John Guastella

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

John Guastella is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John Guastella has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 6 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John Guastella's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (4 papers). John Guastella is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers), Cell death mechanisms and regulation (5 papers) and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (4 papers). John Guastella collaborates with scholars based in United States and Belgium. John Guastella's co-authors include Norman Davidson, Henry A. Lester, Hannah Nelson, May C. Miedel, Linda Czyzyk, Baruch I. Kanner, Nathan Nelson, Sui Xiong Cai, John Drewe and Shailaja Kasibhatla and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John Guastella

21 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Cloning and Expression of a Rat Brain GABA Transporter

1990 731 citations John Guastella, Nathan Nelson et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Guastella United States	18	1.1k	1.1k	301	252	247	21	2.1k
George McAllister United Kingdom	34	1.4k 1.2×	2.2k 2.0×	67 0.2×	175 0.7×	172 0.7×	65	3.2k
James F. Koerner United States	27	935 0.8×	1.7k 1.5×	110 0.4×	227 0.9×	74 0.3×	59	2.5k
Masaaki Tsuda Japan	30	931 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	105 0.3×	92 0.4×	224 0.9×	98	2.5k
Christopher P. Berrie Italy	22	1.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	81 0.3×	73 0.3×	167 0.7×	39	2.5k
John W. Ferkany United States	28	1.8k 1.6×	1.3k 1.1×	141 0.5×	118 0.5×	52 0.2×	59	2.5k
Eugene M. Barnes United States	27	883 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	306 1.0×	54 0.2×	116 0.5×	51	2.0k
N C Lan United States	19	826 0.7×	706 0.6×	120 0.4×	152 0.6×	50 0.2×	30	1.8k
M Zatz United States	24	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	125 0.4×	56 0.2×	128 0.5×	48	2.2k
Tetsuo Oka Japan	25	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	421 1.4×	86 0.3×	50 0.2×	117	2.1k
Olivier Nosjean France	23	384 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	86 0.3×	246 1.0×	75 0.3×	52	2.0k

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Wang, Yan, Zhang‐Lin Zhou, Yang Wu, et al.. (2004). Dipeptidyl aspartyl fluoromethylketones as potent caspase-3 inhibitors: SAR of the P 2 amino acid. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(5). 1269–1272. 13 indexed citations

Waggoner, David W., et al.. (2004). MuLK, a Eukaryotic Multi-substrate Lipid Kinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(37). 38228–38235. 53 indexed citations

Zhang, Han‐Zhong, Shailaja Kasibhatla, Yan Wang, et al.. (2004). Discovery, Characterization and SAR of Gambogic Acid as a Potent Apoptosis Inducer by a HTS Assay.. ChemInform. 35(22). 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Han‐Zhong, Shailaja Kasibhatla, Yan Wang, et al.. (2003). Discovery, characterization and SAR of gambogic acid as a potent apoptosis inducer by a HTS assay. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 12(2). 309–317. 209 indexed citations

Zhang, Han‐Zhong, Shailaja Kasibhatla, John Guastella, et al.. (2003). N-Ac-DEVD-N‘-(Polyfluorobenzoyl)−R110: Novel Cell-Permeable Fluorogenic Caspase Substrates for the Detection of Caspase Activity and Apoptosis. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 14(2). 458–463. 46 indexed citations

Cai, Sui Xiong, Bao Nguyen, Shaojuan Jia, et al.. (2003). Discovery of Substituted N-Phenyl Nicotinamides as Potent Inducers of Apoptosis Using a Cell- and Caspase-Based High Throughput Screening Assay. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 46(12). 2474–2481. 79 indexed citations

Cai, Sui Xiong, et al.. (2001). Design and synthesis of Rhodamine 110 derivative and Caspase-3 substrate for enzyme and cell-based fluorescent assay. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 11(1). 39–42. 78 indexed citations

Ilyin, Victor I., Edward R. Whittemore, John Guastella, E Weber, & Richard M. Woodward. (1996). Subtype-selective inhibition of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors by haloperidol.. Molecular Pharmacology. 50(6). 1541–1550. 83 indexed citations

Woodward, Richard M., James E. Huettner, John Guastella, John F. W. Keana, & E Weber. (1995). In vitro pharmacology of ACEA-1021 and ACEA-1031: systemically active quinoxalinediones with high affinity and selectivity for N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor glycine sites.. Molecular Pharmacology. 47(3). 568–581. 81 indexed citations

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Keana, John F. W., Sui Xiong Cai, Anne G. Glenn, et al.. (1995). Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationships of Substituted 1,4-Dihydroquinoxaline-2,3-diones: Antagonists of N-Methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) Receptor Glycine Sites and Non-NMDA Glutamate Receptors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 38(22). 4367–4379. 42 indexed citations

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Woodward, Richard M., et al.. (1995). Pharmacology of 5-chloro-7-trifluoromethyl-1,4-dihydro-2,3-quinoxalinedione: a novel systemically active ionotropic glutamate receptor antagonist.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 275(3). 1209–1218. 21 indexed citations

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Corey, Janis L., Michael W. Quick, Norman Davidson, Henry A. Lester, & John Guastella. (1994). A cocaine-sensitive Drosophila serotonin transporter: cloning, expression, and electrophysiological characterization.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 91(3). 1188–1192. 157 indexed citations

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Corey, Janis L., John Guastella, Norman Davidson, & Henry A. Lester. (1994). GABA uptake and release by a mammalian cell line stably expressing a cloned rat brain GABA transporter. Molecular Membrane Biology. 11(1). 23–30. 26 indexed citations

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Woodward, Richard M., James E. Huettner, John Guastella, & E Weber. (1993). In vitro pharmacological characterization of ACEA-1021 A potent NMDA receptor glycine site antagonist. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 19. 718. 5 indexed citations

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Cowden, Cynthia, Paisarn Sithigorngul, Philip Brackley, John Guastella, & Antony O.W. Stretton. (1993). Localization and differential expression of FMRFamide‐like immunoreactivity in the nematode Ascaris suum. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 333(3). 455–468. 57 indexed citations

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Guastella, John, et al.. (1992). Cloning, expression, and localization of a rat brain high-affinity glycine transporter.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 89(15). 7189–7193. 224 indexed citations

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Guastella, John & Antony O.W. Stretton. (1991). Distribution of ³H‐GABA uptake sites in the nematode Ascaris. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 307(4). 598–608. 17 indexed citations

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Guastella, John, Carl D. Johnson, & Antony O.W. Stretton. (1991). GABA‐immunoreactive neurons in the nematode Ascaris. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 307(4). 584–597. 41 indexed citations

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Guastella, John, Nathan Nelson, Hannah Nelson, et al.. (1990). Cloning and Expression of a Rat Brain GABA Transporter. Science. 249(4974). 1303–1306. 731 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sithigorngul, Paisarn, Cynthia Cowden, John Guastella, & Antony O.W. Stretton. (1989). Generation of monoclonal antibodies against a nematode peptide extract: Another approach for identifying unknown neuropeptides. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 284(3). 389–397. 29 indexed citations

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