OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Basic Research in Cardiology is 27. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Resolving the intertwining of inflammation and fibrosis in human heart failure at single-cell level	107
Small extracellular vesicles obtained from hypoxic mesenchymal stromal cells have unique characteristics that promote cerebral angiogenesis, brain remodeling and neurological recovery after focal cere	96
IMproving Preclinical Assessment of Cardioprotective Therapies (IMPACT) criteria: guidelines of the EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST Action	86
Reduced reticulum–mitochondria Ca2+ transfer is an early and reversible trigger of mitochondrial dysfunctions in diabetic cardiomyopathy	86
Cellular and mitochondrial mechanisms of atrial fibrillation	79
PCSK9 regulates pyroptosis via mtDNA damage in chronic myocardial ischemia	67
Coronary blood flow in heart failure: cause, consequence and bystander	61
Mitochondrial calpain-1 activates NLRP3 inflammasome by cleaving ATP5A1 and inducing mitochondrial ROS in CVB3-induced myocarditis	58
Mouse models of atherosclerosis and their suitability for the study of myocardial infarction	58
Cytokines as therapeutic targets for cardio- and cerebrovascular diseases	58
Protective effect of HINT2 on mitochondrial function via repressing MCU complex activation attenuates cardiac microvascular ischemia–reperfusion injury	54
Blunting TRPML1 channels protects myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by restoring impaired cardiomyocyte autophagy	48
Hyperglycemia regulates cardiac K+ channels via O-GlcNAc-CaMKII and NOX2-ROS-PKC pathways	47
Does remote ischaemic conditioning reduce inflammation? A focus on innate immunity and cytokine response	47
Regulation of STAT3 and its role in cardioprotection by conditioning: focus on non-genomic roles targeting mitochondrial function	46
Cardiomyocyte Na+ and Ca2+ mishandling drives vicious cycle involving CaMKII, ROS, and ryanodine receptors	41
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 reduces cardiac fibrosis and promotes M2 macrophage polarization in inflammatory cardiomyopathy	41
Inhibition of macrophage proliferation dominates plaque regression in response to cholesterol lowering	39
Fibroblast GATA-4 and GATA-6 promote myocardial adaptation to pressure overload by enhancing cardiac angiogenesis	38
Cardioprotection by selective SGLT-2 inhibitors in a non-diabetic mouse model of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury: a class or a drug effect?	37
miR-106a–363 cluster in extracellular vesicles promotes endogenous myocardial repair via Notch3 pathway in ischemic heart injury	37
Increased susceptibility of human endothelial cells to infections by SARS-CoV-2 variants	37
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor activation dilates cerebral arterioles, increases cerebral blood flow, and mediates remote (pre)conditioning neuroprotection against ischaemic stroke	36
Cardioprotection by remote ischemic conditioning is transferable by plasma and mediated by extracellular vesicles	36
Adenosine and adenosine receptor-mediated action in coronary microcirculation	35

Resident cardiac macrophages: crucial modulators of cardiac (patho)physiology	35
LncRNA LncHrt preserves cardiac metabolic homeostasis and heart function by modulating the LKB1-AMPK signaling pathway	31
Macrophage depletion in stellate ganglia alleviates cardiac sympathetic overactivation and ventricular arrhythmogenesis by attenuating neuroinflammation in heart failure	30
Connexin 43 phosphorylation by casein kinase 1 is essential for the cardioprotection by ischemic preconditioning	30
Regulatory B cells improve ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction by modulating monocyte migration	29
SAIL: a new conserved anti-fibrotic lncRNA in the heart	29
AMPKα1 deletion in myofibroblasts exacerbates post-myocardial infarction fibrosis by a connexin 43 mechanism	28
Thiol-based redox-active proteins as cardioprotective therapeutic agents in cardiovascular diseases	28
Functional investigation of the coronary artery disease gene SVEP1	28
The zinc transporter ZIP7 (Slc39a7) controls myocardial reperfusion injury by regulating mitophagy	27
Transcriptome-wide association study of coronary artery disease identifies novel susceptibility genes	27
Reverse re-modelling chronic heart failure by reinstating heart rate variability	27
HIMF deletion ameliorates acute myocardial ischemic injury by promoting macrophage transformation to reparative subtype	27
Remote ischaemic conditioning: defining critical criteria for success—report from the 11th Hatter Cardiovascular Workshop	27