Valdur Saks

11.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
176 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Valdur Saks is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Valdur Saks has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Molecular Biology, 59 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 55 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Valdur Saks's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (98 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (53 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (38 papers). Valdur Saks is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (98 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (53 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (38 papers). Valdur Saks collaborates with scholars based in France, Estonia and Russia. Valdur Saks's co-authors include Andrey V. Kuznetsov, Raimund Margreiter, Vladimir Veksler, Laurence Kay, Tuuli Käämbre, Marko Vendelin, Frank N. Gellerich, Andrey Kuznetsov, Peeter Sikk and Wolfram S. Kunz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Valdur Saks

173 papers receiving 9.2k citations

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Analysis of mitochondrial function in situ in permeabilized muscle fibers, tissues and cells

2008 660 citations Andrey Kuznetsov, Valdur Saks et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Synchronism in mitochondrial ROS flashes, membrane depolarization and calcium sparks in human carcinoma cells 2017 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Andrey V. Kuznetsov, Sabzali Javadov, Valdur Saks, Raimund Margreiter, Michael Grimm	35
2	Metabolic control analysis of cellular respiration in situ in intraoperational samples of human breast cancer 2012 ·Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes ·Tuuli Käämbre, Vladimir Chekulayev, Igor Shevchuk, (unknown), Natalja Timohhina, Kersti Tepp, (unknown), (unknown), Vahur Valvere, Valdur Saks	42
3	High efficiency of energy flux controls within mitochondrial interactosome in cardiac intracellular energetic units 2011 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Kersti Tepp, Igor Shevchuk, Vladimir Chekulayev, Natalja Timohhina, Andrey Kuznetsov, Rita Guzun, Valdur Saks, Tuuli Käämbre	33
4	Mitochondria–cytoskeleton interaction: Distribution of β-tubulins in cardiomyocytes and HL-1 cells 2011 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Rita Guzun, (unknown), Marcela González‐Granillo, Andrey V. Kuznetsov, Lauriane Y. M. Michel, Cécile Cottet‐Rousselle, (unknown), Tuuli Käämbre, Madis Metsis, Michael Grimm, Charles Auffray, Valdur Saks	63
5	Structure–function relationships in feedback regulation of energy fluxes in vivo in health and disease: Mitochondrial Interactosome 2010 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Valdur Saks, Rita Guzun, Natalja Timohhina, Kersti Tepp, Minna Varikmaa, Claire Monge, Nathalie Béraud, Tuuli Käämbre, Andrey Kuznetsov, Lumme Kadaja, Margus Eimre, Enn Seppet	96
6	Regulation of respiration controlled by mitochondrial creatine kinase in permeabilized cardiac cells in situ 2009 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Rita Guzun, Natalja Timohhina, Kersti Tepp, Claire Monge, Tuuli Käämbre, Peeter Sikk, Andrey V. Kuznetsov, Christophe Pison, Valdur Saks	53
7	Tubulin binding blocks mitochondrial voltage-dependent anion channel and regulates respiration 2008 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Tatiana K. Rostovtseva, Kely L. Sheldon, (unknown), Claire Monge, Valdur Saks, Sergey M. Bezrukov, Dan L. Sackett	311
8	Molecular system bioenergetics: regulation of substrate supply in response to heart energy demands 2006 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Valdur Saks, R. Favier, Rita Guzun, Uwe Schlattner, Theo Wallimann	48
9	Cardiac system bioenergetics: metabolic basis of the Frank‐Starling law 2006 ·The Journal of Physiology ·Valdur Saks, Petras P. Dzeja, Uwe Schlattner, Marko Vendelin, André Terzic, Theo Wallimann	188
10	Mitochondrial defects and heterogeneous cytochromecrelease after cardiac cold ischemia and reperfusion 2004 ·American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology ·Andrey V. Kuznetsov, Stefan Schneeberger, R. Seiler, Gerald Brandacher, Walter Mark, Wolfgang Steurer, Valdur Saks, Yves Usson, Raimund Margreiter, Erich Gnaiger	143
11	*In situ* monitoring of kinetics of metabolic conversion of ATP to ADP catalyzed by MgATPases of muscle Gastrocnemius skinned fibers using micellar electrokinetic chromatography 2004 ·Electrophoresis ·Maria Kulp, Mihkel Kaljurand, Tuuli Käämbre, Peeter Sikk, Valdur Saks	8
12	Subcellular heterogeneity in mitochondrial red-ox responses to KATP channel agonists in freshly isolated rabbit cardiomyocytes 2003 ·Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry ·Carlos Ojeda, Pierre Joseph, Valdur Saks, Vincent Piriou, Yves Tourneur	1
13	Bax and heart mitochondria: uncoupling and inhibition of respiration without permeability transition 2002 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Florence Appaix, Karen Guerrero, (unknown), Mohamed Izikki, Tuuli Käämbre, Peeter Sikk, Dieter Brdiczka, (unknown), José Olivares, (unknown), Bruno Antonsson, Valdur Saks	25
14	Study of regulation of mitochondrial respiration in vivo 1997 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Laurence Kay, Zhenlin Li, Mathias Mericskay, José Olivares, Léone Tranqui, Éric Fontaine, Toomas Tiivel, Peeter Sikk, Tuuli Käämbre, Jane‐Lise Samuel, L. Rappaport, Yves Usson, Xavier Leverve, Denise Paulin, Valdur Saks	113
15	Metabolic control and metabolic capacity: two aspects of creatine kinase functioning in the cells 1996 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·Valdur Saks, Renée Ventura‐Clapier, Mayis Aliev	108
16	Striking Differences Between the Kinetics of Regulation of Respiration by ADP in Slow‐Twitch and Fast‐Twitch Muscles In Vivo 1996 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·А. В. Кузнецов, Toomas Tiivel, Peeter Sikk, Tuuli Käämbre, Laurence Kay, (unknown), André Rossi, Lumme Kadaja, (unknown), Enn Seppet, Valdur Saks	169
17	Combination of 31P-NMR magnetization transfer and radioisotope exchange methods for assessment of an enzyme reaction mechanism: rate-determining steps of the creatine kinase reaction 1990 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics ·V.V. Kupriyanov, Robert S. Balaban, (unknown), Assaf Steinschneider, Valdur Saks	13
18	Ultrastructure of Purkinje cells in the subendocardium and false tendons in early experimental myocardial infarction complicated by fibrillation in the dog 1989 ·Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathology Including Molecular Pathology ·Victor G. Sharov, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Valdur Saks, (unknown)	2
19	Quantitative evaluation of relationship between cardiac energy metabolism and post-ischemic recovery of contractile function 1989 ·Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology ·Valdur Saks	55
20	Protection of ischemic myocardium by exogenous phosphocreatine 1987 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·(unknown), (unknown), Victor G. Sharov, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Valdur Saks	30

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