Erwin London

23.0k citations

192 papers · 19.3k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 66

Impact in

Molecular Biology top 0.1%
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
- Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
Cell Biology top 0.1%
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Caveolin-1 and cellular processes

Papers in

Molecular Biology 151
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior 120
- Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling 37
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery 17
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 17
Biotechnology 19
- Transgenic Plants and Applications 16

Co-authors: Deborah A. Brown Amitabha Chattopadhyay Megha Megha Gerald W. Feigenson Sharmin Ahmed R Kaiser H. Gobind Khorana Rolf Schroeder
Journals: Biochemistry (43 papers)Journal of Biological Chemistry (30 papers)Biophysical Journal (19 papers)Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes (15 papers)Analytical Biochemistry (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Germany

In The Last Decade

Erwin London

191 papers receiving 19.0k citations

Hit Papers

8 papers align trajectories log scale

Structure and Function of Sphingolipid- and Cholesterol-rich Membrane Rafts 2000 · 2.0k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2000 Journal of Biological Chemistry
2000 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
1998 Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
1998 The Journal of Membrane Biology
1997 Biochemistry
1994 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1987 Biochemistry
1984 Analytical Biochemistry

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1	Inner leaflet cationic lipid increases nucleic acid loading independently of outer leaflet lipid charge in asymmetric liposomes Methods ·Bingchen Li, Erwin London	2023	1
2	Molecular substructure of the liquid-ordered phase formed by sphingomyelin and cholesterol: sphingomyelin clusters forming nano-subdomains are a characteristic feature Biophysical Reviews ·Michio Murata, Nobuaki Matsumori, Masanao Kinoshita, Erwin London	2022	23
3	Cholesterol and sphingomyelin are critical for Fcγ receptor–mediated phagocytosis of Cryptococcus neoformans by macrophages Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Arielle M. Bryan, T. Soldini, Guangtao Li, Jihyun Kim, Ashutosh Singh, Johannes Morstein, Dirk Trauner, Nívea Pereira de Sá, Е.А. Александрова, Amir M. Farnoud, Erwin London, Maurizio Del Poeta	2021	18
4	Loss of plasma membrane lipid asymmetry can induce ordered domain (raft) formation Journal of Lipid Research ·Shinako Kakuda, Lance W. Griffin, Guangtao Li, Erwin London	2021	14
5	Induction of Ordered Lipid Raft Domain Formation by Loss of Lipid Asymmetry Biophysical Journal ·Ashok Parameswaran, Shinako Kakuda, Erwin London	2020	24
6	Sterol structure dependence of insulin receptor and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor activation Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Ю. С. Агалиди, Jihyun Kim, Lance W. Griffin, Erwin London, W. Todd Miller	2019	25
7	Effect of sterol structure on ordered membrane domain (raft) stability in symmetric and asymmetric vesicles Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Ashok Parameswaran, Erwin London	2019	29
8	Lipid rafts can form in the inner and outer membranes of Borrelia burgdorferi and have different properties and associated proteins Molecular Microbiology ·Álvaro Toledo, Zhen Huang, James L. Coleman, Erwin London, Jorge L. Benach	2018	37
9	Changes in glucosylceramide structure affect virulence and membrane biophysical properties of Cryptococcus neoformans Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Shriya Raj, Jennifer A. Kosty, Jihyun Kim, Luna S. Joffe, Xiaoxue Zhang, Ashutosh Singh, Verónica Peña Cruz, Desmarini Desmarini, Julianne T. Djordjevic, Daniel P. Raleigh, Márcio L. Rodrigues, Erwin London, Maurizio Del Poeta, Amir M. Farnoud	2017	34
10	Efficient replacement of plasma membrane outer leaflet phospholipids and sphingolipids in cells with exogenous lipids Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Guangtao Li, Jihyun Kim, Zhen Huang, Ellen-Alyssa Gambles, Deborah A. Brown, Erwin London	2016	79
11	Ordered Raft Domains Induced by Outer Leaflet Sphingomyelin in Cholesterol-Rich Asymmetric Vesicles Biophysical Journal ·Qingqing Lin, Erwin London	2015	75
12	Preparation of Artificial Plasma Membrane Mimicking Vesicles with Lipid Asymmetry PLoS ONE ·Qingqing Lin, Erwin London	2014	77
13	The dependence of lipid asymmetry upon phosphatidylcholine acyl chain structure Journal of Lipid Research ·Márcio Mahon, Erwin London	2012	34
14	Measurement of Lipid Nanodomain (Raft) Formation and Size in Sphingomyelin/POPC/Cholesterol Vesicles Shows TX-100 and Transmembrane Helices Increase Domain Size by Coalescing Preexisting Nanodomains But Do Not Induce Domain Formation Biophysical Journal ·Priyadarshini Pathak, Erwin London	2011	107
15	Unsaturated Phosphatidylcholine Acyl Chain Structure Affects the Size of Ordered Nanodomains (Lipid Rafts) Formed by Sphingomyelin and Cholesterol Biophysical Journal ·Priyadarshini Pathak, Erwin London	2009	1
16	CD36 Mediates Both Cellular Uptake of Very Long Chain Fatty Acids and Their Intestinal Absorption in Mice Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Victor A. Drover, David Nguyen, Claire C. Bastie, Yolanda F. Darlington, Nada A. Abumrad, Jeffrey E. Pessin, Erwin London, Daisy Sahoo, Michael C. Phillips	2008	123
17	The phenyltetraene lysophospholipid analog PTE-ET-18-OMe as a fluorescent anisotropy probe of liquid ordered membrane domains (lipid rafts) and ceramide-rich membrane domains Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·陳宏源, Javier Delgado, F. Amat‐Guerri, A. Ulises Acuña, Erwin London	2007	4
18	Effect of Sequence Hydrophobicity and Bilayer Width upon the Minimum Length Required for the Formation of Transmembrane Helices in Membranes Journal of Molecular Biology ·Shyam S. Krishnakumar, Erwin London	2007	40
19	Anchoring of Tryptophan and Tyrosine Analogs at the Hydrocarbon-Polar Boundary in Model Membrane Vesicles Biochemistry ·Kelli Kachel, Ángel Javier Chuiza Pilco, Erwin London	1995	97
20	Localization of the active site of diphtheria toxin Biochemistry ·Marie Drew-Bear, Erwin London	1988	30

About Erwin London

Erwin London is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Immunology, Cell Biology and Spectroscopy, having authored 192 papers that have together received 19.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (120 papers), Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins (42 papers), Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling (37 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (17 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (17 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (17 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (16 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (15.7k citations), Cell Biology (3.5k citations), Immunology (2.2k citations), Biochemistry (662 citations) and Microbiology (543 citations). Erwin London has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Deborah A. Brown, Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Megha Megha, Gerald W. Feigenson, Sharmin Ahmed, R Kaiser, H. Gobind Khorana, Rolf Schroeder, Douglas Brown and Priyadarshini Pathak. Their work appears in journals such as Biochemistry, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biophysical Journal, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes and Analytical Biochemistry.

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