Melanie Ricke‐Hoch

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

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Melanie Ricke‐Hoch is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Ricke‐Hoch has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 12 papers in Surgery and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Melanie Ricke‐Hoch's work include Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy (17 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (12 papers) and Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation (4 papers). Melanie Ricke‐Hoch is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy (17 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (12 papers) and Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation (4 papers). Melanie Ricke‐Hoch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and South Africa. Melanie Ricke‐Hoch's co-authors include Denise Hilfiker‐Kleiner, Michaela Scherr, Britta Stapel, Karen Sliwa, Aiden Haghikia, Marc Thiry, Joseph Martial, Sébastien P. Tabruyn, Vincent Lambert and Ingrid Struman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS Biology.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Ricke‐Hoch

33 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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MicroRNA-146a is a therapeutic target and biomarker for peripartum cardiomyopathy

2013 380 citations Julie Halkein, Sébastien P. Tabruyn et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melanie Ricke‐Hoch Germany	16	587	418	317	206	95	33	1.1k
Edith Podewski Germany	13	836 1.4×	368 0.9×	465 1.5×	95 0.5×	127 1.3×	16	1.2k
Gábor Vörös Belgium	19	436 0.7×	251 0.6×	448 1.4×	131 0.6×	70 0.7×	56	1.3k
Junbo Ge China	20	425 0.7×	543 1.3×	268 0.8×	250 1.2×	78 0.8×	57	1.2k
Seung Ho Hong South Korea	17	204 0.3×	236 0.6×	242 0.8×	102 0.5×	87 0.9×	40	860
Giovanna Castoldi Italy	18	311 0.5×	416 1.0×	133 0.4×	210 1.0×	47 0.5×	38	931
Fériel Azibani France	20	384 0.7×	242 0.6×	268 0.8×	33 0.2×	69 0.7×	48	904
Marina Bergman United States	11	359 0.6×	291 0.7×	88 0.3×	256 1.2×	45 0.5×	12	755
Nerea Hermida Spain	11	391 0.7×	351 0.8×	161 0.5×	120 0.6×	63 0.7×	17	804
Jonathan Cena Canada	12	199 0.3×	173 0.4×	82 0.3×	161 0.8×	60 0.6×	12	577

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Erschow, Sergej, Dietmar J. Manstein, Niels Decher, et al.. (2025). Cardiac dysfunction related to cardiac mRNA and protein traffic impairment due to reduced unconventional motor protein myosin-5b expression. European Heart Journal. 46(25). 2437–2454. 2 indexed citations

Müller, Franziska E., Michaela Scherr, Christine S. Falk, et al.. (2025). Serotonin receptor 5-HT7 modulates inflammatory-associated functions of macrophages. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 82(1). 51–51. 3 indexed citations

Ricke‐Hoch, Melanie, Britta Stapel, Sergej Erschow, et al.. (2024). Cardiomyocyte Notch1 signaling is essential for protection of the maternal heart from peripartum stress. Cardiovascular Research. 120(Supplement_1). 2 indexed citations

Ricke‐Hoch, Melanie, et al.. (2024). Serotonin Receptors in Myocardial Infarction: Friend or Foe?. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 15(8). 1619–1634. 6 indexed citations

Weber, Natalie, et al.. (2024). The role of serotonin receptor 7 signalling in macrophages for the inflammatory response after myocardial infarction. Cardiovascular Research. 120(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Pfeffer, Tobias J., Bernd Auber, Brigitte Pabst, et al.. (2023). Prevalence of HSPB6 gene variants in peripartum cardiomyopathy: Data from the German PPCM registry. International Journal of Cardiology. 379. 96–99. 2 indexed citations

Pfeffer, Tobias J., Cordula Schippert, Bernd Auber, et al.. (2022). High prevalence of reduced fertility and use of assisted reproductive technology in a German cohort of patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 112(3). 343–352. 2 indexed citations

Pfeffer, Tobias J., Julia Müller, Michaela Scherr, et al.. (2021). Perhexiline Treatment Improves Toxic Effects of β-Adrenergic Receptor Stimulation in Experimental Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. ESC Heart Failure. 8(4). 3375–3381. 5 indexed citations

Ricke‐Hoch, Melanie, et al.. (2020). Neuraminidase-1 promotes heart failure after ischemia/reperfusion injury by affecting cardiomyocytes and invading monocytes/macrophages. Basic Research in Cardiology. 115(6). 62–62. 42 indexed citations

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Ricke‐Hoch, Melanie, Sergej Erschow, Steve Hoffmann, et al.. (2020). Increased prostaglandin-D2 in male STAT3-deficient hearts shifts cardiac progenitor cells from endothelial to white adipocyte differentiation. PLoS Biology. 18(12). e3000739–e3000739. 5 indexed citations

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Azibani, Fériel, Tobias J. Pfeffer, Melanie Ricke‐Hoch, et al.. (2020). Outcome in German and South African Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Cohorts Associates with Medical Therapy and Tibrosis Markers. ESC Heart Failure. 7(2). 512–522. 19 indexed citations

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Pfeffer, Tobias J., JULIAN B. HERRMANN, Dominik Berliner, et al.. (2020). Assessment of Major Mental Disorders in a German Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Cohort. ESC Heart Failure. 7(6). 4394–4398. 19 indexed citations

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Ricke‐Hoch, Melanie, Martijn F. Hoes, Tobias J. Pfeffer, et al.. (2019). In peripartum cardiomyopathy plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 is a potential new biomarker with controversial roles. Cardiovascular Research. 116(11). 1875–1886. 27 indexed citations

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Ricke‐Hoch, Melanie, et al.. (2019). Data on left ventricular expression of STAT3 and AKT in transgenic mouse models with B16F10 melanoma. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 26. 104508–104508. 2 indexed citations

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Pfeffer, Tobias J., Maria Schaufelberger, Bernd Auber, et al.. (2019). Increased Cancer Prevalence in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. JACC CardioOncology. 1(2). 196–205. 30 indexed citations

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Pfeffer, Tobias J., Melanie Ricke‐Hoch, Tobias Koenig, et al.. (2019). Long-Term Follow-up in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Patients with Contemporary Treatment: Low Mortality, High Cardiac Recovery, but Significant Cardiovascular Co-Morbidities. European Journal of Heart Failure. 21(12). 1534–1542. 43 indexed citations

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Ricke‐Hoch, Melanie, Britta Stapel, Tobias J. Pfeffer, et al.. (2016). Serelaxin treatment promotes adaptive hypertrophy but does not prevent heart failure in experimental peripartum cardiomyopathy. Cardiovascular Research. 113(6). cvw245–cvw245. 22 indexed citations

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Ricke‐Hoch, Melanie, Britta Stapel, Gianluigi Condorelli, et al.. (2014). Opposing roles of Akt and STAT3 in the protection of the maternal heart from peripartum stress. Cardiovascular Research. 101(4). 587–596. 72 indexed citations

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Halkein, Julie, Sébastien P. Tabruyn, Melanie Ricke‐Hoch, et al.. (2013). MicroRNA-146a is a therapeutic target and biomarker for peripartum cardiomyopathy. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 123(5). 2143–2154. 380 indexed citations breakdown →

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Scherr, Michaela, Alex Elder, Karin Battmer, et al.. (2013). Differential expression of miR-17∼92 identifies BCL2 as a therapeutic target in BCR-ABL-positive B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia. 28(3). 554–565. 47 indexed citations

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