Publications of Dieter Wicher

Jain, K.; Prelic, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: Expression of Drosophila melanogaster V-ATPases in olfactory sensillum support cells. Insects 15 (12), 1016 (2024)

Prelic, S.; Keesey, I. W.; Lavista-Llanos, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: Innexin expression and localization in the Drosophila antenna indicate gap junction or hemichannel involvement in antennal chemosensory sensilla. Cell and Tissue Research 398, pp. 35 - 62 (2024)

Halty-deLeon, L.; Pal Mahadevan, V.; Wiesel, E.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: Response plasticity of Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 (13), 7125 (2024)

Mapelli, L.; Mapelli, J.; Wicher, D.: Editorial: Insights in cellular neurophysiology: 2022. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 17, 1330849 (2023)

Lizana, P.; Godoy, R.; Martínez, F.; Wicher, D.; Kaltofen, S.; Guzmán, L.; Ramírez, O.; Cifuentes, D.; Mutis, A.; Venthur, H.: A highly conserved plant volatile odorant receptor detects a sex pheromone component of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 163, 104031 (2023)

Prelic, S.; Getahun, M. N.; Kaltofen, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: Modulation of the NO-cGMP pathway has no effect on olfactory responses in the Drosophila antenna. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 17, 1180798 (2023)

Jain, K.; Stieber, R.; Kaltofen, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: A new Drosophila melanogaster fly that expresses GFP tagged Orco. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11, 1150532 (2023)

Wiesel, E.; Kaltofen, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: Homeostasis of mitochondrial Ca²⁺ stores is critical for signal amplification in Drosophila melanogaster olfactory sensory neurons. Insects 13 (3), 270 (2022)

Miazzi, F.; Jain, K.; Kaltofen, S.; Bello, J. E.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: Targeting insect olfaction in vivo and in vitro using functional imaging. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 16, 839811 (2022)

Prelic, S.; Pal Mahadevan, V.; Venkateswaran, V.; Lavista Llanos, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: Functional interaction between Drosophila olfactory sensory neurons and their support cells. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 15, 789086 (2022)

Jain, K.; Lavista-Llanos, S.; Grabe, V.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: Calmodulin regulates the olfactory performance in Drosophila melanogaster. Scientific Reports 11, 3747 (2021)

Wicher, D.; Miazzi, F.: Functional properties of insect olfactory receptors: ionotropic receptors and odorant receptors. Cell and Tissue Research 383, pp. 7 - 19 (2021)

Lucke, J.; Kaltofen, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: The role of mitochondria in shaping odor responses in Drosophila melanogaster olfactory sensory neurons. Cell Calcium 87, 102179 (2020)

Miazzi, F.; Hoyer, C.; Sachse, S.; Knaden, M.; Wicher, D.; Hansson, B. S.; Lavista Llanos, S.: Optimization of insect odorant receptor trafficking and functional expression via transient transfection in HEK293 cells. Chemical Senses 44 (9), pp. 673 - 682 (2019)

Halty, L.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: The Drosophila melanogaster Na⁺ /Ca²⁺ exchanger CALX controls the Ca²⁺ level in olfactory sensory neurons at rest and after odorant receptor activation. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 12, 186 (2018)

Wicher, D.: Tuning insect odorant receptors. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience 12, 94 (2018)

Wicher, D.; Hansson, B. S.: The Drosophila carbon dioxide receptor as key regulator of odor valence. Neuron 97 (5), pp. 996 - 997 (2018)

Miazzi, F.; Schulze, H.-C.; Zhang, L.; Kaltofen, S.; Hansson, B. S.; Wicher, D.: Low Ca²⁺ levels in the culture media support the heterologous expression of insect odorant receptor proteins in HEK cells. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 312, pp. 122 - 125 (2018)

Seki, Y.; Dweck, H.; Rybak, J.; Wicher, D.; Sachse, S.; Hansson, B. S.: Olfactory coding from the periphery to higher brain centers in the Drosophila brain. BMC Biology 15, 56 (2017)

Wicher, D.; Morinaga, S.; Halty-deLeon, L.; Funk, N.; Hansson, B. S.; Touhara, K.; Stengl, M.: Identification and characterization of the bombykal receptor in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta. The Journal of Experimental Biology 220 (10), pp. 1781 - 1786 (2017)