Dick Wu

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Dick Wu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Dick Wu has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 4 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Dick Wu's work include Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (4 papers). Dick Wu is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (4 papers). Dick Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Dick Wu's co-authors include Thomas C. Südhof, Robert C. Malenka, Peng Zhou, Taulant Bacaj, Jianmin Cui, Wei Xu, Wade Morishita, Lu Chen, Minglei Zhao and Austin L. Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Dick Wu

12 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Synaptotagmin-1 and Synaptotagmin-7 Trigger Synchronous and Asynchronous Phases of Neurotransmitter Release

2013 218 citations Taulant Bacaj, Dick Wu et al. Neuron profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dick Wu United States	12	813	601	420	234	93	12	1.1k
Jamie L. Weiss United Kingdom	14	997 1.2×	798 1.3×	349 0.8×	68 0.3×	71 0.8×	26	1.3k
Kieran Brickley United Kingdom	15	1.2k 1.5×	796 1.3×	234 0.6×	214 0.9×	71 0.8×	17	1.5k
Kazunori Kanemaru Japan	16	752 0.9×	557 0.9×	142 0.3×	157 0.7×	69 0.7×	33	1.2k
Scott E. Jarvis Canada	22	1.2k 1.5×	870 1.4×	392 0.9×	240 1.0×	23 0.2×	32	1.5k
Ryan M. Drenan United States	24	1.5k 1.8×	762 1.3×	241 0.6×	60 0.3×	70 0.8×	44	1.8k
Sarah K. Coleman Finland	16	919 1.1×	846 1.4×	159 0.4×	92 0.4×	110 1.2×	34	1.2k
Henrike Berkefeld Germany	7	748 0.9×	644 1.1×	90 0.2×	178 0.8×	81 0.9×	8	975
Gerd Zolles Germany	16	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	170 0.4×	92 0.4×	143 1.5×	18	1.5k
Catrin S. Müller Germany	8	789 1.0×	581 1.0×	168 0.4×	72 0.3×	47 0.5×	14	993
Daisuke Tsuboi Japan	15	733 0.9×	422 0.7×	325 0.8×	79 0.3×	39 0.4×	29	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dick Wu

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Patterson, Michael T., Yingzheng Xu, Patricia R. Schrank, et al.. (2024). Trem2 Agonist Reprograms Foamy Macrophages to Promote Atherosclerotic Plaque Stability—Brief Report. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 44(7). 1646–1657. 26 indexed citations

Hsu, Yu‐Tien, Jie Li, Dick Wu, Thomas C. Südhof, & Lu Chen. (2019). Synaptic retinoic acid receptor signaling mediates mTOR-dependent metaplasticity that controls hippocampal learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(14). 7113–7122. 44 indexed citations

Wu, Dick, Taulant Bacaj, Wade Morishita, et al.. (2017). Postsynaptic synaptotagmins mediate AMPA receptor exocytosis during LTP. Nature. 544(7650). 316–321. 137 indexed citations

Zhou, Qiangjun, Peng Zhou, Austin L. Wang, et al.. (2017). The primed SNARE–complexin–synaptotagmin complex for neuronal exocytosis. Nature. 548(7668). 420–425. 195 indexed citations

Anderson, Garret R., Jason Aoto, Katsuhiko Tabuchi, et al.. (2015). β-Neurexins Control Neural Circuits by Regulating Synaptic Endocannabinoid Signaling. Cell. 162(3). 593–606. 109 indexed citations

Bacaj, Taulant, Dick Wu, Jacqueline Burré, et al.. (2015). Synaptotagmin-1 and -7 Are Redundantly Essential for Maintaining the Capacity of the Readily-Releasable Pool of Synaptic Vesicles. PLoS Biology. 13(10). e1002267–e1002267. 62 indexed citations

Bacaj, Taulant, Dick Wu, Xiaofei Yang, et al.. (2013). Synaptotagmin-1 and Synaptotagmin-7 Trigger Synchronous and Asynchronous Phases of Neurotransmitter Release. Neuron. 80(4). 947–959. 218 indexed citations breakdown →

Kaeser‐Woo, Yea Jin, Thomas J. Younts, Xinjing Yang, et al.. (2013). Synaptotagmin-12 Phosphorylation by cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Is Essential for Hippocampal Mossy Fiber LTP. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(23). 9769–9780. 36 indexed citations

Zaydman, Mark A., et al.. (2011). KCNE1 enhances phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP ₂ ) sensitivity of I _Ks to modulate channel activity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(22). 9095–9100. 88 indexed citations

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Wu, Dick, Kelli Delaloye, Mark A. Zaydman, et al.. (2010). State-dependent electrostatic interactions of S4 arginines with E1 in S2 during Kv7.1 activation. The Journal of General Physiology. 135(6). 595–606. 73 indexed citations

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Wu, Dick, Hua Pan, Kelli Delaloye, & Jianmin Cui. (2010). KCNE1 Remodels the Voltage Sensor of Kv7.1 to Modulate Channel Function. Biophysical Journal. 99(11). 3599–3608. 37 indexed citations

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Silva, Jonathan R., Hua Pan, Dick Wu, et al.. (2009). A multiscale model linking ion-channel molecular dynamics and electrostatics to the cardiac action potential. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(27). 11102–11106. 96 indexed citations

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