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

Hit Papers

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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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Stirling Carpenter Canada

Hannu Kalimo Finland

George Karpati Canada

Arthur P. Hays United States

Yngve Olsson Sweden

Michael H. Brooke United States

Daniel B. Drachman United States

Gerta Vrbovà United Kingdom

Lars Edström Sweden

H. Schmalbruch Denmark

Stirling Carpenter Canada

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. King Engel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of W. King Engel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of W. King Engel 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 W. King Engel. W. King Engel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Nogalska, Anna, Carla D’Agostino, W. King Engel, & Valerie Askanas. (2014). Sodium phenylbutyrate reverses lysosomal dysfunction and decreases amyloid-β42 in an in vitro-model of inclusion-body myositis. Neurobiology of Disease. 65. 93–101. 10 indexed citations

Askanas, Valerie, W. King Engel, & Anna Nogalska. (2014). Sporadic inclusion-body myositis: A degenerative muscle disease associated with aging, impaired muscle protein homeostasis and abnormal mitophagy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1852(4). 633–643. 78 indexed citations

Wójcik, Sławomir, Anna Nogalska, W. King Engel, & Valerie Askanas. (2007). 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. Neuromuscular Disorders. 17(9-10). 787–787. 1 indexed citations

Fratta, Pietro, et al.. (2003). Novel expression of dysferlin in recently denervated and apoptoid human muscle fibers. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

Broccolini, Aldobrando, et al.. (2000). Paired Helical Filaments of Inclusion-Body Myositis Muscle Contain RNA and Survival Motor Neuron Protein. American Journal Of Pathology. 156(4). 1151–1155. 22 indexed citations

Askanas, Valerie, Renate B. Alvarez, & W. King Engel. (1993). β‐Amyloid precursor epitopes in muscle fibers of inclusion body myositis. Annals of Neurology. 34(4). 551–560. 121 indexed citations

Braun, Serge, Valerie Askanas, W. King Engel, & Emad Ibrahim. (1993). Long‐Term Treatment with Glucocorticoids Increases Synthesis and Stability of Junctional Acetylcholine Receptors on Innervated Cultured Human Muscle. Journal of Neurochemistry. 60(5). 1929–1935. 24 indexed citations

Martinuzzi, Andrea, Lodovica Vergani, Rosalba Carrozzo, et al.. (1993). Expression of muscle-type phosphorylase in innervated and aneural cultured muscle of patients with myophosphorylase deficiency.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 92(4). 1774–1780. 13 indexed citations

Askanas, Valerie, et al.. (1993). Prion protein is abnormally accumulated in inclusion-body myositis. Neuroreport. 5(1). 25–28. 49 indexed citations

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Askanas, Valerie, et al.. (1992). Strong immunoreactivity of β-amyloid precursor protein, including the β-amyloid protein sequence, at human neuromuscular junctions. Neuroscience Letters. 143(1-2). 96–100. 51 indexed citations

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Vita, Giuseppe, et al.. (1991). Down-regulation of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) receptors in spinal cord after transection as revealed by quantitative autoradiography. Experimental Brain Research. 83(2). 381–4. 3 indexed citations

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Martinuzzi, Andrea, Valerie Askanas, & W. King Engel. (1990). Paralysis of Innervated Cultured Human Muscle Fibers Affects Enzymes Differentially. Journal of Neurochemistry. 54(1). 223–229. 8 indexed citations

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Vita, Giuseppe, et al.. (1990). Effects of experimental spinal cord transection on substance P receptors: A quantitative autoradiography study. Neuropeptides. 17(3). 147–153. 17 indexed citations

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Tomé, F.M.S., et al.. (1989). Nuclear inclusions in innervated cultured muscle fibers from patients with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Neurology. 39(7). 926–926. 21 indexed citations

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Nau, H.-E., et al.. (1988). Zum Wert evozierter Potentiale auf der Neurochirurgischen Intensivstation. min - Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery. 31(S 1). 170–174. 6 indexed citations

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Vita, Giuseppe, Valerie Askanas, Andrea Martinuzzi, & W. King Engel. (1988). Histoenzymatic profile of human muscle cultured in monolayer and innervated de novo by fetal rat spinal cord. Muscle & Nerve. 11(1). 1–9. 24 indexed citations

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Martinuzzi, Andrea, Valerie Askanas, Takayoshi Kobayashi, & W. King Engel. (1988). Asynchronous regulation of muscle specific isozymes of creatine kinase, glycogen phosphorylase, lactic dehydrogenase and phosphoglycerate mutase in innervated and non-innervated cultured human muscle. Neuroscience Letters. 89(2). 216–222. 31 indexed citations

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Hawkins, Edward F. & W. King Engel. (1987). Kinetic analysis of thyrotropin-releasing hormone binding in the central nervous system: evidence for receptor desensitization. Neuroscience Letters. 79(1-2). 157–162. 9 indexed citations

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Engel, W. King, et al.. (1978). Ageing of the female gamete. 2 Lactate dehydrogenase activity in fragmented oocytes and ova of the rat.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 18(71-72). 151–6. 6 indexed citations

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Engel, W. King, et al.. (1966). Reversal of the ATPase Reaction in Muscle Fibres By EDTA. Nature. 212(5070). 1551–1553. 47 indexed citations

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