M. Gerard Waters

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
58 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

M. Gerard Waters is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Gerard Waters has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Cell Biology and 9 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in M. Gerard Waters's work include Cellular transport and secretion (23 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (11 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (10 papers). M. Gerard Waters is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (23 papers), Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (11 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (10 papers). M. Gerard Waters collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. M. Gerard Waters's co-authors include Günter Blobel, William J. Chirico, Tito Serafini, James E. Rothman, Vladimir Lupashin, Samuel D. Wright, Stephanie K. Sapperstein, James E. Rothman, Tian‐Quan Cai and Andrew K.P. Taggart and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

M. Gerard Waters

58 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

70K heat shock related proteins stimulate protein translocation into microsomes

1988 1.1k citations M. Gerard Waters et al. profile →
(d)-β-Hydroxybutyrate Inhibits Adipocyte Lipolysis via the Nicotinic Acid Receptor PUMA-G

2005 529 citations Andrew K.P. Taggart, Jukka Kero et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →
Secretory protein translocation in a yeast cell-free system can occur posttranslationally and requires ATP hydrolysis.

1986 262 citations M. Gerard Waters et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Gerard Waters United States	34	4.2k	2.8k	937	598	399	58	6.0k
Stephen B. Shears United States	53	6.3k 1.5×	3.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	904 1.5×	485 1.2×	217	9.6k
J. Bernd Helms Netherlands	43	3.9k 0.9×	2.5k 0.9×	756 0.8×	558 0.9×	379 0.9×	108	6.2k
Hans‐Dieter Söling Germany	44	4.1k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	958 1.0×	598 1.0×	661 1.7×	127	6.0k
Shigeru Nakashima Japan	45	4.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	838 0.9×	494 0.8×	669 1.7×	174	6.3k
Céline Jousse France	31	3.1k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	751 0.8×	606 1.0×	413 1.0×	63	5.5k
Christina C. Leslie United States	49	4.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 1.4×	680 1.1×	1.3k 3.3×	100	7.8k
Scott Geromanos United States	26	5.3k 1.3×	3.0k 1.1×	635 0.7×	450 0.8×	339 0.8×	36	7.6k
Yoshiko Banno Japan	45	4.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	734 0.8×	283 0.5×	649 1.6×	185	6.3k
Stephen L. Sturley United States	40	3.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	946 1.0×	1.0k 1.7×	152 0.4×	82	5.4k
James A. Shayman United States	49	4.7k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	2.7k 2.9×	395 0.7×	925 2.3×	160	7.4k

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Fu, Fumin, Michael Pietropaolo, Lei Cui, et al.. (2022). Lack of authentic atrial fibrillation in commonly used murine atrial fibrillation models. PLoS ONE. 17(1). e0256512–e0256512. 15 indexed citations

Schmidt, Darby, Subharekha Raghavan, Hong C. Shen, et al.. (2010). Anthranilic acid replacements in a niacin receptor agonist. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(11). 3426–3430. 17 indexed citations

Imbriglio, Jason E., Daniel A. DiRocco, Subharekha Raghavan, et al.. (2010). The discovery of high affinity agonists of GPR109a with reduced serum shift and improved ADME properties. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 21(9). 2721–2724. 13 indexed citations

Imbriglio, Jason E., Rui Liang, Subharekha Raghavan, et al.. (2010). GPR109a agonists. Part 2: Pyrazole-acids as agonists of the human orphan G-protein coupled receptor GPR109a. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 20(15). 4472–4474. 10 indexed citations

Schmidt, Darby, Subharekha Raghavan, Ester Carballo‐Jane, et al.. (2009). Pyrazole acids as niacin receptor agonists for the treatment of dyslipidemia. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 19(16). 4768–4772. 10 indexed citations

Imbriglio, Jason E., Rui Liang, Subharekha Raghavan, et al.. (2009). GPR109a agonists. Part 1: 5-Alkyl and 5-aryl-pyrazole–tetrazoles as agonists of the human orphan G-protein coupled receptor GPR109a. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 19(8). 2121–2124. 13 indexed citations

Deng, Qiaolin, Richard T. Beresis, Ning Ren, et al.. (2008). Molecular modeling aided design of nicotinic acid receptor GPR109A agonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(18). 4963–4967. 20 indexed citations

Raghavan, Subharekha, Giancarlo Tria, Hong C. Shen, et al.. (2008). Tetrahydro anthranilic acid as a surrogate for anthranilic acid: Application to the discovery of potent niacin receptor agonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(11). 3163–3167. 24 indexed citations

Shen, Hong C., Andrew K.P. Taggart, Larissa Wilsie, et al.. (2008). Discovery of pyrazolopyrimidines as the first class of allosteric agonists for the high affinity nicotinic acid receptor GPR109A. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(18). 4948–4951. 21 indexed citations

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Shen, Hong C., Michael J. Szymonifka, Qiaolin Deng, et al.. (2007). Discovery of orally bioavailable and novel urea agonists of the high affinity niacin receptor GPR109A. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 17(24). 6723–6728. 16 indexed citations

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Richman, Jeremy G., Ibragim Gaidarov, Jill S. Cameron, et al.. (2007). Nicotinic Acid Receptor Agonists Differentially Activate Downstream Effectors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(25). 18028–18036. 87 indexed citations

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Chan, Angela, et al.. (2005). Dsl1p, Tip20p, and the Novel Dsl3(Sec39) Protein Are Required for the Stability of the Q/t-SNARE Complex at the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16(9). 3963–3977. 90 indexed citations

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Taggart, Andrew K.P., Jukka Kero, Xiaodong Gan, et al.. (2005). (d)-β-Hydroxybutyrate Inhibits Adipocyte Lipolysis via the Nicotinic Acid Receptor PUMA-G. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(29). 26649–26652. 529 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Theresa, et al.. (2003). Regulation of the angiopoietin-like protein 3 gene by LXR. Journal of Lipid Research. 44(1). 136–143. 104 indexed citations

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Reilly, Barbara, et al.. (2001). Golgi-to-Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Retrograde Traffic in Yeast Requires Dsl1p, a Component of the ER Target Site that Interacts with a COPI Coat Subunit. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 12(12). 3783–3796. 77 indexed citations

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VanRheenen, Susan M., Barbara Reilly, Stormy J. Chamberlain, & M. Gerard Waters. (2001). Dsl1p, an Essential Protein Required for Membrane Traffic at the Endoplasmic Reticulum/Golgi Interface in Yeast. Traffic. 2(3). 212–231. 36 indexed citations

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Waters, M. Gerard, et al.. (2000). Membrane Tethering and Fusion in the Secretory and Endocytic Pathways. Traffic. 1(8). 588–597. 90 indexed citations

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Waters, M. Gerard, et al.. (1999). Membrane tethering in intracellular transport. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 11(4). 453–459. 148 indexed citations

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Walter, David M., Kimberly S. Paul, & M. Gerard Waters. (1998). Purification and Characterization of a Novel 13 S Hetero-oligomeric Protein Complex That Stimulates in VitroGolgi Transport. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(45). 29565–29576. 63 indexed citations

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Waters, M. Gerard, et al.. (1991). Proteins involved in vesicular transport and membrane fusion. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 3(4). 615–620. 38 indexed citations

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