Journal of General Physiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of General Physiology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Understanding the role of mutations in voltage-gated sodium ion channels for cardiovascular disorders62
On the molecular mechanism of excitation–transcription coupling in skeletal muscle55
Evaluating sequential and allosteric activation models in IKs channels with mutated voltage sensors40
The epithelial potassium channel Kir7.1 is stimulated by progesterone38
Interplay of Nav1.8 and Nav1.7 channels drives neuronal hyperexcitability in neuropathic pain37
Implication of CREB in the calcium regulation by ischemia/reperfusion in cardiomyocytes35
TMEM16A activation for the fast block to polyspermy in the African clawed frog does not require conventional activation of egg PLCs33
Mutant D96V calmodulin induces unexpected remodeling of cardiac nanostructure and physiology33
Effects of HOCl oxidation on excitation–contraction coupling: Implications for the pathophysiology of Duchenne muscular dystrophy31
Discovery of new intracellular junctions: The calcium entry units (CEUs)30
Why make a strong muscle weaker?29
Protein functional dynamics from the rigorous global analysis of DEER data: Conditions, components, and conformations27
Titin–N2A: More than a signaling node?27
Unraveling the mysteries of the titin–N2A signalosome26
Acute exposure to extracellular BTP2 does not inhibit Ca2+ release during EC coupling in intact skeletal muscle fibers26
Further progress in understanding of myofibrillar function in health and disease24
Muscle ankyrin repeat protein 1 (MARP1) locks titin to the sarcomeric thin filament and is a passive force regulator22
What FXYDs fix22
Cardiomyopathic mutations in essential light chain reveal mechanisms regulating the super relaxed state of myosin22
Mutation of a conserved glutamine residue does not abolish desensitization of acid-sensing ion channel 121
Fragmentation and roles of junctophilin1 in muscle of patients with cytosolic leak of stored calcium20
Regional differences in arrhythmogenesis20
The versatile regulation of K2P channels by polyanionic lipids of the phosphoinositide and fatty acid metabolism19
Mice with R2509C-RYR1 mutation exhibit dysfunctional Ca2+ dynamics in primary skeletal myocytes19
X-ray irradiation triggers immune response in human T-lymphocytes via store-operated Ca2+ entry and NFAT activation19
CaV1.3 L-type Ca2+ channel modulates pancreatic β-cell electrical activity and survival19
Mutations in proteins involved in E-C coupling and SOCE and congenital myopathies18
Role of a conserved ion-binding site tyrosine in ion selectivity of the Na+/K+ pump18
Interrogating the gating motions of the NaK channel17
Spliced isoforms of the cardiac Nav1.5 channel modify channel activation by distinct structural mechanisms17
From α1s splicing to γ1 function: A new twist in subunit modulation of the skeletal muscle L-type Ca2+ channel17
Directing two-way traffic in the kidney: A tale of two ions17
Real-time observation of functional specialization among phosphorylation sites in CFTR16
Differential regulation of cardiac sodium channels by intracellular fibroblast growth factors16
PACAP and acetylcholine cause distinct Ca2+ signals and secretory responses in chromaffin cells16
How can AI accelerate advances in physiology?15
Machine learning meets Monte Carlo methods for models of muscle’s molecular machinery to classify mutations15
Role of ryanodine receptor 2 and FK506-binding protein 12.6 dissociation in pulmonary hypertension15
Sarcomere length affects Ca2+ sensitivity of contraction in ischemic but not non-ischemic myocardium15
Fluorescence lifetime-based assay reports structural changes in cardiac muscle mediated by effectors of contractile regulation15
Fifty years of gating currents and channel gating15
Phosphorylation of RyR2 simultaneously expands the dyad and rearranges the tetramers14
The structural and functional integrities of porcine myocardium are mostly preserved by cryopreservation14
Fluorescence labeling strategies for cell surface expression of TRPV114
Determinants of iFGF13-mediated regulation of myocardial voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels in mouse13
An Ala/Glu difference in E1 of Cx26 and Cx30 contributes to their differential anionic permeabilities13
Kv1.1 channels help set the pace13
Calcium binding and permeation in TRPV channels: Insights from molecular dynamics simulations13
BK channel modulation by positively charged peptides and auxiliary γ subunits mediated by the Ca2+-bowl site13
Anionic omega currents from single countercharge mutants in the voltage-sensing domain of Ci-VSP12
Elucidating the clandestine behavior of enantiomeric DHPs in calcium channels12
Grammotoxin increases its toxic behavior12
The biophysical properties of TRIC-A and TRIC-B and their interactions with RyR211
