Konrad Urbanek

19.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
119 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

About

Konrad Urbanek is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Konrad Urbanek has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 45 papers in Surgery and 44 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Konrad Urbanek's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (36 papers), Congenital heart defects research (30 papers) and Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation (15 papers). Konrad Urbanek is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (36 papers), Congenital heart defects research (30 papers) and Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation (15 papers). Konrad Urbanek collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. Konrad Urbanek's co-authors include Annarosa Leri, Piero Anversa, Jan Kajstura, Bernardo Nadal‐Ginard, Marcello Rota, Daniele Torella, Antonio Paolo Beltrami, Antonella De Angelis, Federico Quaini and Ezio Musso and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Konrad Urbanek

116 papers receiving 11.9k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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.

Adult Cardiac Stem Cells Are Multipotent and Support Myocardial Regeneration

2003 2.6k citations Antonio Paolo Beltrami, Daniele Torella et al. profile →
Evidence That Human Cardiac Myocytes Divide after Myocardial Infarction

2001 1.0k citations Antonio Paolo Beltrami, Konrad Urbanek et al. profile →
Chimerism of the Transplanted Heart

2002 916 citations Federico Quaini, Konrad Urbanek et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Konrad Urbanek Italy	45	6.7k	6.5k	3.3k	3.3k	2.4k	119	12.2k
Daniele Torella Italy	46	6.0k 0.9×	5.7k 0.9×	3.1k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	181	11.2k
Federico Quaini Italy	43	5.0k 0.7×	4.1k 0.6×	3.1k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	147	10.8k
Volker Schächinger Germany	37	3.6k 0.5×	5.7k 0.9×	3.7k 1.1×	4.0k 1.2×	1.9k 0.8×	68	11.0k
Antonio Paolo Beltrami Italy	37	5.2k 0.8×	4.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	134	9.5k
Kai C. Wollert Germany	68	5.4k 0.8×	4.3k 0.7×	6.3k 1.9×	2.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	171	16.8k
Lloyd H. Michael United States	52	5.6k 0.8×	3.4k 0.5×	4.7k 1.4×	1.7k 0.5×	856 0.4×	91	11.4k
Federica Limana Italy	24	4.4k 0.7×	3.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	39	7.6k
Mark A. Sussman United States	61	7.3k 1.1×	3.0k 0.5×	3.9k 1.2×	992 0.3×	837 0.4×	193	11.9k
Richard E. Pratt United States	60	6.6k 1.0×	3.0k 0.5×	6.3k 1.9×	1.9k 0.6×	859 0.4×	169	13.4k
Atsuhiko Kawamoto Japan	42	4.8k 0.7×	2.8k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	2.4k 0.7×	902 0.4×	106	8.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Konrad Urbanek

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Konrad Urbanek

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Conte, Elena, Paola Imbrici, Giorgia Dinoi, et al.. (2025). SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin mitigates skeletal muscle pathology by modulating key proteins involved in glucose and ion homeostasis in an animal model of heart failure. European Journal of Pharmacology. 997. 177617–177617.

Riemma, Maria Antonietta, Maria Donniacuo, Giuseppe Castaldo, et al.. (2024). Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors, anti-diabetic drugs in heart failure and cognitive impairment: potential mechanisms of the protective effects. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 1422740–1422740. 5 indexed citations

Salerno, Nadia, Mariangela Scalise, Fabiola Marino, et al.. (2023). A Mouse Model of Dilated Cardiomyopathy Produced by Isoproterenol Acute Exposure Followed by 5-Fluorouracil Administration. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 10(6). 225–225. 4 indexed citations

Salerno, Nadia, Luca Salerno, Fabiola Marino, et al.. (2022). Myocardial regeneration protocols towards the routine clinical scenario: An unseemly path from bench to bedside. EClinicalMedicine. 50. 101530–101530. 19 indexed citations

Fresta, Massimo, Antonia Mancuso, Maria Chiara Cristiano, et al.. (2020). Targeting of the Pilosebaceous Follicle by Liquid Crystal Nanocarriers: In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of the Entrapped Minoxidil. Pharmaceutics. 12(11). 1127–1127. 29 indexed citations

Aquila, Iolanda, Eleonora Cianflone, Mariangela Scalise, et al.. (2019). c-kit Haploinsufficiency impairs adult cardiac stem cell growth, myogenicity and myocardial regeneration. Cell Death and Disease. 10(6). 436–436. 41 indexed citations

Donniacuo, Maria, et al.. (2019). Cardioprotective effect of a moderate and prolonged exercise training involves sirtuin pathway. Life Sciences. 222. 140–147. 34 indexed citations

Mascolo, Annamaria, Konrad Urbanek, Antonella De Angelis, et al.. (2019). Angiotensin II and angiotensin 1–7: which is their role in atrial fibrillation?. Heart Failure Reviews. 25(2). 367–380. 44 indexed citations

Cappetta, Donato, Konrad Urbanek, F Rossi, & Antonella De Angelis. (2018). Anthracycline cardiotoxicity: new actors on the stage. Translational Cancer Research. 7(5). 1 indexed citations

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Manzo, Emiliano, Adele Cutignano, Carmela Gallo, et al.. (2017). A new marine-derived sulfoglycolipid triggers dendritic cell activation and immune adjuvant response. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 6286–6286. 49 indexed citations

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Rinaldi, Barbara, Francesca Guida, Maria Donniacuo, et al.. (2015). Effect of Prolonged Moderate Exercise on the Changes of Nonneuronal Cells in Early Myocardial Infarction. Neural Plasticity. 2015. 1–8. 30 indexed citations

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Rinaldi, Barbara, Maria Donniacuo, Simona Signoriello, et al.. (2013). Effects of Sildenafil on the Gastrocnemius and Cardiac Muscles of Rats in a Model of Prolonged Moderate Exercise Training. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e69954–e69954. 21 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Adriana Bastos, Domenico D’Amario, Elena Padín-Iruegas, et al.. (2008). Abstract 5375: Mutations of c-kit Receptor are Coupled with Impaired Growth and Enhanced Death of Cardiac Progenitor Cells. Circulation. 118. 1 indexed citations

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Rota, Marcello, Nicole LeCapitaine, Toru Hosoda, et al.. (2006). Diabetes Promotes Cardiac Stem Cell Aging and Heart Failure, Which Are Prevented by Deletion of the p66 ^shc Gene. Circulation Research. 99(1). 42–52. 267 indexed citations

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Bearzi, Claudia, Stefano Cascapera, Angelo Nascimbene, et al.. (2005). Characterization and growth of human cardiac stem cells. Circulation. 111. 5 indexed citations

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Urbanek, Konrad, Daniele Torella, Farooq H. Sheikh, et al.. (2005). Myocardial regeneration by activation of multipotent cardiac stem cells in ischemic heart failure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(24). 8692–8697. 442 indexed citations

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Anversa, P., Marcello Rota, Konrad Urbanek, et al.. (2005). Myocardial aging. Basic Research in Cardiology. 100(6). 482–493. 75 indexed citations

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Anversa, Piero, Konrad Urbanek, Marcello Rota, et al.. (2005). Cardiac Stem Cells in the Failing Human Heart. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 11(S02). 1 indexed citations

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Leri, Annarosa, Jan Kajstura, Federico Quaini, et al.. (2005). Repair of the damaged heart. Kidney International. 68(5). 1962–1962. 1 indexed citations

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Urbanek, Konrad, et al.. (1970). [Case of "Moyamoya disease" (Nishimoto-Takeuchi-Kudo syndrome)].. PubMed. 113(5). 603–8. 1 indexed citations

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