You-Jun Fei

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

You-Jun Fei is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, You-Jun Fei has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Biochemistry and 6 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in You-Jun Fei's work include Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (8 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (6 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (5 papers). You-Jun Fei is often cited by papers focused on Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (8 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (6 papers) and Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (5 papers). You-Jun Fei collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and United Kingdom. You-Jun Fei's co-authors include Vadivel Ganapathy, Frederick H. Leibach, Puttur D. Prasad, Ramesh Kekuda, Michael F. Romero, Satish K. Singh, Matthias A. Hediger, Walter F. Boron, Stephan Nußberger and Yoshikatsu Kanai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

You-Jun Fei

22 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Expression cloning of a mammalian proton-coupled oligopeptide transporter

1994 748 citations You-Jun Fei, Yoshikatsu Kanai et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
You-Jun Fei United States	21	1.4k	725	718	442	259	22	2.8k
Ramesh Kekuda United States	28	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	918 1.3×	635 1.4×	566 2.2×	56	3.6k
Bruce A. Hirayama United States	44	3.3k 2.3×	743 1.0×	794 1.1×	418 0.9×	148 0.6×	72	5.9k
Lorena Pochini Italy	27	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	595 0.8×	198 0.4×	586 2.3×	70	2.8k
Gábor Kottra Germany	30	1.1k 0.8×	633 0.9×	750 1.0×	212 0.5×	143 0.6×	64	2.4k
Antônio Felipe Spain	39	2.8k 1.9×	351 0.5×	510 0.7×	700 1.6×	144 0.6×	157	4.3k
You‐Jun Fei United States	17	932 0.7×	620 0.9×	790 1.1×	299 0.7×	254 1.0×	18	2.0k
Sebastiano Colombatto Italy	29	1.4k 1.0×	344 0.5×	380 0.5×	211 0.5×	159 0.6×	79	3.1k
Mitsuhiro Okamoto Japan	45	3.0k 2.1×	462 0.6×	577 0.8×	321 0.7×	120 0.5×	211	6.2k
Michele Galluccio Italy	30	1.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.5×	554 0.8×	170 0.4×	678 2.6×	79	3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of You-Jun Fei

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fei, You-Jun, Cecilia Castro, Guoliang Jiang, et al.. (2013). Betaine acts on a ligand-gated ion channel in the nervous system of the nematode C. elegans. Nature Neuroscience. 16(12). 1794–1801. 37 indexed citations

Kozlowski, David J., et al.. (2008). Molecular characterization and expression pattern of taurine transporter in zebrafish during embryogenesis. Life Sciences. 82(19-20). 1004–1011. 22 indexed citations

Endres, Christopher J., Cheng Chang, Nagavedi S. Umapathy, et al.. (2006). Electrophysiological Characterization and Modeling of the Structure Activity Relationship of the Human Concentrative Nucleoside Transporter 3 (hCNT3). Molecular Pharmacology. 69(5). 1542–1553. 36 indexed citations

Itagaki, Shirou, Elangovan Gopal, Lina Zhuang, et al.. (2006). Interaction of Ibuprofen and Other Structurally Related NSAIDs with the Sodium-Coupled Monocarboxylate Transporter SMCT1 (SLC5A8). Pharmaceutical Research. 23(6). 1209–1216. 41 indexed citations

Gopal, Elangovan, You-Jun Fei, Seiji Miyauchi, et al.. (2005). Sodium-coupled and electrogenic transport of B-complex vitamin nicotinic acid by slc5a8, a member of the Na/glucose co-transporter gene family. Biochemical Journal. 388(1). 309–316. 79 indexed citations

Srinivas, Sonne R., Elangovan Gopal, Lina Zhuang, et al.. (2005). Cloning and functional identification of slc5a12 as a sodium-coupled low-affinity transporter for monocarboxylates (SMCT2). Biochemical Journal. 392(3). 655–664. 116 indexed citations

