Matthew Ackers‐Johnson

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Matthew Ackers‐Johnson is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Ackers‐Johnson has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 8 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Matthew Ackers‐Johnson's work include Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (6 papers), Congenital heart defects research (5 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers). Matthew Ackers‐Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (6 papers), Congenital heart defects research (5 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (5 papers). Matthew Ackers‐Johnson collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United Kingdom and United States. Matthew Ackers‐Johnson's co-authors include Roger Foo, Andrew P. Holmes, Peter Yiqing Li, Davor Pavlović, Wilson Lek Wen Tan, Tingsen Benson Lim, Kelvin See, Zenia Tiang, Mark Richards and Jianming Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Ackers‐Johnson

23 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

A Simplified, Langendorff-Free Method for Concomitant Isolation of Viable Cardiac Myocytes and Nonmyocytes From the Adult Mouse Heart

2016 360 citations Matthew Ackers‐Johnson, Peter Yiqing Li et al. Circulation Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matthew Ackers‐Johnson Singapore	15	1.2k	540	404	208	140	24	1.6k
Xingbo Xu Germany	20	810 0.7×	200 0.4×	293 0.7×	162 0.8×	27 0.2×	46	1.4k
David Ferland-McCollough United Kingdom	12	994 0.8×	677 1.3×	58 0.1×	102 0.5×	172 1.2×	12	1.5k
Liyong Zhang China	15	480 0.4×	337 0.6×	202 0.5×	92 0.4×	22 0.2×	68	1.1k
Maija Bry Finland	13	882 0.7×	232 0.4×	200 0.5×	239 1.1×	41 0.3×	16	1.5k
Bastian Eul Germany	17	455 0.4×	285 0.5×	169 0.4×	176 0.8×	27 0.2×	27	1.2k
Riccardo Contu Italy	11	911 0.7×	584 1.1×	316 0.8×	110 0.5×	12 0.1×	14	1.3k
Adam Baker Denmark	11	1.1k 0.9×	902 1.7×	533 1.3×	387 1.9×	20 0.1×	14	1.9k
Sang-Ging Ong United States	14	930 0.8×	268 0.5×	419 1.0×	240 1.2×	14 0.1×	15	1.4k
Mikael Schneider Denmark	17	801 0.7×	373 0.7×	228 0.6×	154 0.7×	15 0.1×	35	1.1k

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Mak, Ian, Clarinda Nataria Sutanto, Qing He, et al.. (2025). Impact of quantity and source of dietary protein intake within a healthy dietary pattern on cardiovascular disease risk factors in Singapore older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Food & Function. 16(24). 9533–9544.

Wang, Yifan, Jongseon Choe, Xiaoyun Cao, et al.. (2025). Depletion of Hepatic SREBP2 Protects Against Hypercholesterolemia and Atherosclerosis through the ANGPTL3‐LPL Axis. Advanced Science. 12(18). e2412677–e2412677. 2 indexed citations

Hu, Yang, Roger Foo, Yuchen Long, et al.. (2025). Hybrid hydrogel–extracellular matrix scaffolds identify biochemical and mechanical signatures of cardiac ageing. Nature Materials. 24(9). 1489–1501. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Yiqing, Poh Loong Soong, Wilson Lek Wen Tan, et al.. (2024). Long noncoding RNA VENTHEART is required for ventricular cardiomyocyte specification and function. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 197. 90–102. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Chang Jie Mick, Jiong‐Wei Wang, Shu Ye, et al.. (2023). Systematic in vivo candidate evaluation uncovers therapeutic targets for LMNA dilated cardiomyopathy and risk of Lamin A toxicity. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 690–690. 5 indexed citations

Mastroyiannopoulos, Nikolaos P., Marios Tomazou, Anastasis Oulas, et al.. (2023). Selective Delivery to Cardiac Muscle Cells Using Cell-Specific Aptamers. Pharmaceuticals. 16(9). 1264–1264. 3 indexed citations

