Fran Maher

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Fran Maher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Fran Maher has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Fran Maher's work include Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (7 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (5 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers). Fran Maher is often cited by papers focused on Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (7 papers), Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (5 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers). Fran Maher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. Fran Maher's co-authors include Ian A. Simpson, Susan J. Vannucci, Konrad Beyreuther, Roberto Cappai, Anthony R. White, Theresa Davies‐Hill, Colin L. Masters, Leanne R. Stewart, Michael F. Jobling and Steven Collins and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Biochemical Journal and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Fran Maher

15 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Glucose transporter proteins in brain: Delivery of glucose to neurons and glia

1997 530 citations Susan J. Vannucci, Fran Maher et al. Glia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fran Maher United States	13	836	546	339	319	238	15	1.5k
Jasmina B. Mačkić United States	18	542 0.6×	889 1.6×	197 0.6×	402 1.3×	105 0.4×	31	1.5k
Michelle F. Anderson Sweden	14	832 1.0×	266 0.5×	625 1.8×	378 1.2×	81 0.3×	17	2.0k
Miles C. Miller United States	18	435 0.5×	872 1.6×	349 1.0×	486 1.5×	131 0.6×	34	1.6k
Heinrich Wiesinger Germany	24	773 0.9×	591 1.1×	622 1.8×	324 1.0×	93 0.4×	47	1.9k
Yoshio Namba Japan	16	778 0.9×	1.3k 2.4×	349 1.0×	272 0.9×	110 0.5×	28	1.9k
Fran Maher Australia	13	458 0.5×	499 0.9×	171 0.5×	132 0.4×	202 0.8×	13	1.1k
Emilio Fernández Spain	15	925 1.1×	377 0.7×	340 1.0×	271 0.8×	57 0.2×	17	1.6k
Yutaka Nagata Japan	23	547 0.7×	340 0.6×	606 1.8×	147 0.5×	56 0.2×	91	1.5k
Kelly Frys United States	16	507 0.6×	429 0.8×	416 1.2×	472 1.5×	54 0.2×	17	1.6k
Mangala M. Soundarapandian United States	15	888 1.1×	243 0.4×	399 1.2×	149 0.5×	159 0.7×	18	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fran Maher

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White, Anthony R., Fran Maher, Marcus W. Brazier, et al.. (2003). Diverse fibrillar peptides directly bind the Alzheimer’s amyloid precursor protein and amyloid precursor-like protein 2 resulting in cellular accumulation. Brain Research. 966(2). 231–244. 24 indexed citations

Stewart, Leanne R., Anthony R. White, Michael F. Jobling, et al.. (2001). Involvement of the 5‐lipoxygenase pathway in the neurotoxicity of the prion peptide PrP106‐126. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 65(6). 565–572. 32 indexed citations

Koehler-Stec, Ellen, Kang Li, Fran Maher, et al.. (2000). Cerebral Glucose Utilization and Glucose Transporter Expression: Response to Water Deprivation and Restoration. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 20(1). 192–200. 9 indexed citations

Culvenor, Janetta G., Catriona McLean, Bruce Campbell, et al.. (1999). Non-Aβ Component of Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid (NAC) Revisited. American Journal Of Pathology. 155(4). 1173–1181. 145 indexed citations

White, Anthony R., Steven Collins, Fran Maher, et al.. (1999). Prion Protein-Deficient Neurons Reveal Lower Glutathione Reductase Activity and Increased Susceptibility to Hydrogen Peroxide Toxicity. American Journal Of Pathology. 155(5). 1723–1730. 157 indexed citations

Jobling, Michael F., Leanne R. Stewart, Anthony R. White, et al.. (1999). The Hydrophobic Core Sequence Modulates the Neurotoxic and Secondary Structure Properties of the Prion Peptide 106‐126. Journal of Neurochemistry. 73(4). 1557–1565. 137 indexed citations

Vannucci, Susan J., Ellen Koehler-Stec, Kang Li, et al.. (1998). Glucose Transporter Expression in Brain: Relationship to Cerebral Glucose Utilization. Developmental Neuroscience. 20(4-5). 369–379. 140 indexed citations

White, Anthony R., Hui Zheng, Denise Galatis, et al.. (1998). Survival of Cultured Neurons from Amyloid Precursor Protein Knock-Out Mice against Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β Toxicity and Oxidative Stress. Journal of Neuroscience. 18(16). 6207–6217. 64 indexed citations

Vannucci, Susan J., Fran Maher, & Ian A. Simpson. (1997). Glucose transporter proteins in brain: Delivery of glucose to neurons and glia. Glia. 21(1). 2–21. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Culvenor, Janetta G., Fran Maher, Geneviève Evin, et al.. (1997). Alzheimer's disease‐associated presenilin 1 in neuronal cells: Evidence for localization to the endoplasmic reticulum‐Golgi intermediate compartment. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 49(6). 719–731. 2 indexed citations

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Maher, Fran, Theresa Davies‐Hill, & Ian A. Simpson. (1996). Substrate specificity and kinetic parameters of GLUT3 in rat cerebellar granule neurons. Biochemical Journal. 315(3). 827–831. 111 indexed citations

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Mitsumoto, Yasuhide, et al.. (1995). Regulation of cell surface GLUT1, GLUT3, and GLUT4 by insulin and IGF‐I in L6 myotubes. FEBS Letters. 368(1). 19–22. 59 indexed citations

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Simpson, Ian A., Susan J. Vannucci, & Fran Maher. (1994). Glucose transporters in mammalian brain. Biochemical Society Transactions. 22(3). 671–675. 41 indexed citations

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Maher, Fran & Ian A. Simpson. (1994). Modulation of Expression of Glucose Transporters GLUT3 and GLUT1 by Potassium and N-Methyl-d-aspartate in Cultured Cerebellar Granule Neurons. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 5(4). 369–375. 30 indexed citations

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Maher, Fran, Ian A. Simpson, & Susan J. Vannucci. (1993). Alterations in Brain Glucose Transporter Proteins, Glut1 and Glut3, in Streptozotocin Diabetic Rats. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 331. 9–12. 13 indexed citations

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