Gopal, Elangovan, You-Jun Fei, Mitsuru Sugawara, et al.. (2004). Expression of slc5a8 in Kidney and Its Role in Na+-coupled Transport of Lactate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(43). 44522–44532. 136 indexed citations

Hatanaka, Takahiro, Masayuki Haramura, You-Jun Fei, et al.. (2004). Transport of Amino Acid-Based Prodrugs by the Na+- and Cl--Coupled Amino Acid Transporter ATB0,+ and Expression of the Transporter in Tissues Amenable for Drug Delivery. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 308(3). 1138–1147. 113 indexed citations

Fei, You-Jun, et al.. (2003). Regulation of reduced-folate transporter-1 (RFT-1) by homocysteine and identity of transport systems for homocysteine uptake in retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Experimental Eye Research. 77(6). 687–697. 10 indexed citations

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Rausch, Jeffrey L., et al.. (2002). Initial conditions of serotonin transporter kinetics and genotype: influence on ssri treatment trial outcome. Biological Psychiatry. 51(9). 723–732. 160 indexed citations

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Fei, You-Jun, Mitsuru Sugawara, Takeo Nakanishi, et al.. (2000). Primary Structure, Genomic Organization, and Functional and Electrogenic Characteristics of Human System N 1, a Na+- and H+-coupled Glutamine Transporter. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(31). 23707–23717. 87 indexed citations

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Fei, You-Jun, Michael F. Romero, Michael Krause, et al.. (2000). A Novel H+-coupled Oligopeptide Transporter (OPT3) from Caenorhabditis elegans with a Predominant Function as a H+ Channel and an Exclusive Expression in Neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(13). 9563–9571. 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Haiping, You-Jun Fei, Ramesh Kekuda, et al.. (2000). Structure, function, and genomic organization of human Na⁺-dependent high-affinity dicarboxylate transporter. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 278(5). C1019–C1030. 101 indexed citations

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Prasad, Puttur D., Haiping Wang, Wei Huang, et al.. (1999). Molecular and Functional Characterization of the Intestinal Na+-Dependent Multivitamin Transporter. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 366(1). 95–106. 100 indexed citations

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Prasad, Puttur D., Haiping Wang, Ramesh Kekuda, et al.. (1998). Cloning and Functional Expression of a cDNA Encoding a Mammalian Sodium-dependent Vitamin Transporter Mediating the Uptake of Pantothenate, Biotin, and Lipoate. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(13). 7501–7506. 177 indexed citations

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Fei, You-Jun, Wei Liu, Puttur D. Prasad, et al.. (1997). Identification of the Histidyl Residue Obligatory for the Catalytic Activity of the Human H⁺/Peptide Cotransporters PEPT1 and PEPT2. Biochemistry. 36(2). 452–460. 106 indexed citations

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Kekuda, Ramesh, Puttur D. Prasad, You-Jun Fei, Frederick H. Leibach, & Vadivel Ganapathy. (1996). Cloning and Functional Expression of the Human Type 1 Sigma Receptor (hSigmaR1). Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 229(2). 553–558. 369 indexed citations

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Fei, You-Jun, Puttur D. Prasad, Frederick H. Leibach, & Vadivel Ganapathy. (1995). The Amino Acid Transport System y+L Induced in Xenopus laevis Oocytes by Human Choriocarcinoma Cell (JAR) mRNA Is Functionally Related to the Heavy Chain of the 4F2 Cell Surface Antigen. Biochemistry. 34(27). 8744–8751. 62 indexed citations

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Fei, You-Jun, Yoshikatsu Kanai, Stephan Nußberger, et al.. (1994). Expression cloning of a mammalian proton-coupled oligopeptide transporter. Nature. 368(6471). 563–566. 748 indexed citations breakdown →

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Indrák, Karel, V Brabec, L Chrobák, et al.. (1992). Molecular characterization of β-thalassemia in Czechoslovakia. Human Genetics. 88(4). 399–404. 43 indexed citations

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