Gary Yellen

17.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
100 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

About

Gary Yellen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Yellen has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 31 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Gary Yellen's work include Ion channel regulation and function (61 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (31 papers). Gary Yellen is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (61 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (31 papers). Gary Yellen collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Gary Yellen's co-authors include Mark E. Jurman, Thomas Baukrowitz, Yin P. Hung, Miguel Holmgren, Roderick MacKinnon, Mathew Tantama, Paula L. Smith, Donato del Camino, Jim Berg and Rebecca Mongeon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gary Yellen

99 papers receiving 13.4k 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.

The inward rectification mechanism of the HERG cardiac potassium channel

1996 639 citations Gary Yellen et al. Nature profile →
The voltage-gated potassium channels and their relatives

2002 534 citations Gary Yellen Nature profile →
Mutations Affecting Internal TEA Blockade Identify the Probable Pore-Forming Region of a K ⁺ Channel

1991 507 citations Gary Yellen, Mark E. Jurman et al. profile →
Mutations Affecting Tea Blockade and Ion Permeation in Voltage-activated K ⁺ Channels

1990 481 citations Gary Yellen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gary Yellen United States	57	11.3k	6.7k	4.9k	1.3k	518	100	13.6k
W. Jonathan Lederer United States	58	10.4k 0.9×	4.0k 0.6×	7.2k 1.5×	1.4k 1.1×	429 0.8×	159	13.6k
Jeanne M. Nerbonne United States	65	11.2k 1.0×	5.7k 0.8×	8.0k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	330 0.6×	185	16.2k
Colin G. Nichols United States	67	12.3k 1.1×	4.6k 0.7×	5.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 2.1×	311	19.0k
Heping Cheng China	77	16.3k 1.4×	6.5k 1.0×	10.5k 2.2×	2.1k 1.7×	773 1.5×	236	21.1k
Toshinori Hoshi United States	53	10.3k 0.9×	5.0k 0.7×	3.7k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	235 0.5×	134	12.7k
Gerhard Meissner United States	71	16.2k 1.4×	5.8k 0.9×	7.8k 1.6×	2.9k 2.3×	772 1.5×	229	19.5k
Walter Stühmer Germany	63	11.3k 1.0×	6.3k 0.9×	3.7k 0.8×	582 0.5×	402 0.8×	148	14.0k
Mordecai P. Blaustein United States	63	9.3k 0.8×	4.7k 0.7×	2.9k 0.6×	2.0k 1.6×	275 0.5×	172	13.6k
Howard Schulman United States	78	15.0k 1.3×	9.7k 1.4×	2.5k 0.5×	1.7k 1.4×	193 0.4×	158	20.7k
Yasunobu Okada Japan	54	8.0k 0.7×	3.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.3×	1.5k 1.2×	433 0.8×	228	11.5k

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Rosen, Paul C., et al.. (2025). State-dependent motion of a genetically encoded fluorescent biosensor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(10). e2426324122–e2426324122. 2 indexed citations

Rosen, Paul C., Peng Fu, Beatriz Ferrán, et al.. (2025). Activity-dependent citrate dynamics in neurons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(41). e2519902122–e2519902122.

Rosen, Paul C., Juan Ramón Martínez‐François, Daniel Lim, et al.. (2025). Mechanism and application of thiol–disulfide redox biosensors with a fluorescence-lifetime readout. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(19). e2503978122–e2503978122. 1 indexed citations

York, Elisa M., Anne Miller, Sylwia A. Stopka, et al.. (2023). The dentate gyrus differentially metabolizes glucose and alternative fuels during rest and stimulation. Journal of Neurochemistry. 168(5). 533–554. 5 indexed citations

Miller, Anne, Elisa M. York, Sylwia A. Stopka, et al.. (2023). Spatially resolved metabolomics and isotope tracing reveal dynamic metabolic responses of dentate granule neurons with acute stimulation. Nature Metabolism. 5(10). 1820–1835. 18 indexed citations

Díaz-Cuadros, Margarete, Teemu P. Miettinen, Owen S. Skinner, et al.. (2023). Metabolic regulation of species-specific developmental rates. Nature. 613(7944). 550–557. 75 indexed citations

Koveal, Dorothy, Paul C. Rosen, Dylan J. Meyer, et al.. (2022). A high-throughput multiparameter screen for accelerated development and optimization of soluble genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2919–2919. 56 indexed citations

Meyer, Dylan J., et al.. (2022). The Na+/K+ pump dominates control of glycolysis in hippocampal dentate granule cells. eLife. 11. 22 indexed citations

Díaz‐García, Carlos Manlio, et al.. (2021). The distinct roles of calcium in rapid control of neuronal glycolysis and the tricarboxylic acid cycle. eLife. 10. 51 indexed citations

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Goodman, Russell P., Andrew L. Markhard, Hardik Shah, et al.. (2020). Hepatic NADH reductive stress underlies common variation in metabolic traits. Nature. 583(7814). 122–126. 142 indexed citations

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Martínez‐François, Juan Ramón, et al.. (2018). BAD and KATP channels regulate neuron excitability and epileptiform activity. eLife. 7. 30 indexed citations

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Díaz‐García, Carlos Manlio, et al.. (2017). Neuronal Stimulation Triggers Neuronal Glycolysis and Not Lactate Uptake. Cell Metabolism. 26(2). 361–374.e4. 326 indexed citations

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Masia, Ricard & Gary Yellen. (2012). Outwardly Rectifying Currents in Hepatocytes are Inhibited by 2-APB. Biophysical Journal. 102(3). 680a–680a. 1 indexed citations

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Lutas, Andrew, et al.. (2011). Single KATP Channel Opening in Response to Action Potential Firing in Mouse Dentate Granule Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(23). 8689–8696. 117 indexed citations

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Hung, Yin P., John G. Albeck, Mathew Tantama, & Gary Yellen. (2011). Imaging Cytosolic NADH-NAD+ Redox State with a Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Biosensor. Cell Metabolism. 14(4). 545–554. 394 indexed citations

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Dekker, John P. & Gary Yellen. (2006). Cooperative Gating between Single HCN Pacemaker Channels. The Journal of General Physiology. 128(5). 561–567. 40 indexed citations

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Rothberg, Brad S., Ki Soon Shin, Prashant S. Phale, & Gary Yellen. (2002). Voltage-Controlled Gating at the Intracellular Entrance to a Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Channel. The Journal of General Physiology. 119(1). 83–91. 90 indexed citations

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Jurman, Mark E., et al.. (1996). Dynamic Rearrangement of the Outer Mouth of a K+ Channel during Gating. Neuron. 16(4). 859–867. 391 indexed citations

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Yellen, Gary, et al.. (1994). An engineered cysteine in the external mouth of a K+ channel allows inactivation to be modulated by metal binding. Biophysical Journal. 66(4). 1068–1075. 260 indexed citations

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Yellen, Gary & Jacques Migeon. (1990). Expression of Torpedo nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in yeast is enhanced by use of yeast signal sequences. Gene. 86(2). 145–152. 11 indexed citations

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