Stefanie Dimmeler

98.1k total citations · 34 hit papers
518 papers, 73.2k citations indexed

About

Stefanie Dimmeler is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefanie Dimmeler has authored 518 papers receiving a total of 73.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 346 papers in Molecular Biology, 150 papers in Cancer Research and 103 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Stefanie Dimmeler's work include Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (110 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (74 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (71 papers). Stefanie Dimmeler is often cited by papers focused on Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (110 papers), Mesenchymal stem cell research (74 papers) and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (71 papers). Stefanie Dimmeler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Stefanie Dimmeler's co-authors include Andreas M. Zeiher, Carmen Urbich, Alexandra Aicher, Judith Haendeler, Stephan Fichtlscherer, Christopher Heeschen, Hans Martin, Birgit Aßmus, Mariuca Vasa and Ingrid Fleming and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Stefanie Dimmeler

509 papers receiving 71.9k citations

Hit Papers

Activation of nitric oxide synthase in endothelial cells ... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1999 2004 2001 2002 2006 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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  1. Activation of nitric oxide synthase in endothelial cells by Akt-dependent phosphorylation
    1999 3.0k citations Stefanie Dimmeler, Ingrid Fleming et al. profile →
  2. Endothelial Progenitor Cells
    2004 1.9k citations Carmen Urbich, Stefanie Dimmeler Circulation Research profile →
  3. Number and Migratory Activity of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells Inversely Correlate With Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease
    2001 1.9k citations Alexandra Aicher, Carmen Urbich et al. Circulation Research profile →
  4. Transplantation of Progenitor Cells and Regeneration Enhancement in Acute Myocardial Infarction (TOPCARE-AMI)
    2002 1.7k citations Birgit Aßmus, Volker Schächinger et al. Circulation profile →
  5. Intracoronary Bone Marrow–Derived Progenitor Cells in Acute Myocardial Infarction
    2006 1.4k citations Volker Schächinger, Sandra Erbs et al. profile →
  6. Atheroprotective communication between endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells through miRNAs
    2012 1.1k citations Susanne Heydt, Anton J.G. Horrevoets et al. profile →
  7. Essential role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase for mobilization of stem and progenitor cells
    2003 1.0k citations Alexandra Aicher, Christopher Heeschen et al. profile →
  8. Circulating MicroRNAs in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
    2010 1.0k citations Henrik Fox, Ariane Fischer et al. Circulation Research profile →
  9. MicroRNA-92a Controls Angiogenesis and Functional Recovery of Ischemic Tissues in Mice
    2009 987 citations Angelika Bonauer, Guillaume Carmona et al. Science profile →
  10. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) increase endothelial progenitor cells via the PI 3-kinase/Akt pathway
    2001 915 citations Stefanie Dimmeler, Alexandra Aicher et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  11. Reduced Number of Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells Predicts Future Cardiovascular Events
    2005 866 citations Stefanie Dimmeler, Andreas M. Zeiher et al. Circulation profile →
  12. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) increase endothelial progenitor cells via the PI 3-kinase/Akt pathway
    2001 846 citations Stefanie Dimmeler, Alexandra Aicher et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  13. Increase in Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells by Statin Therapy in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease
    2001 818 citations Alexandra Aicher, Andreas M. Zeiher et al. Circulation profile →
  14. Transplantation of progenitor cells and regeneration enhancement in acute myocardial infarction
    2004 813 citations Volker Schächinger, Birgit Aßmus et al. profile →
  15. Transcoronary Transplantation of Progenitor Cells after Myocardial Infarction
    2006 783 citations Birgit Aßmus, Volker Schächinger et al. profile →
  16. Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Regulates Endothelial Cell Function and Vessel Growth
    2014 762 citations David John, Reinier A. Boon et al. Circulation Research profile →
  17. Role of microRNAs in vascular diseases, inflammation, and angiogenesis
    2008 739 citations Carmen Urbich, Stefanie Dimmeler et al. Cardiovascular Research profile →
  18. Hyperglycemia inhibits endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity by posttranslational modification at the Akt site
    2001 703 citations Diane Edelstein, Stefanie Dimmeler et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  19. Suppression of Apoptosis by Nitric Oxide via Inhibition of Interleukin-1β–converting Enzyme (ICE)-like and Cysteine Protease Protein (CPP)-32–like Proteases
    1997 699 citations Stefanie Dimmeler, Andreas M. Zeiher et al. profile →
  20. Role of Dicer and Drosha for Endothelial MicroRNA Expression and Angiogenesis
    2007 670 citations Carmen Urbich, Andreas M. Zeiher et al. Circulation Research profile →
  21. Erythropoietin is a potent physiologic stimulus for endothelial progenitor cell mobilization
    2003 664 citations Christopher Heeschen, Alexandra Aicher et al. profile →
  22. Soluble CD40 Ligand in Acute Coronary Syndromes
    2003 659 citations Christopher Heeschen, Stefanie Dimmeler et al. profile →
  23. Phosphorylation of Thr 495 Regulates Ca 2+ /Calmodulin-Dependent Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity
    2001 646 citations Ingrid Fleming, Stefanie Dimmeler et al. Circulation Research profile →
  24. Long Noncoding RNAs in Cardiovascular Diseases
    2015 600 citations Stefanie Dimmeler et al. Circulation Research profile →
  25. Soluble factors released by endothelial progenitor cells promote migration of endothelial cells and cardiac resident progenitor cells
    2005 590 citations Carmen Urbich, Alexandra Aicher et al. profile →
  26. Elevated C-Reactive Protein Levels and Impaired Endothelial Vasoreactivity in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
    2000 534 citations Stefanie Dimmeler, Andreas M. Zeiher et al. Circulation profile →
  27. Nox4 Is a Protective Reactive Oxygen Species Generating Vascular NADPH Oxidase
    2012 510 citations Katrin Schröder, Min Zhang et al. Circulation Research profile →
  28. SIRT1 controls endothelial angiogenic functions during vascular growth
    2007 508 citations Michael Potente, Marina Mione et al. profile →
  29. Endothelial adherens junctions control tight junctions by VE-cadherin-mediated upregulation of claudin-5
    2008 504 citations Michael Potente, Stefanie Dimmeler et al. profile →
  30. Critical Reevaluation of Endothelial Progenitor Cell Phenotypes for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Use
    2012 503 citations Stefanie Dimmeler et al. Circulation Research profile →
  31. Profoundly Reduced Neovascularization Capacity of Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells Derived From Patients With Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease
    2004 502 citations Christopher Heeschen, Birgit Aßmus et al. Circulation profile →
  32. Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Cardiovascular Disease
    2019 409 citations Stefanie Dimmeler et al. profile →
  33. Association of Mutations Contributing to Clonal Hematopoiesis With Prognosis in Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure
    2018 326 citations Birgit Aßmus, Tina Rasper et al. profile →
  34. Targeting innate immunity-driven inflammation in CKD and cardiovascular disease
    2022 135 citations Thimoteus Speer, Stefanie Dimmeler et al. profile →

