Natascha Sommer

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
113 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Natascha Sommer is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Natascha Sommer has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 29 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 28 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Natascha Sommer's work include Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (44 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (18 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (17 papers). Natascha Sommer is often cited by papers focused on Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (44 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (18 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (17 papers). Natascha Sommer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Natascha Sommer's co-authors include Norbert Weißmann, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, Werner Seeger, Oleg Pak, Henning Gall, Friedrich Grimminger, Ralph T. Schermuly, Manuel J. Richter, Khodr Tello and Antonia Dalmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Natascha Sommer

103 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Validation of the Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion/Systolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure Ratio for the Assessment of Right Ventricular-Arterial Coupling in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

2019 319 citations Khodr Tello, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani et al. profile →
Pulmonary Hypertension: A Contemporary Review

2023 69 citations Natascha Sommer, Norbert Weißmann et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →

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Paul McLoughlin Ireland

Élisabeth Marcos France

Stefanie Krick United States

Sharon Rounds United States

D. Köhler Germany

Michael A. Portman United States

Silvia Ulrich Switzerland

Anders Gabrielsen Sweden

Jesse D. Roberts United States

Steve Landas United States

Paul McLoughlin Ireland

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Natascha Sommer

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sommer, Natascha, et al.. (2025). H2O2 Sensitivity of Kv Channels in Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction: Experimental Conditions Matter. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(14). 6857–6857.

Ferrero, Maximiliano Ruben, Ana Ivonne Vazquez‐Armendariz, Lucas Kimmig, et al.. (2025). Cell type–specific efferocytosis determines functional plasticity of alveolar macrophages. Science Immunology. 10(107). eadl3852–eadl3852. 3 indexed citations

Halank, Michael, Katarina Zeder, Natascha Sommer, et al.. (2023). Pulmonale Hypertonie assoziiert mit Lungenerkrankungen. Pneumologie. 77(11). 916–925. 1 indexed citations

Rieckher, Matthias, Manuela Martinefski, Gabriela A. Fernández, et al.. (2022). Endogenous formaldehyde scavenges cellular glutathione resulting in redox disruption and cytotoxicity. Nature Communications. 13(1). 745–745. 71 indexed citations

Weidinger, Adelheid, András Mészáros, Andrea Müllebner, et al.. (2022). Systemic Effects of mitoTEMPO upon Lipopolysaccharide Challenge Are Due to Its Antioxidant Part, While Local Effects in the Lung Are Due to Triphenylphosphonium. Antioxidants. 11(2). 323–323. 6 indexed citations

Hadžić, Stefan, Cheng‐Yu Wu, Oleg Pak, et al.. (2022). iNOS Deletion in Alveolar Epithelium Cannot Reverse the Elastase-Induced Emphysema in Mice. Cells. 12(1). 125–125. 3 indexed citations

Schneck, Emmanuel, Ingolf Askevold, Andreas Hecker, et al.. (2022). Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction Is Associated with Increased Levels of Cell-Free Mitochondrial DNA in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid of Lung Transplant Recipients. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(14). 4142–4142.

Giordano, Luca, Manish K. Aneja, Natascha Sommer, et al.. (2021). Alternative oxidase encoded by sequence-optimized and chemically-modified RNA transfected into mammalian cells is catalytically active. Gene Therapy. 29(12). 655–664. 8 indexed citations

Sommer, Natascha, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, Oleg Pak, et al.. (2020). Current and future treatments of pulmonary arterial hypertension. British Journal of Pharmacology. 178(1). 6–30. 118 indexed citations

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Krüger, Britta, Jana Strahler, Christopher Weyh, et al.. (2020). Physical Activity and Mental Health of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(12). 4023–4023. 13 indexed citations

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Moreno‐Domínguez, Alejandro, Patricia Ortega‐Sáenz, Lin Gao, et al.. (2020). Acute O ₂ sensing through HIF2α-dependent expression of atypical cytochrome oxidase subunits in arterial chemoreceptors. Science Signaling. 13(615). 71 indexed citations

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Giordano, Luca, Laura Salminen, Robert Voswinckel, et al.. (2018). Alternative Oxidase Attenuates Cigarette Smoke–induced Lung Dysfunction and Tissue Damage. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 60(5). 515–522. 36 indexed citations

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Ferrari, Uta, Friederike Banning, Vanessa Sacco, et al.. (2017). Depressive symptoms, impaired glucose metabolism, high visceral fat, and high systolic blood pressure in a subgroup of women with recent gestational diabetes. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 97. 89–93. 10 indexed citations

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Richter, Manuel J., Natascha Sommer, Henning Gall, et al.. (2015). Pulmonary Hemodynamic Response to Exercise in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension before and after Pulmonary Endarterectomy. Respiration. 90(1). 63–73. 16 indexed citations

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Pak, Oleg, Natascha Sommer, Timm Hoeres, et al.. (2013). Mitochondrial Hyperpolarization in Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling. Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein Deficiency as Disease Model. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 49(3). 358–367. 63 indexed citations

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Bakr, Adel G., Oleg Pak, Ashraf Taye, et al.. (2013). Effects of Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase–1 Overexpression on the Response of the Pulmonary Vasculature to Hypoxia. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 49(3). 491–500. 14 indexed citations

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Ghofrani, Hossein Ardeschir, Ralph T. Schermuly, Werner Seeger, et al.. (2012). Effects of hypercapnia and NO synthase inhibition in sustained hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. Respiratory Research. 13(1). 7–7. 19 indexed citations

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Sommer, Natascha, Oleg Pak, Erich Gnaiger, et al.. (2010). Mitochondrial cytochrome redox states and respiration in acute pulmonary oxygen sensing. European Respiratory Journal. 36(5). 1056–1066. 31 indexed citations

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Roth, M., Markus Rupp, Simone Hofmann, et al.. (2009). Heme Oxygenase-2 and Large-Conductance Ca2+-activated K+ Channels: Lung Vascular Effects of Hypoxia. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 180(4). 353–364. 35 indexed citations

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Sommer, Natascha. (2005). Chronic Exposure to Nitrous Oxide Increases [3H]MK801 Binding in the Cerebral Cortex, but Not in the Hippocampus of Adult Mice. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1053(1). 301–308. 2 indexed citations

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