2026 Karl Kunzelmann: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	90	2483	2275	179	168	308	22760

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

Publications

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Biology and Biochemistry

2483

2275

179

168

308

22760

Biology and Biochemistry

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Citations

22760

World Ranking

2483

National Ranking

179

Overview

Karl Kunzelmann is affiliated with the University of Regensburg in Germany. Their research spans several interconnected fields primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The main areas of study for Kunzelmann include:

Molecular Biology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Physiology
Genetics
Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Kunzelmann's work focuses significantly on topics such as:

Ion channel regulation and function
Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
Asthma and respiratory diseases
Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
Biomedical Research and Pathophysiology

The scientist has contributed frequently to various publication venues. The most common include:

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
Cell Calcium
The FASEB Journal
Cells

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kunzelmann are:

"Cyst growth in ADPKD is prevented by pharmacological and genetic inhibition of TMEM16A in vivo," 2020, Nature Communications
"Pharmacological Inhibition and Activation of the Ca2+ Activated Cl− Channel TMEM16A," 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
"Impaired Renal HCO3 - Excretion in Cystic Fibrosis," 2020, Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
"P. aeruginosa Induced Lipid Peroxidation Causes Ferroptotic Cell Death in Airways," 2021, Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry
"TMEM16A Mediates Mucus Production in Human Airway Epithelial Cells," 2020, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Karl Kunzelmann has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Rainer Schreiber
Jiraporn Ousingsawat
Raquel Centeio
Khaoula Talbi
Inês Cabrita

Best Publications

CFTR expression and chloride secretion in polarized immortal human bronchial epithelial cells.

A. L. Cozens;M. J. Yezzi;K. Kunzelmann;T. Ohrui

1070
Citations
Electrolyte Transport in the Mammalian Colon: Mechanisms and Implications for Disease

Karl Kunzelmann;Marcus Mall

801
Citations
Ion channels and cancer.

Karl Kunzelmann

618
Citations
Podocin and MEC-2 bind cholesterol to regulate the activity of associated ion channels.

Tobias B. Huber;Bernhard Schermer;Roman Ulrich Müller;Martin Höhne

333
Citations
TMEM16A Induces MAPK and Contributes Directly to Tumorigenesis and Cancer Progression

Umamaheswar Duvvuri;Daniel J. Shiwarski;Dong Xiao;Carol Bertrand

325
Citations
Loss of TMEM16A Causes a Defect in Epithelial Ca2+-dependent Chloride Transport

Jiraporn Ousingsawat;Joana R. Martins;Rainer Schreiber;Jason R. Rock

282
Citations
Expression and Function of Epithelial Anoctamins

Rainer Schreiber;Inna Uliyakina;Patthara Kongsuphol;Richard Warth

257
Citations
The amiloride-inhibitable Na+ conductance is reduced by the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in normal but not in cystic fibrosis airways.

M Mall;M Bleich;R Greger;R Schreiber

256
Citations
Transfer and Expression of Foreign Genes in Mammalian Cells

A. Colosimo;K. K. Goncz;A. R. Holmes;K. H. P. Kunzelmann

247
Citations
Characteristics of apical chloride channels in human colon cells (HT29).

John P. Hayslett;Heinz Gögelein;Karl Kunzelmann;Rainer Greger

237
Citations
Anoctamins are a family of Ca2+-activated Cl- channels.

Yuemin Tian;Rainer Schreiber;Karl Kunzelmann

232
Citations
TMEM16 proteins produce volume-regulated chloride currents that are reduced in mice lacking TMEM16A.

Joana Almaça;Yuemin Tian;Fadi Aldehni;Jiraporn Ousingsawat

209
Citations
Inhibition of epithelial Na+ currents by intracellular domains of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.

K Kunzelmann;G.L Kiser;R Schreiber;J.R Riordan

204
Citations
Enhanced expression of ANO1 in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma causes cell migration and correlates with poor prognosis.

Christian Ruiz;Joana Raquel Martins;Florian Rudin;Sandra Schneider

192
Citations
The role of the IsK protein in the specific pharmacological properties of the IKs channel complex

A. E. Busch;G. L. Busch;E. Ford;H. Suessbrich

188
Citations
Molecular targeting of CFTR as a therapeutic approach to cystic fibrosis

Margarida D. Amaral;Karl Kunzelmann

187
Citations
Cholinergic ion secretion in human colon requires coactivation by cAMP

M. Mall;M. Bleich;M. Schürlein;J. Kühr

183
Citations
Wild type but not ΔF508 CFTR inhibits Na+ conductance when coexpressed in Xenopus oocytes

M. Mall;A. Hipper;R. Greger;K. Kunzelmann

182
Citations
Expression of Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels in Human and Mouse Colonic Carcinoma

Jiraporn Ousingsawat;Melanie Spitzner;Supaporn Puntheeranurak;Luigi Terracciano

181
Citations
Anoctamin 6 mediates effects essential for innate immunity downstream of P2X7 receptors in macrophages.

Jiraporn Ousingsawat;Podchanart Wanitchakool;Arthur Kmit;Ana M. Romao

177
Citations