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Karl-Norbert Klotz

Karl-Norbert Klotz

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
13767
World Ranking
12443
National Ranking
887

Overview

Karl-Norbert Klotz is affiliated with the University of Würzburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Organic Chemistry. Additional areas of specialization include Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine as well as Materials Chemistry.

The main topics addressed in their work focus on Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects, and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling. They also explore Synthesis and Biological Evaluation, Click Chemistry and Applications, Respiratory and Cough-Related Research, and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Key recent publications by Karl-Norbert Klotz include:

  • Pharmacological characterisation of novel adenosine A3 receptor antagonists, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Adenosine Receptor Ligands: Coumarin-Chalcone Hybrids as Modulating Agents on the Activity of hARs, 2020, Molecules
  • A2A Adenosine Receptor Antagonists: Are Triazolotriazine and Purine Scaffolds Interchangeable?, 2022, Molecules
  • Bronchospasmolytic activity and adenosine receptor binding of some newer 1,3-dipropyl-8-phenyl substituted xanthine derivatives, 2020, Chemical Biology & Drug Design
  • Targeting G Protein-Coupled Receptors with Magnetic Carbon Nanotubes: The Case of the A3 Adenosine Receptor, 2020, ChemMedChem

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Klotz include Sonja Kachler, Stephanie Federico, Giampiero Spalluto, Stefano Moro, and Andrea Spinaci. Their work is often published in venues such as the IUPHAR/BPS Guide to Pharmacology CITE, Molecules, ChemMedChem, Current Drug Discovery Technologies, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • International Union of Pharmacology. XXV. Nomenclature and Classification of Adenosine Receptors

    Bertil B. Fredholm;Adriaan P. IJzerman;Kenneth A. Jacobson;Karl-Norbert Klotz

  • Comparative pharmacology of human adenosine receptor subtypes – characterization of stably transfected receptors in CHO cells

    K N Klotz;J Hessling;J Hegler;Christer Owman

  • 8-Cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine (DPCPX)--a selective high affinity antagonist radioligand for A1 adenosine receptors.

    Martin J. Lohse;Karl-Norbert Klotz;Jutta Lindenborn-Fotinos;Martin Reddington

  • Adenosine receptors and their ligands.

    Karl-Norbert Klotz

  • Analysis of receptor oligomerization by FRAP microscopy.

    Sandra Dorsch;Karl-Norbert Klotz;Stefan Engelhardt;Martin J Lohse

  • Ectonucleotidases CD39 and CD73 on OvCA cells are potent adenosine-generating enzymes responsible for adenosine receptor 2A-dependent suppression of T cell function and NK cell cytotoxicity

    Sebastian F. M. Häusler;Itsaso Montalbán del Barrio;Jenny Strohschein;P. Anoop Chandran

  • 2-Chloro-N6-cyclopentyladenosine: a highly selective agonist at A1 adenosine receptors.

    Martin J. Lohse;Karl-Norbert Klotz;Ulrich Schwabe;Gloria Cristalli

  • The small antitumoral immune response modifier imiquimod interacts with adenosine receptor signaling in a TLR7- and TLR8-independent fashion.

    Michael P. Schön;Margarete Schön;Karl-Norbert Klotz

  • Water-soluble phosphate prodrugs of 1-propargyl-8-styrylxanthine derivatives, A2A-Selective adenosine receptor antagonists

    Roland Sauer;Juris Maurinsh;Ulrike Reith;Friederike Fülle

  • Adenosine receptors as mediators of both cell proliferation and cell death of cultured human melanoma cells.

    Stefania Merighi;Prisco Mirandola;Prisco Mirandola;Daniela Milani;Katia Varani

  • 2-Chloro-N6-[3H]cyclopentyladenosine ([3H]CCPA)--a high affinity agonist radioligand for A1 adenosine receptors.

    Karl-Norbert Klotz;Martin J. Lohse;Ulrich Schwabe;Gloria Cristalli

  • [(3)H]MRE 3008F20: a novel antagonist radioligand for the pharmacological and biochemical characterization of human A(3) adenosine receptors.

    Katia Varani;Stefania Merighi;Stefania Gessi;Karl-Norbert Klotz

  • Adenosine receptors and cancer.

    P. Fishman;S. Bar-Yehuda;M. Synowitz;J.D. Powell

  • 2-Alkynyl derivatives of adenosine and adenosine-5'-N-ethyluronamide as selective agonists at A2 adenosine receptors.

    Gloria Cristalli;Alessandra Eleuteri;Sauro Vittori;Rosaria Volpini

  • Adenosine A1 receptor-mediated activation of phospholipase C in cultured astrocytes depends on the level of receptor expression

    Knut Biber;KN Klotz;M Berger;PJ GebickeHarter

  • Photoaffinity labeling of A1-adenosine receptors.

    K N Klotz;G Cristalli;M Grifantini;S Vittori

  • N(6)-alkyl-2-alkynyl derivatives of adenosine as potent and selective agonists at the human adenosine A(3) receptor and a starting point for searching A(2B) ligands.

    Rosaria Volpini;Stefano Costanzi;Catia Lambertucci;Sara Taffi

  • Synthesis, biological activity, and molecular modeling investigation of new pyrazolo[4,3-e]-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine derivatives as human A(3) adenosine receptor antagonists.

    Pier Giovanni Baraldi;Barbara Cacciari;Stefano Moro;Giampiero Spalluto

  • Synthesis of new delta 2-isoxazoline derivatives and their pharmacological characterization as beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists.

    Paola Conti;Clelia Dallanoce;Marco De Amici;Carlo De Micheli

  • [3H]-MRE 3008-F20: a novel antagonist radioligand for the pharmacological and biochemical characterization of human A3 adenosine receptors.

    Stefania Gessi;Katia Varani;Stefania Merighi;K. N. Klotz

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Lohse
Martin J. Lohse ISAR Bioscience Institute
Stefano Moro
Stefano Moro University of Padua
Sauro Vittori
Sauro Vittori University of Camerino
Maria João Matos
Maria João Matos University of Santiago de Compostela
Pier Giovanni Baraldi
Pier Giovanni Baraldi University of Ferrara
Antonio Lavecchia
Antonio Lavecchia University of Naples Federico II
Claudia Martini
Claudia Martini University of Pisa
Eugenio Uriarte
Eugenio Uriarte University of Santiago de Compostela
Stefania Gessi
Stefania Gessi University of Ferrara
Pier Andrea Borea
Pier Andrea Borea University of Ferrara

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