Jan Tytgat

15.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
404 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

Jan Tytgat is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Tytgat has authored 404 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 317 papers in Molecular Biology, 153 papers in Genetics and 73 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jan Tytgat's work include Ion channel regulation and function (248 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (159 papers) and Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies (145 papers). Jan Tytgat is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (248 papers), Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (159 papers) and Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies (145 papers). Jan Tytgat collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Brazil and Russia. Jan Tytgat's co-authors include Steve Peigneur, Peter Hess, Emily R. Liman, Frank Bosmans, Shunyi Zhu, Eva Cuypers, Chris Ulens, Baltazar Becerril, Edward Carmeliet and Lourival D. Possani 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

Jan Tytgat

392 papers receiving 11.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Subunit stoichiometry of a mammalian K+ channel determined by construction of multimeric cDNAs

1992 988 citations Jan Tytgat et al. profile →
Scorpion toxins specific for Na⁺‐channels

1999 566 citations Jan Tytgat et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan Tytgat Belgium	51	8.9k	4.6k	2.3k	1.4k	1.3k	404	12.1k
Michel De Waard France	52	8.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.3×	4.2k 1.9×	441 0.3×	2.1k 1.5×	288	10.5k
Alan L. Harvey United Kingdom	44	4.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.5×	958 0.4×	223 0.2×	276 0.2×	195	7.6k
Irina Vetter Australia	46	3.9k 0.4×	1.4k 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	407 0.3×	149 0.1×	192	7.2k
Osamu Nishimura Japan	52	4.9k 0.6×	903 0.2×	2.1k 0.9×	165 0.1×	417 0.3×	283	11.0k
J. Michael Conlon United States	61	8.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.3×	5.9k 2.6×	6.6k 4.8×	629 0.5×	647	18.1k
E. Habermann Germany	45	4.1k 0.5×	1.4k 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	684 0.5×	188 0.1×	245	8.8k
Yun Zhang China	44	3.6k 0.4×	1.5k 0.3×	454 0.2×	1.0k 0.7×	90 0.1×	250	7.5k
P. Gopalakrishnakone Singapore	43	2.8k 0.3×	3.0k 0.7×	265 0.1×	425 0.3×	61 0.0×	201	5.7k
Masaru Tanokura Japan	60	8.9k 1.0×	781 0.2×	671 0.3×	126 0.1×	658 0.5×	500	16.2k
Jérôme Leprince France	50	3.3k 0.4×	797 0.2×	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	341 0.3×	310	8.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Jan Tytgat

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Tytgat

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Peigneur, Steve, et al.. (2024). Interaction between scorpion toxins and the cardiac sodium channel isoform Nav1.5: overlooked role of the membrane. Toxicon. 248. 107995–107995.

Peigneur, Steve, et al.. (2024). The Helix Ring Peptide U11 from the Venom of the Ant, Tetramorium bicarinatum, Acts as a Putative Pore-Forming Toxin. Membranes. 14(5). 114–114. 2 indexed citations

Kuzmenkov, Alexey I., et al.. (2023). Methionine-isoleucine dichotomy at a key position in scorpion toxins inhibiting voltage-gated potassium channels. Toxicon. 231. 107181–107181. 1 indexed citations

Pislyagin, Еvgeny А., Ekaterina S. Menchinskaya, Ekaterina A. Yurchenko, et al.. (2022). Kunitz-Type Peptides from Sea Anemones Protect Neuronal Cells against Parkinson’s Disease Inductors via Inhibition of ROS Production and ATP-Induced P2X7 Receptor Activation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(9). 5115–5115. 11 indexed citations

Shi, Xiaoyi, Ernesto Lopes Pinheiro-Júnior, Steve Peigneur, et al.. (2022). New Diarylamine KV10.1 Inhibitors and Their Anticancer Potential. Pharmaceutics. 14(9). 1963–1963. 5 indexed citations

Shi, Xiaoyi, Ernesto Lopes Pinheiro-Júnior, Steve Peigneur, et al.. (2022). Design of New Potent and Selective Thiophene-Based KV1.3 Inhibitors and Their Potential for Anticancer Activity. Cancers. 14(11). 2595–2595. 5 indexed citations

Peigneur, Steve, Tihomir Tomašič, Luis A. Pardo, et al.. (2021). Discovery of K_V1.3 ion channel inhibitors: Medicinal chemistry approaches and challenges. Medicinal Research Reviews. 41(4). 2423–2473. 32 indexed citations

Hossain, Mohammed Akhter, Feng Lin, Ernesto Lopes Pinheiro-Júnior, et al.. (2021). Identification, Synthesis, Conformation and Activity of an Insulin-like Peptide from a Sea Anemone. Biomolecules. 11(12). 1785–1785. 13 indexed citations

Shi, Xiaoyi, Steve Peigneur, Tihomir Tomašič, et al.. (2021). Overcoming challenges of HERG potassium channel liability through rational design: Eag1 inhibitors for cancer treatment. Medicinal Research Reviews. 42(1). 183–226. 25 indexed citations

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Žegura, Bojana, Alja Štern, Matjaž Novak, et al.. (2021). 3D Pharmacophore-Based Discovery of Novel KV10.1 Inhibitors with Antiproliferative Activity. Cancers. 13(6). 1244–1244. 8 indexed citations

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Chaveerach, Arunrat, et al.. (2020). Oleamide in Ipomoea and Dillenia Species and Inflammatory Activity Investigated through Ion Channel Inhibition. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 22(2). 254–261. 12 indexed citations

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Peigneur, Steve, et al.. (2018). AbeTx1 Is a Novel Sea Anemone Toxin with a Dual Mechanism of Action on Shaker-Type K+ Channels Activation. Marine Drugs. 16(10). 360–360. 12 indexed citations

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Vanhove, Wouter, et al.. (2018). The Health Risks of Belgian Illicit Indoor Cannabis Plantations. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 63(6). 1783–1789. 6 indexed citations

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Decorte, Tom, Paul De Grauwe, & Jan Tytgat. (2016). Cannabis onder controle : hoe?. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Decorte, Tom, Paul De Grauwe, & Jan Tytgat. (2014). Het Belgisch cannabisbeleid maakt zijn doelstellingen niet waar. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

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Brams, Marijke, Elaine A. Gay, Albert Guskov, et al.. (2010). Crystal Structures of a Cysteine-modified Mutant in Loop D of Acetylcholine-binding Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(6). 4420–4428. 43 indexed citations

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Little, Michelle J., Hideki Nishio, Bert Billen, et al.. (2009). Synthesis, Solution Structure, and Phylum Selectivity of a Spider δ-Toxin That Slows Inactivation of Specific Voltage-gated Sodium Channel Subtypes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(36). 24568–24582. 27 indexed citations

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Nirthanan, Selvanayagam, Isabelle Huys, Toshiyuki Kohno, et al.. (2004). Synthesis and Characterization of Spinoxin, a Novel Peptide Toxin from the Malaysian Black Scorpion. 2003. 283–284. 4 indexed citations

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Tytgat, Jan, Johan Vereecke, & Edward Carmeliet. (1994). A possible structural link between voltage-gated and inward rectifier k+ channels. Biophysical Journal. 66(2). 1 indexed citations

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Tytgat, Jan, Ken Nakazawa, & Philip E. Hess. (1993). Cooperative and noncooperative subunit interactions determine voltage-dependent k+ channel gating. Biophysical Journal. 64(2). 3 indexed citations

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