Gregory J. Digby

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Gregory J. Digby is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory J. Digby has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 3 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Gregory J. Digby's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (3 papers). Gregory J. Digby is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (9 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (3 papers). Gregory J. Digby collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Denmark. Gregory J. Digby's co-authors include Nevin A. Lambert, Gail Cresci, Kebin Liu, John D. Mellinger, Sudha Ananth, Jaya P. Gnana‐Prakasam, Puttur D. Prasad, Vadivel Ganapathy, Darren D. Browning and Sylvia B. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Gregory J. Digby

12 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

GPR109A Is a G-protein–Coupled Receptor for the Bacterial Fermentation Product Butyrate and Functions as a Tumor Suppressor in Colon

2009 622 citations Muthusamy Thangaraju, Gail Cresci et al. Cancer Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gregory J. Digby United States	11	976	312	288	203	196	13	1.4k
Yossi Dagon United States	14	1.0k 1.0×	405 1.3×	87 0.3×	99 0.5×	164 0.8×	23	1.7k
Teresa Pasqua Italy	25	543 0.6×	237 0.8×	223 0.8×	159 0.8×	124 0.6×	50	1.4k
Hana Koutníková France	15	1.1k 1.1×	487 1.6×	368 1.3×	95 0.5×	44 0.2×	21	1.5k
Kashan Ahmed Germany	12	1.1k 1.2×	688 2.2×	192 0.7×	117 0.6×	87 0.4×	16	2.1k
Anna Sofie Husted Denmark	10	876 0.9×	668 2.1×	112 0.4×	198 1.0×	141 0.7×	10	1.6k
Hélène Bachelard Canada	17	492 0.5×	290 0.9×	293 1.0×	124 0.6×	148 0.8×	52	1.2k
Huan Cai United States	18	599 0.6×	279 0.9×	180 0.6×	188 0.9×	163 0.8×	26	1.3k
Alastair Brown United Kingdom	21	1.4k 1.4×	232 0.7×	626 2.2×	124 0.6×	88 0.4×	42	1.9k
Fei Hong China	17	878 0.9×	344 1.1×	109 0.4×	436 2.1×	654 3.3×	38	1.9k
Olga Rudenko Denmark	10	403 0.4×	210 0.7×	110 0.4×	96 0.5×	96 0.5×	11	708

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Ghamari‐Langroudi, Masoud, Gregory J. Digby, Julien A. Sebag, et al.. (2015). G-protein-independent coupling of MC4R to Kir7.1 in hypothalamic neurons. Nature. 520(7545). 94–98. 150 indexed citations

Panaro, Brandon L., Iain R. Tough, Maja S. Engelstoft, et al.. (2014). The Melanocortin-4 Receptor Is Expressed in Enteroendocrine L Cells and Regulates the Release of Peptide YY and Glucagon-like Peptide 1 In Vivo. Cell Metabolism. 20(6). 1018–1029. 142 indexed citations

Sheffler, Douglas J., Kimberly M. Lovell, James C. Tarr, et al.. (2012). Further exploration of M1 allosteric agonists: Subtle structural changes abolish M1 allosteric agonism and result in pan-mAChR orthosteric antagonism. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 23(1). 223–227. 7 indexed citations

Digby, Gregory J., Thomas J. Utley, Atin Lamsal, et al.. (2012). Chemical Modification of the M₁Agonist VU0364572 Reveals Molecular Switches in Pharmacology and a Bitopic Binding Mode. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 3(12). 1025–1036. 28 indexed citations

Lebois, Evan P., Gregory J. Digby, Douglas J. Sheffler, et al.. (2011). Development of a highly selective, orally bioavailable and CNS penetrant M1 agonist derived from the MLPCN probe ML071. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(21). 6451–6455. 28 indexed citations

Digby, Gregory J., Jana K. Shirey, & P. Jeffrey Conn. (2010). Allosteric activators of muscarinic receptors as novel approaches for treatment of CNS disorders. Molecular BioSystems. 6(8). 1345–1354. 51 indexed citations

Digby, Gregory J., P. Jeffrey Conn, & Craig W. Lindsley. (2010). Orthosteric- and allosteric-induced ligand-directed trafficking at GPCRs.. PubMed. 13(5). 587–94. 32 indexed citations

Thangaraju, Muthusamy, Gail Cresci, Kebin Liu, et al.. (2009). GPR109A Is a G-protein–Coupled Receptor for the Bacterial Fermentation Product Butyrate and Functions as a Tumor Suppressor in Colon. Cancer Research. 69(7). 2826–2832. 622 indexed citations breakdown →

Hollins, Bettye, Sudhakiranmayi Kuravi, Gregory J. Digby, & Nevin A. Lambert. (2009). The c-terminus of GRK3 indicates rapid dissociation of G protein heterotrimers. Cellular Signalling. 21(6). 1015–1021. 136 indexed citations

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Digby, Gregory J., et al.. (2008). Differential dissociation of G protein heterotrimers. The Journal of Physiology. 586(14). 3325–3335. 41 indexed citations

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Willard, Francis S., Zheng Zhen, Juan Guo, et al.. (2008). A Point Mutation to Gαi Selectively Blocks GoLoco Motif Binding. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(52). 36698–36710. 42 indexed citations

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Digby, Gregory J., et al.. (2006). Some G protein heterotrimers physically dissociate in living cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(47). 17789–17794. 100 indexed citations

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Digby, Gregory J.. (2003). Characterization of a Morphological Mutant, M-134, and Two Conidia-shed Mutants, E-1 and K-44 of Neurospora crassa. 1 indexed citations

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