Ernest M. Wright

28.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
289 papers, 22.9k citations indexed

About

Ernest M. Wright is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Ernest M. Wright has authored 289 papers receiving a total of 22.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 211 papers in Molecular Biology, 103 papers in Surgery and 50 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Ernest M. Wright's work include Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (146 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (101 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (41 papers). Ernest M. Wright is often cited by papers focused on Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (146 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (101 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (41 papers). Ernest M. Wright collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. Ernest M. Wright's co-authors include Donald D. F. Loo, Bruce A. Hirayama, Eric Turk, E. Turk, Jared M. Diamond, Matthias A. Hediger, Michael J. Coady, Bruce R. Stevens, Sepehr Eskandari and Guido A. Zampighi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ernest M. Wright

285 papers receiving 21.8k 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 →
Expression cloning and cDNA sequencing of the Na+/glucose co-transporter

1987 820 citations Matthias A. Hediger, Ernest M. Wright et al. Nature profile →
Biological Membranes: The Physical Basis of Ion and Nonelectrolyte Selectivity

1969 535 citations Jared M. Diamond, Ernest M. Wright profile →
Probing SGLT2 as a therapeutic target for diabetes: Basic physiology and consequences

2015 315 citations Ernest M. Wright et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ernest M. Wright United States	84	13.2k	5.8k	5.5k	3.0k	2.8k	289	22.9k
John H. Exton United States	90	18.0k 1.4×	4.5k 0.8×	2.7k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	275	27.1k
Pedro Cuatrecasas United States	104	23.0k 1.7×	3.8k 0.7×	3.2k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	362	35.6k
Michael Czech United States	95	16.9k 1.3×	4.9k 0.8×	4.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	299	28.7k
Andrew P. Halestrap United Kingdom	97	22.5k 1.7×	3.2k 0.5×	2.4k 0.4×	2.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	228	35.3k
Alan R. Saltiel United States	93	25.3k 1.9×	5.8k 1.0×	4.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	3.9k 1.4×	280	45.5k
Bruce E. Kemp Australia	112	31.0k 2.4×	8.7k 1.5×	4.7k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	4.4k 1.5×	451	44.8k
M. Daniel Lane United States	99	19.2k 1.5×	3.9k 0.7×	2.6k 0.5×	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	310	33.7k
Robin F. Irvine United Kingdom	76	21.2k 1.6×	3.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.3×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	223	31.0k
Hermann Koepsell Germany	71	6.7k 0.5×	3.4k 0.6×	3.9k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	7.4k 2.6×	233	19.1k
Matthias A. Hediger United States	90	14.8k 1.1×	3.0k 0.5×	1.9k 0.3×	4.8k 1.6×	4.0k 1.4×	256	33.5k

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Elgeti, Matthias, Aviv Paz, Thorsten Althoff, et al.. (2023). Membrane potential accelerates sugar uptake by stabilizing the outward facing conformation of the Na/glucose symporter vSGLT. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7511–7511. 8 indexed citations

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

Paz, Aviv, Derek P. Claxton, Kelli Kazmier, et al.. (2018). Conformational transitions of the sodium-dependent sugar transporter, vSGLT. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(12). E2742–E2751. 31 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

Bisignano, Paola, Chakrapani Kalyanaraman, Chiara E. Ghezzi, et al.. (2017). Structural Insights into Sodium-Dependent Sugar Transporters and their Inhibition Mechanism. Biophysical Journal. 112(3). 128a–128a. 2 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

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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

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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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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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Hirsch, Jochen R., Donald D. F. Loo, & Ernest M. Wright. (1996). Regulation of Na+/Glucose Cotransporter Expression by Protein Kinases in Oocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(25). 14740–14746. 164 indexed citations

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Wright, Ernest M., Donald D. F. Loo, Mariana Panayotova‐Heiermann, & Kathryn J. Boorer. (1994). Mechanisms of Na+-glucose cotransport. Biochemical Society Transactions. 22(3). 646–650. 8 indexed citations

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Wright, Ernest M., E. Turk, B. Zabel, Stefan Mundlos, & Jane Dyer. (1991). Molecular genetics of intestinal glucose transport.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 88(5). 1435–1440. 69 indexed citations

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Hediger, Matthias A., Marcia L. Budarf, Beverly S. Emanuel, T. Mohandas, & Ernest M. Wright. (1989). Assignment of the human intestinal Na+/glucose cotransporter gene (SGLT1) to the q11.2 → qter region of chromosome 22. Genomics. 4(3). 297–300. 30 indexed citations

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Wright, Ernest M. & Jared M. Diamond. (1969). Patterns of non-electrolyte permeability. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 309(1499). 578–578. 11 indexed citations

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Wright, Ernest M. & Jared M. Diamond. (1969). An electrical method of measuring non-electrolyte permeability. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 309(1499). 577–577. 6 indexed citations

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Schultz, Stanley G., Peter F. Curran, & Ernest M. Wright. (1967). Interpretation of Hexose-dependent Electrical Potential Differences in Small Intestine. Nature. 214(5087). 509–510. 31 indexed citations

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Wright, Ernest M.. (1957). Importance of Mycorrhizae to Ponderosa Pine Seedlings. Forest Science. 3(3). 275–280. 2 indexed citations

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