Depolarization-induced bursts of miniature synaptic currents in individual synapses of developing cerebellum11
Artificial intelligence approaches to the volumetric quantification of glycogen granules in EM images of human tissue11
Mechanisms of dihydropyridine agonists and antagonists in view of cryo-EM structures of calcium and sodium channels11
The fast block to polyspermy breaks with convention11
Cooperative mechanisms underlie differences in myocardial contractile dynamics between large and small mammals11
Ion channels of cold transduction and transmission11
Probenecid affects muscle Ca2+ homeostasis and contraction independently from pannexin channel block11
Electro-metabolic signaling10
Cardiac mechanical efficiency is preserved in primary cardiac hypertrophy despite impaired mechanical function10
Identification of PUFA interaction sites on the cardiac potassium channel KCNQ110
Differential state-dependent Nav1.8 inhibition by suzetrigine, LTGO-33, and A-88782610
Ctenophores and parahoxozoans independently evolved functionally diverse voltage-gated K+ channels10
Remodeled connexin 43 hemichannels alter cardiac excitability and promote arrhythmias10
Cold and warmth intensify pain-linked sodium channel gating effects and persistent currents10
The zinc-binding motif of TRPM7 acts as an oxidative stress sensor to regulate its channel activity10
The spatial distribution of glycogen and glycogen consumption in muscle cells10
The surprising difficulty of “simple” equilibrium binding measurements on ligand-gated ion channels9
Gating of RYR2 channels from the arrhythmic RYR2-P2328S mouse heart and some unexpected actions of flecainide9
GPCR signaling is highly compartmentalized in human cardiomyocytes and severely remodeled in atrial fibrillation9
Novel Ca2+ wave mechanisms in cardiac myocytes revealed by multiscale Ca2+ release model9
Projections from ventral hippocampus to nucleus accumbens’ cholinergic neurons are altered in depression9
Species dependent cardiac electrophysiological effects elicited by various potassium channel blocking drugs9
D-type K+ current rules the function of electrically coupled neurons in a species-specific fashion9
The physical basis of osmosis9
Extracellular mechanotransduction9
Nociceptor sodium channels shape subthreshold phase, upstroke, and shoulder of action potentials8
ANO1, CaV1.2, and IP3R form a localized unit of EC-coupling in mouse pulmonary arterial smooth muscle8
Modeling cardiac contractile cooperativity across species8
Correction: A mathematical model to quantify RYR Ca2+ leak and associated heat production in resting human skeletal muscle fibers8
Distinct properties and activation of hexameric and heptameric Pannexin 1 channel concatemers8
Correction: Longitudinal diffusion barriers imposed by myofilaments and mitochondria in murine cardiac myocytes8
Calcium has a direct effect on thick filament activation in porcine myocardium8
Correction: Segregation of Ca2+ signaling in olfactory signal transduction8
Calcium current modulation by the γ1 subunit depends on alternative splicing of CaV1.18
Drugs exhibit diverse binding modes and access routes in the Nav1.5 cardiac sodium channel pore8
Correction: Optimization of CFTR gating through the evolution of its extracellular loops8
Therapeutic effects of novel type 1 ryanodine receptor inhibitor on malignant hyperthermia8
Mechanistic insights on KATP channel regulation from cryo-EM structures8
Hippocampal neurons maintain a large PtdIns(4)P pool that results in faster PtdIns(4,5)P2 synthesis8
Direct cardiotoxicity of lead7
Structural basis of the super- and hyper-relaxed states of myosin II7
Burmese pythons exhibit a transient adaptation to nutrient overload that prevents liver damage7
Voltage sensor movements of CaV1.1 during an action potential in skeletal muscle fibers7
Acute exposure to the chemotherapy cisplatin has a biphasic effect in cardiac contractility7
A Kv2 inhibitor traps itself in place7
CaV1.1 defects in hypokalemic periodic paralysis and harnessing multiple approaches for therapeutic intervention7
How do batrachotoxin-bearing frogs and birds avoid self intoxication?7
A strategy for determining the equilibrium constants for heteromeric ion channels in a complex model7
EVAP: A two-photon imaging tool to study conformational changes in endogenous Kv2 channels in live tissues7
Disorder in Ca2+ release unit locations confers robustness but cuts flexibility of heart pacemaking7
Lower troponin expression in the right ventricle of rats explains interventricular differences in E–C coupling7
Charge-voltage curves of Shaker potassium channel are not hysteretic at steady state6
Conformational changes linked to ADP release from human cardiac myosin bound to actin-tropomyosin6
Variants of the myosin interacting-heads motif6
Eccentric contraction-induced strength loss in dystrophin-deficient muscle: Preparations, protocols, and mechanisms6
Optimization of CFTR gating through the evolution of its extracellular loops6
