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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Stephen F. Vatner is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States and has produced research primarily in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scientific contributions focus notably on physiology, rehabilitation, molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and pathology and forensic medicine.

Their research covers multiple topics including adipose tissue and metabolism, exercise and physiological responses, gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, cardiac ischemia and reperfusion, muscle metabolism and nutrition, and dietary effects on health.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Healthful aging mediated by inhibition of oxidative stress, 2020, Ageing Research Reviews
  • Vascular Stiffness in Aging and Disease, 2021, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Secreted frizzled-related protein 2, a novel mechanism to induce myocardial ischemic protection through angiogenesis, 2020, Basic Research in Cardiology
  • Host genotype and exercise exhibit species-level selection for members of the gut bacterial communities in the mouse digestive system, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Mechanisms of increased vascular stiffness down the aortic tree in aging, premenopausal female monkeys, 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Frequent scientific collaborators include Dorothy E. Vatner, Marko Oydanich, Sara C. Campbell, Denis Babici, and Jie Zhang.

The venues in which they most frequently publish are:

  • The FASEB Journal
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
  • Circulation
  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • Ageing Research Reviews

Recognitions received include the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2005, and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Sirt1 Regulates Aging and Resistance to Oxidative Stress in the Heart

    Ralph R. Alcendor;Shumin Gao;Peiyong Zhai;Daniela Zablocki

  • Downregulation of MiR-199a Derepresses Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α and Sirtuin 1 and Recapitulates Hypoxia Preconditioning in Cardiac Myocytes

    Shweta Rane;Minzhen He;Danish Sayed;Himanshu Vashistha

  • Parasympathetic Control of the Heart

    Charles B. Higgins;Stephen F. Vatner;Eugene Braunwald

  • Cardiovascular control mechanisms in the conscious state.

    Stephen F. Vatner;Eugene Braunwald

  • Correlation between acute reductions in myocardial blood flow and function in conscious dogs.

    Stephen F. Vatner

  • Depression of regional blood flow and wall thickening after brief coronary occlusions

    G. R. Heyndrickx;H. Baig;P. Nellens;I. Leusen

  • Adverse Effects of Chronic Endogenous Sympathetic Drive Induced by Cardiac Gsα Overexpression

    Mitsunori Iwase;Sanford P. Bishop;Masami Uechi;Dorothy E. Vatner

  • A redox-dependent pathway for regulating class II HDACs and cardiac hypertrophy

    Tetsuro Ago;Tong Liu;Peiyong Zhai;Wei Chen

  • Inhibition of endogenous thioredoxin in the heart increases oxidative stress and cardiac hypertrophy

    Mitsutaka Yamamoto;Guiping Yang;Chull Hong;Jing Liu

  • Effects of Coronary Artery Reperfusion on Myocardial Infarct Size Calculated from Creatine Kinase

    Stephen F. Vatner;Hank Baig;W. Thomas Manders;Peter R. Maroko

  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β Regulates GATA4 in Cardiac Myocytes

    Carmine Morisco;Koichi Seta;Stefan E. Hardt;Youngsook Lee

  • Activation of Mst1 causes dilated cardiomyopathy by stimulating apoptosis without compensatory ventricular myocyte hypertrophy.

    Shimako Yamamoto;Guiping Yang;Daniela Zablocki;Jing Liu

  • Effects of angiotensin, vasopressin, and methoxamine on cardiac function and blood flow distribution in conscious dogs.

    GR Heyndrickx;DH Boettcher;SF Vatner

  • Mechanism of Impaired Myocardial Function During Progressive Coronary Stenosis in Conscious Pigs Hibernation Versus Stunning

    You-Tang Shen;Stephen F. Vatner

  • Echocardiography in Mice

    Shumin Gao;David Ho;Dorothy E. Vatner;Stephen F. Vatner

  • Alterations in the Baroreceptor Reflex in Conscious Dogs with Heart Failure

    Charles B. Higgins;Stephen F. Vatner;Dwain L. Eckberg;Eugene Braunwald

  • Effects of Dobutamine on Left Ventricular Performance, Coronary Dynamics, and Distribution of Cardiac Output in Conscious Dogs

    Stephen F. Vatner;Robert J. McRitchie;Eugene Braunwald

  • Disruption of type 5 adenylyl cyclase gene preserves cardiac function against pressure overload

    Satoshi Okumura;Gen Takagi;Jun-ichi Kawabe;Guiping Yang

  • Salvage of myocardial function by coronary artery reperfusion 1, 2, and 3 hours after occlusion in conscious dogs.

    M Lavallee;D Cox;T A Patrick;S F Vatner

  • Effects of isoproterenol on regional myocardial function, electrogram, and blood flow in conscious dogs with myocardial ischemia.

    S F Vatner;R W Millard;T A Patrick;G R Heyndrickx

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorothy E. Vatner
Dorothy E. Vatner Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Junichi Sadoshima
Junichi Sadoshima Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Eugene Braunwald
Eugene Braunwald Harvard Medical School
Charles B. Higgins
Charles B. Higgins University of California, San Francisco
Bin Tian
Bin Tian The Wistar Institute
Robert M. Graham
Robert M. Graham Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Gerald A. Meininger
Gerald A. Meininger University of Missouri
Jie Zhang
Jie Zhang Newcastle University
Leslie A. Leinwand
Leslie A. Leinwand University of Colorado Boulder
Yibin Wang
Yibin Wang University of California, Los Angeles

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