Ülo Langel

28.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
437 papers, 21.8k citations indexed

About

Ülo Langel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Microbiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ülo Langel has authored 437 papers receiving a total of 21.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 372 papers in Molecular Biology, 139 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 47 papers in Microbiology. Recurrent topics in Ülo Langel's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (220 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (187 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (126 papers). Ülo Langel is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (220 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (187 papers) and Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology (126 papers). Ülo Langel collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Estonia and United States. Ülo Langel's co-authors include Tamás Bartfai, Margus Pooga, Mattias Hällbrink, Samir EL Andaloussi, Matjaž Zorko, Astrid Gräslund, Anna Elmquist, Kent Langel, Maria Lindgren and Pontus Lundberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ülo Langel

436 papers receiving 21.3k 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.

Mechanisms of Cellular Uptake of Cell-Penetrating Peptides

2011 798 citations Ülo Langel et al. profile →
Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Design, Synthesis, and Applications

2014 784 citations Ülo Langel et al. profile →
Cell-penetrating peptides: mechanism and kinetics of cargo delivery

2005 666 citations Matjaž Zorko, Ülo Langel profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ülo Langel Sweden	79	17.9k	4.8k	3.1k	2.3k	2.0k	437	21.8k
Alain Prochiantz France	68	12.6k 0.7×	7.9k 1.7×	972 0.3×	2.0k 0.9×	527 0.3×	204	19.1k
Harvey T. McMahon United Kingdom	73	19.3k 1.1×	4.2k 0.9×	304 0.1×	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	113	26.6k
Shiroh Futaki Japan	64	15.0k 0.8×	528 0.1×	2.1k 0.7×	2.8k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	330	17.4k
Erwin London United States	66	15.7k 0.9×	1.6k 0.3×	543 0.2×	754 0.3×	563 0.3×	192	19.3k
John E. Shively United States	74	9.8k 0.5×	2.3k 0.5×	546 0.2×	1.6k 0.7×	264 0.1×	420	20.1k
Annette G. Beck‐Sickinger Germany	66	9.7k 0.5×	5.8k 1.2×	672 0.2×	437 0.2×	643 0.3×	472	16.2k
Dick Hoekstra Netherlands	64	11.9k 0.7×	688 0.1×	396 0.1×	1.9k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	257	16.5k
Jack E. Dixon United States	99	24.8k 1.4×	3.9k 0.8×	412 0.1×	4.3k 1.8×	236 0.1×	347	35.7k
Daniel Scherman France	74	13.3k 0.7×	1.9k 0.4×	175 0.1×	4.3k 1.9×	1.7k 0.9×	418	24.2k
Paul F. Alewood Australia	68	12.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	2.6k 1.1×	278 0.1×	341	16.4k

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Mamashli, Fatemeh, Faezeh Moosavi-Movahedi, Ahmad Amiri, et al.. (2024). Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Promising Therapeutics and Drug-Delivery Systems for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 21(5). 2097–2117. 23 indexed citations

Arukuusk, Piret, et al.. (2023). Aggregation Limiting Cell-Penetrating Peptides Derived from Protein Signal Sequences. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(5). 4277–4277. 5 indexed citations

Langel, Ülo, et al.. (2023). In Silico Studies to Support Vaccine Development. Pharmaceutics. 15(2). 654–654. 26 indexed citations

Gestin, Maxime, et al.. (2020). Effect of small molecule signaling in PepFect14 transfection. PLoS ONE. 15(1). e0228189–e0228189. 4 indexed citations

Gestin, Maxime, et al.. (2020). Mimicry of Dopamine 1 Receptor Signaling with Cell-Penetrating Peptides. International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics. 27(1). 83–90. 3 indexed citations

Cerrato, Carmine Pasquale, et al.. (2020). Intracellular delivery of therapeutic antisense oligonucleotides targeting mRNA coding mitochondrial proteins by cell-penetrating peptides. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 8(47). 10825–10836. 27 indexed citations

Hällbrink, Mattias, et al.. (2018). Cell-penetrating peptides for siRNA delivery to glioblastomas. Peptides. 104. 62–69. 57 indexed citations

Arukuusk, Piret, Kaido Kurrikoff, Raivo Raid, et al.. (2017). Formulation of Stable and Homogeneous Cell-Penetrating Peptide NF55 Nanoparticles for Efficient Gene Delivery In Vivo. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 10. 28–35. 21 indexed citations

Regberg, Jakob, et al.. (2016). Role of scavenger receptors in peptide-based delivery of plasmid DNA across a blood–brain barrier model. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 500(1-2). 128–135. 35 indexed citations

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Cerrato, Carmine Pasquale, Tõnis Lehto, & Ülo Langel. (2014). Peptide-based vectors: recent developments. BioMolecular Concepts. 5(6). 479–488. 22 indexed citations

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Hyvönen, Maija, Juulia Enbäck, Tuulia Huhtala, et al.. (2014). Novel Target for Peptide-Based Imaging and Treatment of Brain Tumors. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 13(4). 996–1007. 44 indexed citations

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Langel, Ülo, et al.. (2013). Vectorization of splice-correcting oligonucleotides with cell-penetrating peptides. 31(2). 12–15. 3 indexed citations

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Lindgren, Maria & Ülo Langel. (2010). Classes and Prediction of Cell-Penetrating Peptides. Methods in molecular biology. 683. 3–19. 108 indexed citations

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Holm, Tina, Samir EL Andaloussi, & Ülo Langel. (2010). Comparison of CPP Uptake Methods. Methods in molecular biology. 683. 207–217. 17 indexed citations

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Lundin, Per, Henrik J. Johansson, Peter Guterstam, et al.. (2008). Distinct Uptake Routes of Cell-Penetrating Peptide Conjugates. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 19(12). 2535–2542. 151 indexed citations

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Jones, Sarah, Pernilla Östlund, Ülo Langel, et al.. (2006). A rhegnylogic strategy for the synthesis of signal transduction modulatory, cell penetrating peptides. Journal of Peptide Science. 3 indexed citations

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Brewer, Ariel, Ülo Langel, & John K. Robinson. (2005). Intracerebroventricular administration of galanin decreases free water intake and operant water reinforcer efficacy in water-restricted rats. Neuropeptides. 39(2). 117–124. 15 indexed citations

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Rezaei, Khadijeh, Isabella Shi Xu, Weiping Wu, et al.. (2001). Intrathecal administration of PNA targeting galanin receptor reduces galanin-mediated inhibitory effect in the rat spinal cord. Neuroreport. 12(2). 317–320. 31 indexed citations

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Mazarati, Andréy, Hantao Liu, Ursel Soomets, et al.. (1998). Galanin Modulation of Seizures and Seizure Modulation of Hippocampal Galanin in Animal Models of Status Epilepticus. Journal of Neuroscience. 18(23). 10070–10077. 149 indexed citations

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Bedecs, Katarina, Ülo Langel, & Tamás Bartfai. (1995). Metabolism of galanin and galanin (1–16) in isolated cerebrospinal fluid and spinal cord membranes from rat. Neuropeptides. 29(3). 137–143. 35 indexed citations

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