Ignaz Wessler

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

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Ignaz Wessler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ignaz Wessler has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 60 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 23 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Ignaz Wessler's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (31 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (27 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (24 papers). Ignaz Wessler is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (31 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (27 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (24 papers). Ignaz Wessler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Ignaz Wessler's co-authors include C. James Kirkpatrick, H. Kilbinger, Kurt Racké, Fernando Bittinger, Sergei A. Grando, Koichiro Kawashima, Claudia Hey, Torsten Reinheimer, Ronald E. Unger and Michael Halank and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Ignaz Wessler

106 papers receiving 4.6k citations

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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.

Acetylcholine beyond neurons: the non‐neuronal cholinergic system in humans

2008 675 citations Ignaz Wessler, C. James Kirkpatrick profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ignaz Wessler Germany	36	2.9k	1.5k	980	593	554	106	4.7k
H. Kilbinger Germany	36	2.4k 0.8×	2.3k 1.5×	911 0.9×	482 0.8×	223 0.4×	98	4.5k
Kurt Racké Germany	36	1.9k 0.6×	978 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	334 0.6×	246 0.4×	124	4.2k
Maria Spatz United States	43	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	479 0.8×	1.8k 3.3×	185	6.4k
Klaus Fink Germany	39	4.0k 1.4×	2.8k 1.8×	982 1.0×	364 0.6×	1.0k 1.9×	82	7.4k
Lynda D. Hester United States	28	3.3k 1.1×	975 0.6×	938 1.0×	264 0.4×	284 0.5×	34	5.0k
Zhi‐Gang Xiong United States	40	4.1k 1.4×	2.8k 1.8×	845 0.9×	189 0.3×	766 1.4×	120	6.9k
Sic L. Chan United States	44	3.6k 1.3×	2.1k 1.3×	2.7k 2.8×	541 0.9×	1.0k 1.8×	83	8.1k
Jan Mulder Sweden	35	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	739 0.8×	951 1.6×	460 0.8×	114	4.6k
Tae‐Cheon Kang South Korea	38	2.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	702 0.7×	322 0.5×	996 1.8×	271	5.4k
Laura Facci Italy	46	2.7k 0.9×	2.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	1.3k 2.3×	1.2k 2.1×	119	6.8k

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Wessler, Ignaz, et al.. (2013). Cholinergic Modulation of Epithelial Integrity in the Proximal Colon of Pigs. Cells Tissues Organs. 197(5). 411–420. 14 indexed citations

Wessler, Ignaz, et al.. (2013). Upregulated acetylcholine synthesis during early differentiation in the embryonic stem cell line CGR8. Neuroscience Letters. 547. 32–36. 6 indexed citations

Wessler, Ignaz, et al.. (2007). Release of non-neuronal acetylcholine from the isolated human placenta is affected by antidepressants. Life Sciences. 80(24-25). 2210–2213. 10 indexed citations

Šteffl, Martin, Markus Schweiger, Ignaz Wessler, et al.. (2006). Non-neuronal acetylcholine and choline acetyltransferase in oviductal epithelial cells of cyclic and pregnant pigs. Anatomy and Embryology. 211(6). 685–690. 11 indexed citations

Lips, Katrin Susanne, Thomas Bschleipfer, W. Weidner, et al.. (2006). Acetylcholine and Molecular Components of its Synthesis and Release Machinery in the Urothelium. European Urology. 51(4). 1042–1053. 123 indexed citations

Helisch, Andreas, Esther Schirrmacher, Oliver Thews, et al.. (2005). Demonstration of pulmonary β2-adrenergic receptor binding in vivo with [18F]fluoroethyl-fenoterol in a guinea pig model. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 32(11). 1324–1328. 2 indexed citations

Wessler, Ignaz, H. Kilbinger, Fernando Bittinger, Ronald E. Unger, & C. James Kirkpatrick. (2003). The non-neuronal cholinergic system in humans: Expression, function and pathophysiology. Life Sciences. 72(18-19). 2055–2061. 226 indexed citations

Reinheimer, Torsten, et al.. (2000). Muscarinic Control of Histamine Release from Airways. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 162(2). 534–538. 37 indexed citations

Reinheimer, Torsten, et al.. (1997). Acetylcholine via Muscarinic Receptors Inhibits Histamine Release from Human Isolated Bronchi. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 156(2). 389–395. 42 indexed citations

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Wessler, Ignaz, et al.. (1997). Mammalian glial cells in culture synthesize acetylcholine. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 356(5). 694–697. 43 indexed citations

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Wessler, Ignaz, et al.. (1997). Nitric oxide, via activation of guanylyl cyclase, suppresses α2-adrenoceptor-mediated 5-hydroxytryptamine release from neuroendocrine epithelial cells of rabbit tracheae. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 356(6). 856–859. 3 indexed citations

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Wessler, Ignaz, et al.. (1996). Effects of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and Tumour Necrosis Factor-α (TNFα) on Rat Tracheal Epithelial Cells in Culture: Morphology, Proliferation and Induction of Nitric Oxide (NO) Synthase. Pulmonary Pharmacology. 9(3). 149–156. 20 indexed citations

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Wessler, Ignaz, et al.. (1995). Characterization of 5-hydroxytryptamine release from isolated rabbit and rat trachea: the role of neuroendocrine epithelial cells and mast cells. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 353(1). 55–63. 9 indexed citations

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Hey, Claudia, et al.. (1994). Muscarinic inhibition of endogenous noradrenaline release from rabbit isolated trachea: receptor subtype and receptor reserve. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 350(5). 464–72. 11 indexed citations

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Wessler, Ignaz, et al.. (1994). ? Adrenoceptor-mediated facilitation of endogenous noradrenaline release from rat isolated trachea. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 350(5). 459–63. 3 indexed citations

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Wessler, Ignaz. (1992). Acetylcholine At Motor Nerves: Storage, Release, and Presynaptic Modulati On By Autoreceptors and Adrenoceptors. International review of neurobiology. 34. 283–384. 53 indexed citations

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Racké, Kurt, et al.. (1992). Prostanoids Inhibit Release of Endogenous Norepinephrine from Rat Isolated Trachea. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 146(5_pt_1). 1182–1186. 23 indexed citations

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Wessler, Ignaz, D. Hellwig, & Katrina Rack. (1990). Epithelium-derived inhibition of [3H]acetylcholine release from the isolated guinea-pig trachea. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 342(4). 387–93. 34 indexed citations

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Wessler, Ignaz, et al.. (1989). Stimulation of α1-adrenoceptors increases electrically evoked [3H]acetylcholine release from the rat phrenic nerve. European Journal of Pharmacology. 174(1). 77–83. 11 indexed citations

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Wessler, Ignaz, et al.. (1988). Increase by tubocurarine of [3H]acetylcholine release from the rat phrenic nerve after desensitization of nicotine receptors. European Journal of Pharmacology. 151(1). 139–142. 6 indexed citations

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