Nenad Bursac

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
118 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Nenad Bursac is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nenad Bursac has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Molecular Biology, 59 papers in Surgery and 43 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nenad Bursac's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (57 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (33 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (30 papers). Nenad Bursac is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (57 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (33 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (30 papers). Nenad Bursac collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and China. Nenad Bursac's co-authors include Weining Bian, Mark Juhas, Christopher P. Jackman, Leslie Tung, Nima Badie, Gordana Vunjak‐Novakovic, Brian Liau, Ilya Y. Shadrin, Maria Papadaki and Lisa E. Freed and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Nenad Bursac

113 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The extracellular matrix protein agrin promotes heart regeneration in mice

2017 478 citations Elad Bassat, Ilya Y. Shadrin et al. profile →
Tissue-engineered cardiac patch for advanced functional maturation of human ESC-derived cardiomyocytes

2013 437 citations Donghui Zhang, Ilya Y. Shadrin et al. Biomaterials profile →

Peers

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Wolfram‐Hubertus Zimmermann Germany

Michael A. Laflamme United States

Robert T. Tranquillo United States

Kevin D. Costa United States

Felix B. Engel Germany

Lior Gepstein Israel

Leslie Tung United States

Sharon Gerecht United States

Thomas K. Borg United States

Chunhui Xu United States

Wolfram‐Hubertus Zimmermann Germany

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1.1k ×0.9

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nenad Bursac

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Helfer, Abbigail, et al.. (2025). Human Myobundle Platform for Studying the Role of Notch Signaling in Satellite Cell Phenotype and Function. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(12). e2404695–e2404695.

Khodabukus, Alastair, et al.. (2022). Translating musculoskeletal bioengineering into tissue regeneration therapies. Science Translational Medicine. 14(666). eabn9074–eabn9074. 19 indexed citations

Bursac, Nenad, et al.. (2022). CRISPR Library Screening in Cultured Cardiomyocytes. Methods in molecular biology. 2485. 1–13. 2 indexed citations

Halushka, Marc K., Nicholas D. Andersen, Joseph J. Maleszewski, et al.. (2022). BRG1 is a biomarker of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in human heart specimens. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 7996–7996. 3 indexed citations

Lee, David E., Akshay Bareja, Yongwu Li, et al.. (2022). Meteorin-like is an injectable peptide that can enhance regeneration in aged muscle through immune-driven fibro/adipogenic progenitor signaling. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7613–7613. 28 indexed citations

Janbandhu, Vaibhao, Vikram J. Tallapragada, Ralph Patrick, et al.. (2021). Hif-1a suppresses ROS-induced proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts following myocardial infarction. Cell stem cell. 29(2). 281–297.e12. 160 indexed citations

Pomeroy, Jordan E., Abbigail Helfer, & Nenad Bursac. (2019). Biomaterializing the promise of cardiac tissue engineering. Biotechnology Advances. 42. 107353–107353. 70 indexed citations

Yifa, Oren, Karen Weisinger, Elad Bassat, et al.. (2019). The small molecule Chicago Sky Blue promotes heart repair following myocardial infarction in mice. JCI Insight. 4(22). 14 indexed citations

Jackman, Christopher P., Hanjun Li, & Nenad Bursac. (2018). Long-term contractile activity and thyroid hormone supplementation produce engineered rat myocardium with adult-like structure and function. Acta Biomaterialia. 78. 98–110. 37 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Hung, Robert D. Kirkton, & Nenad Bursac. (2016). Engineering prokaryotic channels for control of mammalian tissue excitability. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13132–13132. 18 indexed citations

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Shadrin, Ilya Y., Alastair Khodabukus, & Nenad Bursac. (2016). Striated muscle function, regeneration, and repair. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 73(22). 4175–4202. 64 indexed citations

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Shadrin, Ilya Y., Woohyun Yoon, Liqing Li, Neal Shepherd, & Nenad Bursac. (2015). Rapid fusion between mesenchymal stem cells and cardiomyocytes yields electrically active, non-contractile hybrid cells. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 12043–12043. 17 indexed citations

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Juhas, Mark, et al.. (2015). Design, evaluation, and application of engineered skeletal muscle. Methods. 99. 81–90. 42 indexed citations

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Christoforou, Nicolas, Malathi Chellappan, Andrew F. Adler, et al.. (2013). Transcription Factors MYOCD, SRF, Mesp1 and SMARCD3 Enhance the Cardio-Inducing Effect of GATA4, TBX5, and MEF2C during Direct Cellular Reprogramming. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e63577–e63577. 117 indexed citations

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Zhang, Donghui, et al.. (2013). Tissue-engineered cardiac patch for advanced functional maturation of human ESC-derived cardiomyocytes. Biomaterials. 34(23). 5813–5820. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Chuan, Jessica A. Hennessey, Robert D. Kirkton, et al.. (2011). FGF13 is a Regulator of the Cardiac Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel Nav1.5. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 420a–421a. 2 indexed citations

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Bian, Weining, Brian Liau, Nima Badie, & Nenad Bursac. (2010). Abstract 18051: Engineering of Functional Cardiac Tissue Patch with Realistic Myofiber Orientations. Circulation. 122. 1 indexed citations

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Christoforou, Nicolas, Behzad N. Oskouei, Paul Esteso, et al.. (2010). Implantation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Progenitor Cells Preserves Function of Infarcted Murine Hearts. PLoS ONE. 5(7). e11536–e11536. 49 indexed citations

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Pedrotty, Dawn, Rebecca Y. Klinger, Robert D. Kirkton, & Nenad Bursac. (2009). Cardiac fibroblast paracrine factors alter impulse conduction and ion channel expression of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Cardiovascular Research. 83(4). 688–697. 122 indexed citations

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Bursac, Nenad, Yihua Loo, Kam W. Leong, & Leslie Tung. (2007). Novel anisotropic engineered cardiac tissues: Studies of electrical propagation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 361(4). 847–853. 104 indexed citations

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