Robin F. Irvine

36.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
223 papers, 31.0k citations indexed

About

Robin F. Irvine is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin F. Irvine has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 31.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Molecular Biology, 98 papers in Cell Biology and 39 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Robin F. Irvine's work include Cellular transport and secretion (89 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (78 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (36 papers). Robin F. Irvine is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (89 papers), Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (78 papers) and Pancreatic function and diabetes (36 papers). Robin F. Irvine collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Slovakia and United States. Robin F. Irvine's co-authors include Michael J. Berridge, R. M. C. Dawson, John P. Heslop, Nullin Divecha, C. Peter Downes, Amber Letcher, R. M. Moor, Kenneth D. Brown, Len Stephens and Hrvoje Banfíƈ and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Robin F. Irvine

221 papers receiving 29.8k 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.

Inositol trisphosphate, a novel second messenger in cellular signal transduction

1984 5.2k citations Robin F. Irvine et al. Nature profile →
Inositol phosphates and cell signalling

1989 3.5k citations Robin F. Irvine et al. Nature profile →
Changes in the levels of inositol phosphates after agonist-dependent hydrolysis of membrane phosphoinositides

1983 1.8k citations Robin F. Irvine et al. profile →
How is the level of free arachidonic acid controlled in mammalian cells?

1982 1.0k citations Robin F. Irvine Biochemical Journal profile →
Micro-injection of inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate activates sea urchin eggs by a mechanism dependent on external Ca2+

1986 668 citations Robin F. Irvine et al. Biochemical Journal profile →
‘Quanta’ Ca²⁺ release and the control of Ca²⁺ entry by inositol phosphates ‐ a possible mechanism

1990 651 citations Robin F. Irvine profile →
The inositol tris/tetrakisphosphate pathway—demonstration of Ins(l,4,5)P3 3-kinase activity in animal tissues

1986 602 citations Robin F. Irvine, Amber Letcher et al. Nature profile →
Rapid formation of inositol 1,3,4,5-tetrakisphosphate following muscarinic receptor stimulation of rat cerebral cortical slices

1985 566 citations Robin F. Irvine et al. Biochemical Journal profile →
myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. A second messenger for the hormonal mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ in liver.

1984 504 citations Robin F. Irvine et al. profile →
The second messenger linking receptor activation to internal Ca release in liver

1984 480 citations Gillian M. Burgess, Jerry S. McKinney et al. Nature profile →
Inositol trisphosphate formation and calcium mobilization in Swiss 3T3 cells in response to platelet-derived growth factor

1984 465 citations Robin F. Irvine et al. Biochemical Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robin F. Irvine	21.2k	7.5k	5.7k	3.7k	3.7k	223	31.0k
Ernesto Carafoli	24.4k 1.1×	4.7k 0.6×	7.3k 1.3×	4.2k 1.1×	2.1k 0.6×	493	33.3k
Rosario Rizzuto	31.6k 1.5×	8.0k 1.1×	7.8k 1.4×	6.1k 1.6×	2.6k 0.7×	312	42.9k
Martin D. Bootman	18.2k 0.9×	5.1k 0.7×	6.8k 1.2×	2.7k 0.7×	1.5k 0.4×	163	28.1k
Anthony R. Means	23.7k 1.1×	4.7k 0.6×	3.6k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	379	33.9k
Tullio Pozzan	31.4k 1.5×	7.1k 0.9×	14.4k 2.5×	6.2k 1.7×	2.8k 0.8×	329	45.3k
Alfred G. Gilman	41.2k 1.9×	9.4k 1.2×	13.0k 2.3×	5.1k 1.4×	3.1k 0.8×	240	54.7k
C. Peter Downes	19.3k 0.9×	5.5k 0.7×	3.7k 0.6×	2.9k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	196	26.5k
Yasutomi Nishizuka	42.1k 2.0×	8.8k 1.2×	9.7k 1.7×	6.8k 1.8×	3.4k 0.9×	255	57.7k
Enrique Rozengurt	22.2k 1.0×	5.2k 0.7×	5.2k 0.9×	2.5k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	504	32.9k
Andrea Ballabio	20.0k 0.9×	7.9k 1.0×	2.9k 0.5×	8.0k 2.2×	1.8k 0.5×	377	40.3k

