Simon Sedej

13.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Simon Sedej is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Sedej has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 27 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 15 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Simon Sedej's work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (13 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (9 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). Simon Sedej is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (13 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (9 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers). Simon Sedej collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Slovenia. Simon Sedej's co-authors include Mahmoud Abdellatif, Guido Kroemer, Frank Madeo, Peter P. Rainer, Frank R. Heinzel, Marjan Slak Rupnik, Senka Ljubojević-Holzer, Didac Carmona‐Gutiérrez, Burkert Pieske and Felix Hohendanner and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Simon Sedej

50 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Sedej Austria	21	736	594	383	275	130	56	1.5k
Roberta Poulet Italy	15	559 0.8×	437 0.7×	446 1.2×	194 0.7×	117 0.9×	17	1.4k
Angelo Maffei Italy	26	764 1.0×	682 1.1×	592 1.5×	273 1.0×	144 1.1×	36	2.1k
Aika Nojima Japan	12	713 1.0×	330 0.6×	702 1.8×	293 1.1×	162 1.2×	13	1.7k
Wei‐Jin Zang China	23	581 0.8×	410 0.7×	242 0.6×	135 0.5×	75 0.6×	56	1.4k
Paul Fransen Belgium	24	431 0.6×	639 1.1×	342 0.9×	129 0.5×	96 0.7×	61	1.4k
Alessandra Zulian Italy	25	893 1.2×	221 0.4×	366 1.0×	225 0.8×	157 1.2×	50	1.6k
Renata O. Pereira United States	22	888 1.2×	325 0.5×	516 1.3×	230 0.8×	40 0.3×	42	1.5k
Kenneth R. Chien United States	9	710 1.0×	488 0.8×	360 0.9×	217 0.8×	82 0.6×	12	1.6k
Alissa A. Frame United States	14	628 0.9×	230 0.4×	363 0.9×	138 0.5×	48 0.4×	22	1.2k
Jonathan P. Lambert United States	17	1.3k 1.7×	319 0.5×	410 1.1×	160 0.6×	225 1.7×	22	1.8k

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Schrammel, Astrid, Gerald Woelkart, Gabriele Schoiswohl, et al.. (2025). Adipose Triglyceride Lipase Knockout Increases Anticontractile Effects of Perivascular Adipose Tissue. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 45(12). 2196–2209.

Sedej, Simon, et al.. (2025). Specific targeting of adipose tissue metabolism is superior to caloric restriction in treating obesity-related HFpEF. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 24(1). 311–311.

Abdellatif, Mahmoud, et al.. (2024). Risks and Benefits of Intermittent Fasting for the Aging Cardiovascular System. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 40(8). 1445–1457. 11 indexed citations

Zimmermann, Andreas, Frank Madeo, Abhinav Diwan, et al.. (2023). Metabolic control of mitophagy. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 54(4). e14138–e14138. 19 indexed citations

Beltrami, Antonio Paolo, Gunter Almer, Simon Sedej, et al.. (2023). The impact of moderate endurance exercise on cardiac telomeres and cardiovascular remodeling in obese rats. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 1080077–1080077. 5 indexed citations

Kolesnik, Ewald, H. Maechler, Brigitte Pelzmann, et al.. (2022). miR-1183 Is a Key Marker of Remodeling upon Stretch and Tachycardia in Human Myocardium. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(13). 6962–6962. 2 indexed citations

Tomin, Tamara, Matthias Schittmayer, Simon Sedej, et al.. (2021). Mass Spectrometry-Based Redox and Protein Profiling of Failing Human Hearts. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(4). 1787–1787. 12 indexed citations

Almer, Gunter, Melanie Kaiser, Sieglinde Zelzer, et al.. (2021). The effects of long-term moderate exercise and Western-type diet on oxidative/nitrosative stress, serum lipids and cytokines in female Sprague Dawley rats. European Journal of Nutrition. 61(1). 255–268. 11 indexed citations

Abdellatif, Mahmoud, Senka Ljubojević-Holzer, Frank Madeo, & Simon Sedej. (2020). Autophagy in cardiovascular health and disease. Progress in molecular biology and translational science. 172. 87–106. 34 indexed citations

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Schipke, Julia, Christina Brandenberger, Mahmoud Abdellatif, et al.. (2019). Cardioprotection by spermidine does not depend on structural characteristics of the myocardial microcirculation in aged mice. Experimental Gerontology. 119. 82–88. 5 indexed citations

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Heinzel, Frank R., Felix Hohendanner, Ge Jin, Simon Sedej, & Frank Edelmann. (2015). Myocardial hypertrophy and its role in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Journal of Applied Physiology. 119(10). 1233–1242. 112 indexed citations

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Ljubojević-Holzer, Senka, Snježana Radulović, Gerd Leitinger, et al.. (2014). Early Remodeling of Perinuclear Ca ²⁺ Stores and Nucleoplasmic Ca ²⁺ Signaling During the Development of Hypertrophy and Heart Failure. Circulation. 130(3). 244–255. 62 indexed citations

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Hohendanner, Felix, Senka Ljubojević-Holzer, Niall Macquaide, et al.. (2013). Intracellular Dyssynchrony of Diastolic Cytosolic [Ca ²⁺ ] Decay in Ventricular Cardiomyocytes in Cardiac Remodeling and Human Heart Failure. Circulation Research. 113(5). 527–538. 46 indexed citations

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Sedej, Simon, Albrecht Schmidt, Marco Denegri, et al.. (2013). Subclinical Abnormalities in Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Release Promote Eccentric Myocardial Remodeling and Pump Failure Death in Response to Pressure Overload. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(15). 1569–1579. 39 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Alexander H., Simon Sedej, Alexander Hofmeister, et al.. (2013). Regulatory T Cells Improve Nephrocalcinosis but Not Dystrophic Cardiac Calcinosis in DBA/2 Mice. American Journal Of Pathology. 183(2). 382–390. 7 indexed citations

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Dybkova, Nataliya, Simon Sedej, Carlo Napolitano, et al.. (2011). Overexpression of CaMKIIδc in RyR2R4496C+/− Knock-In Mice Leads to Altered Intracellular Ca2+ Handling and Increased Mortality. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 57(4). 469–479. 28 indexed citations

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Heinzel, Frank R., et al.. (2011). Effects of JTV519 (K201) on Na+- and Ca2+ Overload-Induced Arrhythmogenic Ca2+ Release in Mouse Cardiac Myocytes. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 187a–187a. 1 indexed citations

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Sedej, Simon, Frank R. Heinzel, Stefanie Walther, et al.. (2010). Na+-dependent SR Ca2+ overload induces arrhythmogenic events in mouse cardiomyocytes with a human CPVT mutation. Cardiovascular Research. 87(1). 50–59. 69 indexed citations

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Sedej, Simon, Iman S. Gurung, Thomas Binz, & Marjan Slak Rupnik. (2009). Phosphatidylinositol‐4,5‐bisphosphate‐dependent Facilitation of the ATP‐dependent Secretory Activity in Mouse Pituitary Cells. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1152(1). 165–173. 3 indexed citations

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Turner, Jan‐Eric, Simon Sedej, & Marjan Slak Rupnik. (2005). Cytosolic Cl⁻ ions in the regulation of secretory and endocytotic activity in melanotrophs from mouse pituitary tissue slices. The Journal of Physiology. 566(2). 443–453. 16 indexed citations

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