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

Article	Citations
Blood flow regulates acvrl1 transcription via ligand-dependent Alk1 activity	220
Inhibition of the prolyl isomerase Pin1 improves endothelial function and attenuates vascular remodelling in pulmonary hypertension by inhibiting TGF-β signalling	140
Granzyme B degrades extracellular matrix and promotes inflammation and choroidal neovascularization	76
Role of TGFβ1 and WNT6 in FGF2 and BMP4-driven endothelial differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells	71
Senescent endothelial cells: a potential target for diabetic retinopathy	71
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	57
The role of vasculature and angiogenesis in respiratory diseases	45
Copper stress impairs angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis during zebrafish embryogenesis by down-regulating pERK1/2-foxm1-MMP2/9 axis and epigenetically regulating ccbe1 expression	38
Proinflammatory activity of VEGF-targeted treatment through reversal of tumor endothelial cell anergy	36
The vascular gene Apold1 is dispensable for normal development but controls angiogenesis under pathological conditions	35
Somatic BrafV600E mutation in the cerebral endothelium induces brain arteriovenous malformations	34
Soluble FLT-1 in angiogenesis: pathophysiological roles and therapeutic implications	33
Letter in response to: circulating von Willebrand factor and high molecular weight multimers as markers of endothelial injury predict COVID-19 in-hospital mortality	32
PDGFD switches on stem cell endothelial commitment	30
Alk1/Endoglin signaling restricts vein cell size increases in response to hemodynamic cues	28
Coalescent angiogenesis—evidence for a novel concept of vascular network maturation	27
BMP10 functions independently from BMP9 for the development of a proper arteriovenous network	27
Successful management of lung adenocarcinoma with ALK/EGFR co-alterations and PD-L1 over-expression by bevacizumab combined with chemotherapy	27
Nectins and Nectin-like molecules drive vascular development and barrier function	24
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	23
FGF21 via mitochondrial lipid oxidation promotes physiological vascularization in a mouse model of Phase I ROP	23
In vivo dissection of Rhoa function in vascular development using zebrafish	22
Persistent endothelial dysfunction in post-COVID-19 syndrome and its associations with symptom severity and chronic inflammation	22