Jürgen Wess

27.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
309 papers, 20.8k citations indexed

About

Jürgen Wess is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Jürgen Wess has authored 309 papers receiving a total of 20.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 257 papers in Molecular Biology, 168 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 51 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Jürgen Wess's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (228 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (87 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (84 papers). Jürgen Wess is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (228 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (87 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (84 papers). Jürgen Wess collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Japan. Jürgen Wess's co-authors include Dinesh Gautam, Masahisa Yamada, Jesús Gomeza, Christian C. Felder, Alokesh Duttaroy, Yinghong Cui, Evi Kostenis, Roberto Maggio, Fu‐Yue Zeng and Chu‐Xia Deng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Jürgen Wess

309 papers receiving 20.4k 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.

Activation and allosteric modulation of a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

2013 712 citations Jürgen Wess et al. profile →
Structure and dynamics of the M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

2012 648 citations Erica Rosemond, Jürgen Wess et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jürgen Wess United States	78	14.9k	10.6k	2.5k	1.6k	1.3k	309	20.8k
Brian F. O’Dowd Canada	78	11.7k 0.8×	11.1k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	2.3k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	187	19.2k
Frank R. Sharp United States	87	12.3k 0.8×	7.3k 0.7×	3.9k 1.6×	637 0.4×	2.3k 1.8×	376	27.7k
Lakshmi A. Devi United States	68	9.1k 0.6×	8.7k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	821 0.5×	756 0.6×	231	14.8k
Joël Bockaert France	89	17.9k 1.2×	19.6k 1.8×	3.8k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.9×	410	30.5k
Jean‐Philippe Pin France	84	18.5k 1.2×	19.7k 1.9×	2.0k 0.8×	510 0.3×	2.2k 1.7×	301	26.9k
Illana Gozes Israel	70	7.7k 0.5×	8.2k 0.8×	3.2k 1.3×	1.2k 0.7×	810 0.6×	379	16.7k
Masaya Tohyama Japan	80	11.6k 0.8×	10.6k 1.0×	3.9k 1.6×	1.6k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	516	24.2k
Susan Amara United States	63	11.1k 0.7×	15.0k 1.4×	2.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	897 0.7×	165	20.2k
Nicolás G. Bazán United States	85	10.7k 0.7×	4.5k 0.4×	4.5k 1.8×	2.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	524	25.0k
Keiji Wada Japan	68	9.9k 0.7×	8.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	653 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	379	18.7k

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Pittala, Srinivas, Dhanush Haspula, Yinghong Cui, et al.. (2024). G12/13-mediated signaling stimulates hepatic glucose production and has a major impact on whole body glucose homeostasis. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9996–9996. 3 indexed citations

Meister, Jaroslawna, Jonas R. Knudsen, Luiz F. Barella, et al.. (2022). Clenbuterol exerts antidiabetic activity through metabolic reprogramming of skeletal muscle cells. Nature Communications. 13(1). 22–22. 17 indexed citations

Wang, Lei, et al.. (2022). Enhancer looping protein LDB1 regulates hepatocyte gene expression by cooperating with liver transcription factors. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(16). 9195–9211. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Liu, Diptadip Dattaroy, Luiz F. Barella, et al.. (2021). Gq signaling in α cells is critical for maintaining euglycemia. JCI Insight. 6(24). 17 indexed citations

Jain, Shanu, Luiz F. Barella, Jürgen Wess, Marc L. Reitman, & Kenneth A. Jacobson. (2021). Adenosine A1 receptor is dispensable for hepatocyte glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity. Biochemical Pharmacology. 192. 114739–114739. 4 indexed citations

Jain, Shanu, Sai P. Pydi, Kiran S. Toti, et al.. (2020). Lack of adipocyte purinergic P2Y ₆ receptor greatly improves whole body glucose homeostasis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(48). 30763–30774. 38 indexed citations

Meister, Jaroslawna, Jonas R. Knudsen, Diptadip Dattaroy, et al.. (2019). Skeletal Muscle–Specific Activation of Gq Signaling Maintains Glucose Homeostasis. Diabetes. 68(6). 1341–1352. 18 indexed citations

Rossi, Mario, Lu Zhu, Sara M. McMillin, et al.. (2018). Hepatic Gi signaling regulates whole-body glucose homeostasis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(2). 746–759. 35 indexed citations

Mei, Feng, Klaus Lehmann‐Horn, Yun‐An Shen, et al.. (2016). Accelerated remyelination during inflammatory demyelination prevents axonal loss and improves functional recovery. eLife. 5. 226 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Tiffany M., Alan C. Rupp, Kylie S. Chew, et al.. (2014). A retinal projection to the iris mediates pupil constriction. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55(13). 1231–1231. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Jian Hua, Shalini Jain, Sara M. McMillin, et al.. (2013). A Novel Experimental Strategy to Assess the Metabolic Effects of Selective Activation of a Gq-Coupled Receptor in Hepatocytes In Vivo. Endocrinology. 154(10). 3539–3551. 56 indexed citations

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Veeraragavan, Surabi, Deanna Graham, Nghiem Bui, et al.. (2011). Genetic reduction of muscarinic M4 receptor modulates analgesic response and acoustic startle response in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome (FXS). Behavioural Brain Research. 228(1). 1–8. 41 indexed citations

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Kupchik, Yonatan M., et al.. (2011). A novel fast mechanism for GPCR-mediated signal transduction—control of neurotransmitter release. The Journal of Cell Biology. 192(1). 137–151. 31 indexed citations

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Threlfell, Sarah, Michael A. Clements, Ilse S. Pienaar, et al.. (2010). Striatal Muscarinic Receptors Promote Activity Dependence of Dopamine Transmission via Distinct Receptor Subtypes on Cholinergic Interneurons in Ventral versus Dorsal Striatum. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(9). 3398–3408. 165 indexed citations

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Poulin, Benoit, Adrian J. Butcher, Robert Pawlak, et al.. (2010). The M ₃ -muscarinic receptor regulates learning and memory in a receptor phosphorylation/arrestin-dependent manner. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(20). 9440–9445. 121 indexed citations

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Maison, Stéphane F., Douglas E. Vetter, Ruth Anne Eatock, et al.. (2010). Muscarinic Signaling in the Cochlea: Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Effects on Efferent Feedback and Afferent Excitability. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(19). 6751–6762. 30 indexed citations

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Gautam, Dinesh, Marco Scarselli, Iñigo Ruı́z de Azúa, et al.. (2009). A chemical-genetic approach to study G protein regulation of β cell function in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(45). 19197–19202. 256 indexed citations

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Gautam, Dinesh, Alokesh Duttaroy, Yinghong Cui, et al.. (2006). M<sub>1</sub>-M<sub>3</sub> Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor-Deficient Mice: Novel Phenotypes. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 30(1-2). 157–160. 25 indexed citations

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Boudinot, Éliane, Masahisa Yamada, Jürgen Wess, Jean Champagnat, & Arthur S. Foutz. (2003). Ventilatory pattern and chemosensitivity in M1 and M3 muscarinic receptor knockout mice. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology. 139(3). 237–245. 20 indexed citations

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Kim, Jeongho, Jürgen Wess, A. Michiel van Rhee, Torsten Schöneberg, & Kenneth A. Jacobson. (1995). Site-directed Mutagenesis Identifies Residues Involved in Ligand Recognition in the Human A2a Adenosine Receptor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(23). 13987–13997. 185 indexed citations

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