2026 Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	106	6461	6080	3437	3189	267	46789

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Overview

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis is affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a strong emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, surgery, immunology, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The main topics explored in Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis' work include:

Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling
Signaling Pathways in Disease
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
TGF-β signaling in diseases
Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
Cell Adhesion Molecules Research

The scientist has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

"Transforming growth factor-β in tissue fibrosis," 2020, The Journal of Experimental Medicine
"Cardiac fibrosis," 2020, Cardiovascular Research
"Inflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines as Therapeutic Targets in Heart Failure," 2020, Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy
"Transforming growth factor-β in myocardial disease," 2022, Nature Reviews Cardiology
"Properties and Functions of Fibroblasts and Myofibroblasts in Myocardial Infarction," 2022, Cells

The venues where Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis frequently publishes include:

Circulation Research
Circulation
American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Cardiovascular Research

Collaborations form a significant part of Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis' work. Frequent coauthors are:

Anis Hanna
Claudio Humeres
Izabela Tuleta
Harikrishnan Venugopal
Linda Alex

Best Publications

The inflammatory response in myocardial infarction

Nikolaos G Frangogiannis;C Wayne Smith;Mark L Entman

2761
Citations
The Biological Basis for Cardiac Repair After Myocardial Infarction: From Inflammation to Fibrosis

Sumanth D. Prabhu;Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

1835
Citations
The pathogenesis of cardiac fibrosis

Ping Kong;Panagiota Christia;Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

1576
Citations
The inflammatory response in myocardial injury, repair, and remodelling.

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

1473
Citations
Regulation of the Inflammatory Response in Cardiac Repair

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

1311
Citations
TGF-β signaling in fibrosis

Anna Biernacka;Marcin Dobaczewski;Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

1201
Citations
The role of TGF-β Signaling in Myocardial Infarction and Cardiac Remodeling

Marcin Bujak;Nikolaos G Frangogiannis;Nikolaos G Frangogiannis

1169
Citations
Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β signaling in cardiac remodeling.

Marcin Dobaczewski;Wei Chen;Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

1068
Citations
The immune system and cardiac repair

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

847
Citations
CCL2/Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Regulates Inflammatory Responses Critical to Healing Myocardial Infarcts

Oliver Dewald;Pawel Zymek;Kim Winkelmann;Anna Koerting

817
Citations
Transforming growth factor–β in tissue fibrosis

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

759
Citations
Cardiac fibrosis: Cell biological mechanisms, molecular pathways and therapeutic opportunities.

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

742
Citations
Resident Cardiac Mast Cells Degranulate and Release Preformed TNF-α, Initiating the Cytokine Cascade in Experimental Canine Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis;Merry L. Lindsey;Lloyd H. Michael;Keith A. Youker

692
Citations
The extracellular matrix as a modulator of the inflammatory and reparative response following myocardial infarction

Marcin Dobaczewski;Carlos Gonzalez-Quesada;Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

658
Citations
Pathophysiology of Myocardial Infarction.

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

613
Citations
Fibroblasts in myocardial infarction: a role in inflammation and repair

Arti V. Shinde;Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

536
Citations
Aging and Cardiac Fibrosis.

Anna Biernacka;Nikolaos G Frangogiannis

508
Citations
Matricellular Proteins in Cardiac Adaptation and Disease

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

491
Citations
The extracellular matrix in myocardial injury, repair, and remodeling

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

477
Citations
Essential Role of Smad3 in Infarct Healing and in the Pathogenesis of Cardiac Remodeling

Marcin Bujak;Guofeng Ren;Hyuk Jung Kweon;Marcin Dobaczewski

472
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark L. Entman Baylor College of Medicine

Lloyd H. Michael Baylor College of Medicine

C. Wayne Smith Baylor College of Medicine

Christie M. Ballantyne Baylor College of Medicine

Merry L. Lindsey University of Nebraska Medical Center

Simon J. Conway Indiana University

Xiao-Fan Wang Duke University

Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata

Sherif F. Nagueh Houston Methodist

Thomas R. Cate Baylor College of Medicine

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