Polina Petkova‐Kirova

1.3k total citations
39 papers, 961 citations indexed

About

Polina Petkova‐Kirova is a scholar working on Physiology, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Polina Petkova‐Kirova has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 961 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Physiology, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Polina Petkova‐Kirova's work include Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (13 papers), Blood properties and coagulation (9 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). Polina Petkova‐Kirova is often cited by papers focused on Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology (13 papers), Blood properties and coagulation (9 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). Polina Petkova‐Kirova collaborates with scholars based in Bulgaria, Germany and Italy. Polina Petkova‐Kirova's co-authors include Lars Kaestner, Maria Grazia Giovannini, Francesca Cerbai, Daniele Lana, Guy Salama, Sandra Zecchi, Daniele Nosi, Barry London, Holly M. Brothers and Laura Hertz and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Polina Petkova‐Kirova

38 papers receiving 948 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Polina Petkova‐Kirova Bulgaria	16	399	315	192	180	165	39	961
Jin Hwan Lee United States	22	179 0.4×	392 1.2×	115 0.6×	204 1.1×	50 0.3×	34	1.4k
Yoichi Chiba Japan	22	371 0.9×	440 1.4×	59 0.3×	282 1.6×	33 0.2×	85	1.4k
Karen Chen United States	15	867 2.2×	490 1.6×	99 0.5×	367 2.0×	53 0.3×	38	1.7k
Zhiying Hu China	23	170 0.4×	583 1.9×	80 0.4×	207 1.1×	38 0.2×	63	1.5k
Kyoon Huh South Korea	24	286 0.7×	337 1.1×	284 1.5×	339 1.9×	127 0.8×	62	1.6k
Ping Zheng China	12	169 0.4×	562 1.8×	79 0.4×	232 1.3×	50 0.3×	24	1.8k
Jiaxi Xu China	17	123 0.3×	343 1.1×	59 0.3×	119 0.7×	242 1.5×	36	917
Katharine Walker United States	15	768 1.9×	375 1.2×	63 0.3×	360 2.0×	23 0.1×	18	1.6k
Lijun Xu China	17	230 0.6×	469 1.5×	125 0.7×	245 1.4×	41 0.2×	48	1.6k
Emma S. Jones Australia	20	161 0.4×	617 2.0×	80 0.4×	202 1.1×	1.0k 6.2×	28	1.8k

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Georgieva, Ani, Ivaylo P. Ivanov, Petko Denev, et al.. (2025). Phytochemical Profile, Antioxidant Capacity and Anticancer Potential of Water Extracts from In Vitro Cultivated Salvia aethiopis. Molecules. 30(7). 1427–1427. 1 indexed citations

Petkova‐Kirova, Polina, Julia M. Jansen, Greta Simionato, et al.. (2024). The Gárdos Channel and Piezo1 Revisited: Comparison between Reticulocytes and Mature Red Blood Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(3). 1416–1416. 7 indexed citations

Petkova‐Kirova, Polina, et al.. (2024). SNPs in cytochromes P450 catalyzing cholesterol degradation in brain are associated with Parkinson’s disease. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 1477009–1477009.

Petkova‐Kirova, Polina, Almira Georgieva, Albena Alexandrova, et al.. (2024). Behavioral and Biochemical Effects of an Arylhydrazone Derivative of 5-Methoxyindole-2-Carboxylic Acid in a Scopolamine-Induced Model of Alzheimer’s Type Dementia in Rats. Molecules. 29(23). 5711–5711. 2 indexed citations

Georgieva, Ani, Petko Denev, Lyudmila Dimitrova, et al.. (2023). Antioxidant and Antitumor Potential of Micropropagated Balkan Endemic Sideritis scardica Griseb. Plants. 12(23). 3924–3924. 4 indexed citations

Dimitrova, Lyudmila, Petko Denev, Desislava Teneva, et al.. (2023). Antitumor and Antioxidant Activities of In Vitro Cultivated and Wild-Growing Clinopodium vulgare L. Plants. Plants. 12(8). 1591–1591. 12 indexed citations

