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Gary R. Lewin is affiliated with the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Germany. Their research primarily spans several interconnected scientific fields including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Neuroscience. Within these areas, their focus narrows further into subfields such as Physiology, Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Cell Biology.

The research topics consistently addressed in Gary R. Lewin's work include Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology, Ion channel regulation and function, Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Ion Channels and Receptors, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, and Evolution and Paleontology Studies.

The frequent venues for their publications reflect a strong presence in reputable journals and preprint servers. These include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Neuron, eLife, Science, and Nature Communications.

Prominent recent papers authored or co-authored by Gary R. Lewin demonstrate a range of contributions to sensory biology, molecular medicine, and neurobiology. These papers include:

  • "The Sensory Coding of Warm Perception," 2020, Neuron
  • "The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current 'myths' in naked mole-rat biology," 2021, Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • "Cultural transmission of vocal dialect in the naked mole-rat," 2021, Science
  • "USH2A is a Meissner's corpuscle protein necessary for normal vibration sensing in mice and humans," 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • "TMEM87a/Elkin1, a component of a novel mechanoelectrical transduction pathway, modulates melanoma adhesion and migration," 2020, eLife

Gary R. Lewin has frequently collaborated with researchers such as Valérie Bégay, Oscar Sánchez-Carranza, Sampurna Chakrabarti, Alison J. Barker, and Nigel C. Bennett. These collaborations indicate a network of partners engaged across related topics in sensory perception and molecular medicine.

Best Publications

  • PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NEUROTROPHINS

    Gary R. Lewin;Yves-Alain Barde

  • Piezo2 is the major transducer of mechanical forces for touch sensation in mice

    Sanjeev S. Ranade;Seung Hyun Woo;Adrienne E. Dubin;Rabih A. Moshourab

  • Severe neuropathies in mice with targeted mutations in the ErbB3 receptor

    Dieter Riethmacher;Eva Sonnenberg-Riethmacher;Volker Brinkmann;Tomoichiro Yamaai

  • The DRASIC Cation Channel Contributes to the Detection of Cutaneous Touch and Acid Stimuli in Mice

    Margaret P. Price;Sabrina L. McIlwrath;Jinghui Xie;Chun Cheng

  • Nerve growth factor-induced hyperalgesia in the neonatal and adult rat

    Gary R. Lewin;Amy M. Ritter;Lorne M. Mendell

  • Nerve growth factor and nociception

    Gary R. Lewin;Lorne M. Mendell

  • Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of NGF‐induced Hyperalgesia

    Gary R. Lewin;Alain Rueff;Lorne M. Mendell

  • The mammalian sodium channel BNC1 is required for normal touch sensation.

    Margaret P. Price;Gary R. Lewin;Sabrina L. Mcilwrath;Chun Cheng

  • Fructose-driven glycolysis supports anoxia resistance in the naked mole-rat

    Thomas J. Park;Jane Reznick;Bethany L. Peterson;Gregory Blass

  • Isolectin B4-Positive and -Negative Nociceptors Are Functionally Distinct

    Cheryl L. Stucky;Gary R. Lewin

  • Hypoalgesia and altered inflammatory responses in mice lacking kinin B1 receptors

    João B. Pesquero;Ronaldo C. Araujo;Paul A. Heppenstall;Cheryl L. Stucky

  • Receptive Properties of Mouse Sensory Neurons Innervating Hairy Skin

    Martin Koltzenburg;Cheryl L. Stucky;Gary R. Lewin

  • The homeodomain factor lbx1 distinguishes two major programs of neuronal differentiation in the dorsal spinal cord.

    Thomas Müller;Henning Brohmann;Alessandra Pierani;Paul A. Heppenstall

  • Central hyperexcitability triggered by noxious inputs

    Stephen B. McMahon;Gary R. Lewin;Patrick D. Wall

  • The mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo2 mediates sensitivity to mechanical pain in mice

    Swetha E. Murthy;Meaghan C. Loud;Ihab Daou;Kara L. Marshall

  • Nociceptors: a phylogenetic view

    Ewan St. John Smith;Gary R. Lewin

  • Roles for the pro-neurotrophin receptor sortilin in neuronal development, aging and brain injury

    Pernille Jansen;Klaus Giehl;Klaus Giehl;Jens R Nyengaard;Kenneth Teng

  • Abundant production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor by adult visceral epithelia. Implications for paracrine and target-derived Neurotrophic functions.

    Marek Lommatzsch;Armin Braun;Anne Mannsfeldt;Vladimir A. Botchkarev

  • A stomatin-domain protein essential for touch sensation in the mouse

    Christiane Wetzel;Jing Hu;Dieter Riethmacher;Anne Benckendorff

  • Tuning Piezo ion channels to detect molecular-scale movements relevant for fine touch

    Kate Poole;Regina Herget;Liudmila Lapatsina;Ha-Duong Ngo

  • Specific subtypes of cutaneous mechanoreceptors require neurotrophin-3 following peripheral target innervation

    Matti S Airaksinen;Martin Koltzenburg;Gary R Lewin;Yasuo Masu

Frequent Co-Authors

James F.A. Poulet
James F.A. Poulet Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Stephen B. McMahon
Stephen B. McMahon King's College London
Lorne M. Mendell
Lorne M. Mendell Stony Brook University
Cheryl L. Stucky
Cheryl L. Stucky Medical College of Wisconsin
Nigel C. Bennett
Nigel C. Bennett University of Pretoria
Hans Thoenen
Hans Thoenen Max Planck Society
Rohini Kuner
Rohini Kuner Heidelberg University
Andrew J. Todd
Andrew J. Todd University of Glasgow
Philipp Khaitovich
Philipp Khaitovich Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Kathryn M. Albers
Kathryn M. Albers University of Pittsburgh

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