Scott B. Hansen

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Scott B. Hansen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott B. Hansen has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Scott B. Hansen's work include Ion channel regulation and function (21 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (19 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (14 papers). Scott B. Hansen is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (21 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (19 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (14 papers). Scott B. Hansen collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Scott B. Hansen's co-authors include Palmer Taylor, Roderick MacKinnon, Xiao Tao, Yves Bourne, P. Marchot, Todd T. Talley, Gerlind Sulzenbacher, Tom Huxford, Hao Wang and Steven M. Sine and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Scott B. Hansen

44 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Structures of Aplysia AChBP complexes with nicotinic agonists and antagonists reveal distinctive binding interfaces and conformations

2005 550 citations Scott B. Hansen, Gerlind Sulzenbacher et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Regulation of beta-amyloid production in neurons by astrocyte-derived cholesterol

2021 192 citations Hao Wang, Joshua A. Kulas et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott B. Hansen United States	23	2.6k	743	398	302	236	44	3.1k
F. Sala Spain	29	2.3k 0.9×	984 1.3×	206 0.5×	437 1.4×	155 0.7×	108	3.3k
Thomas R. Hinds United States	31	2.3k 0.9×	683 0.9×	527 1.3×	422 1.4×	384 1.6×	69	4.5k
Manuel Criado Spain	34	3.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.4×	346 0.9×	390 1.3×	190 0.8×	108	3.7k
Cecilia Bouzat Argentina	32	2.9k 1.1×	866 1.2×	308 0.8×	404 1.3×	95 0.4×	108	3.5k
Ian R. Mellor United Kingdom	30	1.9k 0.7×	829 1.1×	348 0.9×	397 1.3×	183 0.8×	90	2.7k
Jean‐Luc Galzi France	35	4.3k 1.6×	2.1k 2.8×	347 0.9×	658 2.2×	225 1.0×	71	5.3k
Mark G. McNamee United States	38	3.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	205 0.5×	392 1.3×	190 0.8×	85	3.8k
Anthony Auerbach United States	46	4.6k 1.8×	1.8k 2.5×	429 1.1×	264 0.9×	105 0.4×	120	5.1k
Yves Maulet France	24	1.6k 0.6×	803 1.1×	114 0.3×	503 1.7×	123 0.5×	40	2.2k
Chris Ulens Belgium	28	2.0k 0.7×	689 0.9×	235 0.6×	206 0.7×	109 0.5×	63	2.4k

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Hansen, Scott B.. (2025). Mechanisms of General Anesthesia. Annual Review of Biochemistry. 94(1). 503–530. 1 indexed citations

Rangarajan, Erumbi S., et al.. (2024). High-resolution snapshots of the talin auto-inhibitory states suggest roles in cell adhesion and signaling. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9270–9270. 3 indexed citations

Wing, Peter A. C., Nathalie Schmidt, Hao Wang, et al.. (2023). An ACAT inhibitor suppresses SARS-CoV-2 replication and boosts antiviral T cell activity. PLoS Pathogens. 19(5). e1011323–e1011323. 8 indexed citations

Hansen, Scott B. & Hao Wang. (2023). The shared role of cholesterol in neuronal and peripheral inflammation. Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 249. 108486–108486. 29 indexed citations

Wang, Hao, Mahmud Arif Pavel, Joseph Jablonski, et al.. (2023). The role of high cholesterol in SARS-CoV-2 infectivity. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(6). 104763–104763. 22 indexed citations

Pavel, Mahmud Arif, Hao Wang, Sonia Mediouni, et al.. (2022). Hydroxychloroquine blocks SARS-CoV-2 entry into the endocytic pathway in mammalian cell culture. Communications Biology. 5(1). 958–958. 29 indexed citations

Wang, Hao, Joshua A. Kulas, Chao Wang, et al.. (2021). Regulation of beta-amyloid production in neurons by astrocyte-derived cholesterol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(33). 192 indexed citations breakdown →

Pavel, Mahmud Arif, Erling N. Petersen, Hao Wang, Richard A. Lerner, & Scott B. Hansen. (2020). Studies on the mechanism of general anesthesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(24). 13757–13766. 133 indexed citations

Petersen, Erling N., Mahmud Arif Pavel, Hao Wang, & Scott B. Hansen. (2019). Disruption of palmitate-mediated localization; a shared pathway of force and anesthetic activation of TREK-1 channels. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1862(1). 183091–183091. 25 indexed citations

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Robinson, Carol V., Tibor Rohács, & Scott B. Hansen. (2019). Tools for Understanding Nanoscale Lipid Regulation of Ion Channels. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 44(9). 795–806. 61 indexed citations

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Cabanos, Cerrone, Miao Wang, Xianlin Han, & Scott B. Hansen. (2017). A Soluble Fluorescent Binding Assay Reveals PIP2 Antagonism of TREK-1 Channels. Cell Reports. 20(6). 1287–1294. 58 indexed citations

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Hansen, Scott B.. (2015). Lipid agonism: The PIP2 paradigm of ligand-gated ion channels. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1851(5). 620–628. 115 indexed citations

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Hansen, Scott B., Xiao Tao, & Roderick MacKinnon. (2011). Structural basis of PIP2 activation of the classical inward rectifier K+ channel Kir2.2. Nature. 477(7365). 495–498. 492 indexed citations

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Sine, Steven M., Hailong Wang, Scott B. Hansen, & Palmer Taylor. (2009). On the Origin of Ion Selectivity in the Cys-Loop Receptor Family. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 40(1-2). 70–76. 22 indexed citations

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Hansen, Scott B., Hailong Wang, Palmer Taylor, & Steven M. Sine. (2008). An Ion Selectivity Filter in the Extracellular Domain of Cys-loop Receptors Reveals Determinants for Ion Conductance. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(52). 36066–36070. 53 indexed citations

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Taylor, Palmer, et al.. (2007). Structure-guided drug design: Conferring selectivity among neuronal nicotinic receptor and acetylcholine-binding protein subtypes. Biochemical Pharmacology. 74(8). 1164–1171. 38 indexed citations

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Hansen, Scott B., Gerlind Sulzenbacher, Tom Huxford, et al.. (2006). Structural Characterization of Agonist and Antagonist-Bound Acetylcholine-Binding Protein From Aplysia californica. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 30(1-2). 101–102. 13 indexed citations

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Hansen, Scott B., Gerlind Sulzenbacher, Tom Huxford, et al.. (2005). Structures of Aplysia AChBP complexes with nicotinic agonists and antagonists reveal distinctive binding interfaces and conformations. EMBO Reports. 24. 5 indexed citations

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Bourne, Yves, Todd T. Talley, Scott B. Hansen, Palmer Taylor, & P. Marchot. (2005). Crystal structure of a Cbtx–AChBP complex reveals essential interactions between snake α‐neurotoxins and nicotinic receptors. The EMBO Journal. 24(8). 1512–1522. 279 indexed citations

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Hansen, Scott B., Todd T. Talley, Zoran Radić, & Palmer Taylor. (2004). Structural and Ligand Recognition Characteristics of an Acetylcholine-binding Protein from Aplysia californica. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(23). 24197–24202. 130 indexed citations

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