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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Polish Academy of Science
  • 1991 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Detlev Ganten is affiliated with the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with particular emphasis on infectious diseases and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their main research topics include:

  • Renin-Angiotensin System Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Ganten cover a range of issues related to COVID-19 and the renin-angiotensin system. These include:

  • Overcoming fragmentation of health research in Europe: lessons from COVID-19, 2020, The Lancet
  • Renin-Angiotensin-System (RAS) und COVID-19 - Zur Verordnung von RAS-Blockern, 2020, DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
  • Renin-Angiotensin-System (RAS) und COVID-19, 2020, Pneumologie

Frequent co-authors of Ganten reflect collaboration across multiple studies and fields, including:

  • Reinhold Kreutz
  • Engi Algharably
  • Franz H. Messerli
  • Karin R. Sipido
  • Fernando Antoñanzas

The venues where Ganten has published frequently are:

  • The Lancet
  • DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift
  • Pneumologie

In addition to journal articles, Ganten has published books. Notably, one of their books is titled Die Idee des Humanen, published in 2021 by S. Hirzel Verlag.

Recognition of Ganten's career includes memberships and awards such as:

  • Member of Academia Europaea (1991)
  • Polish Academy of Science (2000)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution

    Richard A. Gibbs;George M. Weinstock;Michael L. Metzker;Donna M. Muzny

  • Atrial natriuretic factor—a circulating hormone stimulated by volume loading

    R. E. Lang;H. Thölken;D. Ganten;F. C. Luft

  • Fulminant hypertension in transgenic rats harbouring the mouse Ren-2 gene

    J. J. Mullins;J. Peters;D. Ganten

  • Genetic mapping of a gene causing hypertension in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat.

    Howard J. Jacob;Howard J. Jacob;Klaus Lindpaintner;Klaus Lindpaintner;Stephen E. Lincoln;Kenro Kusumi

  • Organization of angiotensin II immunoreactive cells and fibers in the rat central nervous system. An immunohistochemical study.

    Lind Rw;Swanson Lw;Ganten D

  • The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Past, present and future.

    P. Vecsei;E. Hackenthal;D. Ganten

  • Morphology, physiology, and molecular biology of renin secretion

    E. Hackenthal;M. Paul;D. Ganten;R. Taugner

  • Chromosomal mapping of two genetic loci associated with blood-pressure regulation in hereditary hypertensive rats.

    P. Hilbert;K. Lindpaintner;K. Lindpaintner;J. S. Beckmann;T. Serikawa

  • NF-κB Inhibition Ameliorates Angiotensin II–Induced Inflammatory Damage in Rats

    Dominik N. Muller;Ralf Dechend;Eero M. A. Mervaala;Joon-Keun Park

  • Angiotensin and cell growth: a link to cardiovascular hypertrophy?

    Pierre Schelling;Hans Fischer;Detlev Ganten

  • Preimplantation-stage stem cells induce long-term allogeneic graft acceptance without supplementary host conditioning

    Fred Fändrich;Xiongbin Lin;Gui X. Chai;Gui X. Chai;Maren Schulze

  • Converting Enzyme Inhibition Specifically Prevents the Development and Induces Regression of Cardiac Hypertrophy in Rats

    Wolfgang Linz;Bernward A. Schölkens;Detlev Ganten

  • Lessons from rat models of hypertension: from Goldblatt to genetic engineering

    Yigal M Pinto;Martin Paul;Martin Paul;Detlev Ganten;Detlev Ganten

  • Immunohistochemical evidence for the existence of angiotensin II-containing nerve terminals in the brain and spinal cord in the rat

    K. Fuxe;K. Fuxe;D. Ganten;D. Ganten;T. Hökfelt;T. Hökfelt;P. Bolme;P. Bolme

  • Angiotensin-Forming Enzyme in Brain Tissue

    Detlev Ganten;James L. Minnich;Pierre Granger;Karl Hayduk

  • Oxytocin Unlike Vasopressin Is a Stress Hormone in the Rat

    Rudolf E. Lang;Jürgen W.E. Heil;Detlev Ganten;Klaus Hermann

  • Renin in dog brain.

    D Ganten;A Marquez-Julio;P Granger;K Hayduk

  • Angiotensin synthesis in the brain and increased turnover in hypertensive rats

    D. Ganten;K. Hermann;C. Bayer;Th. Unger

  • Update on tissue renin–angiotensin systems

    Michael Bader;Detlev Ganten

  • Tissue renin-angiotensin systems: new insights from experimental animal models in hypertension research.

    Michael Bader;Jörg Peters;Ovidiu Baltatu;Dominik N. Müller

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Bader
Michael Bader Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Thomas Unger
Thomas Unger Maastricht University
Friedrich C. Luft
Friedrich C. Luft Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Martin Paul
Martin Paul Ruhr University Bochum
Carlos M. Ferrario
Carlos M. Ferrario Wake Forest University
John J. Mullins
John J. Mullins University of Edinburgh
Dominik N. Müller
Dominik N. Müller Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Norbert Hubner
Norbert Hubner Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Debra I. Diz
Debra I. Diz Wake Forest University

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