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Michael L. Jennings

High Impact

Professor and Chair

Also affiliated: University of Iowa (1982–1991); Harvard University (1976–1980); Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (1991); City University of New York (2006); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2012); Fukuoka University (1994); Hunter College (2006); Max Planck Institute of Biophysics (1978–1982); Geophysical Laboratory (1976–1980); The University of Texas Health Science Center (1997); The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (1988–1996); The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (1997)

Faculty Researcher

40 h-index 100 pubs 4,925 cited

  • Humans
  • Animals
  • Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte
  • Erythrocytes
  • Chlorides
  • Kinetics
  • Erythrocyte Membrane
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Rabbits
  • 4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic Acid
  • Biological Transport
  • 4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic Acid
  • Stilbenes
  • Carrier Proteins
  • In Vitro Techniques

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Michael L. Jennings is a Professor and Chair at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. His research focuses on the cell physiology and molecular mechanisms of anion transport, particularly by erythrocyte band 3/AE1. Jennings has investigated the role of transporters in regulating intracellular inorganic phosphate in mammals. His work also explores how transferrin receptor 1-mediated iron uptake influences bone mass in mice, specifically through its effects on osteoclast mitochondria and the cytoskeleton.

Jennings' scholarship includes a publication on determining a complete set of rate constants for a transporter's catalytic cycle and a study on the transferrin receptor 1-mediated regulation of bone mass. He has collaborated with researchers such as Samuel G. Mackintosh, Ricky D. Edmondson, and Renny S. Lan from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, as well as Nükhet Aykin‐Burns from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.

His scholarly contributions are recognized by a high-impact researcher designation, evidenced by an h-index of 40 and over 4,870 citations across 98 publications. Jennings maintains an active laboratory website and leads a research group.

Metrics

  • h-index: 40
  • Publications: 100
  • Citations: 4,925

Selected Publications

  • A complete set of rate constants for a transporter’s catalytic cycle (2025)
    The Journal of General Physiology DOI OpenAlex
  • Role of transporters in regulating mammalian intracellular inorganic phosphate (2023)
    Frontiers in Pharmacology 36 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Author response: Transferrin receptor 1-mediated iron uptake regulates bone mass in mice via osteoclast mitochondria and cytoskeleton (2022)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Transferrin receptor 1-mediated iron uptake regulates bone mass in mice via osteoclast mitochondria and cytoskeleton (2022)
    eLife 68 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Cell physiology and molecular mechanism of anion transport by erythrocyte band 3/AE1 (2021)
    American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 69 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Transferrin receptor 1-mediated iron uptake regulates bone mass in mice via osteoclast mitochondria and cytoskeleton (2021)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Decoding the epitranscriptional landscape from native RNA sequences (2020)
    Nucleic Acids Research 319 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Decoding the Epitranscriptional Landscape from Native RNA Sequences (2018)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 22 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Carriers, exchangers, and cotransporters in the first 100 years of the <i>Journal of General Physiology</i> (2018)
    The Journal of General Physiology 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Deletion of ferroportin in murine myeloid cells increases iron accumulation and stimulates osteoclastogenesis in vitro and in vivo (2018)
    Journal of Biological Chemistry 59 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Asymmetry of inverted-topology repeats in the AE1 anion exchanger suggests an elevator-like mechanism (2017)
    The Journal of General Physiology 40 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Murine Osteoclasts Lacking Transferrin Receptor 1 have Altered Mitochondrial Metabolism, Cytoskeletal Organization and Increased Trabecular Bone Mass (2017)
    Free Radical Biology and Medicine 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Repeat-Swap Homology Modeling of the Anion Exchanger AE1 Reveals an Elevator-Like Antiport Mechanism (2017)
    Biophysical Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Acidic Eye‐Drops De‐Swell the Edematous Corneas of <i>Slc4a11</i> ‐null Mice; Evidence for Functional Coupling between Slc4a11 and the H <sup>+</sup> /lactate Cotransporter Mct1 (2016)
    The FASEB Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Mouse Slc4a11 expressed in <i>Xenopus</i> oocytes is an ideally selective H<sup>+</sup>/OH<sup>−</sup> conductance pathway that is stimulated by rises in intracellular and extracellular pH (2016)
    American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 46 citations DOI OpenAlex

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