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Wolfgang Schaper

Wolfgang Schaper

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Medicine

D-Index
103
Citations
38392
World Ranking
7373
National Ranking
419

Overview

Wolfgang Schaper is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research spans several fields primarily within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, focusing on cardiovascular and molecular mechanisms and disease pathways.

The scientist's work encompasses subfields such as cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, oncology, biomaterials, and cancer research. This broad scope reflects in the main research topics addressed, which include:

  • Cardiac fibrosis and remodeling
  • Viral infections and immunology research
  • Cytokine signaling pathways and interactions
  • Electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Circular RNAs in diseases
  • Signaling pathways in disease

Wolfgang Schaper has contributed to several research publications in recognized scientific venues, notably the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, and Cells. Key recent papers include:

  • The Role of Oncostatin M and Its Receptor Complexes in Cardiomyocyte Protection, Regeneration, and Failure, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Shear Stress-Induced miR-143-3p in Collateral Arteries Contributes to Outward Vessel Growth by Targeting Collagen V-α2, 2020, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • The MEK/ERK Module Is Reprogrammed in Remodeling Adult Cardiomyocytes, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • The Lipopeptide MALP-2 Promotes Collateral Growth, 2020, Cells

Frequent co-authors include Thomas Kubin, Praveen Gajawada, Peter Bramlage, Ayşe Çetinkaya, and Markus Schönburg. Collaboration within this network appears in several joint publications, further enriching the research output in cardiovascular and molecular biology topics.

Best Publications

  • Synergism between vascular endothelial growth factor and placental growth factor contributes to angiogenesis and plasma extravasation in pathological conditions

    Peter Carmeliet;Lieve Moons;Aernout Luttun;Valeria Vincenti

  • Monocyte activation in angiogenesis and collateral growth in the rabbit hindlimb.

    M Arras;W D Ito;D Scholz;B Winkler

  • The Cardiac Mechanical Stretch Sensor Machinery Involves a Z Disc Complex that Is Defective in a Subset of Human Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Ralph Knöll;Masahiko Hoshijima;Hal M. Hoffman;Veronika Person

  • Bone Marrow-Derived Cells Do Not Incorporate Into the Adult Growing Vasculature

    Tibor Ziegelhoeffer;Borja Fernandez;Sawa Kostin;Matthias Heil

  • The collateral circulation of the heart

    Wolfgang Schaper;Günter Görge;Bernd Winkler;Jutta Schaper

  • Ischemic preconditioning reduces infarct size in swine myocardium.

    R J Schott;S Rohmann;E R Braun;W Schaper

  • Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1 Increases Collateral and Peripheral Conductance After Femoral Artery Occlusion

    Wulf D. Ito;Margarete Arras;Bernd Winkler;Dimitri Scholz

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Coronary Collateral Vessel Growth

    Wolfgang Schaper;Wulf D. Ito

  • Arteriogenesis versus angiogenesis: similarities and differences

    M Heil;Inka Eitenmüller;T Schmitz-Rixen;W Schaper

  • Influence of Mechanical, Cellular, and Molecular Factors on Collateral Artery Growth (Arteriogenesis)

    Matthias Heil;Wolfgang Schaper

  • Collateral circulation: past and present.

    Wolfgang Schaper

  • Contribution of arteriogenesis and angiogenesis to postocclusive hindlimb perfusion in mice.

    Dimitri Scholz;Tibor Ziegelhoeffer;Armin Helisch;Shawn Wagner

  • Factors Regulating Arteriogenesis

    Wolfgang Schaper;Dimitri Scholz

  • Hibernating Myocardium: An Incomplete Adaptation to Ischemia

    Albrecht Elsässer;Martin Schlepper;Wolf-Peter Klövekorn;Wei-jun Cai

  • Stimulation of arteriogenesis; a new concept for the treatment of arterial occlusive disease

    Niels van Royen;Niels van Royen;Jan J. Piek;Ivo Buschmann;Imo Hoefer

  • Increased Expression of Cytoskeletal, Linkage, and Extracellular Proteins in Failing Human Myocardium

    Annette Heling;René Zimmermann;Sawa Kostin;Yoshi Maeno

  • Evaluation of postnatal arteriogenesis and angiogenesis in a mouse model of hind-limb ischemia

    Anne Limbourg;Thomas Korff;L Christian Napp;Wolfgang Schaper

  • VEGFR-1-selective VEGF homologue PlGF is arteriogenic: evidence for a monocyte-mediated mechanism

    Frederic Pipp;Matthias Heil;Katja Issbrücker;Tibor Ziegelhoeffer

  • Hypoxia-Induced Hyperpermeability in Brain Microvessel Endothelial Cells Involves VEGF-Mediated Changes in the Expression of Zonula Occludens-1

    S. Fischer;M. Wobben;H.H. Marti;D. Renz

  • Ultrastructure and molecular histology of rabbit hind-limb collateral artery growth (arteriogenesis).

    Dimitri Scholz;Wulf Ito;Ingrid Fleming;Elisabeth Deindl

Frequent Co-Authors

Jutta Schaper
Jutta Schaper Max Planck Society
Sawa Kostin
Sawa Kostin Max Planck Society
Jan J. Piek
Jan J. Piek University of Amsterdam
Matthias Clauss
Matthias Clauss Indiana University
Christoph Bode
Christoph Bode University of Freiburg
Dirk J. Duncker
Dirk J. Duncker Erasmus University Rotterdam
Kenneth R. Chien
Kenneth R. Chien Karolinska Institute
Sandra L. Martin
Sandra L. Martin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Klaus T. Preissner
Klaus T. Preissner University of Giessen

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