Wayland W.L. Cheng

1.3k total citations
33 papers, 923 citations indexed

About

Wayland W.L. Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayland W.L. Cheng has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 923 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Wayland W.L. Cheng's work include Ion channel regulation and function (20 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (12 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers). Wayland W.L. Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (20 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (12 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (10 papers). Wayland W.L. Cheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Wayland W.L. Cheng's co-authors include Colin G. Nichols, Nazzareno D’Avanzo, D. Doyle, Alex S. Evers, Douglas F. Covey, Kathiresan Krishnan, Crina M. Nimigean, Decha Enkvetchakul, Zi-Wei Chen and Melissa M. Budelier and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wayland W.L. Cheng

32 papers receiving 905 citations

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wayland W.L. Cheng United States 19 737 402 163 71 59 33 923
Rooma Desai United States 17 1.1k 1.5× 815 2.0× 76 0.5× 40 0.6× 46 0.8× 25 1.5k
Kristoffer Sahlholm Sweden 19 609 0.8× 501 1.2× 44 0.3× 85 1.2× 51 0.9× 49 853
Emily Days United States 20 944 1.3× 822 2.0× 83 0.5× 33 0.5× 60 1.0× 34 1.3k
Raymond E. Hulse United States 14 473 0.6× 217 0.5× 71 0.4× 105 1.5× 27 0.5× 16 940
Abba E. Leffler United States 8 560 0.8× 278 0.7× 139 0.9× 31 0.4× 27 0.5× 15 841
Remigijus Lapė United Kingdom 15 964 1.3× 628 1.6× 25 0.2× 40 0.6× 106 1.8× 26 1.2k
Andrew J.R. Plested Germany 22 932 1.3× 815 2.0× 75 0.5× 132 1.9× 15 0.3× 51 1.2k
Darren W. Engers United States 26 1.0k 1.4× 831 2.1× 111 0.7× 69 1.0× 72 1.2× 73 1.6k
Verian Bader Germany 20 667 0.9× 306 0.8× 43 0.3× 20 0.3× 54 0.9× 44 1.2k
Victor I. Ilyin United States 22 699 0.9× 481 1.2× 76 0.5× 20 0.3× 133 2.3× 35 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wayland W.L. Cheng

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All Works

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Dalal, Vikram L., Mark J. Arcario, John T. Petroff, et al.. (2024). Lipid nanodisc scaffold and size alter the structure of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel. Nature Communications. 15(1). 25–25. 30 indexed citations
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Bracamontes, John, Yusuke Sugasawa, Spencer R. Pierce, et al.. (2024). Three classes of propofol binding sites on GABAA receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(10). 107778–107778. 4 indexed citations
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Schmidpeter, Philipp A. M., John T. Petroff, Cheryl Frankfater, et al.. (2023). Membrane phospholipids control gating of the mechanosensitive potassium leak channel TREK1. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1077–1077. 30 indexed citations
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Petroff, John T., Kirby T. Moreland, Zengqin Deng, et al.. (2022). Open-channel structure of a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel reveals a mechanism of leaflet-specific phospholipid modulation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7017–7017. 23 indexed citations
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Sugasawa, Yusuke, Wayland W.L. Cheng, John Bracamontes, et al.. (2020). Site-specific effects of neurosteroids on GABAA receptor activation and desensitization. eLife. 9. 45 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wayland W.L., Melissa M. Budelier, Yusuke Sugasawa, et al.. (2019). Multiple neurosteroid and cholesterol binding sites in voltage-dependent anion channel-1 determined by photo-affinity labeling. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1864(10). 1269–1279. 29 indexed citations
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Petroff, John T., Fong‐Fu Hsu, Philipp A. M. Schmidpeter, et al.. (2019). Direct binding of phosphatidylglycerol at specific sites modulates desensitization of a ligand-gated ion channel. eLife. 8. 30 indexed citations
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Sugasawa, Yusuke, John Bracamontes, Kathiresan Krishnan, et al.. (2019). The molecular determinants of neurosteroid binding in the GABA(A) receptor. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 192. 105383–105383. 17 indexed citations
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Budelier, Melissa M., Wayland W.L. Cheng, Zi-Wei Chen, et al.. (2018). Common binding sites for cholesterol and neurosteroids on a pentameric ligand-gated ion channel. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1864(2). 128–136. 19 indexed citations
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Kim, Daniel, et al.. (2018). Mechanically Enhancing Planar Lipid Bilayers with a Minimal Actin Cortex. Langmuir. 34(37). 10847–10855. 5 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wayland W.L., Zi-Wei Chen, Melissa M. Budelier, et al.. (2018). Mapping Two Neursteroid Modulatory Sites in GLIC: A Prototypic Pentameric Ligand Gated Ion Channel. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 299a–299a. 1 indexed citations
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Budelier, Melissa M., Wayland W.L. Cheng, Lucie Bergdoll, et al.. (2017). Photoaffinity labeling with cholesterol analogues precisely maps a cholesterol-binding site in voltage-dependent anion channel-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(22). 9294–9304. 55 indexed citations
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D’Avanzo, Nazzareno, Sun-Joo Lee, Wayland W.L. Cheng, & Colin G. Nichols. (2013). Energetics and Location of Phosphoinositide Binding in Human Kir2.1 Channels. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(23). 16726–16737. 33 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wayland W.L., Jason G. McCoy, Ameer N. Thompson, Colin G. Nichols, & Crina M. Nimigean. (2011). Mechanism for selectivity-inactivation coupling in KcsA potassium channels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(13). 5272–5277. 76 indexed citations
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McCoy, Jason G., Wayland W.L. Cheng, Ameer N. Thompson, Crina M. Nimigean, & Colin G. Nichols. (2011). Mechanism for Selectivity-Inactivation Coupling in KcsA Potassium Channels. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 565a–565a. 2 indexed citations
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D’Avanzo, Nazzareno, Wayland W.L. Cheng, Xiaobing Xia, et al.. (2010). Expression and purification of recombinant human inward rectifier K+ (KCNJ) channels in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Protein Expression and Purification. 71(1). 115–121. 21 indexed citations
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D’Avanzo, Nazzareno, Wayland W.L. Cheng, Shizhen Wang, Decha Enkvetchakul, & Colin G. Nichols. (2010). Lipids driving protein structure? Evolutionary adaptations in Kir channels. Channels. 4(3). 139–141. 17 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wayland W.L., Decha Enkvetchakul, & Colin G. Nichols. (2009). KirBac1.1: It's an Inward Rectifying Potassium Channel. The Journal of General Physiology. 133(3). 295–305. 50 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wayland W.L., et al.. (2008). Random assembly of SUR subunits in KATPchannel complexes. Channels. 2(1). 34–38. 16 indexed citations

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