Klaus Steinmeyer

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Klaus Steinmeyer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Klaus Steinmeyer has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 24 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Klaus Steinmeyer's work include Ion channel regulation and function (37 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (20 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (11 papers). Klaus Steinmeyer is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (37 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (20 papers) and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases (11 papers). Klaus Steinmeyer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Klaus Steinmeyer's co-authors include Thomas J. Jentsch, Manuela C. Koch, Michael Pusch, Blanche Schwappach, Andreas Büsch, C Lorenz, Niels Decher, K. Ricker, Wolfgang Deppert and Harald Jockusch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Klaus Steinmeyer

50 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

The Skeletal Muscle Chloride Channel in Dominant and Recessive Human Myotonia

1992 556 citations Manuela C. Koch, Klaus Steinmeyer et al. profile →
A common molecular basis for three inherited kidney stone diseases

1996 556 citations Klaus Steinmeyer, Blanche Schwappach et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Klaus Steinmeyer Germany	38	4.7k	2.3k	2.3k	323	311	50	5.6k
Satoshi Matsuoka Japan	35	3.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	89 0.3×	226 0.7×	89	4.7k
Andrea Becchetti Italy	37	3.3k 0.7×	888 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	115 0.4×	162 0.5×	111	4.4k
Frank Wunder Germany	25	2.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	172 0.5×	634 2.0×	50	3.5k
Mark S. Shapiro United States	40	3.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	109 0.3×	440 1.4×	100	4.8k
Makoto Inui Japan	33	3.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	990 0.4×	89 0.3×	318 1.0×	86	4.2k
Anselm A. Zdebik Germany	26	3.0k 0.6×	583 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	321 1.0×	435 1.4×	33	4.0k
Lorene K. Langeberg United States	45	6.5k 1.4×	1.0k 0.4×	2.1k 0.9×	137 0.4×	507 1.6×	73	8.2k
Martyn P. Mahaut‐Smith United Kingdom	37	2.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.4×	305 0.9×	401 1.3×	106	3.9k
Kenneth J. Rhodes United States	39	4.6k 1.0×	1.8k 0.8×	3.1k 1.4×	60 0.2×	435 1.4×	70	6.2k
Kunfu Ouyang China	33	3.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	568 0.3×	242 0.7×	493 1.6×	94	5.3k

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Wirth, Klaus, Joachim Brendel, Klaus Steinmeyer, et al.. (2007). In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of the Atrial Selective Antiarrhythmic Compound AVE1231. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 49(4). 197–206. 47 indexed citations

Merk, Sylvia, Elisabeth Arnoldi, Ludwig Zwermann, et al.. (2005). Functional profiling of human atrial and ventricular gene expression. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 450(4). 201–208. 84 indexed citations

Best, Leonard, et al.. (2004). Inhibition of glucose-induced electrical activity in rat pancreatic β-cells by DCPIB, a selective inhibitor of volume-sensitive anion currents. European Journal of Pharmacology. 489(1-2). 13–19. 36 indexed citations

Decher, Niels, Andreas S. Barth, Teresa González, Klaus Steinmeyer, & Michael C. Sanguinetti. (2004). Novel KChIP2 isoforms increase functional diversity of transient outward potassium currents. The Journal of Physiology. 557(3). 761–772. 35 indexed citations

Bosch, Ralph, Constanze R Scherer, Norman Rüb, et al.. (2003). Molecular mechanisms of early electrical remodeling: transcriptional downregulation of ion channel subunits reduces ICa,Land Itoin rapid atrial pacing in rabbits. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 41(5). 858–869. 90 indexed citations

Decher, Niels, et al.. (2003). KCNE2 modulates current amplitudes and activation kinetics of HCN4: influence of KCNE family members on HCN4 currents. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology. 446(6). 633–640. 82 indexed citations

Decher, Niels, Bernard Pirard, Stefan Peukert, et al.. (2003). Molecular Basis for Kv1.5 Channel Block. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(1). 394–400. 90 indexed citations

Decher, Niels, Werner Dittrich, Johann Gassenhuber, et al.. (2001). Characterization of TASK‐4, a novel member of the pH‐sensitive, two‐pore domain potassium channel family. FEBS Letters. 492(1-2). 84–89. 121 indexed citations

Decher, Niels, Hans J. Lang, Bernd Nilius, et al.. (2001). DCPIB is a novel selective blocker of I_Cl,swell and prevents swelling‐induced shortening of guinea‐pig atrial action potential duration. British Journal of Pharmacology. 134(7). 1467–1479. 161 indexed citations

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Lerche, Christian Johann, et al.. (2000). The antihistamine fexofenadine does not affect I-Kr currents in a patient reported to have fexofenadine-induced cardiac arrhythmia. Biophysical Journal. 78(1). 3 indexed citations

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Steinmeyer, Klaus & Thomas J. Jentsch. (1998). Molecular physiology of renal chloride channels. Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension. 7(5). 497–502. 3 indexed citations

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Steinmeyer, Klaus & Thomas J. Jentsch. (1996). REVIEW ■ : Chloride Channel Myotonias. The Neuroscientist. 2(4). 225–232. 1 indexed citations

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Hechenberger, Mirko, Blanche Schwappach, Wolf N. Fischer, et al.. (1996). A Family of Putative Chloride Channels from Arabidopsis and Functional Complementation of a Yeast Strain with a CLC Gene Disruption. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271(52). 33632–33638. 142 indexed citations

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Pusch, Michael, Klaus Steinmeyer, Manuela C. Koch, & Thomas J. Jentsch. (1995). Mutations in dominant human myotonia congenita drastically alter the voltage dependence of the CIC-1 chloride channel. Neuron. 15(6). 1455–1463. 155 indexed citations

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Steinmeyer, Klaus, C Lorenz, Michael Pusch, Manuela C. Koch, & Thomas J. Jentsch. (1994). Multimeric structure of ClC-1 chloride channel revealed by mutations in dominant myotonia congenita (Thomsen).. The EMBO Journal. 13(4). 737–743. 185 indexed citations

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Jentsch, Thomas J., et al.. (1993). The ClC Family of Voltage‐Gated Chloride Channels: Structure and Function^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 707(1). 285–293. 14 indexed citations

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Steinmeyer, Klaus, Rainer Klocke, C. Ortland, et al.. (1991). Inactivation of muscle chloride channel by transposon insertion in myotonic mice. Nature. 354(6351). 304–308. 298 indexed citations

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Deppert, Wolfgang, Gregor Buschhausen-Denker, T Patschinsky, & Klaus Steinmeyer. (1990). Cell cycle control of p53 in normal (3T3) and chemically transformed (Meth A) mouse cells. II. Requirement for cell cycle progression.. PubMed. 5(11). 1701–6. 63 indexed citations

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Jentsch, Thomas J., et al.. (1990). Primary structure of Torpedo marmorata chloride channel isolated by expression cloning in Xenopus oocytes. Nature. 348(6301). 510–514. 404 indexed citations

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Steinmeyer, Klaus, Heiko Maacke, & Wolfgang Deppert. (1990). Cell cycle control by p53 in normal (3T3) and chemically transformed (Meth A) mouse cells. I. Regulation of p53 expression.. PubMed. 5(11). 1691–9. 39 indexed citations

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