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Papers

(The TQCC of Vascular Pharmacology is 4. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Corrigendum to “Elucidating the crosstalk between endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndoMT) and endothelial autophagy in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis” [Vascular Pharmacology 155 (2024) 107	101
Patterns of medication use and potential drug-drug interactions in post-PCI patients: A study from Iran	92
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Biobanks: The unmet need in heart failure management	33
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The transfer of gut microbiota/metabolites from children to mice affects cardiometabolic development and induces sex-dimorphism in recipients	27
Thromboprophylaxis strategies to improve the prognosis of COVID-19	26
Prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies in COVID-19 patients: A meta-analysis	25
Therapy and guideline adherence at a multidisciplinary hypertension clinic: A prospective, observational study	22
Molecular mechanisms of flavonoids in myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury: Evidence from in-vitro and in-vivo studies	22
The MEK-ERK-Egr-1 axis and its regulation in cardiovascular disease	22
Animal experimental models of ischemic limbs – A systematic review	21
Editorial Board	20
A random shuffle method to expand a narrow dataset: A heart failure cohort example	20
Prevention of cardiovascular complications in elderly cancer patients	19
Exploiting endothelial functions in bone regenerative medicine	19
Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection susceptibility in human cardiomyocytes	19
Diabetic neuropathy: Molecular approach a treatment opportunity	19
Optical stimulation of endothelial colony forming cells plated on light-sensitive conjugated polymers induces a TRPV1-mediated increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration	19
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The future of group 2 pulmonary hypertension: Exploring clinical trials and therapeutic targets	17
Global and endothelial G-protein coupled receptor 75 (GPR75) knockout relaxes pulmonary artery and mitigates hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension	17
Adipsin in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases	17
Ticagrelor inhibits platelet aggregation and reduces inflammatory burden more than clopidogrel in patients with stages 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease	16

Diabetes and vascular disease: New therapeutic avenues	16
Indobufen versus aspirin in patients with indication for antiplatelet therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	16
Changes in arterial myocyte excitability induced by subarachnoid hemorrhage in a rat model	15
Deleterious effects of levamisole, a cocaine adulterant, in rabbit aorta	15
MicroRNAs and their regulators: Potential therapeutic targets in pulmonary arterial hypertension	15
Β-blockers activate autophagy on infantile hemangioma-derived endothelial cells in vitro	15
Interaction of FOXO1 and SUMOylated PPARγ1 induced by hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia favors vascular endothelial insulin resistance and dysfunction	15
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with impaired reperfusion in STEMI patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention	14
Targeting the Ca2+ signaling toolkit as an alternative strategy to mitigate SARS-CoV-2-induced cardiovascular adverse events	14
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A novel multidisciplinary approach in an LMNA-mutated patient: the importance of considering the overall clinical picture for the early diagnosis	13
Circulating osteonectin predicts postural imbalance and cardiac dysfunction in heart failure	13
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The impact of proangiogenic microRNA modulation on blood flow recovery following hind limb ischemia. A systematic review and meta-analysis of animal studies	12
Interplay between CD28 and PD-1 in T cell immunotherapy	12
CircDIP2C ameliorates oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced cell dysfunction by binding to miR-556-5p to induce TET2 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells	12
MRTFA overexpression promotes conversion of human coronary artery smooth muscle cells into lipid-laden foam cells	12
Dynamic co-culture of endothelial and smooth muscle cells as a platform for pathophysiological investigations of vascular calcifications	11
Editorial Board	11
Novel NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors INF150 and INF195 attenuate isoproterenol-induced hypertrophy in H9c2 rat cardiac myoblast	11
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Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) impact on endothelial dysfunction: An in vitro study using bovine aortic endothelial cells	11
Myocardial energy balance and metabolism as causes of myocardial ischemia	10
3-methoxycatechol causes vasodilation likely via KV channels: ex vivo, in silico docking and in vivo study	10
The use of specific antihypertensive medication and skin cancer risk: A systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis	10
Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase inhibition by Acalabrutinib does not affect early or advanced atherosclerotic plaque size and morphology in Ldlr mice	10
The diverging roles of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in pulmonary arterial hypertension	10
Assessment of ACE1 variants and ACE1/ACE2 expression in COVID-19 patients	10
Angina pectoris 2023: With and without obstructive coronary artery disease: Epidemiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment	10
Sexual dimorphism in aortic aneurysm: A review of the contributions of sex hormones and sex chromosomes	10
Inflammation and the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis	10
Exploring the mechanisms of action of gliflozines in heart failure and possible implications in pulmonary hypertension	10
Potency of miR-144-3p in promoting abdominal aortic aneurysm progression in mice correlates with apoptosis of smooth muscle cells	9
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Editorial Board	9
Eighty years of oral anticoagulation: Learning from history	9
A treatment algorithm for ischemic cardiomyopathy	9
GYY4137, a hydrogen sulfide donor, protects against endothelial dysfunction in porcine coronary arteries exposed to myeloperoxidase and hypochlorous acid	9
Zinc alpha 2-glycoprotein associates with features of plaque stability in patients with carotid atherosclerosis	9
Relevance of real-time analyzers to determine mitochondrial quality in endothelial cells and oxidative stress in preeclampsia	8
Advancements in non-invasive hyperspectral imaging: Mapping blood oxygen levels and vascular health for clinical and research applications	8
Long-term dietary n3 fatty acid prevents aging-related cardiac diastolic and vascular dysfunction	8
Comparative analysis of antiproliferative and vasodilator effects of drugs for pulmonary hypertension: Extensive in vitro study in rats and human	8
Roles of endothelial and smooth muscle cell dysfunction and vasa vasorum in vasomotor disorders in ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease	8
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) in ischemic conditioning and angiogenesis: Focus on endothelial derived EVs	8
Immune response following transcatheter aortic valve procedure	8
The influence of environmental hypoxia on the goldfish (Carassius auratus) heart: From functional responses to mitochondrial molecular mechanisms	8
Empagliflozin decreases ageing-associated arterial stiffening and vascular fibrosis under normoglycemic conditions	8
Association of MMP9 with adverse features of plaque progression and residual inflammatory risk in patients with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS)	8
17β-estradiol promotes angiogenesis through non-genomic activation of Smad1 signaling in endometriosis	8

