Jörg König

14.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
128 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Jörg König is a scholar working on Oncology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Jörg König has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Oncology, 53 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 28 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Jörg König's work include Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (101 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (39 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (28 papers). Jörg König is often cited by papers focused on Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (101 papers), Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies (39 papers) and Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism (28 papers). Jörg König collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Japan and United States. Jörg König's co-authors include Dietrich Keppler, Yunhai Cui, Martin F. Fromm, Anne T. Nies, Inka Leier, Fabian Müller, Herbert Spring, Ulrike Buchholz, Jürgen Kartenbeck and Daniel Rost and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Gastroenterology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jörg König

123 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Conjugate export pumps of the multidrug resistance protei... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1999 1999 1996 2000 2013 200 400 600
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  1. Conjugate export pumps of the multidrug resistance protein (MRP) family: localization, substrate specificity, and MRP2-mediated drug resistance
    1999 653 citations Jörg König, Anne T. Nies et al. profile →
  2. Drug Resistance and ATP-Dependent Conjugate Transport Mediated by the Apical Multidrug Resistance Protein, MRP2, Permanently Expressed in Human and Canine Cells
    1999 565 citations Yunhai Cui, Jörg König et al. Molecular Pharmacology profile →
  3. cDNA Cloning of the Hepatocyte Canalicular Isoform of the Multidrug Resistance Protein, cMrp, Reveals a Novel Conjugate Export Pump Deficient in Hyperbilirubinemic Mutant Rats
    1996 554 citations Jörg König, Jürgen Kartenbeck et al. profile →
  4. A novel human organic anion transporting polypeptide localized to the basolateral hepatocyte membrane
    2000 504 citations Jörg König, Yunhai Cui et al. profile →
  5. Transporters and Drug-Drug Interactions: Important Determinants of Drug Disposition and Effects
    2013 435 citations Jörg König, Fabian Müller et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jörg König Germany 55 8.1k 4.2k 2.3k 1.9k 1.8k 128 10.9k
Raymond Evers United States 52 5.8k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 2.8k 1.2× 1.8k 0.9× 1.0k 0.6× 99 9.2k
Anne T. Nies Germany 44 5.1k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 2.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 91 7.3k
Satohiro Masuda Japan 49 4.6k 0.6× 2.9k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 943 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 191 8.8k
John D. Schuetz United States 74 10.9k 1.4× 4.3k 1.0× 6.6k 2.9× 4.7k 2.5× 2.1k 1.2× 196 19.4k
Gabriele Jedlitschky Germany 50 5.1k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 683 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 104 7.4k
Peter L. M. Jansen Netherlands 63 5.7k 0.7× 3.1k 0.7× 4.0k 1.7× 1.5k 0.8× 4.0k 2.3× 196 13.7k
Bruno Stieger Switzerland 78 14.0k 1.7× 6.3k 1.5× 4.6k 2.0× 3.5k 1.9× 5.3k 3.0× 284 21.2k
Erin G. Schuetz United States 77 9.7k 1.2× 4.0k 1.0× 4.7k 2.1× 9.8k 5.2× 1.6k 0.9× 198 19.9k
Brenda F. Leake United States 31 4.6k 0.6× 2.5k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 2.1k 1.1× 791 0.5× 45 6.7k
Toshihisa Ishikawa Japan 47 4.4k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 3.1k 1.3× 734 0.4× 844 0.5× 156 7.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gessner, Arne, Oliver Fischer, Peter Stopfer, et al.. (2025). In vitro transporter substrate properties of previously reported biomarkers for renal OAT1/OAT3-mediated drug-drug interactions. Biochemical Pharmacology. 241. 117184–117184.
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Stefan, Sven Marcel, Vigneshwaran Namasivayam, Gergely Gyimesi, et al.. (2025). Polypharmacology translates between species and phylogenetic distance: A functional, bioinformatic, and structural study on organic anion transporting polypeptides. Biochemical Pharmacology. 239. 117049–117049.
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Keller, Max, et al.. (2024). Differential uptake of arginine derivatives by the human heteromeric amino acid transporter b0,+AT-rBAT (SLC7A9-SLC3A1). Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 398(4). 4419–4434.