Molecular rearrangements in S6 during slow inactivation in Shaker-IR potassium channels6
Superfast excitation–contraction coupling in adult zebrafish skeletal muscle fibers6
The funny current If is essential for the fight-or-flight response in cardiac pacemaker cells6
Calcium activation through thick and thin?6
Structural determinants of acid-sensing ion channel potentiation by single chain lipids6
Reconstituting depolarization-induced calcium release6
Depressed myocardial cross-bridge cycling kinetics in a female guinea pig model of diastolic heart failure6
X rays activate T cell calcium signaling6
Mechanism of external K+ sensitivity of KCNQ1 channels6
Cardiomyocyte sarcomere length variability: Membrane fluorescence versus second harmonic generation myosin imaging6
RLC phosphorylation amplifies Ca2+ sensitivity of force in myocardium from cMyBP-C knockout mice6
Ion channel regulation of gut immunity6
Extracellular histone proteins activate P2XR7 channel current5
Niclosamide potentiates TMEM16A and induces vasoconstriction5
Application of fluorescent dextrans to the brain surface under constant pressure reveals AQP4-independent solute uptake5
Sarcomere length in the beating heart: Synchronicity is optional5
A pore locus in the E1 domain differentially regulates Cx26 and Cx30 hemichannel function5
About hysteresis in Shaker: A note on Cowgill and Chanda5
Tirasemtiv enhances submaximal muscle tension in an Acta1:p.Asp286Gly mouse model of nemaline myopathy5
Exercise training may reduce fragmented mitochondria in the ischemic-reperfused heart through DRP15
How PKA helps cardiomyocytes Navigate chronic stress5
Myosin and tropomyosin–troponin complementarily regulate thermal activation of muscles5
Light induces a rapid increase in cAMP and activates PKA in rod outer segments of the frog retina5
Shaker-IR K+ channel gating in heavy water: Role of structural water molecules in inactivation5
Mechanisms underlying dilated cardiomyopathy associated with FKBP12 deficiency5
Fusion pore flux controls the rise-times of quantal synaptic responses5
Analogs of FTY720 inhibit TRPM7 but not S1PRs and exert multimodal anti-inflammatory effects5
Mathematical modeling of intracellular osmolarity and cell volume stabilization: The Donnan effect and ion transport5
The C-terminus of Rad is required for membrane localization and L-type calcium channel regulation5
Regulation of NMDAR activation efficiency by environmental factors and subunit composition5
Gating pore currents occur in CaV1.1 domain III mutants associated with HypoPP5
cMyBPC phosphorylation alters response to heart failure drug5
The S1 helix is a VIP in VSP5
Interactions between selectivity filter and pore helix control filter gating in the MthK channel5
Isoform-specific N-linked glycosylation of NaV channel α-subunits alters β-subunit binding sites5
Blood flow-bearing physical forces, endothelial glycocalyx, and liver enzyme mobilization: A hypothesis4
Stochastic force generation in an isometric binary mechanical system4
Examination of conformational dynamics of AdiC transporter with fluorescence-polarization microscopy4
In vivo potentiation of post-tetanic twitch across age and sex4
Catecholamines help snakes have a change of heart4
Distinct roles for CaV1.1’s voltage-sensing domains4
HIFs: New arginine mimic inhibitors of the Hv1 channel with improved VSD–ligand interactions4
Correction: How could simulations elucidate Nav1.5 channel blockers mechanism?4
Exercise-activated Ca2+ entry and enhanced risk of heat stroke4
What happened to the pursuit of truth?4
Neuronal KCNQ2/3 channels are recruited to lipid raft microdomains by palmitoylation of BACE14
The differential impacts of equivalent gating-charge mutations in voltage-gated sodium channels4
Computational study of non-conductive selectivity filter conformations and C-type inactivation in a voltage-dependent potassium channel4
A novel Hv1 inhibitor reveals a new mechanism of inhibition of a voltage-sensing domain4
Sinus node dysfunction in heart failure is characterized by reduced CaMKII signaling4
Increased basal metabolic rate in mice susceptible to malignant hyperthermia and heat stroke4
Piezo1 is a mechanosensor channel in CNS capillaries4
Mechanosensitive channel MscS is critical for termination of the bacterial hypoosmotic permeability response4
Insect elementary calcium release events measured in honeybee muscle cells4
Correction: Functional role of myosin-binding protein H in thick filaments of developing vertebrate fast-twitch skeletal muscle4
State-dependent inhibition of BK channels by the opioid agonist loperamide4
Mavacamten has a differential impact on force generation in myofibrils from rabbit psoas and human cardiac muscle4
Targeting late ICaL to close the window to ventricular arrhythmias4
Pannexin-1 and CaV1.1 show reciprocal interaction during excitation–contraction and excitation–transcription coupling in skeletal muscle3
