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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Florian Lang is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to the subfields of Physiology, Molecular Biology, Nephrology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Immunology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

  • Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
  • Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Magnesium in Health and Disease
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy

Several recent papers illustrate the range and focus of their research interests. Notable publications include:

  • Ion Transport in Eryptosis, the Suicidal Death of Erythrocytes (2020) published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Hydration for health hypothesis: a narrative review of supporting evidence (2020) published in European Journal of Nutrition
  • Circulating uromodulin inhibits vascular calcification by interfering with pro-inflammatory cytokine signalling (2020) published in Cardiovascular Research
  • Underhydration Is Associated with Obesity, Chronic Diseases, and Death Within 3 to 6 Years in the U.S. Population Aged 51-70 Years (2020) published in Nutrients
  • The gut microbiota metabolite urolithin A inhibits NF-κB activation in LPS stimulated BMDMs (2021) published in Scientific Reports

Florian Lang frequently collaborates with a range of co-authors, including:

  • Yogesh Singh
  • Madhuri S. Salker
  • Jakob Voelkl
  • Ioana Alesutan
  • Burkert Pieske

Their work is regularly published in journals such as Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology, and Circulation Research. These venues have hosted multiple articles, demonstrating consistent engagement with these scientific communities.

Best Publications

  • Functional Significance of Cell Volume Regulatory Mechanisms

    Florian Lang;Gillian L. Busch;Markus Ritter;Harald Völkl

  • Cloning and Characterization of Two Human Polyspecific Organic Cation Transporters

    Valentin Gorboulev;Jochen C. Ulzheimer;Aida Akhoundova;Isabel Ulzheimer-Teuber

  • Down-Regulation of Na+/K+ ATPase Activity by Human Parvovirus B19 Capsid Protein VP1

    Ahmad Almilaji;Kalina Szteyn;Evelyn Fein;Tatsiana Pakladok

  • Na+-D-glucose Cotransporter SGLT1 is Pivotal for Intestinal Glucose-Absorption and Glucose-Dependent Incretin Secretion

    Valentin Gorboulev;Annette Schürmann;Volker Vallon;Helmut Kipp

  • The low-affinity monocarboxylate transporter MCT4 is adapted to the export of lactate in highly glycolytic cells.

    Kai-Stefan Dimmer;Björn Friedrich;Florian Lang;Joachim W. Deitmer

  • (Patho)physiological Significance of the Serum- and Glucocorticoid-Inducible Kinase Isoforms

    Florian Lang;Christoph Böhmer;Monica Palmada;Guiscard Seebohm

  • Ceramide accumulation mediates inflammation, cell death and infection susceptibility in cystic fibrosis

    Volker Teichgräber;Martina Ulrich;Nicole Endlich;Joachim Riethmüller

  • Cellular hydration state: an important determinant of protein catabolism in health and disease

    D Häussinger;E Roth;F Lang;W Gerok

  • Cloning and characterization of a putative human serine/threonine protein kinase transcriptionally modified during anisotonic and isotonic alterations of cell volume

    Siegfried Waldegger;Petra Barth;Gertraud Raber;Florian Lang

  • Mechanisms and Significance of Cell Volume Regulation

    F Lang

  • Mechanisms of suicidal erythrocyte death.

    Karl S Lang;Philipp A Lang;Christian Bauer;Christophe Duranton

  • Liver cell death and anemia in Wilson disease involve acid sphingomyelinase and ceramide.

    Philipp A Lang;Marcus Schenck;Jan P Nicolay;Jan Ulrich Becker

  • FAS-induced apoptosis is mediated via a ceramide-initiated RAS signaling pathway.

    Erich Gulbins;Reid Bissonnette;Artin Mahboubi;Seamus Martin

  • Mutations in GJB6 cause nonsyndromic autosomal dominant deafness at DFNA3 locus

    Anna Grifa;Carsten A. Wagner;Lucrezia D'Ambrosio;Salvatore Melchionda

  • Skepinone-L, a Novel Potent and Highly Selective Inhibitor of p38 MAP Kinase, Effectively Impairs Platelet Activation and Thrombus Formation

    Oliver Borst;Britta Walker;Patrick Münzer;Antonella Russo

  • Role of Ca2+-activated K+ channels in human erythrocyte apoptosis

    Philipp A. Lang;Stefanie Kaiser;Swetlana Myssina;Thomas Wieder

  • Fas- or Ceramide-induced Apoptosis Is Mediated by a Rac1-regulated Activation of Jun N-terminal Kinase/p38 Kinases and GADD153

    Birgit Brenner;Ursula Koppenhoefer;Christoph Weinstock;Otwin Linderkamp

  • The Diversity of Volume Regulatory Mechanisms

    Florian Lang;Gillian L. Busch;Harald Völkl

  • Impaired renal Na+ retention in the sgk1-knockout mouse

    Peer Wulff;Volker Vallon;Dan Yang Huang;Harald Völkl

  • Na + -D-glucose Cotransporter SGLT1 is Pivotal for Intestinal Glucose Absorption and Glucose-Dependent

    Valentin Gorboulev;Annette Schürmann;Volker Vallon;Helmut Kipp

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Föller
Michael Föller University of Hohenheim
Erich Gulbins
Erich Gulbins University of Duisburg-Essen
Stephan M. Huber
Stephan M. Huber University of Tübingen
Meinrad Gawaz
Meinrad Gawaz University of Tübingen
Siegfried Waldegger
Siegfried Waldegger Innsbruck Medical University
Christos Stournaras
Christos Stournaras University of Crete
Philipp A. Lang
Philipp A. Lang Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Carsten A. Wagner
Carsten A. Wagner University of Zurich
Thomas Wieder
Thomas Wieder University of Tübingen
Karl S. Lang
Karl S. Lang University of Duisburg-Essen

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