Peers

Stefanie Dimmeler
Comparison fields: 5 of 174
  • Molecular Biology 42.9k
  • Cancer Research 17.0k
  • Surgery 15.9k
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11.7k
  • Genetics 11.1k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Loss of Y-chromosomal genes in macrophages induces paracrine phenotypic alterations in cardiac cells
2024 ·European Heart Journal ·(unknown), Fiona Fleck, (unknown), Wesley Abplanalp, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler
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Loss of Y Chromosome and Cardiovascular Events in Chronic Kidney Disease
2024 ·Circulation ·(unknown), Sebastian Cremer, (unknown), (unknown), Tina Rasper, Stephen Zewinger, (unknown), David M. Leistner, Gunnar H. Heine, Christoph Wanner, Winfried März, Danilo Fliser, Stefanie Dimmeler, Andreas M. Zeiher, Thimoteus Speer
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3
Age-Dependent RGS5 Loss in Pericytes Induces Cardiac Dysfunction and Fibrosis
2024 ·Circulation Research ·(unknown), Lukas Tombor, Ariane Fischer, Marion Muhly-Reinholz, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Simone-Franziska Glaser, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Stephan Klatt, (unknown), Stefan Günther, Wesley Abplanalp, David John, Ingrid Fleming, Nina Wettschureck, Stefanie Dimmeler, Guillermo Luxán
14
4
Improved integration of single-cell transcriptome data demonstrates common and unique signatures of heart failure in mice and humans
2024 ·GigaScience ·(unknown), Lukas Tombor, Mani Arsalan, Tomáš Holubec, Fabian Emrich, Thomas Walther, Wesley Abplanalp, Ariane Fischer, Andreas M. Zeiher, Marcel H. Schulz, Stefanie Dimmeler, David John
2
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Mosaic loss of Y chromosome in monocytes is associated with lower survival after transcatheter aortic valve replacement
2023 ·European Heart Journal ·Silvia Mas‐Peiró, Wesley Abplanalp, Tina Rasper, Alexander Berkowitsch, David M. Leistner, Stefanie Dimmeler, Andreas M. Zeiher
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Single-nuclear transcriptome profiling identifies persistent fibroblast activation in hypertrophic and failing human hearts of patients with longstanding disease
2023 ·Cardiovascular Research ·Badder Kattih, (unknown), Mariana Shumliakivska, Lukas Tombor, Tina Rasper, Katja Schmitz, Jedrzej Hoffmann, Luka Nicin, Wesley Abplanalp, (unknown), Mani Arsalan, Fabian Emrich, Tomáš Holubec, Thomas Walther, Valentina O. Püntmann, Eike Nagel, David John, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler
17
7
DOT1L regulates chamber-specific transcriptional networks during cardiogenesis and mediates postnatal cell cycle withdrawal
2022 ·Nature Communications ·Paola Cattaneo, Michael G.B. Hayes, Nina Baumgarten, (unknown), (unknown), Galip Servet Aslan, Paolo Kunderfranco, Veronica Larcher, Lunfeng Zhang, Riccardo Contu, Gregory J. Fonseca, Simone Spinozzi, Ju Chen, Gianluigi Condorelli, Stefanie Dimmeler, Marcel H. Schulz, Sven Heinz, Nuno Guimarães‐Camboa, Sylvia Μ. Evans
13
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Non-invasive imaging as the cornerstone of cardiovascular precision medicine
2021 ·European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging ·Stephan Achenbach, Friedrich W. Fuchs, Alexandra Gonçalves, (unknown), Ziad A. Ali, Frank M. Bengel, Stefanie Dimmeler, Zahi A. Fayad, Alexandre Mebazaa, Benjamin Meder, Jagat Narula, Amil M. Shah, Sanjay Sharma, Jens‐Uwe Voigt, Sven Plein
23
9
Cell type-specific expression of the putative SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 in human hearts
2020 ·European Heart Journal ·Luka Nicin, Wesley Abplanalp, (unknown), Badder Kattih, Lukas Tombor, David John, Jan D. Schmitto, Jörg Heineke, Fabian Emrich, Mani Arsalan, Tomáš Holubec, Thomas Walther, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler
206
10
