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Wilson S. Colucci

Wilson S. Colucci

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Medicine

D-Index
122
Citations
66682
World Ranking
3430
National Ranking
1889

Overview

Wilson S. Colucci is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research portfolio includes 35 publications primarily related to medicine, with a focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, molecular biology, surgery, and physiology.

The core subjects of Wilson S. Colucci's research encompass diabetes treatment and management, cardiovascular function and risk factors, pancreatic function and diabetes, metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, mitochondrial function and pathology, adipose tissue and metabolism, as well as cardiomyopathy and myosin studies.

Frequent co-authors working with Wilson S. Colucci include Ivan Luptak, David R. Pimentel, Dominique Croteau, Fuzhong Qin, and Tomáš Baka. These collaboration patterns highlight ongoing partnerships that contribute to the development of fundamental insights into cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.

Wilson S. Colucci has published repeatedly in well-recognized scientific venues such as:

  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • JACC Basic to Translational Science
  • NMR in Biomedicine
  • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Effects of Sodium-Glucose Linked Transporter 2 Inhibition With Ertugliflozin on Mitochondrial Function, Energetics, and Metabolic Gene Expression in the Presence and Absence of Diabetes Mellitus in Mice," 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • "Redox-Resistant SERCA [Sarco(endo)plasmic Reticulum Calcium ATPase] Attenuates Oxidant-Stimulated Mitochondrial Calcium and Apoptosis in Cardiac Myocytes and Pressure Overload-Induced Myocardial Failure in Mice," 2020, Circulation
  • "Differential Effects of Sacubitril/Valsartan on Diastolic Function in Mice With Obesity-Related Metabolic Heart Disease," 2020, JACC Basic to Translational Science
  • "Increasing mitochondrial ATP synthesis with butyrate normalizes ADP and contractile function in metabolic heart disease," 2020, NMR in Biomedicine
  • "SGLT2 inhibitor ertugliflozin decreases elevated intracellular sodium, and improves energetics and contractile function in diabetic cardiomyopathy," 2023, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Carvedilol on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

    M. Packer;M.R. Bristow;J.N. Cohn;W.S. Colucci

  • Heart Failure

    Wilson S. Colucci;Barry M. Massie;Philip A. Poole-Wilson

  • Targeted Anticytokine Therapy in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Results of the Randomized Etanercept Worldwide Evaluation (RENEWAL)

    Douglas L. Mann;John J.V. McMurray;Milton Packer;Karl Swedberg

  • Short-term intravenous milrinone for acute exacerbation of chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial.

    Michael S. Cuffe;Robert M. Califf;Kirkwood F. Adams;Raymond Benza

  • Intravenous nesiritide, a natriuretic peptide, in the treatment of decompensated congestive heart failure. Nesiritide Study Group.

    W S Colucci;U Elkayam;D P Horton;W T Abraham

  • Disruption of coordinated cardiac hypertrophy and angiogenesis contributes to the transition to heart failure

    Ichiro Shiojima;Kaori Sato;Yasuhiro Izumiya;Stephan Schiekofer

  • Modulation of cardiac autonomic activity during and immediately after exercise.

    Y. Arai;J. P. Saul;P. Albrecht;L. H. Hartley

  • Assessment of autonomic regulation in chronic congestive heart failure by heart rate spectral analysis.

    J. Philip Saul;J. Philip Saul;J. Philip Saul;Yutaka Arai;Yutaka Arai;Yutaka Arai;Ronald D. Berger;Ronald D. Berger;Ronald D. Berger;Leonard S. Lilly;Leonard S. Lilly;Leonard S. Lilly

  • Norepinephrine Stimulates Apoptosis in Adult Rat Ventricular Myocytes by Activation of the β-Adrenergic Pathway

    Catherine Communal;Krishna Singh;David R. Pimentel;Wilson S. Colucci

  • Adiponectin-mediated modulation of hypertrophic signals in the heart.

    Rei Shibata;Noriyuki Ouchi;Masahiro Ito;Shinji Kihara

  • Carvedilol Inhibits Clinical Progression in Patients With Mild Symptoms of Heart Failure

    Wilson S. Colucci;Milton Packer;Michael R. Bristow;E. Michael Gilbert

  • Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Effects of Carvedilol in Patients With Moderate to Severe Heart Failure The PRECISE Trial

    Milton Packer;Wilson S. Colucci;Jonathan D. Sackner-Bernstein;Chang Seng Liang

  • Oxidative stress regulates collagen synthesis and matrix metalloproteinase activity in cardiac fibroblasts.

    Deborah A. Siwik;Patrick J. Pagano;Wilson S. Colucci

  • Opposing effects of beta(1)- and beta(2)-adrenergic receptors on cardiac myocyte apoptosis : role of a pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein.

    Catherine Communal;Krishna Singh;Douglas B. Sawyer;Wilson S. Colucci

  • Role of Oxidative Stress in Myocardial Hypertrophy and Failure

    Douglas B. Sawyer;Deborah A. Siwik;Lei Xiao;David R. Pimentel

  • Relation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to clinical state in congestive heart failure.

    V J Dzau;W S Colucci;N K Hollenberg;G H Williams

  • Interleukin-1β and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Decrease Collagen Synthesis and Increase Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity in Cardiac Fibroblasts In Vitro

    Deborah A. Siwik;Donny L.-F. Chang;Wilson S. Colucci

  • Nitric oxide, atrial natriuretic peptide, and cyclic GMP inhibit the growth-promoting effects of norepinephrine in cardiac myocytes and fibroblasts.

    A. Calderone;C. M. Thaik;N. Takahashi;D. L. F. Chang

  • Consensus recommendations for the management of chronic heart failure: Introduction

    Milton Packer;Jay N. Cohn;William T. Abraham;Wilson S. Colucci

  • Acute Hemodynamic and Clinical Effects of Levosimendan in Patients With Severe Heart Failure

    Mara T. Slawsky;Wilson S. Colucci;Stephen S. Gottlieb;Barry H. Greenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas B. Sawyer
Douglas B. Sawyer Maine Medical Center
Richard A. Cohen
Richard A. Cohen Boston University
Michael M. Givertz
Michael M. Givertz Brigham and Women's Hospital
Eugene Braunwald
Eugene Braunwald Harvard Medical School
Krishna Singh
Krishna Singh East Tennessee State University
Markus Bachschmid
Markus Bachschmid Boston University
Ronglih Liao
Ronglih Liao Stanford University
Joshua M. Hare
Joshua M. Hare University of Miami
Mihai Gheorghiade
Mihai Gheorghiade Northwestern University
Milton Packer
Milton Packer Baylor University Medical Center

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