Gail V.W. Johnson

31.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
228 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

Gail V.W. Johnson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Gail V.W. Johnson has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Molecular Biology, 92 papers in Physiology and 69 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Gail V.W. Johnson's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (78 papers), Blood properties and coagulation (54 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (39 papers). Gail V.W. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (78 papers), Blood properties and coagulation (54 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (39 papers). Gail V.W. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Chile. Gail V.W. Johnson's co-authors include Richard S. Jope, William H. Stoothoff, Philip J. Dolan, Mathieu Lesort, Janusz Tucholski, Rodrigo A. Quintanilla, Jae‐Hyeon Cho, Rodney P. Guttmann, Youngnam N. Jin and Tamara Tramišak Milaković and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Gail V.W. Johnson

225 papers receiving 15.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The glamour and gloom of glycogen synthase kinase-3

2004 1.3k citations Gail V.W. Johnson et al. profile →
Transglutaminase Regulation of Cell Function

2014 336 citations Gozde Colak, Gail V.W. Johnson et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Gail V.W. Johnson	7.6k	5.9k	4.0k	2.8k	2.4k	228	15.5k
Pamela Maher	9.5k 1.2×	2.8k 0.5×	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	229	16.8k
Rajiv R. Ratan	8.7k 1.1×	2.4k 0.4×	3.2k 0.8×	971 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	164	15.4k
Keqiang Ye	9.0k 1.2×	3.4k 0.6×	3.8k 1.0×	3.8k 1.4×	417 0.2×	244	17.1k
Jean‐Pierre Brion	4.5k 0.6×	6.1k 1.0×	2.8k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	431 0.2×	260	10.6k
Charleen T. Chu	6.2k 0.8×	2.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	726 0.3×	146	12.7k
Michael P. Vitek	6.1k 0.8×	7.0k 1.2×	2.7k 0.7×	968 0.3×	344 0.1×	181	14.5k
António Zorzano	14.6k 1.9×	5.8k 1.0×	1.8k 0.5×	3.1k 1.1×	797 0.3×	345	23.0k
Jochen Walter	5.3k 0.7×	6.0k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	340 0.1×	148	11.6k
Hiroshi Mori	4.6k 0.6×	6.6k 1.1×	2.0k 0.5×	904 0.3×	436 0.2×	273	12.3k
Carsten Culmsee	7.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.3×	2.3k 0.6×	710 0.3×	1.5k 0.6×	162	12.7k

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Ganguly, Upasana, et al.. (2024). Mitochondrial Quality Control in Alzheimer’s Disease: Insights from Caenorhabditis elegans Models. Antioxidants. 13(11). 1343–1343.

Johnson, Gail V.W., et al.. (2023). Deletion of Transglutaminase 2 from Mouse Astrocytes Significantly Improves Their Ability to Promote Neurite Outgrowth on an Inhibitory Matrix. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(7). 6058–6058. 3 indexed citations

Quintanilla, Rodrigo A., et al.. (2023). Caspase-3 cleaved tau impairs mitochondrial function through the opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 208. S164–S164. 1 indexed citations

Nehrke, Keith, et al.. (2023). Site‐specific phosphorylation of tau impacts mitochondrial function and response to stressors. Journal of Neurochemistry. 168(6). 1019–1029. 6 indexed citations

J., Maria Jose Perez, et al.. (2023). Caspase-3 cleaved tau impairs mitochondrial function through the opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1870(1). 166898–166898. 15 indexed citations

Koren, Shon A., et al.. (2023). All-optical spatiotemporal mapping of ROS dynamics across mitochondrial microdomains in situ. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6036–6036. 27 indexed citations

Guha, Sanjib, et al.. (2022). Selective disruption of Drp1-independent mitophagy and mitolysosome trafficking by an Alzheimer’s disease relevant tau modification in a novelCaenorhabditis elegansmodel. Genetics. 222(1). 10 indexed citations

Guha, Sanjib, Gail V.W. Johnson, & Keith Nehrke. (2020). The Crosstalk Between Pathological Tau Phosphorylation and Mitochondrial Dysfunction as a Key to Understanding and Treating Alzheimer’s Disease. Molecular Neurobiology. 57(12). 5103–5120. 40 indexed citations

Guha, Sanjib, Sarah Fischer, Gail V.W. Johnson, & Keith Nehrke. (2020). Tauopathy-associated tau modifications selectively impact neurodegeneration and mitophagy in a novel C. elegans single-copy transgenic model. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 15(1). 65–65. 46 indexed citations

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Fu, Hongjun, Andrea Possenti, Rosie Freer, et al.. (2018). A tau homeostasis signature is linked with the cellular and regional vulnerability of excitatory neurons to tau pathology. Nature Neuroscience. 22(1). 47–56. 167 indexed citations

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Lin, Chi Hua Sarah, Jun Chen, Zhongtao Zhang, et al.. (2016). Endostatin and transglutaminase 2 are involved in fibrosis of the aging kidney. Kidney International. 89(6). 1281–1292. 43 indexed citations

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DiMaio, John, et al.. (2015). Mechanisms of tau and Aβ-induced excitotoxicity. Brain Research. 1634. 119–131. 39 indexed citations

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Chesser, Adrianne S., et al.. (2015). Epigallocatechin-3-gallate enhances clearance of phosphorylated tau in primary neurons. Nutritional Neuroscience. 19(1). 21–31. 65 indexed citations

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Jo, Chulman, et al.. (2014). Nrf2 reduces levels of phosphorylated tau protein by inducing autophagy adaptor protein NDP52. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3496–3496. 267 indexed citations

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Gundemir, Soner, et al.. (2012). Transglutaminase 2 facilitates or ameliorates HIF signaling and ischemic cell death depending on its conformation and localization. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1833(1). 1–10. 31 indexed citations

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Gundemir, Soner, Gozde Colak, Janusz Tucholski, & Gail V.W. Johnson. (2011). Transglutaminase 2: A molecular Swiss army knife. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1823(2). 406–419. 200 indexed citations

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Dolan, Philip J., et al.. (2011). The toxicity of tau in Alzheimer disease: turnover, targets and potential therapeutics. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 15(8). 1621–1635. 64 indexed citations

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Quintanilla, Rodrigo A., et al.. (2009). Caspase-cleaved Tau Expression Induces Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Immortalized Cortical Neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(28). 18754–18766. 145 indexed citations

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Teal, R. K., John B. Solie, M. L. Stone, et al.. (2004). By-plant precision sensing for variable nitrogen rate application in corn.. 918–932. 2 indexed citations

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Stoothoff, William H. & Gail V.W. Johnson. (2004). Tau phosphorylation: physiological and pathological consequences. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1739(2-3). 280–297. 355 indexed citations

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