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Sean M. Davidson is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine, with a primary focus on cardiology, molecular biology, and pathology.

The scientist has published extensively on a range of topics, emphasizing mechanisms of cardiac injury and repair, extracellular vesicle biology, and neuroregeneration. Key areas of study include cardiac ischemia and reperfusion, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, extracellular vesicles in disease, anesthesia and neurotoxicity research, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, microRNA in disease regulation, and mitochondrial function and pathology.

Among notable recent publications are:

  • Critical considerations for the development of potency tests for therapeutic applications of mesenchymal stromal cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (2021), Cytotherapy
  • Mitochondrial and mitochondrial-independent pathways of myocardial cell death during ischaemia and reperfusion injury (2020), Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
  • Long COVID and the cardiovascular system-elucidating causes and cellular mechanisms in order to develop targeted diagnostic and therapeutic strategies: a joint Scientific Statement of the ESC Working Groups on Cellular Biology of the Heart and Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases (2022), Cardiovascular Research
  • Methods for the identification and characterization of extracellular vesicles in cardiovascular studies: from exosomes to microvesicles (2022), Cardiovascular Research
  • A small-molecule PI3Kα activator for cardioprotection and neuroregeneration (2023), Nature

Their collaborative work includes frequent partnerships with the following co-authors:

  • Derek M. Yellon (45 publications)
  • Ioanna Andreadou (12 publications)
  • Marina Basalay (12 publications)
  • Sandrine Lecour (10 publications)
  • Derek J. Hausenloy (10 publications)

Sean M. Davidson's publications appear predominantly in journals specializing in cardiovascular research and related fields. Their most frequent publication venues include:

  • Basic Research in Cardiology (12 publications)
  • Cardiovascular Research (11 publications)
  • European Heart Journal (10 publications)
  • Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy (9 publications)
  • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (4 publications)

Their research integrates concepts from medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with specific subfields including molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, emergency medicine, and neurology.

Best Publications

  • Ischaemic accumulation of succinate controls reperfusion injury through mitochondrial ROS.

    Edward T. Chouchani;Edward T. Chouchani;Victoria R. Pell;Edoardo Gaude;Dunja Aksentijević

  • Inhibiting Mitochondrial Fission Protects the Heart Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

    Sang Bing Ong;Sapna Subrayan;Shiang Y. Lim;Derek M. Yellon

  • De novo cardiomyocytes from within the activated adult heart after injury

    Nicola Smart;Sveva Bollini;Karina N. Dubé;Joaquim M. Vieira

  • Plasma exosomes protect the myocardium from ischemia-reperfusion injury

    Jose M. Vicencio;Derek M. Yellon;Derek M. Yellon;Vivek Sivaraman;Debashish Das

  • Multitarget Strategies to Reduce Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury: JACC Review Topic of the Week.

    Sean M. Davidson;Péter Ferdinandy;Ioanna Andreadou;Hans Erik Bøtker

  • Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Calcification Is Mediated by Regulated Exosome Secretion

    Alexander N. Kapustin;Martijn L.L. Chatrou;Ignat Drozdov;Ying Zheng

  • Endothelial Mitochondria Contributing to Vascular Function and Disease

    Sean M. Davidson;Michael R. Duchen

  • Molecular regulation of cardiac hypertrophy

    Sean P. Barry;Sean M. Davidson;Paul A. Townsend

  • Necrostatin: a potentially novel cardioprotective agent?

    Christopher C. T. Smith;Sean M. Davidson;Shiang Y. Lim;James C. Simpkin

  • Practical guidelines for rigor and reproducibility in preclinical and clinical studies on cardioprotection.

    Hans Erik Bøtker;Derek Hausenloy;Ioanna Andreadou;Salvatore Antonucci

  • Preconditioning and postconditioning : The essential role of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore

    Shiang Y. Lim;Sean M. Davidson;Derek J. Hausenloy;Derek M. Yellon

  • Extracellular vesicles in diagnostics and therapy of the ischaemic heart: Position Paper from the Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart of the European Society of Cardiology

    Joost Petrus Gerardus Sluijter;Sean Michael Davidson;Chantal M Boulanger;Edit Iren Buzás

  • Ischaemic conditioning and targeting reperfusion injury: a 30 year voyage of discovery.

    Derek J. Hausenloy;Jose A. Barrabes;Hans Erik Bøtker;Sean M. Davidson

  • Microvesicles and exosomes: new players in metabolic and cardiovascular disease

    Charlotte Lawson;Jose M Vicencio;Derek M Yellon;Sean M Davidson

  • Novel targets and future strategies for acute cardioprotection: Position Paper of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart.

    Derek J. Hausenloy;David Garcia-Dorado;Hans Erik Bøtker;Sean M. Davidson

  • STAT-1 Interacts with p53 to Enhance DNA Damage-induced Apoptosis

    Paul A. Townsend;Tiziano M. Scarabelli;Sean M. Davidson;Richard A. Knight

  • APELIN-13 AND APELIN-36 EXHIBIT DIRECT CARDIOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY AGAINST ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY

    James C Simpkin;Derek M Yellon;Sean M Davidson;Shiang Y Lim

  • Image guided photothermal focal therapy for localized prostate cancer: phase I trial.

    U. Lindner;R.A. Weersink;M.A. Haider;M.R. Gertner

  • Position Paper of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group Cellular Biology of the Heart: cell-based therapies for myocardial repair and regeneration in ischemic heart disease and heart failure.

    Rosalinda Madonna;Rosalinda Madonna;Linda W. Van Laake;Sean M. Davidson;Felix B. Engel

  • Translating novel strategies for cardioprotection: the Hatter Workshop Recommendations

    Derek J. Hausenloy;Gary Francis Baxter;Robert Bell;Hans Erik Bøtker

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek M. Yellon
Derek M. Yellon University College London
Derek J. Hausenloy
Derek J. Hausenloy National University of Singapore
Péter Ferdinandy
Péter Ferdinandy Semmelweis University
Rainer Schulz
Rainer Schulz University of Giessen
Hans Erik Bøtker
Hans Erik Bøtker Aarhus University Hospital
Paul A. Townsend
Paul A. Townsend University of Manchester
Gerd Heusch
Gerd Heusch University of Duisburg-Essen
Michael R. Duchen
Michael R. Duchen University College London
Joost P.G. Sluijter
Joost P.G. Sluijter Utrecht University
David Garcia-Dorado
David Garcia-Dorado Autonomous University of Barcelona

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