Istaroxime follow-on compounds: A new class of selective SERCA2a activators for chronic heart failure treatment	8
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The selective deletion of tyrosyne hydroxylase gene in the endothelium affects cardiovascular function	7
Bioactive lipids improve serum HDL and PON1 activities in coronary artery disease patients: Ex-vivo study	7
TLR4-Myd88 pathway upregulated caveolin-1 expression contributes to coronary artery spasm	7
MELAS syndrome: Insights into cardiac mechanics	7
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Catestatin as a key attenuator of cardiac inflammation in hypertension: Role of macrophage immunosuppression	7
Amyloid-β: A potential mediator of aging-related vascular pathologies	7
Endothelial leptin receptor is dispensable for leptin-induced sympatho-activation and hypertension in male mice	7
Plasma exosomes after PCI in non-diabetic STEMI patients fed barley beta-D-glucan-enriched pasta reduce oxidative stress-induced endothelial cell senescence	7
PI3KC2α: A novel key player in cardiac contractility and DOX-induced cardiotoxicity?	7
Editorial Board	7
Prenatal exercise reprograms the development of hypertension progress and improves vascular health in SHR offspring	7
Challenges facing the clinical translation of cardioprotection: 35 years after the discovery of ischemic preconditioning	7
Optimal medical therapy vs revascularization in chronic coronary syndromes: Does ISCHEMIA move the needle toward or away from revascularization??	6
From cine-MRI to computational models of blood flow within the heart	6
Is remote conditioning cardioprotection temperature dependent?	6
Melatonin treatment during chronic hypoxic gestation improves neonatal cerebrovascular function	6
Editorial Board	6
Stay connected: The myoendothelial junction proteins in vascular function and dysfunction	6
Risk stratification of patients with SARS-CoV-2 by tissue factor expression in circulating extracellular vesicles	6
Extracellular stiffness as a determinant of cardiac dysfunction in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy: A study on human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes	6
Exploring bradykinin: A common mediator in the pathophysiology of sepsis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease	6
Effects of mavacamten in human myocardium from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) patients: A comparison with disopyramide	6
Sodium nitroprusside for advanced heart failure. A metanalysis of literature data	6
Endothelial dysfunction in acute and long standing COVID−19: A prospective cohort study	6
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Editorial Board	6
Matrix metalloproteinases in aortic dissection	5
Optogenetic manipulation of cardiac electrical dynamics using sub-threshold illumination: Dissecting the role of cardiac alternans in terminating rapid rhythms	5
Macrophage-mediated downregulation of lncRNA Carmn in mouse abdominal aortic aneurysm	5
Mitochondrial DNA and TLR9 activation contribute to SARS-CoV-2-induced endothelial cell damage	5
Elucidating emerging signaling pathways driving endothelial dysfunction in cardiovascular aging	5
The life cycle of a capillary: Mechanisms of angiogenesis and rarefaction in microvascular physiology and pathologies	5
Emerging therapies in dyslipidaemias	5
Beta-blockers in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Time for a second thought?	5
Stimulation of angiotensin II receptor 2 preserves cognitive function and is associated with an enhanced cerebral vascular density after stroke	5
Serotonin and chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension activate a NADPH oxidase 4 and TRPM2 dependent pathway for pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration	5
The short-chain fatty acid butyrate accelerates vascular calcification via regulation of histone deacetylases and NF-κB signaling	5
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Empagliflozin restores autophagy and attenuates ponatinib-induced cardiomyocyte senescence and death	5
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The close link between brain vascular pathological conditions and neurodegenerative diseases: Focus on some examples and potential treatments	4
An AI and Statistical Shape Analysis combined framework to extract features in complex cardiovascular structures	4
The pathophysiology of heme in the vascular system	4
Palmitate-induced cardiac lipotoxicity is relieved by Quercetin and its novel acetylated derivative Q2 through inhibition of oxidative stress and inflammation	4
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Perivascular adipose tissue-derived nitric oxide compensates endothelial dysfunction in aged pre-atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E-deficient rats	4
Frataxin deficiency disrupts mitochondrial respiration and pulmonary endothelial cell function	4
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Understanding the pathobiology of intermediate filaments to curb acute and chronic cardiac dysfunction	4
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Tetrandrine promotes angiogenesis via transcriptional regulation of VEGF-A	4
Aging, sex and NLRP3 inflammasome in cardiac ischaemic disease	4
LncRNA MYOSLID contributes to PH via targeting BMPR2 signaling in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell	4
The potential role of thymoquinone in preventing the cardiovascular complications of COVID-19	4
Different gene expression patterns between mouse and human brain pericytes revealed by single-cell/nucleus RNA sequencing	4
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The crosstalk between lipopolysaccharide-induced septic myocardial dysfunction and cardiac lipotoxicity: Toll like receptor 4 as common target of the novel cardioprotective peptide cateslytin	4
Myocardin related transcription factor and galectin-3 drive lipid accumulation in human blood vessels	4
Emerging effects of non-coding RNA in vascular endothelial cells during strokes	4
Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase-1 regulates thrombin-induced endothelial permeability	4
An intrinsic mechanism of metabolic resilience influences the cardiac response to stress	4
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