Foteini Mourkioti

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Foteini Mourkioti is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Foteini Mourkioti has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Physiology and 10 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Foteini Mourkioti's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (24 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (10 papers) and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (9 papers). Foteini Mourkioti is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (24 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (10 papers) and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence (9 papers). Foteini Mourkioti collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Foteini Mourkioti's co-authors include Nadia Rosenthal, Helen M. Blau, Scott L. Delp, Adriana Rosa Gambardella, Daniela Ruffell, Claus Nerlov, Peggy Kirstetter, Rodolphe G. Lopez, Elisia D. Tichy and Steven P. Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Foteini Mourkioti

36 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Rejuvenation of the muscle stem cell population restores strength to injured aged muscles

2014 491 citations Benjamin D. Cosgrove, Penney M. Gilbert et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Foteini Mourkioti United States	22	2.2k	871	525	381	355	38	3.3k
Massimiliano Cerletti United States	16	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	521 1.0×	517 1.4×	238 0.7×	20	3.4k
Pedro Sousa‐Victor Spain	21	2.0k 0.9×	942 1.1×	370 0.7×	366 1.0×	366 1.0×	27	2.9k
Michelle Wehling‐Henricks United States	23	1.8k 0.8×	755 0.9×	370 0.7×	347 0.9×	250 0.7×	32	2.5k
Dario Coletti Italy	30	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	325 0.6×	200 0.5×	290 0.8×	81	2.9k
Mercè Jardı́ Spain	17	1.9k 0.8×	888 1.0×	318 0.6×	370 1.0×	290 0.8×	24	2.8k
Nicolas A. Dumont Canada	23	2.6k 1.2×	829 1.0×	690 1.3×	512 1.3×	380 1.1×	49	3.2k
Vanessa Ruiz‐Bonilla Spain	11	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	313 0.6×	349 0.9×	288 0.8×	12	3.0k
Ronald D. Cohn United States	24	3.4k 1.5×	888 1.0×	466 0.9×	376 1.0×	671 1.9×	38	4.4k
Yu Xin Wang United States	21	3.1k 1.4×	814 0.9×	815 1.6×	535 1.4×	472 1.3×	43	3.9k
C. Florian Bentzinger Canada	22	4.1k 1.9×	1.2k 1.4×	967 1.8×	664 1.7×	659 1.9×	31	4.9k

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Mourkioti, Foteini, et al.. (2025). 3D Mechanical Confinement Directs Muscle Stem Cell Fate and Function. Advanced Biology. 9(4). e2400717–e2400717.

Mourkioti, Foteini, et al.. (2025). Tensile Forces and Nanofiber Alignment Influence Both Innervated and Non‐Innervated Skeletal Myofiber Formation in Custom Mechanobioreactors. Biotechnology Journal. 20(6). e70047–e70047. 1 indexed citations

Chakkalakal, Salin A., et al.. (2025). An inducible knock-in mouse model of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva shows spontaneous formation of heterotopic ossification. JBMR Plus. 9(10). ziaf123–ziaf123.

Das, Suradip, et al.. (2024). Motor neurons and endothelial cells additively promote development and fusion of human iPSC-derived skeletal myocytes. Skeletal Muscle. 14(1). 5–5. 7 indexed citations

Tichy, Elisia D., et al.. (2023). Impacts of radiation exposure, hindlimb unloading, and recovery on murine skeletal muscle cell telomere length. npj Microgravity. 9(1). 76–76. 4 indexed citations

Tichy, Elisia D., Grace Qian, Xi Jiang, et al.. (2023). CD206+ tendon resident macrophages and their potential crosstalk with fibroblasts and the ECM during tendon growth and maturation. Frontiers in Physiology. 14. 1122348–1122348. 17 indexed citations

Mourkioti, Foteini, et al.. (2023). Ex vivo two-photon imaging of whole-mount skeletal muscles to visualize stem cell behavior. STAR Protocols. 5(1). 102772–102772. 1 indexed citations

Tichy, Elisia D., et al.. (2021). Persistent NF-κB activation in muscle stem cells induces proliferation-independent telomere shortening. Cell Reports. 35(6). 109098–109098. 21 indexed citations

Das, Suradip, Kevin D. Browne, Carlos A. Aguilar, et al.. (2020). Pre-innervated tissue-engineered muscle promotes a pro-regenerative microenvironment following volumetric muscle loss. Communications Biology. 3(1). 330–330. 53 indexed citations

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Das, Suradip, Harry C. Ledebur, Foteini Mourkioti, et al.. (2020). Innervation: the missing link for biofabricated tissues and organs. npj Regenerative Medicine. 5(1). 11–11. 79 indexed citations

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Heo, Su-Jin, et al.. (2019). Elevated BMP and Mechanical Signaling Through YAP1/RhoA Poises FOP Mesenchymal Progenitors for Osteogenesis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 34(10). 1894–1909. 37 indexed citations

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Sharifi‐Sanjani, Maryam, Alan K. Meeker, & Foteini Mourkioti. (2017). Evaluation of telomere length in human cardiac tissues using cardiac quantitative FISH. Nature Protocols. 12(9). 1855–1870. 7 indexed citations

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Tichy, Elisia D., Matthew Tierney, Michael J. Stec, et al.. (2017). Single Stem Cell Imaging and Analysis Reveals Telomere Length Differences in Diseased Human and Mouse Skeletal Muscles. Stem Cell Reports. 9(4). 1328–1341. 38 indexed citations

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Sharifi‐Sanjani, Maryam, Nicholas M. Oyster, Kenneth Bedi, Kenneth B. Margulies, & Foteini Mourkioti. (2016). Abstract 19706: Cardiomyocyte-Specific Telomere Shortening is a Distinct Signature of Heart Failure in Human. Circulation. 2 indexed citations

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Frederick, David W., Emanuele Loro, Ling Liu, et al.. (2016). Loss of NAD Homeostasis Leads to Progressive and Reversible Degeneration of Skeletal Muscle. Cell Metabolism. 24(2). 269–282. 273 indexed citations

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Cosgrove, Benjamin D., Penney M. Gilbert, Ermelinda Porpiglia, et al.. (2014). Rejuvenation of the muscle stem cell population restores strength to injured aged muscles. Nature Medicine. 20(3). 255–264. 491 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mourkioti, Foteini, Peggy E. Kraft, John Day, et al.. (2013). Role of telomere dysfunction in cardiac failure in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Nature Cell Biology. 15(8). 895–904. 101 indexed citations

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Mourkioti, Foteini & Nadia Rosenthal. (2008). NF-κB signaling in skeletal muscle: prospects for intervention in muscle diseases. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 86(7). 747–759. 101 indexed citations

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Mourkioti, Foteini, Paschalis Kratsios, Tom Luedde, et al.. (2006). Targeted ablation of IKK2 improves skeletal muscle strength, maintains mass, and promotes regeneration. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 116(11). 2945–2954. 261 indexed citations

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Mourkioti, Foteini & Nadia Rosenthal. (2005). IGF-1, inflammation and stem cells: interactions during muscle regeneration. Trends in Immunology. 26(10). 535–542. 216 indexed citations

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