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Gerard Pasterkamp

Gerard Pasterkamp

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Medicine

D-Index
119
Citations
66398
World Ranking
3838
National Ranking
151

Overview

Gerard Pasterkamp is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on areas within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist has published extensively in domains related to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, with key topics including single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, protease and inhibitor mechanisms, genetic associations and epidemiology, cardiovascular disease and adiposity, and immune cells in cancer.

Frequent publication venues for Gerard Pasterkamp include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Scientific Reports
  • Cardiovascular Research
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: pathophysiological, genetic, and therapeutic insights: a consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel" (2020, European Heart Journal)
  • "Microanatomy of the Human Atherosclerotic Plaque by Single-Cell Transcriptomics" (2020, Circulation Research)
  • "Stem Cell Pluripotency Genes Klf4 and Oct4 Regulate Complex SMC Phenotypic Changes Critical in Late-Stage Atherosclerotic Lesion Pathogenesis" (2020, Circulation)
  • "Multi-ancestry genome-wide study identifies effector genes and druggable pathways for coronary artery calcification" (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • "Clonally expanding smooth muscle cells promote atherosclerosis by escaping efferocytosis and activating the complement cascade" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Gerard Pasterkamp collaborates frequently with researchers such as Sander W. van der Laan, Gert J. de Borst, Hester M. den Ruijter, Michal Mokrý, and Dominique P.V. de Kleijn.

Best Publications

  • From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

    Morteza Naghavi;Peter Libby;Erling Falk;S. Ward Casscells;S. Ward Casscells

  • Exosome secreted by MSC reduces myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury.

    Ruenn Chai Lai;Fatih Arslan;May May Lee;Newman Siu Kwan Sze

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: pathophysiological, genetic, and therapeutic insights: a consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel

    Jan Borén;M. John Chapman;M. John Chapman;Ronald M. Krauss;Chris J. Packard

  • Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes increase ATP levels, decrease oxidative stress and activate PI3K/Akt pathway to enhance myocardial viability and prevent adverse remodeling after myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury

    Fatih Arslan;Ruenn Chai Lai;Ruenn Chai Lai;Mirjam B. Smeets;Lars Akeroyd

  • Extracellular vesicles for drug delivery.

    Pieter Vader;Emma A Mol;Gerard Pasterkamp;Raymond M Schiffelers

  • Reduction of myocardial infarct size by human mesenchymal stem cell conditioned medium.

    Leo Timmers;Sai Kiang Lim;Fatih Arslan;Jeffrey S. Armstrong

  • Exenatide reduces infarct size and improves cardiac function in a porcine model of ischemia and reperfusion injury.

    Leo Timmers;José P.S. Henriques;Dominique P.V. de Kleijn;J. Hans DeVries

  • Characterization of Plaque Components With Intravascular Ultrasound Elastography in Human Femoral and Coronary Arteries In Vitro

    C. L. De Korte;G. Pasterkamp;A. F. W. Van Der Steen;H. A. Woutman

  • Composition of Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque Is Associated With Cardiovascular Outcome A Prognostic Study

    Willem E. Hellings;Wouter Peeters;Frans L. Moll;Sebastiaan R.D. Piers

  • Loss of SOCS3 expression in T cells reveals a regulatory role for interleukin-17 in atherosclerosis

    Soraya Taleb;Mélissa Romain;Bhama Ramkhelawon;Catherine Uyttenhove

  • Arterial remodeling : Mechanisms and clinical implications

    Michael R. Ward;Gerard Pasterkamp;Alan C. Yeung;Cornelius Borst

  • Human mesenchymal stem cell-conditioned medium improves cardiac function following myocardial infarction

    Leo Timmers;Sai Kiang Lim;Imo E. Hoefer;Fatih Arslan

  • Atherosclerotic arterial remodeling and the localization of macrophages and matrix metalloproteases 1, 2 and 9 in the human coronary artery

    Gerard Pasterkamp;Arjan H. Schoneveld;Dirk Jan Hijnen;Dominique P.V. de Kleijn

  • Characterizing Vulnerable Plaque Features With Intravascular Elastography

    Johannes A. Schaar;Chris L. de Korte;Frits Mastik;Chaylendra Strijder

  • Intraplaque haemorrhages as the trigger of plaque vulnerability

    Jean-Baptiste Michel;Renu Virmani;Eloïsa Arbustini;Gerard Pasterkamp

  • Relation of arterial geometry to luminal narrowing and histologic markers for plaque vulnerability: the remodeling paradox

    Gerard Pasterkamp;Arjan H Schoneveld;Allard C van der Wal;Christian C Haudenschild

  • Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Is Mediated by Leukocytic Toll-Like Receptor-2 and Reduced by Systemic Administration of a Novel Anti–Toll-Like Receptor-2 Antibody

    Fatih Arslan;Mirjam B. Smeets;Luke A.J. O'Neill;Brian Keogh

  • Toll-Like Receptor 4 Mediates Maladaptive Left Ventricular Remodeling and Impairs Cardiac Function After Myocardial Infarction

    Leo Timmers;Joost P.G. Sluijter;J. Karlijn van Keulen;Imo E. Hoefer

Frequent Co-Authors

Frans L. Moll
Frans L. Moll Utrecht University
Pieter A. Doevendans
Pieter A. Doevendans Utrecht University
Joost P.G. Sluijter
Joost P.G. Sluijter Utrecht University
J. Wouter Jukema
J. Wouter Jukema Leiden University Medical Center
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Michiel L. Bots
Michiel L. Bots Utrecht University
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Joel N. Hirschhorn
Joel N. Hirschhorn Boston Children's Hospital

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