Michael Fill

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
92 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Fill is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Fill has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Molecular Biology, 60 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 44 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael Fill's work include Ion channel regulation and function (77 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (59 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (22 papers). Michael Fill is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (77 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (59 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (22 papers). Michael Fill collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Michael Fill's co-authors include Julio A. Copello, Roberto Coronado, Sándor Györke, Josefina Ramos‐Franco, Dirk Gillespie, Gregory A. Mignery, Patricio Vélez, Kevin P. Campbell, Jianjie Ma and Sharon L. Schendel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael Fill

90 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channels

2002 854 citations Michael Fill, Julio A. Copello profile →
Bcl-xL forms an ion channel in synthetic lipid membranes

1997 682 citations Michael Fill et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Fill United States	38	4.7k	2.5k	1.9k	502	481	92	5.7k
Alan J. Williams United Kingdom	45	6.3k 1.3×	3.0k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	554 1.1×	611 1.3×	158	7.7k
Toshiaki Imagawa Japan	34	3.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	369 0.7×	679 1.4×	81	4.6k
Héctor H. Valdivia United States	50	5.5k 1.2×	4.0k 1.6×	1.6k 0.8×	477 1.0×	480 1.0×	157	7.2k
Noriaki Ikemoto United States	48	5.0k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	315 0.6×	309 0.6×	116	5.7k
Donald W. Hilgemann United States	46	6.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.2×	3.2k 1.7×	275 0.5×	599 1.2×	92	7.7k
Makoto Inui Japan	33	3.1k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	990 0.5×	266 0.5×	188 0.4×	86	4.2k
Diomedes E. Logothetis United States	37	3.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	2.0k 1.0×	215 0.4×	681 1.4×	97	4.5k
Xiao Tao China	22	3.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	221 0.4×	268 0.6×	50	4.6k
Ligia Toro United States	42	4.6k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	123 0.2×	323 0.7×	91	5.9k
Stephen B. Long United States	22	5.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	2.4k 1.2×	120 0.2×	821 1.7×	32	6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Fill

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Fill

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Yan, Jiajie, et al.. (2024). Alda-1 attenuation of binge alcohol-caused atrial arrhythmias through a novel mechanism of suppressed c-Jun N-terminal Kinase-2 activity. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 197. 11–19.

Sun, Bo, Mingke Ni, Wenting Guo, et al.. (2022). A gain‐of‐function mutation in the ITPR1 gating domain causes male infertility in mice. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 237(8). 3305–3316. 7 indexed citations

Fill, Michael, et al.. (2018). Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Release Uses a Cascading Network of Intra-SR and Channel Countercurrents. Biophysical Journal. 114(2). 462–473. 22 indexed citations

Yan, Jiajie, Weiwei Zhao, Xianlong Gao, et al.. (2018). Role of Stress Kinase JNK in Binge Alcohol-Evoked Atrial Arrhythmia. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71(13). 1459–1470. 50 indexed citations

Gillespie, Dirk & Michael Fill. (2013). Pernicious Attrition and Inter-RyR2 CICR Current Control in Cardiac Muscle. Biophysical Journal. 104(2). 438a–438a. 2 indexed citations

Díaz‐Sylvester, Paula, Alma Nani, Ariel L. Escobar, et al.. (2012). Coupled Gating of Skeletal Ryanodine Receptor Channels - a Summary of Two Decades of Studies in Planar Lipid Bilayers. Biophysical Journal. 102(3). 307a–307a. 1 indexed citations

Gillespie, Dirk, Haiyan Chen, & Michael Fill. (2012). Is ryanodine receptor a calcium or magnesium channel? Roles of K+ and Mg2+ during Ca2+ release. Cell Calcium. 51(6). 427–433. 29 indexed citations

Gillespie, Dirk & Michael Fill. (2009). Intracellular Calcium Release Channels Mediate Their Own Countercurrent: The Ryanodine Receptor Case Study. Biophysical Journal. 96(3). 114a–114a. 2 indexed citations

Qin, Jia, Giorgia Valle, Alma Nani, et al.. (2008). Luminal Ca2+ Regulation of Single Cardiac Ryanodine Receptors: Insights Provided by Calsequestrin and its Mutants. The Journal of General Physiology. 131(4). 325–334. 105 indexed citations

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Copello, Julio A., Aleksey V. Zima, Paula Díaz‐Sylvester, Michael Fill, & Lothar A. Blatter. (2007). Ca²⁺ entry-independent effects of L-type Ca²⁺ channel modulators on Ca²⁺ sparks in ventricular myocytes. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 292(6). C2129–C2140. 23 indexed citations

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García, María C., et al.. (2005). Short-Term Regulation of Excitation-Contraction Coupling by the β1a Subunit in Adult Mouse Skeletal Muscle. Biophysical Journal. 89(6). 3976–3984. 9 indexed citations

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Uehara, Akira, et al.. (2002). Gating kinetics and ligand sensitivity modified by phosphorylation of cardiac ryanodine receptors. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 444(1-2). 202–212. 31 indexed citations

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Zoghbi, Maria E., Pura Bolaños, Carlos A. Villalba‐Galea, et al.. (2000). Spatial Ca2+ Distribution in Contracting Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Cells. Biophysical Journal. 78(1). 164–173. 11 indexed citations

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Fill, Michael, Alexandra Zahradnı́ková, Carlos A. Villalba‐Galea, et al.. (2000). Ryanodine Receptor Adaptation. The Journal of General Physiology. 116(6). 873–882. 47 indexed citations

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Mejía-Alvarez, Rafael, Claudia Kettlun, Eduardo Rı́os, Michael D. Stern, & Michael Fill. (1999). Unitary Ca2+ Current through Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor Channels under Quasi-Physiological Ionic Conditions. The Journal of General Physiology. 113(2). 177–186. 122 indexed citations

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Ramos‐Franco, Josefina, Michael Fill, & Gregory A. Mignery. (1998). Isoform-Specific Function of Single Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Channels. Biophysical Journal. 75(2). 834–839. 152 indexed citations

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Sierralta, Jimena, Michael Fill, & Benjamín A. Suárez‐Isla. (1996). Functionally Heterogenous Ryanodine Receptors in Avian Cerebellum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(29). 17028–17034. 5 indexed citations

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Fill, Michael, et al.. (1990). Abnormal ryanodine receptor channels in malignant hyperthermia. Biophysical Journal. 57(3). 471–475. 173 indexed citations

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Fill, Michael & Philip M. Best. (1989). Block of contracture in skinned frog skeletal muscle fibers by calcium antagonists.. The Journal of General Physiology. 93(3). 429–449. 25 indexed citations

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Smith, Jeffrey S., Toshiaki Imagawa, Jianjie Ma, et al.. (1988). Purified ryanodine receptor from rabbit skeletal muscle is the calcium-release channel of sarcoplasmic reticulum.. The Journal of General Physiology. 92(1). 1–26. 422 indexed citations

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