René Smits

1.3k total citations
23 papers, 917 citations indexed

About

René Smits is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, René Smits has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 917 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Organic Chemistry and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in René Smits's work include Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (7 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). René Smits is often cited by papers focused on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study (7 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (4 papers). René Smits collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. René Smits's co-authors include Beate Koksch, Cosimo D. Cadicamo, Klaus Burger, Jörg Habermann, Steven V. Ley, Alexander Hoepping, Antje Hienzsch, Jörg Steinbach, Peter Brust and Steffen Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Chemical Communications and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

René Smits

23 papers receiving 912 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
René Smits Germany	14	447	351	335	221	93	23	917
Marc B. Skaddan United States	14	218 0.5×	248 0.7×	234 0.7×	198 0.9×	104 1.1×	23	816
Torsten Knieß Germany	23	538 1.2×	144 0.4×	429 1.3×	429 1.9×	235 2.5×	83	1.4k
F. Wüst Germany	18	223 0.5×	136 0.4×	197 0.6×	409 1.9×	175 1.9×	28	732
Thomas Collier United States	24	599 1.3×	680 1.9×	569 1.7×	456 2.1×	96 1.0×	70	1.7k
Allen F. Brooks United States	22	653 1.5×	931 2.7×	502 1.5×	648 2.9×	130 1.4×	80	1.9k
Nickeisha A. Stephenson United States	10	344 0.8×	226 0.6×	265 0.8×	178 0.8×	51 0.5×	14	676
Alexander Hoepping Germany	16	236 0.5×	120 0.3×	265 0.8×	308 1.4×	104 1.1×	49	854
Tor Kihlberg Sweden	17	278 0.6×	272 0.8×	176 0.5×	329 1.5×	57 0.6×	34	817
Masaharu Kojima Japan	15	303 0.7×	121 0.3×	220 0.7×	204 0.9×	48 0.5×	93	738
Thomas Cailly France	17	615 1.4×	154 0.4×	224 0.7×	158 0.7×	57 0.6×	47	974

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Fischer, Steffen, René Smits, Winnie Deuther‐Conrad, et al.. (2018). Exploring the Metabolism of (+)-[18F]Flubatine In Vitro and In Vivo: LC-MS/MS Aided Identification of Radiometabolites in a Clinical PET Study †. Molecules. 23(2). 464–464. 5 indexed citations

Kramer, Vasko, René Smits, Alexander Hoepping, et al.. (2018). Image-Guided Development of Heterocyclic Sulfoxides as Ligands for Tau Neurofibrillary Tangles: From First-in-Man to Second-Generation Ligands. ACS Omega. 3(7). 7567–7579. 13 indexed citations

Cardinale, Jens, René Martin, Yvonne Remde, et al.. (2017). Procedures for the GMP-Compliant Production and Quality Control of [18F]PSMA-1007: A Next Generation Radiofluorinated Tracer for the Detection of Prostate Cancer. Pharmaceuticals. 10(4). 77–77. 86 indexed citations

Kranz, Mathias, Bernhard Sattler, Solveig Tiepolt, et al.. (2016). Radiation dosimetry of the α4β2 nicotinic receptor ligand (+)-[18F]flubatine, comparing preclinical PET/MRI and PET/CT to first-in-human PET/CT results. EJNMMI Physics. 3(1). 25–25. 15 indexed citations

Wenzel, Barbara, Winnie Deuther‐Conrad, Sladjana Dukić-Stefanović, et al.. (2016). Development of a Novel Nonpeptidic¹⁸F-Labeled Radiotracer for in Vivo Imaging of Oxytocin Receptors with Positron Emission Tomography. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 59(5). 1800–1817. 14 indexed citations

Smits, René, Steffen Fischer, Cornelius K. Donat, et al.. (2016). LC-MS Supported Studies on the in Vitro Metabolism of both Enantiomers of Flubatine and the in Vivo Metabolism of (+)-[18F]Flubatine—A Positron Emission Tomography Radioligand for Imaging α4β2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors. Molecules. 21(9). 1200–1200. 9 indexed citations

