Derek M. Yellon

58.5k total citations · 19 hit papers
507 papers, 42.5k citations indexed

About

Derek M. Yellon is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek M. Yellon has authored 507 papers receiving a total of 42.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 330 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 172 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 156 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Derek M. Yellon's work include Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (330 papers), Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (156 papers) and Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (101 papers). Derek M. Yellon is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (330 papers), Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (156 papers) and Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research (101 papers). Derek M. Yellon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Singapore. Derek M. Yellon's co-authors include Derek J. Hausenloy, Sean M. Davidson, Mihaela Mocanu, Gary F. Baxter, James M. Downey, Michael Marber, John M. Walker, Robert M. Bell, Shiang Y. Lim and Andrew Tsang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Derek M. Yellon

493 papers receiving 41.6k citations

Hit Papers

Myocardial Reperfusion In... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2007 2013 2010 2003 1993 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Myocardial Reperfusion Injury
    2007 3.0k citations Derek M. Yellon, Derek J. Hausenloy profile →
  2. Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: a neglected therapeutic target
    2013 1.7k citations Derek J. Hausenloy, Derek M. Yellon profile →
  3. Inhibiting Mitochondrial Fission Protects the Heart Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
    2010 818 citations Sang‐Bing Ong, Shiang Y. Lim et al. Circulation profile →
  4. Preconditioning the Myocardium: From Cellular Physiology to Clinical Cardiology
    2003 786 citations Derek M. Yellon et al. profile →
  5. Cardiac stress protein elevation 24 hours after brief ischemia or heat stress is associated with resistance to myocardial infarction.
    1993 779 citations Derek M. Yellon et al. Circulation profile →
  6. Overexpression of the rat inducible 70-kD heat stress protein in a transgenic mouse increases the resistance of the heart to ischemic injury.
    1995 705 citations Derek M. Yellon et al. profile →
  7. Anthracycline Chemotherapy and Cardiotoxicity
    2017 693 citations Derek M. Yellon et al. profile →
  8. Cardiovascular remodelling in coronary artery disease and heart failure
    2014 571 citations Derek M. Yellon et al. profile →
  9. Postconditioning: A Form of “Modified Reperfusion” Protects the Myocardium by Activating the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-Akt Pathway
    2004 542 citations Derek J. Hausenloy, Derek M. Yellon et al. profile →
  10. Preconditioning the human myocardium
    1993 532 citations Derek M. Yellon et al. profile →
  11. Multitarget Strategies to Reduce Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
    2019 521 citations Sean M. Davidson, Derek M. Yellon et al. profile →
  12. Effect of remote ischaemic preconditioning on myocardial injury in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomised controlled trial
    2007 512 citations Derek J. Hausenloy, Matthew Barnard et al. profile →
  13. Glucagon-like Peptide 1 Can Directly Protect the Heart Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
    2005 504 citations Derek M. Yellon et al. profile →
  14. Remote Ischemic Preconditioning and Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery
    2015 490 citations Derek J. Hausenloy, Luciano Candilio et al. profile →
  15. De novo cardiomyocytes from within the activated adult heart after injury
    2011 488 citations Nicola Smart, Sveva Bollini et al. profile →
  16. Remote Ischemic Conditioning
    2015 467 citations Derek M. Yellon et al. profile →
  17. Plasma Exosomes Protect the Myocardium From Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
    2015 436 citations Derek M. Yellon, Sean M. Davidson et al. profile →
  18. Ischaemic conditioning and reperfusion injury
    2016 426 citations Derek J. Hausenloy, Derek M. Yellon profile →
  19. Myocardial reperfusion injury: looking beyond primary PCI
    2013 320 citations Derek M. Yellon, Derek J. Hausenloy et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Derek M. Yellon 23.5k 14.6k 12.0k 11.7k 8.4k 507 42.5k
Derek J. Hausenloy 14.9k 0.6× 10.0k 0.7× 9.4k 0.8× 6.9k 0.6× 5.3k 0.6× 336 29.8k
Gerd Heusch 12.6k 0.5× 7.9k 0.5× 14.2k 1.2× 6.6k 0.6× 4.5k 0.5× 538 30.8k
Roberto Bolli 13.0k 0.6× 12.0k 0.8× 10.4k 0.9× 5.7k 0.5× 3.2k 0.4× 416 32.7k
Rainer Schulz 8.0k 0.3× 7.8k 0.5× 8.1k 0.7× 3.9k 0.3× 2.3k 0.3× 399 22.4k
Eduardo Marbán 7.8k 0.3× 26.5k 1.8× 21.2k 1.8× 2.7k 0.2× 1.8k 0.2× 526 45.9k
James M. Downey 13.3k 0.6× 4.4k 0.3× 5.6k 0.5× 7.6k 0.6× 4.7k 0.6× 272 19.0k
Robert B. Jennings 11.2k 0.5× 4.6k 0.3× 9.3k 0.8× 5.1k 0.4× 3.1k 0.4× 134 21.4k
Charles Steenbergen 5.7k 0.2× 7.4k 0.5× 4.9k 0.4× 2.0k 0.2× 1.0k 0.1× 206 16.5k
