John Saunders

4.1k total citations
139 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

John Saunders is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, John Saunders has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Organic Chemistry and 25 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in John Saunders's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (35 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (25 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (25 papers). John Saunders is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (35 papers), Regulation of Appetite and Obesity (25 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (25 papers). John Saunders collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. John Saunders's co-authors include Chen Chen, Angus M. MacLeod, Fábio C. Tucci, Clare O. Kneen, Kevin J. Merchant, Yunfei Zhu, R. Scott Struthers, R. BAKER, Val S. Goodfellow and Christine M. Tarby and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, FEBS Letters and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John Saunders

138 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Saunders United States	28	1.3k	1.3k	410	384	337	139	3.1k
Jean‐Alain Fehrentz France	39	1.1k 0.8×	2.1k 1.6×	782 1.9×	1.3k 3.5×	941 2.8×	149	4.3k
Erich Wünsch Germany	31	965 0.7×	2.2k 1.8×	841 2.1×	98 0.3×	142 0.4×	167	3.6k
Chiara Cabrele Germany	28	932 0.7×	1.8k 1.4×	610 1.5×	143 0.4×	49 0.1×	78	2.9k
Jesper Lau Denmark	31	843 0.6×	2.2k 1.7×	802 2.0×	214 0.6×	112 0.3×	74	4.2k
Panayotis G. Katsoyannis United States	37	733 0.5×	2.9k 2.3×	181 0.4×	158 0.4×	124 0.4×	141	4.2k
Gianfranco Balboni Italy	35	781 0.6×	2.2k 1.7×	1.6k 4.0×	166 0.4×	33 0.1×	163	3.6k
Raymond S.L. Chang United States	31	1.6k 1.2×	2.7k 2.2×	1.6k 3.9×	119 0.3×	61 0.2×	114	4.7k
Hidehiko Nakagawa Japan	40	1.2k 0.9×	2.4k 1.9×	347 0.8×	130 0.3×	135 0.4×	170	4.9k
Zbigniew Grzonka Poland	28	305 0.2×	1.3k 1.0×	251 0.6×	235 0.6×	221 0.7×	104	2.4k
Donald J. Wolff United States	30	259 0.2×	1.7k 1.3×	572 1.4×	72 0.2×	113 0.3×	50	2.8k

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Chen, Chen, Fábio C. Tucci, Wanlong Jiang, et al.. (2008). Pharmacological and pharmacokinetic characterization of 2-piperazine-α-isopropyl benzylamine derivatives as melanocortin-4 receptor antagonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 16(10). 5606–5618. 18 indexed citations

Chen, Chen, Joe A. Tran, Beth A. Fleck, et al.. (2008). Studies on the Structure-Activity Relationship of the Basic Amine of Phenylpiperazines as Melanocortin-4 Receptor Antagonists. Medicinal Chemistry. 4(1). 67–74. 4 indexed citations

Moorjani, M. N., Xiaohu Zhang, Yongsheng Chen, et al.. (2008). 2,6-Diaryl-4-phenacylaminopyrimidines as potent and selective adenosine A2A antagonists with reduced hERG liability. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(4). 1269–1273. 5 indexed citations

Jiang, Wanlong, Fábio C. Tucci, Joe A. Tran, et al.. (2007). Pyrrolidinones as potent functional antagonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(20). 5610–5613. 16 indexed citations

Rowbottom, Martin W., Mingzhu Zhang, Brian Dyck, et al.. (2007). Synthesis and structure–activity relationships of spirohydantoin-derived small-molecule antagonists of the melanin-concentrating hormone receptor-1 (MCH-R1). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(8). 2171–2178. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Caroline W., Joe A. Tran, Wanlong Jiang, et al.. (2006). Propionylpiperazines as human melanocortin-4 receptor ligands. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(18). 4800–4803. 12 indexed citations

Tran, Joe A., Joseph Pontillo, Beth A. Fleck, et al.. (2006). Design, synthesis, and SAR studies on a series of 2-pyridinylpiperazines as potent antagonists of the melanocortin-4 receptor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(14). 3693–3696. 4 indexed citations

Pontillo, Joseph, Beth A. Fleck, Fábio C. Tucci, et al.. (2005). Structure–activity relationship of a series of cyclohexylpiperidines bearing an amide side chain as antagonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(14). 3434–3438. 9 indexed citations

Guo, Zhiqiang, Yongsheng Chen, Charles Q. Huang, et al.. (2005). Uracils as potent antagonists of the human gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor without atropisomers. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(10). 2519–2522. 20 indexed citations

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Pontillo, Joseph, Joe A. Tran, Beth A. Fleck, et al.. (2005). Structure–activity relationship studies on a series of cyclohexylpiperazines bearing a phanylacetamide as ligands of the human melanocortin-4 receptor. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(23). 5237–5240. 7 indexed citations

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Pontillo, Joseph, Stacy Markison, Margaret Joppa, et al.. (2005). A potent and selective nonpeptide antagonist of the melanocortin-4 receptor induces food intake in satiated mice. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(10). 2541–2546. 19 indexed citations

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Tucci, Fábio C., Stacy Markison, Margaret Joppa, et al.. (2005). Potent and orally active non-peptide antagonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor based on a series of trans-2-disubstituted cyclohexylpiperazines. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(19). 4389–4395. 30 indexed citations

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Tran, Joe A., Joseph Pontillo, Beth A. Fleck, et al.. (2004). Identification of agonists and antagonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor from piperazinebenzylamines. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(3). 833–837. 12 indexed citations

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Moree, Wilna J., Ken-ichiro Kataoka, Tatsuki Shiota, et al.. (2004). Small molecule antagonists of the CCR2b receptor. Part 2: Discovery process and initial structure–activity relationships of diamine derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(21). 5413–5416. 33 indexed citations

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Dyck, Brian, Val S. Goodfellow, Teresa A. Phillips, et al.. (2004). Potent imidazole and triazole CB 1 receptor antagonists related to SR141716. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(5). 1151–1154. 56 indexed citations

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Shiota, Tatsuki, Ken-ichiro Kataoka, Christine M. Tarby, et al.. (2004). Small molecule inhibitors of the CCR2b receptor. Part 1: Discovery and optimization of homopiperazine derivatives. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(21). 5407–5411. 22 indexed citations

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Rowbottom, Martin W., Fábio C. Tucci, Patrick J. Connors, et al.. (2004). Synthesis and structure–activity relationships of uracil derived human GnRH receptor antagonists: (R)-3-[2-(2-amino)phenethyl]-1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-6-methyluracils containing a substituted thiophene or thiazole at C-5. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(19). 4967–4973. 13 indexed citations

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Guo, Zhiqiang, Yongsheng Chen, Dongpei Wu, et al.. (2003). Synthesis and structure–Activity relationships of thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4-dione derivatives as potent GnRH receptor antagonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(20). 3617–3622. 20 indexed citations

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Saunders, John. (2000). Top Drugs. Oxford University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Wätjen, Frank, R. BAKER, Richard H. Herbert, et al.. (1989). Novel benzodiazepine receptor partial agonists: oxadiazolylimidazobenzodiazepines. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 32(10). 2282–2291. 114 indexed citations

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