The action of Con-ikot-ikot toxin on single AMPA-type glutamate receptors3
Lifetime of autofluorescence: A novel method to determine murine skeletal muscle fiber types3
Nerve-dependent distribution of subsynaptic type 1 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor at the neuromuscular junction3
About hysteresis in Shaker: Response to note by Villalba-Galea3
Mutations within the selectivity filter reveal that Kv1 channels have distinct propensities to slow inactivate3
Physical activity impacts resting skeletal muscle myosin conformation and lowers its ATP consumption3
A TREK inhibitor takes multiple tracks3
A model for how Gβγ couples Gα to GPCR3
Why are you talking with snakes? To get new evolutionary insights in cardiac electrophysiology!3
Segregation of Ca2+ signaling in olfactory signal transduction3
JGP in 20233
Piezo1 regulates cholesterol biosynthesis to influence neural stem cell fate during brain development3
Mitochondrial morphology governs ATP production rate3
Full opening of helix bundle crossing does not lead to NaK channel activation3
Gap junctions and hemichannels keep the RPE connected3
ORAI3 is dispensable for store-operated Ca2+ entry and immune responses by lymphocytes and macrophages3
Orai1 as a potential “fits-all approach” therapeutic target for the treatment of DMD3
Light drives the developmental progression of outer retinal function3
Specific ATPases drive compartmentalized glycogen utilization in rat skeletal muscle3
Constitutive assembly of Ca2+ entry units in soleus muscle from calsequestrin knockout mice3
Inactivation of CaV1 and CaV2 channels2
TMEM120A/TACAN inhibits mechanically activated PIEZO2 channels2
ALLIN: A tool for annotation of a protein alignment combined with structural visualization2
Mutation in pore-helix modulates interplay between filter gate and Ba2+ block in a Kcv channel pore2
Molecular mechanism of claudin-15 strand flexibility: A computational study2
Cannabidiol potentiates hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide–gated (HCN4) channels2
Myosin-binding protein-H: Not just filler2
The molecular evolution of function in the CFTR chloride channel2
Longitudinal diffusion barriers imposed by myofilaments and mitochondria in murine cardiac myocytes2
Urea and water are transported through different pathways in the red blood cell membrane2
The Cranefield Awards 20222
Intrinsic adaptive plasticity in mouse and human sensory neurons2
Sensory transduction in auditory hair cells—PIEZOs can’t touch this2
A non-transmembrane channel formed by Ca2+-bound calsequestrin-22
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Molecular basis of impaired muscle function in a mouse model of congenital myopathy due to compound heterozygous RYR1 mutations2
A mutation that prevents myosin from overcoming its inhibitions2
Troponin-I–induced tropomyosin pivoting defines thin-filament function in relaxed and active muscle2
Marfan syndrome cardiomyocytes show excess of titin isoform N2BA and extended sarcomeric M-band2
A novel, patient-derived RyR1 mutation impairs muscle function and calcium homeostasis in mice2
Zinc binding alters the conformational dynamics and drives the transport cycle of the cation diffusion facilitator YiiP2
Examining the calcium sensitivity of skeletal muscle thick filaments2
Pivoting to a new view of tropomyosin movement2
A misstep in the multistep process of fast inactivation2
Modeling the effects of thin filament near-neighbor cooperative interactions in mammalian myocardium2
Mechanisms underlying the distinct K+ dependencies of periodic paralysis2
BK channels of five different subunit combinations underlie the de novo KCNMA1 G375R channelopathy2
Recordings of action potentials, charge movements, and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release in isolated adult zebrafish fast skeletal muscle fibers reveals very fast kinetics of excitation–contraction 2
Exercise attenuates juvenile irradiation-induced skeletal muscle decline by improving calcium handling and decreasing mitochondrial stress2
Myosin’s powerstroke transitions define atomic scale movement of cardiac thin filament tropomyosin2
On the link between antibiotic resistance, diabetes, and wastewater2
Probenecid affects sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release and depresses contractile activation in mouse skeletal muscle2
Myosin motors that cannot bind actin leave their folded OFF state on activation of skeletal muscle2
Mechanism of hydrophobic gating in the acetylcholine receptor channel pore2
Changing face of contractile activation in striated muscle at physiological temperature2
Structural basis for severe pain caused by mutations in the voltage sensors of sodium channel NaV1.72
Connecting the dots on connexin function2
Piezo2 interacts with E-cadherin in specialized gastrointestinal epithelial mechanoreceptors2
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