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Sorin Tunaru

Observed names: S Tunaru, S. Tunaru, Tunaru, S.
Observed institutions: Max Planck Society, Heidelberg University, Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bioterra University Bucharest, Institute of Biochemistry, Romanian Academy
ORCID: 0000-0002-6005-1737
Observed ORCID: 0000-0002-6005-1737
OpenAlex ID: A5044617923
PUMA-G and HM74 are receptors for nicotinic acid and mediate its anti-lipolytic effect
2003 · Sorin Tunaru, Jukka Kero, et al. · Nature Medicine · 805
An Autocrine Lactate Loop Mediates Insulin-Dependent Inhibition of Lipolysis through GPR81
2010 · Kashan Ahmed, Sorin Tunaru, et al. · Cell Metabolism · 469
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Loss of FFA2 and FFA3 increases insulin secretion and improves glucose tolerance in type 2 diabetes
2015 · Cong Tang, Kashan Ahmed, et al. · Nature Medicine · 341
GPR109A, GPR109B and GPR81, a family of hydroxy-carboxylic acid receptors
2009 · Kashan Ahmed, Sorin Tunaru, et al. · Trends in Pharmacological Sciences · 260
Castor oil induces laxation and uterus contraction via ricinoleic acid activating prostaglandin EP 3 receptors
2012 · Sorin Tunaru, Till F. Althoff, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 221
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Nicotinic acid– and monomethyl fumarate–induced flushing involves GPR109A expressed by keratinocytes and COX-2–dependent prostanoid formation in mice
2010 · Julien Hanson, Andreas Gille, et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 204
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Conserved MIP receptor–ligand pair regulates Platynereis larval settlement
2013 · Markus Conzelmann, Elizabeth A. Williams, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 157
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Characterization of Determinants of Ligand Binding to the Nicotinic Acid Receptor GPR109A (HM74A/PUMA-G)
2005 · Sorin Tunaru, Jens Lättig, et al. · Molecular Pharmacology · 131
Thyrocyte-specific Gq/G11 deficiency impairs thyroid function and prevents goiter development
2007 · Jukka Kero, Kashan Ahmed, et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 127
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Nicotinic acid (niacin): new lipid-independent mechanisms of action and therapeutic potentials
2011 · Martina Lukasova, Julien Hanson, et al. · Trends in Pharmacological Sciences · 112
20-HETE promotes glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in an autocrine manner through FFAR1
2018 · Sorin Tunaru, Remy Bonnavion, et al. · Nature Communications · 98
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Deorphanization of GPR109B as a Receptor for the β-Oxidation Intermediate 3-OH-octanoic Acid and Its Role in the Regulation of Lipolysis
2009 · Kashan Ahmed, Sorin Tunaru, et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 95
Sphingosine 1-phosphate and dioleoylphosphatidic acid are low affinity agonists for the orphan receptor GPR63
2003 · Anke Niedernberg, Sorin Tunaru, et al. · Cellular Signalling · 73
Dysregulation of lysophosphatidic acids in multiple sclerosis and autoimmune encephalomyelitis
2017 · K. Schmitz, R. Brunkhorst, et al. · Acta Neuropathologica Communications · 64
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The G2A receptor (GPR132) contributes to oxaliplatin-induced mechanical pain hypersensitivity
2017 · Stephan W. Hohmann, Carlo Angioni, et al. · Scientific Reports · 64
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A whole organism small molecule screen identifies novel regulators of pancreatic endocrine development
2019 · Christian S. M. Helker, Sri-Teja Mullapudi, et al. · Development · 43
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Arachidonic Acid Metabolite 19(S)-HETE Induces Vasorelaxation and Platelet Inhibition by Activating Prostacyclin (IP) Receptor
2016 · Sorin Tunaru, Ramesh Chennupati, et al. · PLoS ONE · 35
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Comparative Analysis of Functional Assays for Characterization of Agonist Ligands at G Protein–Coupled Receptors
2003 · Anke Niedernberg, Sorin Tunaru, et al. · SLAS DISCOVERY · 33
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The leukotriene B4 receptors BLT1 and BLT2 form an antagonistic sensitizing system in peripheral sensory neurons
2017 · Sebastian Zinn, Marco Sisignano, et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 31
Nicotinamide Limits Replication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Bacille Calmette-Guérin Within Macrophages
2019 · Jason D Simmons, Glenna J Peterson, et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 23
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A novel luminescence-based method for the detection of functionally active antibodies to muscarinic acetylcholine receptors of the M3 type (mAchR3) in patients' sera
2014 · B Preuss, S Tunaru, et al. · Clinical & Experimental Immunology · 21
The antimalarial artemisinin is a non-electrophilic agonist of the transient receptor potential ankyrin type 1 receptor-channel
2022 · Debora-Elena Huţanu, George Oprita, et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 8
Oleic acid released by sensory neurons inhibits TRPV1-mediated thermal hypersensitivity via GPR40
2024 · Maksim Sendetski, Saskia Wedel, et al. · iScience · 7
Statins activate temperature-gated transient receptor potential ion channels
2025 · George Oprita, Dan Domocos, et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 3
Inhibition of TRPM8 function by prostacyclin receptor agonists requires coupling to Gq/11 proteins
2023 · Cosmin Trif, Alexandra‐Maria Banica, et al. · British Journal of Pharmacology · 2
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Works count: 35
Citation count: 3,431
H-index: 21
I10-index: 21
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