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66
Citations
11581
World Ranking
8889
National Ranking
77

Overview

Christoph Romanin is affiliated with Johannes Kepler University of Linz in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience and medicine, with a substantial emphasis on subfields including sensory systems, biochemistry, materials chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and molecular biology.

The main topics of their research encompass ion channels and receptors, phytochemicals and antioxidant activities, neurobiology and insect physiology research, crystallization and solubility studies, x-ray diffraction in crystallography, toxin mechanisms and immunotoxins, and ion channel regulation and function.

Romanin has contributed extensively to several publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in The Cambridge Structural Database, Cell Calcium, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and The Journal of Physiology.

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Romanin include:

  • Inactivation-mimicking block of the epithelial calcium channel TRPV6, 2020, Science Advances
  • STIM Proteins: An Ever-Expanding Family, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Activation mechanisms and structural dynamics of STIM proteins, 2023, The Journal of Physiology
  • Interhelical interactions within the STIM1 CC1 domain modulate CRAC channel activation, 2020, Nature Chemical Biology
  • Natural product inspired optimization of a selective TRPV6 calcium channel inhibitor, 2020, RSC Medicinal Chemistry

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Marc Fahrner
  • Herwig Grabmayr
  • Sonja Lindinger
  • Isabella Derler
  • Rajesh Bhardwaj

Best Publications

  • Dynamic coupling of the putative coiled-coil domain of ORAI1 with STIM1 mediates ORAI1 channel activation.

    Martin Muik;Irene Frischauf;Isabella Derler;Marc Fahrner

  • A Cytosolic Homomerization and a Modulatory Domain within STIM1 C Terminus Determine Coupling to ORAI1 Channels

    Martin Muik;Marc Fahrner;Isabella Derler;Rainer Schindl

  • Coassembly of Trp1 and Trp3 proteins generates diacylglycerol- and Ca2+-sensitive cation channels.

    Birgit Lintschinger;Monika Balzer-Geldsetzer;Tyagarajan Baskaran;Wolfgang F. Graier

  • Proliferation of aligned mammalian cells on laser-nanostructured polystyrene.

    Esther Rebollar;Irene Frischauf;Michael Olbrich;Thomas Peterbauer

  • Simple test system for single molecule recognition force microscopy

    Christian K. Riener;Cordula M. Stroh;Andreas Ebner;Christian Klampfl

  • STIM1 couples to ORAI1 via an intramolecular transition into an extended conformation

    Martin Muik;Marc Fahrner;Rainer Schindl;Peter Stathopulos

  • STIM1/Orai1 coiled-coil interplay in the regulation of store-operated calcium entry

    Peter B. Stathopulos;Rainer Schindl;Marc Fahrner;Le Zheng

  • TRPC3 and TRPC4 Associate to Form a Redox-sensitive Cation Channel EVIDENCE FOR EXPRESSION OF NATIVE TRPC3-TRPC4 HETEROMERIC CHANNELS IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS

    Michael Poteser;Annarita Graziani;Christian Rosker;Petra Eder

  • Single-Molecule Imaging of L-Type Ca2+ Channels in Live Cells

    Gregory S. Harms;Laurent Cognet;Piet H.M. Lommerse;Gerhard A. Blab

  • Orai1 contributes to the establishment of an apoptosis-resistant phenotype in prostate cancer cells

    Matthieu Flourakis;V'yacheslav Lehen'kyi;Benjamin Beck;M Raphaël

  • Ca2+ signaling by TRPC3 involves Na+ entry and local coupling to the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger

    Christian Rosker;Annarita Graziani;Michael Lukas;Petra Eder

  • Trp proteins form store-operated cation channels in human vascular endothelial cells

    Klaus Groschner;Susanne Hingel;Birgit Lintschinger;Monika Balzer

  • Novel pyrazole compounds for pharmacological discrimination between receptor‐operated and store‐operated Ca2+ entry pathways

    H Schleifer;B Doleschal;M Lichtenegger;R Oppenrieder

  • Modulation of Voltage- and Ca2+-dependent Gating of CaV1.3 L-type Calcium Channels by Alternative Splicing of a C-terminal Regulatory Domain

    Anamika Singh;Mathias Gebhart;Reinhard Fritsch;Martina J. Sinnegger-Brauns

  • Molecular Determinants of the Coupling between STIM1 and Orai Channels DIFFERENTIAL ACTIVATION OF Orai1–3 CHANNELS BY A STIM1 COILED-COIL MUTANT

    Irene Frischauf;Martin Muik;Isabella Derler;Judith Bergsmann

  • C-terminal modulator controls Ca2+-dependent gating of Cav1.4 L-type Ca2+ channels

    Anamika Singh;Daniel Hamedinger;Jean-Charles Hoda;Mathias Gebhart

  • Auto-inhibitory role of the EF-SAM domain of STIM proteins in store-operated calcium entry

    Le Zheng;Peter B. Stathopulos;Rainer Schindl;Guang-Yao Li

  • 2-Aminoethoxydiphenyl Borate Alters Selectivity of Orai3 Channels by Increasing Their Pore Size

    Rainer Schindl;Judith Bergsmann;Irene Frischauf;Isabella Derler

  • The action of selective CRAC channel blockers is affected by the Orai pore geometry

    Isabella Derler;Rainer Schindl;Reinhard Fritsch;Peter Heftberger

  • Trp proteins form store-operated cation channels in human vascular endothelial cells (FEBS 20791) (FEBS Letters 437 (1998) (101-106) PII: S0014579398012125)

    K. Groschner;S. Hingel;B. Lintschinger;M. Balzer

Frequent Co-Authors

Klaus Groschner
Klaus Groschner Medical University of Graz
Hermann J. Gruber
Hermann J. Gruber Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Peter Hinterdorfer
Peter Hinterdorfer Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Václav Švorčík
Václav Švorčík University of Chemistry and Technology
Sergii Yakunin
Sergii Yakunin ETH Zurich
Matthias A. Hediger
Matthias A. Hediger University of Bern
Wolfgang F. Graier
Wolfgang F. Graier Medical University of Graz
Mitsuhiko Ikura
Mitsuhiko Ikura Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Michael X. Zhu
Michael X. Zhu The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Jörg Striessnig
Jörg Striessnig University of Innsbruck

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