Klaus Willecke

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Best Publications

• Structural and functional diversity of connexin genes in the mouse and human genome

  Klaus Willecke;Jürgen Eiberger;Joachim Degen;Dominik Eckardt

  1729
  Citations

• Gap junctions and the connexin protein family

  Goran Söhl;Klaus Willecke

  1328
  Citations

• Astroglial metabolic networks sustain hippocampal synaptic transmission.

  Nathalie Rouach;Annette Koulakoff;Veronica Abudara;Veronica Abudara;Klaus Willecke

  1008
  Citations

• Specific permeability and selective formation of gap junction channels in connexin-transfected HeLa cells.

  C Elfgang;R Eckert;H Lichtenberg-Fraté;A Butterweck

  962
  Citations

• Expression and functions of neuronal gap junctions

  Goran Söhl;Stephan Maxeiner;Klaus Willecke

  750
  Citations

• hGFAP-cre transgenic mice for manipulation of glial and neuronal function in vivo.

  Lang Zhuo;Martin Theis;Ikuri Alvarez-Maya;Michael Brenner

  736
  Citations

• The Impact of Astrocytic Gap Junctional Coupling on Potassium Buffering in the Hippocampus

  Anke Wallraff;Rüdiger Köhling;Uwe Heinemann;Martin Theis

  681
  Citations

• Metabolic inhibition induces opening of unapposed connexin 43 gap junction hemichannels and reduces gap junctional communication in cortical astrocytes in culture

  Jorge E. Contreras;Helmut A. Sánchez;Eliseo A. Eugenín;Dina Speidel

  642
  Citations

• Differential expression of three gap junction proteins in developing and mature brain tissues

  R. Dermietzel;O. Traub;T. K. Hwang;E. Beyer

  638
  Citations

• An Update on Connexin Genes and their Nomenclature in Mouse and Man

  Goran Söhl;Klaus Willecke

  598
  Citations

• Bystander killing of cancer cells by herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene is mediated by connexins.

  Marc Mesnil;Colette Piccoli;Gerard Tiraby;Klaus Willecke

  554
  Citations

• DEFECTIVE PROPAGATION OF SIGNALS GENERATED BY SYMPATHETIC NERVE STIMULATION IN THE LIVER OF CONNEXIN32-DEFICIENT MICE

  Eric Nelles;Christoph Butzler;Dirk Jung;Achim Temme

  537
  Citations

• Targeted ablation of connexin26 in the inner ear epithelial gap junction network causes hearing impairment and cell death.

  Martine Cohen-Salmon;Thomas Ott;Vincent Michel;Jean Pierre Hardelin

  513
  Citations

• Engraftment of connexin 43-expressing cells prevents post-infarct arrhythmia

  Wilhelm Roell;Thorsten Lewalter;Philipp Sasse;Yvonne N. Tallini

  503
  Citations

• Comparative characterization of the 21-kD and 26-kD gap junction proteins in murine liver and cultured hepatocytes.

  Otto Traub;Jutta Look;Rolf Dermietzel;Franz Brümmer

  475
  Citations

• Reduced cardiac conduction velocity and predisposition to arrhythmias in connexin40-deficient mice.

  Susanne Kirchhoff;Eric Nelles;Andreas Hagendorff;Olaf Krüger

  455
  Citations

• Defective vascular development in connexin 45-deficient mice

  Olaf Krüger;Achim Plum;Jung-Sun Kim;Elke Winterhager

  424
  Citations

• Connexin30 (Gjb6)-deficiency causes severe hearing impairment and lack of endocochlear potential

  Barbara Teubner;Vincent Michel;Jörg Pesch;Jürgen Lautermann

  397
  Citations

• Loss of connexin36 channels alters beta-cell coupling, islet synchronization of glucose-induced Ca2+ and insulin oscillations, and basal insulin release.

  Magalie A. Ravier;Martin Güldenagel;Anne Charollais;Asllan Gjinovci

  397
  Citations

• Transplacental uptake of glucose is decreased in embryonic lethal connexin26-deficient mice.

  Heinz-Dieter Gabriel;Dirk Jung;Christoph Bützler;Achim Temme

  378
  Citations