Sönke Behrends

2.1k total citations
65 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Sönke Behrends is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sönke Behrends has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 36 papers in Physiology and 13 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Sönke Behrends's work include Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (35 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (10 papers). Sönke Behrends is often cited by papers focused on Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (35 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (10 papers). Sönke Behrends collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and United States. Sönke Behrends's co-authors include Doris Koesling, Markus Koglin, Christian Harteneck, Kurt Schmidt, Bernd Mayer, Astrid Schrammel, Michael Russwurm, Hasso Scholz, Jan R. Kraehling and Tobias Haase and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, PLoS ONE and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Sönke Behrends

64 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sönke Behrends Germany 23 936 902 314 230 211 65 1.8k
Imran N. Mungrue United States 22 574 0.6× 1.2k 1.4× 407 1.3× 207 0.9× 354 1.7× 31 2.4k
Pavel I. Nedvetsky Germany 18 558 0.6× 895 1.0× 236 0.8× 155 0.7× 212 1.0× 39 1.5k
Ronald R. Fiscus United States 31 802 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 369 1.2× 575 2.5× 122 0.6× 84 2.6k
Renzo Levi Italy 28 902 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 794 2.5× 326 1.4× 84 0.4× 63 2.3k
Zohre German United States 14 782 0.8× 805 0.9× 308 1.0× 71 0.3× 429 2.0× 19 2.1k
Mentor Sopjani Kosovo 29 487 0.5× 1.5k 1.6× 301 1.0× 397 1.7× 165 0.8× 78 2.7k
Pascale Perret France 18 1.4k 1.5× 1.6k 1.8× 223 0.7× 83 0.4× 206 1.0× 41 3.0k
Annie Beuve United States 28 1.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.5× 721 2.3× 193 0.8× 333 1.6× 60 2.6k
Junsuke Igarashi Japan 24 731 0.8× 1.3k 1.5× 305 1.0× 73 0.3× 410 1.9× 44 2.1k
Ramesh C. Bhalla United States 29 565 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 433 1.4× 286 1.2× 111 0.5× 83 2.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sönke Behrends

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All Works

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Sandner, Peter, et al.. (2025). Discovery of the first isoform-specific sGC activator: Selective activation of GC-1 by runcaciguat. European Journal of Pharmacology. 996. 177557–177557.
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Mathar, Ilka, et al.. (2025). Runcaciguat activates soluble guanylyl cyclase via the histidine essential for heme binding and nitric oxide activation. Biochemical Pharmacology. 232. 116739–116739. 1 indexed citations
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Sandner, Peter, et al.. (2019). Thermal shift assay: Strengths and weaknesses of the method to investigate the ligand-induced thermostabilization of soluble guanylyl cyclase. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 181. 113065–113065. 12 indexed citations
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Sandner, Peter, et al.. (2019). A novel soluble guanylyl cyclase activator, BR 11257, acts as a non-stabilising partial agonist of sGC. Biochemical Pharmacology. 163. 142–153. 11 indexed citations
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Behrends, Sönke, et al.. (2018). Synergistic stabilisation of NOsGC by cinaciguat and non-hydrolysable nucleotides: Evidence for sGC activator-induced communication between the heme-binding and catalytic domains. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1866(5-6). 702–711. 4 indexed citations
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Behrends, Sönke, et al.. (2013). Nitric Oxide Activation of Guanylate Cyclase Pushes the α1 Signaling Helix and the β1 Heme-binding Domain Closer to the Substrate-binding Site. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(1). 476–484. 22 indexed citations
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Haase, Nadine, et al.. (2009). Nitric oxide sensitive guanylyl cyclase activity decreases during cerebral postnatal development because of a reduction in heterodimerization. Journal of Neurochemistry. 112(2). 542–551. 15 indexed citations
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Koglin, Markus & Sönke Behrends. (2004). Native human nitric oxide sensitive guanylyl cyclase: purification and characterization. Biochemical Pharmacology. 67(8). 1579–1585. 10 indexed citations
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Bidmon, Hans‐J., Jutta Starbatty, Boris Görg, Karl Zilles, & Sönke Behrends. (2004). Cerebral expression of the α2-subunit of soluble guanylyl cyclase is linked to cerebral maturation and sensory pathway refinement during postnatal development. Neurochemistry International. 45(6). 821–832. 13 indexed citations
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Staveren, Wilma C.G. van, Harry W.M. Steinbusch, M. Markerink–van Ittersum, Sönke Behrends, & Jan de Vente. (2004). Species differences in the localization of cGMP‐producing and NO‐responsive elements in the mouse and rat hippocampus using cGMP immunocytochemistry. European Journal of Neuroscience. 19(8). 2155–2168. 53 indexed citations
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Behrends, Sönke. (2003). Drugs that Activate Specific Nitric Oxide Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase Isoforms Independent of Nitric Oxide Release. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 10(4). 291–301. 14 indexed citations
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Kempfert, Jörg & Sönke Behrends. (2003). Analysis of nitric oxide-sensitive guanylyl cyclase in human platelets before and after aggregation. Platelets. 14(7-8). 429–435. 3 indexed citations
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Koglin, Markus, et al.. (2001). Nitric Oxide Activates the β2 Subunit of Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase in the Absence of a Second Subunit. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(33). 30737–30743. 74 indexed citations
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Schoser, Benedikt & Sönke Behrends. (2001). Soluble guanylyl cyclase is localized at the neuromuscular junction in human skeletal muscle. Neuroreport. 12(5). 979–981. 19 indexed citations
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Behrends, Sönke, et al.. (2001). Developmental Changes of Nitric Oxide-Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase Expression in Pulmonary Arteries. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 283(4). 883–887. 33 indexed citations
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Behrends, Sönke, et al.. (2001). The β2 subunit of nitric oxide-sensitive guanylyl cyclase is developmentally regulated in rat kidney. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 364(6). 573–576. 10 indexed citations
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Witte, Klaus K., et al.. (2000). Contribution of the renin–angiotensin system to subsensitivity of soluble guanylyl cyclase in TGR(mREN2)27 rats. European Journal of Pharmacology. 403(1-2). 27–35. 16 indexed citations
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Kummer, Wolfgang, Sönke Behrends, Thomas Schwarzlmüller, Axel Fischer, & Doris Koesling. (1996). Subunits of soluble guanylyl cyclase in rat and guinea-pig sensory ganglia. Brain Research. 721(1-2). 191–195. 28 indexed citations
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Behrends, Sönke, Christian Harteneck, Günter Schultz, & Doris Koesling. (1995). A Variant of the α2 Subunit of Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase Contains an Insert Homologous to a Region within Adenylyl Cyclases and Functions as a Dominant Negative Protein. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(36). 21109–21113. 64 indexed citations

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