Thomas Voets

29.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
251 papers, 22.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Voets is a scholar working on Sensory Systems, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Voets has authored 251 papers receiving a total of 22.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 165 papers in Sensory Systems, 97 papers in Molecular Biology and 69 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Thomas Voets's work include Ion Channels and Receptors (160 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (72 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (47 papers). Thomas Voets is often cited by papers focused on Ion Channels and Receptors (160 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (72 papers) and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (47 papers). Thomas Voets collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and United States. Thomas Voets's co-authors include Bernd Nilius, Guy Droogmans, Grzegorz Owsianik, Joris Vriens, Annelies Janssens, Karel Talavera, Jean Prenen, Rudi Vennekens, Jan Eggermont and Hiroyuki Watanabe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Voets

246 papers receiving 22.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channels in Disease

2007 1.1k citations Bernd Nilius, Grzegorz Owsianik et al. profile →
Anandamide and arachidonic acid use epoxyeicosatrienoic acids to activate TRPV4 channels

2003 812 citations Hiroyuki Watanabe, Joris Vriens et al. profile →
The principle of temperature-dependent gating in cold- and heat-sensitive TRP channels

2004 803 citations Thomas Voets, Annelies Janssens et al. profile →
Cell swelling, heat, and chemical agonists use distinct pathways for the activation of the cation channel TRPV4

2003 505 citations Joris Vriens, Hiroyuki Watanabe et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
TRPA1 channels mediate acute neurogenic inflammation and pain produced by bacterial endotoxins

2014 356 citations Yeranddy A. Alpízar, Thomas Voets et al. profile →
A TRP channel trio mediates acute noxious heat sensing

2018 326 citations Marie Mulier, Sílvia Pinto et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thomas Voets	13.3k	9.4k	6.1k	4.4k	3.9k	251	22.8k
Makoto Tominaga	17.0k 1.3×	7.8k 0.8×	7.8k 1.3×	4.4k 1.0×	10.3k 2.7×	402	30.8k
Reinhold Penner	10.2k 0.8×	9.1k 1.0×	5.1k 0.8×	4.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.4×	129	18.5k
Bernd Nilius	19.8k 1.5×	16.3k 1.7×	9.1k 1.5×	6.8k 1.5×	6.3k 1.6×	412	36.5k
Michael J. Caterina	15.3k 1.2×	6.0k 0.6×	7.3k 1.2×	3.0k 0.7×	9.6k 2.5×	94	24.2k
Thomas Gudermann	6.3k 0.5×	7.6k 0.8×	4.1k 0.7×	4.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.5×	317	17.2k
James W. Putney	11.4k 0.9×	17.5k 1.9×	9.4k 1.5×	2.5k 0.6×	3.8k 1.0×	292	28.1k
Veit Flockerzi	8.8k 0.7×	13.3k 1.4×	8.6k 1.4×	2.6k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	252	20.9k
Lutz Birnbaumer	9.7k 0.7×	27.5k 2.9×	14.5k 2.4×	3.2k 0.7×	4.6k 1.2×	556	42.8k
Stuart Bevan	8.5k 0.6×	5.2k 0.6×	6.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.4×	6.7k 1.7×	135	17.5k
Michael X. Zhu	6.5k 0.5×	6.2k 0.7×	3.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.3×	1.5k 0.4×	232	13.5k

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Janssen, A.J.M., Sofie Kessels, Yanyan Wang, et al.. (2025). APOE deficiency inhibits amyloid-facilitated (A) tau pathology (T) and neurodegeneration (N), halting progressive ATN pathology in a preclinical model. Molecular Psychiatry. 30(10). 4512–4528. 1 indexed citations

Boonen, Brett & Thomas Voets. (2024). A frozen portrait of a warm channel. Cell Calcium. 123. 102927–102927.

