Jörg Grandl

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Jörg Grandl is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Jörg Grandl has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Physiology and 11 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Jörg Grandl's work include Ion channel regulation and function (22 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (16 papers) and Ion Channels and Receptors (11 papers). Jörg Grandl is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (22 papers), Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (16 papers) and Ion Channels and Receptors (11 papers). Jörg Grandl collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. Jörg Grandl's co-authors include Amanda H. Lewis, Jason Wu, Ardem Patapoutian, Manuela Schmidt, Adrienne E. Dubin, Bertrand Coste, Michael Bandell, Kathryn Spencer, Sung Eun Kim and M Montal and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Jörg Grandl

29 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Piezo proteins are pore-forming subunits of mechanically activated channels

2012 827 citations Bertrand Coste, Bailong Xiao et al. Nature profile →
Touch, Tension, and Transduction – The Function and Regulation of Piezo Ion Channels

2016 405 citations Jason Wu, Amanda H. Lewis et al. Trends in Biochemical Sciences profile →

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Zhaozhu Qiu United States

Swetha E. Murthy United States

Bailong Xiao China

Thomas M. Suchyna United States

Sung Eun Kim South Korea

Geert Callewaert Belgium

Rémi Peyronnet Germany

Jason Wu United States

Chilman Bae United States

Fred A. Pereira United States

Zhaozhu Qiu United States

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2.3k ×1.3

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563 ×0.9

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jörg Grandl

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Grandl, Jörg, et al.. (2025). BPS2025 - A closed-loop system for millisecond readout and control of membrane tension. Biophysical Journal. 124(3). 267a–267a.

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Grandl, Jörg, et al.. (2025). A closed-loop system for millisecond readout and control of membrane tension. Biophysical Journal. 124(24). 4497–4504.

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Lewis, Amanda H., et al.. (2024). Piezo1 ion channels are capable of conformational signaling. Neuron. 112(18). 3161–3175.e5. 9 indexed citations

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Lewis, Amanda H., et al.. (2023). The energetics of rapid cellular mechanotransduction. Biophysical Journal. 122(3). 89a–90a.

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Lewis, Amanda H. & Jörg Grandl. (2021). Stretch and poke stimulation for characterizing mechanically activated ion channels. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 654. 225–253. 15 indexed citations

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Lewis, Amanda H. & Jörg Grandl. (2021). Piezo1 ion channels inherently function as independent mechanotransducers. eLife. 10. 39 indexed citations

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Lewis, Amanda H. & Jörg Grandl. (2020). Inactivation Kinetics and Mechanical Gating of Piezo1 Ion Channels Depend on Subdomains within the Cap. Cell Reports. 30(3). 870–880.e2. 65 indexed citations

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Wu, Jason, et al.. (2017). Inactivation of Mechanically Activated Piezo1 Ion Channels Is Determined by the C-Terminal Extracellular Domain and the Inner Pore Helix. Cell Reports. 21(9). 2357–2366. 88 indexed citations

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Iversen, Edwin S., et al.. (2017). TRPV1 temperature activation is specifically sensitive to strong decreases in amino acid hydrophobicity. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 549–549. 21 indexed citations

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Dubin, Adrienne E., Swetha E. Murthy, Amanda H. Lewis, et al.. (2017). Endogenous Piezo1 Can Confound Mechanically Activated Channel Identification and Characterization. Neuron. 94(2). 266–270.e3. 105 indexed citations

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Lewis, Amanda H., et al.. (2017). Transduction of Repetitive Mechanical Stimuli by Piezo1 and Piezo2 Ion Channels. Cell Reports. 19(12). 2572–2585. 100 indexed citations

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Wu, Jason, Amanda H. Lewis, & Jörg Grandl. (2016). Touch, Tension, and Transduction – The Function and Regulation of Piezo Ion Channels. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 42(1). 57–71. 405 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Jason, et al.. (2016). Localized force application reveals mechanically sensitive domains of Piezo1. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12939–12939. 91 indexed citations

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Lewis, Amanda H. & Jörg Grandl. (2015). Mechanical sensitivity of Piezo1 ion channels can be tuned by cellular membrane tension. eLife. 4. 293 indexed citations

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Lee, Whasil, Holly A. Leddy, Yong Chen, et al.. (2014). Synergy between Piezo1 and Piezo2 channels confers high-strain mechanosensitivity to articular cartilage. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(47). E5114–22. 352 indexed citations

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Moldenhauer, Hans, Ramón Latorre, & Jörg Grandl. (2014). The Pore-Domain of TRPA1 Mediates the Inhibitory Effect of the Antagonist 6-Methyl-5-(2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-indazole. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e106776–e106776. 10 indexed citations

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Coste, Bertrand, Bailong Xiao, Jose S. Santos, et al.. (2012). Piezo proteins are pore-forming subunits of mechanically activated channels. Nature. 483(7388). 176–181. 827 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grandl, Jörg, Florence Kotzyba‐Hibert, Florian Krieger, et al.. (2007). Fluorescent Epibatidine Agonists for Neuronal and Muscle‐Type Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(19). 3505–3508. 19 indexed citations

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Danelon, Christophe, Jörg Grandl, Ruud Hovius, & Horst Vogel. (2006). Modulation of proton-induced current fluctuations in the human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor channel. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 1768(1). 76–89. 4 indexed citations

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Grandl, Jörg, Christophe Danelon, Ruud Hovius, & Horst Vogel. (2006). Functional asymmetry of transmembrane segments in nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. European Biophysics Journal. 35(8). 685–693. 11 indexed citations

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