Arnd Heuser

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Arnd Heuser is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Arnd Heuser has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 23 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Arnd Heuser's work include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (9 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (8 papers) and Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (6 papers). Arnd Heuser is often cited by papers focused on Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (9 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (8 papers) and Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (6 papers). Arnd Heuser collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Arnd Heuser's co-authors include Ludwig Thierfelder, Brenda Gerull, Sabine Klaassen, Patrick T. Ellinor, Calum A. MacRae, Katja S. Grossmann, Bruce B. Lerman, Craig T. Basson, Thomas Wichter and Rainer Dietz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Arnd Heuser

41 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mutations in the desmosomal protein plakophilin-2 are common in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

2004 569 citations Brenda Gerull, Arnd Heuser et al. Nature Genetics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Arnd Heuser Germany	19	1.4k	767	308	147	131	44	1.9k
Raffaella Lombardi United States	25	1.7k 1.2×	837 1.1×	242 0.8×	38 0.3×	153 1.2×	64	2.3k
Dobromir Slavov United States	23	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	94 0.3×	61 0.4×	113 0.9×	45	2.1k
Kathleen A. Quane Ireland	14	672 0.5×	999 1.3×	61 0.2×	35 0.2×	93 0.7×	18	1.2k
Monika Buraczyńska Poland	25	257 0.2×	905 1.2×	41 0.1×	49 0.3×	163 1.2×	84	1.8k
Danuta Szczesna‐Cordary United States	31	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.9×	20 0.1×	28 0.2×	71 0.5×	76	2.3k
Li Lin China	21	160 0.1×	1.2k 1.6×	25 0.1×	44 0.3×	151 1.2×	46	1.8k
Jillian L. Rourke Canada	13	170 0.1×	334 0.4×	33 0.1×	33 0.2×	236 1.8×	20	1.1k
Yingxian Li China	17	56 0.0×	793 1.0×	86 0.3×	38 0.3×	79 0.6×	39	1.2k
Valérie Metzinger‐Le Meuth France	24	100 0.1×	880 1.1×	25 0.1×	37 0.3×	171 1.3×	46	1.5k
Ge-Hong Sun-Wada Japan	9	244 0.2×	789 1.0×	14 0.0×	16 0.1×	101 0.8×	9	1.2k

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Sánchez-Carranza, Oscar, Elena Cano, Wenhan Luo, et al.. (2025). Mechanosensitive PIEZO2 channels shape coronary artery development. Nature Cardiovascular Research. 4(7). 921–937. 5 indexed citations

Bartolomaeus, Hendrik, Nadine Haase, Arnd Heuser, et al.. (2025). A novel approach to modelling acute cardiac decompensation in rats. Cardiovascular Research. 121(3). 379–381.

Kespohl, Meike, Carl Christoph Goetzke, Nadine Althof, et al.. (2024). TF-FVIIa PAR2-β-Arrestin Signaling Sustains Organ Dysfunction in Coxsackievirus B3 Infection of Mice. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 44(4). 843–865. 1 indexed citations

Heuser, Arnd, et al.. (2024). Adhesion of pancreatic tumor cell clusters by desmosomal molecules enhances early liver metastases formation. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 18189–18189. 1 indexed citations

Kühnisch, Jirko, Raphaela Fritsche‐Guenther, Marieluise Kirchner, et al.. (2023). Prdm16 mutation determines sex-specific cardiac metabolism and identifies two novel cardiac metabolic regulators. Cardiovascular Research. 119(18). 2902–2916. 7 indexed citations

Blanc, Eric, Hanna Napieczyńska, Barbara Walter, et al.. (2023). Mouse models of human multiple myeloma subgroups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(10). e2219439120–e2219439120. 5 indexed citations

Jüttner, René, Peter Moritz Becher, Dirk Westermann, et al.. (2023). CAR links hypoxia signaling to improved survival after myocardial infarction. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 55(3). 643–652. 2 indexed citations

Tehran, Domenico Azarnia, Gaga Kochlamazashvili, Silvia Sposini, et al.. (2022). Selective endocytosis of Ca ²⁺ -permeable AMPARs by the Alzheimer’s disease risk factor CALM bidirectionally controls synaptic plasticity. Science Advances. 8(21). eabl5032–eabl5032. 16 indexed citations

Kräker, Kristin, Florian Herse, Michaela Golić, et al.. (2020). Effects of empagliflozin and target-organ damage in a novel rodent model of heart failure induced by combined hypertension and diabetes. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 14061–14061. 13 indexed citations

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Bégay, Valérie, Christian Baumeier, Karin Zimmermann, Arnd Heuser, & Achim Leutz. (2018). The C/EBPβ LIP isoform rescues loss of C/EBPβ function in the mouse. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8417–8417. 17 indexed citations

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Althof, Nadine, Carl Christoph Goetzke, Meike Kespohl, et al.. (2018). The immunoproteasome‐specific inhibitor ONX 0914 reverses susceptibility to acute viral myocarditis. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 10(2). 200–218. 53 indexed citations

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Althof, Nadine, et al.. (2016). Inhibition of chymotryptic-like standard proteasome activity exacerbates doxorubicin-induced cytotoxicity in primary cardiomyocytes. Toxicology. 353-354. 34–47. 23 indexed citations

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Schulz, Herbert, Florian Blaschke, Arnd Heuser, et al.. (2016). Embryonic cardiomyocytes can orchestrate various cell protective mechanisms to survive mitochondrial stress. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 97. 1–14. 8 indexed citations

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Wenzel, Katrin, Gerd Wallukat, Fatimunnisa Qadri, et al.. (2010). α1A-Adrenergic Receptor-Directed Autoimmunity Induces Left Ventricular Damage and Diastolic Dysfunction in Rats. PLoS ONE. 5(2). e9409–e9409. 14 indexed citations

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Park, Joon-Keun, Torsten Kirsch, Carsten Lindschau, et al.. (2009). Growth Arrest Specific Protein 6 Participates in DOCA-Induced Target-Organ Damage. Hypertension. 54(2). 359–364. 14 indexed citations

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Gramlich, Michael, Arnd Heuser, Bettina Erdmann, et al.. (2009). Stress-induced dilated cardiomyopathy in a knock-in mouse model mimicking human titin-based disease. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 47(3). 352–358. 75 indexed citations

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Ellinor, Patrick T., Sabine Klaassen, Susanne Probst, et al.. (2006). A Novel Locus for Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Diffuse Myocardial Fibrosis, and Sudden Death on Chromosome 10q25-26. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 48(1). 106–111. 23 indexed citations

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Gerull, Brenda, J. Atherton, Sabine Klaassen, et al.. (2006). Identification of a novel frameshift mutation in the giant muscle filament titin in a large Australian family with dilated cardiomyopathy. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 84(6). 478–483. 57 indexed citations

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Schmidtmann, Anja, Sylvie Villard, Arnd Heuser, et al.. (2005). Cardiac troponin C‐L29Q, related to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, hinders the transduction of the protein kinase A dependent phosphorylation signal from cardiac troponin I to C. FEBS Journal. 272(23). 6087–6097. 52 indexed citations

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Gerull, Brenda, Arnd Heuser, Thomas Wichter, et al.. (2004). Mutations in the desmosomal protein plakophilin-2 are common in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Nature Genetics. 36(11). 1162–1164. 569 indexed citations breakdown →

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