Top 25 Publications from FY17 Based on Impact Factor

  1. Luongo TS; Lambert JP; Gross P; Nwokedi M; Lombardi AA; Shanmughapriya S; Carpenter AC; Kolmetzky D; Gao E; van Berlo JH. The mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchanger is essential for Ca2+ homeostasis and viability. Nature. 2017; 545:93-97.
  2. Wu B; Wang Y; Xiao F; Butcher JT; Yutzey KE; Zhou B. Developmental Mechanisms of Aortic Valve Malformation and Disease. Annual Review of Physiology. 2017; 79:21-41.
  3. Wang Y; Wu B; Farrar E; Lui W; Lu P; Zhang D; Alfieri CM; Mao K; Chu M; Yang D. Notch-Tnf signalling is required for development and homeostasis of arterial valves. European Heart Journal (Elsevier). 2017; 38:ehv520.
  4. Mukherjee R; Mareninova OA; Odinokova IV; Huang W; Murphy J; Chvanov M; Javed MA; Wen L; Booth DM; Cane MC. Mechanism of mitochondrial permeability transition pore induction and damage in the pancreas: inhibition prevents acute pancreatitis by protecting production of ATP. Gut. 2016; 65:1333-1346.
  5. Yutzey KE. Cardiomyocyte Proliferation Teaching an Old Dogma New Tricks. Circulation Research. 2017; 120:627-629.
  6. Cai CL; Molkentin JD. The Elusive Progenitor Cell in Cardiac Regeneration Slip Slidin' Away. Circulation Research. 2017; 120:400-406.
  7. Wallner M; Duran JM; Mohsin S; Troupes CD; Vanhoutte D; Borghetti G; Vagnozzi RJ; Gross P; Yu D; Trappanese DM. Acute Catecholamine Exposure Causes Reversible Myocyte Injury Without Cardiac Regeneration. Circulation Research. 2016; 119:865-879.
  8. Liu R; van Berlo JH; York AJ; Vagnozzi RJ; Maillet M; Molkentin JD. DUSP8 Regulates Cardiac Ventricular Remodeling by Altering ERK1/2 Signaling. Circulation Research. 2016; 119:249-260.
  9. Quinn ME; Goh Q; Kurosaka M; Gamage DG; Petrany MJ; Prasad V; Millay DP. Myomerger induces fusion of non-fusogenic cells and is required for skeletal muscle development. Nature Communications. 2017; 8:15665.
  10. Kanisicak O; Khalil H; Ivey MJ; Karch J; Maliken BD; Correll RN; Brody MJ; Lin SCJ; Aronow BJ; Tallquist MD. Genetic lineage tracing defines myofibroblast origin and function in the injured heart. Nature Communications. 2016; 7:12260.
  11. Bakeer N; James J; Roy S; Wansapura J; Shanmukhappa SK; Lorenz JN; Osinska H; Backer K; Huby AC; Shrestha A. Sickle cell anemia mice develop a unique cardiomyopathy with restrictive physiology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2016; 113:E5182-E5191.
  12. Gupta MK; Robbins J. Making the connections: Autophagy and post-translational modifications in cardiomyocytes. Autophagy. 2016; 12:2252-2253.
  13. Rydeen AB; Waxman JS. Cyp26 Enzymes Facilitate Second Heart Field Progenitor Addition and Maintenance of Ventricular Integrity. PLoS biology. 2016; 14:e2000504.
  14. Kamal FA; Travers JG; Schafer AE; Ma Q; Devarajan P; Blaxall BC. G Protein-Coupled Receptor-G-Protein beta gamma-Subunit Signaling Mediates Renal Dysfunction and Fibrosis in Heart Failure. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN. 2017; 28:197-208.
  15. Goh Q; Millay DP. Requirement of myomaker-mediated stem cell fusion for skeletal muscle hypertrophy. eLife. 2017; 6.
  16. Vanhoutte D; Schips TG; Kwong JQ; Davis J; Tjondrokoesoemo A; Brody MJ; Sargent MA; Kanisicak O; Yi H; Gao QQ. Thrombospondin expression in myofibers stabilizes muscle membranes. eLife. 2016; 5.
  17. Cunha DA; Cito M; Carlsson PO; Vanderwinden JM; Molkentin JD; Bugliani M; Marchetti P; Eizirik DL; Cnop M. Thrombospondin 1 protects pancreatic beta-cells from lipotoxicity via the PERK-NRF2 pathway. Cell Death and Differentiation. 2016; 23:1995-2006.
  18. Gomez-Stallons MV; Wirrig-Schwendeman EE; Hassel KR; Conway SJ; Yutzey KE. Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Is Required for Aortic Valve Calcification. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2016; 36:1398-1405.
  19. Correll RN; Makarewich CA; Zhang H; Zhang C; Sargent MA; York AJ; Berretta RM; Chen X; Houser SR; Molkentin JD. Caveolae-localized L-type Ca2+ channels do not contribute to function or hypertrophic signalling in themouse heart. Cardiovascular Research. 2017; 113:749-759.
  20. Hulin A; Moore V; James JM; Yutzey KE. Loss of Axin2 results in impaired heart valve maturation and subsequent myxomatous valve disease. Cardiovascular Research. 2017; 113:40-51.
  21. Seidlmayer LK; Kuhn J; Berbner A; Arias-Loza PA; Williams T; Kaspar M; Czolbe M; Kwong JQ; Molkentin JD; Heinze KG. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate-mediated sarcoplasmic reticulum-mitochondrial crosstalk influences adenosine triphosphate production via mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake through the mitochondrial ryanodine receptor in cardiac myocytes. Cardiovascular Research. 2016; 112:491-501.
  22. Mitani Y; Vagnozzi RJ; Millay DP. In vivo myomaker-mediated heterologous fusion and nuclear reprogramming. The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 2017; 31:400-411.
  23. Kim JH; Kim K; Kim I; Seong S; Jeong BC; Nam KI; Kim KK; Molkentin JD; Kim N. RCANs regulate the convergent roles of NFATc1 in bone homeostasis. Scientific Reports. 2016; 6:38526.
  24. Adolfi MC; Herpin A; Regensburger M; Sacquegno J; Waxman JS; Schartl M. Retinoic acid and meiosis induction in adult versus embryonic gonads of medaka. Scientific Reports. 2016; 6:34281.
  25. Liu R; Molkentin JD. Regulation of cardiac hypertrophy and remodeling through the dual-specificity MAPK phosphatases (DUSPs). Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 2016; 101:44-49.