Sophia Lin

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 344 citations indexed

About

Sophia Lin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophia Lin has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 344 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Organic Chemistry and 2 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Sophia Lin's work include Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (2 papers). Sophia Lin is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (6 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (2 papers). Sophia Lin collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. Sophia Lin's co-authors include Chentao Lin, Shuo Lin, Gustavo A. Gomez, Hongtao Liu, Y. J. Uemura, S. Donovan, L. P. Le, J. H. Brewer, Richard B. Kaner and Amit Keren and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Nature Methods.

In The Last Decade

Sophia Lin

14 papers receiving 334 citations

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Targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome for inflammatory disease therapy

2025 18 citations Anna H. Wu, Minh Anh Pham et al. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sophia Lin United States	8	123	116	76	75	72	14	344
Muneyuki Matsuo Japan	8	94 0.8×	247 2.1×	56 0.7×	50 0.7×	98 1.4×	37	457
Qinjingwen Cao China	10	47 0.4×	180 1.6×	26 0.3×	54 0.7×	22 0.3×	20	333
Junichiro Yajima Japan	15	85 0.7×	395 3.4×	31 0.4×	27 0.4×	13 0.2×	32	713
Jeseong Yoon South Korea	11	39 0.3×	267 2.3×	30 0.4×	175 2.3×	71 1.0×	23	554
Haruto Nakayama Japan	11	62 0.5×	259 2.2×	44 0.6×	40 0.5×	60 0.8×	16	469
Kei Yamamoto Japan	8	19 0.2×	59 0.5×	8 0.1×	102 1.4×	28 0.4×	13	318
Julien Sellés France	10	53 0.4×	138 1.2×	5 0.1×	41 0.5×	80 1.1×	23	285
Alex Blokhuis France	9	108 0.9×	125 1.1×	38 0.5×	82 1.1×	55 0.8×	13	353
Koh‐ichiroh Shohda Japan	10	38 0.3×	510 4.4×	93 1.2×	54 0.7×	154 2.1×	14	680
Jonathan W. Driver United States	11	102 0.8×	239 2.1×	86 1.1×	70 0.9×	11 0.2×	14	569

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophia Lin

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14 of 14 papers shown

Wu, Anna H., et al.. (2025). Targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome for inflammatory disease therapy. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 46(6). 503–519. 18 indexed citations breakdown →

Pham, Minh Anh, et al.. (2024). Small molecule inhibitor binds to NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain containing 3 and prevents inflammasome activation. iScience. 27(8). 110459–110459. 3 indexed citations

Wait, Sarah J., Marc Expòsit, Sophia Lin, et al.. (2024). Machine learning-guided engineering of genetically encoded fluorescent calcium indicators. Nature Computational Science. 4(3). 224–236. 11 indexed citations

Lin, Sophia, et al.. (2024). Rapid, biochemical tagging of cellular activity history in vivo. Nature Methods. 21(9). 1725–1735. 12 indexed citations

Meudal, Hervé, Cécile Caumes, Kuldip Khakh, et al.. (2023). Structure-function relationship of new peptides activating human Nav1.1. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 165. 115173–115173. 3 indexed citations

Thouta, Samrat, Matthew Waldbrook, Sophia Lin, et al.. (2022). Pharmacological determination of the fractional block of Nav channels required to impair neuronal excitability and ex vivo seizures. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 964691–964691. 7 indexed citations

Montnach, Jérôme, Bárbara Bruna Ribeiro Oliveira-Mendes, Kuldip Khakh, et al.. (2021). Synthetic Analogues of Huwentoxin-IV Spider Peptide With Altered Human NaV1.7/NaV1.6 Selectivity Ratios. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 798588–798588. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Shaoyi, Qi Jia, Sophia Lin, et al.. (2021). Identification of aryl sulfonamides as novel and potent inhibitors of NaV1.5. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 45. 128133–128133. 2 indexed citations

Hackos, David H., Shivani Ahuja, Susmith Mukund, et al.. (2016). Structural Basis of Nav1.7 Inhibition by an Isoform-Selective Small Molecule Antagonist. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 33a–34a. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Shaoyi, Qi Jia, Zaihui Zhang, et al.. (2014). The discovery of benzenesulfonamide-based potent and selective inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channel Nav1.7. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24(18). 4397–4401. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongtao, Gustavo A. Gomez, Sophia Lin, Shuo Lin, & Chentao Lin. (2012). Optogenetic Control of Transcription in Zebrafish. PLoS ONE. 7(11). e50738–e50738. 71 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Deveroux, Sophia Lin, & Robert M. Sapolsky. (2008). Viral vector-mediated blockade of the endocrine stress–response modulates non-spatial memory. Neuroscience Letters. 437(1). 1–4. 5 indexed citations

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Felix, Klaus, Sophia Lin, & Siegfried Janz. (1997). Elevated mutant frequencies in gene lacI in splenic lipopolysaccharide blasts after exposure to activated phagocytes in vitro. European Journal of Immunology. 27(9). 2160–2164. 4 indexed citations

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Uemura, Y. J., Amit Keren, L. P. Le, et al.. (1991). Magnetic-field penetration depth in K3C60 measured by muon spin relaxation. Nature. 352(6336). 605–607. 182 indexed citations

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