Erqian Na

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Erqian Na is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Erqian Na has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Erqian Na's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (6 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (5 papers). Erqian Na is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (6 papers), Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (6 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (5 papers). Erqian Na collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Chile. Erqian Na's co-authors include George D. Yancopoulos, Trevor N. Stitt, William Poueymirou, David J. Glass, Esther Latres, David M. Valenzuela, Brian Clarke, Susanne Baumhueter, Kumar Dharmarajan and Lorna Nuñez and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Erqian Na

19 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Identification of Ubiquitin Ligases Required for Skeletal Muscle Atrophy

2001 2.8k citations Sue C. Bodine, Esther Latres et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erqian Na United States	15	3.1k	1.3k	935	576	492	20	4.1k
Michael Gonzalez United States	6	3.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	706 1.2×	330 0.7×	6	4.2k
William O. Kline United States	11	3.8k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	772 1.3×	451 0.9×	11	4.8k
Elisa Calabria Italy	20	3.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	819 0.9×	615 1.1×	410 0.8×	32	4.2k
James G. Ryall Australia	34	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	794 0.8×	438 0.8×	195 0.4×	58	3.8k
Ronald D. Cohn United States	24	3.4k 1.1×	888 0.7×	671 0.7×	305 0.5×	889 1.8×	38	4.4k
Anne Picard Italy	15	2.9k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	630 0.7×	447 0.8×	257 0.5×	32	3.6k
Marcelo D. Gomes Brazil	17	2.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	870 0.9×	511 0.9×	346 0.7×	39	3.6k
Claudia Sandri Italy	13	3.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	636 1.1×	318 0.6×	17	4.9k
Susan C. Kandarian United States	32	3.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	756 0.8×	768 1.3×	361 0.7×	39	3.9k
Jennifer L. Shadrach United States	14	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	261 0.3×	270 0.5×	293 0.6×	20	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erqian Na

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20 of 20 papers shown

Na, Erqian, et al.. (2025). Hepatic PKA Mediates Liver and Pancreatic α-Cell Cross Talk. Diabetes. 74(6). 885–897.

Ha, Kyoung Hwa, So–Youn Shin, Erqian Na, & Dae Jung Kim. (2024). Trends in prescribing sodium‐glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors for individuals with type 2 diabetes with and without cardiovascular‐renal disease in South Korea, 2015–2021. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 16(2). 215–224. 2 indexed citations

Mastaitis, Jason, Daniel R. Gomez, Valerie Le Rouzic, et al.. (2023). 207-OR: Myostatin Inhibition Synergizes with GLP-1R Agonism to Accelerate Weight Loss in Male, Obese Nonhuman Primates. Diabetes. 72(Supplement_1). 8 indexed citations

Cavino, Katie, Biin Sung, Qi Su, et al.. (2020). Glucagon Receptor Inhibition Reduces Hyperammonemia and Lethality in Male Mice with Urea Cycle Disorder. Endocrinology. 162(1). 5 indexed citations

Kleiner, Sandra, Daniel R. Gomez, Erqian Na, et al.. (2018). Mice harboring the human SLC30A8 R138X loss-of-function mutation have increased insulin secretory capacity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(32). E7642–E7649. 40 indexed citations

Okamoto, Haruka, Katie Cavino, Erqian Na, et al.. (2017). Angptl4 does not control hyperglucagonemia or α-cell hyperplasia following glucagon receptor inhibition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(10). 2747–2752. 17 indexed citations

Latres, Esther, Jason Mastaitis, Wen Fury, et al.. (2017). Activin A more prominently regulates muscle mass in primates than does GDF8. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15153–15153. 129 indexed citations

Kim, Jinrang, Haruka Okamoto, Shiuhwei Chen, et al.. (2017). Amino Acid Transporter Slc38a5 Controls Glucagon Receptor Inhibition-Induced Pancreatic α Cell Hyperplasia in Mice. Cell Metabolism. 25(6). 1348–1361.e8. 139 indexed citations

Okamoto, Haruka, Katie Cavino, Erqian Na, et al.. (2017). Glucagon receptor inhibition normalizes blood glucose in severe insulin-resistant mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(10). 2753–2758. 52 indexed citations

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Xin, Yurong, Haruka Okamoto, Jinrang Kim, et al.. (2016). Single-Cell RNAseq Reveals That Pancreatic β-Cells From Very Old Male Mice Have a Young Gene Signature. Endocrinology. 157(9). 3431–3438. 23 indexed citations

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Mastaitis, Jason, Mark Eckersdorff, Soo Min, et al.. (2015). Loss of SFRP4 Alters Body Size, Food Intake, and Energy Expenditure in Diet-Induced Obese Male Mice. Endocrinology. 156(12). 4502–4510. 15 indexed citations

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Latres, Esther, Lawrence Miloscio, Erqian Na, et al.. (2015). Myostatin blockade with a fully human monoclonal antibody induces muscle hypertrophy and reverses muscle atrophy in young and aged mice. Skeletal Muscle. 5(1). 34–34. 114 indexed citations

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Okamoto, Haruka, Jinrang Kim, Joseph Lee, et al.. (2015). Glucagon Receptor Blockade With a Human Antibody Normalizes Blood Glucose in Diabetic Mice and Monkeys. Endocrinology. 156(8). 2781–2794. 79 indexed citations

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Fernandois, Daniela, et al.. (2015). Kisspeptin is involved in ovarian follicular development during aging in rats. Journal of Endocrinology. 228(3). 161–170. 54 indexed citations

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Gusarova, Viktoria, Erqian Na, Panayiotis E. Stevis, et al.. (2014). ANGPTL8/Betatrophin Does Not Control Pancreatic Beta Cell Expansion. Cell. 159(3). 691–696. 171 indexed citations

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Lai, Ka‐Man Venus, Michael Gonzalez, William Poueymirou, et al.. (2004). Conditional Activation of Akt in Adult Skeletal Muscle Induces Rapid Hypertrophy. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24(21). 9295–9304. 336 indexed citations

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Bodine, Sue C., Esther Latres, Susanne Baumhueter, et al.. (2001). Identification of Ubiquitin Ligases Required for Skeletal Muscle Atrophy. Science. 294(5547). 1704–1708. 2828 indexed citations breakdown →

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McCarthy, Maria, et al.. (2001). Calcium-Dependent Adhesion Is Necessary for the Maintenance of Prosomeres. Developmental Biology. 233(1). 80–94. 12 indexed citations

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Na, Erqian, Maria McCarthy, Christine Neyt, Eseng Lai, & Gord Fishell. (1998). Telencephalic progenitors maintain anteroposterior identities cell autonomously. Current Biology. 8(17). 987–S2. 34 indexed citations

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Claudio, Jaime O., Choong-Chin Liew, Adam A. Dempsey, et al.. (1998). Identification of Sequence-Tagged Transcripts Differentially Expressed within the Human Hematopoietic Hierarchy. Genomics. 50(1). 44–52. 18 indexed citations

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