Nicholas C. Vierra

938 total citations
22 papers, 602 citations indexed

About

Nicholas C. Vierra is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas C. Vierra has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 602 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Surgery and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Nicholas C. Vierra's work include Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (11 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Nicholas C. Vierra is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (12 papers), Pancreatic function and diabetes (11 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (5 papers). Nicholas C. Vierra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Bulgaria. Nicholas C. Vierra's co-authors include David A. Jacobson, Prasanna K. Dadi, James S. Trimmer, Michael Kirmiz, Matthew T. Dickerson, Stephanie Palacio, Luis F. Santana, Deborah van der List, Alessandro Ustione and Roger Colbran and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas C. Vierra

22 papers receiving 601 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas C. Vierra United States 15 387 215 172 95 93 22 602
Fuguo Zhou United States 13 487 1.3× 121 0.6× 207 1.2× 33 0.3× 66 0.7× 13 654
Anders Lindqvist Sweden 10 248 0.6× 143 0.7× 88 0.5× 44 0.5× 29 0.3× 15 442
M. Wakui Japan 14 500 1.3× 170 0.8× 222 1.3× 32 0.3× 61 0.7× 37 831
Maksym I. Harhun United Kingdom 15 470 1.2× 103 0.5× 162 0.9× 33 0.3× 36 0.4× 29 799
Natalia Gustavsson Singapore 10 256 0.7× 193 0.9× 80 0.5× 76 0.8× 89 1.0× 16 468
François Wuarin Switzerland 11 520 1.3× 75 0.3× 259 1.5× 49 0.5× 97 1.0× 11 716
Stefanie Obermüller Sweden 11 479 1.2× 462 2.1× 123 0.7× 120 1.3× 119 1.3× 12 806
Adriaan Nelemans Netherlands 20 526 1.4× 64 0.3× 237 1.4× 41 0.4× 32 0.3× 37 798
Rebecca C. Meyer United States 9 307 0.8× 29 0.1× 175 1.0× 32 0.3× 30 0.3× 9 547
Jun‐Ge Yu United States 12 142 0.4× 54 0.3× 111 0.6× 36 0.4× 19 0.2× 17 495

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All Works

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Ferns, Michael, Deborah van der List, Nicholas C. Vierra, et al.. (2025). The Electrically Silent Kv5.1 Subunit Forms Heteromeric Kv2 Channels in Cortical Neurons and Confers Distinct Functional Properties. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(13). e2293232025–e2293232025. 3 indexed citations
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Dadi, Prasanna K., et al.. (2024). TALK-1-mediated alterations of β-cell mitochondrial function and insulin secretion impair glucose homeostasis on a diabetogenic diet. Cell Reports. 43(1). 113673–113673. 1 indexed citations
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Murray, Karl D., Keiko Hino, Nicholas C. Vierra, et al.. (2023). NPC1-dependent alterations in KV2.1–CaV1.2 nanodomains drive neuronal death in models of Niemann-Pick Type C disease. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4553–4553. 10 indexed citations
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Vierra, Nicholas C., Michael Kirmiz, Deborah van der List, et al.. (2023). Neuronal ER-plasma membrane junctions couple excitation to Ca2+-activated PKA signaling. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5231–5231. 22 indexed citations
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Sato, Daisuke, et al.. (2023). The formation of KV2.1 macro-clusters is required for sex-specific differences in L-type CaV1.2 clustering and function in arterial myocytes. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1165–1165. 7 indexed citations
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Vierra, Nicholas C., et al.. (2021). Regulation of neuronal excitation–transcription coupling by Kv2.1-induced clustering of somatic L-type Ca 2+ channels at ER-PM junctions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(46). 29 indexed citations
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Hawkins, Nicole A., Sunita N. Misra, Seok Kyu Kang, et al.. (2020). Epilepsy and neurobehavioral abnormalities in mice with a dominant-negative KCNB1 pathogenic variant. Neurobiology of Disease. 147. 105141–105141. 21 indexed citations
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Dickerson, Matthew T., et al.. (2019). Glucose-mediated inhibition of calcium-activated potassium channels limits α-cell calcium influx and glucagon secretion. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism. 316(4). E646–E659. 14 indexed citations
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Kirmiz, Michael, Nicholas C. Vierra, Stephanie Palacio, & James S. Trimmer. (2018). Identification of VAPA and VAPB as Kv2 Channel-Interacting Proteins Defining Endoplasmic Reticulum–Plasma Membrane Junctions in Mammalian Brain Neurons. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(35). 7562–7584. 91 indexed citations
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Vierra, Nicholas C., et al.. (2018). TALK-1 reduces delta-cell endoplasmic reticulum and cytoplasmic calcium levels limiting somatostatin secretion. Molecular Metabolism. 9. 84–97. 24 indexed citations
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Vierra, Nicholas C., et al.. (2017). TALK-1 channels control β cell endoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ homeostasis. Science Signaling. 10(497). 28 indexed citations
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Vierra, Nicholas C., Matthew T. Dickerson, Louis H. Philipson, & David A. Jacobson. (2017). Simultaneous Real-Time Measurement of the β-Cell Membrane Potential and Ca2+ Influx to Assess the Role of Potassium Channels on β-Cell Function. Methods in molecular biology. 1684. 73–84. 2 indexed citations
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Dickerson, Matthew T., et al.. (2017). Osteopontin activates the diabetes-associated potassium channel TALK-1 in pancreatic β-cells. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0175069–e0175069. 15 indexed citations
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Fine, Nicholas H. F., Craig Doig, Yasir Elhassan, et al.. (2017). Glucocorticoids Reprogram β-Cell Signaling to Preserve Insulin Secretion. Diabetes. 67(2). 278–290. 50 indexed citations
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Dadi, Prasanna K., Nicholas C. Vierra, Emily Days, et al.. (2016). Selective Small Molecule Activators of TREK-2 Channels Stimulate Dorsal Root Ganglion c-Fiber Nociceptor Two-Pore-Domain Potassium Channel Currents and Limit Calcium Influx. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 8(3). 558–568. 36 indexed citations
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Dadi, Prasanna K., et al.. (2015). TASK-1 Potassium Channels Limit Pancreatic α-Cell Calcium Influx and Glucagon Secretion. Molecular Endocrinology. 29(5). 777–787. 37 indexed citations
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Dadi, Prasanna K., Nicholas C. Vierra, Alessandro Ustione, et al.. (2014). Inhibition of Pancreatic β-Cell Ca2+/Calmodulin-dependent Protein Kinase II Reduces Glucose-stimulated Calcium Influx and Insulin Secretion, Impairing Glucose Tolerance. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(18). 12435–12445. 54 indexed citations
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Dadi, Prasanna K., Nicholas C. Vierra, & David A. Jacobson. (2014). Pancreatic β-Cell–specific Ablation of TASK-1 Channels Augments Glucose-stimulated Calcium Entry and Insulin Secretion, Improving Glucose Tolerance. Endocrinology. 155(10). 3757–3768. 34 indexed citations

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