OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Angiogenesis is 22. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Granzyme B degrades extracellular matrix and promotes inflammation and choroidal neovascularization	271
Blood flow regulates acvrl1 transcription via ligand-dependent Alk1 activity	86
Senescent endothelial cells: a potential target for diabetic retinopathy	78
Role of TGFβ1 and WNT6 in FGF2 and BMP4-driven endothelial differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells	75
The role of vasculature and angiogenesis in respiratory diseases	62
Copper stress impairs angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis during zebrafish embryogenesis by down-regulating pERK1/2-foxm1-MMP2/9 axis and epigenetically regulating ccbe1 expression	59
People with a connective tissue disorder may be especially vulnerable to the endothelial damage that characterizes long COVID due to the fragility of their vasculature and slow wound healing	47
Somatic BrafV600E mutation in the cerebral endothelium induces brain arteriovenous malformations	40
The vascular gene Apold1 is dispensable for normal development but controls angiogenesis under pathological conditions	37
Soluble FLT-1 in angiogenesis: pathophysiological roles and therapeutic implications	33
Proinflammatory activity of VEGF-targeted treatment through reversal of tumor endothelial cell anergy	33
Alk1/Endoglin signaling restricts vein cell size increases in response to hemodynamic cues	32
BMP10 functions independently from BMP9 for the development of a proper arteriovenous network	31
Coalescent angiogenesis—evidence for a novel concept of vascular network maturation	29
PDGFD switches on stem cell endothelial commitment	29
Nectins and Nectin-like molecules drive vascular development and barrier function	28
Multimodality imaging reveals angiogenic evolution in vivo during calvarial bone defect healing	27
Persistent endothelial dysfunction in post-COVID-19 syndrome and its associations with symptom severity and chronic inflammation	27
In vivo dissection of Rhoa function in vascular development using zebrafish	27
Endothelial cells require functional FLVCR1a during developmental and adult angiogenesis	27
FGF21 via mitochondrial lipid oxidation promotes physiological vascularization in a mouse model of Phase I ROP	25
Impact of heterozygous ALK1 mutations on the transcriptomic response to BMP9 and BMP10 in endothelial cells from hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and pulmonary arterial hypertension donors	25
Diminished vasculogenesis under inflammatory conditions is mediated by Activin A	22
Correction: Celecoxib and octreotide synergistically ameliorate portal hypertension via inhibition of angiogenesis in cirrhotic rats	22