Preshlock, Sean, Samuel Calderwood, Stefan Verhoog, et al.. (2016). Enhanced copper-mediated ¹⁸F-fluorination of aryl boronic esters provides eight radiotracers for PET applications. Chemical Communications. 52(54). 8361–8364. 135 indexed citations

Patt, Marianne, Georg Becker, Andreas Schildan, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of metabolism, plasma protein binding and other biological parameters after administration of (−)-[18F]Flubatine in humans. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 41(6). 489–494. 12 indexed citations

Sattler, Bernhard, Mathias Kranz, Alexander Starke, et al.. (2014). Internal Dose Assessment of (–)-¹⁸F-Flubatine, Comparing Animal Model Datasets of Mice and Piglets with First-in-Human Results. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 55(11). 1885–1892. 10 indexed citations

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Fischer, Steffen, Achim Hiller, René Smits, et al.. (2013). Radiosynthesis of racemic and enantiomerically pure (−)-[18F]flubatine—A promising PET radiotracer for neuroimaging of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 74. 128–136. 17 indexed citations

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Patt, Marianne, Andreas Schildan, Steffen Fischer, et al.. (2013). Fully automated radiosynthesis of both enantiomers of [18F]Flubatine under GMP conditions for human application. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 80. 7–11. 15 indexed citations

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Smits, René, Steffen Fischer, Achim Hiller, et al.. (2013). Synthesis and biological evaluation of both enantiomers of [18F]flubatine, promising radiotracers with fast kinetics for the imaging of α4β2-nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 22(2). 804–812. 22 indexed citations

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Sabri, Osama, Jörg Steinbach, Peter Brust, et al.. (2012). PET Imaging of Cerebral Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors (nAChRs) in Early Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Assessed with the New Radioligand (–)-[18F]Norchloro-Fluoro-Homoepibatidine ((–)-[18F]Flubatine). JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 3 indexed citations

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Smits, René, Cosimo D. Cadicamo, Klaus Burger, & Beate Koksch. (2008). Synthetic strategies to α-trifluoromethyl and α-difluoromethyl substituted α-amino acids. Chemical Society Reviews. 37(8). 1727–1727. 250 indexed citations

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Smits, René & Beate Koksch. (2006). How Cα-Fluoroalkyl Amino Acids and Peptides Interact with Enzymes:Studies Concerning the Influence on Proteolytic Stability, Enzymatic Resolution and Peptide Coupling. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 6(14). 1483–1498. 47 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, H. M. R., et al.. (2004). Studies on the Asymmetric Dihydroxylation of Advanced Bryostatin C-Ring Segments. Synthesis. 2004(9). 1391–1398. 2 indexed citations

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Vakalopoulos, Alexandros, René Smits, & H. M. R. Hoffmann. (2002). Structural and Stereochemical Diversity from (±)-2,2-Dimethyl-8-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-6-en-3-one − Application to the Synthesis of Polyketide Segments of Natural Products. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2002(9). 1538–1545. 11 indexed citations

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Ley, Steven V., et al.. (2000). ChemInform Abstract: Three‐Step Synthesis of an Array of Substituted Benzofurans Using Polymer‐Supported Reagents.. ChemInform. 31(2). 1 indexed citations

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Habermann, Jörg, Steven V. Ley, & René Smits. (1999). Three-step synthesis of an array of substituted benzofurans using polymer-supported reagents. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 2421–2423. 80 indexed citations

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Habermann, Jörg, Steven V. Ley, Jan Scicinski, et al.. (1999). Clean synthesis of α-bromo ketones and their utilisation in the synthesis of 2-alkoxy-2,3-dihydro-2-aryl-1,4-benzodioxanes, 2-amino-4-aryl-1,3-thiazoles and piperidino-2-amino-1,3-thiazoles using polymer-supported reagents. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 2425–2427. 23 indexed citations

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