J. Wess

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

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J. Wess is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Wess has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in J. Wess's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (20 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (5 papers). J. Wess is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (20 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers) and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research (5 papers). J. Wess collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. J. Wess's co-authors include Mark R. Brann, E. Mutschler, Frank Dörje, G. Lambrecht, Reinhold Tacke, David A. Gdula, Bruce R. Conklin, Jeong‐Ho Yun, Nathalie Blin and Klaus Blüml and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

J. Wess

25 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Antagonist binding profiles of five cloned human muscarinic receptor subtypes.

1990 549 citations Frank Dörje, J. Wess et al. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Wess United States	19	1.6k	1.1k	183	126	109	25	1.8k
Jöelle Hillion United States	24	1.5k 1.0×	929 0.8×	510 2.8×	41 0.3×	80 0.7×	31	2.2k
Michael J. Neal United Kingdom	21	898 0.6×	740 0.7×	71 0.4×	55 0.4×	147 1.3×	46	1.5k
Winfried Reichelt Germany	26	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	99 0.5×	162 1.3×	92 0.8×	43	1.6k
Taruna D. Wakade United States	24	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	213 1.2×	18 0.1×	185 1.7×	65	1.7k
William H. Baldridge Canada	26	1.1k 0.7×	920 0.8×	87 0.5×	61 0.5×	91 0.8×	51	1.6k
Susan E. Senogles United States	18	920 0.6×	670 0.6×	37 0.2×	40 0.3×	75 0.7×	36	1.3k
Kelley L. Morse United States	7	897 0.6×	885 0.8×	29 0.2×	69 0.5×	171 1.6×	8	1.4k
Lianne B. Dale Canada	19	1.2k 0.8×	823 0.7×	38 0.2×	40 0.3×	108 1.0×	23	1.6k
D.C. U'Prichard United States	17	733 0.5×	677 0.6×	56 0.3×	42 0.3×	138 1.3×	29	1.2k
Chiara Cervetto Italy	21	583 0.4×	432 0.4×	238 1.3×	32 0.3×	145 1.3×	54	1.1k

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Gould, Robert W., Ditte Dencker, Michael Grannan, et al.. (2015). Role for the M₁ Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Top-Down Cognitive Processing Using a Touchscreen Visual Discrimination Task in Mice. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 6(10). 1683–1695. 51 indexed citations

Raufman, Jean‐Pierre, Jasleen Shant, Guofeng Xie, et al.. (2011). Muscarinic receptor subtype-3 gene ablation and scopolamine butylbromide treatment attenuate small intestinal neoplasia in Apcmin/+ mice. Carcinogenesis. 32(9). 1396–1402. 57 indexed citations

Barathi, Veluchamy A., et al.. (2010). Expression of Muscarinic Receptors and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Muscarinic Receptor Mutant Mouse Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Their Role in Experimental Myopia. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 51(13). 1196–1196. 1 indexed citations

Hemrick-Luecke, Susan K., et al.. (2002). Muscarinic Agonist-Mediated Increases in Serum Corticosterone Levels Are Abolished in M2 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Knockout Mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 303(1). 99–103. 19 indexed citations

Zhou, Hongxia, Angelika Meyer, Klaus Starke, et al.. (2002). Heterogeneity of release-inhibiting muscarinic autoreceptors in heart atria and urinary bladder: a study with M 2 - and M 4 -receptor-deficient mice. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 365(2). 112–122. 21 indexed citations

Berkeley, Jennifer L., Jesús Gomeza, J. Wess, et al.. (2001). M1 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors Activate Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase in CA1 Pyramidal Neurons in Mouse Hippocampal Slices. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 18(5). 512–524. 85 indexed citations

Felder, Christian C., Amy C. Porter, Lu Zhang, et al.. (2001). Elucidating the role of muscarinic receptors in psychosis. Life Sciences. 68(22-23). 2605–2613. 97 indexed citations

Wenkert, David, Torsten Schöneberg, John J. Merendino, et al.. (1996). Functional characterization of five V2 vasopressin receptor gene mutations. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 124(1-2). 43–50. 54 indexed citations

Jiang, Qiaoling, et al.. (1996). Glutamate residues in the second extracellular loop of the human A2a adenosine receptor are required for ligand recognition.. Molecular Pharmacology. 49(4). 683–691. 99 indexed citations

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Jiang, Qiaoling, et al.. (1996). Hydrophilic side chains in the third and seventh transmembrane helical domains of human A2A adenosine receptors are required for ligand recognition.. Molecular Pharmacology. 50(3). 512–521. 77 indexed citations

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Conklin, Bruce R., et al.. (1995). Identification of a receptor/G-protein contact site critical for signaling specificity and G-protein activation.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92(25). 11642–11646. 179 indexed citations

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Pittel, Zipora & J. Wess. (1994). Intramolecular interactions in muscarinic acetylcholine receptors studied with chimeric m2/m5 receptors.. Molecular Pharmacology. 45(1). 61–64. 23 indexed citations

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Blüml, Klaus, E. Mutschler, & J. Wess. (1994). Insertion mutagenesis as a tool to predict the secondary structure of a muscarinic receptor domain determining specificity of G-protein coupling.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(17). 7980–7984. 35 indexed citations

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Blüml, Klaus, E. Mutschler, & J. Wess. (1994). Functional role in ligand binding and receptor activation of an asparagine residue present in the sixth transmembrane domain of all muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(29). 18870–18876. 66 indexed citations

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Wess, J., David A. Gdula, & Mark R. Brann. (1992). Structural basis of the subtype selectivity of muscarinic antagonists: a study with chimeric m2/m5 muscarinic receptors.. Molecular Pharmacology. 41(2). 369–374. 24 indexed citations

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Wess, J., David A. Gdula, & Mark R. Brann. (1991). Site-directed mutagenesis of the m3 muscarinic receptor: identification of a series of threonine and tyrosine residues involved in agonist but not antagonist binding.. The EMBO Journal. 10(12). 3729–3734. 127 indexed citations

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Wess, J., T I Bonner, Frank Dörje, & Mark R. Brann. (1990). Delineation of muscarinic receptor domains conferring selectivity of coupling to guanine nucleotide-binding proteins and second messengers.. Molecular Pharmacology. 38(4). 517–523. 114 indexed citations

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Dörje, Frank, J. Wess, G. Lambrecht, et al.. (1990). Antagonist binding profiles of five cloned human muscarinic receptor subtypes.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 256(2). 727–733. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mutschler, E., Roland Feifel, Ulrich Moser, et al.. (1990). Muscarinic receptor subtypes. European Journal of Pharmacology. 183(1). 117–119. 6 indexed citations

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Mutschler, E., et al.. (1989). Antiarrhythmic activity of the local anaesthetic fomocaine and some of its analogues.. PubMed. 39(11). 1436–9. 2 indexed citations

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