Stella de Leon

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Stella de Leon is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stella de Leon has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 3 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Stella de Leon's work include Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (5 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (3 papers). Stella de Leon is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (7 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (5 papers) and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (3 papers). Stella de Leon collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Japan and United States. Stella de Leon's co-authors include David H. MacLennan, Vijay K. Khanna, Kinya Otsu, Junichi Fujii, Francesco Zorzato, Janice E. Weiler, Peter J. O’Brien, Beverley A. Britt, Michael Phillips and Catherine Duff 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

Stella de Leon

10 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Identification of a Mutation in Porcine Ryanodine Receptor Associated with Malignant Hyperthermia

1991 1.1k citations Junichi Fujii, Kinya Otsu et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stella de Leon Canada	10	1.3k	737	515	465	293	10	2.1k
Vijay K. Khanna Canada	18	1.9k 1.4×	1.0k 1.4×	524 1.0×	526 1.1×	480 1.6×	25	2.8k
Morten Schak Nielsen Denmark	27	1.6k 1.1×	665 0.9×	187 0.4×	284 0.6×	215 0.7×	58	2.4k
Janice E. Weiler Canada	6	518 0.4×	222 0.3×	476 0.9×	388 0.8×	113 0.4×	8	1.2k
Esther M. Gallant United States	26	1.2k 0.9×	618 0.8×	83 0.2×	154 0.3×	395 1.3×	62	1.7k
Gilles Patey France	19	1.1k 0.8×	115 0.2×	263 0.5×	79 0.2×	929 3.2×	31	1.9k
Darl R. Swartz United States	21	788 0.6×	644 0.9×	457 0.9×	60 0.1×	72 0.2×	46	1.6k
B. Koch United States	16	2.4k 1.8×	157 0.2×	35 0.1×	192 0.4×	602 2.1×	34	3.0k
A. Basse Denmark	25	576 0.4×	126 0.2×	96 0.2×	149 0.3×	54 0.2×	59	1.9k
V. Guerriero United States	18	867 0.6×	87 0.1×	162 0.3×	71 0.2×	63 0.2×	24	1.2k
B. Rouot France	21	1.1k 0.8×	40 0.1×	61 0.1×	121 0.3×	643 2.2×	42	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Stella de Leon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stella de Leon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stella de Leon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stella de Leon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stella de Leon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stella de Leon. Stella de Leon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Asahi, Michio, Yuji Sugita, Kazimierz Kurzydlowski, et al.. (2003). Sarcolipin regulates sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca ²⁺ -ATPase (SERCA) by binding to transmembrane helices alone or in association with phospholamban. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(9). 5040–5045. 120 indexed citations

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Pan, Yan, Elena Zvaritch, A. Russell Tupling, et al.. (2003). Targeted Disruption of the ATP2A1 Gene Encoding the Sarco(endo)plasmic Reticulum Ca2+ ATPase Isoform 1 (SERCA1) Impairs Diaphragm Function and Is Lethal in Neonatal Mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(15). 13367–13375. 64 indexed citations

3.

Zvaritch, Elena, Peter H. Backx, Frank R. Jirik, et al.. (2000). The Transgenic Expression of Highly Inhibitory Monomeric Forms of Phospholamban in Mouse Heart Impairs Cardiac Contractility. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(20). 14985–14991. 73 indexed citations

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Phillips, Michael, et al.. (1994). The substitution of Arg for Gly²⁴³³ in the human skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor is associated with malignant hyperthermia. Human Molecular Genetics. 3(12). 2181–2186. 44 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yilin, Vijay K. Khanna, Stella de Leon, et al.. (1993). A mutation in the human ryanodine receptor gene associated with central core disease. Nature Genetics. 5(1). 46–50. 250 indexed citations

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Otsu, Kinya, et al.. (1992). Refinement of diagnostic assays for a probable causal mutation for porcine and human malignant hyperthermia. Genomics. 13(3). 835–837. 81 indexed citations

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Gillard, Elizabeth F., Junichi Fujii, Catherine Duff, et al.. (1992). Polymorphisms and deduced amino acid substitutions in the coding sequence of the ryanodine receptor (RYR1) gene in individuals with malignant hyperthermia. Genomics. 13(4). 1247–1254. 109 indexed citations

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Gillard, Elizabeth F., Kinya Otsu, Junichi Fujii, et al.. (1991). A substitution of cysteine for arginine 614 in the ryanodine receptor is potentially causative of human malignant hyperthermia. Genomics. 11(3). 751–755. 254 indexed citations

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Fujii, Junichi, Kinya Otsu, Francesco Zorzato, et al.. (1991). Identification of a Mutation in Porcine Ryanodine Receptor Associated with Malignant Hyperthermia. Science. 253(5018). 448–451. 1107 indexed citations breakdown →

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MacLennan, David H. & Stella de Leon. (1983). [45] Biosynthesis of sarcoplasmic reticulum proteins. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 570–579. 12 indexed citations

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