Becker, Lena‐Luise, Denise Horn, Felix Boschann, et al.. (2023). Primidone improves symptoms in TRPM3‐linked developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with spike‐and‐wave activation in sleep. Epilepsia. 64(5). e61–e68. 9 indexed citations

Janssens, Annelies, et al.. (2023). Inhibition of TRPM8 by the urinary tract analgesic drug phenazopyridine. European Journal of Pharmacology. 942. 175512–175512. 3 indexed citations

Voets, Thomas, et al.. (2023). pH‐dependent modulation of TRPV1 by modality‐selective antagonists. British Journal of Pharmacology. 180(21). 2750–2761. 6 indexed citations

Startek, Justyna B., et al.. (2021). The Agonist Action of Alkylphenols on TRPA1 Relates to Their Effects on Membrane Lipid Order: Implications for TRPA1-Mediated Chemosensation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(7). 3368–3368. 10 indexed citations

Mulier, Marie, Nele Van Ranst, Nikky Corthout, et al.. (2020). Upregulation of TRPM3 in nociceptors innervating inflamed tissue. eLife. 9. 30 indexed citations

Startek, Justyna B., Brett Boonen, Alejandro López‐Requena, et al.. (2019). Mouse TRPA1 function and membrane localization are modulated by direct interactions with cholesterol. eLife. 8. 45 indexed citations

López‐Requena, Alejandro, et al.. (2019). Expression and Functional Role of TRPV4 in Bone Marrow-Derived CD11c+ Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(14). 3378–3378. 16 indexed citations

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Menigoz, Aurélie, Sílvia Pinto, Tim Tambuyzer, et al.. (2018). Disentangling the role of TRPM4 in hippocampus-dependent plasticity and learning: an electrophysiological, behavioral and FMRI approach. Brain Structure and Function. 223(8). 3557–3576. 18 indexed citations

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Uvin, Pieter, Jan Franken, Mathieu Boudes, et al.. (2013). The bladder-cooling reflex is a local phenomenon, mediated by TRPA1. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 32(6). 572–573. 1 indexed citations

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Mathar, Ilka, Rudi Vennekens, Marcel Meissner, et al.. (2011). Increased catecholamine secretion contributes to hypertension in TRPM4-deficient mice. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology. 383. 6–7. 2 indexed citations

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Colsoul, Barbara, Anica Schraenen, Katleen Lemaire, et al.. (2010). Loss of high-frequency glucose-induced Ca ²⁺ oscillations in pancreatic islets correlates with impaired glucose tolerance in Trpm5 ^−/− mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(11). 5208–5213. 163 indexed citations

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Karashima, Yuji, Karel Talavera, Wouter Everaerts, et al.. (2009). TRPA1 acts as a cold sensor in vitro and in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(4). 1273–1278. 473 indexed citations

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Krakow, Deborah, Joris Vriens, Natalia Camacho, et al.. (2009). Mutations in the Gene Encoding the Calcium-Permeable Ion Channel TRPV4 Produce Spondylometaphyseal Dysplasia, Kozlowski Type and Metatropic Dysplasia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 84(3). 307–315. 148 indexed citations

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Everaerts, Wouter, Karel Talavera, Maarten Gees, et al.. (2009). Allyl isothyocynate induces bladder overactivity via direct activation of both trpa1 and trpv1. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 28(7). 865–865. 1 indexed citations

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Everaerts, Wouter, et al.. (2009). App441-1, a novel trpv4 agonist is able to induce bladder overactivity in rats and mice. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 28(7). 701–702. 3 indexed citations

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Vriens, Joris, Makoto Suzuki, Thomas Voets, & Bernd Nilius. (2005). Modulation of the Ca2+ permeable cation channel TRPV4 by cytochrome P450 epoxygenases in vascular endothelium. Biophysical Journal. 88(1). 14 indexed citations

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Vriens, Joris, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Annelies Janssens, et al.. (2003). Cell swelling, heat, and chemical agonists use distinct pathways for the activation of the cation channel TRPV4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(1). 396–401. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dinkelacker, Vera, Thomas Voets, Erwin Neher, & Tobias Moser. (2000). The readily releasable pool of vesicles in chromaffin cells is replenished in a temperature-dependent manner and transiently overfills at 37 degrees C.. PubMed Central. 20(22). 8377–83. 49 indexed citations

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