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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Exercise-induced peptide TAG-23 protects cardiomyocytes from reperfusion injury through regulating PKG–cCbl interaction	137
Endothelial ACKR3 drives atherosclerosis by promoting immune cell adhesion to vascular endothelium	135
Intravenous metoprolol during ongoing STEMI ameliorates markers of ischemic injury: a METOCARD-CNIC trial electrocardiographic study	105
Correction to: Endothelial actions of atrial natriuretic peptide prevent pulmonary hypertension in mice	86
Erythrocytes from patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction induce cardioprotection through the purinergic P2Y13 receptor and nitric oxide signaling	81
Alkaline nucleoplasm facilitates contractile gene expression in the mammalian heart	70
Elevated platelet–leukocyte complexes are associated with, but dispensable for myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury	67
Spinal cord astrocytes regulate myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury	56
Development and characterization of anti-fibrotic natural compound similars with improved effectivity	56
Tachycardiomyopathy entails a dysfunctional pattern of interrelated mitochondrial functions	46
Publisher Correction: Transcriptome-wide association study of coronary artery disease identifies novel susceptibility genes	43
Desmin intermediate filaments and tubulin detyrosination stabilize growing microtubules in the cardiomyocyte	42
Thiol-based redox-active proteins as cardioprotective therapeutic agents in cardiovascular diseases	42
New insights into cardioprotection, gained by adopting the CAESAR standards of rigor	42
Retraction Note to: Amphiregulin enhances cardiac fibrosis and aggravates cardiac dysfunction in mice with experimental myocardial infarction partly through activating EGFR‑dependent pathway	36
On the cellular origin of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs)	35
Regulatory B cells improve ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction by modulating monocyte migration	33
Cardiomyocyte Na+ and Ca2+ mishandling drives vicious cycle involving CaMKII, ROS, and ryanodine receptors	33
Mechanism of the switch from NO to H2O2 in endothelium-dependent vasodilation in diabetes	32
Uncovering the molecular identity of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) by single-cell RNA sequencing	31
Reverse re-modelling chronic heart failure by reinstating heart rate variability	29
Distributed synthesis of sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane proteins in cardiac myocytes	28
Increased susceptibility of human endothelial cells to infections by SARS-CoV-2 variants	27
Mitochondrial nucleoid in cardiac homeostasis: bidirectional signaling of mitochondria and nucleus in cardiac diseases	26
Resolving the intertwining of inflammation and fibrosis in human heart failure at single-cell level	26

Increased protein S-nitrosylation in mitochondria: a key mechanism of exercise-induced cardioprotection	25
Fibro-fatty remodelling in arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy	25
Forebrain corticosteroid receptors promote post-myocardial infarction depression and mortality	24
Reduction of A-to-I RNA editing in the failing human heart regulates formation of circular RNAs	22
Loss of NPPA-AS1 promotes heart regeneration by stabilizing SFPQ–NONO heteromer-induced DNA repair	22
Molecular imaging of the brain–heart axis provides insights into cardiac dysfunction after cerebral ischemia	22
Coronary blood flow in heart failure: cause, consequence and bystander	21
Osteopontin promotes infarct repair	21
Cardiomyocyte p38 MAPKα suppresses a heart–adipose tissue–neutrophil crosstalk in heart failure development	21
Atg5 knockdown induces age-dependent cardiomyopathy which can be rescued by repeated remote ischemic conditioning	21
Non-responsiveness to cardioprotection by ischaemic preconditioning in Ossabaw minipigs with genetic predisposition to, but without the phenotype of the metabolic syndrome	20
IMproving Preclinical Assessment of Cardioprotective Therapies (IMPACT) criteria: guidelines of the EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST Action	20
Effect of remote ischaemic conditioning on infarct size and remodelling in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients: the CONDI-2/ERIC-PPCI CMR substudy	19
RGS3L allows for an M2 muscarinic receptor-mediated RhoA-dependent inotropy in cardiomyocytes	19
Remote ischaemic conditioning: defining critical criteria for success—report from the 11th Hatter Cardiovascular Workshop	18
Bone marrow-derived naïve B lymphocytes improve heart function after myocardial infarction: a novel cardioprotective mechanism for empagliflozin	18
Reduced nitric oxide bioavailability impairs myocardial oxygen balance during exercise in swine with multiple risk factors	17
Prolonged cardiac NR4A2 activation causes dilated cardiomyopathy in mice	16
LncRNA LncHrt preserves cardiac metabolic homeostasis and heart function by modulating the LKB1-AMPK signaling pathway	16
Innate immune cells in the pathophysiology of calcific aortic valve disease: lessons to be learned from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease?	15
Cardiac dysfunction from cancer and cancer therapy: new pathways for the prevention of late cardiotoxicity	14
Remote Ischemic Conditioning: more explanations and more expectations	14
Single-cell transcriptomic identified HIF1A as a target for attenuating acute rejection after heart transplantation	14