Michael Chopp

81.3k total citations · 18 hit papers
815 papers, 66.4k citations indexed

About

Michael Chopp is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Chopp has authored 815 papers receiving a total of 66.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 272 papers in Molecular Biology, 217 papers in Neurology and 198 papers in Developmental Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael Chopp's work include Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (182 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (144 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (122 papers). Michael Chopp is often cited by papers focused on Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms (182 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (144 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (122 papers). Michael Chopp collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and South Korea. Michael Chopp's co-authors include Jieli Chen, Zheng Gang Zhang, Mei Lü, Asim Mahmood, Yi Li, Dunyue Lu, Ye Xiong, Mark Katakowski, Zhenggang Zhang and Rui Lan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Michael Chopp

810 papers receiving 65.2k citations

Hit Papers

Therapeutic Benefit of Intravenous Administration of Bone... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2001 2001 2013 2000 2013 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Therapeutic Benefit of Intravenous Administration of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells After Cerebral Ischemia in Rats
    2001 1.5k citations Jieli Chen, Yi Li et al. Stroke profile →
  2. Intravenous Administration of Human Umbilical Cord Blood Reduces Behavioral Deficits After Stroke in Rats
    2001 1.1k citations Mei Lü, Michael Chopp et al. Stroke profile →
  3. Animal models of traumatic brain injury
    2013 1.1k citations Asim Mahmood, Michael Chopp et al. profile →
  4. VEGF enhances angiogenesis and promotes blood-brain barrier leakage in the ischemic brain
    2000 1.1k citations Zheng Gang Zhang, Li Zhang et al. profile →
  5. Systemic Administration of Exosomes Released from Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Promote Functional Recovery and Neurovascular Plasticity After Stroke in Rats
    2013 784 citations Hongqi Xin, Yisheng Cui et al. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism profile →
  6. Human marrow stromal cell therapy for stroke in rat
    2002 743 citations Mei Lü, Michael Chopp et al. profile →
  7. Exosome-Mediated Transfer of miR-133b from Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells to Neural Cells Contributes to Neurite Outgrowth
    2012 719 citations Hongqi Xin, Yi Zhang et al. profile →
  8. Treatment of Stroke With Erythropoietin Enhances Neurogenesis and Angiogenesis and Improves Neurological Function in Rats
    2004 625 citations Zhenggang Zhang, Ruilan Zhang et al. Stroke profile →
  9. Exosomes from marrow stromal cells expressing miR-146b inhibit glioma growth
    2013 611 citations Michael Chopp et al. profile →
  10. MiR-133b Promotes Neural Plasticity and Functional Recovery After Treatment of Stroke with Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Rats Via Transfer of Exosome-Enriched Extracellular Particles
    2013 604 citations Hongqi Xin, Yisheng Cui et al. profile →
  11. Effect of exosomes derived from multipluripotent mesenchymal stromal cells on functional recovery and neurovascular plasticity in rats after traumatic brain injury
    2015 582 citations Michael Chopp, Hongqi Xin et al. profile →
  12. Nitric Oxide Measured by a Porphyrinic Micro Sensor in Rat Brain after Transient Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion
    1993 548 citations Michael Chopp et al. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism profile →
  13. Intravenous Administration of Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Induces Angiogenesis in the Ischemic Boundary Zone After Stroke in Rats
    2003 542 citations Jieli Chen, Zheng Gang Zhang et al. profile →
  14. Treatment of neural injury with marrow stromal cells
    2002 516 citations Michael Chopp, Yi Li profile →
  15. Astrocytes, therapeutic targets for neuroprotection and neurorestoration in ischemic stroke
    2015 478 citations Michael Chopp et al. profile →
  16. MicroRNA-17–92 Cluster in Exosomes Enhance Neuroplasticity and Functional Recovery After Stroke in Rats
    2017 450 citations Hongqi Xin, Fengjie Wang et al. Stroke profile →
  17. Exosomes — beyond stem cells for restorative therapy in stroke and neurological injury
    2019 425 citations Zheng Gang Zhang, Benjamin Buller et al. profile →
  18. Brain–Heart Interaction
    2017 379 citations Michael Chopp, Jieli Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Chopp United States 131 26.2k 16.5k 14.5k 13.6k 11.5k 815 66.4k
Hans Lassmann Austria 145 18.7k 0.7× 18.1k 1.1× 1.9k 0.1× 9.0k 0.7× 8.7k 0.8× 645 70.7k
Christer Betsholtz Sweden 100 28.8k 1.1× 8.2k 0.5× 3.7k 0.3× 2.4k 0.2× 5.3k 0.5× 327 52.3k
George D. Yancopoulos United States 161 55.1k 2.1× 2.5k 0.2× 4.4k 0.3× 6.8k 0.5× 18.5k 1.6× 430 103.1k
Seung Up Kim South Korea 85 9.8k 0.4× 4.3k 0.3× 3.9k 0.3× 5.0k 0.4× 5.6k 0.5× 839 32.8k
Richard M. Ransohoff United States 116 12.2k 0.5× 23.5k 1.4× 1.7k 0.1× 5.1k 0.4× 5.9k 0.5× 352 54.3k
Jeffrey D. Rothstein United States 91 15.7k 0.6× 8.2k 0.5× 6.9k 0.5× 4.5k 0.3× 15.0k 1.3× 235 37.2k
Mitchel S. Berger United States 116 10.9k 0.4× 2.5k 0.2× 23.6k 1.6× 2.8k 0.2× 4.6k 0.4× 718 51.1k
Mei Lü United States 80 7.0k 0.3× 4.7k 0.3× 6.4k 0.4× 4.9k 0.4× 3.5k 0.3× 377 24.3k
Michael Weller Germany 126 33.2k 1.3× 3.2k 0.2× 43.6k 3.0× 1.3k 0.1× 3.9k 0.3× 1.2k 89.1k
Peter Carmeliet Belgium 151 53.1k 2.0× 3.2k 0.2× 6.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.1× 7.0k 0.6× 729 100.0k

