W. King Engel

12.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
195 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

W. King Engel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. King Engel has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Molecular Biology, 54 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 48 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in W. King Engel's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (48 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (31 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (26 papers). W. King Engel is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (48 papers), Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (31 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (26 papers). W. King Engel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Netherlands. W. King Engel's co-authors include Michael H. Brooke, Valerie Askanas, George Karpati, Felix E. Zajac, Robert E. Burke, David N. Levine, Peter Tsairis, Marinos C. Dalakas, David S. Zee and John R. Warmolts and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

W. King Engel

194 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

Mammalian Motor Units: Physiological-Histochemical Correlation in Three Types in Cat Gastrocnemius

1971 628 citations W. King Engel et al. profile →
Rapid examination of muscle tissue

1963 504 citations W. King Engel et al. Neurology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sodium phenylbutyrate reverses lysosomal dysfunction and decreases amyloid-β42 in an in vitro-model of inclusion-body myositis 2014 ·Neurobiology of Disease ·Anna Nogalska, Carla D’Agostino, W. King Engel, Valerie Askanas	10
2	Sporadic inclusion-body myositis: A degenerative muscle disease associated with aging, impaired muscle protein homeostasis and abnormal mitophagy 2014 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease ·Valerie Askanas, W. King Engel, Anna Nogalska	78
3	G.P.3.16 In skeletal muscle of patients with type-II fiber atrophy, myostatin (MSTN) and myostatin precursor protein (MSTN-PP) are both increased 2007 ·Neuromuscular Disorders ·Sławomir Wójcik, Anna Nogalska, W. King Engel, Valerie Askanas	1
4	Novel expression of dysferlin in recently denervated and apoptoid human muscle fibers 2003 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Pietro Fratta, W. King Engel, (unknown), (unknown)	1
5	Paired Helical Filaments of Inclusion-Body Myositis Muscle Contain RNA and Survival Motor Neuron Protein 2000 ·American Journal Of Pathology ·Aldobrando Broccolini, W. King Engel, (unknown), (unknown)	22
6	β‐Amyloid precursor epitopes in muscle fibers of inclusion body myositis 1993 ·Annals of Neurology ·Valerie Askanas, Renate B. Alvarez, W. King Engel	121
7	Long‐Term Treatment with Glucocorticoids Increases Synthesis and Stability of Junctional Acetylcholine Receptors on Innervated Cultured Human Muscle 1993 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·Serge Braun, Valerie Askanas, W. King Engel, Emad Ibrahim	24
8	Expression of muscle-type phosphorylase in innervated and aneural cultured muscle of patients with myophosphorylase deficiency. 1993 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Andrea Martinuzzi, Lodovica Vergani, Rosalba Carrozzo, (unknown), Lucia Bartoloni, C. Angelini, Valerie Askanas, W. King Engel	13
9	Prion protein is abnormally accumulated in inclusion-body myositis 1993 ·Neuroreport ·Valerie Askanas, Masako M. Bilak, W. King Engel, Renate B. Alvarez, Fernando Tomé, (unknown)	49
10	Strong immunoreactivity of β-amyloid precursor protein, including the β-amyloid protein sequence, at human neuromuscular junctions 1992 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Valerie Askanas, W. King Engel, (unknown)	51
11	Down-regulation of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) receptors in spinal cord after transection as revealed by quantitative autoradiography 1991 ·Experimental Brain Research ·Giuseppe Vita, (unknown), Edward F. Hawkins, W. King Engel	3
12	Paralysis of Innervated Cultured Human Muscle Fibers Affects Enzymes Differentially 1990 ·Journal of Neurochemistry ·Andrea Martinuzzi, Valerie Askanas, W. King Engel	8
13	Effects of experimental spinal cord transection on substance P receptors: A quantitative autoradiography study 1990 ·Neuropeptides ·Giuseppe Vita, (unknown), Edward F. Hawkins, W. King Engel	17
14	Nuclear inclusions in innervated cultured muscle fibers from patients with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy 1989 ·Neurology ·F.M.S. Tomé, Valerie Askanas, W. King Engel, Renate B. Alvarez, (unknown)	21
15	Zum Wert evozierter Potentiale auf der Neurochirurgischen Intensivstation 1988 ·min - Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery ·H.-E. Nau, H. Wiedemayer, (unknown), W. King Engel, (unknown)	6
16	Histoenzymatic profile of human muscle cultured in monolayer and innervated de novo by fetal rat spinal cord 1988 ·Muscle & Nerve ·Giuseppe Vita, Valerie Askanas, Andrea Martinuzzi, W. King Engel	24
17	Asynchronous regulation of muscle specific isozymes of creatine kinase, glycogen phosphorylase, lactic dehydrogenase and phosphoglycerate mutase in innervated and non-innervated cultured human muscle 1988 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Andrea Martinuzzi, Valerie Askanas, Takayoshi Kobayashi, W. King Engel	31
18	Kinetic analysis of thyrotropin-releasing hormone binding in the central nervous system: evidence for receptor desensitization 1987 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Edward F. Hawkins, W. King Engel	9
19	Ageing of the female gamete. 2 Lactate dehydrogenase activity in fragmented oocytes and ova of the rat. 1978 ·Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) ·(unknown), W. King Engel	6
20	Reversal of the ATPase Reaction in Muscle Fibres By EDTA 1966 ·Nature ·(unknown), W. King Engel	47

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