Brenda Gerull

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Brenda Gerull is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brenda Gerull has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 33 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Brenda Gerull's work include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (42 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (28 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (18 papers). Brenda Gerull is often cited by papers focused on Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (42 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (28 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (18 papers). Brenda Gerull collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and United States. Brenda Gerull's co-authors include Ludwig Thierfelder, Sabine Klaassen, Arnd Heuser, Andreas Brodehl, Michael Gramlich, Siegfried Labeit, Erwin Oechslin, Rolf Jenni, Patrick T. Ellinor and Calum A. MacRae and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Brenda Gerull

68 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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Mutations in the desmosomal protein plakophilin-2 are common in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brenda Gerull Germany	29	2.6k	1.3k	381	271	254	73	3.1k
Ludwig Thierfelder Germany	28	5.2k 2.0×	2.5k 1.9×	547 1.4×	300 1.1×	241 0.9×	62	5.9k
Duanxiang Li United States	25	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	120 0.3×	88 0.3×	193 0.8×	31	2.7k
Alessandra Rampazzo Italy	33	3.6k 1.4×	904 0.7×	1.5k 4.0×	43 0.2×	131 0.5×	67	4.1k
Katja Gehmlich United Kingdom	22	1.1k 0.4×	732 0.5×	163 0.4×	48 0.2×	157 0.6×	55	1.5k
Andreas Brodehl Germany	22	886 0.3×	515 0.4×	131 0.3×	66 0.2×	290 1.1×	46	1.2k
Priyatansh Gurha United States	23	572 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	120 0.3×	21 0.1×	109 0.4×	44	1.7k
Barbara McDonough United States	18	1.9k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	11 0.0×	138 0.5×	196 0.8×	32	3.0k
Christian Geier Germany	15	614 0.2×	716 0.5×	26 0.1×	44 0.2×	77 0.3×	27	1.1k
Rabah Ben Yaou France	23	562 0.2×	1.8k 1.3×	15 0.0×	223 0.8×	309 1.2×	66	2.1k
C. Özcelik Germany	16	793 0.3×	799 0.6×	24 0.1×	25 0.1×	64 0.3×	27	1.4k

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Stangner, Konstanze, Chris H. Wendt, Elisabeth Graf, et al.. (2025). Apremilast improves cardiomyocyte cohesion and arrhythmia in different models for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 16(1). 609–609.

Williams, Tatjana, Paula-Anahi Arias-Loza, Peter Nordbeck, et al.. (2025). Illuminating Cardiac Remodeling: Insights From [ ¹⁸ F]‐Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in Plakoglobin‐Associated Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(5). e038331–e038331.

Chen, Ruping, Paula-Anahi Arias-Loza, Michael Kohlhaas, et al.. (2023). Mechanistic Insights of the LEMD2 p.L13R Mutation and Its Role in Cardiomyopathy. Circulation Research. 132(2). e43–e58. 13 indexed citations

Ludwig, Ralf J., Tatjana Williams, Brenda Gerull, et al.. (2023). EGFR inhibition leads to enhanced desmosome assembly and cardiomyocyte cohesion via ROCK activation. JCI Insight. 8(6). 9 indexed citations

Spindler, Volker, Brenda Gerull, Kathleen J. Green, et al.. (2023). Meeting report – Desmosome dysfunction and disease: Alpine desmosome disease meeting. Journal of Cell Science. 136(1). 15 indexed citations

Brodehl, Andreas, et al.. (2022). Altered Expression of TMEM43 Causes Abnormal Cardiac Structure and Function in Zebrafish. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(17). 9530–9530. 9 indexed citations

Sheldon, Robert S. & Brenda Gerull. (2021). Genetic markers of vasovagal syncope. Autonomic Neuroscience. 235. 102871–102871. 4 indexed citations

Kühnisch, Jirko, Manuel Holtgrewe, Anwar Baban, et al.. (2019). Targeted panel sequencing in pediatric primary cardiomyopathy supports a critical role of TNNI3. Clinical Genetics. 96(6). 549–559. 30 indexed citations

Perissinotti, Laura L., Jiqing Guo, James P. Lees‐Miller, et al.. (2019). The Pore-Lipid Interface: Role of Amino-Acid Determinants of Lipophilic Access by Ivabradine to the hERG1 Pore Domain. Molecular Pharmacology. 96(2). 259–271. 24 indexed citations

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Brodehl, Andreas, Saman Rezazadeh, Tatjana Williams, et al.. (2019). Mutations in ILK, encoding integrin-linked kinase, are associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy. Translational research. 208. 15–29. 36 indexed citations

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Krahn, Andrew D., Jeff S. Healey, Brenda Gerull, et al.. (2016). The Canadian Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Registry: Rationale, Design, and Preliminary Recruitment. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 32(12). 1396–1401. 8 indexed citations

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Gerull, Brenda. (2015). The Rapidly Evolving Role of Titin in Cardiac Physiology and Cardiomyopathy. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 31(11). 1351–1359. 42 indexed citations

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Greenway, Steven C., Ross McLeod, Stacey Hume, et al.. (2013). Exome Sequencing Identifies a Novel Variant in ACTC1 Associated With Familial Atrial Septal Defect. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 30(2). 181–187. 29 indexed citations

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Peled, Yael, Michael Gramlich, Guy Yoskovitz, et al.. (2013). Titin Mutation in Familial Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. International Journal of Cardiology. 171(1). 24–30. 80 indexed citations

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Keller, Hans, Josef Finsterer, Paul Wexberg, et al.. (2011). Novel c.367_369del LMNA mutation manifesting as severe arrhythmias, dilated cardiomyopathy, and myopathy. Heart & Lung. 41(4). 382–386. 13 indexed citations

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Gramlich, Michael, Arnd Heuser, Bettina Erdmann, et al.. (2009). Stress-induced dilated cardiomyopathy in a knock-in mouse model mimicking human titin-based disease. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 47(3). 352–358. 75 indexed citations

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Ellinor, Patrick T., Sabine Klaassen, Susanne Probst, et al.. (2006). A Novel Locus for Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Diffuse Myocardial Fibrosis, and Sudden Death on Chromosome 10q25-26. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 48(1). 106–111. 23 indexed citations

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Gerull, Brenda, J. Atherton, Sabine Klaassen, et al.. (2006). Identification of a novel frameshift mutation in the giant muscle filament titin in a large Australian family with dilated cardiomyopathy. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 84(6). 478–483. 57 indexed citations

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Fujita, Hideaki, D. Labeit, Brenda Gerull, Siegfried Labeit, & Henk Granzier. (2004). Titin isoform-dependent effect of calcium on passive myocardial tension. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 287(6). H2528–H2534. 44 indexed citations

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Gerull, Brenda, Karl‐Josef Osterziel, Christian Witt, Rainer Dietz, & Ludwig Thierfelder. (1998). A rapid protocol for cardiac troponin T gene mutation detection in familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Human Mutation. 11(2). 179–182. 5 indexed citations

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