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Al‐Ramahi, Ismael, Sai Srinivas Panapakkam Giridharan, Yu‐Chi Chen, et al.. (2017). Inhibition of PIP4Kγ ameliorates the pathological effects of mutant huntingtin protein. eLife. 6. 51 indexed citations

Hammond, Gerald, et al.. (2012). PI4P and PI(4,5)P ₂ Are Essential But Independent Lipid Determinants of Membrane Identity. Science. 337(6095). 727–730. 373 indexed citations

Letcher, Andrew J., Michael J. Schell, & Robin F. Irvine. (2010). A Femtomole-Sensitivity Mass Assay for Inositol Hexakisphosphate. Methods in molecular biology. 645. 61–71. 1 indexed citations

Clarke, Jonathan H., Piers C. Emson, & Robin F. Irvine. (2009). Distribution and neuronal expression of phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase IIγ in the mouse brain. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 517(3). 296–312. 23 indexed citations

González, Beatriz, Michael J. Schell, Andrew J. Letcher, et al.. (2004). Structure of a Human Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate 3-Kinase. Molecular Cell. 15(5). 689–701. 80 indexed citations

Irvine, Robin F.. (2004). Inositol Lipids: To PHix or Not to PHix?. Current Biology. 14(8). R308–R310. 27 indexed citations

Irvine, Robin F.. (2001). Inositol phosphates: Does IP4 run a protection racket?. Current Biology. 11(5). R172–R174. 24 indexed citations

Clarke, Jonathan H., Andrew J. Letcher, Clive S. D’Santos, et al.. (2001). Inositol lipids are regulated during cell cycle progression in the nuclei of murine erythroleukaemia cells. Biochemical Journal. 357(3). 905–905. 123 indexed citations

Hinchliffe, Katherine A., Antonio Ciruela, Andrew J. Letcher, Nullin Divecha, & Robin F. Irvine. (1999). Regulation of type IIα phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase localisation by the protein kinase CK2. Current Biology. 9(17). 983–S1. 26 indexed citations

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Irvine, Robin F.. (1998). Inositol phospholipids: Translocation, translocation, translocation …. Current Biology. 8(16). R557–R559. 33 indexed citations

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Irvine, Robin F.. (1997). First steps into the signalling maze. Current Biology. 7(8). R456–R457. 1 indexed citations

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Irvine, Robin F. & Peter J. Cullen. (1996). Intracellular signalling: Inositol phosphates – whither bound?. Current Biology. 6(5). 537–540. 23 indexed citations

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Irvine, Robin F. & Peter J. Cullen. (1993). Will the real IP4 receptor please stand up?. Current Biology. 3(8). 540–543. 38 indexed citations

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Watkins, Paul A., et al.. (1992). An inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-6-kinase activity in pea roots. Planta. 187(4). 542–5. 20 indexed citations

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Wildt, Piet de, et al.. (1991). Polyphosphoinositol lipids in Chlamydomonas eugametos gametes. Planta. 184(2). 175–181. 16 indexed citations

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Stephens, Len, Kelly T. Hughes, & Robin F. Irvine. (1991). Pathway of phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)-trisphosphate synthesis in activated neutrophils. Nature. 351(6321). 33–39. 417 indexed citations

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Biden, Trevor J., Marc Prentki, Robin F. Irvine, M J Berridge, & Claes B. Wollheim. (1984). Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mobilizes intracellular Ca2+ from permeabilized insulin-secreting cells. Biochemical Journal. 223(2). 467–473. 172 indexed citations

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Burgess, Gillian M., Robin F. Irvine, M J Berridge, Jerry S. McKinney, & James W. Putney. (1984). Actions of inositol phosphates on Ca2+ pools in guinea-pig hepatocytes. Biochemical Journal. 224(3). 741–746. 141 indexed citations

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Irvine, Robin F., Amber Letcher, Peter Brophy, & Michael North. (1980). Phosphatidylinositol-degrading Enzymes in the Cellular Slime Mould Dictyostelium discoideum. Microbiology. 121(2). 495–497. 9 indexed citations

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Irvine, Robin F.. (1975). Oral presentation of a scientific paper.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 43(2). 74–7.

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