Dirk Tourwé

6.2k total citations
257 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Dirk Tourwé is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Tourwé has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 183 papers in Molecular Biology, 86 papers in Organic Chemistry and 83 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Dirk Tourwé's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (116 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (81 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (52 papers). Dirk Tourwé is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (116 papers), Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (81 papers) and Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (52 papers). Dirk Tourwé collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Hungary and Poland. Dirk Tourwé's co-authors include Antal Péter, Géza Tóth, Véronique Maes, Steven Ballet, Peter Bläuenstein, Roger Schibli, Luc Brans, P. August Schubiger, G. Van Binst and Christian Schweinsberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and FEBS Letters.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Tourwé

253 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dirk Tourwé Belgium 38 2.8k 1.5k 1.3k 1.1k 1.1k 257 5.0k
George D. Hartman United States 40 2.5k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 600 0.4× 508 0.4× 319 0.3× 183 5.4k
Luciana Marinelli Italy 43 3.1k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 294 0.2× 912 0.8× 473 0.4× 164 5.1k
Shaoyong Lu China 46 4.7k 1.7× 560 0.4× 408 0.3× 554 0.5× 315 0.3× 143 5.7k
Günther Bernhardt Germany 32 2.0k 0.7× 754 0.5× 769 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 180 0.2× 143 3.8k
Laura H. Heitman Netherlands 36 3.4k 1.2× 635 0.4× 1.5k 1.1× 488 0.4× 507 0.5× 152 4.5k
C.‐K. HWANG United States 32 1.8k 0.6× 2.0k 1.4× 162 0.1× 290 0.3× 270 0.3× 65 4.6k
Ralph Hirschmann United States 41 3.7k 1.3× 2.9k 1.9× 367 0.3× 545 0.5× 578 0.5× 148 5.5k
Hidehiko Nakagawa Japan 40 2.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 347 0.3× 498 0.4× 95 0.1× 170 4.9k
Dana Ferraris United States 32 2.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 322 0.2× 902 0.8× 107 0.1× 68 4.9k
Athanassios Giannis Germany 43 4.0k 1.5× 3.0k 2.0× 164 0.1× 818 0.7× 146 0.1× 196 6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Dirk Tourwé

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dirk Tourwé

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Tourwé

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Previti, Santo, Rebecca L. Brouillette, Brian J. Holleran, et al.. (2024). Design, Synthesis, and In Vitro Characterization of Proteolytically-Stable Opioid-Neurotensin Hybrid Peptidomimetics. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science. 7(9). 2784–2798. 2 indexed citations
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Gimenez, Luis E., Charlotte Martin, Jing Yu, et al.. (2024). Novel Cocrystal Structures of Peptide Antagonists Bound to the Human Melanocortin Receptor 4 Unveil Unexplored Grounds for Structure-Based Drug Design. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(4). 2690–2711. 4 indexed citations
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Previti, Santo, et al.. (2022). Opening the amino acid toolbox for peptide‐based NTS2‐selective ligands as promising lead compounds for pain management. Journal of Peptide Science. 29(6). e3471–e3471. 8 indexed citations
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Barlow, Thomas, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive overview of biased pharmacology at the opioid receptors: biased ligands and bias factors. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 12(6). 828–870. 27 indexed citations
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Previti, Santo, Charlotte Martin, Dirk Tourwé, et al.. (2020). Optimized Opioid-Neurotensin Multitarget Peptides: From Design to Structure–Activity Relationship Studies. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(21). 12929–12941. 21 indexed citations
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Martin, Charlotte, Luis E. Gimenez, Jing Yu, et al.. (2020). Structure-Based Design of Melanocortin 4 Receptor Ligands Based on the SHU-9119-hMC4R Cocrystal Structure. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(1). 357–369. 13 indexed citations
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Martin, Charlotte, Cecilia Betti, Jean‐Michel Longpré, et al.. (2019). Neurotensin Analogues Containing Cyclic Surrogates of Tyrosine at Position 11 Improve NTS2 Selectivity Leading to Analgesia without Hypotension and Hypothermia. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 10(11). 4535–4544. 24 indexed citations
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Ballet, Steven, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of novel arylazepinone dipeptide mimetics and 1,5-benzothiazepinones as local constraints in peptidomimetic design. Journal of Peptide Science. 24. 1 indexed citations
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Guillemyn, Karel, Attila Keresztes, Éva Varga, et al.. (2012). Solid phase synthesis and biological evaluation of novel bifunctional opioid agonist - neurokinin-1 antagonist peptidomimetics: IF 2.07. Journal of Peptide Science. 18. 123–124. 1 indexed citations
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Garayoa, Elisa Garcı́a, Véronique Maes, Luc Brans, et al.. (2011). PEGylation of 99mTc-labeled bombesin analogues improves their pharmacokinetic properties. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 38(7). 997–1009. 34 indexed citations
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Pulka‐Ziach, Karolina, et al.. (2009). New tetracyclic tetrahydro-β-carbolines as tryptophan-derived peptidomimetics. Molecular Diversity. 14(1). 97–108. 7 indexed citations
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Fraczek, Joanna, Sarah Deleu, Tatyana Y. Doktorova, et al.. (2008). Screening of amide analogues of Trichostatin A in cultures of primary rat hepatocytes: search for potent and safe HDAC inhibitors. Investigational New Drugs. 27(4). 338–346. 10 indexed citations
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Tourwé, Dirk. (2008). Chimeric opioid-neurotensin ligands as a new prospective analgesics in chronic pain. Journal of Peptide Science. 14(8). 157–158. 3 indexed citations
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Maes, Véronique & Dirk Tourwé. (2007). Double targeting of prostate cancer xenografts with radiolabeled neurotensin and bombesin analogues. VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). 181–181. 1 indexed citations
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Tourwé, Dirk, et al.. (2007). Novel diastereomeric opioid tetrapeptides exhibit differing pharmacological activity profiles. Brain Research Bulletin. 74(1-3). 119–129. 9 indexed citations
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Péter, Antal, et al.. (2003). Direct and indirect high-performance liquid chromatographic enantioseparation of β-amino acids. Journal of Chromatography A. 1031(1-2). 171–178. 44 indexed citations
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Péter, Antal, et al.. (2000). High-performance liquid chromatographic separation of the enantiomers of unusual α-amino acid analogues. Journal of Chromatography A. 871(1-2). 105–113. 40 indexed citations
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Tóth, Géza, et al.. (1995). Chromatographic behaviour of opioid peptides containing β-methylphenylalanine isomers. Journal of Chromatography A. 705(2). 267–273. 6 indexed citations
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Tourwé, Dirk, et al.. (1992). Dermorphin tetra‐ and heptapeptide analogues containing a [3,4] amide bond replacement by a carbon‐carbon double and single bond. International journal of peptide & protein research. 39(4). 315–321. 8 indexed citations
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Auwera, L. Van Der, et al.. (1988). Determination of the chiral purity of dipeptide isosteres containing a reduced peptide bond by gas chromatographic analysis. Journal of Chromatography A. 442. 165–173. 6 indexed citations

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