Patricia Usher

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Patricia Usher is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Patricia Usher has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Physiology and 4 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Patricia Usher's work include Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (3 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (3 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (3 papers). Patricia Usher is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects (3 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (3 papers) and Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (3 papers). Patricia Usher collaborates with scholars based in United States. Patricia Usher's co-authors include Jeffrey S. Flier, Harvey F. Lodish, Michael Mueckler, Bruce M. Spiegelman, A C Moses, J S Flier, Kathleen Sue Cook, Barry S. Rosen, Deborah Damm and Roger White and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Patricia Usher

15 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Elevated Levels of Glucose Transport and Transporter Messenger RNA Are Induced by ras or src Oncogenes

1987 664 citations Jeffrey S. Flier, Michael Mueckler et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patricia Usher United States	13	878	380	369	293	286	15	1.8k
Nicholas F. Paoni United States	21	829 0.9×	137 0.4×	399 1.1×	255 0.9×	119 0.4×	34	2.0k
Masashi Arai Japan	33	1.5k 1.7×	235 0.6×	252 0.7×	227 0.8×	93 0.3×	76	2.9k
Y. Edward Hsia United States	27	979 1.1×	222 0.6×	434 1.2×	117 0.4×	70 0.2×	68	2.2k
Nancy B. McWilliams United States	22	732 0.8×	301 0.8×	257 0.7×	288 1.0×	431 1.5×	44	2.1k
Hideki Kimura Japan	25	646 0.7×	217 0.6×	262 0.7×	325 1.1×	144 0.5×	110	2.0k
Isao Shirato Japan	29	833 0.9×	154 0.4×	133 0.4×	228 0.8×	136 0.5×	101	2.8k
Suh-Hang Hank Juo Taiwan	27	786 0.9×	167 0.4×	474 1.3×	341 1.2×	138 0.5×	41	2.0k
J N Wilcox United States	12	670 0.8×	118 0.3×	313 0.8×	182 0.6×	106 0.4×	12	2.3k
Sylvia Cohen‐Kaminsky France	26	648 0.7×	175 0.5×	224 0.6×	110 0.4×	141 0.5×	74	2.7k
Shigetaka Sugihara Japan	23	315 0.4×	255 0.7×	199 0.5×	509 1.7×	386 1.3×	83	2.3k

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White, Roger, Deborah Damm, Barry S. Rosen, et al.. (1992). Human adipsin is identical to complement factor D and is expressed at high levels in adipose tissue.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267(13). 9210–9213. 311 indexed citations

Lowell, Bradford B., Patricia Usher, Abdul G. Dulloo, et al.. (1990). Reduced Adipsin Expression in Murine Obesity: Effect of Age and Treatment with the Sympathomimetic-Thermogenic Drug Mixture Ephedrine and Caffeine*. Endocrinology. 126(3). 1514–1520. 26 indexed citations

Usher, Patricia, et al.. (1989). Multiple Factors Influence Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Binding to Human Skin Fibroblasts*. Endocrinology. 125(2). 867–875. 3 indexed citations

Flier, Jeffrey S., et al.. (1989). Adipsin: Regulation and Dysregulation in Obesity and Other Metabolic States. Elsevier eBooks. 45. 567–581. 19 indexed citations

Rollins, Barrett J., Elizabeth D. Morrison, Patricia Usher, & Jeffrey S. Flier. (1988). Platelet-derived growth factor regulates glucose transporter expression.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 263(32). 16523–16526. 110 indexed citations

Law, Mary & Patricia Usher. (1988). Validation of the Klein-Bell Activities of Daily Living Scale for Children. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 55(2). 63–68. 16 indexed citations

Flier, Jeffrey S., Kathleen Sue Cook, Patricia Usher, & Bruce M. Spiegelman. (1987). Severely Impaired Adipsin Expression in Genetic and Acquired Obesity. Science. 237(4813). 405–408. 253 indexed citations

Flier, Jeffrey S., Michael Mueckler, Patricia Usher, & Harvey F. Lodish. (1987). Elevated Levels of Glucose Transport and Transporter Messenger RNA Are Induced by ras or src Oncogenes. Science. 235(4795). 1492–1495. 664 indexed citations breakdown →

Flier, J S, Patricia Usher, & A C Moses. (1986). Monoclonal antibody to the type I insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) receptor blocks IGF-I receptor-mediated DNA synthesis: clarification of the mitogenic mechanisms of IGF-I and insulin in human skin fibroblasts.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 83(3). 664–668. 232 indexed citations

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Chaiken, Rochelle L, A C Moses, Patricia Usher, & J S Flier. (1986). Insulin Stimulation of Aminoisobutyric Acid Transport in Human Skin Fibroblasts Is Mediated Through Both Insulin and Type I Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptors*. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 63(5). 1181–1185. 39 indexed citations

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Flier, Jeffrey S., Patricia Usher, & Mario DeLuise. (1981). Effect of Sucrose Overfeeding on Na,K-ATPase-Mediated 86Rb Uptake in Normal and ob/ob Mice. Diabetes. 30(11). 975–978. 27 indexed citations

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Usher, Patricia, et al.. (1971). Effects of Aldosterone and Cortisol on Human Erythrocyte Na Efflux. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 32(4). 555–561. 20 indexed citations

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Klein, Robert, et al.. (1963). Periodic paralysis with cardiac arrhythmia. The Journal of Pediatrics. 62(3). 371–385. 42 indexed citations

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Klein, Robert & Patricia Usher. (1961). Effect of External Cooling of the Leg on Muscle Intracellular Water and Potassium.. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 106(4). 784–787. 4 indexed citations

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Klein, Robert, Thomas M. Egan, & Patricia Usher. (1960). Changes in sodium, potassium and water in hyperkalemic familial periodic paralysis.. PubMed. 9. 1005–24. 32 indexed citations

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