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All Works

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Wang, Weida, et al.. (2025). Therapeutic and diagnostic potential of extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated intercellular transfer of mitochondria and mitochondrial components. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 46(2). 289–305. 3 indexed citations
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Ding, Guangliang, Lian Li, Michael Chopp, et al.. (2024). Velocity of cerebrospinal fluid in the aqueduct measured by phase‐contrast MRI in rat. NMR in Biomedicine. 37(12). e5233–e5233. 1 indexed citations
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Ding, Guangliang, Li Zhang, Lian Li, et al.. (2023). Imaging glymphatic response to glioblastoma. Cancer Imaging. 23(1). 107–107. 9 indexed citations
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Fan, Baoyan, Michael Chopp, Zheng Gang Zhang, & Xianshuang Liu. (2021). Treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy with engineered mesenchymal stromal cell-derived exosomes enriched with microRNA-146a provide amplified therapeutic efficacy. Experimental Neurology. 341. 113694–113694. 74 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yi, Yi Qin, Michael Chopp, et al.. (2020). Ischemic Cerebral Endothelial Cell–Derived Exosomes Promote Axonal Growth. Stroke. 51(12). 3701–3712. 43 indexed citations
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Xin, Hongqi, Benjamin Buller, Yanfeng Li, et al.. (2020). MiR-17-92 enriched exosomes derived from multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells enhance axon-myelin remodeling and motor electrophysiological recovery after stroke. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 41(5). 1131–1144. 105 indexed citations
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Fan, Baoyan, Chao Li, Alexandra Szalad, et al.. (2019). Mesenchymal stromal cell-derived exosomes ameliorate peripheral neuropathy in a mouse model of diabetes. Diabetologia. 63(2). 431–443. 172 indexed citations
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Zhang, Li, Rui Lan Zhang, Quan Jiang, et al.. (2015). Focal embolic cerebral ischemia in the rat. Nature Protocols. 10(4). 539–547. 76 indexed citations
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Savitz, Sean I., et al.. (2011). Stem Cell Therapy as an Emerging Paradigm for Stroke (STEPS) II. Stroke. 42(3). 825–829. 200 indexed citations
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Shen, Li, Hongqi Xin, Yi Li, et al.. (2011). Endogenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator Mediates Bone Marrow Stromal Cell-Induced Neurite Remodeling After Stroke in Mice. Stroke. 42(2). 459–464. 43 indexed citations
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Zacharek, Alex, Amjad Shehadah, Jieli Chen, et al.. (2010). Comparison of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Derived From Stroke and Normal Rats for Stroke Treatment. Stroke. 41(3). 524–530. 54 indexed citations
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Chen, Jieli, Xu Cui, Alex Zacharek, et al.. (2010). White Matter Damage and the Effect of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Type 2 Diabetic Mice After Stroke. Stroke. 42(2). 445–452. 98 indexed citations
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Jiang, Quan, Guangliang Ding, Li Zhang, et al.. (2008). Investigation of relationships between transverse relaxation rate, diffusion coefficient, and labeled cell concentration in ischemic rat brain using MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 61(3). 587–594. 6 indexed citations
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Kwon, David, Xiaohua Gao, Yong Bo Liu, et al.. (2008). Treatment with bone marrow‐derived stromal cells accelerates wound healing in diabetic rats. International Wound Journal. 5(3). 453–463. 149 indexed citations
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Chen, Jieli, Alex Zacharek, Ang Li, et al.. (2007). Atorvastatin Promotes Presenilin-1 Expression and Notch1 Activity and Increases Neural Progenitor Cell Proliferation After Stroke. Stroke. 39(1). 220–226. 52 indexed citations
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Xin, Hongqi, Yi Li, Xiaoguang Chen, & Michael Chopp. (2006). Bone marrow stromal cells induce BMP2/4 production in oxygen‐glucose‐deprived astrocytes, which promotes an astrocytic phenotype in adult subventricular progenitor cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 83(8). 1485–1493. 46 indexed citations
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Lü, Mei, Jieli Chen, Dunyue Lu, et al.. (2003). Global test statistics for treatment effect of stroke and traumatic brain injury in rats with administration of bone marrow stromal cells. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 128(1-2). 183–190. 79 indexed citations
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Seyfried, Donald, Yuxia Han, Kaiquan Li, et al.. (2001). A selective cysteine protease inhibitor is non-toxic and cerebroprotective in rats undergoing transient middle cerebral artery ischemia. Brain Research. 901(1-2). 94–101. 50 indexed citations
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Zhang, Li, Jieli Chen, Yi Li, Zheng Gang Zhang, & Michael Chopp. (2000). Quantitative measurement of motor and somatosensory impairments after mild (30 min) and severe (2 h) transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats. Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 174(2). 141–146. 104 indexed citations

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