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Ernest M. Wright

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
107
Citations
36061
World Ranking
1116
National Ranking
668

Ernest M. Wright publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ernest M. Wright sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 326 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Ernest M. Wright D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ernest M. Wright sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ernest M. Wright is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. The research focus spans Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work particularly concentrates on Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Oncology, and Biochemistry.

The scientist's main topics of investigation include:

  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Frequent publication venues where their research appears are:

  • Function
  • Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
  • Nature Communications
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ernest M. Wright include:

  • Donald D. F. Loo
  • Jeff Abramson
  • Farha Khan
  • Matthias Elgeti
  • Samuel Grandfield

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Ernest M. Wright are:

  • "SGLT2 and cancer," 2020, published in Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
  • "Membrane potential accelerates sugar uptake by stabilizing the outward facing conformation of the Na/glucose symporter vSGLT," 2023, published in Nature Communications
  • "The Molecular Basis of Glucose Galactose Malabsorption in a Large Swedish Pedigree," 2021, published in Function
  • "Function Trumps Form in Two Sugar Symporters, LacY and vSGLT," 2021, published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Effect of Jardiance on glucose uptake into astrocytomas," 2024, published in Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Best Publications

  • Biology of Human Sodium Glucose Transporters

    Ernest M. Wright;Donald D.F.Loo Loo;Bruce A. Hirayama

  • Expression cloning and cDNA sequencing of the Na+/glucose co-transporter

    Matthias A. Hediger;Michael J. Coady;Tyson S. Ikeda;Ernest M. Wright

  • Biological membranes: the physical basis of ion and nonelectrolyte selectivity.

    Jared M. Diamond;Ernest M. Wright

  • Active sugar transport in health and disease

    E. M. Wright;B. A. Hirayama;D. F. Loo

  • The sodium/glucose cotransport family SLC5.

    Ernest M. Wright;Eric Turk

  • Thyroid Na+/I- symporter. Mechanism, stoichiometry, and specificity.

    Sepehr Eskandari;Donald D.F. Loo;Ge Dai;Orlie Levy

  • The Crystal Structure of a Sodium Galactose Transporter Reveals Mechanistic Insights into Na+/Sugar Symport

    Salem Faham;Akira Watanabe;Gabriel Mercado Besserer;Duilio Cascio

  • Cotransport of Water by the Na + /glucose Cotransporter

    Donald D. F. Loo;Thomas Zeuthen;Grischa Chandy;Ernest M. Wright

  • Intestinal transport of amino acids and sugars: advances using membrane vesicles.

    Bruce R. Stevens;Jonathan D. Kaunitz;Ernest M. Wright

  • Glucose/galactose malabsorption caused by a defect in the Na + /glucose cotransporter

    E. Turk;B. Zabel;S. Mundlos;J. Dyer

  • Multiple transport pathways for neutral amino acids in rabbit jejunal brush border vesicles

    Bruce R. Stevens;Helen J. Ross;Ernest M. Wright

  • A Method for Determining the Unitary Functional Capacity of Cloned Channels and Transporters Expressed in Xenopus Laevis Oocytes

    G. A. Zampighi;M. Kreman;K. J. Boorer;D. D. F. Loo

  • Analytical isolation of plasma membranes of intestinal epithelial cells: identification of Na, K-ATPase rich membranes and the distribution of enzyme activities.

    Austin K. Mircheff;Ernest M. Wright

  • Glucose transport families SLC5 and SLC50

    Ernest M. Wright

  • Homology of the human intestinal Na+/glucose and Escherichia coli Na+/proline cotransporters.

    Matthias A. Hediger;Eric Turk;Ernest M. Wright

  • Intestinal absorption in health and disease--sugars

    Ernest M. Wright;Martı́n G. Martı́n;Eric Turk

  • Mechanisms of ion transport across the choroid plexus

    Ernest M. Wright

  • Regulation of Na+/glucose cotransporters.

    E. M. Wright;J. R. Hirsch;D. D. F. Loo;G. A. Zampighi

  • Membrane topology motifs in the SGLT cotransporter family.

    E. Turk;E.M. Wright

  • Electrogenic properties of the cloned Na+/glucose cotransporter: I. Voltage-clamp studies.

    Lucie Parent;Stéphane Supplisson;Donald D. F. Loo;Ernest M. Wright

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald D. F. Loo
Donald D. F. Loo University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas Zeuthen
Thomas Zeuthen University of Copenhagen
Matthias A. Hediger
Matthias A. Hediger University of Bern
Jorge R. Barrio
Jorge R. Barrio University of California, Los Angeles
Sung-Cheng Huang
Sung-Cheng Huang University of California, Los Angeles
Jared M. Diamond
Jared M. Diamond University of California, Los Angeles
Hermann Koepsell
Hermann Koepsell University of Würzburg
Matthew P. Jacobson
Matthew P. Jacobson University of California, San Francisco
Wolf B. Frommer
Wolf B. Frommer Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Stefan Mundlos
Stefan Mundlos Max Planck Society

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