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Papers

(The TQCC of Vascular Pharmacology is 5. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

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	110
Patterns of medication use and potential drug-drug interactions in post-PCI patients: A study from Iran	104
Prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies in COVID-19 patients: A meta-analysis	52
The transfer of gut microbiota/metabolites from children to mice affects cardiometabolic development and induces sex-dimorphism in recipients	52
Molecular mechanisms of flavonoids in myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury: Evidence from in-vitro and in-vivo studies	38
Animal experimental models of ischemic limbs – A systematic review	28
Graphical abstract TOC	27
Biobanks: The unmet need in heart failure management	25
Graphical abstract TOC	25
The MEK-ERK-Egr-1 axis and its regulation in cardiovascular disease	24
Therapy and guideline adherence at a multidisciplinary hypertension clinic: A prospective, observational study	24
Prevention of cardiovascular complications in elderly cancer patients	23
ASPYRE-1 study: An Italian multicenter prospective study on pulmonary hypertension modality of death and validation of reveal risk score	23
Changes in arterial myocyte excitability induced by subarachnoid hemorrhage in a rat model	22
Editorial Board	22
Editorial Board	21
A random shuffle method to expand a narrow dataset: A heart failure cohort example	21
Diabetes and vascular disease: New therapeutic avenues	21
Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection susceptibility in human cardiomyocytes	19
Editorial Board	19
Optical stimulation of endothelial colony forming cells plated on light-sensitive conjugated polymers induces a TRPV1-mediated increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration	19
The future of group 2 pulmonary hypertension: Exploring clinical trials and therapeutic targets	18
Exploiting endothelial functions in bone regenerative medicine	18
Indobufen versus aspirin in patients with indication for antiplatelet therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	17
Ticagrelor inhibits platelet aggregation and reduces inflammatory burden more than clopidogrel in patients with stages 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease	17

MicroRNAs and their regulators: Potential therapeutic targets in pulmonary arterial hypertension	17
Interaction of FOXO1 and SUMOylated PPARγ1 induced by hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia favors vascular endothelial insulin resistance and dysfunction	17
Nebivolol in the therapeutic landscape of heart failure: Mechanisms and clinical outcomes	16
Global and endothelial G-protein coupled receptor 75 (GPR75) knockout relaxes pulmonary artery and mitigates hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension	16
Adipsin in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases	16
Diabetic neuropathy: Molecular approach a treatment opportunity	16
A novel multidisciplinary approach in an LMNA-mutated patient: the importance of considering the overall clinical picture for the early diagnosis	15
Circulating osteonectin predicts postural imbalance and cardiac dysfunction in heart failure	15
Graphical abstract TOC	15
Graphical abstract TOC	15
Novel NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitors INF150 and INF195 attenuate isoproterenol-induced hypertrophy in H9c2 rat cardiac myoblast	14
Deleterious effects of levamisole, a cocaine adulterant, in rabbit aorta	14
Targeting the Ca2+ signaling toolkit as an alternative strategy to mitigate SARS-CoV-2-induced cardiovascular adverse events	14
The impact of proangiogenic microRNA modulation on blood flow recovery following hind limb ischemia. A systematic review and meta-analysis of animal studies	14
Β-blockers activate autophagy on infantile hemangioma-derived endothelial cells in vitro	14
Sexual dimorphism in aortic aneurysm: A review of the contributions of sex hormones and sex chromosomes	13
Interplay between CD28 and PD-1 in T cell immunotherapy	13
Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase inhibition by Acalabrutinib does not affect early or advanced atherosclerotic plaque size and morphology in Ldlr mice	13
Dynamic co-culture of endothelial and smooth muscle cells as a platform for pathophysiological investigations of vascular calcifications	13
Angina pectoris 2023: With and without obstructive coronary artery disease: Epidemiology, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment	13
Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) impact on endothelial dysfunction: An in vitro study using bovine aortic endothelial cells	13
Graphical abstract TOC	13
Editorial Board	13
3-methoxycatechol causes vasodilation likely via KV channels: ex vivo, in silico docking and in vivo study	13
The use of specific antihypertensive medication and skin cancer risk: A systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis	12
Inflammation and the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis	12
The diverging roles of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins in pulmonary arterial hypertension	12
Clinical outcomes and safety of sotatercept in pulmonary arterial hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	12
Corrigendum to “Non-coding RNAs regulate angiogenic processes” [Vascular pharmacology 133–134 (2020) 106778]	12
The influence of environmental hypoxia on the goldfish (Carassius auratus) heart: From functional responses to mitochondrial molecular mechanisms	11
Editorial Board	11
Zinc alpha 2-glycoprotein associates with features of plaque stability in patients with carotid atherosclerosis	11
Comparative analysis of antiproliferative and vasodilator effects of drugs for pulmonary hypertension: Extensive in vitro study in rats and human	11
A treatment algorithm for ischemic cardiomyopathy	11
Assessment of ACE1 variants and ACE1/ACE2 expression in COVID-19 patients	11
Myocardial energy balance and metabolism as causes of myocardial ischemia	11
17β-estradiol promotes angiogenesis through non-genomic activation of Smad1 signaling in endometriosis	10
Graphical abstract TOC	10
Roles of endothelial and smooth muscle cell dysfunction and vasa vasorum in vasomotor disorders in ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease	10
GYY4137, a hydrogen sulfide donor, protects against endothelial dysfunction in porcine coronary arteries exposed to myeloperoxidase and hypochlorous acid	10
Empagliflozin decreases ageing-associated arterial stiffening and vascular fibrosis under normoglycemic conditions	10
Immune response following transcatheter aortic valve procedure	10
The chemokine receptor CXCR4 and its ligand CXCL12 (SDF-1) localize to ependymal cilia in brain ventricles	10
Vascular diameter determines sensitivity to soluble guanylate cyclase activation in human mesenteric and renal arteries	9
Relevance of real-time analyzers to determine mitochondrial quality in endothelial cells and oxidative stress in preeclampsia	9
Resolvin D2 limits senescent cell accumulation in atherosclerotic plaques	9
Advancements in non-invasive hyperspectral imaging: Mapping blood oxygen levels and vascular health for clinical and research applications	9
Potency of miR-144-3p in promoting abdominal aortic aneurysm progression in mice correlates with apoptosis of smooth muscle cells	9
Effects of simvastatin treatment on leptomeningeal collateral vessels: resistance, number and diameter	9
Eighty years of oral anticoagulation: Learning from history	9

Long-term dietary n3 fatty acid prevents aging-related cardiac diastolic and vascular dysfunction	9
Istaroxime follow-on compounds: A new class of selective SERCA2a activators for chronic heart failure treatment	8
Challenges facing the clinical translation of cardioprotection: 35 years after the discovery of ischemic preconditioning	8
Catestatin as a key attenuator of cardiac inflammation in hypertension: Role of macrophage immunosuppression	8
Plasma exosomes after PCI in non-diabetic STEMI patients fed barley beta-D-glucan-enriched pasta reduce oxidative stress-induced endothelial cell senescence	8
MELAS syndrome: Insights into cardiac mechanics	8
Association of MMP9 with adverse features of plaque progression and residual inflammatory risk in patients with chronic coronary syndrome (CCS)	8
Endothelial leptin receptor is dispensable for leptin-induced sympatho-activation and hypertension in male mice	8
PI3KC2α: A novel key player in cardiac contractility and DOX-induced cardiotoxicity?	8
The role of histone modifications in pulmonary hypertension: From mechanisms to therapeutic targets	8
Bioactive lipids improve serum HDL and PON1 activities in coronary artery disease patients: Ex-vivo study	8
Editorial Board	8
The selective deletion of tyrosyne hydroxylase gene in the endothelium affects cardiovascular function	8
Graphical abstract TOC	7
From cine-MRI to computational models of blood flow within the heart	7
The life cycle of a capillary: Mechanisms of angiogenesis and rarefaction in microvascular physiology and pathologies	7
