Esther Wong

16.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
48 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Esther Wong is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Esther Wong has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Epidemiology, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Esther Wong's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (22 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (10 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers). Esther Wong is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (22 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (10 papers) and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (6 papers). Esther Wong collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and United Kingdom. Esther Wong's co-authors include Ana María Cuervo, Susmita Kaushik, Marta Martínez‐Vicente, Kah‐Leong Lim, Hiroshi Koga, Jeanne M.M. Tan, Esperanza Arias, Valina L. Dawson, Ted M. Dawson and Eva‐Maria Mandelkow and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Esther Wong

47 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Autophagy gone awry in neurodegenerative diseases

2010 725 citations Esther Wong, Ana María Cuervo Nature Neuroscience profile →
Cargo recognition failure is responsible for inefficient autophagy in Huntington's disease

2010 681 citations Marta Martínez‐Vicente, Zsolt Tallóczy et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
Chaperone-mediated autophagy: roles in disease and aging

2013 645 citations Ana María Cuervo, Esther Wong profile →
HDAC6 controls autophagosome maturation essential for ubiquitin‐selective quality‐control autophagy

2010 612 citations Joo‐Yong Lee, Hiroshi Koga et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Tau fragmentation, aggregation and clearance: the dual role of lysosomal processing

2009 488 citations Yipeng Wang, Marta Martínez‐Vicente et al. Human Molecular Genetics profile →
Autophagy and the hallmarks of aging

2021 184 citations Susmita Kaushik, Inmaculada Tasset et al. Ageing Research Reviews profile →

Peers

Esther Wong

EPIDE

PHYSI

NEURO

Shouqing Luo United Kingdom

Lesley A. Kane United States

Maurizio Renna United Kingdom

Der‐Fen Suen Taiwan

Yu‐shin Sou Japan

Ian G. Ganley United Kingdom

Atsushi Tanaka Japan

Marco Sardiello United States

Farah H. Siddiqi United Kingdom

Koji Yamano Japan

Shouqing Luo United Kingdom

Esther Wong

3.6k ×1.3

EPIDE

3.4k ×1.2

1.3k ×1.0

800 ×0.6

PHYSI

752 ×0.6

NEURO

Citations per year, relative to Esther Wong Esther Wong (= 1×) peers Shouqing Luo

Countries citing papers authored by Esther Wong

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Esther Wong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Esther Wong. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Esther Wong. The network helps show where Esther Wong may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Esther Wong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Esther Wong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Esther Wong based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Esther Wong. Esther Wong is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kong, Gwyneth, Esther Wong, Vickram Vijay Anand, et al.. (2024). Long‐term all‐cause mortality of metabolic‐dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease based on body weight phenotypes following acute myocardial infarction: A retrospective cohort study. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 27(2). 683–696. 4 indexed citations

Kaushik, Susmita, Inmaculada Tasset, Esperanza Arias, et al.. (2021). Autophagy and the hallmarks of aging. Ageing Research Reviews. 72. 101468–101468. 184 indexed citations breakdown →

Tan, Si Hui, Swathi Yada, Jasmine Goh, et al.. (2021). A constant pool of Lgr5+ intestinal stem cells is required for intestinal homeostasis. Cell Reports. 34(4). 108633–108633. 38 indexed citations

Gautam, Archana, Kim Truc Nguyen, Mustafa Hussain Kathawala, et al.. (2019). Understanding the implications of engineered nanoparticle induced autophagy in human epidermal keratinocytes in vitro. NanoImpact. 15. 100177–100177. 10 indexed citations

Evans, Katharine, Retha Steenkamp, Anna Casula, et al.. (2019). The 21st UK Renal Registry Annual Report: A Summary of Analyses of Adult Data in 2017. The Nephron journals/Nephron journals. 144(2). 59–66. 32 indexed citations

Wong, Esther, et al.. (2019). Ligand-activated progesterone receptor B activates transcription factor EB to promote autophagy in human breast cancer cells. Experimental Cell Research. 382(1). 111433–111433. 14 indexed citations

Leushacke, Marc, Si Hui Tan, Angeline M.L. Wong, et al.. (2017). Lgr5-expressing chief cells drive epithelial regeneration and cancer in the oxyntic stomach. Nature Cell Biology. 19(7). 774–786. 193 indexed citations

Loos, Ben, Daniel J. Klionsky, & Esther Wong. (2017). Augmenting brain metabolism to increase macro- and chaperone-mediated autophagy for decreasing neuronal proteotoxicity and aging. Progress in Neurobiology. 156. 90–106. 45 indexed citations

Wong, Esther, et al.. (2017). Mitophagy Transcriptome: Mechanistic Insights into Polyphenol‐Mediated Mitophagy. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2017(1). 9028435–9028435. 38 indexed citations

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Wong, Esther, et al.. (2016). Kinetics of Protein Aggregates Disposal by Aggrephagy. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 588. 245–281. 20 indexed citations

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Wong, Esther, Eloy Bejarano, Nava Zaarur, et al.. (2012). Molecular determinants of selective clearance of protein inclusions by autophagy. Nature Communications. 3(1). 1240–1240. 53 indexed citations

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Wang, Yipeng, Marta Martínez‐Vicente, Ulrike Krüger, et al.. (2010). Synergy and antagonism of macroautophagy and chaperone-mediated autophagy in a cell model of pathological tau aggregation. Autophagy. 6(1). 182–183. 76 indexed citations

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Wong, Esther & Ana María Cuervo. (2010). Autophagy gone awry in neurodegenerative diseases. Nature Neuroscience. 13(7). 805–811. 725 indexed citations breakdown →

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Martínez‐Vicente, Marta, Zsolt Tallóczy, Esther Wong, et al.. (2010). Cargo recognition failure is responsible for inefficient autophagy in Huntington's disease. Nature Neuroscience. 13(5). 567–576. 681 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hacking, Douglas F., Peter G. Davis, Esther Wong, Kevin Wheeler, & Jodie McVernon. (2010). Frequency of respiratory deterioration after immunisation in preterm infants. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 46(12). 742–748. 14 indexed citations

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Lee, Joo‐Yong, Hiroshi Koga, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi, et al.. (2010). HDAC6 controls autophagosome maturation essential for ubiquitin‐selective quality‐control autophagy. The EMBO Journal. 29(5). 969–980. 612 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cuervo, Ana María, Esther Wong, & Marta Martínez‐Vicente. (2010). Protein degradation, aggregation, and misfolding. Movement Disorders. 25(S1). S49–54. 100 indexed citations

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Wang, Yipeng, Marta Martínez‐Vicente, Ulrike Krüger, et al.. (2009). Tau fragmentation, aggregation and clearance: the dual role of lysosomal processing. Human Molecular Genetics. 18(21). 4153–4170. 488 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tan, Jeanne M.M., Esther Wong, Donald S. Kirkpatrick, et al.. (2007). Lysine 63-linked ubiquitination promotes the formation and autophagic clearance of protein inclusions associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Human Molecular Genetics. 17(3). 431–439. 353 indexed citations

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Wong, Esther, et al.. (2005). Expression and characterization of soluble amino‐terminal domain of NR2B subunit of N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate receptor. Protein Science. 14(9). 2275–2283. 23 indexed citations

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