Xiao, Jingwei, Meng Pan, Chang Jie Mick Lee, et al.. (2022). BNIP‐2 Activation of Cellular Contractility Inactivates YAP for H9c2 Cardiomyoblast Differentiation. Advanced Science. 9(31). e2202834–e2202834. 11 indexed citations

Anene-Nzelu, Chukwuemeka George, Peter Yiqing Li, Shi Ling Ng, et al.. (2022). 8‐Oxoguanine DNA Glycosylase (OGG1) Deficiency Exacerbates Doxorubicin‐Induced Cardiac Dysfunction. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2022(1). 9180267–9180267. 2 indexed citations

Lim, Tingsen Benson, et al.. (2020). Engineered Circular RNA Sponges Act as miRNA Inhibitors to Attenuate Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy. Molecular Therapy. 28(6). 1506–1517. 127 indexed citations

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Lim, Tingsen Benson, Edita Aliwarga, Shi Ling Ng, et al.. (2019). Targeting the highly abundant circular RNA circSlc8a1 in cardiomyocytes attenuates pressure overload induced hypertrophy. Cardiovascular Research. 115(14). 1998–2007. 138 indexed citations

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Ackers‐Johnson, Matthew & Roger Foo. (2019). Langendorff-Free Isolation and Propagation of Adult Mouse Cardiomyocytes. Methods in molecular biology. 1940. 193–204. 14 indexed citations

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Ackers‐Johnson, Matthew, Wilson Lek Wen Tan, & Roger Foo. (2018). Following hearts, one cell at a time: recent applications of single-cell RNA sequencing to the understanding of heart disease. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4434–4434. 35 indexed citations

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Zhao, Rongrong, Matthew Ackers‐Johnson, Justus Stenzig, et al.. (2018). Targeting Chondroitin Sulfate Glycosaminoglycans to Treat Cardiac Fibrosis in Pathological Remodeling. Circulation. 137(23). 2497–2513. 43 indexed citations

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See, Kelvin, et al.. (2017). Single cardiomyocyte nuclear transcriptomes reveal a lincRNA-regulated de-differentiation and cell cycle stress-response in vivo. Nature Communications. 8(1). 225–225. 91 indexed citations

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Tan, Wilson Lek Wen, Chukwuemeka George Anene-Nzelu, Matthew Ackers‐Johnson, et al.. (2016). A landscape of circular RNA expression in the human heart. Cardiovascular Research. 113(3). cvw250–cvw250. 233 indexed citations

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Jonsson, Malin K.B., Robin Hartman, Matthew Ackers‐Johnson, et al.. (2016). A Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Comparison of Fetal and Adult Human Cardiac Fibroblasts Reveals Novel Key Transcription Factors in Adult Cardiac Fibroblasts. JACC Basic to Translational Science. 1(7). 590–602. 31 indexed citations

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Ackers‐Johnson, Matthew, et al.. (2016). A Simplified, Langendorff-Free Method for Concomitant Isolation of Viable Cardiac Myocytes and Nonmyocytes From the Adult Mouse Heart. Circulation Research. 119(8). 909–920. 360 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vujić, Ana, Emma Robinson, Mitsuteru Ito, et al.. (2015). Experimental heart failure modelled by the cardiomyocyte-specific loss of an epigenome modifier, DNMT3B. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 82. 174–183. 47 indexed citations

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Wong, Lee Lee, A Wee, Jessica Yan Xia Ng, et al.. (2015). Natriuretic peptide receptor 3 (NPR3) is regulated by microRNA-100. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 82. 13–21. 28 indexed citations

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Sandovici, Ionel, Noel H. Smith, Marloes Dekker Nitert, et al.. (2011). Maternal diet and aging alter the epigenetic control of a promoter–enhancer interaction at the Hnf4a gene in rat pancreatic islets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(13). 5449–5454. 247 indexed citations

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