Swetha E. Murthy

5.1k citations

28 papers · 3.3k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 18

Impact in

Physiology top 0.5%
- Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
Sensory Systems top 1%
- Ion Channels and Receptors

Papers in ⓘ

Physiology 16
- Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology 16
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 8
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 7

Co-authors: Ardem Patapoutian (14 shared papers)Adrienne E. Dubin (5 shared papers)Stuart M. Cahalan (6 shared papers)Andrew B. Ward (4 shared papers)Bertrand Coste (6 shared papers)Jayanti Mathur (5 shared papers)Tess Whitwam (2 shared papers)Kei Saotome (3 shared papers)
Journals: Nature Communications (5 papers)Neuron (4 papers)eLife (3 papers)Journal of Visualized Experiments (2 papers)The Journal of General Physiology (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States France Germany

In The Last Decade

Swetha E. Murthy

26 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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The Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Piezo Inhibits Axon Regeneration 2019 · 146 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Neuron
2018 eLife
2018 Science Translational Medicine
2017 Nature
2017 Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
2016 Cell
2015 Nature Communications
2014 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 Nature Communications

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1	Piezo1, a mechanically activated ion channel, is required for vascular development in mice Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sanjeev S. Ranade, Zhaozhu Qiu, Seung-Hyun Woo, Sung Sik Hur, Swetha E. Murthy, Stuart M. Cahalan, Jie Xu, Jayanti Mathur, Michael Bandell, Bertrand Coste, Yi-Shuan J. Li, Shu Chien, Ardem Patapoutian Hit paper breakdown →	2014	643
2	Structure of the mechanically activated ion channel Piezo1 Nature ·Kei Saotome, Swetha E. Murthy, Jennifer M. Kefauver, Tess Whitwam, Ardem Patapoutian, Andrew B. Ward Hit paper breakdown →	2017	427
3	Piezos thrive under pressure: mechanically activated ion channels in health and disease Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology ·Swetha E. Murthy, Adrienne E. Dubin, Ardem Patapoutian Hit paper breakdown →	2017	373
4	Dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis linked to gain-of-function mutations in mechanically activated PIEZO1 ion channels Nature Communications ·Juliette Albuisson, Swetha E. Murthy, Michael Bandell, Bertrand Coste, Hélène Louis-Dit-Picard, Jayanti Mathur, Madeleine Fénéant‐Thibault, G. Tertian, Jean-Pierre de Jaureguiberry, Pierre-Yves Syfuss, Stuart M. Cahalan, Loïc Garçon, Fabienne Toutain, Pierre‐Simon Rohrlich, J. Delaunay, Véronique Picard, Xavier Jeunemaı̂tre, Ardem Patapoutian Hit paper breakdown →	2013	266
5	The mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2 mediates sensitivity to mechanical pain in mice Science Translational Medicine ·Swetha E. Murthy, Meaghan Loud, I. Daou, Kara L. Marshall, Frederick Schwaller, Johannes Kühnemund, Allain Francisco, William T. Keenan, Adrienne E. Dubin, Gary R. Lewin, Ardem Patapoutian Hit paper breakdown →	2018	246
6	OSCA/TMEM63 are an evolutionarily conserved family of mechanically activated ion channels eLife ·Swetha E. Murthy, Adrienne E. Dubin, Tess Whitwam, Sebastian Jojoa-Cruz, Stuart M. Cahalan, Seyed Ali Reza Mousavi, Andrew B. Ward, Ardem Patapoutian Hit paper breakdown →	2018	243
7	LRRC8 Proteins Form Volume-Regulated Anion Channels that Sense Ionic Strength Cell ·Ruhma Syeda, Zhaozhu Qiu, Adrienne E. Dubin, Swetha E. Murthy, Maria Florendo, Daniel E. Mason, Jayanti Mathur, Stuart M. Cahalan, Eric C. Peters, M Montal, Ardem Patapoutian Hit paper breakdown →	2016	205
8	Piezo1 ion channel pore properties are dictated by C-terminal region Nature Communications ·Bertrand Coste, Swetha E. Murthy, Jayanti Mathur, Manuela Schmidt, Yasmine Mechioukhi, Patrick Delmas, Ardem Patapoutian Hit paper breakdown →	2015	181
9	The Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Piezo Inhibits Axon Regeneration Neuron ·Yuanquan Song, Dan Li, Olivia Farrelly, Leann Miles, Feng Li, Sung Eun Kim, Tsz Y. Lo, Fei Wang, Tun Li, Katherine L. Thompson-Peer, Jiaxin Gong, Swetha E. Murthy, Bertrand Coste, Nikita Yakubovich, Ardem Patapoutian, Yang Xiang, Panteleimon Rompolas, Lily Yeh Jan, Yuh Nung Jan Hit paper breakdown →	2019	146
