Carmen Dessauer

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Carmen Dessauer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carmen Dessauer has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 19 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Carmen Dessauer's work include Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (44 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (32 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (29 papers). Carmen Dessauer is often cited by papers focused on Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (44 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (32 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (29 papers). Carmen Dessauer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. Carmen Dessauer's co-authors include Alfred G. Gilman, Roger K. Sunahara, Rachna Sadana, Nathan Dascal, John D. Scott, Bao Tran Nguyen, John H. Kehrl, Srikumar Sinnarajah, J.J.G. Tesmer and Stephen R. Sprang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Carmen Dessauer

100 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Complexity and Diversity of Mammalian Adenylyl Cyclases

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carmen Dessauer United States	41	4.5k	1.7k	757	685	540	104	5.8k
Ronald Taussig United States	33	4.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	308 0.4×	761 1.1×	649 1.2×	53	6.3k
Terence E. Hébert Canada	45	6.1k 1.3×	3.5k 2.0×	1.2k 1.6×	504 0.7×	546 1.0×	180	7.8k
Finn Olav Levy Norway	36	2.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	794 1.0×	382 0.6×	301 0.6×	131	4.1k
Jan Eggermont Belgium	43	4.0k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	857 1.1×	811 1.2×	675 1.3×	115	5.2k
Hiroshi Tokumitsu Japan	40	4.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	289 0.4×	580 0.8×	795 1.5×	117	6.1k
Hans‐Gottfried Genieser Germany	32	2.9k 0.6×	723 0.4×	295 0.4×	545 0.8×	310 0.6×	82	4.3k
Kristen L. Pierce United States	25	5.1k 1.1×	2.5k 1.4×	329 0.4×	537 0.8×	548 1.0×	36	6.5k
Stéphane A. Laporte Canada	41	6.8k 1.5×	4.0k 2.3×	629 0.8×	530 0.8×	847 1.6×	102	8.1k
Masato Hirata Japan	37	3.0k 0.7×	712 0.4×	458 0.6×	657 1.0×	1.0k 1.9×	150	4.4k
David R. Manning United States	45	4.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	625 0.8×	456 0.7×	914 1.7×	76	5.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carmen Dessauer

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Forbush, Katherine A., Oscar Vivas, Cassandra J. Wong, et al.. (2025). Long AKAP18 isoforms anchor ubiquitin specific proteinases and coordinate calcium reuptake at the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 301(7). 110317–110317.

Carbajal, Anibal Garza, et al.. (2024). Mechanism of gabapentinoid potentiation of opioid effects on cyclic AMP signaling in neuropathic pain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(34). e2405465121–e2405465121. 3 indexed citations

Bavencoffe, Alexis, et al.. (2024). Induction of long-term hyperexcitability by memory-related cAMP signaling in isolated nociceptor cell bodies. PubMed. 16. 100166–100166. 1 indexed citations

Bavencoffe, Alexis, et al.. (2024). Widespread hyperexcitability of nociceptor somata outlasts enhanced avoidance behavior after incision injury. Pain. 166(5). 1088–1104. 2 indexed citations

Baldwin, Tanya A., Susanne Rinné, Anibal Garza Carbajal, et al.. (2022). POPDC1 scaffolds a complex of adenylyl cyclase 9 and the potassium channel TREK‐1 in heart. EMBO Reports. 23(12). e55208–e55208. 13 indexed citations

Bavencoffe, Alexis, et al.. (2022). Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Makes Complex Contributions to Pain-Related Hyperactivity of Nociceptors after Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 42(27). 5463–5480. 23 indexed citations

Durán, Raquel Cuevas‐Díaz, Yong Li, Anibal Garza Carbajal, et al.. (2022). Major Differences in Transcriptional Alterations in Dorsal Root Ganglia Between Spinal Cord Injury and Peripheral Neuropathic Pain Models. Journal of Neurotrauma. 40(9-10). 883–900. 10 indexed citations

Carbajal, Anibal Garza, Alexis Bavencoffe, Edgar T. Walters, & Carmen Dessauer. (2020). Depolarization-Dependent C-Raf Signaling Promotes Hyperexcitability and Reduces Opioid Sensitivity of Isolated Nociceptors after Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(34). 6522–6535. 18 indexed citations

Hof, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Regulation of IKs Potassium Current by Isoproterenol in Adult Cardiomyocytes Requires Type 9 Adenylyl Cyclase. Cells. 8(9). 981–981. 20 indexed citations

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Baldwin, Tanya A., et al.. (2019). Insights into the Regulatory Properties of Human Adenylyl Cyclase Type 9. Molecular Pharmacology. 95(4). 349–360. 28 indexed citations

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Luo, Jialie, Alexis Bavencoffe, Pu Yang, et al.. (2017). Zinc Inhibits TRPV1 to Alleviate Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Pain. Journal of Neuroscience. 38(2). 474–483. 57 indexed citations

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Dessauer, Carmen, Val J. Watts, Rennolds S. Ostrom, et al.. (2017). International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology. CI. Structures and Small Molecule Modulators of Mammalian Adenylyl Cyclases. Pharmacological Reviews. 69(2). 93–139. 154 indexed citations

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Brust, Tarsis F., Tanya A. Baldwin, Zhishi Ye, et al.. (2017). Identification of a selective small-molecule inhibitor of type 1 adenylyl cyclase activity with analgesic properties. Science Signaling. 10(467). 44 indexed citations

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Bavencoffe, Alexis, Yong Li, Zizhen Wu, et al.. (2016). Persistent Electrical Activity in Primary Nociceptors after Spinal Cord Injury Is Maintained by Scaffolded Adenylyl Cyclase and Protein Kinase A and Is Associated with Altered Adenylyl Cyclase Regulation. Journal of Neuroscience. 36(5). 1660–1668. 53 indexed citations

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Yakubovich, Daniel, Shai Berlin, Moran Rubinstein, et al.. (2015). A Quantitative Model of the GIRK1/2 Channel Reveals That Its Basal and Evoked Activities Are Controlled by Unequal Stoichiometry of Gα and Gβγ. PLoS Computational Biology. 11(11). e1004598–e1004598. 12 indexed citations

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Brand, Cameron S., Harrison J. Hocker, Alemayehu A. Gorfe, Claudio N. Cavasotto, & Carmen Dessauer. (2013). Isoform Selectivity of Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors: Characterization of Known and Novel Compounds. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 347(2). 265–275. 62 indexed citations

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Chen‐Goodspeed, Misty, et al.. (2004). Modeling of Gαs and Gαi Regulation of Human Type V and VI Adenylyl Cyclase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(3). 1808–1816. 55 indexed citations

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Ivanina, Tatiana, Ida Rishal, Dalia Varon, et al.. (2003). Mapping the Gβγ-binding Sites in GIRK1 and GIRK2 Subunits of the G Protein-activated K+ Channel. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(31). 29174–29183. 62 indexed citations

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Dessauer, Carmen & Alfred G. Gilman. (1997). The Catalytic Mechanism of Mammalian Adenylyl Cyclase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272(44). 27787–27795. 113 indexed citations

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Doupnik, Craig A., Carmen Dessauer, Vladlen Z. Slepak, et al.. (1996). Time Resolved Kinetics of Direct G β1γ2 Interactions with the Carboxyl Terminus of Kir3.4 Inward Rectifier K + Channel Subunits. Neuropharmacology. 35(7). 923–931. 30 indexed citations

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