4k
Sandro Santagata United States	61	8.0k 1.0×	925 0.3×	973 0.3×	682 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	191	15.3k
Joseph Bryan United States	65	7.6k 1.0×	419 0.1×	4.2k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	161	16.3k
Keith L. Ligon United States	72	11.4k 1.4×	575 0.2×	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 0.5×	248	21.3k
Frederick R. Maxfield United States	95	17.5k 2.2×	699 0.2×	4.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	261	29.3k
A. S. Verkman United States	78	9.6k 1.2×	845 0.2×	916 0.3×	963 0.4×	1.0k 0.5×	258	21.6k
David Piwnica‐Worms United States	71	9.2k 1.2×	603 0.2×	1.2k 0.4×	1000 0.5×	2.1k 1.1×	282	19.5k
Thomas J. Deerinck United States	61	9.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.4×	389 0.1×	1.0k 0.5×	575 0.3×	126	14.9k
Michael Z. Lin United States	49	11.0k 1.4×	2.3k 0.7×	466 0.1×	892 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	107	17.2k

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Asadi, Farzad, Subhadra C. Gunawardana, Roland E. Dolle, & David W. Piston. (2024). An orally available compound suppresses glucagon hypersecretion and normalizes hyperglycemia in type 1 diabetes. JCI Insight. 9(2). 3 indexed citations

Wilkerson, Emily, Nima Mosammaparast, Michael B. Major, et al.. (2024). TCAF1 promotes TRPV2-mediated Ca2+ release in response to cytosolic DNA to protect stressed replication forks. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4609–4609. 4 indexed citations

Matamoros, Marcos, et al.. (2023). Conformational plasticity of NaK2K and TREK2 potassium channel selectivity filters. Nature Communications. 14(1). 89–89. 5 indexed citations

Ng, Xue Wen, et al.. (2021). Intercellular Communication in the Islet of Langerhans in Health and Disease. Comprehensive physiology. 11(3). 2191–2225. 3 indexed citations

Piston, David W., et al.. (2020). RhoA Mediated Juxtacrine Regulation of Glucagon Secretion. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 248a–248a. 1 indexed citations

Bechard, Matthew E., Eric D. Bankaitis, Susan B. Hipkens, et al.. (2016). Precommitment low-level Neurog3 expression defines a long-lived mitotic endocrine-biased progenitor pool that drives production of endocrine-committed cells. Genes & Development. 30(16). 1852–1865. 46 indexed citations

Benninger, Richard K.P. & David W. Piston. (2014). Cellular communication and heterogeneity in pancreatic islet insulin secretion dynamics. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 25(8). 399–406. 111 indexed citations

Benninger, Richard K.P., W. Steven Head, Michael J. McCaughey, et al.. (2014). Intrinsic Islet Heterogeneity and Gap Junction Coupling Determine Spatiotemporal Ca2+ Wave Dynamics. Biophysical Journal. 107(11). 2723–2733. 67 indexed citations

Gunawardana, Subhadra C. & David W. Piston. (2012). Reversal of Type 1 Diabetes in Mice by Brown Adipose Tissue Transplant. Diabetes. 61(3). 674–682. 223 indexed citations

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Chang, Jennifer C., Ian D. Tomlinson, Michael R. Warnement, et al.. (2012). Single Molecule Analysis of Serotonin Transporter Regulation Using Antagonist-Conjugated Quantum Dots Reveals Restricted, p38 MAPK-Dependent Mobilization Underlying Uptake Activation. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(26). 8919–8929. 64 indexed citations

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Uddin, Md. Jashim, Brenda C. Crews, Anna L. Blobaum, et al.. (2010). Selective Visualization of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Inflammation and Cancer by Targeted Fluorescent Imaging Agents. Cancer Research. 70(9). 3618–3627. 151 indexed citations

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Marchand, Sylvain J. Le & David W. Piston. (2010). Glucose Suppression of Glucagon Secretion. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(19). 14389–14398. 122 indexed citations

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Laver, Derek R., et al.. (2009). Abstract 2629: Flecainide Inhibits Arrhythmogenic Ca2+ Waves by Open State Block of Ryanodine Receptor Ca2+ Release Channels and Reduction of Ca2+ Spark Mass. Circulation. 120. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Min, et al.. (2009). Quantitative Experimental Measurements And Mathematical Modeling Of Multi-cellular Dynamics In The Islet Of Langerhans. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 286a–286a. 1 indexed citations

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Nyman, Lara, K. Sam Wells, Michael J. McCaughey, et al.. (2008). Real-time, multidimensional in vivo imaging used to investigate blood flow in mouse pancreatic islets. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 118(11). 3790–3797. 134 indexed citations

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Cricenti, A., et al.. (2008). Nano‐Raman mapping of a porous glass‐ceramic SERS substrate in collection mode. Journal of Microscopy. 229(3). 402–406. 1 indexed citations

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Mao, Shu, Richard K.P. Benninger, Yuling Yan, et al.. (2008). Optical Lock-In Detection of FRET Using Synthetic and Genetically Encoded Optical Switches. Biophysical Journal. 94(11). 4515–4524. 73 indexed citations

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Hara, Manami, Benjamin S. Glick, Catherine S. Lee, et al.. (2005). Imaging pancreatic β-cells in the intact pancreas. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 290(5). E1041–E1047. 46 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qinghong, David W. Piston, & Richard H. Goodman. (2002). Regulation of Corepressor Function by Nuclear NADH. Science. 295(5561). 1895–1897. 512 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blackman, Scott M., C.E. Cobb, Albert H. Beth, & David W. Piston. (1996). The orientation of eosin-5-maleimide on human erythrocyte band 3 measured by fluorescence polarization microscopy. Biophysical Journal. 71(1). 194–208. 45 indexed citations

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