Israel Sekler

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
113 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Israel Sekler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Israel Sekler has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 27 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Israel Sekler's work include Trace Elements in Health (50 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (34 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (24 papers). Israel Sekler is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (50 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (34 papers) and Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (24 papers). Israel Sekler collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Israel Sekler's co-authors include Michal Hershfinkel, Stefano L. Sensi, William F. Silverman, Ashley I. Bush, Pierre Paoletti, Raz Palty, Arie Moran, Daniel Khananshvili, Daniel Fishman and Marko Kostić 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

Israel Sekler

113 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

NCLX is an essential component of mitochondrial Na⁺/Ca²⁺exchange

2009 618 citations Michal Hershfinkel, Stefano L. Sensi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Zinc in the physiology and pathology of the CNS

2009 618 citations Stefano L. Sensi, Israel Sekler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Israel Sekler Israel	43	3.4k	2.2k	1.4k	965	955	113	6.1k
Michal Hershfinkel Israel	41	2.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	664 0.7×	920 1.0×	87	5.2k
Urs V. Berger United States	42	4.0k 1.2×	3.4k 1.5×	1.7k 1.2×	706 0.7×	914 1.0×	56	9.7k
Byoung Joo Gwag South Korea	41	2.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	2.2k 1.6×	1.1k 1.2×	511 0.5×	94	6.3k
John H. Weiss United States	52	3.3k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	3.5k 2.5×	1.6k 1.6×	1.0k 1.1×	99	8.5k
Oliver Bandmann United Kingdom	41	2.0k 0.6×	881 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	923 1.0×	532 0.6×	123	6.0k
Scott Ayton Australia	47	3.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	895 0.6×	2.6k 2.7×	406 0.4×	129	8.5k
Marco T. Núñez Chile	41	1.6k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	492 0.4×	932 1.0×	647 0.7×	127	5.7k
Peggy L.R. Harris United States	37	3.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	884 0.6×	4.1k 4.2×	372 0.4×	69	7.4k
Ulrich Schweizer Germany	49	2.5k 0.7×	3.1k 1.4×	346 0.2×	369 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	126	7.5k
Jerome A. Roth United States	37	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	704 0.5×	452 0.5×	980 1.0×	121	4.6k

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Marr, Robert A., et al.. (2022). Protein mishandling and impaired lysosomal proteolysis generated through calcium dysregulation in Alzheimer’s disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(49). e2211999119–e2211999119. 31 indexed citations

Qi, Xin, Fan Liu, Qin Hu, et al.. (2022). ASIC1a senses lactate uptake to regulate metabolism in neurons. Redox Biology. 51. 102253–102253. 19 indexed citations

Kostić, Marko, Essam A. Assali, Yael Amitai, et al.. (2021). Aberrant activity of mitochondrial NCLX is linked to impaired synaptic transmission and is associated with mental retardation. Communications Biology. 4(1). 666–666. 33 indexed citations

Kostić, Marko, Essam A. Assali, Yael Amitai, et al.. (2021). Author Correction: Aberrant activity of mitochondrial NCLX is linked to impaired synaptic transmission and is associated with mental retardation. Communications Biology. 4(1). 755–755. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Fan, et al.. (2020). ASIC1a channels regulate mitochondrial ion signaling and energy homeostasis in neurons. Journal of Neurochemistry. 153(2). 203–215. 15 indexed citations

Ozeri, Eyal, Peleg Rider, Galit Shahaf, et al.. (2020). Differential signaling patterns of stimulated bone marrow-derived dendritic cells under α1-antitrypsin-enriched conditions. Cellular Immunology. 361. 104281–104281. 4 indexed citations

Pathak, Trayambak, Maxime Guéguinou, Vonn Walter, et al.. (2020). Dichotomous role of the human mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+/Li+ exchanger NCLX in colorectal cancer growth and metastasis. eLife. 9. 47 indexed citations

Levy, Moshe, S. Barber-Zucker, Eitan Hoch, et al.. (2019). Zinc transporter 10 (ZnT10)-dependent extrusion of cellular Mn2+ is driven by an active Ca2+-coupled exchange. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(15). 5879–5889. 30 indexed citations

Tkatch, Tatiana, Elisa Greotti, Gytis Baranauskas, et al.. (2017). Optogenetic control of mitochondrial metabolism and Ca ²⁺ signaling by mitochondria-targeted opsins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(26). E5167–E5176. 50 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xuexin, Assaf Elazar, Soumitra Roy, et al.. (2017). Mitochondria control store‐operated Ca ²⁺ entry through Na ⁺ and redox signals. The EMBO Journal. 36(6). 797–815. 84 indexed citations

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Sunuwar, Laxmi, Hila Asraf, Mark Donowitz, Israel Sekler, & Michal Hershfinkel. (2017). The Zn 2+ -sensing receptor, ZnR/GPR39, upregulates colonocytic Cl − absorption, via basolateral KCC1, and reduces fluid loss. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1863(4). 947–960. 27 indexed citations

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Parpura, Vladimir, Israel Sekler, & Robert Fern. (2016). Plasmalemmal and mitochondrial Na⁺‐Ca²⁺exchange in neuroglia. Glia. 64(10). 1646–1654. 24 indexed citations

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Montana, Vedrana, Ignacio Delgado, Vitali Matyash, et al.. (2013). Mitochondrial Exchanger NCLX Plays a Major Role in the Intracellular Ca²⁺Signaling, Gliotransmission, and Proliferation of Astrocytes. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(17). 7206–7219. 86 indexed citations

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Hershfinkel, Michal, Daniel Fishman, Eyal Ozeri, et al.. (2012). The Mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger Upregulates Glucose Dependent Ca2+ Signalling Linked to Insulin Secretion. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46649–e46649. 63 indexed citations

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Fukunaka, Ayako, Israel Sekler, Kimimitsu Oda, et al.. (2011). Tissue Nonspecific Alkaline Phosphatase Is Activated via a Two-step Mechanism by Zinc Transport Complexes in the Early Secretory Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(18). 16363–16373. 57 indexed citations

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Hershfinkel, Michal, et al.. (2009). Intracellular zinc inhibits KCC2 transporter activity. Nature Neuroscience. 12(6). 725–727. 55 indexed citations

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Barkalifa, Ronit, et al.. (2009). The lipophilic zinc chelator DP-b99 prevents zinc induced neuronal death. European Journal of Pharmacology. 618(1-3). 15–21. 23 indexed citations

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Aricha-Tamir, Barak, et al.. (2007). Clioquinol attenuates zinc-dependent β-cell death and the onset of insulitis and hyperglycemia associated with experimental type I diabetes in mice. European Journal of Pharmacology. 565(1-3). 232–239. 34 indexed citations

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Sekler, Israel, et al.. (1993). Inhibition of the plasma-membrane H+-ATPase from Dunaliella adidophila by omeprazole. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1142(1-2). 88–92. 4 indexed citations

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Sekler, Israel & Uri Pick. (1993). Purification and Properties of a Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase from the Extremely Acidophilic Alga Dunaliella acidophila. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 101(3). 1055–1061. 20 indexed citations

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