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Thomas Eschenhagen

Thomas Eschenhagen

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Medicine

D-Index
108
Citations
37337
World Ranking
6062
National Ranking
344

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2008 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physiology and Pharmacology/Toxicology

Overview

Thomas Eschenhagen is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany. Their research spans several areas within medicine and molecular biology, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine as well as molecular biology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their subfields of study highlight a focus on:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Surgery
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Biomaterials

The main research topics covered in their work are:

  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Congenital heart defects research

Thomas Eschenhagen has contributed frequently to the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation
  • The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
  • Stem Cell Reports

Frequent co-authors of Eschenhagen include:

  • Arne Hansen
  • Torsten Christ
  • Florian Weinberger
  • Lucie Carrier
  • Bärbel Ulmer

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Eschenhagen and colleagues include:

  • "Metabolic Maturation Media Improve Physiological Function of Human iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes", 2020, Cell Reports
  • "SARS-CoV-2 infects and induces cytotoxic effects in human cardiomyocytes", 2020, Cardiovascular Research
  • "Towards standardization of echocardiography for the evaluation of left ventricular function in adult rodents: a position paper of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial Function", 2020, Cardiovascular Research
  • "Common mechanistic pathways in cancer and heart failure. A scientific roadmap on behalf of the Translational Research Committee of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)", 2020, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • "Human Engineered Heart Tissue Patches Remuscularize the Injured Heart in a Dose-Dependent Manner", 2021, Circulation

Awards received by Thomas Eschenhagen include:

  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2017
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2008, Physiology and Pharmacology/Toxicology

Best Publications

  • Tissue Engineering of a Differentiated Cardiac Muscle Construct

    W.-H. Zimmermann;K. Schneiderbanger;P. Schubert;M. Didié

  • Engineered heart tissue grafts improve systolic and diastolic function in infarcted rat hearts

    Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann;Ivan Melnychenko;Gerald Wasmeier;Michael Didié

  • What Is the Role of β-Adrenergic Signaling in Heart Failure?

    Martin J. Lohse;Stefan Engelhardt;Thomas Eschenhagen

  • Gene expression of the cardiac Na(+)-Ca2+ exchanger in end-stage human heart failure.

    R Studer;H Reinecke;J Bilger;T Eschenhagen

  • Three-dimensional reconstitution of embryonic cardiomyocytes in a collagen matrix: a new heart muscle model system.

    Thomas Eschenhagen;Christine Fink;Ute Remmers;Hasso Scholz

  • Three-dimensional engineered heart tissue from neonatal rat cardiac myocytes.

    Wolfram H. Zimmermann;Christine Fink;Dirk Kralisch;Ute Remmers

  • Development of a Drug Screening Platform Based on Engineered Heart Tissue

    Arne Hansen;Alexandra Eder;Marlene Bönstrup;Marianne Flato

  • Coupling of beta2-adrenoceptor to Gi proteins and its physiological relevance in murine cardiac myocytes.

    Rui Ping Xiao;Pavel Avdonin;Ying Ying Zhou;Heping Cheng

  • Cardiovascular side effects of cancer therapies: a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Thomas Eschenhagen;Thomas Force;Michael S. Ewer;Gilles W. De Keulenaer

  • Cardiac tissue engineering: state of the art.

    Marc N. Hirt;Arne Hansen;Thomas Eschenhagen

  • Chronic stretch of engineered heart tissue induces hypertrophy and functional improvement

    Christine Fink;Süleman Ergün;Dirk Kralisch;Ute Remmers

  • Engineered heart tissue for regeneration of diseased hearts

    Wolfram Hubertus Zimmermann;Ivan Melnychenko;Thomas Eschenhagen

  • Human engineered heart tissue as a versatile tool in basic research and preclinical toxicology.

    Sebastian Schaaf;Aya Shibamiya;Marco Mewe;Alexandra Eder

  • Cardiac Grafting of Engineered Heart Tissue in Syngenic Rats

    Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann;Michael Didié;Gerald H. Wasmeier;Uwe Nixdorff

  • Cardiomyocyte regeneration: A consensus statement

    Thomas Eschenhagen;Roberto Bolli;Thomas Braun;Loren J. Field

  • Myeloperoxidase acts as a profibrotic mediator of atrial fibrillation.

    Volker Rudolph;René P. Andrié;Tanja K. Rudolph;Kai Friedrichs

  • MicroRNA-199b targets the nuclear kinase Dyrk1a in an auto-amplification loop promoting calcineurin/NFAT signalling

    Paula A. Da Costa Martins;Kanita Salic;Monika M. Gladka;Anne Sophie Armand

  • Functional improvement and maturation of rat and human engineered heart tissue by chronic electrical stimulation.

    Marc N. Hirt;Jasper Boeddinghaus;Alice Mitchell;Sebastian Schaaf

  • Human Engineered Heart Tissue: Analysis of Contractile Force

    Ingra Mannhardt;Kaja Breckwoldt;David Letuffe-Brenière;Sebastian Schaaf

  • Optimizing Engineered Heart Tissue for Therapeutic Applications as Surrogate Heart Muscle

    Hiroshi Naito;Ivan Melnychenko;Michael Didié;Karin Schneiderbanger

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugo A. Katus
Hugo A. Katus Heidelberg University
Chris Denning
Chris Denning University of Nottingham
Ursula Ravens
Ursula Ravens University of Freiburg
Christine L. Mummery
Christine L. Mummery Leiden University Medical Center
Dobromir Dobrev
Dobromir Dobrev University of Duisburg-Essen
Godfrey L. Smith
Godfrey L. Smith University of Glasgow
Thomas Thum
Thomas Thum Hannover Medical School
Gisèle Bonne
Gisèle Bonne Sorbonne University
Thomas Voit
Thomas Voit University College London
Stefanie Dimmeler
Stefanie Dimmeler Goethe University Frankfurt

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