Kapka Miteva

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kapka Miteva is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Immunology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kapka Miteva has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 20 papers in Immunology and 19 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kapka Miteva's work include Viral Infections and Immunology Research (13 papers), Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (12 papers) and Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (11 papers). Kapka Miteva is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Immunology Research (13 papers), Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (12 papers) and Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (11 papers). Kapka Miteva collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Kapka Miteva's co-authors include Sophie Van Linthout, Carsten Tschöpe, Kathleen Pappritz, Jochen Ringe, Frank Spillmann, Burkert Pieske, Irene Müller, Aline Roth, Karim J. Brandt and Fabienne Burger and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, PLoS ONE and Stroke.

In The Last Decade

Kapka Miteva

45 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Crosstalk between fibroblasts and inflammatory cells

2014 444 citations Sophie Van Linthout, Kapka Miteva et al. Cardiovascular Research profile →

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Anna E. Beaudin United States

Margaret L. Novak United States

Sharron Gargosky United States

Ofelia M. Martínez-Estrada Spain

Martin Steinmetz Germany

Jeffrey R. Crosby United States

Corinne Luedemann United States

Hiroaki Kohno Japan

Kobina Essandoh United States

Bryce A. Binstadt United States

Anna E. Beaudin United States

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364 ×0.9

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230 ×1.5

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Citations per year, relative to Kapka Miteva Kapka Miteva (= 1×) peers Anna E. Beaudin

Countries citing papers authored by Kapka Miteva

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kapka Miteva

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kapka Miteva

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kapka Miteva. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kapka Miteva based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kapka Miteva. Kapka Miteva is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Miteva, Kapka, Gunther Meinlschmidt, Kevin Dobretz, et al.. (2025). Depression and cardiovascular disease: mind the gap in the guidelines. European Heart Journal. 46(41). 4226–4269. 1 indexed citations

El‐Shafeey, Muhammad, Kathleen Pappritz, Kapka Miteva, et al.. (2025). Mitigating murine acute and chronic Coxsackievirus B3-induced myocarditis with human right atrial appendage-derived stromal cells. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 14(4).

Miteva, Kapka, Markus S. Anker, Henry Fechner, Lorenz Lehmann, & Sophie Van Linthout. (2025). Cancer-Related Immune Therapies. JACC CardioOncology. 7(5). 523–537. 1 indexed citations

Pappritz, Kathleen, Sarah‐Lena Puhl, Muhammad El‐Shafeey, et al.. (2023). Sex- and age-related differences in the inflammatory properties of cardiac fibroblasts: impact on the cardiosplenic axis and cardiac fibrosis. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10. 1117419–1117419. 10 indexed citations

Roth, Aline, Daniela Baptista, Kapka Miteva, et al.. (2022). Epitope of antiphospholipid antibodies retrieved from peptide microarray based on R39‐R43 of β2‐glycoprotein I. Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 6(7). e12828–e12828. 5 indexed citations

Burger, Fabienne, Daniela Baptista, Aline Roth, et al.. (2022). Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals a Crosstalk between Hyaluronan Receptor LYVE-1-Expressing Macrophages and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Cells. 11(3). 411–411. 21 indexed citations

Pappritz, Kathleen, Fengquan Dong, Kapka Miteva, et al.. (2021). Impact of Syndecan-2-Selected Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on the Early Onset of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in Diabetic db/db Mice. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 8. 632728–632728. 4 indexed citations

Miteva, Kapka, Daniela Baptista, Fabrizio Montecucco, et al.. (2020). Cardiotrophin-1 Deficiency Abrogates Atherosclerosis Progression. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 5791–5791. 7 indexed citations

Perego, Carlo, Stefano Fumagalli, Kapka Miteva, Marinos Kallikourdis, & Maria Grazia De Simoni. (2019). Combined Genetic Deletion of IL (Interleukin)-4, IL-5, IL-9, and IL-13 Does Not Affect Ischemic Brain Injury in Mice. Stroke. 50(8). 2207–2215. 12 indexed citations

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Miteva, Kapka, Rosalinda Madonna, Raffaele De Caterina, & Sophie Van Linthout. (2018). Innate and adaptive immunity in atherosclerosis. Vascular Pharmacology. 107. 67–77. 57 indexed citations

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Pappritz, Kathleen, et al.. (2018). Cardiac (myo)fibroblasts modulate the migration of monocyte subsets. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 5575–5575. 38 indexed citations

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Linthout, Sophie Van, Ahmed Elsanhoury, Oliver Klein, et al.. (2018). Telbivudine in Chronic Lymphocytic Myocarditis and Human Parvovirus B19 Transcriptional Activity. ESC Heart Failure. 5(5). 818–829. 35 indexed citations

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Miteva, Kapka, Kathleen Pappritz, Muhammad El‐Shafeey, et al.. (2018). Mesenchymal stromal cells inhibit NLRP3 inflammasome activation in a model of Coxsackievirus B3-induced inflammatory cardiomyopathy. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 2820–2820. 58 indexed citations

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Linthout, Sophie Van, Kapka Miteva, & Carsten Tschöpe. (2014). Crosstalk between fibroblasts and inflammatory cells. Cardiovascular Research. 102(2). 258–269. 444 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spillmann, Frank, Sophie Van Linthout, Kapka Miteva, et al.. (2013). LXR agonism improves TNF-α-induced endothelial dysfunction in the absence of its cholesterol-modulating effects. Atherosclerosis. 232(1). 1–9. 49 indexed citations

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Savvatis, Konstantinos, Sophie Van Linthout, Kapka Miteva, et al.. (2012). Mesenchymal Stromal Cells but Not Cardiac Fibroblasts Exert Beneficial Systemic Immunomodulatory Effects in Experimental Myocarditis. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e41047–e41047. 50 indexed citations

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Schnichels, Sven, et al.. (2012). Staurosporine-induced differentiation of the RGC-5 cell line leads to apoptosis and cell death at the lowest differentiating concentration. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 250(8). 1221–1229. 8 indexed citations

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Tschöpe, Carsten, Kapka Miteva, H.-P. Schultheiß, & Sophie Van Linthout. (2011). Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: A Promising Cell Source for the Treatment of Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 17(30). 3295–3307. 13 indexed citations

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Miteva, Kapka, Jun Peng, Kostas Savvatis, et al.. (2011). Human Cardiac-Derived Adherent Proliferating Cells Reduce Murine Acute Coxsackievirus B3-Induced Myocarditis. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e28513–e28513. 37 indexed citations

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Linthout, Sophie Van, Frank Spillmann, Gallia Graiani, et al.. (2010). Down-regulation of endothelial TLR4 signalling after apo A-I gene transfer contributes to improved survival in an experimental model of lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 89(2). 151–160. 36 indexed citations

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