Petkova‐Kirova, Polina, et al.. (2023). SNPs in cytochrome P450 genes decide on the fate of individuals with genetic predisposition to Parkinson’s disease. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 14. 1244516–1244516. 4 indexed citations

Tancheva, Lyubka, Maria Lazarova, Lyudmila Velkova, et al.. (2022). Beneficial Effects of Snail Helix aspersa Extract in an Experimental Model of Alzheimer’s Type Dementia. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease. 88(1). 155–175. 11 indexed citations

Bissinger, Rosi, Polina Petkova‐Kirova, Per‐Arne Oldenborg, et al.. (2020). Thrombospondin-1/CD47 signaling modulates transmembrane cation conductance, survival, and deformability of human red blood cells. Cell Communication and Signaling. 18(1). 155–155. 13 indexed citations

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Hertz, Laura, Sandra Ruppenthal, Greta Simionato, et al.. (2019). The Evolution of Erythrocytes Becoming Red in Respect to Fluorescence. Frontiers in Physiology. 10. 753–753. 6 indexed citations

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Petkova‐Kirova, Polina, Laura Hertz, Rick Huisjes, et al.. (2019). Red Blood Cell Membrane Conductance in Hereditary Haemolytic Anaemias. Frontiers in Physiology. 10. 386–386. 7 indexed citations

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Hertz, Laura, Rick Huisjes, Polina Petkova‐Kirova, et al.. (2017). Is Increased Intracellular Calcium in Red Blood Cells a Common Component in the Molecular Mechanism Causing Anemia?. Frontiers in Physiology. 8. 673–673. 39 indexed citations

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Ghashghaeinia, Mehrdad, Elena Ramos, Polina Petkova‐Kirova, et al.. (2017). Trifluoperazine-Induced Suicidal Erythrocyte Death and S-Nitrosylation Inhibition, Reversed by the Nitric Oxide Donor Sodium Nitroprusside. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 42(5). 1985–1998. 16 indexed citations

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Hertz, Laura, Sandra Ruppenthal, Elisabeth Kaiser, et al.. (2017). Does Erythropoietin Regulate TRPC Channels in Red Blood Cells?. Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry. 41(3). 1219–1228. 16 indexed citations

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Rakovska, A, et al.. (2017). Neurochemical evidence that cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) 55–102 peptide modulates the dopaminergic reward system by decreasing the dopamine release in the mouse nucleus accumbens. Brain Research Bulletin. 134. 246–252. 14 indexed citations

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Lana, Daniele, Francesca Cerbai, Jacopo Di Russo, et al.. (2013). Hippocampal long term memory: Effect of the cholinergic system on local protein synthesis. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 106. 246–257. 25 indexed citations

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Petkova‐Kirova, Polina, Maria Grazia Giovannini, Reni Kalfin, & A Rakovska. (2012). Modulation of acetylcholine release by cholecystokinin in striatum – receptor specificity; role of dopaminergic neuronal activity. Brain Research Bulletin. 89(5-6). 177–184. 7 indexed citations

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Cerbai, Francesca, Daniele Lana, Daniele Nosi, et al.. (2012). The Neuron-Astrocyte-Microglia Triad in Normal Brain Ageing and in a Model of Neuroinflammation in the Rat Hippocampus. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e45250–e45250. 209 indexed citations

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London, Barry, Linda C. Baker, Polina Petkova‐Kirova, et al.. (2006). Dispersion of repolarization and refractoriness are determinants of arrhythmia phenotype in transgenic mice with long QT. The Journal of Physiology. 578(1). 115–129. 36 indexed citations

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Petkova‐Kirova, Polina, et al.. (2000). 4‐Aminopyridine affects rat arterial smooth muscle BK_Ca currents by changing intracellular pH. British Journal of Pharmacology. 131(8). 1643–1650. 20 indexed citations

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