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Gessner, Arne, Jörg König, Markus R. Heinrich, et al.. (2024). New Biomarkers for Renal Transporter‐Mediated Drug–Drug Interactions: Metabolomic Effects of Cimetidine, Probenecid, Verapamil, and Rifampin in Humans. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 117(1). 130–142. 5 indexed citations
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Gessner, Arne, Fabian Müller, Markus R. Heinrich, et al.. (2023). A Metabolomic Analysis of Sensitivity and Specificity of 23 Previously Proposed Biomarkers for Renal Transporter‐Mediated Drug‐Drug Interactions. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 114(5). 1058–1072. 13 indexed citations
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Schiller, Martin R., Peter Gmeiner, Jörg König, et al.. (2023). Exploring Structural Determinants of Bias among D4 Subtype-Selective Dopamine Receptor Agonists. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 66(14). 9710–9730. 4 indexed citations
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Nies, Anne T., Jörg König, Katja Damme, et al.. (2023). Novel drug transporter substrates identification: An innovative approach based on metabolomic profiling, in silico ligand screening and biological validation. Pharmacological Research. 196. 106941–106941. 4 indexed citations
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Schumann, Tina, Jörg König, Christian von Loeffelholz, et al.. (2021). Deletion of the diabetes candidate gene Slc16a13 in mice attenuates diet-induced ectopic lipid accumulation and insulin resistance. Communications Biology. 4(1). 826–826. 14 indexed citations
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Rodionov, Roman N., et al.. (2020). Transport of L-Arginine Related Cardiovascular Risk Markers. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(12). 3975–3975. 30 indexed citations
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Gradhand, Ulrike, Heike Tegude, Oliver Burk, et al.. (2007). Functional analysis of the polymorphism −211C>T in the regulatory region of the human ABCC3 gene. Life Sciences. 80(16). 1490–1494. 20 indexed citations
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König, Jörg, et al.. (2005). ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters in the Heart. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 16(1). 7–15. 47 indexed citations
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Nies, Anne T., Gabriele Jedlitschky, Jörg König, et al.. (2004). Expression and immunolocalization of the multidrug resistance proteins, MRP1–MRP6 (ABCC1–ABCC6), in human brain. Neuroscience. 129(2). 349–360. 284 indexed citations
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Kojima, Hideyuki, Anne T. Nies, Jörg König, et al.. (2003). Changes in the expression and localization of hepatocellular transporters and radixin in primary biliary cirrhosis. Journal of Hepatology. 39(5). 693–702. 135 indexed citations
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Cui, Yunhai, Jörg König, & Dietrich Keppler. (2001). Vectorial Transport by Double-Transfected Cells Expressing the Human Uptake Transporter SLC21A8 and the Apical Export Pump ABCC2. Molecular Pharmacology. 60(5). 934–943. 21 indexed citations
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Rost, Daniel, Jörg König, Günter Weiß, et al.. (2001). Expression and localization of the multidrug resistance proteins MRP2 and MRP3 in human gallbladder epithelia. Gastroenterology. 121(5). 1203–1208. 73 indexed citations
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Hirrlinger, Johannes, Jörg König, Dietrich Keppler, et al.. (2001). The multidrug resistance protein MRP1 mediates the release of glutathione disulfide from rat astrocytes during oxidative stress. Journal of Neurochemistry. 76(2). 627–636. 134 indexed citations
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Schaub, Thomas P., Jürgen Kartenbeck, Jörg König, et al.. (1999). Expression of the MRP2 Gene-Encoded Conjugate Export Pump in Human Kidney Proximal Tubules and in Renal Cell Carcinoma. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 10(6). 1159–1169. 205 indexed citations
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König, Jörg, et al.. (1999). Exon-intron organization of the human multidrug-resistance protein 2 (MRP2) gene mutated in Dubin–Johnson syndrome. Gastroenterology. 117(3). 653–660. 104 indexed citations
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Barnouin, Karin, Inka Leier, Gabriele Jedlitschky, et al.. (1998). Multidrug resistance protein-mediated transport of chlorambucil and melphalan conjugated to glutathione. British Journal of Cancer. 77(2). 201–209. 76 indexed citations
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