Michelle K. Leppo

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Michelle K. Leppo is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Michelle K. Leppo has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Michelle K. Leppo's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (7 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (5 papers) and Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (5 papers). Michelle K. Leppo is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (7 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (5 papers) and Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (5 papers). Michelle K. Leppo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and China. Michelle K. Leppo's co-authors include Eduardo Marbán, M. Roselle Abraham, Harlan F. Weisman, Rachel Smith, Hee Cheol Cho, Joshua M. Hare, Lucio Barile, Elisa Messina, Alessandro Giacomello and Kenneth H. Roux and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Michelle K. Leppo

26 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Regenerative Potential of Cardiosphere-Derived Cells Expanded From Percutaneous Endomyocardial Biopsy Specimens

2007 837 citations Rachel Smith, Lucio Barile et al. Circulation profile →
Soluble Human Complement Receptor Type 1: In Vivo Inhibitor of Complement Suppressing Post-Ischemic Myocardial Inflammation and Necrosis

1990 793 citations Harlan F. Weisman, Michelle K. Leppo et al. profile →

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Hiroyuki Hao Japan

Yong-Jian Geng United States

Pieter A. Doevendans Netherlands

Tuomas T. Rissanen Finland

Emmanouil Chavakis Germany

Yasunori Shintani Japan

Lars Stangenberg United States

Dominique PV de Kleijn Netherlands

Catherine MacGillivray United States

Kathy O. Lui Hong Kong

Hiroyuki Hao Japan

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373 ×0.6

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609 ×1.1

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michelle K. Leppo

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Tocchetti, Carlo G., Michelle K. Leppo, Yibin Wang, Robert G. Weiss, & Nazareno Paolocci. (2015). Cardiac Over-Expression of Creatine Kinase Improves Function in Failing Myocytes. Biophysical Journal. 108(2). 595a–595a. 1 indexed citations

Tocchetti, Carlo G., Michelle K. Leppo, Djahida Bedja, et al.. (2015). Abstract 338: Cardiac Overexpression of Creatine Kinase Improves Cardiomycytes Function in Heart Failure and During Increased Redox Stress. Circulation Research. 117(suppl_1). 4 indexed citations

Akki, Ashwin, Huanle Yang, Ashish Gupta, et al.. (2013). Skeletal muscle ATP kinetics are impaired in frail mice. AGE. 36(1). 21–30. 56 indexed citations

Gupta, Ashish, Michelle K. Leppo, V. P. Chacko, et al.. (2013). Creatine Kinase-Overexpression Improves Myocardial Energetics, Contractile Dysfunction and Survival in Murine Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e74675–e74675. 45 indexed citations

Akki, Ashwin, Toshiyuki Yano, Ashish Gupta, et al.. (2012). Creatine kinase overexpression improves ATP kinetics and contractile function in postischemic myocardium. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 303(7). H844–H852. 32 indexed citations

Gupta, Ashish, Ashwin Akki, Yibin Wang, et al.. (2011). Creatine kinase–mediated improvement of function in failing mouse hearts provides causal evidence the failing heart is energy starved. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 122(1). 291–302. 102 indexed citations

Chacko, V. P., Glenn A. Hirsch, Ashwin Akki, et al.. (2010). Reduced in vivo high-energy phosphates precede Adriamycin-induced cardiac dysfunction. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 299(2). H332–H337. 40 indexed citations

Terrovitis, John, Riikka Läutamaki, Michael Bonios, et al.. (2009). Noninvasive Quantification and Optimization of Acute Cell Retention by In Vivo Positron Emission Tomography After Intramyocardial Cardiac-Derived Stem Cell Delivery. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 54(17). 1619–1626. 204 indexed citations

Tan, Zhen, et al.. (2009). Preservation of cardiac contractility after long-term therapy with oxypurinol in post-ischemic heart failure in mice. European Journal of Pharmacology. 621(1-3). 71–77. 10 indexed citations

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Barth, Andreas S., Eddy Kizana, Rachel Smith, et al.. (2008). Lentiviral Vectors Bearing the Cardiac Promoter of the Na+-Ca2+ Exchanger Report Cardiogenic Differentiation in Stem Cells. Molecular Therapy. 16(5). 957–964. 35 indexed citations

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Terrovitis, John, Riikka Läutamaki, James Engles, et al.. (2008). Ectopic Expression of the Sodium-Iodide Symporter Enables Imaging of Transplanted Cardiac Stem Cells In Vivo by Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography or Positron Emission Tomography. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 52(20). 1652–1660. 127 indexed citations

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Terrovitis, John, Matthias Stuber, Amr Youssef, et al.. (2008). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Overestimates Ferumoxide-Labeled Stem Cell Survival After Transplantation in the Heart. Circulation. 117(12). 1555–1562. 221 indexed citations

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Smith, Rachel, Lucio Barile, Hee Cheol Cho, et al.. (2007). Regenerative Potential of Cardiosphere-Derived Cells Expanded From Percutaneous Endomyocardial Biopsy Specimens. Circulation. 115(7). 896–908. 837 indexed citations breakdown →

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Janssen, Paul M.L., Linda B. Stull, Michelle K. Leppo, Ruth A. Altschuld, & Eduardo Marbán. (2003). Selective contractile dysfunction of left, not right, ventricular myocardium in the SHHF rat. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 284(3). H772–H778. 16 indexed citations

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Stull, Linda B., Michelle K. Leppo, Eduardo Marbán, & Paul M.L. Janssen. (2002). Physiological Determinants of Contractile Force Generation and Calcium Handling in Mouse Myocardium. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 34(10). 1367–1376. 63 indexed citations

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Neyroud, Nathalie, Hanne Nuss, Michelle K. Leppo, Eduardo Marbán, & J. Kevin Donahue. (2002). [19] Gene delivery to cardiac muscle. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 346. 323–334. 4 indexed citations

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Zaragoza, Carlos, Christopher Ocampo, Marta Saura, et al.. (1999). Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Protection Against Coxsackievirus Pancreatitis. The Journal of Immunology. 163(10). 5497–5504. 49 indexed citations

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Zaragoza, Carlos, Christopher Ocampo, Marta Saura, et al.. (1998). The role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in the host response to Coxsackievirus myocarditis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 95(5). 2469–2474. 90 indexed citations

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Leppo, Michelle K., et al.. (1993). Pathologic changes in the cardiac interstitium of mice infected with encephalomyocarditis virus. Cardiovascular Pathology. 2(2). 117–126. 2 indexed citations

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Rodriguez, Edward K., et al.. (1992). A method to reconstruct myocardial sarcomere lengths and orientations at transmural sites in beating canine hearts. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 263(1). H293–H306. 123 indexed citations

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