OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Basic Research in Cardiology is 14. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
P2Y12-dependent activation of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells promotes emergency hematopoiesis after myocardial infarction	131
Bone marrow-derived naïve B lymphocytes improve heart function after myocardial infarction: a novel cardioprotective mechanism for empagliflozin	128
Deoxyribonuclease 1 Q222R single nucleotide polymorphism and long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction	101
Cardioprotection by post-conditioning with exogenous triiodothyronine in isolated perfused rat hearts and isolated adult rat cardiomyocytes	81
RGS3L allows for an M2 muscarinic receptor-mediated RhoA-dependent inotropy in cardiomyocytes	74
Impaired pulmonary vasomotor control in exercising swine with multiple comorbidities	65
Uncovering the molecular identity of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) by single-cell RNA sequencing	65
Distributed synthesis of sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane proteins in cardiac myocytes	53
Exercise-induced peptide TAG-23 protects cardiomyocytes from reperfusion injury through regulating PKG–cCbl interaction	52
Metabolism regulator adiponectin prevents cardiac remodeling and ventricular arrhythmias via sympathetic modulation in a myocardial infarction model	51
Remote ischaemic conditioning: defining critical criteria for success—report from the 11th Hatter Cardiovascular Workshop	43
Mechanism of the switch from NO to H2O2 in endothelium-dependent vasodilation in diabetes	42
Reverse re-modelling chronic heart failure by reinstating heart rate variability	41
Negative interaction between nitrates and remote ischemic preconditioning in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: the ERIC-GTN and ERICCA studies	41
Reduced nitric oxide bioavailability impairs myocardial oxygen balance during exercise in swine with multiple risk factors	40
Chronic high-rate pacing induces heart failure with preserved ejection fraction-like phenotype in Ossabaw swine	36
Correction to: Endothelial actions of atrial natriuretic peptide prevent pulmonary hypertension in mice	36
Chronic isoprenaline/phenylephrine vs. exclusive isoprenaline stimulation in mice: critical contribution of alpha1-adrenoceptors to early cardiac stress responses	36
Nuclear Tkt promotes ischemic heart failure via the cleaved Parp1/Aif axis	35
Fibroblast GATA-4 and GATA-6 promote myocardial adaptation to pressure overload by enhancing cardiac angiogenesis	33
CAESAR’s legacy: a new era of rigor in preclinical studies of cardioprotection	33
Mitochondrial nucleoid in cardiac homeostasis: bidirectional signaling of mitochondria and nucleus in cardiac diseases	32
Increased susceptibility of human endothelial cells to infections by SARS-CoV-2 variants	32
Chemical and mechanical activation of resident cardiac macrophages in the living myocardial slice ex vivo model	31
Intravenous metoprolol during ongoing STEMI ameliorates markers of ischemic injury: a METOCARD-CNIC trial electrocardiographic study	29

The zinc transporter ZIP7 (Slc39a7) controls myocardial reperfusion injury by regulating mitophagy	28
Resolving the intertwining of inflammation and fibrosis in human heart failure at single-cell level	27
Regulation of STAT3 and its role in cardioprotection by conditioning: focus on non-genomic roles targeting mitochondrial function	26
Anthracycline-free tumor elimination in mice leads to functional and molecular cardiac recovery from cancer-induced alterations in contrast to long-lasting doxorubicin treatment effects	25
LncRNA LncHrt preserves cardiac metabolic homeostasis and heart function by modulating the LKB1-AMPK signaling pathway	24
Endothelial ACKR3 drives atherosclerosis by promoting immune cell adhesion to vascular endothelium	23
Blunting TRPML1 channels protects myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by restoring impaired cardiomyocyte autophagy	22
Effects of remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) and chronic remote ischemic preconditioning (cRIPC) on levels of plasma cytokines, cell surface characteristics of monocytes and in-vitro angiogenesis	22
Macrophage depletion in stellate ganglia alleviates cardiac sympathetic overactivation and ventricular arrhythmogenesis by attenuating neuroinflammation in heart failure	22
Omecamtiv mecarbil evokes diastolic dysfunction and leads to periodic electromechanical alternans	22
Mitochondrial calpain-1 activates NLRP3 inflammasome by cleaving ATP5A1 and inducing mitochondrial ROS in CVB3-induced myocarditis	22
Mineralocorticoid receptor blockade normalizes coronary resistance in obese swine independent of functional alterations in Kv channels	21
Increased protein S-nitrosylation in mitochondria: a key mechanism of exercise-induced cardioprotection	21
Optogenetic manipulation of cardiac electrical dynamics using sub-threshold illumination: dissecting the role of cardiac alternans in terminating rapid rhythms	20
Monoamine oxidase A and organic cation transporter 3 coordinate intracellular β1AR signaling to calibrate cardiac contractile function	20
Pathogenesis of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: role of inflammation	19
Increased cytosolic calcium buffering contributes to a cellular arrhythmogenic substrate in iPSC-cardiomyocytes from patients with dilated cardiomyopathy	19
Characterizing the transition from immune response to tissue repair after myocardial infarction by multiparametric imaging	19
Alkaline nucleoplasm facilitates contractile gene expression in the mammalian heart	18
Erythrocytes from patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction induce cardioprotection through the purinergic P2Y13 receptor and nitric oxide signaling	18
Tachycardiomyopathy entails a dysfunctional pattern of interrelated mitochondrial functions	17
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor activation dilates cerebral arterioles, increases cerebral blood flow, and mediates remote (pre)conditioning neuroprotection against ischaemic stroke	17
Elevated platelet–leukocyte complexes are associated with, but dispensable for myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury	17
Development and characterization of anti-fibrotic natural compound similars with improved effectivity	16
NADPH oxidase 4 contributes to TRPV4-mediated endothelium-dependent vasodilation in human arterioles by regulating protein phosphorylation of TRPV4 channels	16
Fibro-fatty remodelling in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy	16
AAV-mediated expression of NFAT decoy oligonucleotides protects from cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure	15
Spinal cord astrocytes regulate myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury	15
Prolonged cardiac NR4A2 activation causes dilated cardiomyopathy in mice	14
Loss of NPPA-AS1 promotes heart regeneration by stabilizing SFPQ–NONO heteromer-induced DNA repair	14
Publisher Correction: Transcriptome-wide association study of coronary artery disease identifies novel susceptibility genes	14