Abstract 19863: The Shear Stress-induced Human Long Non-coding RNA Lassie Regulates Endothelial Cell-cell Junctions
2017 ·Circulation ·Laura Stanicek, Noelia Lozano‐Vidal, (unknown), Didier Y. R. Stainier, Ilka Wittig, Stefanie Dimmeler, Reinier A. Boon
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11
The Small Fibrinopeptide Bβ15–42 as Renoprotective Agent Preserving the Endothelial and Vascular Integrity in Early Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in the Mouse Kidney
2014 ·PLoS ONE ·Anja Urbschat, Kai Zacharowski, Nicholas Obermüller, (unknown), Daniela Penzkofer, Carla Jennewein, Nguyen Tran, Bertram Scheller, Stefanie Dimmeler, Patrick Paulus
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Nox4 Is a Protective Reactive Oxygen Species Generating Vascular NADPH Oxidase breakdown →
2012 ·Circulation Research ·Katrin Schröder, Min Zhang, Sebastian Benkhoff, Anja Mieth, Rainer U. Pliquett, (unknown), Christoph Kruse, Peter Luedike, Uwe Michaelis, Norbert Weißmann, Stefanie Dimmeler, Ajay M. Shah, Ralf P. Brandes
510
13
Immunosenescence-Associated Micrornas in Age and Heart Failure
2012 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Timon Seeger, (unknown), Ariane Fischer, Ulrike Koehl, David M. Leistner, Florian Seeger, Reinier A. Boon, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler
40
14
Abstract 14023: Inhibition of the Age-induced microRNA-34 Improves Recovery After AMI in Mice
2010 ·Circulation ·Reinier A. Boon, Kazuma Iekushi, (unknown), Susanne Heydt, Guillaume Carmona, Anton J.G. Horrevoets, Angelika Bonauer, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler
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MicroRNA-92a Controls Angiogenesis and Functional Recovery of Ischemic Tissues in Mice breakdown →
2009 ·Science ·Angelika Bonauer, Guillaume Carmona, Masayoshi Iwasaki, Marina Mione, Masamichi Koyanagi, Ariane Fischer, Jana Burchfield, Henrik Fox, Carmen Doebele, Kisho Ohtani, Emmanouil Chavakis, Michael Potente, Marc Tjwa, Carmen Urbich, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler
987
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Restoration of Microvascular Function in the Infarct-Related Artery by Intracoronary Transplantation of Bone Marrow Progenitor Cells in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction
2007 ·Circulation ·Sandra Erbs, Axel Linke, Volker Schächinger, Birgit Aßmus, Hölger Thiele, (unknown), Christina Hoffmann, Stefanie Dimmeler, Torsten Tonn, Rainer Hambrecht, Andreas M. Zeiher, Gerhard Schüler
155
17
CD14+CD34 low Cells With Stem Cell Phenotypic and Functional Features Are the Major Source of Circulating Endothelial Progenitors
2005 ·Circulation Research ·Paola Romagnani, Francesco Annunziato, Francesco Liotta, Elena Lazzeri, Benedetta Mazzinghi, Francesca Frosali, Lorenzo Cosmi, Laura Maggi, Laura Lasagni, Alexander Scheffold, (unknown), Stefanie Dimmeler, Fabio Marra, Gianfranco Gensini, Enrico Maggi, Sergio Romagnani
191
18
A novel angiogenic pathway mediated by non-neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
2002 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Christopher Heeschen, Michael Weis, Alexandra Aicher, Stefanie Dimmeler, John P. Cooke
28
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Upregulation of TRAF-3 by shear stress blocks CD40-mediated endothelial activation
2001 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Carmen Urbich, Ziad Mallat, Alain Tedgui, Matthias Clauss, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler
19
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Hyperglycemia inhibits endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity by posttranslational modification at the Akt site
2001 ·Journal of Clinical Investigation ·Xue Du, Diane Edelstein, Stefanie Dimmeler, Qida Ju, (unknown), Michael Brownlee
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