Sodium nitroprusside for advanced heart failure. A metanalysis of literature data	7
Multi-omics identification of quantitative trait loci associated with vascular pathogenesis and diagnostic potential in chronic venous disease	7
Exploring bradykinin: A common mediator in the pathophysiology of sepsis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease	7
Effects of mavacamten in human myocardium from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) patients: A comparison with disopyramide	7
Editorial Board	7
Is remote conditioning cardioprotection temperature dependent?	7
Amyloid-β: A potential mediator of aging-related vascular pathologies	7
Optimal medical therapy vs revascularization in chronic coronary syndromes: Does ISCHEMIA move the needle toward or away from revascularization??	7
Melatonin treatment during chronic hypoxic gestation improves neonatal cerebrovascular function	7
Matrix metalloproteinases in aortic dissection	7
Extracellular stiffness as a determinant of cardiac dysfunction in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy: A study on human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes	7
TLR4-Myd88 pathway upregulated caveolin-1 expression contributes to coronary artery spasm	7
The short-chain fatty acid butyrate accelerates vascular calcification via regulation of histone deacetylases and NF-κB signaling	6
Risk stratification of patients with SARS-CoV-2 by tissue factor expression in circulating extracellular vesicles	6
Empagliflozin restores autophagy and attenuates ponatinib-induced cardiomyocyte senescence and death	6
Stimulation of angiotensin II receptor 2 preserves cognitive function and is associated with an enhanced cerebral vascular density after stroke	6
Mitochondrial DNA and TLR9 activation contribute to SARS-CoV-2-induced endothelial cell damage	6
Optogenetic manipulation of cardiac electrical dynamics using sub-threshold illumination: Dissecting the role of cardiac alternans in terminating rapid rhythms	6
Graphical abstract TOC	6
Macrophage-mediated downregulation of lncRNA Carmn in mouse abdominal aortic aneurysm	6
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Elucidating emerging signaling pathways driving endothelial dysfunction in cardiovascular aging	6
Contents continued	6
Stay connected: The myoendothelial junction proteins in vascular function and dysfunction	6
Endothelial dysfunction in acute and long standing COVID−19: A prospective cohort study	6
Emerging therapies in dyslipidaemias	6
Beta-blockers in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Time for a second thought?	6
Emerging role of the adaptive immunity in aortic aneurysm and dissection	6
Different gene expression patterns between mouse and human brain pericytes revealed by single-cell/nucleus RNA sequencing	6
Perivascular adipose tissue-derived nitric oxide compensates endothelial dysfunction in aged pre-atherosclerotic apolipoprotein E-deficient rats	5
Palmitate-induced cardiac lipotoxicity is relieved by Quercetin and its novel acetylated derivative Q2 through inhibition of oxidative stress and inflammation	5
Graphical abstract TOC	5
Emerging effects of non-coding RNA in vascular endothelial cells during strokes	5
Frataxin deficiency disrupts mitochondrial respiration and pulmonary endothelial cell function	5
An intrinsic mechanism of metabolic resilience influences the cardiac response to stress	5
Myocardin related transcription factor and galectin-3 drive lipid accumulation in human blood vessels	5
Assessing the impact of air pollution on human embryonic cardioids using innovative longitudinal monitoring and machine learning	5
LncRNA MYOSLID contributes to PH via targeting BMPR2 signaling in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell	5
Aging, sex and NLRP3 inflammasome in cardiac ischaemic disease	5
An AI and Statistical Shape Analysis combined framework to extract features in complex cardiovascular structures	5
Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase-1 regulates thrombin-induced endothelial permeability	5
Editorial Board	5
The potential role of thymoquinone in preventing the cardiovascular complications of COVID-19	5
Tetrandrine promotes angiogenesis via transcriptional regulation of VEGF-A	5
The crosstalk between lipopolysaccharide-induced septic myocardial dysfunction and cardiac lipotoxicity: Toll like receptor 4 as common target of the novel cardioprotective peptide cateslytin	5
Graphical abstract TOC	5
Understanding the pathobiology of intermediate filaments to curb acute and chronic cardiac dysfunction	5