David C. Warltier 5.7k 0.2× 2.2k 0.2× 7.0k 0.6× 3.5k 0.3× 4.3k 0.5× 387 20.4k
Masatsugu Hori 3.1k 0.1× 10.7k 0.7× 11.3k 0.9× 1.2k 0.1× 1.3k 0.2× 537 33.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bromage, Daniel I., Xavier Rosselló, Oliver J. Ziff, et al.. (2016). Remote ischaemic conditioning reduces infarct size in animal in vivo models of ischaemia-reperfusion injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Cardiovascular Research. 113(3). cvw219–cvw219. 71 indexed citations
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Candilio, Luciano, Abdul Malik, Cono Ariti, et al.. (2014). Effect of remote ischaemic preconditioning on clinical outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac bypass surgery: a randomised controlled clinical trial. Heart. 101(3). 185–192. 143 indexed citations
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Smart, Nicola, Sveva Bollini, Bin Zhou, et al.. (2012). Myocardial regeneration: expanding the repertoire of thymosin beta 4 in the ischemic heart. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Ong, Sang‐Bing, et al.. (2010). Inhibiting Mitochondrial Fission Protects the Heart Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. Circulation. 121(18). 2012–2022. 818 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hausenloy, Derek J. & Derek M. Yellon. (2008). Targeting residual cardiovascular risk: raising high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (Reprinted from Heart, vol 94, pg 706-14, 2008). UCL Discovery (University College London).
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Salvo, Carmelo Di, et al.. (2007). Erythropoietin protects the human myocardium against hypoxia/reoxygenation injury via phosphatidylinositol‐3 kinase and ERK1/2 activation. British Journal of Pharmacology. 153(1). 50–56. 41 indexed citations
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Yellon, Derek M. & Derek J. Hausenloy. (2007). Mechanisms of disease: Myocardial reperfusion injury. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Hausenloy, Derek J. & Derek M. Yellon. (2003). Activation of the pro-survival kinases (PI3 kinase-Akt and Erk 1/2) at reperfusion is essential for preconditioning-induced protection. UCL Discovery (University College London). 4 indexed citations
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Yellon, Derek M., et al.. (2002). Type-B natriuretic peptide limits infarct size in rat isolated heart. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Hausenloy, Derek J., et al.. (2002). Ischemic preconditioning and mitochondrial K-ATP channel activation protect the myocardium by inhibiting mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Baxter, Gary F., et al.. (2000). The sulfonylurea glimepiride does not abolish myocardial protection afforded by either ischemic preconditioning or diazoxide. UCL Discovery (University College London). 33 indexed citations
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Yellon, Derek M., et al.. (1999). Cardioprotective role of insulin at reperfusion may in part be due to an anti-apoptotic mechanism. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Imagawa, Jun‐ichi, Gary F. Baxter, & Derek M. Yellon. (1998). Role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in delayed ischaemic preconditioning. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Shang‐You, et al.. (1998). Up-regulation and alternative splicing of the IGF-1 gene in the rabbit heart following a brief pressure/volume overload. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations
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Dana, Ali, Gary F. Baxter, & Derek M. Yellon. (1997). Both protein kinase C and protein tyrosine kinase mediate adenosine induced delayed cardioprotection in rabbits. UCL Discovery (University College London). 4 indexed citations
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Yellon, Derek M. & Gary F. Baxter. (1997). Can acute preconditioning be mimicked and exploited with pharmacological agents?. UCL Discovery (University College London).
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Baxter, Gary F. & Derek M. Yellon. (1994). TEMPORAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE 2ND WINDOW OF PROTECTION - PROLONGED ANTI-INFARCT EFFECT AFTER ADENOSINE-A1-RECEPTOR ACTIVATION. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations
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Neild, G. H., et al.. (1992). INHIBITION OF ENDOTHELIUM-DERIVED NITRIC-OXIDE REDUCES INFARCT SIZE. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations
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Yellon, Derek M., et al.. (1991). THE FAILURE OF WHOLE-BODY HEAT-SHOCK TO LIMIT INFARCT SIZE IN THE ISCHEMIC AND REPERFUSED RABBIT HEART. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Yellon, Derek M., et al.. (1985). THE EFFECT OF ALLOPURINOL ON MYOCARDIAL INFARCT SIZE IN RAT VS RABBIT - THE CONTRIBUTION OF XANTHINE-OXIDASE. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

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