Sven Zels

1.4k total citations
25 papers, 883 citations indexed

About

Sven Zels is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sven Zels has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 883 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sven Zels's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (16 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (10 papers) and Insect Utilization and Effects (7 papers). Sven Zels is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (16 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (10 papers) and Insect Utilization and Effects (7 papers). Sven Zels collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and United States. Sven Zels's co-authors include Jozef Vanden Broeck, Liliane Schoofs, Senne Dillen, Heleen Verlinden, Pieter Van Wielendaele, Jornt Spit, Isabel Beets, Jelle Caers, Kristel Vuerinckx and Hans Peter Vandersmissen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sven Zels

23 papers receiving 879 citations

Peers

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Maija Slaidina United States
Seogang Hyun South Korea
Meet Zandawala United States
Justin R. DiAngelo United States
Heather Chatwin United Kingdom
Shireen‐A. Davies United Kingdom
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Beets, Isabel, Sven Zels, Elke Vandewyer, et al.. (2023). System-wide mapping of peptide-GPCR interactions in C. elegans. Cell Reports. 42(9). 113058–113058. 50 indexed citations
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Temmerman, Liesbet, et al.. (2019). Regulation of Feeding and Metabolism by Neuropeptide F and Short Neuropeptide F in Invertebrates. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 10. 64–64. 80 indexed citations
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Schultheis, Christian, Oleg Tolstenkov, Karen Erbguth, et al.. (2018). Food Sensation Modulates Locomotion by Dopamine and Neuropeptide Signaling in a Distributed Neuronal Network. Neuron. 100(6). 1414–1428.e10. 61 indexed citations
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Dubos, Marie‐Pierre, Sven Zels, Julie Schwartz, et al.. (2018). Characterization of a tachykinin signalling system in the bivalve mollusc Crassostrea gigas. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 266. 110–118. 10 indexed citations
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Beets, Isabel, Sven Zels, Elien Van Sinay, et al.. (2016). An evolutionary conserved neuropeptidergic network underlying C. elegans behavioral plasticity. Lirias (KU Leuven).
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Caers, Jelle, Matthias B. Van Hiel, Katleen Peymen, et al.. (2016). Characterization of a neuropeptide F receptor in the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans. Journal of Insect Physiology. 93-94. 105–111. 6 indexed citations
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Zels, Sven, et al.. (2016). Molecular mechanisms of LL-37-induced receptor activation: An overview. Peptides. 85. 16–26. 68 indexed citations
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Zels, Sven, et al.. (2015). Sulfakinin is an important regulator of digestive processes in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 61. 8–16. 29 indexed citations
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Vleugels, Rut, Elisabeth Marchal, Liesbeth Badisco, et al.. (2015). Molecular cloning and characterization of the allatotropin precursor and receptor in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 9. 84–84. 16 indexed citations
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Zels, Sven, Heleen Verlinden, Senne Dillen, et al.. (2014). Signaling Properties and Pharmacological Analysis of Two Sulfakinin Receptors from the Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94502–e94502. 23 indexed citations
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Spit, Jornt, Sven Zels, Senne Dillen, et al.. (2014). Effects of different dietary conditions on the expression of trypsin- and chymotrypsin-like protease genes in the digestive system of the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 48. 100–109. 35 indexed citations
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Huang, Juan, Elisabeth Marchal, Ekaterina F. Hult, et al.. (2014). Mode of action of allatostatins in the regulation of juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the cockroach, Diploptera punctata. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 54. 61–68. 16 indexed citations
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Dillen, Senne, Rik Verdonck, Sven Zels, Pieter Van Wielendaele, & Jozef Vanden Broeck. (2013). Identification of the short neuropeptide F precursor in the desert locust: Evidence for an inhibitory role of sNPF in the control of feeding. Peptides. 53. 134–139. 38 indexed citations
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Wielendaele, Pieter Van, Niels Wynant, Senne Dillen, et al.. (2013). Neuropeptide F regulates male reproductive processes in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 43(3). 252–259. 40 indexed citations
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Dillen, Senne, Sven Zels, Heleen Verlinden, et al.. (2013). Functional Characterization of the Short Neuropeptide F Receptor in the Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e53604–e53604. 55 indexed citations
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Wielendaele, Pieter Van, Senne Dillen, Sven Zels, Liesbeth Badisco, & Jozef Vanden Broeck. (2012). Regulation of feeding by Neuropeptide F in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 43(1). 102–114. 63 indexed citations
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Hoef, Vincent van, Bert Breugelmans, Jornt Spit, et al.. (2012). Phylogenetic distribution of protease inhibitors of the Kazal-family within the Arthropoda. Peptides. 41. 59–65. 12 indexed citations
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Caers, Jelle, Heleen Verlinden, Sven Zels, et al.. (2012). More than two decades of research on insect neuropeptide GPCRs: an overview. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 3. 151–151. 144 indexed citations
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Spit, Jornt, Bert Breugelmans, Vincent van Hoef, et al.. (2011). Growth-inhibition effects of pacifastin-like peptides on a pest insect: The desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. Peptides. 34(1). 251–257. 14 indexed citations
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Hoef, Vincent van, Bert Breugelmans, Jornt Spit, et al.. (2011). Functional analysis of a pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor-like protein in insects: Silencing effects resemble the human pancreatic autodigestion phenotype. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 41(9). 688–695. 17 indexed citations

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