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Jan Tytgat

Researcher Next ID · RN-039846

Researcher · Agricultural and Biological Sciences

KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

Accepting doctoral researchersFunding unknown
Works count
597
Citation count
15,643
H-index
59
i10-index
307

Research interests

Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Ion channel regulation and function
Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
Insect and Pesticide Research

Publications

  • Transgenerational epigenetic effects from male exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds: a systematic review on research in mammals

    Clinical Epigenetics · 2020 · 10.1186/s13148-020-00845-1

  • Targeting Cannabinoid Receptors: Current Status and Prospects of Natural Products

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2020 · 10.3390/ijms21145064

  • Steviol glycosides enhance pancreatic beta-cell function and taste sensation by potentiation of TRPM5 channel activity

    Nature Communications · 2017 · 10.1038/ncomms14733

  • Conotoxins Targeting Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: An Overview

    Marine Drugs · 2014 · 10.3390/md12052970

  • Multisite Binding of a General Anesthetic to the Prokaryotic Pentameric Erwinia chrysanthemi Ligand-gated Ion Channel (ELIC)

    Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2013 · 10.1074/jbc.m112.424507

  • Neurotoxins and Their Binding Areas on Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels

    Frontiers in Pharmacology · 2011 · 10.3389/fphar.2011.00071

  • A bifunctional sea anemone peptide with Kunitz type protease and potassium channel inhibiting properties

    Biochemical Pharmacology · 2011 · 10.1016/j.bcp.2011.03.023

  • Recycling rechargeable lithium ion batteries: Critical analysis of natural resource savings

    Resources Conservation and Recycling · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.08.004

  • Sea anemone venom as a source of insecticidal peptides acting on voltage-gated Na+ channels

    Toxicon · 2006 · 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.11.029

  • Voltage-gated sodium channel modulation by scorpion α-toxins

    Toxicon · 2006 · 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.09.023

  • The differential preference of scorpion α-toxins for insect or mammalian sodium channels: Implications for improved insect control

    Toxicon · 2006 · 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.11.016

  • Phylogenetic distribution, functional epitopes and evolution of the CSαβ superfamily

    Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · 2005 · 10.1007/s00018-005-5200-6

  • Four Novel Tarantula Toxins as Selective Modulators of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Subtypes

    Molecular Pharmacology · 2005 · 10.1124/mol.105.015941

  • Adaptive Evolution of Scorpion Sodium Channel Toxins

    Journal of Molecular Evolution · 2004 · 10.1007/s00239-003-2534-2

  • Evolutionary origin of inhibitor cystine knot peptides

    The FASEB Journal · 2003 · 10.1096/fj.02-1044fje

  • An overview of toxins and genes from the venom of the Asian scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch

    Toxicon · 2002 · 10.1016/s0041-0101(02)00142-3

  • Antibacterial and antifungal properties of α‐helical, cationic peptides in the venom of scorpions from southern Africa

    European Journal of Biochemistry · 2002 · 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03177.x

  • κ-Hefutoxin1, a Novel Toxin from the ScorpionHeterometrus fulvipes with Unique Structure and Function

    Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2002 · 10.1074/jbc.m111258200

  • The ATP-Gated P2X1 Ion Channel Acts as a Positive Regulator of Platelet Responses to Collagen

    Thrombosis and Haemostasis · 2001 · 10.1055/s-0037-1616060

  • Functional Heteromerization of HCN1 and HCN2 Pacemaker Channels

    Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2001 · 10.1074/jbc.c000738200

  • Scorpion toxins specific for Na+‐channels

    European Journal of Biochemistry · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00625.x

  • A unified nomenclature for short-chain peptides isolated from scorpion venoms: α-KTx molecular subfamilies

    Trends in Pharmacological Sciences · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0165-6147(99)01398-x

  • Evidence for cooperative interactions in potassium channel gating

    Nature · 1992 · 10.1038/359420a0

  • Subunit stoichiometry of a mammalian K+ channel determined by construction of multimeric cDNAs

    Neuron · 1992 · https://doi.org/10.1016/0896-6273(92)90239-a

  • Differential effects of verapamil and flunarizine on cardiac L-type and T-type Ca channels

    Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology · 1988 · 10.1007/bf00175798

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