Katharina Held

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 862 citations indexed

About

Katharina Held is a scholar working on Sensory Systems, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Katharina Held has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 862 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sensory Systems, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Katharina Held's work include Ion Channels and Receptors (15 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (5 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (5 papers). Katharina Held is often cited by papers focused on Ion Channels and Receptors (15 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (5 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (5 papers). Katharina Held collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and Canada. Katharina Held's co-authors include Joris Vriens, Thomas Voets, Katrien De Clercq, Rudi Vennekens, Nele Van Ranst, Thierry Voet, Andrei Segal, Katharina Zimmermann, Marie Mulier and Sílvia Pinto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Katharina Held

23 papers receiving 854 citations

Hit Papers

A TRP channel trio mediates acute noxious heat sensing 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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.

  1. A TRP channel trio mediates acute noxious heat sensing
    2018 326 citations Katrien De Clercq, Marie Mulier et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Katharina Held Belgium 13 564 264 259 222 165 23 862
Sara Kerselaers Belgium 11 545 1.0× 287 1.1× 234 0.9× 174 0.8× 153 0.9× 14 797
Tatjana I. Kichko Germany 15 505 0.9× 315 1.2× 343 1.3× 190 0.9× 113 0.7× 18 1.0k
Sílvia Pinto Belgium 16 457 0.8× 184 0.7× 233 0.9× 189 0.9× 88 0.5× 30 806
Susan M. Huang United States 8 490 0.9× 169 0.6× 155 0.6× 149 0.7× 118 0.7× 11 797
Rodolfo Madrid Chile 19 843 1.5× 343 1.3× 561 2.2× 339 1.5× 189 1.1× 27 1.3k
J. Stefan Kaczmarek United States 7 350 0.6× 341 1.3× 297 1.1× 193 0.9× 79 0.5× 8 758
Shigeyoshi Fuziwara Japan 11 425 0.8× 191 0.7× 184 0.7× 196 0.9× 102 0.6× 11 866
Thomas F.J. Wagner Germany 8 607 1.1× 368 1.4× 205 0.8× 151 0.7× 205 1.2× 8 933
Chike Cao United States 12 352 0.6× 340 1.3× 223 0.9× 97 0.4× 110 0.7× 16 756
Barbara Colsoul Belgium 7 402 0.7× 254 1.0× 105 0.4× 127 0.6× 184 1.1× 8 715

Countries citing papers authored by Katharina Held

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Fields of papers citing papers by Katharina Held

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Katharina Held

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Katharina Held. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Katharina Held based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Katharina Held. Katharina Held is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hennes, Aurélie, Katrien De Clercq, Katharina Held, et al.. (2023). Protease secretions by the invading blastocyst induce calcium oscillations in endometrial epithelial cells via the protease-activated receptor 2. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. 21(1). 37–37. 8 indexed citations
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Eynde, Charlotte Van den, Katharina Held, Katrien De Clercq, et al.. (2022). Loratadine, an antihistaminic drug, suppresses the proliferation of endometrial stromal cells by inhibition of TRPV2. European Journal of Pharmacology. 928. 175086–175086. 11 indexed citations
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Axerio-Cilies, Peter, et al.. (2022). The selective dopamine D1 receptor agonist SKF81297 modulates NMDA receptor currents independently of D1 receptors. Neuropharmacology. 207. 108967–108967. 2 indexed citations
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Held, Katharina, Paul Lambrechts, Thomas Voets, & Geert Bultynck. (2021). I scream for ice cream – TRPC5 as cold sensor in teeth. Cell Calcium. 97. 102419–102419. 1 indexed citations
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Held, Katharina & Balázs István Tóth. (2021). TRPM3 in Brain (Patho)Physiology. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 9. 635659–635659. 30 indexed citations
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Kerselaers, Sara, et al.. (2021). Partial Agonistic Actions of Sex Hormone Steroids on TRPM3 Function. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(24). 13652–13652. 15 indexed citations
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Philippaert, Koenraad, et al.. (2020). Horizontal Hippocampal Slices of the Mouse Brain. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations
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Philippaert, Koenraad, et al.. (2020). Horizontal Hippocampal Slices of the Mouse Brain. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations
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Held, Katharina, Marie Mulier, Nele Van Ranst, et al.. (2020). TRPM3 Inhibits Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in the Hippocampus. Biophysical Journal. 118(3). 21a–21a. 1 indexed citations
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Held, Katharina, Annelies Janssens, Andrei Segal, et al.. (2020). Pharmacological properties of TRPM3 isoforms are determined by the length of the pore loop. British Journal of Pharmacology. 179(14). 3560–3575. 14 indexed citations
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Hennes, Aurélie, Katharina Held, Matteo Boretto, et al.. (2019). Functional expression of the mechanosensitive PIEZO1 channel in primary endometrial epithelial cells and endometrial organoids. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1779–1779. 42 indexed citations
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Clercq, Katrien De, Marie Mulier, Katharina Held, et al.. (2018). A TRP channel trio mediates acute noxious heat sensing. Nature. 555(7698). 662–666. 326 indexed citations breakdown →
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Held, Katharina, et al.. (2018). Mutations in the voltage‐sensing domain affect the alternative ion permeation pathway in the TRPM3 channel. The Journal of Physiology. 596(12). 2413–2432. 27 indexed citations
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Vriens, Joris, Katharina Held, & Thomas Voets. (2017). The nociceptive TRPM3 channel as potential therapeutic target for chronic pain. 3(8). 2 indexed citations
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Held, Katharina, Thomas Voets, & Joris Vriens. (2016). Signature and Pathophysiology of Non-canonical Pores in Voltage-Dependent Cation Channels. Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. 67–99. 8 indexed citations
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Held, Katharina, Thomas Voets, & Joris Vriens. (2015). TRPM3 in temperature sensing and beyond. Temperature. 2(2). 201–213. 58 indexed citations
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Clercq, Katrien De, Katharina Held, Rieta Van Bree, et al.. (2015). Functional expression of transient receptor potential channels in human endometrial stromal cells during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Human Reproduction. 30(6). 1421–1436. 39 indexed citations
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Vriens, Joris, Katharina Held, Annelies Janssens, et al.. (2014). Opening of an alternative ion permeation pathway in a nociceptor TRP channel. Nature Chemical Biology. 10(3). 188–195. 82 indexed citations
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Siqueira, Walter L., et al.. (2012). Identification and characterization of histatin 1 salivary complexes by using mass spectrometry. PROTEOMICS. 12(22). 3426–3435. 14 indexed citations

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