Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in atherosclerosis: A bibliometric and visual analysis

Table 4 The top 10 publications in the field of mesenchymal stem cell therapy for atherosclerosis

Rank	Title	Journal	Citations	Type	Year	Ref.
1	Vascular smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis	Nat Rev Cardiol	887	Review	2019	[83]
2	KLF4-dependent phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle cells has a key role in atherosclerotic plaque pathogenesis	Nat Med	726	Article	2015	[84]
3	Mechanobiology of YAP and TAZ in physiology and disease	Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol	710	Review	2017	[85]
4	Epigenetic control of smooth muscle cell differentiation and phenotypic switching in vascular development and disease	Annu Rev Physiol	537	Review	2012	[86]
5	Pericytes. Morphofunction, interactions and pathology in a quiescent and activated mesenchymal cell niche	Histol Histopathol	451	Review	2009	[87]
6	Gold nanoparticles for photoacoustic imaging	Nanomedicine (Lond)	417	Review	2015	[88]
7	Bone marrow mesenchymal stem and progenitor cells induce monocyte emigration in response to circulating toll-like receptor ligands	Immunity	368	Article	2011	[89]
8	Biomedical applications of photoacoustic imaging with exogenous contrast agents	Ann Biomed Eng	306	Review	2012	[90]
9	Matrix metalloproteinases: inflammatory regulators of cell behaviors in vascular formation and remodeling	Mediators Inflamm	300	Review	2013	[91]
10	Physical and mechanical regulation of macrophage phenotype and function	Cell Mol Life Sci	296	Review	2015	[92]