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Veit Flockerzi

Veit Flockerzi

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
94
Citations
33748
World Ranking
2003
National Ranking
138

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physiology and Pharmacology/Toxicology

Overview

Veit Flockerzi is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany, focusing on research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, and Medicine. Their extensive work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Sensory Systems, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Physiology.

Research topics prominently associated with their work include:

  • Ion Channels and Receptors
  • Ion channel regulation and function
  • Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Veit Flockerzi include:

  • "Bitter taste signaling in tracheal epithelial brush cells elicits innate immune responses to bacterial infection", 2022, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • "How to Study the Metabolism of New Psychoactive Substances for the Purpose of Toxicological Screenings-A Follow-Up Study Comparing Pooled Human Liver S9, HepaRG Cells, and Zebrafish Larvae", 2020, Frontiers in Chemistry
  • "Subunit composition, molecular environment, and activation of native TRPC channels encoded by their interactomes", 2022, Neuron
  • "The TRPV2 channel mediates Ca2+ influx and the Δ9-THC-dependent decrease in osmotic fragility in red blood cells", 2021, Haematologica
  • "Autoinhibition of TRPV6 Channel and Regulation by PIP2", 2020, iScience

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Veit Flockerzi include Claudia Fecher-Trost, Markus R. Meyer, Ulrich Boehm, Gabriela Krasteva-Christ, and Lea Wagmann.

The scientist has published multiple articles in leading scientific venues. These include Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Archives of Toxicology, Cell Calcium, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), with each venue having three publications linked to their work.

In addition to journal articles, Veit Flockerzi has contributed to book literature, notably with a publication titled Pharmacology of Immunosuppression released by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022.

Among their recognitions is the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina award received in 2003 for contributions in Physiology and Pharmacology/Toxicology.

Best Publications

  • Primary structure of the receptor for calcium channel blockers from skeletal muscle

    Tsutomu Tanabe;Hiroshi Takeshima;Atsushi Mikami;Veit Flockerzi

  • The principle of temperature-dependent gating in cold- and heat-sensitive TRP channels

    Thomas Voets;Guy Droogmans;Ulrich Wissenbach;Annelies Janssens

  • PRIMARY STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION FROM COMPLEMENTARY DNA OF A BRAIN CALCIUM CHANNEL

    Yasuo Mori;Thomas Friedrich;Man Suk Kim;Atsushi Mikami

  • The TRP channels, a remarkably functional family.

    Craig Montell;Lutz Birnbaumer;Veit Flockerzi

  • A Unified Nomenclature for the Superfamily of TRP Cation Channels

    Craig Montell;Lutz Birnbaumer;Veit Flockerzi;René J. Bindels

  • The roles of the subunits in the function of the calcium channel.

    Dafna Singer;Martin Biel;Ilana Lotan;Veit Flockerzi

  • Lack of an endothelial store-operated Ca2+ current impairs agonist-dependent vasorelaxation in TRP4-/- mice.

    Marc Freichel;Suk Hyo Suh;Alexander Pfeifer;Ulli Schweig

  • Molecular basis for Ca2+ channel diversity.

    Franz Hofmann;Martin Biel;Veit Flockerzi

  • Activation of TRPV4 Channels (hVRL-2/mTRP12) by Phorbol Derivatives

    Hiroyuki Watanabe;John B. Davis;Darren Smart;Jeff C. Jerman

  • Purified dihydropyridine-binding site from skeletal muscle t-tubules is a functional calcium channel.

    Veit Flockerzi;Hans-Jochem Oeken;Franz Hofmann;Dieter Pelzer

  • Primary structure of the beta subunit of the DHP-sensitive calcium channel from skeletal muscle

    Peter Ruth;Axel Röhrkasten;Martin Biel;Eva Bosse

  • Transient receptor potential M3 channels are ionotropic steroid receptors in pancreatic beta cells.

    Thomas F J Wagner;Sabine Loch;Sachar Lambert;Isabelle Straub;Isabelle Straub

  • Impairment of Store-Operated Ca2+ Entry in TRPC4-/- Mice Interferes With Increase in Lung Microvascular Permeability

    Chinnaswamy Tiruppathi;Marc Freichel;Stephen M. Vogel;Biman C. Paria

  • Calcium channel beta subunit heterogeneity: functional expression of cloned cDNA from heart, aorta and brain.

    Roger Hullin;Dafna Singer-Lahat;Marc Freichel;Martin Biel

  • Trp12, a novel Trp related protein from kidney.

    Ulrich Wissenbach;Matthias Bödding;Marc Freichel;Veit Flockerzi

  • Injection of subunits of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase into cardiac myocytes modulates Ca2+ current.

    W. Osterrieder;G. Brum;J. Hescheler;W. Trautwein

  • TRPC3 Channels Are Required for Synaptic Transmission and Motor Coordination

    Jana Hartmann;Elena Dragicevic;Helmuth Adelsberger;Horst A. Henning

  • A novel capacitative calcium entry channel expressed in excitable cells

    Stephan Philipp;Joerg Hambrecht;Leonid Braslavski;Gregor Schroth

  • Voltage Dependence of the Ca2+-activated Cation Channel TRPM4

    Bernd Nilius;Jean Prenen;Guy Droogmans;Thomas Voets

  • Normalization of current kinetics by interaction between the alpha 1 and beta subunits of the skeletal muscle dihydropyridine-sensitive Ca2+ channel.

    Antonio E. Lacerda;Haeyoung S. Kim;Peter Ruth;Peter Ruth;Edward Perez-Reyes

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Freichel
Marc Freichel Heidelberg University
Franz Hofmann
Franz Hofmann Technical University of Munich
Martin Biel
Martin Biel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bernd Nilius
Bernd Nilius KU Leuven
Lutz Birnbaumer
Lutz Birnbaumer National Institutes of Health
Alexander Dietrich
Alexander Dietrich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter Ruth
Peter Ruth University of Tübingen
Nathan Dascal
Nathan Dascal Tel Aviv University
Thomas Voets
Thomas Voets KU Leuven
Michael X. Zhu
Michael X. Zhu The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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