Irena Levitan

5.1k total citations
107 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Irena Levitan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Irena Levitan has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Molecular Biology, 40 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 23 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Irena Levitan's work include Ion channel regulation and function (48 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (29 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (21 papers). Irena Levitan is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (48 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (29 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (21 papers). Irena Levitan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. Irena Levitan's co-authors include Avia Rosenhouse‐Dantsker, George H. Rothblat, Victor G. Romanenko, Papasani V. Subbaiah, Fitzroy J. Byfield, Suncica Volkov, Yun Fang, Dev K. Singh, Keith J. Gooch and Diomedes E. Logothetis and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Irena Levitan

104 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Irena Levitan United States 37 2.4k 831 725 725 631 107 4.0k
Jörg Geiger Germany 29 1.9k 0.8× 1.3k 1.6× 674 0.9× 595 0.8× 765 1.2× 60 4.9k
Xuefeng Xia China 35 2.8k 1.2× 477 0.6× 257 0.4× 861 1.2× 761 1.2× 110 4.9k
Richard Z. Lin United States 36 2.3k 0.9× 726 0.9× 448 0.6× 384 0.5× 547 0.9× 81 3.9k
Shigeki Miyamoto United States 40 3.9k 1.6× 1.3k 1.6× 637 0.9× 709 1.0× 347 0.5× 72 5.8k
Michio Asahi Japan 39 3.7k 1.5× 2.0k 2.4× 621 0.9× 733 1.0× 310 0.5× 99 6.2k
Antônio Felipe Spain 39 2.8k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 341 0.5× 479 0.7× 700 1.1× 157 4.3k
Hisao Yamamura Japan 33 2.3k 1.0× 684 0.8× 243 0.3× 499 0.7× 658 1.0× 148 3.9k
Anthony O. Gramolini Canada 43 4.2k 1.7× 2.0k 2.4× 530 0.7× 544 0.8× 650 1.0× 120 6.0k
Michael Holinstat United States 39 1.6k 0.6× 864 1.0× 253 0.3× 324 0.4× 263 0.4× 116 4.5k
Larry Fliegel Canada 47 4.8k 2.0× 1.3k 1.6× 527 0.7× 461 0.6× 573 0.9× 176 6.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Irena Levitan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aguilar, Víctor, Sang Joon Ahn, Maria Febbraio, et al.. (2025). Endothelial Stiffening Induced by CD36-Mediated Lipid Uptake Leads to Endothelial Barrier Disruption and Contributes to Atherosclerotic Lesions. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 45(6). e201–e216. 1 indexed citations
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Minke, Baruch, et al.. (2024). Inhibition of TRPV1 by an antagonist in clinical trials is dependent on cholesterol binding. Cell Calcium. 124. 102957–102957.
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Levitan, Irena, et al.. (2024). Cholesterol regulation of mechanosensitive ion channels. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 12. 1352259–1352259. 8 indexed citations
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Fancher, Ibra S. & Irena Levitan. (2023). Membrane Cholesterol Interactions with Proteins in Hypercholesterolemia-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 25(9). 535–541. 4 indexed citations
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Reed, Eleanor B., Albert Sitikov, Bo‐Hao Chen, et al.. (2023). Anoctamin-1 is induced by TGF-β and contributes to lung myofibroblast differentiation. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 326(1). L111–L123. 5 indexed citations
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Aguilar, Víctor, et al.. (2023). Paradigms of endothelial stiffening in cardiovascular disease and vascular aging. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 1081119–1081119. 11 indexed citations
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Ahn, Sang Joon, et al.. (2023). Impairment of endothelial glycocalyx in atherosclerosis and obesity. Current topics in membranes. 91. 1–19. 8 indexed citations
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Aguilar, Víctor, et al.. (2022). Caveolin-1 is a primary determinant of endothelial stiffening associated with dyslipidemia, disturbed flow, and ageing. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 17822–17822. 15 indexed citations
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Ahn, Sang Joon, et al.. (2020). Mechanisms of endothelial stiffening in dyslipidemia and aging: Oxidized lipids and shear stress. Current topics in membranes. 86. 185–215. 12 indexed citations
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Lee, James, et al.. (2018). Hypotonic Challenge of Endothelial Cells Increases Membrane Stiffness with No Effect on Tether Force. Biophysical Journal. 114(4). 929–938. 20 indexed citations
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Han, Huazhi, Avia Rosenhouse‐Dantsker, Radhakrishnan Gnanasambandam, Frederick Sachs, & Irena Levitan. (2016). Cross-Talk between Cholesterol, PIP2 and Caveolin in Regulating Kir2 Channels. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 608a–608a. 1 indexed citations
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Bukiya, Anna N., Péter T. Tóth, Lia Baki, et al.. (2015). Cholesterol increases the open probability of cardiac KACh currents. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1848(10). 2406–2413. 22 indexed citations
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Rosenhouse‐Dantsker, Avia, Yulia Epshtein, & Irena Levitan. (2014). Interplay Between Lipid Modulators of Kir2 Channels: Cholesterol and PIP2. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 11(19). 131–137. 20 indexed citations
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Singh, Dev K., Tzu‐Pin Shentu, Decha Enkvetchakul, & Irena Levitan. (2012). Cholesterol Regulates Prokaryotic Kir Channel by Direct Binding to Channel Protein. Biophysical Journal. 102(3). 538a–538a.
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Hong, Zhongkui, Ilker Ersoy, Mingzhai Sun, et al.. (2012). Influence of membrane cholesterol and substrate elasticity on endothelial cell spreading behavior. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 101A(7). 1994–2004. 7 indexed citations
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Singh, Dev K., Tzu‐Pin Shentu, Decha Enkvetchakul, & Irena Levitan. (2011). Cholesterol regulates prokaryotic Kir channel by direct binding to channel protein. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1808(10). 2527–2533. 42 indexed citations
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Singh, Dev K., Avia Rosenhouse‐Dantsker, Colin G. Nichols, Decha Enkvetchakul, & Irena Levitan. (2010). Direct Regulation of Prokaryotic Kir Channel by Cholesterol. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 700a–700a. 1 indexed citations
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Hong, Zhongkui, Marius C. Staiculescu, Mingzhai Sun, Irena Levitan, & Gabor Forgács. (2009). How Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate Regulates Membrane-Cytoskeleton Interaction in Endothelial Cells?. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 395a–395a. 1 indexed citations
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Epshtein, Yulia, et al.. (2007). Relationship between Kir2.1/Kir2.3 activity and their distributions between cholesterol-rich and cholesterol-poor membrane domains. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 293(1). C440–C450. 51 indexed citations
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Romanenko, Victor G., George H. Rothblat, & Irena Levitan. (2002). Modulation of Endothelial Inward-Rectifier K+ Current by Optical Isomers of Cholesterol. Biophysical Journal. 83(6). 3211–3222. 150 indexed citations

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