10	Cryo-EM structure of the mechanically activated ion channel OSCA1.2 eLife ·Sebastian Jojoa-Cruz, Kei Saotome, Swetha E. Murthy, Che Chun Tsui, Mark S.P. Sansom, Ardem Patapoutian, Andrew B. Ward	2018	118
11	Endogenous Piezo1 Can Confound Mechanically Activated Channel Identification and Characterization Neuron ·Adrienne E. Dubin, Swetha E. Murthy, Amanda H. Lewis, Lucie Brosse, Stuart M. Cahalan, Jörg Grandl, Bertrand Coste, Ardem Patapoutian	2017	105
12	Zinc Effects on NMDA Receptor Gating Kinetics Biophysical Journal ·Stacy A. Amico-Ruvio, Swetha E. Murthy, Thomas P. Smith, Gabriela Popescu	2011	62
13	TMEM63 proteins function as monomeric high-threshold mechanosensitive ion channels Neuron ·Zheng Wang, Shaun Rawson, Zhangfei Shen, Elakkiya Tamilselvan, Harper E. Smith, Julia Halford, Chen Shen, Swetha E. Murthy, Maximilian H. Ulbrich, Marcos Sotomayor, Tian‐Min Fu, Jeffrey R. Holt	2023	49
14	Stretch-activated ion channels identified in the touch-sensitive structures of carnivorous Droseraceae plants eLife ·Carl Procko, Swetha E. Murthy, William T. Keenan, Seyed Ali Reza Mousavi, Tsegaye Dabi, Adam M. Coombs, Erik Procko, Lisa Baird, Ardem Patapoutian, Joanne Chory	2021	44
15	NMDA receptor activation requires remodelling of intersubunit contacts within ligand-binding heterodimers Nature Communications ·William F. Borschel, Swetha E. Murthy, Eileen M. Kasperek, Gabriela Popescu	2011	34
16	Probing the activation sequence of NMDA receptors with lurcher mutations The Journal of General Physiology ·Swetha E. Murthy, Tamer Shogan, Jessica C. Page, Eileen M. Kasperek, Gabriela Popescu	2012	30
17	Structural insights into the Venus flytrap mechanosensitive ion channel Flycatcher1 Nature Communications ·Sebastian Jojoa-Cruz, Kei Saotome, Che Chun Tsui, Wen-Hsin Lee, Mark S.P. Sansom, Swetha E. Murthy, Ardem Patapoutian, Andrew B. Ward	2022	22
18	Transcription factor Acj6 controls dendrite targeting via a combinatorial cell-surface code Neuron ·Qijing Xie, Jun Li, Hongjie Li, Namrata D. Udeshi, Tanya Svinkina, Daniel J. Orlin, Sayeh Kohani, Ricardo Guajardo, D.R. Mani, Chuanyun Xu, Tongchao Li, Shuo Han, Wei Wei, S. Andrew Shuster, David J. Luginbuhl, Stephen R. Quake, Swetha E. Murthy, Alice Y. Ting, Steven A. Carr, Liqun Luo	2022	19
19	Deciphering mechanically activated ion channels at the single-channel level in dorsal root ganglion neurons The Journal of General Physiology ·Swetha E. Murthy	2023	11
20	Correction: Corrigendum: Dehydrated hereditary stomatocytosis linked to gain-of-function mutations in mechanically activated PIEZO1 ion channels Nature Communications ·Juliette Albuisson, Swetha E. Murthy, Michael Bandell, Bertrand Coste, Hélène Louis-Dit-Picard, Jayanti Mathur, Madeleine Fénéant‐Thibault, G. Tertian, Jean-Pierre de Jaureguiberry, Pierre-Yves Syfuss, Stuart M. Cahalan, Loïc Garçon, Fabienne Toutain, Pierre‐Simon Rohrlich, J. Delaunay, Véronique Picard, Xavier Jeunemaı̂tre, Ardem Patapoutian	2013	11

About Swetha E. Murthy

Swetha E. Murthy is a scholar working on Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Sensory Systems, having authored 28 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Ion channel regulation and function (19 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (16 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (7 papers), Connexins and lens biology (4 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (3 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (3 papers), Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies (3 papers) and Blood properties and coagulation (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physiology (2.2k citations), Sensory Systems (342 citations), Cell Biology (636 citations), Molecular Biology (1.9k citations) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (833 citations). Swetha E. Murthy has collaborated with scholars based in United States, France and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Ardem Patapoutian, Adrienne E. Dubin, Stuart M. Cahalan, Andrew B. Ward, Bertrand Coste, Jayanti Mathur, Tess Whitwam, Kei Saotome, Jennifer M. Kefauver and Zhaozhu Qiu. Their work appears in journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron, eLife, Journal of Visualized Experiments and The Journal of General Physiology.

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