Vika Smerdu

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Vika Smerdu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vika Smerdu has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Vika Smerdu's work include Muscle Physiology and Disorders (23 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (11 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (5 papers). Vika Smerdu is often cited by papers focused on Muscle Physiology and Disorders (23 papers), Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (11 papers) and Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research (5 papers). Vika Smerdu collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, Czechia and Italy. Vika Smerdu's co-authors include Stefano Schiaffino, Leslie A. Leinwand, Marina Campione, Ilene Karsch‐Mizrachi, A. Rossi, Carlo Reggiani, T. Soukup, Gisela Zachařová, Tomáš Soukup and Ida Eržen and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, Journal of Anatomy and Histochemistry and Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Vika Smerdu

24 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

Developmental myosins: expression patterns and functional significance

2015 361 citations Stefano Schiaffino, A. Rossi et al. Skeletal Muscle profile →

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Rita Rani Roy Japan

Raffaella Adami Italy

Donatella Biral Italy

Christophe Hourdé France

Daniela Danieli‐Betto Italy

Mitsuo Narusawa Japan

Richard T. Hinkle United States

Leopoldo Saggin Italy

Cathy M. Gurley United States

David R. Plant Australia

Rita Rani Roy Japan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vika Smerdu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Smerdu, Vika, et al.. (2025). Co-expression of MyHC-15 with other known isoforms in rat muscle spindles. European Journal of Histochemistry. 69(1).

Smerdu, Vika. (2023). Expression of MyHC‐15 and ‐2x in human muscle spindles: An immunohistochemical study. Journal of Anatomy. 243(5). 826–841. 2 indexed citations

Smerdu, Vika & Martina Perše. (2018). Effect of high-fat mixed lipid diet and swimming on fibre types in skeletal muscles of rats with colon tumours. European Journal of Histochemistry. 62(3). 4 indexed citations

Schiaffino, Stefano, A. Rossi, Vika Smerdu, Leslie A. Leinwand, & Carlo Reggiani. (2015). Developmental myosins: expression patterns and functional significance. Skeletal Muscle. 5(1). 22–22. 361 indexed citations breakdown →

Zachařová, Gisela, et al.. (2014). Slow to fast muscle transformation following heterochronous isotransplantation is influenced by host thyroid hormone status. Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 142(6). 677–684. 4 indexed citations

Soukup, T. & Vika Smerdu. (2014). Effect of altered innervation and thyroid hormones on myosin heavy chain expression and fiber type transitions: a mini-review. Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 143(2). 123–130. 16 indexed citations

Smerdu, Vika & Erika Cvetko. (2013). Myosin Heavy Chain-2b Transcripts and Isoform Are Expressed in Human Laryngeal Muscles. Cells Tissues Organs. 198(1). 75–86. 13 indexed citations

Smerdu, Vika & Tomáš Soukup. (2009). Demonstration of myosin heavy chain isoforms in rat and humans: the specificity of seven available monoclonal antibodies used in immunohistochemical and immunoblotting methods. European Journal of Histochemistry. 52(3). 179–179. 65 indexed citations

Kranjc, Branka Stirn, Vika Smerdu, & Ida Eržen. (2009). Histochemical and immunohistochemical profile of human and rat ocular medial rectus muscles. Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 247(11). 1505–1515. 18 indexed citations

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Soukup, T., Vika Smerdu, & Gisela Zachařová. (2009). Fiber type composition of unoperated rat soleus and extensor digitorum longus muscles after unilateral isotransplantation of a foreign muscle in long-term experiments. Physiological Research. 58(2). 253–262. 17 indexed citations

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Karen, Petr, et al.. (2009). Software for muscle fibre type classification and analysis. European Journal of Histochemistry. 53(2). 11–11. 21 indexed citations

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Smerdu, Vika, et al.. (2008). Enzyme‐ and immunohistochemical aspects of skeletal muscle fibers in brown bear (Ursus arctos). Journal of Morphology. 270(2). 154–161. 11 indexed citations

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Dahmane, Raja, et al.. (2007). Adaptive potential of human biceps femoris muscle demonstrated by histochemical, immunohistochemical and mechanomygraphical methods. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 45(3). 323–324. 1 indexed citations

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Smerdu, Vika, et al.. (2006). Myosin heavy chain isoform transitions in canine skeletal muscles during postnatal growth. Journal of Anatomy. 209(2). 149–163. 11 indexed citations

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Dahmane, Raja, et al.. (2006). Adaptive potential of human biceps femoris muscle demonstrated by histochemical, immunohistochemical and mechanomyographical methods. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 44(11). 999–1006. 59 indexed citations

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Smerdu, Vika, et al.. (2005). Identification of Myosin Heavy Chain I, IIa and IIx in Canine Skeletal Muscles by an Electrophoretic and Immunoblotting Study. Cells Tissues Organs. 180(2). 106–116. 19 indexed citations

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Smerdu, Vika, et al.. (2004). Pattern of Myosin Heavy Chain Isoforms in Different Fibre Types of Canine Trunk and Limb Skeletal Muscles. Cells Tissues Organs. 176(4). 178–186. 18 indexed citations

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Soukup, T., Gisela Zachařová, & Vika Smerdu. (2002). Fibre type composition of soleus and extensor digitorum longus muscles in normal female inbred Lewis rats. Acta Histochemica. 104(4). 399–405. 101 indexed citations

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Smerdu, Vika & Ida Eržen. (2001). Dynamic nature of fibre-type specific expression of myosin heavy chain transcripts in 14 different human skeletal muscles. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 22(8). 647–655. 33 indexed citations

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Smerdu, Vika, et al.. (1996). Adaptive range of myosin heavy chain expression in regenerating soleus is broader than in mature muscle. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility. 17(4). 401–409. 20 indexed citations

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