Onur Kanisicak

4.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
35 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Onur Kanisicak is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Onur Kanisicak has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Onur Kanisicak's work include Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (13 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (9 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (6 papers). Onur Kanisicak is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (13 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (9 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (6 papers). Onur Kanisicak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. Onur Kanisicak's co-authors include Jeffery D. Molkentin, Jason Karch, Ronald J. Vagnozzi, Hadi Khalil, Bryan D. Maliken, Robert N. Correll, Vikram Prasad, Xing Fu, Matthew J. Brody and Tobias G. Schips and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Onur Kanisicak

34 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Fibroblast-specific TGF-β–Smad2/3 signaling underlies cardiac fibrosis

2017 673 citations Hadi Khalil, Onur Kanisicak et al. profile →
Genetic lineage tracing defines myofibroblast origin and function in the injured heart

2016 640 citations Onur Kanisicak, Hadi Khalil et al. Nature Communications profile →
c-kit+ cells minimally contribute cardiomyocytes to the heart

2014 579 citations Jop H. van Berlo, Onur Kanisicak et al. Nature profile →
Specialized fibroblast differentiated states underlie scar formation in the infarcted mouse heart

2018 451 citations Xing Fu, Hadi Khalil et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Onur Kanisicak United States	19	2.1k	1.5k	1.1k	388	283	35	3.4k
Ronald J. Vagnozzi United States	25	2.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	446 1.1×	317 1.1×	43	4.2k
Hadi Khalil United States	13	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	769 0.7×	354 0.9×	245 0.9×	20	2.7k
Stuart Walsh Sweden	9	2.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	178 0.5×	217 0.8×	14	3.7k
Arjun Deb United States	26	1.8k 0.8×	822 0.5×	1.5k 1.4×	305 0.8×	377 1.3×	49	3.5k
Sveva Bollini Italy	28	1.6k 0.7×	436 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	337 0.9×	222 0.8×	52	2.6k
Hidemasa Oh Japan	30	2.8k 1.3×	992 0.6×	2.0k 1.8×	346 0.9×	294 1.0×	50	4.4k
Alexander von Gise United States	20	3.5k 1.7×	1.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	243 0.6×	391 1.4×	24	4.4k
Thomas Moore‐Morris France	20	1.3k 0.6×	837 0.5×	753 0.7×	258 0.7×	204 0.7×	30	3.0k
Antonia Germani Italy	32	1.8k 0.8×	389 0.3×	849 0.8×	290 0.7×	355 1.3×	50	3.0k

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Anthony, Sarah, Michelle L. Nieman, Perwez Alam, et al.. (2025). HuR inhibition reduces post‐ischemic cardiac remodeling by dampening myocyte‐dependent inflammatory gene expression and the innate immune response. The FASEB Journal. 39(6). e70433–e70433. 2 indexed citations

Guirao-Abad, José P., et al.. (2025). Angiotensin II Promotes Progressive Activation of Fibrogenic Periostin-Lineage Cells in Lung and Kidney. Cells. 14(20). 1584–1584.

Baldwin, Tanya A., Yasuhide Kuwabara, Suh‐Chin J. Lin, et al.. (2023). Palmitoylation-dependent regulation of cardiomyocyte Rac1 signaling activity and minor effects on cardiac hypertrophy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 299(12). 105426–105426. 15 indexed citations

Song, Taejeong, Maicon Landim-Vieira, Mustafa Özdemir, et al.. (2023). Etiology of genetic muscle disorders induced by mutations in fast and slow skeletal MyBP-C paralogs. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 55(3). 502–509. 11 indexed citations

Anthony, Sarah, Michelle L. Nieman, Perwez Alam, et al.. (2021). Adipocyte-specific deletion of HuR induces spontaneous cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 321(1). H228–H241. 15 indexed citations

Alam, Perwez, Bryan D. Maliken, Shannon Jones, et al.. (2021). Cardiac Remodeling and Repair: Recent Approaches, Advancements, and Future Perspective. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(23). 13104–13104. 19 indexed citations

Jiang, Lin, Jialiang Liang, Wei Huang, et al.. (2021). CRISPR activation of endogenous genes reprograms fibroblasts into cardiovascular progenitor cells for myocardial infarction therapy. Molecular Therapy. 30(1). 54–74. 32 indexed citations

Kanisicak, Onur, et al.. (2020). Characterization of Burn Eschar Pericytes. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(2). 606–606. 10 indexed citations

Alam, Perwez, Bryan D. Maliken, Malina J. Ivey, Shannon Jones, & Onur Kanisicak. (2020). Isolation, Transfection, and Long-Term Culture of Adult Mouse and Rat Cardiomyocytes. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations

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Maliken, Bryan D., Onur Kanisicak, Jason Karch, et al.. (2018). Gata4-Dependent Differentiation of c-Kit ⁺ –Derived Endothelial Cells Underlies Artefactual Cardiomyocyte Regeneration in the Heart. Circulation. 138(10). 1012–1024. 30 indexed citations

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Accornero, Federica, Tobias G. Schips, Jennifer M. Petrosino, et al.. (2017). BEX1 is an RNA-dependent mediator of cardiomyopathy. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1875–1875. 27 indexed citations

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Karch, Jason, Matthew J. Brody, Onur Kanisicak, et al.. (2017). Abstract 205: Overexpression of the Mitochondrial F _o F ₁ ATP Synthase regulators ATP12 and ATP5J are Protective against Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in the Heart. Circulation Research. 121(suppl_1). 1 indexed citations

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Schips, Tobias G., et al.. (2016). Genetic overexpression of Serpina3n attenuates muscular dystrophy in mice. Human Molecular Genetics. 25(6). 1192–1202. 28 indexed citations

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Kanisicak, Onur, Hadi Khalil, Malina J. Ivey, et al.. (2016). Genetic lineage tracing defines myofibroblast origin and function in the injured heart. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12260–12260. 640 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vanhoutte, Davy, Tobias G. Schips, Jennifer Q. Kwong, et al.. (2016). Thrombospondin expression in myofibers stabilizes muscle membranes. eLife. 5. 48 indexed citations

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Karch, Jason, et al.. (2015). Necroptosis Interfaces with MOMP and the MPTP in Mediating Cell Death. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0130520–e0130520. 86 indexed citations

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Berlo, Jop H. van, Onur Kanisicak, Marjorie Maillet, et al.. (2014). c-kit+ cells minimally contribute cardiomyocytes to the heart. Nature. 509(7500). 337–341. 579 indexed citations breakdown →

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Braitsch, Caitlin M., Onur Kanisicak, Jop H. van Berlo, Jeffery D. Molkentin, & Katherine E. Yutzey. (2013). Differential expression of embryonic epicardial progenitor markers and localization of cardiac fibrosis in adult ischemic injury and hypertensive heart disease. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 65. 108–119. 99 indexed citations

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Yamamoto, Masakazu, et al.. (2009). A multifunctional reporter mouse line for Cre‐ and FLP‐dependent lineage analysis. genesis. 47(2). 107–114. 105 indexed citations

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Kanisicak, Onur, Julio J. Mendez, Shoko Yamamoto, Masakazu Yamamoto, & David J. Goldhamer. (2009). Progenitors of skeletal muscle satellite cells express the muscle determination gene, MyoD. Developmental Biology. 332(1). 131–141. 155 indexed citations

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